Scarcely any slivers of the halflings' bodies reappeared, and for scarce fractions of a second, before their arms whirled out the windows again, giving three slings one last spin to chuck down stones; two, now, aimed at Randal and one at Kelsie (both Lathanderi now rather well protected by metal and metaphorical armor). The rightmost halfling squawked in annoyance and was spun about by Arivel's next, timed-for-his-reappearance arrow striking him across the collar, only to then have Kelsie's lance tip just barely reach the high window and jab him hard in the back.<br/><br/>Just as Rodger squeezed the last his redoubled but rather streamlined-for-his-size (as felines are wont to be) bulk into the mercifully wide foyer corridor, a fourth halfling leaned out around the corner of the doorway, literally standing on the sprawled young nobleman's corpse with the slit throat, and tried to jab a needle-like small sword into the side of Rodger's neck.<br/><br/><br/>Ershin and Tacky remain. Ershin told me over several PMs what she wanted Toria to do (move action to draw broom, standard to command word activate it) and I confirmed that she could. Tacky has been gone from E since the 24th (holiday vacation perhaps). So, I'll move.<br/><br/>Also,Tagan, since you said in OOC (and your post) that Dora would 'follow' Rodger (who spent his turn bashing in the door) inside, I infer she's not moving inside this turn.<br/><br/>Also, Muse, you can't ready a charge (you can ready standard- but not full-round actions); so I'm assuming Kelsie spurs her horse to the closest point to the closest (northmost / rightmost) halfling window and then readies a regular attack.<br/><br/>In her PMs Ershin made a reference to her free-action Haste ability; she didn't directly say she was going to use it, but, since there's little reason not to (beguilers have a good number of spell slots)....if it matters to anyone's next turn, assume she does (Ershin, please feel free to post in-thread! And when you do post, please post for that turn even though I'm now moving on.)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Arivel</span><br/>Ready an action to attack first appearing halfling wih bow<br/>(since Arivel is more invested in his ranged weapon than melee weapon - +2-equivalent vs masterwork - I'm guessing he prefers this to moving inside.<br/><br/>Rolling it now:<br/>atk 11+12r = 24, dmg 1d8+2 = 10<br/>(that includes the +1s from Aid and Haste)<br/>(In tabletop you wouldn't roll until the actual attack happened, but in PBP a player would want to roll a readied action when they post the readying, to save a post cycle. As long as you don't change your mind after observing the result, it's statistically equivalent.)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">3s halfling</span><br/>sling attack @ Randal<br/>atk 25 miss? (vs Randal's flat-footed AC)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">0n halfling</span><br/>sling attack @ Randal<br/>atk 26 miss? (also vs flat-footed AC)<br/>same move<br/><br/>(They like Randal b/c some other chars have soft cover from their fellows - this largely dictated their target choices last round - and they've observed Rodger's DR - you know when your attacks get DRed. Given that Randal's AC is great this works well for the party - just saying I'm not picking on Randal for no good reason ;))<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">4n halfling</span><br/>sling attack @ Kelsie<br/>atk 17 miss? (again vs flat-footed AC)<br/>gets hit by both Arivel and Kelsie (even w/o the +2 added into the charge....not sure about Kelsie's damage yet though)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Rodger</span><br/>(inferring that he still does what Tagan posted for him a round in advance: move inside and attack if he finds something hostile)<br/>See rules for Squeezing (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/movementpositionanddistance.htm#squeezing). Corridor's 10' wide, and Huge Rodger has 15' facing. Ladies and gentleman, we have the proverbial "elephant in the living room" (well, elephant-sized tiger in the foyer). So he has speed 20' instead of 40' here. (edit: 35' instead of 70' thanks to Toria's Haste)<br/>Making a second caltrops roll for Rodger (since he has to move over both squares of them): okay, 10r and not natural 20<br/>Although I'm not certain, I believe each square of caltrops will only 'attack' him once on the way in (as opposed to 3 times since Huge Rodger has 15' facing and has to move 3 squares of himself over each one).<br/><br/>Rodgers moves 15' into hall<br/>halfling reveals himself in square 3w1s by making a readied attack at Rodger (having successfully used the cover of the doorway to hide prior to this)<br/>atk 26 (vs Rodger's current flat-footed AC w/ a -4 from squeezing and a +4 for cover from the corner)<br/>dmg 23 (would not overcome the DR 10/magic)<br/>(Rodger still has 20' of movement left in his current move action, plus a standard or second move action. From Tagan's post I gathered Rodger would attack something he found, but since I'm not very sure about Rodger's stats, I'll let her roll it or at least give me his attack and damage parameters so I can.)<br/><br/>H = halfling<br/>(the three window halflings are not shown, being on the 2nd floor - they are still as shown on the first map<br/>D = Dora<br/>K = Kelsie mounted on Large horse<br/>Ra = Randal<br/>R = Rodger (Large before Dora's spell, Huge after)<br/>T = Toria<br/>c = caltrops<br/>. = open squares<br/>X = obstructed squares<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><br/>13w X       X X X X X X <br/>    X       X . . . . X <br/>    X       X . . . . X <br/>10w X       . . . . . .        &lt;--    greathall (where Professor Plum                 <br/>    X       X . . . . X                   did it w/ the candlestick)   <br/>    X       X . . . . X <br/>    X       X X . . X X <br/>    X       . . . . . .          <br/>5w  X X . X X X . . X X X . X X<br/>    X . . . . X . . X . X . . X                          closet <br/>    X . . . . H . . . . . . . X    &lt;--  parlor | foyer |        | guardroom<br/>    X . . . . X R R X . X . . X                 <br/>    X . . . . X R R X . X . . X                          midden<br/>0 . X X X X X X R R X X X X X X .<br/>1e. . . . . . . . . . . K K . . .            <br/>  . . . . . . Ra. . . A K K . . . <br/>  . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . .<br/>  . . . . . . D . . . . . . . . .<br/>5e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br/>    6s        1s0 1n          7n<br/><br/>Cecily is now 180' from the front doorway</span>