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    Gamma backs up slowly, taking his steps careful as he tries to keep his focus. He knows how this fight is going and tries to get out of the swarm.

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    Five foot step out of the swarm heading away from the other party members in hopes of leading the swarm in his direction away from Alpha.
    Kitten: *bats around a mini a few times*
    DM: "Ok, it looks like Fluffy...err, 'The Tarrasque'...Full Attacks the Cleric"
    Cleric: "Full attack my a**, that was just two claw attacks!"
    Kitten: *starts gnawing on the mini*
    Cleric: "...nevermind."

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    R5T17: Gamma backs up slowly, practically rolling on his butt to get out of the muck stream, but this time on the south side, taking his steps careful as he tries to keep his focus. He knows how this fight is going and tries to get out of the swarm. His brilliant defense just knocks away the rat's sword that is now adjacent to him, whereas the rat that was on the other side has the pommel of his short sword sent away by Gamma's shield that thwacks him in the face (but he is otherwise fine). Sometimes, even when being swarmed by rats one can have great luck on their defense. Gamma is now free (for now).

    R5T15: The female wererat called Layl tries to get up, which opens her up to attacks from Beta and Omega. The former slashes her in the left lower leg with as powerful a blow as his claws can possibly make without getting a critical ... and it is still not enough to hurt her. The latter hopes to make that lucky shot, but likewise hits with a light blow for no damage. Now standing in front of Omega, she stabs with her short sword ...

    Omega, as wounded as you are, do you use your spilled salt counter against her attack?
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    As the rat attacks at Omega with her sword, Omega responds by letting loose his dark impulses, hoping to force her luck to fail and protect himself in the process.

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    Yes, I will use my counter.
    Kitten: *bats around a mini a few times*
    DM: "Ok, it looks like Fluffy...err, 'The Tarrasque'...Full Attacks the Cleric"
    Cleric: "Full attack my a**, that was just two claw attacks!"
    Kitten: *starts gnawing on the mini*
    Cleric: "...nevermind."

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    R5T15 (Cont'd): As the rat attacks at Omega with her sword, Omega responds by letting loose his dark impulses, hoping to force her luck to fail and protect himself in the process. Layl's blow goes awry with the curse.

    R5T14: At the same instant, Layl's comrade gets up but Beta and Omega were already focused against Layl. He stabs at Omega but is blocked by the latter's forcestrike vambrace.

    R5T10: Paxre, you are finally up. What do you do?

    Muhrbala on deck, the wererat that was facing Gamma (but is now on the other side of Muck Creek) in the hole ...
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    Paxre loads a silver bolt, moves up to just in front of Delta, and readies a shot for the first wererat he sees that crosses his field of vision. "No way am I going in there as long as those rats are there, Alpha!" teeps Paxre.
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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.
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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! The wererat 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.
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    Alpha shocked in surprise by the attack takes the blow and starts to lose his focus, but grits his teeth as his psionic energy releases itself to ward off the pain, giving him a few more moments of consciousness as he fights through the pain.

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    Alpha will spend five PP to reduce the damage he takes by 10 from the bite, leaving him at 2 HP. Text of the ability found below

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    Resilience (Su): When an elan takes damage, he can spend power points to reduce its severity. As an immediate action, he can reduce the damage he is about to take by 2 hit points for every 1 power point he spends.


    Remember that this is a major expenditure of resources when you consider how balanced it is, since I just sacrificed 1/6th of my daily supply to do so.


    Beta growls out loud at the wererats, his claws flashing as he questions his options. He turns to Omega and then back to his foes. He drops his stance and yells out, choosing the only option he has left after hearing Alpha's pain over the collective. "Who among you is the leader of your group! We want to speak of terms for surrender!!!"

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    Beta's action is calling out the surrender, and then the following mental conversation.


    Over the collective, the statement is relayed to all the conscious members at the same time, and Delta responds back over it immediately. "What are you thinking Beta? They'll kill us all before letting us leave!!!"

    Before he gets to continue, Beta interrupts him. "They'll kill us anyways. We weren't equipped for this, and we really should have been before making this excursion. At this point, the only thing we can do is negotiate with the knowledge that letting us live will allow them all to live. It's the only way I can think for more than one of two of us to survive."

    Omega follows after Beta. "I agree. We need your skill with words to save us all. Only you can do it."

    Delta sighs, and as soon as the conversation ends, he moves around the corner revealing himself to the wererats and calls out. "Will your leader negotiate with us? We'd rather avoid a loss of life on both sides."

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    Since Delta delayed his action, I assume I can take it now to move in.
    Kitten: *bats around a mini a few times*
    DM: "Ok, it looks like Fluffy...err, 'The Tarrasque'...Full Attacks the Cleric"
    Cleric: "Full attack my a**, that was just two claw attacks!"
    Kitten: *starts gnawing on the mini*
    Cleric: "...nevermind."

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    "Delta," teeps Paxre. "Get rid of that pit."
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    CORR: Alpha shocked in surprise by the attack takes the blow and starts to lose his focus, but grits his teeth as his psionic energy releases itself to ward off the pain, giving him a few more moments of consciousness as he fights through the pain.

    Beta growls out loud at the wererats, his claws flashing as he questions his options. He turns to Omega and then back to his foes. He drops his stance and yells out, choosing the only option he has left after hearing Alpha's pain over the collective. "Who among you is the leader of your group! We want to speak of terms for surrender!!!"

    Over the collective, the statement is relayed to all the conscious members at the same time, and Delta responds back over it immediately. "What are you thinking Beta? They'll kill us all before letting us leave!!!"

    Before he gets to continue, Beta interrupts him. "They'll kill us anyways. We weren't equipped for this, and we really should have been before making this excursion. At this point, the only thing we can do is negotiate with the knowledge that letting us live will allow them all to live. It's the only way I can think for more than one of two of us to survive."

    Omega follows after Beta. "I agree. We need your skill with words to save us all. Only you can do it."

    R6T26: Delta sighs, and as soon as the conversation ends, he moves around the corner revealing himself to the wererats and calls out. "Will your leader negotiate with us? We'd rather avoid a loss of life on both sides."

    "Delta,"
    teeps Paxre. "Get rid of that pit."

    R6T25.9: The shrieker stops a hair after Delta, but a second or two might be needed to determine if the wererats heard the message or not.

    R6T25.8: Rats continue to swarm around Alpha and he takes 2 and is disabled.

    Omega presumably delays for a response.

    R6T20.3: In the split time before a possible response from the enemy, as he is disabled and swarmed by rats .... what does Alpha do?

    Rat swarm on Gamma on deck, Delta's frog and Delta in the hole (though it is assumed that the latter will delay for a response) ...
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    Alpha's focus begins to fade as the swarming rats continue to overwhelm him, and with the last bit of his ability, summons up his power to relocate himself to safety. Once he appears closer to Delta, where he feels he may be safe, he coughs hard, spitting up blood, and collapses forward, his consciousness failing.

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    Supernatural abilities do not by default provoke, not that I think that's a problem with swarms, so Alpha will use his Nomad's Step to teleport 25 feet away from the swarm to a safe spot he can see near Delta. Since it's a standard action, he takes one point of damage and is dying now.
    Kitten: *bats around a mini a few times*
    DM: "Ok, it looks like Fluffy...err, 'The Tarrasque'...Full Attacks the Cleric"
    Cleric: "Full attack my a**, that was just two claw attacks!"
    Kitten: *starts gnawing on the mini*
    Cleric: "...nevermind."

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    R6T20.3: Alpha's focus begins to fade as the swarming rats continue to overwhelm him, and with the last bit of his ability, summons up his power to relocate himself to safety. Once he appears closer to Delta, where he feels he may be safe, he coughs hard, spitting up blood, and collapses forward, his consciousness failing.

    R6T19: Gamma's swarm moves across the muck and continues to swarm him for 2 from rat nibbles, but with his great dwarven resilience manages he brings his concentration back to fighting trim (no longer nauseated/ distracted).

    R6T17.91: Delta's giant frog attacks a wererat fruitlessly ...

    R6T17.1: The wererat who previously was facing Gamma (before the latter moved to the south of the muck) pauses ...

    R6T17: Gamma, you witnessed one rat pause ... likely for direction from a leader ... you are swarmed ... and Alpha just dropped. What do you do? If you cast a spell, it might be seen as a hostile action before the intent of any spell might be known.

    Layl (Omega's opponent) on deck, Paxre in the hole ...
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    Gamma closes his eyes to get his focus, and debates his options. After only a moment, he opens his eyes and stares down the closest Wererats, waiting for an opportunity to heal his comrade without harming their chances at a truce.

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    Kitten: *bats around a mini a few times*
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    Cleric: "Full attack my a**, that was just two claw attacks!"
    Kitten: *starts gnawing on the mini*
    Cleric: "...nevermind."

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    R6T17: Gamma closes his eyes to get his focus, and debates his options. After only a moment, he opens his eyes and stares down the closest Wererats, waiting for an opportunity to heal his comrade without harming their chances at a truce.

    The two wererats in the pit with Beta and Omega delay .....

    R6T10: Paxre, do you delay?

    Muhrbala on deck, the wererat standing in the muck facing Gamma in the hole ...
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    Paxre is confident he can get out of this mess, but he needs friends. He delays ...
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    R6T10: Paxre is confident he can get out of this mess, but he needs friends. He delays ...

    R6T9.9: To Omega and Beta, Muhrbala slowly fades from view as he hovers halfway up the pit.

    R6T9.7-4: The wererat standing in the muck facing Gamma, and the sniper wererat, both delay (though the latter does shift aim to Delta) ...

    End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

    R7T27: "No, half-human bastard," says the six-and-a-half-foot tall wererat. "You have stepped on my people long enough. Your decadence swallows you and I, Girrigz, shall lead my people to deliver you to a more merciful death than you deserve! NO PEACE!!! Don't let the human talker escape alive!"

    Girrigz launches himself across the spanning feet to Delta and bites the Epsilon Elite's de facto leader along the abdomen for 10 (max)!

    R7T26.1: Delta ... wow! That is a ferocious bite. What do you do? By the way, your healing surge has recharged now this round.

    Beta, Omega, Gamma, and Paxre were effectively delaying. What do they do? Beta is still prone.
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    The pit's bottom lurches and rises up until it blends with the stone and muck above and disappears. As luck would have it, Beta (prone) and Omega are now on the N side of the small channel, on solid ground, while their two opponents are standing in the muck.

    R7T25.8: With Alpha gone, his bunch of rats sniff new prey and splash through the muck and onto the N side to encompass Beta and Omega. Beta slashes along his level at the floor, and his claws do 3 mod as he carves through a couple rats. Omega whallops a large group for 8 (and 3 NL) and that is enough to finally break up the swarm into fleeing rats! Only the rat swarm on Gamma is in play (as far as swarms go).

    R7T20.5: Omega, you are not in the muck ... next to prone Beta ... and facing off against two wererats. Negotiations have failed. What do you do?

    Delta, Beta, and Gamma are delaying ... any actions for them?
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    Omega turns to the Wererat that would be most likely to hit Beta, charging his strength into a punch that he aims to launch into it's gut, the dark power releasing out to try and disable it for a moment.

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    Attack roll (1d20+8)[18]
    Damage (1d3+8)[9] + 3 Force
    DC 15 Fort save or stunned


    Now sure that the negotiations have failed, Delta backs away, taking the expected attack from Girrigz as he gets as far away from him as possible. Once safe, Delta launches out his thoughts among the collective. "Paxre, Epsilon Elite, we need to get Alpha back up. We may still be able to break them by taking out that leader." As he speaks to his group, he holds out his hand, a shot of magic leaping out of it to attempt to strike Girrigz.

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    Ray of Sickening.
    Attack roll (1d20+5)[24] against Touch AC
    If successful, DC 16 Fort save or be sickened.


    Gamma focuses and controls his energy, spreading his healing about to circle it into Alpha, hoping to save the young mans life.

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    Spend 2 points to heal for 6, two more points to duplicate it on two other targets, and then redirect it to Alpha to heal him to 18.

    Concentration check to manifest defensively, if needed. (1d20+8)[15] Vs. DC 17
    Concentration check to dispense with displays (hide it a bit from them) (1d20+8)[20] Vs. DC 16


    Beta lashes out at the nearest Wererat, striking carefully to try and take it down, and then vanishes, appearing a few feet away, where he safely flips up to his feet, now ready to fight once more.

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    Beta will use Fading Strike, striking the same wererat as Omega if possible, then teleporting to a place where he won't be threatened and use his move action to stand up.

    Attack roll (1d20+9)[13] (-4 from being prone, I believe?)
    Damage (1d6+5)[10]
    Kitten: *bats around a mini a few times*
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    Cleric: "Full attack my a**, that was just two claw attacks!"
    Kitten: *starts gnawing on the mini*
    Cleric: "...nevermind."

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    R7T20.5: Omega turns to Layl, charging his strength into a punch that he aims to launch into her gut, the dark power releasing out to try and disable her for a moment. It is a solid hit, and the force generated by the guru's masterful strike does 2 mod as he focuses his ki forth into the strike as well. But even with their augmented physique, each and every one of Girrigz' band are survivalists that have made a living in the toughest conditions with the worst food. She easily withstands Omega's stunning strike.

    R7T20.4: Now sure that the negotiations have failed, Delta backs away, taking the expected attack from Girrigz as he gets as far away from him as possible.

    "Where are you going, little one?" Girrigz hisses and then bites low to graze Delta in the stomach for 5 (min).

    Once safe, Delta launches out his thoughts among the collective. "Paxre, Epsilon Elite, we need to get Alpha back up. We may still be able to break them by taking out that leader." As he speaks to his group, he holds out his hand, a shot of magic leaping out of it to attempt to strike Girrigz squarely, but not before the sniper - readied for something like this, shoots Delta in the buttocks for 11. The sniper once again is exposed, and takes time to reload rather than hide or reposition (though he does have cover from the rocky wall).

    He tilts his head in a smile. "Was that supposed to weaken me or something, hmmm? Know your enemy. We're rats. We don't weaken."

    R7T20.3: Alpha continues to bleed ...

    R7T20.2: Gamma focuses and controls his energy, trying to spread it out to save the young elan's (second) life, but in trying to take care from being exposed (and the constant gnawing pain of the rats), he loses the extraordinary amount of healing energy he attempted to channel through his mental powers.

    R7T20.1: Beta lashes out at the nearest wererat, more as a distraction if anything as the enemy dodges, and Beta vanishes, appearing a few feet away, where he safely flips up to his feet, now ready to fight once more (10' from Layl, which she can close w/ 5' step).

    R7T19.9-.7: The three wererats that were delaying now burst into action. Gamma's opponent fails to get through the armor. Layl tries to acrobatically get around Omega; she gets into position less adroitly than desired, but Omega misses her with his AOO. Omega, now flanked by Layl and her friend try to bring the pain. She stabs him deep in the very lower abdomen, almost the groin itself, doing 10 and disabling the guru. Her partner misses with his blade, but his bite .... doesn't. It is a critical strike, combined with his sneaky survivalist tactics and hatred of humans that does 24 as Omega's right rachial artery is torn from upper to lower arm, killing Omega outright. His veils all unshape, and the psychic feedback of Omega's death careens through the collective to Gamma. Gamma saw this horrible blow just in time to steel his mind and body against the shock; Omega is obviously no longer part of the collective, but neither is Gamma harmed from his loss.

    R7T19.5: Paxre, until now you had been delaying. There is no "dial tone" for anyone's life except for Gamma (which you don't know), and way out in the hallway you don't know about Omega's death. What do you do?

    Rat swarm on deck (only one remaining, which is on Gamma), Muhrbala in the hole ...
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    Paxre has no illusions that he can take out the big one. And with too many enemies in the other room, it's not likely he can even take out one rat ... or that it would matter if he could. He uses his cloak of darkness (still active) to sink back against the stone. "No way I'm going in there. Gamma, some healing coming your way. Send it where you can. Get out of there."
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    Gamma, 9 PE of healing energy coming your way via Paxre. What do you do?
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    As the healing comes his way, Gamma circles it around towards Alpha, trying to get him back up. "We're not getting out safely. There's no way I can run out well, although you, Delta, and Beta stand a chance. The only way I could escape is if we break their morale"
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    R7T19.5: Paxre has no illusions that he can take out the big one. And with too many enemies in the other room, it's not likely he can even take out one rat ... or that it would matter if he could. He uses his cloak of darkness (still active) to sink back against the stone. "No way I'm going in there. Gamma, some healing coming your way. Send it where you can. Get out of there."

    As the healing comes his way, Gamma circles it around towards Alpha (9 PE), trying to get him back up. "We're not getting out safely. There's no way I can run out well, although you, Delta, and Beta stand a chance. The only way I could escape is if we break their morale"

    Alpha regains consciousness, and "hears" the above.

    R7T19: Gamma continues to get gnawed upon by rats for 2.

    R7T9.9: The wererat that felled Omega starts and hisses in pain as he takes 7 mod in his upper left arm and Muhrbala - appearing - flies up out of reach. This wererat is beginning to look winded - definitely in the red.

    R7T9.7: The wererat that was facing Gamma - even though in the muck - makes a brilliant tumble out of Gamma's reach onto the south side, past Delta, and is now flanking Delta with Girrigz and hamstrings the half-elf for 9, and putting Delta in the red. (Red means last 1/4 hit points ... not negative hit points.)

    End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

    R8T27: It is as bad as it could be - cruel timing. No sooner does a wererat come in with a good flanking strike on Delta, than Girrigz takes advantage of this and stabs Delta deep in the stomach with his silver rapier. It is a sharp pain that quickly dulls as the wererat leader runs Delta all the way through to the hilt. His hate-filled eyes look deep into the half-elf's own. Girrigz almost bites for spite but stops and sniffs for a second. "Too bad. It seems I already sealed your doom with my last bite."

    Delta's excellent mind has trouble understanding this until his last thought is that had this mortal wound not occurred, he would have been reduced to a wererat's miserable existence. It goes dark, and the Epsilon Elite's de facto leader is gone.

    Gamma's compassion and fortitude can only take so much. He receives the psychic feedback of Delta's passing as the loss of life continues. Gamma loses 4 pp (power points) and he he reels in shock (sickened, sheet updated except for ability check modifiers).

    "You!" Girrigz points to the sniper. "Drop it, draw it, and get in it!"

    R8T20.5: The former sniper does just that. He drops his crossbow, and rushes down and leaps across the muck while drawing his short sword. Gamma manages to swing and hit him but for no effect. Likewise, the wererat can't get past Gamma's armor.

    R8T20.3: Alpha, now that you are awake, what do you do? A wererat is right next to you (and probably doesn't yet realize you have regained consciousness), and Girrigz is 10' from him. Delta lies in-between them, and from the shock of his rictus, wide-open eyes, and dilated pupils, you are pretty sure that your friend is gone. What do you do?

    Gamma on deck, Beta in the hole ...
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    Alpha looks around in shock, seeing both of his dead comrades. In a fit of rage, Alpha summons up the full extent of his power and launches it at Girrigz, hoping to inflict a possibly fatal wound with his flames.

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    R8T20.3: Alpha looks around in shock, seeing his dead comrade Delta. Across the muck river lies Omega but Alpha isn't sure about him. In a fit of rage, Alpha summons up the full extent of his power, concentrating carefully that he manage to manifest without leaving himself open. As the flame develops around his hand to shoot, as Alpha aims and is just at the point of firing, the wererat above him hears the energies and feels the heat gathering beneath him and stabs down into the forearm of the offending arm for 10. Alpha screams terribly as a partial ray of flame goes wildly off shot. Alpha once again is out and bleeding.

    R8T20.2: Gamma, Alpha went on grit and emotion, but he was foolish in trying to use an aimed psionic attack while prone at an enemies' feet. Still, it might have been the best he could have hoped for. Hindsight be damned, the fact is Alpha is once again bleeding out. You are swarmed by rats and fighting a wererat. What do you do?

    Beta on deck, a wererat on deck ...
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    As the attack strikes home on Alpha, during his cries of pain, he condenses his psionic energy to dull the wounds as best as he can, but its obvious to his allies (and possibly his enemies) that he's carrying on through sheer willpower and nothing more.

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    Gamma sees Delta go down and immediately takes the lead. With Delta down, and Alpha running on pure willpower, he knows there's only one option left. "Paxre, Beta, get out of here. This is a lost fight. Save yourselves. Don't worry about me. With his first, and probably last order as the replacement leader of the Epsilon Elite, he turns to the nearest Wererat, and begins lashing out, drawing upon his deepest reserves of strength to hold him off.

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    Beta growls, drawing upon his internal energy to grant himself a massive burst of speed, he starts to bolt away from the combat. It's a lost cause, and he agrees, although it pains him to do so. As he retreats, he swears to himself that he'll be back to gain vengeance for his fallen comrades.

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    Wherever possible he'll avoid provoking with the rest of his movement, but he won't sacrifice too much movement to avoid it.
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    And yet ... as the attack strikes home on Alpha, during his cries of pain, he condenses his psionic energy to dull the wounds as best as he can, but its obvious to his allies (and possibly his enemies) that he's carrying on through sheer willpower and nothing more. He almost went unconscious but somehow manages to keep awake.

    R8T20.2:
    Gamma sees Delta go down and immediately takes the lead. With Delta down, and Alpha running on pure willpower, he knows there's only one option left. "Paxre, Beta, get out of here. This is a lost fight. Save yourselves. Don't worry about me.

    With his first, and probably last order as the replacement leader of the Epsilon Elite, he turns to the nearest Wererat, and begins lashing out, drawing upon his deepest reserves of strength to hold him off. But the dwarf isn't thinking straight anymore in his anguish and his attack is so wild that he is having trouble seeing his enemies. Gamma is definitely winded by everything.
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    R8T20.1: Beta growls, drawing upon his internal energy to grant himself a massive burst of speed, he starts to bolt away from the combat. Gamma's opponent manages to throw out an AOO but misses the superhumanly fast oread. With his alacrity, he easily manages to keep his footing though it is slower than he'd care. Still, he is still so fast he moves through the "tunnel," just barely notices Paxre hidden in his cloak of darkness, and Beta turns the corner, steps up onto the main walkway of the sewer outside and is well on his way. It's a lost cause and he agrees, although it pains him to do so. As he retreats, he swears to himself that he'll be back to gain vengeance for his fallen comrades.

    "Go after him!" hisses Girrigz to those without an enemy to fight. "Don't let him get away!"

    R8T19.9: Omega's old enemy takes off down the way. Gamma manages to hit him with an AOO as he goes by, but even with his power attack it is not enough to hurt the rat. He never even saw it coming. Paxre practically melts out of the darkness from the wall and slices into the rat with his silver katana and sever's the wererats left hand. From instantaneous blood loss, shock, accruing wounds, and the accursed metal, the wererat is killed instantly.

    R8T19.8: Coming in right behind him (and Gamma already used his AOO) is Layl. She comes right up to Paxre. Seeing her dehanded, dead comrade face-down in the muck, she stops in prep to fight him instead of trying to get past him after Beta.

    R8T19.7: Another wererat, very badly wounded, comes up next to Layl. "SILVER!!" he screams.

    R8T19.5: Paxre, Gamma gave the order to retreat, and Beta just zoomed past you and you could hear his footsteps continuing down the corridor. You are facing two wererats. One is a female with a minor wound; the other is badly wounded and doesn't like the fact he now faces a silver-wielder. What do you do?

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    Let's minimize the pain, shall we? I doubt my mid-arms will do anything, but just in case I get a crit ...

    Paxre, seeing a chance to do a little more harm goes all out, attacking the badly wounded one first before going for the female.
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    R8T19.5: Paxre, seeing a chance to do a little more harm, goes all out. His katana is stopped by the wererat's masterwork studded leather. The first claw almost gets through the armor, but the wererat dodges the second claw.

    R8T19: Gamma takes 6 (max) from the rat swarm, but his reduced conscious state has the odd effect of making him hard to distract with physical pain ... he's already distracted by grief and mild confusion.

    R8T9.9: Muhrbala speeds like a dart down the tunnel and behind Layl. With a flanking opportunity, he manages to get her in the left elbow for 2 mod. That's all Murray needed. "Ow," she says, somewhat surprised ... and then she begins to fall. Murray did this mid-flight and moves behind the other wererat. In the span of half-a-second that wererat lashes out with his short sword but the flying creature is no longer there ... but with a critical hit (on a fumble) he accidentally stabs Layl in her mouth, piercing her tongue, for 10 mod and 1 CON.

    R8T9.7: In the other room, the wererat looming over Alpha hisses. "Die, damn you. Why won't you die?!"

    He stabs Alpha in his arm for 8 on a crit, and the sword is stuck in the elan's arm (with the wererat) still holding. This time, however, Alpha's racial resilience cannot help him. The rat nips him in the haunches for 4 (min, incl min sneak attack). Alpha is now bleeding out ... and the short sword is still stuck in his arm.
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    End Round 8, Begin Round 9 ...

    R9T27:
    Girrigz sees the short sword stuck in the "dead" ... human? (Doesn't smell right.) He shakes his head. "Quit playing with your food!"

    He turns to the only other hero left in the chamber. "Now dwarf, let us see if I can't pry that tin can off of you."

    He easily zips across the water to Gamma, flanking with the warpriest's other enemy. Gamma, already having trouble seeing, doesn't really notice the blurring effect so much on the wererat leader. He whips downwards to make a surprising bite on Gamma's left shin and calf for a crushing 18, bringing Gamma into the red.

    R9T20.5: Now, also with flanking, the other wererat thinks he has a chance, but short sword and bite are unable to find a weakness.

    R9T20.3: It is small comfort, and likely to not amount to much, but for what little bit can be helped Alpha's mind protects his body and he ceases to bleed (though a sword is still stuck in him and he is unconscious).
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    R9T20.2: Gamma, you are sickened, you still (failed Will save) have trouble focusing on your two enemies (they have concealment as you swing wildly), and you are a step away from death. What do you do?

    Unless you say otherwise, I am going to remove Beta from the queue, but he is technically on deck (and still in the collective, he hasn't exceeded range). He won't have to worry about anyone catching up to him if he focuses on evasion and escape. Comically, Beta is still holding onto a fallen wererat's short sword.

    Badly wounded and now flanked wererat in the hole ...
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    Gamma swings wildly towards Girrigz, the only enemy he can see clearer than the others. Hopefully he can distract them long enough to let Paxre and Beta escape, but he doesn't see himself surviving. As his final words, he broadcasts these to the remaining survivors, his final thoughts. "Paxre, Beta, save yourselves, and live your lives for our sakes. Take the life that was not squandered here and do something worthy with it. I expect to meet you in the afterlife after you've lived a long fulfilling life, both of you." With his final words spent, he prepares himself for the end of his own life, having already accepted it.

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    R9T20.2: Gamma swings wildly towards Girrigz, the only enemy he can see clearer than the others, only to have his swing stopped by a masterwork chain shirt. Hopefully he can distract them long enough to let Paxre and Beta escape, but he doesn't see himself surviving. As his final "words," he broadcasts these to the remaining survivors, his final thoughts. "Paxre, Beta, save yourselves, and live your lives for our sakes. Take the life that was not squandered here and do something worthy with it. I expect to meet you in the afterlife after you've lived a long fulfilling life, both of you." With his final words spent, he prepares himself for the end of his own life, having already accepted it.

    R9T20.1: And Beta is safely gone. He will have run blocks and blocks with switchbacks as a trained stalker might, instead of all out sprinting. It isn't until he goes to climb the ladder that he even notices ... he still has that damnable wererat's short sword in his hand.

    R9T19.7: The wounded wererat's stab is easily deflected by Paxre.

    R9T19.5: Paxre, what do you do?

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