<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/l7R8A3h.jpg)</div><br/>Xara wasn't expecting Zerxel to turn the tables so readily.  Certainly she had known that her kin had some skill in magic, but Zerxel's focus had never been on that.  She hadn't expected Zerxel to try to counter the entangling sand tentacles, but had planned on using them to slow the rogue, maybe even force her to retreat to a further range.  Her gasp of surprise as the black tentacles shot forwards, surging along the sand like a wave through water to reach up and grab at her, was enough to let Zerxel know how badly the necromancer had misjudged her opponent.  It could not have been a more perfect reversal for Zerxel.  If there was any one downside, it was that Xara was not likely to make that mistake again.  She growled as she struggled against the tentacles that dragged her closer to the opponent she wished to move away from and called out,<strong> "Iblith! You know a trick or two, but you have only tasted the open salvos of my power."</strong><br/><br/>She dismissed the spell that animated the tentacles, and Zerxel's control over them faded immediately as they collapsed back into inanimate sand.  Still the necromancer was much closer, only a few steps away from grabbing distance.  But Xara spun as the tentacles vanished, her long hair whipping out in a wide fan around her.  Then amazingly her spin spun up even faster, her hair becoming a white blur about her.  Zerxel had the foresight not to run into such an obvious magical effect, holding back for a moment and seeking the right time to strike.  Her instincts proved correct as Xara called out an arcane word and ghostly webbing flew from her strands of hair, letting white gloppy ropes of sticky webbing splatter in all directions, including straight towards Zerxel.<br/><br/>Xara's spin stopped after that and she stumbled once or twice, trying to regain her orientation and balance before pressing her magical attack.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Xara is close enough to tackle, attack, restrain, etc.  You have to first dodge the webbing that is heading for Zerxel, but she only rolled TWO successes.  *eyeroll*  so three successes on a dodge beats her attack,<em> (two successes is a push, immediately reroll)</em> then you can make your own attack, and it's probably going to be successful as she's disoriented and will be rolling fewer dice to defend.  (as long as you roll any successes for your attack, hah)  You're actually doing quite well so far in this fight.</div></div>