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The armored figure stands impassively as the challenger seems confused by his statement. He had no intention of attacking an unprepared opponent...but he had no particular issue with allowing the enemy to make the first move in this case. But what would it be...the gauntlets seemed to point to a mage or an unarmed combat specialist, but she seemed to have plenty of room to be an alchemist or some other fighter as well. He kept his sword and shield in a loose grip, ready to wield at the faintest need. Then she seemed to reach understanding.

"I'll make the first move."

Jacos smiles grimly as she initiates the fight...with a thrown bag with a fuse. A bomb...interesting. But a concussive device would be the last thing that would work on this guardian. With a keen eye he measures the bag's flight, then in a burst of motion he thrusts his left hand into the air, releasing the shield it held at the apex of its range of motion, sending it flying up to intersect the explosive and likely knock it up and away harmlessly. In the same smooth set of movement, he crouches low, then explodes upwards himself, launching himself into the air with his sword flipping up into its normal grip, a grip that was sending it downward to cleave his enemy in two as he descended on the no longer red-garbed opponent.
So...would you mind clarifying exactly what is happening? From what I gather, Shashous's tail is grabbing the net's center and somehow launching the rock-covered edges like a cat-o-nine-tails towards me, using the few extra feet of net compensate for the remainder of the range...but from under him, so...I'm having some trouble visualizing this. If you are assuming that the range between Cruallassar and Shashous is your tail + the radius of the net, then I was thinking a bit farther, at least ten meters, since I don't want shrapnel from the HV or explosive arrows to backblast and hit me. Assuming a large tunnel of ten feet in diameter, that means the radius of the net is about five feet...and you need a foot or two to actually do more damage then take the skin off Cruallassar's nose. So assume one meter of net. Your tail is twelve feet long...I'll go ahead and round that up for the sake of equal measures to four meters. That adds up to only five meters, assuming the length of your tail actually holding the net is tied up in the two feet of net to do damage. Not only has that a minimal likelyhood of being able to disrupt my shot at all, you can't even hit me without getting closer, or just throwing the net. Which in turn has a possibility of disrupting one, maybe two of my arrows at best, since I doubt the hitting center of the net would trigger the explosive shot.
So...I presume people can still join this?

Assuming so...this is a very long application form, so I'm going to have it saved in progress here and people can review it as I go.
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The creature's wiles served it in good stead. The rock would indeed intersect the shadows that Cruallassar is preparing to form from. However, in this case the nature of the Ranger's power would work against it. He could not reform within another object...either the object would be displaced, or Cruallassar would be, in the instant before he materializes. Not only this, but the power was very difficult to keep precise. Cruallassar had mastered it to a point where he could be precise within millimeters, however he rarely did on a normal basis, since his physical abilities were nearly always enough to keep the effect the same however he appeared, and precision to that degree was almost never needed. Thus, he would usually be content to appearing within a few inches of where he needed to be. And his reflexes were easily enough to react at least in part to the blur of motion of the rock flying at him, thus to affect in part how he materialized. This lead to the Ranger appearing a few centimeters in to the space the rock had just vacated, loosing his arrows unhindered.

This is not to say his plan was not partially disrupted. The fact that the beast had the cunning to hurl a stone at where he was appearing before he did showed a level of planning and analysis he had not been planning on...one that in hindsight had not been the first sign, his having caught and thrown his grenades showing similar signs. The thing had managed to predict his moves with great accuracy for a monster. However, not even that prediction would save him from the arrows he still lets fly, before twisting into ethereal shadows again to observe the effect of his efforts from a safe environment.

The first net's presence...or lack thereof...is entirely unnoticed, due to his visual limitations.
Cruallassar certainly was having his vision impaired by the maze of tunnels...solid objects were one thing, but alternating objects and empty space did make it difficult. Though, Shashous himself stood out like a beacon among them, so he would likely be unable to effectively hide...it is only his surroundings that will be difficult to decipher, and that would be a tactical problem.

Which is why he made his move now. Shashous was making his way through the first net...all well and good, but the net still impeded his way until he could. And the second further impeded it, a few feet beyond that...the second backing up the first as yet another barrier for the next few seconds. For that time, the creature was backed up against a wall. There is no escape for him.

Ethereal shadows swished into the tunnel behind the creature, twisting themselves into the form of the Ranger. Three arrows were nocked and ready, an assortment of one explosive arrow, one HV arrow, and one hailstorm arrow. All three were let fly at once, forming a tight triad. The distance was carefully timed, the hailstorm arrow would burst into it's hundred projectiles just a few feet beyond the elf, then the HV arrow would accelerate, the shockwave detonating the explosive arrow in the passage just before reaching the creature, and the HV arrow proving the first line of offense as it accelerated only an instant before reaching the creature himself, and an instant in front of the hundred energy shots that would pepper the whole length of the tunnel for the next length. This was Cruallassar's vengeance.

The Ranger had not been sitting idle while the monster broke through his web trap. As he began to encircle the creature, he saw it begin to tear through his net, and he watched from his ethereal position how he did so closely. When the thing had finished with the first net and moved onto the second, he moved once more, shifting to a position farther down the tunnel. The thing had followed the path into an area with no immediate branching tunnels, he would have to backtrack to his former position or go through the Ranger to reach a location with more maneuverability. Two more nets stretch themselves across the expanse of the tunnel...perhaps they were ineffective at keeping it contained for long, but they did delay him. They were all that was needed. The Ranger shifts back into ethereal form and steps into the tunnel wall next to him. It had come towards his trap before only when it was unguarded...perhaps the same will happen this time. Or if not, then it would find it's options behind it far more severely limited than before.
I believe it is mine. I've just been distracted lately and not getting to mine...and also kinda interested in how my character just somehow didn't react to Shashous making his way through my web and continuing on...
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