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After spending a few moment in introductions, the party turned to listen to the proclamations. Noxolo felt her blood turn cold as the prospect of killing her fellow applicants was raised, and as she quickly glanced around she could already see several of the competitors waving their handcs as they prepared a spell or applied poisons and potions to their already drawn weapons. It seemed that almost everyone was prepared to do anything they had to for the honour of becoming a member of the Hero Guard, and if that was the case then she'd better not let anyone else beat her to the punch.

Reaching down, the warlock rested her hand on her tome of knowledge, letting the mystic forces contained within flow through her as she carefully muttered the strangely echoing syllables she'd memorised the night before, letting the deep sound of the spell drop from her lips while wabing her free hand in the air in front of her to form the corresponding sigils. A moment later she felt her footsteps lighten, her whole body feeling bouyed as the magical forces gathered around her, quickening her movements with each stride she took.

>[b]Bonus Action:[/b] Noxolo casts [url=http://engl393-dnd5th.wikia.com/wiki/Expeditious_Retreat][i]Expeditious Retreat[/i][/url]

Quickly making the most of her advantage the young human darted forwards, getting as far to the front of the pack as she could as the mystical forces leant her extra speed. Weaving her way through the crowd she pushed ahead of the rest of her party, but already a plan was forming which should give the rest of her comrades an advantage of their own.

>DEX check for race start: [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/11421]22[/url]
>[b]Maneuver:[/b] Move 30ft through the crowd
>[b]Action:[/b] Dash 30ft through the crowd

[color=00aeef]“Keep clear,”[/color] Noxolo called back to the rest of the yellow party as she quickly tried to position herself as close to as many of the race leaders as she could, [color=00aeef]“I'm going to try something to even the odds.”[/color]