Quote from Wysperra >>

 *You do know you started in the rook space right?

(( Yes, but Nico is bullheaded and wanted to be SURE that that's what's going on, lol. DEX Save: 8 ))

The bard managed to grit his teeth and not yell out at the next lightning strike, as if he were expecting it.

Landing on his square (F6,) he stood and shook out his limbs. "Yep. It's not likin' me tryin' to run diagonal. But straight lines were fine, up until hittin' the statue. So, just to be really sure..."

Gritting his teeth once more, he dashed across the board again.

(( From F6 to B6, right in front of Razz. Presuming he makes it through the run unscathed, he'll mutter, "Hmm. Guess I'm officially a rook." ))

(( one hard headed rook, to say the least! ))

Grey started as a rook also. He will give himself Guidance for obvious reasons, and move from A7 to H7.

Clarity. 

I did stop some people from moving completely because I didn't want to hit anyone with a ton of damage. This the the GM asking you, "You sure you want to do that?"

Now because of that, I currently have:

Grey H7

Razz A6

Nico B6

Anton C6

Otho B3

Ember C3

I'm not perfect so these might be off. 

Quote from Wysperra >>

I did stop some people from moving completely because I didn't want to hit anyone with a ton of damage. This the the GM asking you, "You sure you want to do that?" 

For Grey, he would have stopped on the way to H7 if he took damage to re-evaluate his plan.

Razzec moves from A6 to E2 and says, "This is similar to the dragonchess I have. I didn't know it would be this easy to go from a (Rune) Knight to a Bishop." And with that he lets out a hearty chuckle at his own joke. 

Grey is on H7

Razz glides to E2 with each square lighting up white.

Grey will move to H6.

[OOC: Is the statue on a specific box, or is it off centered like it is on the map?]

Grey moves and the square lights up white.

The statue doesn't move and is straddling the two squares. It just holds its sword and zaps out lightning from its other hand.

Otho will attempt to move from b3 to f7

Otho also makes an easy walk to F7. The squares lighting up white along the way.

Ember will move forward from C3 to D3 and then to E3 and finish with a sidestep to E4.

Grey will move to H6.

Nico grinned as he watched his companions move along the board without being zapped, but after a moment he rubbed his chin.

"Okay, so we can move, but... where's the opposition? Is it just the statue?" He turned to face the solid figure. "When I ran to it earlier, that coulda counted as an attack, but I just got popped. Huh. Maybe..."

The bard then looked towards Ember and Grey in turn. "You two can dodge if you want, but this won't hurt... and it shouldn't affect the 'game' either." With that, he uttered a quick, melodic incantation, casting a spell towards the statue.

(( Nico will cast Faerie Fire, covering the group of 16 squares from E3 to H6, outlining objects and creatures in a soft, blue-white glow. DC 14 DEX Save if anyone/anything tries to dodge. ))

The statue is now covered in fakey fire.

After a few seconds, there is a flash of light from the statue's sword, and the fakey fire vanishes.

Grey will attempt to occupy H5 with the statue.

Razzec moves to G4. And asks, "what piece is everyone again?"

It's backwards but still

Anton frowns “This still doesn’t look like any chess game I have played. But it can throw lightning, let’s see what we can do.”  Anton moves to E5 and raises his hand as the sound of tolling bells ring around the strange knight. 

Casts Toll the Dead WIS 15 save or 15 damage.

.