<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Initiative: 1d20 (20) + 10 = 30<br/><br/>I think we know who's going first  <img alt=":D" src="./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" title="Very Happy"/></div></div></div><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Tumble to avoid AoO (in case : 1d20 (8) + 18 = 26</div></div></div><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Theron wrote:</cite>"You are all already dead-</div></blockquote><br/>Her ally's taunt is only halfway finished when Alyssa springs into action. Kicking off the deck, she rushes past Theron and Pyrah before either can react, her attention focused on her first target: Rutus.<br/><br/>It didn't take long for Alyssa to reach the same conclusion as Theron regarding the gnoll: strong, unpredictable, dangerous. A high-priority threat. Unlike the Shepherd, however, conflagration is not her tool of choice for the task. Quite the opposite, in fact...<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Touch attack to initiate Mighty Throw: 1d20 (9) + 13 + 5 (Cunning Insight) = 27, hit!<br/>Trip check (action point spent to roll twice): 1d20 (20, 16) + 14 = 34<br/><br/>Rutus must make a DC 34 Strength or Dexterity check or be thrown 10 feet (out to sea!) and fall prone.<br/><br/>2 inspiration points left, 24 action points left.</div></div></div><br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Theron wrote:</cite>"-You just don't know it yet."</div></blockquote><br/>The latter half of Theron's opener coincides with the smack of heard leather on flesh as Alyssa plants her boot into Rutus's digitigrade ankle. The effect is similar to that of striking a human behind the knee: unprepared for the sudden application of force, the joint bends involuntarily, sending the gnoll into a brief stumble. In a way, that kick might be considered a complement to Theron's jab; it's really the same message, albeit delivered in a more tangible manner.<br/><br/>Alyssa, however, prefers a much more thorough form of introduction.<br/><br/>A shin-kick, she knows, is hardly a disabling maneuver. At best, it's enough to buy a moment's reprieve from combat while the opponent regains his footing. It can, however, provide a useful setup for more effective techniques. While it may only take a second to stand back upright, in that second the body is exerting force to lift itself upwards- which means that the last thing it's primed to do is<span style="font-style: italic">resist</span>a lift. So, when Rutus's ankle flexes and straightens...<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Now!</span>Alyssa seizes Rutus by the belt and collar, taking advantage of his own muscles' exertion to lift the gnoll bodily from the deck and into the air. Before he can react, Rutus is rising from the deck, over the railing, and into the open air... then, down, down, down past the the ferry's side and into the mist-shrouded waters below with a muffled splash.