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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 6287696" data-attributes="member: 92305">--  VALERIA  --Check out this clip from 1982's Conan The Barbarian.  [video=youtube;Z3kBWP231hI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3kBWP231hI[/video].At 2:32, Valeria uses the feat Cleave that allows her a second attack on the second foe as she downs the first foe.  Notice that she doesn't take a five foot step.  The second foe comes to her.  On a grid, these two would have just approached Valeria using a double move, putting them in base-to-base contact with the thief.  The shifting you see Valeria do is her re-positioning she does to attack the second foe at the new angle.  She doesn't move from her square on these attacks.At 2:46, Valeria uses her standard action to taunt the two new foes.  In game terms, she's using the Demoralize Other function of the Intimidate skill.  The GM gives her a +2 bonus because the two foes have just seen her quickly dispatch two of their comrades.  The GM gives her an additional +2 bonus on the demoralize check due to the black woad she wears, making her a fearsome, intimidating opponent, indeed.  That's a total +4 modifier to her check.  And, from her one of her foe's hesitation, it looks like her check succeeded on the one, but not both foes.  The foe that hesitates and allows his companion to attack is -2 to all attacks and checks due to the intimidation (in spite of the fact that the GM also gave the foes a +2 on their check to resist the demoralizing attempt since they outnumber Valeria).  The other foe--the one that moves to attack Valeria--made his check to resist the attempt.At 2:51, Valeria uses the combat maneuver called Use The Battlefield (see page 212 of the Core rulebook).  She makes DC 20 Tumble check, and with its success, she gains a +2 attack bonus on her target.  In the video, you see her take a couple of steps, jump, and push off the wall to come down on her enemy, just gaining the bonus.  As a woman, Valeria's STR is mostly likely around STR 13 or so.  I'd put her at STR 14.  To increase her attack bonus, she relies on maneuvers like this in order to put her full weight behind the thrust of her sword. Examples of....CLEAVEINTIMIDATE, DEMORALIZE OTHERUSE THE BATTLEFIELD, TUMBLE</blockquote>

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