[i]The monster had tried to time its toss so that when the ranger appeared he'd be quite close to the explosives. Regardless of what happened there, the shockwave would have probably stopped quite a few of the arrows from reaching the tree, and by the time the ones that hadn't been effected did...

Shashous_throth would have ditched that spot. It hadn't expected a big boom, and when there was one it would have lunged to the ground and zipped right off at full speed, startled halfway to hell. Several energy arrows pecked through the ground near where it darted along, but it had managed not to get hit this time. The energy arrows were vast in quantity, but more easy than normal arrows for the monster to notice due to their, well, energy.

A new trick had already slid into the devious beast's head. How could a physical being harm something that could vanish at will? The answer came naturally, though not in any form of thought comprehensible to a sane man. It had seen the obvious solution first hand, as its prey had dove into the solid tree. The Magna Pater launched itself full steam in the direction of its lair. [/i]