1st Round, 5th Set of Initiatives
INITIATIVE CHART
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DOC 26
KALISTA 22
priestess 21
JASON 20
priest C DOWN!
priest D 18
priest B 15
ARULAS 13
priest A 12
shadow beast 8
Ethan 1
secret character alpha 1
Doc can swear that even over the sounds of shooting and screaming, he can hear the priestess mumbling something.
Kalista sees the crowd on the other side of Ethan's force field wall panicking.
The priestess jumps back upright. Doc sees in the dim light that her face appears somehow different. It reflects the light in a glossy way. Regardless, he fires off his first silver bullet quickly. I'm using an older to-strike roll that I don't think Doc got a chance to apply early in this combat. The bullet catches the Dwarven vampiress in her shoulder. The sound of shattering glass rings through the temple. The priestess staggers backwards. At the same moment, Doc feels a sudden stabbing pain in his own right shoulder. The sneak is using the House of Glass spell. Roll 5D6 damage for one bullet. This damage applies to both the vampire and to Doc's personal S.D.C.
Jason fires his magically enhanced shotgun at the vampire who just attacked Geraldo. And nothing comes out, but a single, falling drop....
Priest D continues to run away from Sir Arulas into the darkness.
Priest B is laying over Geraldo's body, leaning onto the force field which blocked his meal. He looks up and snarls at Jason. The vampire is guessing that the Atlantean is the cause of missing meal.
Arulas chases after the cowardly vampire. He leaps over the body of vampire that he just cut down. The elf's sixth sense warns him of a danger which he cannot see. Crossing both of his blades in front of himself, he manages to block the next blow. Out of thin air, a very long and hairy arm appears. The arm slaps into Arulas hard at torso level, knocking him up, back, and onto his back on the floor. The cyber-knight takes no significant damage, but he did get the wind knocked out of him. In the glow of his twin psi-swords, Arulas seems the looming figure of a giant. A Shadow Beast was hiding in the shadow of one of the pillars and waiting to ambush him there.
Priest A, now separated from his legs, attempts to crawl away from the Lumberjacks.
Ethan charges past Jason and Arulas. A warrior's look of righteous anger is in his face, and bubblesuit of shimmering force field is wrapped around his body. He's able to close the distance towards the vampire over Geraldo's body. Ethan didn't do a lot early in this round, so if you like, he can body block (tackle) his target before the vampire next takes an action. If that is the intention, just give me a to-strike roll.
END OF THESE INTIATIVES
Characters with actions left (which I think is every PC but Ethan) may get in some free hits now.