After Noel missed her strike, two of the fire beetles went after her. The first one missed, while the second one took advantage of the distraction to attack her from behind but failed as well.<br/><br/>The third bug went after Zedik before he could react. Its mandibles managed to catch him in the leg (dealing<strong>3 damage</strong>).<br/><br/>Then the beetle leaped back a step out of the way of Zedik's retaliatory kick. The giant insects paused their attack a moment to buzz their wings, flashing motes of light in the darkness.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>(Fire beetles delay their initiative to 6, putting Noel and Zedik next to each other in the turn order.<br/><br/>House rule for flanking: for simplicity, once two creatures threaten the same target, they are considered to be flanking it.)<br/><br/><strong>3 Fire Beetles</strong><br/><em>Acting on initiative 6, two flanking Noel, one threatening Zedik</em><br/>AC 12, touch 11<br/>hp 4<br/>Fort +2, Ref +0, Will +0<br/>Immune mind-affecting effects