A tabletop dance from Aria, eh?  Rose had to admit, the mental image was intriguing...  And not just because the visions of the tiefling playing through her head were in various states of undress, either.  As she'd suggested, getting up on the table would be a big tactical advantage in their fight, at least as far as taking out the smaller opponents in the battle was concerned, and it also had the advantage of forcing any who would want to attack her to get right up next to the table, and thus in excellent position for the shifter to do some slicing and dicing.<br/><br/>Things went off without a hitch after they teleported in, the rogue having little trouble tumbling past the enlarged warrior's legs and leaping onto the wizard, killing him in a slashing flurry of blades in spite of his contingency spell activating and negating most of her blows.  Wizards clearly weren't the types to stand toe-to-toe with their foes, it seemed, and he had no real knowledge on how to duck and roll with the blows he was receiving.  Before long, he was laying dead on the floor of his own keep, only the final taunts he had slung their way left behind.<br/><br/>Visit planes?  'Higher Art'?  The wanderer would have rolled her eyes, if she hadn't needed to keep them on the three foes in the room whom she had promised to keep off her companion's back while the woman worked.  Astos was a scholar.  Perhaps he had visited other planes, perhaps he had learned advanced planar magic and powerful spells, but ultimately, the bulk of his knowledge came from studying the planes.  She had actually<em>lived</em>them.  A street-level view of things was far different from the typical detached, academic perspective common among men of learning.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the knowledge of what the elven girls upstairs were being used for left her considerably more upset.  Harem?  The lotus?  That bastard...  Of course, he got what was coming to him soon afterwards, and her only regret about it wound up being that she didn't get to strike the finishing blow herself when the time came.  A knife to the eye was a more than satisfying way to take care of things, overall.  Making a mental note to see to it that the elven maidens upstairs were properly cared for when this whole mess was over, she turned towards the next source of anger in the room.<br/><br/>The vampire.  Looking over them hungrily, talking about lunch...  Rose's training as a Ranger was geared towards finding and destroying Shapechangers, such as those evil lycanthropes who followed Shar or other destroyers, rather than Selune, but that didn't mean there was much love lost between her and the undead.  The thought of that thing draining them both dry was bad enough, but if it drained away their essence in the process, they could rise up as its spawn, a couple of pathetic creatures bound utterly to its will.  In essence, they would be enslaved in death, and thus, by dying, find what her Bedine roots had taught her was a fate<em>worse</em>than death...<br/><br/>Smacking that smug look off his face as he tried to retreat should have been satisfying, but it wasn't.  She was still angry.  So she put that anger to use, channeled it into a concentrated fury...  And then, while he was still down, she let him have it, enraged blows striking true even in spite of the Blinking she was still under.  She slashed and cut, lashing out with a powerful sequence of attacks that would leave him horribly damaged, if they didn't kill him outright.<br/><br/>And if her rage still wasn't satisfied by the time his body crumbled to dust under her guisarme's blade, her next target would be the Scrag trying to strike at her friend from behind...<br/><br/><br/><br/>Yep, that was it, mostly. ^^ Indoors and close quarters like what they're currently in are a rather tight squeeze for large-sized creatures, at times.  Doorways would give her trouble, for instance.  Fortunately, in other instances it can come in rather handy...<br/><br/>Hmm.  When the vampire falls prone, I can't help but think that he might have cover...  Although, given Rose's current height and the fact that he could easily be several feet from the edge of the table, I can also see how he might not. ><;<br/><br/>Well, either way, it's just +4 AC, which is cancelled out by the -4 from prone, so I'll still full attack him next. ^^ I'll have Rose go into a Rage as a free action first, though.  +4 Strength, +4 Constitution, +2 Will saves, and -2 AC.<br/><br/>Blink miss chance rolls. (1d100=97, 1d100=98, 1d100=65, 1d100=42) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2743748/) ;D<br/><br/>Full attack against the Vampire, Power-Attacking for 4 (+10 damage). Any strikes after the killing blow go towards the Scrag. (1d20+30=45, 1d20+25=40, 1d20+20=28, 1d20+15=33) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2743755/)<br/>Damage rolls. 2d6 + (Str mod 11x1.5=16) + 5 (Enhancement) + 10 (Power Attack + Gauntlets of Might bonus) = 2d6+31 (2d6+31=34, 2d6+31=38, 2d6+31=42, 2d6+31=43) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2743761/)<br/><br/>And then, in case one of the above transfers over to the Scrag and I get to make a Trip attempt...<br/><br/>Touch attack for Trip attempt. (1d20+30=36) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2743765/)<br/>Opposed Strength check on Trip attempt. (1d20+21=29) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2743766/)<br/><br/>By the way, a thought suddenly occurs to me.  Should I be rolling miss chance on these Trip attempt Touch Attacks, as well? ^^; I'm thinking I probably should, given that it's another, seperate attack roll, so...<br/><br/>Miss chance on touch attack. (1d100=60) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2743768/)<br/><br/>And finally, in case of attacks of opportunity from either Mr. Vampire surviving and standing up or the Scrag doing something AoO-worthy...<br/><br/>Miss chances on Attacks of Opportunity. (1d100=27, 1d100=39) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2743769/)<br/>Attack rolls for Attacks of Opportunity. (1d20+30=33, 1d20+30=35) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2743770/)<br/>Damage rolls for Attacks of Opportunity. (2d6+31=33, 2d6+31=41) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2743772/)<br/><br/>Hmm. >>; After this fight, I'm thinking Rose is going to decide that she needs to give in to her Rage more often.  8-round duration, and she's immune to fatigue afterwards, so there are basically no downsides for her other than not having the option later in the day.