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All three of the skeletons in front of the tiefling mage stumbled at the impact of the magic missiles, but Reverin forced them to continue their advance, clawing at the tiefling mage in an attempt to interrupt her spell. One managed to do some minor damage, but by all appearances the tiefling was far more durable than the she looked like, continuing to cast. Reverin keenly felt the impacts on the elemental, wincing at the power of the magic. Even so, he bade the elemantal - perhaps a bit *too* eager - to crush the orc under its fist.

The human was far more successful, having obliterated one skeleton outright and doing minor damage to the others. That didn't avoid the claws of the corpses, indicating that they had been doing their work splendidly. The young mage bade the skeletons to grab the human spellcaster and incapacitate him, intending to give the elemental more time to get rid of the orc menace. By the looks of it, the tiefling would be done soon with her casting, her skeletons not lasting long.

Briefly shifting his attention to the skeletons surrounding the orc, Reverin mimicked the orders given to the ones attacking the human: try to grab the orc and hold it in place. By the looks of it, however, that would be a failed endeavour, with the orc being nearly twice the size of the walking corpses.

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@knighthawkEarth Elemental

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@BeatrixAsk again in June.

Shouldn't be a problem, but can't say it now.

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Short IC posted, setting up for combat.

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The green menace and the human...cleric, by the looks of it, managed to actually turn more than half of the undead under his control. Reverin had anticipated something of the sort, but nothing quite as successful. Four or so undead began their slow shamble back to the graves, six others no longer under his control went either for his fence or the party, with the fence clearly being the worse choice of the two so far. Lightning crackled left and right and two common skeletons fell down, the rest shambling away. That left the party to deal with 8 undead adventurers and his pet golem.

The golem itself wasted no time in trying to attack while the orcish menace cast his spells, charging with all its force at the orc's back. The skeletons split up evenly to attack the human, tiefling and orc alike, shaking their empty fists in the air as they charged. The many years of experience gathered by this undead troupe made Reverin wonder if he couldn't simply use the undead to do his dirty work.

Reverin began the quiet casting of a dweomer as he watched the attack unfold. Three skeletons moved into position to surround the human, three simply charged the apparently stunned tiefling, and the remaining two got into position to 'catch' the orc when the golem would inevitably barrel into it and send it flying.

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I'l still on Taco's rear end about a post, if none comes I'll make one tomorrow. I suggest that the rest of you PM me any attacks you plan on doing.

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The situation rapidly escalated from amusing to absurd, right in front of Reverin. The wizard audibly scoffed when the disillusioned male came into view, expressing his hate of tieflings. Reverin was quite fond of the odd creatures, seeing an unnatural beauty and power in them. He had barely enough time to dispel some of the wards guarding the fence when a burly, half orcish creature named Raa had flown into it. He wouldn't be able to do much anyway, the mage thought. He'd spent a few months preparing the various wards around the tower, and had only dispelled a few of them.

With a rather annoyed look on his face, he gestured for the orcish abomination to get out of his garden. The dent in the ground the paladin had already made would take days to fix, and longer to re-cultivate. While the lumbering sack of flesh took its sweet time to get up with the help of the human newcomer, Reverin considered him. There was nothing immediately alarming about him, but nothing immediately calming, either. The tiefling woman he had seen a few times before at the markets, and she appeared to be exactly what she looked like. The only new thing about her were the magical abilities.

The human, that he knew nothing about. Something bothered the young mage about the seemingly simple attire of the man. He had sensed a flicker of magic on him, but couldn't place what kind of spellcaster he would have to be. Or that he would be a spellcaster at all! Not knowing all of this bothered Revering beyond reasoning. He unwillingly narrowed his eyes looking at the man.

The orc, or rather, half-orc, appeared to be a simple creature indeed, a rather unlikely candidate for a Paladin of Mielikki. Wasn't she a ranger goddess? The yelp coming from somewhere in his robe when he landed was more surprising. Perhaps he was a ranger after all, carrying all kinds of vermin in his pockets. In the event of a fight, Reverin decided he would put the orcish monster at the front. The less of these filthy creatures remained, the better. The young mage scratched his ear, suddenly acutely aware that his birth-given pointy ears were not present due to the masking enchantment. The sacrifices he made to get better prices.

Sensing a stalemate of sorts at the scene, he coughed to get everyone's attention:

"If all of you manage to defeat my pets, I'll consider hiring you." he said with a clear edge of arrogance.

The lumbering elemental charged forward, commanded by Reverin to go after the green skinned brute instead of the tiefling. To not let the rest of the party feel all alone, he cast a contingency dweomer on the approaching undead, awoken by the alarm, and bade them to charge at the tiefling and human alike. With a dozen warriors amongst their ranks, and half as much deceased townspeople, he figure it would be a good test of their mettle.

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@knighthawkAsk them.

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Regarding fights with each other and DM controlled creatures:

I highly suggest you either get private convos going if a fight is between the two of you, and send a PM to me if you're fighting a creature I control. I will reply with the results in a basic form, and you can integrate them into your post. This avoids you having to wait for each other's posts and keeps the combat fluid.

This option is a little more difficult to execute in a group fight, but I'm sure we'll manage.