The two fallen gargoyles' bodies shifted, like those of the drow and driders, revealing true formed which were less elf-like and more devilishly sharp-featured, as befit most gargoyles. The 'tunic' and 'corset' of the fallen likewise flickered and became chain shirts.<br/><br/><br/>The gargoyle next around the circle to that smashed by Rose was caught no less flat-footed, squawking as the guisarme edge slice-slapped hard across one side of its head, then the other. It howled as the blade swept around underneath and spilled the creature to the stones, slipping and rolling on the ichor and brains of its fallen compatriot.<br/><br/>The gargoyle Rose had jumped over and next to Aria's target, however, turned at the tiefling faster than she regained footing from her charge. It hissed, raking and biting and stabbing with horns suddenly visible on its faux-elven brow. Aria gasped and groaned as it pierced her fair-peach skin several times, quite apparently a skilled fighter despite the tiefling's dodging of one claw and blink-out just as it bit.<br/><br/>The gargoyle hopped a chicken-like step back from Aria, grinning and glancing sidelong as if it anticipating just what its mate would do: one of the female-seeming gargoyles whirled around Rose's flank. Reaching swiftly to her quiver, she drew a folded hunter's net and tossed. The net flew open in the air, spread by several tiny ball bearings at its corners. Aria gasped anew as the ball bearings flew around her and then circled around her body once the net caught across her front. The she-gargoyle laughed and tossed several throwing spears at Aria, who despite her entangling and surprise found one missing her, and the other bouncing off her own mail. The cackling she-gargoyle then raked its other hand's clawed fingernails at the side of Rose's face as it turned towards her, biting and horn-goring.<br/><br/>A she-gargoyle that'd been beside her also step towards Rose along the shaft of the guisarme, grasping and flinging several nets up and over the shifter from almost point-blank range. With a cackle she drew a trident, seeking to stab at the netted shifter like an ancient gladiatrix, while raking ferally with her own nails, teeth and horns.<br/><br/>The gargoyle struck by Rose groaned weakly, and struggled to stand.<br/><br/>Aria cursed and writhed from amongst the net; the mobility of her limbs were all impinged, but at least her hands weren't totally pinned. She hurled the undropped hammer at her netter, and then stepped towards her other attacker. She hissed and growled and slashed at the gargoyle that'd injured her, with one kukri and then a second drawn, but perhaps by her sudden anger found herself striking several times wildly short and wide.<br/><br/><br/><br/>gargoyle hit x2 for 64<br/>trip resist 15, tripped (whew)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">nw gargoyle</span><br/>full attack at Aria<br/>claw 37, dmg 10 (reference - Aria's normal AC is 33, touch AC 25, with -2s from her charge just now)<br/>claw 24<br/>bite 38 dmg 5<br/>gore nat20 threat 35 crit 6+7<br/>blink miss rolls: Result: 90, 76, 12, 74,<br/>so only bite is negated (forgot Aria's blink-miss until after rolling dmg)<br/>tot dmg 23<br/>5' step nw<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">nne gargoyle</span><br/>5' west, thrown net at Aria<br/>net atk 28, entangles Aria<br/>(includes -2 for range increment...the nw gargoyle's 5' step out of the wy was to avoid -4 for soft cover, -4 for firing into melee)<br/>An entangled creature takes a -2 penalty on attack rolls and a -4 penalty on Dexterity, can move at only half speed, and cannot charge or run. (so Aria's AC is reduced by another 2, and her finesse/ranged attacks reduced by 4)<br/>iterative thrown attacks (knows Quick Draw):<br/>thrown shortspear atk nat1<br/>thrown shortspear atk 19, miss<br/><br/>secondary natural weapon attacks at Rose:<br/>(it's adjacent to Rose, so that it didn't provoke AoOs from her for throwing, and could attack her with natural weapons other than one claw)<br/>blink miss (68% vs Rose)<br/>Result: 74, 51, 53,<br/>only one claw gets through (even if attack rolls 'go' first, I'll show blink first, so I can show atk and dmg rolls side by side:)<br/>claw atk 36 dmg 10<br/>bite atk 26 but blinkmiss (I forget, did you like to see attack rolls for %miss'ed attacks?)<br/>gore atk 28 but blinkmiss<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">e gargoyle</span><br/>5' west, inside Rose's reach<br/>throwing net (IFAIK thrown/ranged attacks against adjacent targets are OK, just unusual b/c of AoO provoking and firing-into-melee penalties)<br/>includes -4 for firing into melee (its own! and the s and nw gargoyles she threatens)<br/><br/>blink Result: 65, 75, 79,<br/>net atk 29, blink miss<br/>net atk 23, not blinkmiss, and hit vs Rose's touch AC I think (with or w/o (heedless) charge)<br/>melee trident atk 29, dmg 12<br/><br/>secondary natural attacks:<br/>Result: 44, 26, 59, all misses!<br/>atk rolls would be 37, 31, nat1<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">south (prone) gargoyle</span><br/>move to stand, provokes AoO....<br/>If it survives that it'll get a standard action after, but I'll just delay that 'til the beginning of its next round - not worth you having to do an extra post-cycle just for that. But if you'd like to do a post with only Rose's AoO, to see if she kills it for example, it's up to you (I don't think there's any risk of her 'losing' attacks for lack of targets - she currently threatens it at the nw gargoyle that moved away from Aria, and with 5' steps could threaten the other two).<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Aria</span><br/>off hand 1: thrown hammer at the nne gargoyle that entangled her<br/>atk mod 18 (16 bab 8 dex (from entangled dex 26) 2 blink -2 twf -2 entangled -4 firing into melee)<br/>Result: 2, 3, 8,<br/>hit, despite all that (their flat-footed AC is <20!)<br/>dmg 9 + 56, staggered<br/><br/>5' north<br/>main hand at nw gargoyle, mods 27/22/17/12<br/>mh1 Result: 7, 17, 13,<br/>dmg 13+47<br/>mh 2 Result: 12, 11, 1,<br/>blink miss<br/>mh3 Result: 1, 2, 14,<br/>nat1<br/>mh4 Result: 1, 5, 7,<br/>nat1!<br/><br/>off hand 2: draw kukri, attack, mod 18 (16 bab 8 dex 2 blink -2 twf - 2 entangled +1 weapon -5 iterative)<br/>Result: 14, 11, 7,<br/>dmg 8+51<br/><br/>gargoyle damages (in case it helps your target selection, and to doublecheck for adding-to later):<br/>south (#4): 64 + AoO<br/>nne (#2): 65, staggered<br/>nw (#1): 119, staggered<br/>e (#3): 0<br/>Aria: 23, entangled<br/><br/>Lovely WW1 post btw!<br/><br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">X X X * X X X X X X X X X X * X X X <br/>X - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - X<br/>X - - - - - A - 2 - - - - - - - - X<br/>X - - - - - - - R 3 - - - - - - - X<br/>X - - - - - - x - - - - - - - - - X<br/>X - - - - - - - 4 - x - - - - - - X<br/>X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X<br/>X X X * X X X X X X X X X X X X X X <br/></code></pre>