Abduxuel: Regarding the lord of Moonhaven, you learn that he is supposedly somewhere around eighty years of age, was married once, but has been a widower for nearly thirty years, and has not since had any public affairs. His apprentice speaks well of him, and refers to him as "tall, handsome, and generally fashionable". Even the lord's apprentice seems to have little idea as to what Julipus has been doing lately, but he assumes that it involves some sort of magical research.<br/>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/>[Each '.' represents one five-ft space; I've liberally placed a few people, in your next post try to specify what space you're in, and always specify directions when moving. Assume empty squares are walls/other barriers, i.e. Dora, in an alleyway, is in between walls. The oil lamps spread bright light in a 10 ft radius around them; all other squares are considered shadowy illumination (20% miss chance).]<br/>U = Ulric<br/>Y = Yoriko<br/>D = Dora<br/>M = Monster<br/>o = oil lamp<br/>. . . .<br/>o . . . . . . . . . . . M o<br/>. . . . . . . . . . . . .<br/>. Y M . . . . . . .<br/>. . . . . . . . . .<br/>. . . . . . . M . .<br/>o . . . . . . U . . . . D .<br/>. . . . . . . . . .<br/>. . . . . . . . . .<br/>. . . . . . . . . o<br/><br/>The three men writhe in the thick, sticky webs, and shrug off their cloaks, revealing dry, greyish skin pulled taught over their withered, muscular forms. A pale, yellow light shines in their sunken and otherwise hollow eye sockets, and blood oozes down their chins from tattered lips. One climbs through the webs and seizes a lantern from its post, as the others throw themselves hungrily at their new, armed opponents. Abduxuel's plea seems to go entirely ignored by the deathly, ravenous creatures.<br/><br/>[One makes a wild swing with its claws at Ulric, but misses. Another rushes at the more vulnerable figure of Yoriko, but she easily evades the swipe of its claw. The last one moves to the nearest oil lamp and grabs it from its post.]<br/><br/>[Anyone with ranks can attempt a knowledge: religion check to identify the creatures' species.]<br/>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Yoriko was ready when the man came at her; having adopted a duelist's stance, she watched his approach with great concentration and leaped just out of reach as his arm began to extend. The creature's movements were made a bit sluggish by the entangling webs which still clung to it, and Yoriko tried to take full advantage of that, dealing a swift, but overly light riposte. She was shaken momentarily as her blade failed to even pierce the thing's leathery skin.<br/><br/>[Yoriko, acting at initiative 12, attacks the adjacent monster, rolling a 15 total and missing. She activates Stance of Clarity as a swift action, changing her AC to 17 against that creature, and to 13 against all others.]<br/>