A couple of hours of analyzing the area and waiting, and the first sign was the dark folk's tensing, and Elli tensed too.  From the darkness came 16 drow... some armed barely, others more well armed... and she prayed the dark folk could handle so many.  Then, as the dark folk had told her, there was that...<em>thing</em>behind them; body of a spider, torso and head of a woman... it was a hideous abomination of all things good, beautiful, and of Shelyn's name.  It<em>would</em>be destroyed with the utmost prejudice.<br/><br/>But not yet, no, she had to wait... wait for the transaction to occur.  This was not deception, simply a talented tactical move... she watched Nalch carefully as they spoke in the oddly aggressive language... and when the crates were open, and Nalch gave the signal, she was drinking the potion to let her see in the dark even before the darkness came, and when it did... it was like seeing under a floodlight, bright as day... and she knew the drow were all blind.  Readying her stance, she took off for the one target that was solely designated hers...<br/><br/>Tearing off at a full run, even with her heavy armor, she drew her blade with a heavy ring, gripped it with both hands, and focused all her divine might into it, making it glow in the impenetrable darkness as she ran by the blind drow towards their oversized abomination of a leader.  Once there, her blade cut through the darkness, toward the hideous creature, seeking to grant it a quick yet painful death, to send it back to the Abyss it came from!<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">So, Charging Power-attacking Smite after the initial Surprise round<br/><br/>Attack: 11 + 6 +2 Charge= 19, Damage: 7Roll + 6Str (2handed) + 2 + 6PA + 7Smite = 30 Damage (bypasses all DR if evil<br/><br/>if it hits, her AC is 30 against it (+5 Deflection), and gets a +5 to hit it (18/13) and continues to deal +7Smite damage each attack</div></div>