The Divine Forge - IC (Ongoing Campaign)

[Sir Grave]

Cynric quickly switched to the offensive, casting a quick incantation. "Second wave? Then these abominations won't do at all." He then moved to Halberd's right, and muttered another incantation. He pointed at his targets, and fiery rays shot from his fingers.

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(1d20+7)[15]
(4d6)[17]
(1d20+7)[25]
(4d6)[14]

Both of the undead are engulfed in flames, literally being reduced to ashes. They crumple to the earth.

[Vhaidara]

Spoiler: OoC

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Getting this out of the way now, since I'm about to go offline for 3-3.5 hours and it's almost my turn

Spiker unleashes another volley at the next zombie, waiting to see if it drops before moving.

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Attacking Z13
Attack 1: (1d20+9)[27]
Damage 1: (1d6+3)[9]
Attack 2: (1d20+9)[26]
Damage 2: (1d6+3)[7]
Attack 3: (1d20+9)[28]
Damage 3: (1d6+3)[9]
if he drops, move to O12

[Sir Grave]

The zombies to the northeast all advance, hungry for flesh. On charges at Sorra with it's club, but she is prepared, swinging her scimitar at the opportunity...

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(1d20+14)[23]
(1d8+9)[17]
(1d6)[6]

It's head flies clear into the treeline as the body falls.

The zombies to the north west attempt to advance forward, further injuring themselves and becoming more entangled in the process.

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(1d4+4)[8]
(1d4+4)[5]
(1d4+4)[7]

[Sir Grave]

Kalim notices that "his" bolt is piddling to the sea of fast approaching zombies, quickly discards the crossbow that he procured and scours the fort for anything that could be of use against the undead forces. His allies may have something in their pocket. But he needs something bigger...He glances around...Hmmmm...

Spoiler: Actions if it's his turn

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Spot - [roll0]
Listen - [roll1]

Spoiler: Kalim

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You look around, finding no siege engines, unless you count the dragon. Pulling out a precious stone, you wave it in the air at it, getting no reaction from it. Damn it, dragon! What good are you if you just sit there... You stop in mid thought, and notice: parts of it's scales are decaying, and it's eyes are darkened. You also notice that the sky has taken a darker tone: unnaturally so.
You move on to your basic need. You need to find something. Any thing at all! You search the ground, seeing a few bags of alchemist fire, and not much else...
Until finally, something near the dead bodies catches your eye... a wand. You wonder what it does...

Spoiler: OoC

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Getting this out of the way now, since I'm about to go offline for 3-3.5 hours and it's almost my turn

Spiker unleashes another volley at the next zombie, waiting to see if it drops before moving.

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Attacking Z13
Attack 1: [roll0]
Damage 1: [roll1]
Attack 2: [roll2]
Damage 2: [roll3]
Attack 3: [roll4]
Damage 3: [roll5]
if he drops, move to O12

You throw another volley of deadly spikes at your target as they hopelessly struggle against the ever-growing plant life, which is tearing them apart. They all land home, one of them impales deep into the zombie's mouth and into it's brain. Another good kill...

[Sir Grave]

The knights on the front line all drop their crossbows and draw their swords, issuing a mighty roar against the zombies. They move, however only one can get an attack in...

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(1d20+6)[19]
(1d8+2)[10]

...and manages a good hit into the base of it's neck. It still stands, however.

The knights manning the barricade open fire again...

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(1d20+4)[22] vs Z4
(1d10+1)[2]
(1d20+4)[6] vs Z4
(1d10+1)[2]
(1d20+4)[22] vs Z12
(1d10+1)[8]
(1d20+4)[15] vs Z12
(1d10+1)[5]

...the volley barely makes a dent in their advance.

[Sir Grave]

Spoiler: New combatants DM ONLY

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Karnathi Skeletons (1d20+2)[13]
Karnathi Zombies (1d20)[13]

The second wave pours in, but these ones are... different. They are well armed, they have better reflexes than their shambling kin, and their tactics are well coordinated. One of the dual-wielding skeletons points his blade at you all. "Your lizard God has abandoned you, canned meats!!"

Spoiler: Halberd

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You know these horrors: they are karnath's undead warriors, probably left in the mournlands after the war.

Spoiler: To All

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Top of the round. Malvin, you're up.

[Yas392]

****! Just what we need. More walking dead! Kalim's body is reactive as he scoops up the fallen assortments of alchemist fire, groaning. What kind of dragon do they keep in this fort if it would not accept a tribute and burn them all? Damn it all! His expression lights up with a mischievous glint as he finagles with the object he fished up then point the wand at the incoming enemies. Why hello there! What can you do?

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Use Magic Device - (1d20+6)[21]

[czieg]

OOC: My turn soon so...
Headshot, you crazy undead meatbags!
Oren's hands move at a blurring speed, his hands driving another lead pellet down the barrel of his musket. Oren points his rifle at one of the zombies standing farther away from him, leaving the closer one to the knights.

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Shooting at Z4 after reloading
Attack- (1d20+10)[19]
Damage- (1d12+4)[8]

[Prehysterical]

Looking down at the zombie in front of him, Halberd replies, "The war is over, Sparkless! And so are you!" Endbringer whistles at its new target.

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5 foot step to O3-P3
Attack Roll: (1d20+11)[14]
Damage: (3d8+10)[20]

[Guard]

Malvin looked around, taking in the new arrivals. Deciding that they would be much more dangerous than the previous cannon fodder, he scanned through his mind for the only spell he'd brought along that was likely to work on the walking dead. An incantation and a wave of his hand brought down an explosion of, well, glitter, down on the skeletal troops preparing to overrun the western barricade.

Malvin moved to get some distance and a barricade between himself and the approaching hordes. He really should have prepared something else than sprays of shadow this morning.

A low oath escapes him as one of the undead directed the others to attack him. They were sentient, apparently. He filed that information away for later use.

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Casting glitterdust, positioning it to hit KS1, KS2 & KZ1. Will DC 18 or be blinded for 4 rounds. Invisible stuff in the square from C3 to F6 are outlined.
Moving to S11.

[Sir Grave]

Malvin looked around, taking in the new arrivals. Deciding that they would be much more dangerous than the previous cannon fodder, he scanned through his mind for the only spell he'd brought along that was likely to work on the walking dead. An incantation and a wave of his hand brought down an explosion of, well, glitter, down on the skeletal troops preparing to overrun the western barricade.

Malvin moved to get some distance and a barricade between himself and the approaching hordes. He really should have prepared something else than sprays of shadow this morning.

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Casting glitterdust, positioning it to hit KS1, KS2 & KZ1. Will DC 18 or be blinded for 4 rounds. Invisible stuff in the square from C3 to F6 are outlined.
Moving to S11.

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KS1 (1d20+3)[11]
KS2(1d20+3)[17]
KZ1(1d20+3)[14]

The glitter falls upon the three undead soldiers, and they stop dead in their tracks. They all try to shake it off, but it's no use. The undead look around frantically, one of them gestures forward. "A mage! KILL THE MAGE!"

Looking down at the zombie in front of him, Halberd replies, "The war is over, Sparkless! And so are you!" Endbringer whistles at its new target.

Spoiler: Mechanics

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5 foot step to O3-P3
Attack Roll: (1d20+3)[11]
Damage: (1d20+3)[17]

You swing down with your blade, hoping to split the armored zombie in two. However, it simply steps a foot to the right and raises it's light shield high. The sword glances off of it, a skillful parry.

Spoiler: Endbringer: Halberd Only

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"Halberd... This Storm... it's the same one from the Mournlands!

OOC: My turn soon so...
Headshot, you crazy undead meatbags!
Oren's hands move at a blurring speed, his hands driving another lead pellet down the barrel of his musket. Oren points his rifle at one of the zombies standing farther away from him, leaving the closer one to the knights.

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Shooting at Z4 after reloading
Attack- (1d20+3)[11]
Damage- (1d20+3)[17]

You fire again (KRAKOW!) taking off a huge chunk of the zombie's rib cage. It turns it's attention towards you.

Spoiler: To all

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Briar, it's your turn.

[Somensjev]

Briar looks back at his birds, sighing. Let's try this one more time.

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free action to make my animal companion attack KZ3
(1d20+10)[13]

full round action to make the other bird attack KS4
(1d20+10)[16]

[Sir Grave]

Briar looks back at his birds, sighing. Let's try this one more time.

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free action to make my animal companion attack KZ3
(1d20+5)[18]

full round action to make the other bird attack KS4
(1d4+2)[4]

Your hawk is still confused. Your eagle, however, understands, and swoops down for it's prey. It flies over Halberd's massive shoulder and strikes for the zombie's head.

Spoiler: Eagle Attacks

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Attack (1d20+5)[18]
Damage (1d4+2)[4]

The zombie, however, instinctively moves it's head to the side, your eagle swooping past it. It comes back around, above Halberd.

[Sir Grave]

Following Halberd's example, Sorra takes a few steps forward and makes two attacks against the skeleton warrior in front of her...

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(1d20+14)[17]
(1d8+6)[8]
(1d6)[3]
(1d20+9)[20]
(1d8+6)[9]
(1d6)[1]

The skeleton sees the attacks coming, skillfully parrying both swings with it's two scimitars. Halberd isn't surprised... These are Karnath's finest soldiers.

[Sir Grave]

Cynric see's more undead pouring in. "Ah, now it's a party!" He quickly muttered a word, hurling three magical bolts of energy at the skeleton, each hitting home at their target. He then charges it with his sword, which becomes wreathed in flames. He attacks...

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Charge (1d20+11)[16]
Damage(1d8+4)[11]
(1d6)[5]
(3d4+3)[6] Action Point Spent

Cynric buries his sword deep into the skeleton's rib cage, and then twists. The motion dismembers it's spine. It falls.

[Sir Grave]

The blind skeletons stumble forward towards the keep, aimlessly.

Spoiler: Undead stumble

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KS1 (1d6)[1]
KS2(1d6)[1]
KZ1(1d6)[6]

The others, however, pick their targets and attack. "HAHAHAHAHA!"

Spoiler: KZ & KS

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KZ2(1d20+8)[17]
(1d8+2)[6]
KS3(1d20+6)[25]
(1d6+1)[6]
KS4(1d20)[12] & (1d20)[4]
(1d6+1)[7] & (1d6+1)[6]
KZ3(1d20+8)[10]
(1d8+2)[3]
KZ4(1d20+8)[9]
(1d8+2)[9]
KS6(1d20+6)[8]
(1d6+1)[4]

The two undead from the north west charge at the knights, ferociously killing one and leaving the other heavily wounded (Kn1). The three undead warriors on Lady Sorra, Halberd and Cynric attack, Sorra skillfully parrying, Halberd allowing the zombie's sword to glance off your armor plating, and Cynric simply side stepping the attack.
The Knight next to Malvin falls on the receiving end of a charge attack, he quickly ducks the skeleton's swinging arc.

[Sir Grave]

The remaining cannon fodder zombies advance and attack.

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Z2 (1d20+2)[19]
(1d6+1)[7]
Z4(1d20+2)[14]
(1d6+1)[2]
Z5(1d20+2)[21]
(1d6+1)[2]

One of them bites the wounded knight in the neck, seeing weakness. The zombie rips his throat, and the knight slumps forward, dead.
The two others advance for Kalim. One swipe at Kalim with his club, Kalim ducks. The other, however, slams into Kalim's shoulder.

Spoiler: Kalim

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You take 2 damage

The two remaining zombies under Briar's spell finally succumb to the inevitable, ripped to pieces by the plant life.

[Sir Grave]

****! Just what we need. More walking dead! Kalim's body is reactive as he scoops up the fallen assortments of alchemist fire, groaning. What kind of dragon do they keep in this fort if it would not accept a tribute and burn them all? Damn it all! His expression lights up with a mischievous glint as he finagles with the object he fished up then point the wand at the incoming enemies. Why hello there! What can you do?

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Use Magic Device - (1d6)[2]

Spoiler: Kalim

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Spenddiing an action point on your behalf, I'm sure you want this to work.
(1d6)[2]

[Sir Grave]

Spoiler: Kalim

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Spenddiing an action point on your behalf, I'm sure you want this to work.
(1d20+2)[4]

The tip of your wand flickers with flames, and two rays of fire- similar to the rays that Cynric used- erupt from it. The two zombies take their attacks of opportunity...

Spoiler: AOO

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Z2(1d20+2)[4]
(1d6+1)[4]
Z4(1d20+2)[3]
(1d6+1)[4]

They miss horribly, as your fiery rays fly...

Spoiler: Kalim's new toy

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Ranged touch attack 1(1d20+5)[9](4d6)[10]
& 2 (1d20+5)[22](4d6)[15]

... searing through the two undead. They crumple to a burning crisp.

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Spiker, it's your turn.

[Vhaidara]

Spiker steps to the side to get a clearer shot, and launches yet another volley of spikes at one of the zombies.

Spoiler: OoC

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5ft step to P13, Attack KZ5
Attack: (1d20+9)[29]
Damage: (1d6+3)[9]
Attack: (1d20+9)[19]
Damage: (1d6+3)[7]
Attack: (1d20+9)[23]
Damage: (1d6+3)[7]

[Sir Grave]

Spiker steps to the side to get a clearer shot, and launches yet another volley of spikes at one of the zombies.

Spoiler: OoC

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5ft step to P13, Attack KZ5
Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]
Attack: [roll2]
Damage: [roll3]
Attack: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]

You throw another volley, this time you manage to impale it in both of it's eyes. It falls backwards, motionless.

[Sir Grave]

Spoiler: Knights

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Ranged
Kn(1d20+4)[11]
(1d10+1)[6]
Kn(1d20+4)[11]
(1d10+1)[10]
Kn(1d20+4)[13]
(1d10+1)[10]
Melee
Kn (1d20+4)[8]
(1d8+3)[8]
Kn(1d20+4)[23]
(1d8+3)[4]
Kn(1d20+4)[12]
(1d8+3)[6]

The knights still unengaged by undead open fire on the newcomers: all miss. These undead warriors seem highly skilled in evading volleys... Spiker as an exception.

The knights in melee with the last first wave zombie attack: one was simply distracting it as the other impaled it in the mouth. The zombie falls.

The Knight next to Malvin drops his crossbow and draws his sword, slashing at the skeleton. He lays a good mark across the skeleton's skull, though nothing serious.

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Top of the round. Malvin?

[Guard]

It was getting a bit hotter than Malvin appreciated. He put some distance between himself and the knight who'd just drawn his sword to engage the incoming skeleton.
He swore under his breath again, this was getting ugly, already more than a few people had been felled.
He was all out of feasible spells - there was a trick he knew, though he didn't use it often.

Magic is prefers to be magic. That's why fashioning it into spells is so hard - it takes hours of preparation, and years upon years of study just to prepare the merest of spells, bending magic into the desired shape.
Casting a spell is easy, hardly takes any time. That's because you're not telling the magic to be anything, you're releasing the spell into it's original state - magic.

He already had the framework for the spell he needed done, it was just empty of magic. He reached out with his mind, feeling for the energy in the world around him, and, once he grabbed onto it, gave a slight tug. It came flowing into his mind like a searing snake of liquid steel. He ground his teeth as he guided it into the spellwork. For a fraction of a second, he seemed to lose it, but then it settled into the spell, giving one last discontent wiggle.

The casting came as a relief after that. A chant, a finger-drawn sigil, and a pointing at the undead who were about to tear into the left-flank knights, and it was done.

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Moving to R15.
Free action using an action point to recall Glitterdust.
Casting it, targetting KZ2 and KS3. They need to make a will-save DC 18 or be blinded.

[Prehysterical]

Halberd recovers the momentum of his deflected swing and winds up for another strike, determined now to put down these undead warriors before they reach the archers' ranks.

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Swing at KZ3
Attack Roll: (1d20+11)[28]
Damage: (3d8+10)[18]

[Sir Grave]

It was getting a bit hotter than Malvin appreciated. He put some distance between himself and the knight who'd just drawn his sword to engage the incoming skeleton.
He swore under his breath again, this was getting ugly, already more than a few people had been felled.
He was all out of feasible spells - there was a trick he knew, though he didn't use it often.

Magic is prefers to be magic. That's why fashioning it into spells is so hard - it takes hours of preparation, and years upon years of study just to prepare the merest of spells, bending magic into the desired shape.
Casting a spell is easy, hardly takes any time. That's because you're not telling the magic to be anything, you're releasing the spell into it's original state - magic.

He already had the framework for the spell he needed done, it was just empty of magic. He reached out with his mind, feeling for the energy in the world around him, and, once he grabbed onto it, gave a slight tug. It came flowing into his mind like a searing snake of liquid steel. He ground his teeth as he guided it into the spellwork. For a fraction of a second, he seemed to lose it, but then it settled into the spell, giving one last discontent wiggle.

The casting came as a relief after that. A chant, a finger-drawn sigil, and a pointing at the undead who were about to tear into the left-flank knights, and it was done.

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Moving to R15.
Free action using an action point to recall Glitterdust.
Casting it, targetting KZ2 and KS3. They need to make a will-save DC 18 or be blinded.

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KZ2(1d20+3)[8]
KS3(1d20+3)[5]

More glitter falls upon another pair of undead, and they glance wildly around as the previous recipients of the spell did. "WHY IS THAT WIZARD NOT DEAD YET?!"

Halberd recovers the momentum of his deflected swing and winds up for another strike, determined now to put down these undead warriors before they reach the archers' ranks.

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Swing at KZ3
Attack Roll: (1d20+3)[8]
Damage: (1d20+3)[5]

Halberd spins in a 360 degree arc, coming back with a counter attack. The zombie warrior was not prepared to the swiftness of Halberd's response, evidently, as it's head flies clean off of it's neck. It falls.

[Sir Grave]

Oren has already prepared another bullet. "GETTING TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, HERE!" He shouts, firing his musket at One of the blind skeletons...

Spoiler: Attack

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Attack(1d20+11)[12]
Damage(1d12+4)[6]

CLICK!

"Huh?"

Confused as his rifle did not fire, he checked the gunpowder within. It was unfortunately, exposed to rain. "DAMN IT ALL!"

[Somensjev]

Briar sighs once more and turns to his hawk "let's see if you'll understand this time"

After issuing orders to his hawk, he turns his attention to the battlefield, pointing to the same undead and issuing more orders at his eagle

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full-round to make the hawk attack KS4 (DC 25)
(1d20+10)[15]

free action to make the eagle attack KS4 (DC10)
(1d20+10)[24]

[Yas392]

Sweet! This may come in handy for future uses. Kalim shelves away the wand that shoots fiery lines at people. Hearing someone screaming for the mage's blood for the third time that could blow your ears off, it is not safe to say the thief motivation peaks. Moving to a nearby barricade very quietly, he focuses on the voice and the direction where it came from.

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Is Kalim beside Oren and the knight when he picked up those items?
Going to double move if he is off-position.
Move action to sheathe wand.
Move action to move back to Original Position/nearest barricade.
If not, readied action to double move closer to the source of the noise and hide behind a shadow if he knows where it is coming from.

Spot - (1d20+6)[12]
Listen - (1d20+6)[24]

If he moves...
Hide - (1d20+10)[15]
Move Silently - (1d20+10)[13]

[Sir Grave]

Briar sighs once more and turns to his hawk "let's see if you'll understand this time"

After issuing orders to his hawk, he turns his attention to the battlefield, pointing to the same undead and issuing more orders at his eagle

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full-round to make the hawk attack KS4 (DC 25)
(1d20+9)[18]

free action to make the eagle attack KS4 (DC10)
(1d4+2)[4]

Spoiler: Chaotic Stupid

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I am so sorry. The Forum dice roller must really hate you.

Your hawk stares at you as you command him for the third time, this time he actually seems to be paying attention. It's attention is then interrupted by a small bird as it flies through the rain. You roll your eyes, and you face-palm to express frustration.

The eagle moves on to it's next target, diving in for the kill...

Spoiler: Eagle's Attacks

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(1d20+9)[18]
(1d4+2)[4]

Although the eagle tries to take advantage of the skeleton's focus on Lady Sorra, the skeleton sees the attack coming. It swings it's scimitar at the bird, forcing the bird to change direction.

[Sir Grave]

Sorra, taking advantage of the eagle providing a distraction, gave a mighty battle cry as she gave two arcs with her blade against the skeleton...

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(1d20+16)[24]
(1d8+6)[12]
(1d6)[6]
(1d20+11)[23]
(1d8+6)[7]
(1d6)[1]

The first blow completely shatters the skeleton's shoulder blade, sending it's arm to the ground. The other completely cleaves it's skull into pieces. It slumps over, motionless.