Once Pounce bounds off of the Servile, he gets to his feet. Looking past her he shouts at your Shaper, pointing his aged sword at the chittin clad youth.
"These are my woods. You think you can come into my woods and mess with my boys?!"
But he couldn't just run at D'Tan. Pounce had made herself an impediment and needed to be dealt with first. In a flash he is in her face slashing out at her with his sword.
Chip raised to a stand and renewed his attack on the bandits pairing up against him. Slashing at one the bandit pair, then thrusts in retort. While chips is able to avoid the stab the other bandit takes the opportunity to attack while he is distracted and manages to connect with a cutting blow of his own.
The hooded Serviles attacking Meat Shield spread out, each striking form a different angle and direction. Battering at their defenses and dividing their attention. The unrelenting assault proves difficult to ward off as each hits Meat Shield again and again.
Mind feels their psychic lance connect with his target. But it meets with instinctive mental barriers that rise in defense of the immaterial intrusion into the Servile's psyche. Outwardly, there is no visible response. In fact, since Mind only seems too be floating in place and doing nothing now, they appear to be less of a threat. Once of the bandits break away from the melee ... but the other continues to slash, stack, and hack at Mind.
... and the other runs off towards your Shaper, who had is facing the opposite direction. Living weapon pointed in the direction of his recent kill. Shoving his sword forward he makes to stab the young Shaper in the back!
OOC wrote:After D'Tan's kill, there is only one not in melee at the moment. The Bandit Veteran that Craze is able to single out gets a good earful but doesn't go down.
The Bandit Veteran that Mind attacked manages to resist without even realizing it.
The Bandit Leader attacks Pounce! and hits. DC 20 Tough.
Two Bandit Veterans attack Chips. One hits. DC 20 Tough.
Two Bandit Veterans attack Meat Shield. Both hit. That's 2 DC 20 Toughness checks.
One Bandit Veteran attacks Craze and hits. DC 19 Tough.
One Bandit Veteran attacks Mind and misses.
One Bandit Veteran attacks D'Tan and hits. If Pounce of Meat Shield use Interpose to take that hit they will receive 1 HP and need to make a DC 20 Toughness check.
Meat Shield and Pounce are up. You may act in any order.
You also have 1 Group HP left that anyone may use.
Initiative wrote: Mind
Chips
Bandit Leader [Heroic NPC ; HP 1 ; -1 Dmg Res, Dazed. Prone]
Bandit Veterans [x7 ; Tough Minions]
* x1 is at -1 Dmg. Res.
Meat Shield
Pounce
D'Tan [Heroic NPC ; HP 1; Thorns 2]
Craze