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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tecklenburg" data-source="post: 6672779" data-attributes="member: 6781356">When Saerie requests that I go check on Three Bird and our prospects for provisions for the poor folk of this cave, I pull my hood back on and close my cloak around me, leaving my weapon arm out so the light of my sword can guide me in the mid-day, wintry gloom.I'll leave the family to their quiet grieving.Not preparing for exodus, eh?  That is disconcerting.I pull my hood back to reveal my face and do my best to soften it for these people.  But I won't address them.  I'll let them be and continue straight for the sounds of the argument.Picking this back up...I look from the man briefly and then to the men beyond him.  I look at my drawn blade with the enchantment of light upon it.  "A glorified torch to repel the winter gloom" I say aloud and then sheathe the weapon.I nod at any of the men who have foght alongside me who might be looking at me.  I then say to the room in general:"I was hoping to gain some provisions for the kin and refugees you have kept like dogs in the far cave.  I was hoping to see a community, no longer under the thrall of a madman and his cult, express its newly found freedom in the most sensible way possible.  By leaving this place before the terror of the black tower can be unleashed upon it."I look down and slide the toes of a boot against the cold stone floor, feeling out the footing.  "I guess I'm to be disappointed, yes?"  I'm relaxed here, hands free from the pommel of my sword.  "My people reserve your word 'murder' for unjustified killing and always off the field of battle.  No murder has taken place today."I think to myself we don't have time for this.  I then say it out loud, slowly shaking my head, but quietly."We don't have time for this."Looking beyond the stalking man to the fools behind him, I address them.  "This is not what I want but you seem to have an insatiable bloodthirst you need to slake.  If I slay this man, will you step in line behind Three Bird and leave this mountain or do I have to slay some of you as well?"[sblock]I'm setting up leverage for a Parley move.  I'll roll it after I've accrued the leverage of gaining their respect, hopefully, from the outcome of this duel.[/sblock]I roll underneath his arc greatsword, closing the distance between us, and drawing my blade.[sblock]Defy Danger (Dex)6, 1 + 2 = 9Success but a worse outcome, hard bargain, or ugly choice.[/sblock]I'll briefly make myself vulnerable to any counterattack to avoid a grapple and maintain Close range.Ducking under the man's reach, I'll spin toward his flank and weave sword and spell together.[sblock]Master's Bladework (Int)2, 3 + 3 = 8d8 damage, 2 techniques, and counterattack on me.  8 damage - 2 armor = 6 damage to him.Burst:  Your attack deals an additional 1d4 damage and gains the ‘forceful’ tag.  3 damage to him.Torrential: Your attack ends with a flurry of strikes that your opponent must  dedicate effort to blocking or avoiding. If they instead attack you in  response to your attack, deal your damage again (this does not apply  techniques).Counterattack on me:  (b[2d10]+2 damage) and 1 piercing.  1, 7 + 2 = 9 - 1 armor.  8 damage to me and Forceful tag.  Torrential Counterattack:  d8 damage.  4 - 2 armor = 2 damage to him.[/sblock]I'd like to use my Forceful to throw this guy back off of me.  Out to Near range if possible.  Also, now that I've crossed swords with this guy...[sblock]The Riddle of Steel + 1 to Discern Realities (Wis)4, 3 + 1 = 8* What is this person about to do?  + 1 forward when acting on it.[/sblock]Can I intercept the blade with Wind Slash, hopefully destroying it and sending the shrapnell upon him as he darts behind it?[sblock]Wind Slash (Int) on the greatsword5, 2 + 3 (+1 forward from TRoS) = 11d8 damage and 1 technique.  4 damage.Burst:  Your attack deals an additional 1d4 damage and gains the ‘forceful’ tag.  2 damage.  Sword destroyed.d4 environmental damage, no armor.  3 damage - 2 armor = 1 damage to him.Bladesong (Int)2, 2 + 3 = 71 Bladesong for:* Void Note - Teleport somewhere nearby within your line of sight.* Guarded Flourish - When you have no weapon or shield in your offhand and you take damage, take + 2 armor.* Blade Crescendo - When you deal damage to an enemy within your melee weapon's range, gain 2 piercing.[/sblock]When my blades of cutting air rend the steel of the man's weapon, it makes a terrible sound that echoes off the walls of the chamber.  The melody of my kin's ancient battlesong envelops me, body and soul.[sblock]I want to spend my 1 Bladesong on Void Note.[/sblock]At the very last second I teleport a few feet to the left as the man bears down on me through the blinding shrapnel field of what once was his trusted blade![sblock]d8 damage on the barbarian.  5 - 2 = 3 damage.  Dead.[/sblock]I turn slowly and look blankly at the men who were behind him.  "Can we now be done with this?  Get your people together and make extra preprations for your travel.  A nasty storm is building out there."[sblock]Parley (Cha)Leverage:  The terror or respect I just instilled in them after I slew their champion.4, 2 + 1 = 7They will do what you ask, but need some concrete assurance of your promise, right now.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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