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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tecklenburg" data-source="post: 6426713" data-attributes="member: 6781356">Keeping my bow and arrow at the ready; I await authorization from Saerie to assault the two dire wolves.My reaction will be instantaneous to her acceptance of the bargain.Before they can spring their trap, I explode into action.  My bow changes places with my curved elven longsword in a flash and I slice the air before me and grasp the energy that binds all things in the other hand.  That hand opens and I fling it out wide.  One wolf goes with it, tossed across the frozen ice, still alive but sliding away from me and the remaining wolf.[sblock]Wind Slash (Int)3,5+3 = 11 4 damage - 1 armor = 3 dmgTechnique 1:  Burst.  2 dmg and Forceful tagTechnique 2:  Soul Siphoning.  1 HP returned to me.[/sblock]I take full advantage.  Its leader wanted more blood.  I'll give it to them.  But my steel will do the tasting.[sblock]Flawless Bladework (Int)2,4+3 = 9 8 damage - 1 armor = 7 dmg.  Its dead but it counterattacks.Technique 1: Torrential.  Counterattack if it attacks me.  Its dead anyway.Dire Wolf b[2d6] = 1, 1.  1 - 2 armor = 0 damage to me[/sblock]The edge of my elven blade paints a line of red across the white snow and ice.  The jaws of the wolf reach for my forearm but I neatly spin away.  All it has left to do is draw its last breath.I perform the kata that has won a hundred duels and my blade screams through the cold winter air, ensorcelled with magic.[sblock]Wind Slash (Int)1,2+3 = 6 6 - fails.  Marked 1 xp[/sblock][sblock]3 dmg enviromental to me.[/sblock]Fending the jaws of the huge wolf from my throat with my sword, I reach down and grab my elven longknife from my boot.  It comes free.[sblock]Hack n Slash (Dex)1,3 + 1 = 56 - fails.  Marked 1 xp[/sblock][sblock]Dire Wolf * b[2d6] = 1, 2.  2 - 2 armor = 0 damage to me.* disarmed of elven longsword.[/sblock]My mind looks around for an out.  I see directly above us there is a pile of snow in the fir trees branches.  I could easily knock it free with a flick of my wrist.  Just as I prepare to launch my weapon, the beast makes a fatal mistake and my weapon finds a better home into its neck and severing its brain stem.[sblock]Hack n Slash (Dex)2,6 + 1 = 9 7 damage - 1 armor = 6 dmgDire Wolf counterattackb[2d6] 2,2 vs armor 2 = 0 damage[/sblock]I swiftly roll out from under it before the lifeless beast can crush me under its dead weight.  I pick up my blade from the ground, sheathe both of them and walk towards Saerie.  As I do, I nimbly remove my elven chain and completely shuck myself of all of wet clothes, unashamed of my naked form.  The song of battle still pumps my body with heated blood so I don't notice the bite of the cold...but that will not last.  I unravel my rolled, dry winter clothes and cloak from my pack and adorn them (marked 1 Adventuring Gear off to avoid a Defy Danger Con for the cold).  As I look toward the gathering storm in the interior, I let Saerie handle the rest of the business with this Winter Wolf and his pack.  When we're ready to set off, I follow.</blockquote>

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