Dora frowns with anger as Rodger is hit, and orders him forward into the foyer and towards the great hall.  She, meanwhile, moves forward after him, looking for a stair, and casting again, this time sharing the spell with her companion, as her hands grow long claws, and her jaws develop a powerfully.<br/><br/>((Bite of the Were-Tiger, increasing Rodger and Dora's AC by 7, making Rodger's 23.  Rodger moves 40 forward, readying a claw swipe at the first halfling he sees or even scents, while Dora moves forward 30, and casts out of sight inside while looking left and right for a staircase.  As for the caltrops, I didn't roll a nat 20, so neither Rodger's toughened skin, or Dora's wooden feet were hurt by a caltrop.))