[quote][i]The words weren't even all the way out of his mouth when one that had woken first lunged past the trap door and straight toward Tamra, attempting to close the distance before she could work whatever magic she was conjuring, sword swinging wildly.[/I][/quote]

"Venenum Sufocantus!"  As she chanted the words to her spell, a green, noxious gas appeared from her outstretched palm, blanketing the area in front of her.  At the same time, she tried to back away from both the deadly gas and the wild swordsman, but her foot caught on a raised stone behind her and she tripped and fell.

A glint of steel flashed above her head as the sword sliced through the air above her.  Leaning on her elbow, she opened her component pouch and searched for the material for her next spell: a twig that had been struck by lightning.  As she grabbed hold of it, she closed her eyes and quickly offered a short prayer to Wee Jas: "Milady, leave me in this world long enough to properly earn your favor..."