[i]Shashous-Throth brandished a wing before itself, the fireball colliding with the sturdy membrane and dissipating into foul smoke. It had burned the first layer of skin and vaporized the mucous, but had not gotten through the monster's defenses. It rushed upon the swordsman, folding in its long arms as its long tail slipped across the ground in an attempt at curling about the fellow's right ankle to yank his foot out from under him.[/i]