Imela: The Adventure Begins

 So, how this works is that you should write a little blurb that RPs your action and then tell me your action in a spoiler (the ! symbol). So, let me show you an example from the game I played:

So many thoughts raced in Dathyra's mind, faster than well...ever, she figured. She wasn't sure what she should do. She knew that Jodon would want to try and reason with these two, to try and get them to be rational and come to their senses, and then possibly give them some useful information. He would only fight if he had to, and he probably would have wanted her to help him in that goal. She knew that Holg would want her to fight. After all, these men had made their choice to engage in such unsavory business. They probably had no care for the lives of others and they probably wouldn't see reason. But what did she want? Very rarely had she ever asked herself that question. Her eyes darted about the room to find a quick answer.

And an answer was there. Dathyra didn't like the idea of causing pain, but she knew there were two reactions to it: fight or flight. If she could injure them, they would either back off or fight back, meaning she would no longer have to choose between reasoning and battle if she had to defend herself. She stepped into the room, aiming for the first man in front of her.

"Naur!" she shouted, calling forth her spell of fire once again.

 Deciding it would be best to set everything in motion and finish this matter as quickly as possible, Viaya moves toward the door. Maneuvering around Kelvin and Ruggero until she is finally standing at Theo's shoulder. The elf trading her rapier for a dagger from her belt as she goes. Not certain she wants to get close enough to the beasts to use the lower ranged weapon just yet. Leaning around the large half orc, she throws the dagger instead. Looking to impale the rat nearest the doorway through its back and stomach before ducking back to give the more melee minded room to go through. 

Check the top spoiler at the very beginning of my post, Kelvin. It has turn order and the map.

Viaya is quick to move, not willing to let a small inconvenience put them behind. Her knife strikes the rat dead on, sinking straight into its back. It lets out a bitter hiss before collapsing into the water. This only makes the remaining rats angrier now that they know someone is threatening their home. They glare back.

"Friends, we've come too far to be disposed by a bunch of rats! Onwards! Ruggero wield your axe, stave their skulls! Squeak squeak breeder****ers!" 

Ruggero takes his battle axe in one hand and takes out his short sword and moves up toward the rats (F5). He takes a swing with his battle axe at the rat in front of him (F6), then counter-swings his short short sword the other rat (E6), and screams "rats! I hate rats almost as I hate snakes,"

Battle Axe: Attack: 18 Damage: 4

Short Sword: Attack: 24 Damage: 6

 Ruggero goes splashing in, ready to strike. His first swing slices a rat in two in one swift motion. A little overeager in his efforts, his short sword just barely misses the second rat behind him. This sets the beasts into a rage, and the two rats nearest Ruggero snap at his ankles while the rest squeak in encouragement.

 The dwarf, however, came prepared, his chainmail armor protecting his legs from the feeble bites.

"Vermin...it's a shame this temple is defiled so. I've heard rats don't like fire, how about frost?" Kelvin stays put behind Theo and Ruggero, and closes his eyes, calling upon the powers of his draconic ancestors. A shard of ice materializes in his hand, which he flings into the cavern at the bulk of the rats.

 Kelvin's idea was certainly a clever one. The ice shard impaled the rat right in front of Ruggero before it even had time to know what hit it. But before it can curl up and die, the ice shard explodes, blasting a rain of ice shrapnel and rat insides everywhere. Several of the rats duck under the water to avoid the blast, but one in the corner is hit with the tiny fragments of ice and drops dead from its wounds.

Zakon grimaces at the smell of the rancid water and the disgusting rats.  Eyeing the small space, Zakon moves into a crouch, pulling his bow and nocking an arrow. If one of the little buggers manages to get away from his companions, he'll be ready. 

 Theo is frozen by the sudden appearance of rats. It takes him a little bit of time to overcome the shock while the rest of the crew try to work around him. He feels a divine prodding to act, finally. He marches forward into the room utters a divine  word of radiance and light burst from him into the room.

 The rats are quick to avoid the radiant light that emanates from Theo. A couplescatter behind the water pipes only to peek out once the coast is clear. Half of their brood may be gone, but they're still willing to fight to defend their nest.

The rats are falling both to magic and to blade at this point, Kelvin's ice shards exploding outwards in the most showy example of this but Ruggero's axe doing just as much as work. Theo's holy light burst driving some of the critters back. Viaya feels no need to press in behind the half orc and dwarf as they move into the flooded room beyond, the elf keeping to one side of the doorway as she pulls her other dagger and takes aim once more at the nearest rat. 

Ruggero turns his face as the rats explode in a shard of ice in front of him. 

 Viaya's dagger hits her mark again. The elf smirks proudly at her accomplishment. She would have loved to see her brother's face when he saw her unladylike use of weapons. Would have served him right.

Meanwhile, the rats are starting to lose some of their ferocity. Now whittled down to only three, they realize they're on the defensive.

Ruggero, his face bloodied from shards of frozen rats, wipes it clean uses his beard as a rag, and then shakes his head to focus. Looking at the remaining rats, Ruggero screams and takes his battleaxe and short sword to skewer them.

Ruggero was more annoyed with the feisty creatures rather than angry, but eager to be rid of the, he hacks and slashes away with both swords at one until there are unrecognizable pieces left. Realizing they are in a losing fight, the rats get desperate. One in front of Theo’s feet goes to bite. They may lose their homes, but they’re going to show these intruders that it wasn’t easy. Another, hanging back in the room on the water tank, scampers across, also biting the creature that shone a blinding light at them.

Their bites are feeble as they dare to try and bite the bulky half-orc wearing sturdy armor. At this point, it is merely pest control for the group. 

Stepping in, Kelvin launches a frosty missile at the far rat, remaining put.

 Another rat drops dead, this one looking more like a rat icicle, thanks to Kelvin's spell. Now only one cornered rat remains.