Rachus is alarmed by the large scorpion and readies his flute though he is unsure what the plan is. If the charge into battle already happened, he prepares himself for battle. 

OOC: I could have sworn there was a nature roll on that last post last night? I need to lay off the whiskey!

You all crouch in the darkness deciding your course of action. Several more times the creature shifts in place. Sooner or later it will notice you.

Everyone make a stealth check.

She listened to Skritch's moving words and watched the beast move around with growing dread. The sweat from her forehead dropped onto one of her hands, causing her to startle. "That's it. Zipity, zapity, zoom!" she yells as her last nerve was shaken and unleashes the Chaos Bolt (attack 8, Force damage 6+5=11) that she had been preparing but not sending. 

Skritch stealth: 11+1=12 

(and, if Sunhill's stealth isn't just rolled into Skritch's, Sunhill Stealth:  14+2=16) 

(and and, if Dealuri just, you know, started combat, initiative: 17+1=18) 

Vakas disappears into the shadows, he pulls out his short bow, notching an area, waiting quietly in the dark to see which way this goes.  If spells are unleashed and the die is cast, he will launch his arrow at the thing, grumbling under his breath “I would’ve just snuck around it…”

Stealth : 24

Initiative : 16

Short bow, from hiding : 13 to hit, for 10 piercing damage and 6 sneak attack damage.