<strong>Ellen</strong><br/><br/>"Oh. It is such an effort bringing that thing out." He said, taking away his glasses and stroking the bridge of his nose, "I suppose you're right, though. It's good things didn't come to that. I don't think we could have gotten off more than one shot before they overtook us anyways..." The man stroked his chin as she recounted the fight to him. He considered her words as she spoke them, and then smiled at her observation, "Quite... Unfortunately, It's not my call to make." he admitted, "But I'll let them know..."<br/><br/>The captain nodded, "You did well, Lady Ellen. To be honest, I was afraid we'd have to kill them... and that would have made new expeditions into these parts all the more dangerous."<br/><br/><strong>Leander</strong><br/><br/>Liah offered the elf back his weapon as the snake's serpentine tongue lashed out of its mouth. It took this opportunity to strike, fangs biting hard into the elven fighter's forearm, which had taken the beast's maw for his head. Leander had just narrowly avoided an attempted decapitation, and this gave him just the opportunity to uppercut his scythe into the underside of the giant snake's soft neck. The beast released its' vice in agony, and Leander could see the bloodied metal of his blade from inside the creature's mouth, it having pierced through the monster's lower jaw.<br/><br/>The serpentine monstrosity hissed wickedly and threw its' head back, the sheer force of the recoil pulling the elf's scythe out of his grasp once again. After a torrent of writhing agony, the creature fell over on its' side as blood poured from the wound.<br/><br/>Its' mouth was slightly ajar and its' forked tongue laid upon the earth. It blinked, still alive despite the assault. Yet Leander sensed that it was no longer a threat to either of them, and that reclaiming his scythe from its' flesh would not present very much difficulty.<br/><br/>"Snakes." Liah sighed, "Everything's worse with snakes."<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">Snake AoOs Leander as he picks up the Scythe.<br/><br/>What the HELL!? Snake rolled a 20. I give up! Okay, it didn't confirm the critical, though. ...But it rolled max damage anyways. &gt;:| 8+10.<br/><br/>Oh well. Leander makes use of his incredibly circumstantial Prone Attack feat. ;-)<br/><br/>Since I don't feel like tacking on a whole 'nother round of combat for what little HP it has left, you bring the snake down to -1 hitpoints and dying. If Leander doesn't finish it off, the jungle predators will before it has a chance to self-stabilize in an hour.<br/><br/>Snake Total Damage Sustained: 60-ish<br/>Leander Total Damage Sustained: 38 (Although you should still be keeping track of your own HP total. :P I've got enough NPCs and Monsters to worry about as it is. x_x)</div></div>