Nirael's spell erupted in a mass of black tentacles at the quad of ghouls that had followed them.  He knew that the spell was far weaker than the spell that it drew inspiration from, but it might do.  However the spell, one of primal, of pleasure, was less effective against undead, creatures that were anathema to sensuality and sex than a living being would be.  Still the spell caught the three ghouls that trailed the lead, and they thrashed, slashing filthy claws at the waving mass of black pseduopods that sprang up around them.  But for every one they cut through, two more sprang into being, waving and seeking the living flesh they seemed to desire.<br/><br/>The lead ghoul in the group of four however leapt forwards, even as black slithered to catch him.  With a snarl he began to charge, staggering slightly as an arrow drove itself halfway into it's chest, just below it's shoulder.  Mara kept her bow in her left hand and drew a long knife with her right.  She dodged backwards and swung the blade awkwardly as filthy claws missed her flesh by inches.<br/><br/>At the same time, Lunari gripped the edge of her loin cloth and freed it, exposing her taut buttocks and just a bare hint of her femininity between her muscular thighs before she whirled into a leaping spin, cloaking the area she'd been in with a swirl of inky black void.  Her scimitar cutting through the void as her turn continued, she landed on her feet a few steps away, closer to the trio of ghouls that approached from the river.  Her white hair flashed in contrast to the magical darkness that made her form hard to see as she whirled the loin cloth in a circle, wrapping part of it about her forearm like a shield, leaving an inky trail hovering in the air wherever it passed.  She muttered,<strong>"Lets hope these undead abominations can't see through this darkness..."</strong>a moment before the first of that trio came within range.  Then she lept straight up, her legs splaying out wide in a split that easily cleared the slashing ghoul's attack, and let her land on the balls of her feet, still in a deep split.  Then with a fluidic strike, the scimitar whirled out and bit deep into the ghoul's stomach, opening  the flesh deeply.<br/><br/>The lead ghoul staggered back, looking down as foul grey intestines spilled from the wound along with brackish blood.  But Lunari was already moving, rolling backwards from her split to kick one foot into the ghoul and roll backwards to a crouch.  If the ghoul had been a human (and not recently eviscerated), it might have been distracted the way the beautiful elven woman exposed her purple skinned pussy to him.  But the ghoul wasn't, nor did it seem overly concerned by the wound that would have felled a mortal man, and snarled as it's three companions joined it, trying to ring the three living beings on the river's edge.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Your spell trapped 3 ghouls, for now.<br/>The ghoul technically 'hit' mara for very little damage and she made her saving throw vs paralysis.  That's why I described it as a near miss.  (2 hp damage)<br/>Mara's arrow hit the lead ghoul from the pack on the back.<br/>The lead ghoul from the forwards pack attacked Lunari but missed.<br/>Lunari did near fatal damage to the ghoul, but did not drop it.<br/><br/>The ghouls will be listed like this:<br/>From the pack in the back, ghoul's 1-4<br/>from the pack in the front, ghouls 5-7<br/><br/>Ghouls 2,3, and 4 are entangled<br/>Ghoul 1 is engaged with Mara<br/>Ghoul 5 is wounded by lunari<br/>Ghouls 6 and 7 are now  in melee range.<br/><br/>I'm going to say that the trio of you are in a rough triangle formation, and ghouls 1, 5, 6, and 7 are surrounding you to the west, north east, east, and south east.  Lunari is flanked by ghouls 6 and 7, but has partial concealment from her inky blackness against ghoul 6, to the north east.</div></div>