Giselle shouted, "That's no column, it's a roper! Kill it with fire!"<br/><br/>The Roper dropped all pretense of being a pillar - the tiger's eye gemstone turned out to be an actual eye with a vertical slit of a pupil, a crack that might have been attributed to age widened into a maw full of teeth, and grooves on its surface split off into fibrous, tentacle-like strands waving in the air.<br/><br/>But everyone was reacting to Giselle's warning, kicking off from the same starting line so to speak, and the Roper's ambush was negated leaving it to a fair contest of reaction time.<br/><br/>Although Alanna's attention had already been drawn towards the pretending pillar after deciphering the carvings, which gave her a slight but much-needed edge to her reaction time.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Roper</strong>(and information Giselle is assumed to share with party so it is IC knowledge)<br/>AC 27, touch 10, flat-footed 26<br/>HP 162/162<br/>Fort +13, Ref +5, Will +13<br/>Immune electricity; Resist cold 10; SR 27<br/>Weaknesses vulnerability to fire<br/>Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Turn Order / Initiative results:</span><br/>Current turn: Laura 21 / Giselle 28 / Alanna 13+4 bonus from the carvings<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Upcoming turns:</span><br/>Monster turn: Roper 16<br/>Player turn: Laura 21 / Giselle 28 / Alanna 13+4 bonus / Kana 6<br/><br/>Your pre-rolled initiatives have been used, pre-roll new ones please.