Petvar steps up to the skeleton, and readies for Filios to get behind the skeleton. Filios! Can you get behind this skeleton? I know that's an unenviable position, but maybe if we work together we can take this one down quickly.
If I could hit the damnable thing, it would be dust!
Petvar hopes Filios is able to flank for him. And he attacks the skeleton in front of him.
Petvar attempts to hit the skeleton, but fate just doesn't want these skeletons to die.
The skeletons once again release their combined fury on Darren, and miss spectacularly as Petvar steps up and shatters one of the sword wielding skeletons in the front.
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Darren hopes he can continue to draw their attacks. He takes another guarded swing at the remaining sword-wielding skeleton.
Solomon stands back, realizing he still does not have room to enter the fray. Despite growing frustrated at not being able to join the battle, he calms himself, grasping his holy symbol, and asks Torag for his blessing to keep his friends alive.
That's a little better. That wil put Morthos at -2.
Filios will acrobatically roll to a position in S5 in an attempt to avoid any AoO, provide a future flanking possibility, and attack the Skeleton in R5.
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Petvar step up to flank this guy!
Petvar ignorantly unafraid of the skeletons steps up to the skeleton in front of Filios and wails on it as best he can.
The spearmen in R5 gets a shot at Filios as he tries to tumble by, but it bounces off the armor as Filios comes up from behind and smacks him hard. Petvar steps up and just manages to connect with his morningstar, finishing it off.
The remaining melee skeletons continue to beat on Darren, but the archers switch their attention to Filios. The sword and spear both miss, though the sword at least hits armor, but one arrow catches Filios off guard, doing 7 points of damage.
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Solomon says another short prayer, this time more insistently, to Torag.
Hearing Morthos groan as he regains consciousness, Solomon looks back at him briefly, "Welcome back to the party. Unfortunately, we still got some guests who don' want ta leave." Temporarily sticking his hammer under his left arm, he offers a hand up to the prone dwarf.
Morthos gives Solomon a weak smile.
"Well, we can't have that! They really need to shown the meaning of good manners..."
He then shakily gets to his feet, throws a telekinetic punch at the archer in U4, and 5' steps into the alcove next to him (O6).
After the healing, and seeing that some of the skeletons have turned their attention from Darren, he lowers his guard to try to improve his attacking accuracy.
Morthos' blast misses the skeleton, hitting only some old linens in one of the alcoves. Darren lays into the remaining swordsman, and destroys it.
Well Done Darren, step up to flank if possible!
Filios slides five feet to S4, and attacks the sole remaining spearman skeleton in R4.
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Petvar steps up to attack the longspear wielding skeleton.
Well Done Darren, step up to flank if possible!
Solomon reaches into his belt pouch and scrounges around for a minute before pulling out a flask of pulling out a vial of holy water. After stepping as close behind his allies as he can, to limit the amount of cover they might give to his target, he flings the vial at the nearest skeleton.
Well Done Darren, step up to flank if possible!
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With Darren stepping up and distracting the remaining spearman, Filios is able to step behind it and finish it off after Petvar deals a heavy blow to it.
The remaining skeletal archers takes two more shots at Filios, but the arrows both fly wide.
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"Looks like those spear carriers are bein easier ta hit. I think whatever alchemical process our mystery man used to create these things isnt an exact science yet, so its not affecting all of these the same. Might be that the ones with bows are even easier to hit than the spear-wielder, since they are in the back an' all.
Darren steps up to one of the archers and takes a powerful swing.
Darren fails to penetrate the armor, but comes closer to doing damage than he would have on the other skeletons.
Filios charges the archer next to the one that Darren attacked.
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Filios manages to connect his club with the skeletal archer and it goes down. The remaining archer takes a 5 foot step back and fires at Filios, with the shot going straight up into the ceiling somehow, before being ripped asunder by the party.
"Well, that was exciting!" Solomon says, somewhat gravely. Turning back to Morthos, Solomon places his hands near the other dwarves wounds and begins praying. Solomon's drow begins to sweat as he prays with intense fervor over his friend and light begins emitting from his hands.
When Solomon removes his hands, the wounds are much cleaner and far less severe.
"Anyone else injured?"
Morthos breathes a little more easily as the worst of his near-fatal wounds close over. Wincing slightly, he throws a smile at Solomon.
"Thanks. I definitely needed that!"
Darren leans up against the wall, looking over the piles of bones, disappointed that he didn't hit more often. He pushes his self doubt aside, however, and sets his mind to the task at hand.