Surak strikes at the nearest ant, but can't seem to connect today.
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Seeing the reinforcements at the last second, Surak switches to a defensive stance, which seems to ruin any chance of him hitting the creature.
Surak takes aim at the second ant, and looses a bolt.
He then drops the crossbow, and moves closer to the action, drawing his sword and shield.
Surak readies his crossbow, and ensures his sword and shield are ready to draw. He proceeds slowly and as quietly as he can in the right direction once Tararr is ready to accompany him and the Elves are ready to follow.
"It sounds like a traveller is being attacked, either by bandits or animals. He's shouting about something on his pack. Shall we investigate?"
Surak studies the trail, asking for guidance.
CLW(Tararr):
Sorry guys, bad storm here had me without power for a few days. Getting caught up.
Surak moves to Tararr, and calls for Ragathiel's help.
Surak rushes to Shirish's side to see if she can be helped.
He channels healing energy again. Heal: HP: 22/22 "How are the rest of you doing?"
Just about anything would work really.
Surak throws the cold iron javelin at the gnoll, and grabs another.
Surak again moves to target all but the gnoll, and channels once again.
Deciding to kill three birds with one stone, Surak moves far enough away from the giant gnoll to target everyone but her, and channels positive energy to heal.
Oh, hey, I missed a map link again until Chitleen used coordinates. Much easier than just imagining it all...
Surak steps behind Tararr, and heals the other Dwarf with a touch.
Easier that way :)
In a flash, Surak picks up the falchion, trying to grab it and step back.
Surak sees the monstrous gnoll attacking, and decides to distract it, even if only for a moment. He shouts, "Kill!", while trying to cloud the mind of the giant gnoll. Then he moves to try to get behind Tararr.
Surak fires at the slowest gnoll.
Surak mutters a prayer for the sake of his friends, and then tries to bring his crossbow to bear on the incoming gnolls.
Surak nods, and quietly readies his crossbow, scanning for threats.
Perception: "What's is it Chitleen? Did you see something?"
"I suppose only a few of us can see in the dark, so this is probably a good place to stop. Everyone is certainly quiet today..."
"They seem to have been using these goats as their blood supply, so at least it seems they may not be preying on people constantly." "Indeed, lets show this place our backs."
Surak examines the goats to see if they show puncture wounds or other signs that the batfolk were bleeding them for sustenance.
Crossbow ready, Surak looks with Chitleen, trying to see if it's safe to explore yet.
"If they do not return by mid-day, we should move on. They may be more scared of us than we are of them."
Surak begins his morning rituals, which seem to involve periods of meditation interspersed with various drills with a bastard sword.
"I take no issue with killing those who deserve it. But if we murder haphazardly, we cannot call ourselves heroes. Tararr...you may be rash, but in your heart you are a good person. While your actions get ahead of your intentions sometimes, I know that ultimately you are a good person; we have battled enough evils together in the last few years for me never to doubt that."
"Ahh...well, hopefully the small bats will not be as much of a threat during the day." Surak ponders. "Can we automatically consider the bat-men evil who must be stopped? They seemed to trade fairly with us last night for food, and did not attack us in the night. We were attacked by the normal bats they may keep as pets, but only when we invaded their lair when they were not present. Perhaps we should approach them first during the day and try to speak to them and find out their true nature? If we simply attack them with no true reason, we cannot call ourselves a force of good fighting evil."
"The swarms we can't do much about, there are simply too many of them. But the man-bats...I'm sure they bleed just as the were-jackals did. Perhaps we can draw them away from the tower when they return?" He keeps a careful watch of the sky, and listens for the flying bat-men, crossbow at the ready.
Surak nods. "It would seem we have taken up with monsters."
Surak pauses long enough for Tararr to catch up, and touches his arm before running back towards the campfire.
Once his companions are again free of the bats, Surak will channel and continue moving towards the fire.
Surak channels again when his allies get close enough, then runs towards our campfire. "Come to the camp fire, maybe the light will scare them off?" Channel: healing
Surak waits for his injured allies to get into range, and then channels healing energy before continuing his retreat.
Surak continues to back away from the bats, while keeping watch for any bigger threats.
Surak swats at the bats that come near him, and steps back outside the door. "Foul creatures! Chitleen, do you have any of those firebombs of yours?"
Surak stands watch at the door for the time being, alert to any threats from outside.
The cleric also puts on his armor, then loads his crossbow and looks for aerial threats.
Surak stands, disgusted by the needless alienation. He walks away muttering angrily, half to himself and half praying for guidance. Eventually he sits again, away from the camp, and begins honing his bastard swords, with the look of a man desperate for something to focus his mind.
Surak hands Tararr a piece of goat. "Tararr - you would enjoy life more if you spent less of it looking for an unnecessary fight and more of it eating things like this."
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