R1T8.9: Celiss turns towards it, hopping backwards and keeping a threatening knee pointed at it to keep it from getting another opening.

Careful, they're sneaky. Celiss says, before switching to a mishmash of sounds that let the arcane energy within her flow free, surrounding her with a momentarily shimmering field of energy.

Care to try that again now? Celiss asks the snake, shifting into a combat stance.

R1T8: Another one of these things from the western side comes out from behind a column, sneaking up on Darrius unawares, getting into a high position and biting him deep in the back (crit) for 8 damage. Barely, but he, too, fights off the poison.

R1T3: "Fires of Nessus but that hurts," Wanderfar curses. Annoyed that because of its nature that he couldn't smell the metal snake. And that he'd look bad in front of his new student.

He brings his staff to bare, hoping to crack the snake around and throw it off balance, but finds that the sinuous creatures of alloyed steel are not sluggish for their weight and he misses.

"Master, wood vs. steel? Would not your sword be preferable?" asks Korian to Wanderfar.

R1T0: One of the snakes had passed Lavinia to get to Celiss. The frightened noblewoman backs away from Celiss, afraid to get to any snakes ... let alone creepy metal snakes.

End Round One, Begin Round Two ...

R2T22: Vakrissa takes wing to be 5' in the air, doing so aerobatically enough so as not to provoke an AOO from IC1 (Iron Cobra #1). She brings down the scythe on the thing in a perfect stroke ... but this is no living creature, and this excellent cut does nothing more than 4 mod damage.

R2T20: Rabbi Cohen actually has a good position as the healer .... Vakrissa and Wanderfar hold off the one snake, and the other two are held on the other side by Darrius and Celiss. He steps up behind Darrius and casts CLW to totally heal him.

R2T19: IC1 responds to the scythe cutting into it by biting upwards at the flying Vakrissa, but cannot bite past her sharkskin armor.

R2T17: Darrius, you have an iron cobra on you. What do you do?