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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binks" data-source="post: 6500212" data-attributes="member: 6775039">The snow is thick and weighs on my legs.  Moving through it is a terrible effort.  I'm sure the small frost goblins, though unaffected by the cold of it, are worse off than I am.  Nonetheless, I bolt for the structure that they were prying at without a second thought.  [sblock]Defy Danger (Dex)2, 5 + 2 = 9Success with worse outcome, hard bargain, or ugly choice.[/sblock]I dive over their spears, tuck my feet under me and somersault into the cold snow, coming up to my feet immediately and grabbing at the timbers of the cabin to climb to the ridge of the steep roof.I try to kick at the spear momentarily to dislodge it as losing my cloak in this territory is asking for major trouble.  When it doesn't come free, I make the difficult choice of continuing the climb, listening to the horrible ripping sound as the tattered remains stay with me, barely covering part of my shoulders as I reach for the eave to crest the top to the roof's ridge.[sblock]Defy Danger (Str)1, 4 + 0 = 5Mark 1 xp.[/sblock]Urg.I squirm desperately to keep the wood of my bow from crushing my windpipe and to turn our bodies so we're lined up parallel to the ridge for what comes next.  Then, with all of my strength, I get my feet into his stomach so I can flip him off of me and throw him from the top of the ridge and to the ground.[sblock]1d6 = 5 damage - 1 armor = 4 total damage to me from prior failure.Defy Danger (Str)2, 5 = 71d6 = 5 damage - 1 armor = 4 total damage to the goblin.  He's dead.Success with worse outcome, hard bargain, or ugly choice.[/sblock]My elven longknife is pulled from my weapon belt without even a thought.  Its typically not meant for throwing, but desperate times call for desperate measures.  I flip it up to my ear, catch it by the blade and launch it end over end at the goblin.That's fine.  Here goes...[sblock]Volley with Elven Longknife (Dex)6, 6 + 2 - 1 (Awkward) = 13!4 - 1 (armor) damage.  He's dead.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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