By the time you hear the hoofbeats, it's almost too late.<em>Almost.</em>Luckily, you are able to react purely on instinct... First pushing Auntie down and out of the way, rabbit in her arms, and then twirling away from the noise. It's not enough to completely avoid the mass of flesh that crashes through the brush behind you, maybe, but it saves you from being trampled beneath the massive creature's hoofs. Still, a searing pain shoots through your shoulder as a massive tusk almost lifts you off the ground, pushing you back a good ten feet (-10 HP).<br/><br/>Once the stars clear from your vision, you turn and find out just what happened to the third boar... it brought mama. Slowly, it dawns on you that what you had<em>thought </em>were fully grown boars were actually young Dire Boars, and that<em>this</em>monstrosity was what they would eventually grow into. Standing as tall as a horse, with dagger-sharp tusks and thick, meaty hooves, the creature that's snuffling and snorting at you right now looks like the embodiment of Anger itself. And of course, its wounded child at its side is not exactly too happy either...<br/><br/>With a roar, the Dire Boar uproots a 20-sided boulder and rolls it towards you, demanding that you roll initiative!