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That night, however, the night before a full moon, Aleigha changes into her Werebear form. She is peaceful when she is in it, eating berries, or killing fish and squirrels - not a harm to humans. However, while she is in it, she apparently smells like a werebear. Because a quartet of red glowing eyes emerge from the woods. Aleigha roars Estaish and Alzar awake.
Alzar emerges and Estaish is too far asleep to help. The eyes soon become six sets, and then all of the sudden, they run out in one horde, 6 wererats, racing to attack Aleigha. Dryshik breathes a Mist Ball around the lead wererat, but it is immune to it (silver and magic weapons only).
Alzar summons a Searing Serpent to help Aleigha.
Searing Serpent: This serpent, from the Elemental Plane of Fire, strikes with Alzar’s THAC0 (19), causes 1d8 fire damage, sets fire to flammable things, Last 7 rounds, It has no hit points, but it can be extinguished like afire with water or earth and such – with Alzar’s AC – 6.
The first wererats are at Aleigha. They have AC 6, HP 12 for all of them except 15 for their leader, and deal 1d8 with scimitars. Aleigha roars and swings with her paws. She slashes one for 3 damage. The Seraing Serpent hits for 8 and ignites another. Azalr’s staff twirls and twacks the one Aleigha hit for 3 damage. They focus their attacks on Aleigha and hit her twice for 6 damage:
15/21
They go first this time and hit once for 5. 10/21. Her great AC, completemented by the Ring is helping her out a lot. She swing and bites. She misses three times (she rolls 1, 2, and 7). Alzar Smashes the injured one he hit before for 6 damage and kills it. The serpent misses.
Azlar’s crew go first and Aleigha Bites and slashes an untouched one for 8 damage. It is the leader. The serpent hits and finishes off the charred one for 5 damage. Alzar twirls his staff but misses. The four remaining wererats hits once, but for a crit, for 2 damage (the minimum)
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Alzar orders Aleigha to fall back, but she won’t listen to him in her enraged werebear form. The rats for fits and roll 1 2, 2, and 8, and miss her. She doesn’t miss at all and kills the leader. The serpent misses and Alzar slaps one for 7 damage.
With their leader dead, and their number halves, they make a morale check. They break away. Alzar casts Blastbones as they flee and manages to deal 5 damage to them all. Another one dies. The other two make it out of the clearing.
Four wererats dead. Alzar inspects their items, casts Detect Magic, and finds nothing.
Alzar and Aleigha split 1080 to 540.
Alzar is at 22730
They are undisturbed for the rest of the night.
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