<strong>Ellen</strong><br/><br/>The half-celestial nodded, conceding to the Ghost's point. Ellen went below, following a pair of muffled voice from down the hall. The Captain's door was ajar, and as she approached she saw the man himself clutching his ring finger and nodding. He appeared to be listening intently something.<br/><br/>"...Very well." He said, "I shall keep you informed. Wythe out."<br/><br/>The older gentleman turned around, lowering his face to look at Ellen above the rims of his glasses. He threw his head back and smiled, "Lady Ellen. I see you're back. And completely unharmed at that."<br/><br/>"Turns out all that firepower was unnecesary..." He said, scratching his cheek.<br/><br/><strong>Leander</strong><br/><br/>Swinging back and forth in the beast's maw, Leander still retained his upper body mobility enough to use his scythe without too much difficulty, although being upside down and having a leg full of fang was still quite a hindrance. He slashed at the creature again, though he failed to hit its' weak points. It would soon reassert its' grip and restrict his movements further, and the elf's scythe went plodding harmlessly into the jungle floor towards Liah, the blade half-submerged into the earth.<br/><br/>She took hold of it, and judging that the snake was too distracted to properly defend itself against an additional attack, lashed out just below the head, shedding some blood. Still, it wasn't enough to get it to loosen its' vice upon the elven fighter.<br/><br/>The serpent let go of Leander and immediatly snapped its' jaws shut back upon him, intent to grab him by the chest and completely immobilize his limbs. The creature had found, however, only the metal of his breastplate. Its fangs slid off the material harmlessly, and it recoiled in shock, cocking its head to the side as gravity seized the elf from its' maw.<br/><br/>He fell on his back ten feet to the ground, knocking the wind from his lungs for a few moments as the beast hissed angrily at his escape. It shifted its' head back ten feet, out of the human and elf's melee range but well within the reach of its own vicious bite.<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">Liah made a 5-foot step behind Leander in the last round. Ummm... yeah, just roll with it. Leander also could full-attack with his scythe despite it normally being impossible during a grapple because of the way the snake bit his leg and not his upper body.<br/><br/>Liah 5-foot steps again, takes a move action to pick up the Scythe and attacks. Does 5 damage, plus 5 from sneak attack.<br/><br/>Snake constricts for 1d8+10+1d3+4 damage! ...rolls a one. You heard it, a <strong><em>one</em></strong> on its' grapple check. Constrict auto-fails.<br/><br/>Going to take this opportunity to introduce critical fumble rules. :P The result? DM decides what happens. For PCs and NPCs alike.<br/><br/>Generally, something plausible that occurs at the roller's disadvantage. A fumble use rope check doesn't mean you tie yourself up by accident, but it might mean that not only does your knot fail, but you made it in such a way that it cannot be untied. So, something plausible.<br/><br/>Snake attempts to get a better grip by biting its prey's chest, and also to prevent Leander from using his arms to attack with the scythe again, even if he is disarmed (Snake isn't smart enough to figure out that Man and Weapon are seperate entities...)<br/><br/>BUT the teeth hit solid metal breastplate and Leander falls out of the grapple. He's now prone from falling head-first towards the ground. Five feet away from snake.<br/><br/>Liah's right next to you with the scythe. Grabbing it from her would be a move action as 'Manipulate an Item', she wouldn't resist the attempt but it would take away her own move action for the round. So no passing around the scythe more than once a round so everyone can attack with just one person's weapon! :P<br/><br/>Unless you delay your action behind Liah... Uh, just don't do it.  ;)<br/><br/>Since nobody's pointing sharp things at the Snake during this exchange, it would provoke an AoO on both of you. Snake cannot use Improved Grab with AoOs. Not sure if that's RAW but it's my ruling.<br/><br/>Leander: 21<br/>Liah: 17<br/>Snake: 12<br/><br/>Snake Total Damage Sustained: 46<br/>Leander Total Damage Sustained: 20 (Although you should keep track of your HP total. :P)</div></div>