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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tecklenburg" data-source="post: 6623931" data-attributes="member: 6781356">My eyes are immediately drawn from the flash of teleportation magic at my feet to the flash at Saerie's position where the Winter Fey warrior ends up.  I flinch as I see her get the worse of the exchange but I breathe a sigh of relief when she escapes with the bow, despite losing her other melee weapon.  Overhead the Bralani is in the middle of a conjuring and my mind wanders to what she is bringing into our world and how I might defeat it in combat.  It appears to air elementals.[sblock]Spout Lore (Int)3, 3 + 3 (+ 1 Elf) = 10[/sblock]Like Burst and Magic Missile <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  I'll get to them in a minute, now I want to address the more immediate threat.I reach forward with my off-hand and clamp it into a fist as I draw forth magic to pull the Fey Knight back to me where we can finish our duel.[sblock]Wind Slash (Int)1, 3 + 3 = 71d8 damage and 1 technique.  I'll choose danger as my complication.Damage to Fey Knight.  8 - 3 (spending 1 Bladesong for Blade Crescendo so less 2 piercing) = 7 damage.Burst: Your attack deals an additional 1d4 damage and gains the forceful tag. 4 damage.11 total damage.  He's dead.[/sblock][sblock]Spending my third and final Bladesong for Void Note to teleport nearby[/sblock]I summon the final echo of the song that slows time for me, that binds all things.  I disappear in a flash from the sucking bog and reappear next to Rawr where the ground is firm.  I feel the song ebb from my body and mind. I attempt to shout over the fury of the storm that surrounds the Bralani.  "Your ally is fallen due to following the orders of your rash decision here!  Retrieve him before this bog claims him forevemore!  He deserves a resting place amongst your people where the brave, lost warriors reside!  I promise you will not be attacked![sblock]Parley (Cha)Leverage is the need to remove a fallen ally from the battlefield, before his remains are claimed by an unfitting resting place, and my promise of momentary peace in order to do it.1, 3 + 1 = 5Marked 1 xp[/sblock]I reflexively hit the deck![sblock]Defy Danger (Dex)2, 3 + 2 = 7Success but a worse outcome, hard bargain, or ugly choice.[/sblock]I'll eat the damage, thank you!  [sblock]d8 + 3 damage.  3 + 3 - 2 = 4 damage to me.[/sblock]The huge talons clamp down on one shoulder and arm and close like a crushing vice.  I'm only 10 feet in the air or so before I'm able to barely wriggle free of the grasp.  I land softly on the frozen bog below.</blockquote>

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