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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storyteller01" data-source="post: 1888515" data-attributes="member: 20931">A continuation of momentum, same as with a standard Cleave (IMHO).  The fighter took left over power from a previous strike and diverted it to another target. the concept is similar to European and Japanese battlefield techniques. Basic idea, go with the flow of combat, and take shots when they become available.  i've actually been in this situation in a dojo. It was 2 against 1, the instructor being the 1. My partner stumbles and falls. The instructor nails him with an overhead strike, then pulls a 180 on the balls of his feet as I come in from the rear. Gets me with another overhead strike (his fastest option, since attacks to the side would be telegraphed and blocked). Bamboo sword or not, my head rang for the rest of the day...somewhat off the wall, but maybe a better example. Japanese swordmanship teaches to deflect, not block, most incoming attacks. When you deflect, you can redirect the energy back into an attack (yep, the target kills himself). This is effective because attacking creates an opening (an AoO mightmare, so its good that no one has agrued for THAT concept).also remeber efficiency in momentum. If I take a shot at the inside of a targets thigh (going for arteries), you can bet its because I can carry that momentum into another attack or parry. ie: if I strike, I've got the next strike planned (Aikido principle of controlling the fight). Why would I attack the thigh? He made it a target (AoO). Whether it was because he stepped back or drank a potion is academic.Another good example is Aikido. the whole idea is to create AoO's and use them against everyone. Opponent 1 steps back (defensive, potion, etc), so he gets opponent 2 thrown into him. Or if Opponent one freezes (it happens) or stops to focus on something , he gets thrown into opponent two. Either way, you capitalize on the mistakes of one to nail them both.So...wheres my cookie?? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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