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<blockquote data-quote="Tecklenburg" data-source="post: 6564519" data-attributes="member: 6781356">I need to keep these guys busy while Saerie does her work.&nbsp; I've seen plenty of spear and shield phalanxes in my time.&nbsp; Now that I've crossed swords with these guys I'm looking for their posture and routines to figure out if they're going on the offensive or laying back and being cautious.&nbsp; Depending on that, I'll either float like a butterfly or weave a web of steel.[sblock]Discern Realities via The Riddle of Steel (Wis) 4, 3 + 0 (+ 1 for TRoS) = 8* What are my opponents planning to do.&nbsp; Take + 1 forward when acting on it.[/sblock]Alright, a web of steel it is.&nbsp; My blade works in arcs in a thousand different directions and my body is a spinnnig tempest as parry after parry rings out.[sblock] Defend - myself (Con)6, 3 + 1 + 1 = 11I could spend 3 hold, but I only need 1 hold.&nbsp; I just want to halve their damage against me.b[2d6] + 1 (+1 for second hobgoblin) = 2, 4.&nbsp; So 4 + 2 = 6/3 = 3 - 2 (armor) = 1 damage to me.[/sblock]My eyes are drawn to the dead aboleth and Saerie, obviously a little dazed and smarting, on the stone table.&nbsp; I lower my weapon, assertively rush around them to check on Saerie and speak to them in hobgoblin.&nbsp; &quot;We are not your enemy.&nbsp; Your minds were stolen from you, restored by the death of this vile creature.&quot;&nbsp; I point to the aboleth corpse with my weapon as I rush by it.&nbsp; &quot;Fear not, your king is safe.&quot;When I'm at Saerie's side, I smile at her and help her to her feet and check on the gash on the back of her head where she smacked it against the stone table.&nbsp; &quot;Are you alright?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tecklenburg, post: 6564519, member: 6781356"] I need to keep these guys busy while Saerie does her work. I've seen plenty of spear and shield phalanxes in my time. Now that I've crossed swords with these guys I'm looking for their posture and routines to figure out if they're going on the offensive or laying back and being cautious. Depending on that, I'll either float like a butterfly or weave a web of steel. [sblock]Discern Realities via The Riddle of Steel (Wis) 4, 3 + 0 (+ 1 for TRoS) = 8 * What are my opponents planning to do. Take + 1 forward when acting on it.[/sblock] Alright, a web of steel it is. My blade works in arcs in a thousand different directions and my body is a spinnnig tempest as parry after parry rings out. [sblock] Defend - myself (Con) 6, 3 + 1 + 1 = 11 I could spend 3 hold, but I only need 1 hold. I just want to halve their damage against me. b[2d6] + 1 (+1 for second hobgoblin) = 2, 4. So 4 + 2 = 6/3 = 3 - 2 (armor) = 1 damage to me.[/sblock] My eyes are drawn to the dead aboleth and Saerie, obviously a little dazed and smarting, on the stone table. I lower my weapon, assertively rush around them to check on Saerie and speak to them in hobgoblin. "We are not your enemy. Your minds were stolen from you, restored by the death of this vile creature." I point to the aboleth corpse with my weapon as I rush by it. "Fear not, your king is safe." When I'm at Saerie's side, I smile at her and help her to her feet and check on the gash on the back of her head where she smacked it against the stone table. "Are you alright?" [/QUOTE]

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