02-23-2016, 12:22 PM
The team marches back towards the entrance with the cylinder of light in single file; duergar scouting forward, followed by elf, orc, and two humans.
As the team passes the vault with the stalactites there's a tiniest flicker in the light of the everburning mace Merri carries. Before the party could even think about what happened dark shades descend from beyond the edge of the torchlight landing with heavy stomps on the heads of Merri, Maul and Murkatos. All they can do is emitting muffled sounds and Merri collapses.
The fourth shade hits Giant's breastplate and slips off to the ground beside him.
Lugar, spinning around, and Giant, sizing up the opposition, can see the shades looking like massive cloaks made of flesh; their hides dark grey mottled with brown and black making them the perfect camouflage in this terrain.
Roll for initiative!
OOC - the party suffered a major failure on the spot checks so everyone was tightly packed and fully surprised. On the other hand, proximity is now for the benefit of duergar and half-orc alike since you don't need to take more than a five-foot-step to attack. The creatures attached to the three M's are considered grappling so they are in the same square as their victims. Merri is prone but Maul and Murkatos still stand.
As the team passes the vault with the stalactites there's a tiniest flicker in the light of the everburning mace Merri carries. Before the party could even think about what happened dark shades descend from beyond the edge of the torchlight landing with heavy stomps on the heads of Merri, Maul and Murkatos. All they can do is emitting muffled sounds and Merri collapses.
The fourth shade hits Giant's breastplate and slips off to the ground beside him.
Lugar, spinning around, and Giant, sizing up the opposition, can see the shades looking like massive cloaks made of flesh; their hides dark grey mottled with brown and black making them the perfect camouflage in this terrain.
Roll for initiative!
OOC - the party suffered a major failure on the spot checks so everyone was tightly packed and fully surprised. On the other hand, proximity is now for the benefit of duergar and half-orc alike since you don't need to take more than a five-foot-step to attack. The creatures attached to the three M's are considered grappling so they are in the same square as their victims. Merri is prone but Maul and Murkatos still stand.
