To the North
Grimnail, the furthest north in the passage, still finds himself paired off against two troglodyte beasts and acts first. He can only take a step or two south before entering the space filled by
Strom, but they're steps the barbarian does take. He attempts to drive his curved blade deep into the neck of the already wounded foe, but the creature shifts its body at the last instant causing Grim to
just miss.
Strom, sensing
Grim starting to approach his space in what is the beginning of a coordinated withdrawal, takes the few steps he can before encroaching on
Kaltar. The knight swings his bastard sword one-handed and misses badly.
Two javelins are thrust in
Grimnail's direction simultaneously and the barbarian continues to be successful at avoiding harm.
Strom and
Kaltar both avoid being struck as well. In fact, the swamp beast fighting
Kaltar manages to stick the tip of its javelin into a crack in the passage wall, and breaks off the tip while trying to remove it.
Kaltar, with his heavy mace, acts last in the north. While he thought to fall back and approach
Ewell, with plans of healing the young knight, he realizes he must first rid himself of the troglodyte attacking him. Hoping to make that idea a reality quickly, the cleric swings his mace violently at his already wounded opponent, but is unable to connect. While
Ewell has already pushed his way south, the cleric does take a few steps south and officially enters the passageway near
Darrin, who attempts to remain calm as he holds the light source, but is clearly shaken by the events taking place around him.
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Kaltar acted last that round, so his decent into the passageway creates a bit of space. Initiative next round will decide who gets to occupy that space -- Strom or #6.
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In the Middle
Coming to his feet,
Shannigans looks for an opportunity to help. He sees nothing to shoot at and, with nothing in melee range either, he continues south with daggers drawn, thankful to have his full strength back.
Fimmion will remain close to the wall near the intersection, where Epsilon, Gwillt and Orek is at. He will continue to hold the light source up and possibly relight it if needed. To be more specific, he will be hugging the wall right next to Epsilon.
Ewell forces his way past the rest of his companions stuck in the passageway and quickly moves to assume a position behind
O'rek, ready, even in his badly wounded state, to prevent the scaled creatures from entering the passage from the south as well.
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To the South
O'rek, realizing that, at least for the moment, he is the only party member preventing the troglodytes from the right branch of the 'Y' from filling into the passageway, holds his position and attempts to beat down a beast with heavenly force. His warhammer misses badly, clanging against the side of the passageway wall. The clerics' hands ring from the shock of the vibration, but the weapon remains intact. The ringing in his hands quickly becomes the least of his problems, however, as the beast looking to get past him catches the cleric in the shoulder with the tip of its javelin, violently ripping the piercing device out afterwards
(-8).
On the opposite end of the southern passage,
Gwillt acts next and swings his scimitar wildly as he attempts a fighting withdraw. The ranger attempts to coax the troglodyte he was squared off against to follow him, but the beast, after pausing for a moment, instead hurls its javelin at the escaping ranger, which barely misses, and does not give chase.
Unaccustomed to melee combat,
Epsilon strikes out wildly with his mace, missing badly. His opponent is not so unfortunate, piercing the cleric with its javelin
(-5).
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Gwillt, having not been pursued, is able to freely escape if he so chooses. The clerics, O'rek and Epsilon, continue to remain in melee. O'rek senses the arrival of Ewell behind him while Epsilon fears the troglodyte that gave up on Gwillt may now turn its attention on him.
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Moving to round 11. Actions and initiatives.
