The remaining darkmantle struggles against the net, hurling itself at Kel in a useless fashion.
Anevia keeps her bow drawn, but doesn't fire out of fear of hitting an ally.
Tina moves to 6-G and strikes again.
Rex stows his pistol and draws his stout oak club and moves up to engage the creature.
Kel hauled the creature down to ground level, held the rope with his sheild hand, drew his blade and stabbed.
"Did we get one of them? Is everyone okay?" Max takes a careful step backwards and prays for his continued safety.
Kosz takes a step to place the darkmantle in between himself and Kel, striking with his morningstar.
Max steps back and prays for insight.
Tina stabs blindly, but doesn't feel anything on the end of her pointy stick.
Horgus stands around.
Kel drags the darkmantle down to eye level using his net before stabbing at it.
Deia steps over to Tina and offers her a blessing.
Kosz gives another mighty swing and bludgeons the beast heartily.
Aravashnial does nothing.
Rex draws his club and moves forward.
"I really hate being blind. I truly do feel useless."
I'm sure we can do something for you once we gett he proper help.
The darkmantle hurls itself at its new-found source of pain, attempting to wrap itself around Kosz and just barely failing to take hold!
Trying to pinpoint the source of the thud she just heard, Anevia fires into the inky blackness and misses.
Round 3
Tina tries stabbing again.
"We're all feeling a little blind here in the darkness!" Having lost his bearings, Max is inclined to walk away from the battle and into some light again. He squeezes himself between Horgus and Aravashnial, and keeps his crossbow at the ready should he finally see something.
Max retreats.
Tina tries stabbing the creature again, finding her mark this time. The creature dies a stabby death.
Deia offers Tina another blessing.
Horgus does nothing, as per usual.
"I'm starting to get sick of those things..."
"I'm starting to get sick of everything down here. I mean, really. When are we going to get to the surface? We've been down here for hours now. I thought you people said these tunnels would take us upward!"
"Oh, and by the way, I think I heard someone scream something about their pets. You might want to tend to that, because I think he was talking about those whatevers you all just killed. He sounded upset."
I wonder if we could eat these things? Well, we better be ready for whoever is doing the yelling.
Tina lets the big strong meatshi...men take the lead.
Max moves into position to get a clear line of sight to the passageway. He prepares to fire at the first sight of an enemy.
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Kel rolled as the creature's tentacle managed to slip out of the net and strike his armor. He retaliated with another thrust of his own.
Rex looks around in the dark, "I think he have more company."
Rex stays put holding his club in a defensive position.
Kel remains ready to attack.
Deia offers Tina a blessing and moves just a step to the south.
Kosz moves up ready to swing if something attacks him.
Kosz moves forward and readies himself for more action.
Aravashnial hobbles forward.
Rex gets ready.
Around the corner comes a host of oversized rats, directed by a haggard, and blurry looking dwarf.
The dwarf screams at Kosz as he orders his rats to attack.
"I'm not going back! Never! You can't take me!"
Kosz swings at the first rat that moves to attack him, leaving the rat as a smear with his heavy swing.
A second rat bites at Kosz, but merely gets a mouth full of leather boot.
A third rat bites at Kosz through the opening left by his dead kin.
The fourth rat scurries impatiently, waiting for an opening.
The dwarf screams as he impotently watches one of his rats die. "I'll kill you for that!"
Anevia moves forward and unleashes an arrow towards the rats, but it flies wide.
Anevia curses as her shot misses.
"Curse my leg and curse this crutch! I can't stand without it, but I can't aim with it!"
Horgus recoils a bit as the rats round the bend.
"Ugh. Rats are such filthy creatures. You'd better keep them away from me, or so help me I'll..."
Tina considers tossing another bomb but thinks the rats aren't worth it so she goes to 7-H and stabs with her longspear
Max reloads his crossbow, and waits for something bigger to shoot.
Max moves forward again and fires a bolt at the rats, but he misses the shot.
Tina moves forward and jabs away, skewering through one of the rats!
Horgus follows Max forward, but just enough to stay inside the well-lit area.
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"Rats!"
Rex draws his pistol and stows his club, "looks like the rats are contained, I'll wait to get a shot on the dwarf."
Rex then moves an takes up position.
"Pull back a bit Kosz."
Kosz strikes out at another rat before stepping back.
Come on ugly! Show us what you got! Tina's blood is pumping from all the explosions and fighting. Is that a gleam in her eye and did she just giggle in a way that sounded like 'Muahaha'?
Kel moves forward and implored Kosz to fall back slightly.
Deia moves forward and tries to put a rat to sleep, but fails.
Kosz smashes another rat to death and takes a step back.
Aravashnial hurls an orb of acid at the last remaining rat. The glob splashes on top of the rat, burning into its skin.
Rex re-draws his pistol and moves forward.
The final rat moves forward and bites at Tina, but she deftly sidesteps the attempt.
The crazed dwarf steps out of the passage, yelling "You're all alike! I just wanted to do my research alone! But you've ruined it again!" as he fires off a couple magical bolts at Kosz. They hit the knight square in the chest and send him crumpling to the ground!
Aravashnial hears the rat squeal as his acid hits. Elated, he screams out.
"HAH! I knew I wasn't useless!"