((I'm not even going to bring up the +1 to spike use again. That link was too perfect. You been waiting to use that one, PW?))
I actually had the power pellet sound effect too, if you managed to succeed on that roll. That would have been cool.
Now then, I put off the actual rolling for combat because it was late and my brain wasn't working. Well now it's early and I'm on codeine cough syrup!
Lets see..
Harry, doc and comrade are defending. Ok...
Hyenankles manages to fire several times; the single shot rifle is a pain to reload and his aim isn't helped by the fact that his hands are somewhere between paws and fingers. He's not sure if he actually hit anything. Mr. Bird takes a more proactive approach and flaps up into the air to meet the slithering menace. Fighting with his feet while in mid-flight is difficult, all he can do is charge and swing using the momentum of his body, but he holds his own. None of his strikes cause any major damage; scales and amber light limbs see to that, but he holds a large number of snakes off as they try to take him down.
John [5], in the mean time, takes careful aim. Not at the Snakes, but at the building of the Most High. It's a tricky shot; the bullets with his blood on them are slower and heavier, arcing like mortar rounds, and there are a heck of a lot of snakes between here and there. After a few second of hesitation he squeezes the trigger and the blood coating the rifles catches fire as the bullet sails up and across the sky, trailing a black tail of smoke. It hits the Most High's temple a moment later and a great blast of flame errupts from the white stone. The entrance collapses and the entire building seems to sway unsteadily like a cork bobbing in water. The Salthe see this, of course, and they react in two ways. Half of them immediately charge towards the Most High's building. The other half charge downward towards John with palpable, suicidal rage.
The War Beast takes off, running as quickly as it can towards the other side of this region. Despite its size, the beast is quite fast when it wants to be. It should only take...3 or so turns to reach the edge.