Seven Days to the Grave [DMOOCH]

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R5T10: Paxre loads a silver bolt, moves up to just in front of Delta "No way am I going in there as long as those rats are there, Alpha!" teeps Paxre.

Spoiler: Actions

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First move action was to move, the second was to load the crossbow. You have no time to ready the shot.

R5T9.9: Muhrbala flies out of the pit and with a quick look comes right behind the wererat facing Alpha and a giant frog and stings him right in the center of the lower spine for 15 mod! He holds his back in pain, and then drops.

R5T9.7: With his chance of flanking now gone, the wererat across from Gamma moves down several feet, hops across easily, and then comes around to now face Gamma from the south (putting Gamma's back at the muck), but can't even begin to make it past Gamma's defenses.

R5T4: That damn sniper to the north of the cavern (still within 30') gets Alpha along the neck for 10.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T27: Just when it couldn't get any worse, it gets a lot worse. A lot. Something moves in with incredible stealth and speed to launch over the muck and land right where the wererat that just fell was standing. It happens so quickly, that Alpha didn't even get a chance to get a pot shot in. *THUD!* Alpha looks up to see a large wererat ... easily 6-1/2 feet tall and significantly more muscular than his brethrens ... standing there, wielding a gleaming rapier. Yet, this is only the general sense of things, for this wererat with a faintly glowing forcefield around him is hard to see from a high-speed shifting of its form. Now flanked (again), Alpha sees that he will not stand for long. The monster looms in and bites Alpha in his upper arm - breaking it with a snap and bloody for 20 - and Alpha's world goes black. It all happened so quickly, he couldn't even utter a cry (vocal or telepathic).

R6T26: Beta, you don't know Alpha's condition (you don't get "static on the line"), but you have your own problems to worry about, anyway. You are getting pounded, and Omega is running on fumes. The fact that everyone is on their feet and there is no longer a flanking situation is the only balm. What do you do?

The rat swarm that was on Alpha on deck, Omega in the hole ...

Since Alpha is immediately following Omega, go ahead and roll either an Autohypnosis or CON stabilization check for Alpha.

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

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Girrigz: 27. Blur. Shield of Faith +3.
Beta: 26. Has Wererat #1's short sword. PRONE!!! +4 insight bonus to AC til beginning of next round. AOO used.
* He will develop filth fever in 2 days.
Shrieker: 25.9. Shrieking til end of R6T25.9.
Rat Swarm #1: 25.8. (11:27). Alpha.
Omega: 20.5. He will develop filth fever tomorrow. RW2 & WR2 attacking. AOO used.
*** STANCE: Obsidian Reflection Stance!
Alpha: 20.3. Saved vs. shrieker.

Reinforcement Wererat #1: 20. (26:26). Saved vs shrieker. S side of Alpha. Giant Frog. Adjacent to Gamma.
* POISONED/ ASLEEP!!! Check for 2nd frequency at end R15T9.9.
Rat Swarm #2: 19. (21:27). Next to Gamma.
Wererat #1: 18. (-9, 15:16 CON). No short sword.
Delta's Summoned Giant Frog: 17.91. RW1.
Delta: 17.9. He will develop filth fever in 3 days. Cannot use Healing Surge until R7.
Reinforcement Wererat #3: 17.1. (11:26). Was face-front w/ Gamma, but on N side of stream now. AOO used.
Gamma: 17. Swarmed by RS#1. DISTRACTED/ NAUSEATED til end R6T19.
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 15. (26:26). PRONE in hole, facing Omega.
Wererat #2: 14. (12:26). Marked by Omega. PRONE in hole, facing Omega.

Paxre: 10.
Muhrbala: 9.9.
Reinforcement Wererat #4: 9.7. (26:26). Facing Gamma (standing in muck).
Wererat #3: 4. Crossbow w/ half-cover. Bolts (17:20).

DEAD: Dire rat (2).