* Trying weakly, a dire bear saunters forward, its jaws wide open in menacing fashion at you.  You fend off little of the teeth with a light glaes throwing axe.
[You're nimbly balanced with no advantage.]
[combat-trainer]>remove my cambrinth manacle
You remove a heavy cambrinth manacle from your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>invoke my cambrinth manacle spell
The cambrinth manacle pulses with Arcane energy.  You reach for its center and forge a magical link to it, readying all of its mana for your use.  By directing your focus, you ensure that mana is drawn only when spells are cast.
Roundtime: 1 sec.
* With pathetic timing, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You dodge, moving out of the way.
[You're nimbly balanced and in superior position.]
[combat-trainer]>wear my cambrinth manacle
You attach a heavy cambrinth manacle to your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>cast
You gesture at a dire bear.
Your cambrinth manacle emits a loud *snap* as it discharges all its power to aid your spell.
You whisper several words of arcane power, attempting to twist a dire bear's mind with primal terror.
Your malefic assault overtakes a dire bear, petrifying it to the spot!
Roundtime: 2 sec.
You feel fully rested.
* Looking as if this were a bad idea, a silver-backed bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You counter most of the claw with a light glaes throwing axe.
[You're nimbly balanced and have slight advantage.]
* Moving weakly, a dire bear charges with surprising speed at you.  You beat off little of the body with a light glaes throwing axe.
[You're nimbly balanced with opponent in very strong position.]
[combat-trainer]>circle
You fake a dire bear, first moving one way and then another, leaving it off balance.
[You're nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
Roundtime: 4 sec.
The flame opals adorning the triquetra symbol of your blighted gold bracelet flare with radiance, a sense of peace and restfulness spreading through you to ease your mental fatigue.
The flame opals adorning the triquetra symbol of your blighted gold bracelet flare with radiance, a sense of peace and restfulness spreading through you to ease your mental fatigue.
[combat-trainer]>slice
< Moving in gracefully, you slice a light glaes throwing axe at a dire bear.  A dire bear fails to dodge, twisting partially away from much of the blow.  The axe lands a solid hit that scratches the right hamstring in a light blow barely worth mentioning.
[You're nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]
You feel fully rested.
* With pathetic timing, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You dodge, moving out of the way.
[You're nimbly balanced and in better position.]
[combat-trainer]>app bear quick
You are certain that the dire bear is in bad shape.
The dire bear has more than a few relatively minor wounds.
You are certain that it is not quite as strong as you are.
You are certain that it is not quite as agile as you are.
You guess that it is definitely less disciplined than you are.
You are certain that it is somewhat less quick to react than you are.
You estimate that it is about as conditioned as you are.
Taking stock of its offensive abilities, and defending with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band and a light glaes throwing axe, you are certain that the dire bear is definitely less skilled.
Taking stock of its defensive abilities, and attacking with a light glaes throwing axe, you are certain that the dire bear is something that you'd kill quickly.
[Roundtime: 3 seconds]
* Tentatively, a silver-backed bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You dodge.
[You're nimbly balanced and in strong position.]
[combat-trainer]>slice
< Fluidly, you slice a light glaes throwing axe at a dire bear.  A dire bear attempts to evade, only partially avoiding the impact.  The axe lands a good strike that shreds away skin and exposes the muscles of the abdomen, stunning it.
[You're nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]
You feel fully rested.
* Moving weakly, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You dodge, barely twisting out of harm's reach.
[You're nimbly balanced and have slight advantage.]
[combat-trainer]>stance set 100 0 81
Setting your Evasion stance to 100%, your Parry stance to 0%, and your Shield stance to 81%.  You have 0 stance points left.
[combat-trainer]>stow my throwing.axe
You easily strap your throwing axe to a shimmering faeweave baldric with cambrinth buckles.
[combat-trainer]>get my light.spear
You get a steel light spear from inside your faeweave baldric.
[combat-trainer]>swap
You move a steel light spear to your left hand.
[combat-trainer]>lob left
* As if effort and skill were a bad thing, a silver-backed bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You dodge, ducking casually.
[You're nimbly balanced and in strong position.]
* Moving inexpertly, a dire bear charges with surprising speed at you.  You barely block with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're nimbly balanced and have slight advantage.]
< Moving fluidly, you lob a steel light spear at a dire bear.  A dire bear attempts to evade, avoiding most of the blow.  The spear lands a hard hit that gives it a lovely shiner with a shot below the right eye.
The light spear falls to the ground!
[You're nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 2 sec.]
You feel fully rested.
You feel fully attuned to the mana streams again.
The dire bear no longer seems petrified.
[combat-trainer]>get my light spear
You pick up the spear lying at your feet.
[combat-trainer]>pre pv 1
You trace a careful sigil in the air, shaping the pattern of the Petrifying Visions spell.
[combat-trainer]>remove my cambrinth manacle
You remove a heavy cambrinth manacle from your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>charge my cambrinth manacle 5
* With inexpert timing, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You barely block with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're nimbly balanced and have slight advantage.]
You harness a small amount of energy and attempt to channel it into your cambrinth manacle.
You are able to channel all the energy into the manacle.
The cambrinth manacle absorbs all of the energy.
Roundtime: 2 sec.
[combat-trainer]>wear my cambrinth manacle
You attach a heavy cambrinth manacle to your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>lob left
< Moving with powerful grace, you lob a steel light spear at a dire bear.  A dire bear fails to evade, avoiding most of the blow.  The spear lands a solid hit that penetrates deeply into the muscles of the chest.
The light spear falls to the ground!
[You're nimbly balanced and in superior position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]
You feel fully rested.
* Tentatively, a silver-backed bear charges with surprising speed at you.  You block with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're nimbly balanced and in superior position.]
* Moving inexpertly, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You dodge, just stepping out of harm's way.
[You're nimbly balanced and in better position.]
[combat-trainer]>get my light spear
You pick up the spear lying at your feet.
[combat-trainer]>lob left
< With grace, you lob a steel light spear at a dire bear.  A dire bear attempts to evade, the blow brushing it.  The spear lands a solid hit that pierces straight through the breastbone to lodge the light spear in the heart, dealing it a vicious stun.
The light spear falls to the ground!
[You're nimbly balanced and in superior position.]
[Roundtime 2 sec.]
[combat-trainer]>get my light spear
You pick up the spear lying at your feet.
[combat-trainer]>lob left
You feel fully rested.
You feel fully attuned to the mana streams again.
You feel fully prepared to cast your spell.
* Ineptly, a silver-backed bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You block solidly with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're nimbly balanced and in excellent position.]
* Weakly, a dire bear charges wide at you.  You evade, just stepping out of harm's way.
[You're nimbly balanced and opponent has slight advantage.]
< You lob a steel light spear at a dire bear.  A dire bear evades, barely managing to get out of the way.
The light spear lands nearby!
[You're nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 2 sec.]
* Attacking inexpertly, a dire bear slices wide at you.  You barely block with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're nimbly balanced and have slight advantage.]
[combat-trainer]>get my light spear
You pick up the spear lying at your feet.
[combat-trainer]>remove my cambrinth manacle
You remove a heavy cambrinth manacle from your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>invoke my cambrinth manacle spell
The cambrinth manacle pulses with Arcane energy.  You reach for its center and forge a magical link to it, readying all of its mana for your use.  By directing your focus, you ensure that mana is drawn only when spells are cast.
Roundtime: 1 sec.
You've gained a new rank in your ability to evade.
[combat-trainer]>wear my cambrinth manacle
You attach a heavy cambrinth manacle to your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>cast
You gesture at a dire bear.
Your cambrinth manacle emits a loud *snap* as it discharges all its power to aid your spell.
You whisper several words of arcane power, attempting to twist a dire bear's mind with primal terror.
Your malefic assault overtakes a dire bear, petrifying it to the spot!
Roundtime: 2 sec.
You feel fully rested.
You feel fully attuned to the mana streams again.
The dire bear teeters and nearly falls over.
* Moving in like a timid schoolboy, a silver-backed bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You block solidly with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're nimbly balanced and in superior position.]
[combat-trainer]>circle
You fake a dire bear, first moving one way and then another, leaving it off balance.
[You're nimbly balanced and overwhelming opponent.]
Roundtime: 4 sec.
* In a weak and directionless display of aggression, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You dodge, leaning just out of harm's reach.
[You're nimbly balanced and in strong position.]
* Tentatively, a silver-backed bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You block solidly with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're nimbly balanced and in excellent position.]
[combat-trainer]>lob left
< You lob a steel light spear at a dire bear.  A dire bear evades, just stepping out of harm's way.
The light spear lands nearby!
[You're nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 2 sec.]
[combat-trainer]>get my light spear
You pick up the spear lying at your feet.
[combat-trainer]>remove my mail.vambraces
You remove some damite-alloy mail vambraces from your arms.
Roundtime: 1 sec.
[combat-trainer]>stow my mail.vambraces
You put your vambraces in your hunting pack.
[combat-trainer]>remove my scale.greaves
You remove some lumium scale greaves from your legs.
Roundtime: 2 sec.
You feel fully rested.
* Awkwardly, a silver-backed bear slices wide at you.  You evade, ducking casually.
[You're nimbly balanced and in excellent position.]
* Tentatively, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You partially block with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're nimbly balanced and in strong position.]
* In a weak and directionless display of aggression, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You evade, twisting to one side.
[You're nimbly balanced and in strong position.]
[combat-trainer]>stow my scale.greaves
You put your greaves in your hunting pack.
[combat-trainer]>get my light.vambraces
You get some lumium light plate vambraces from inside your hunting pack.
[combat-trainer]>wear my light.vambraces
You attach some lumium light plate vambraces to your arms.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
* Moving inexpertly, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You dodge, barely managing to get out of the way.
[You're nimbly balanced and have slight advantage.]
[combat-trainer]>get my mail.greaves
You get some damite-alloy mail greaves from inside your hunting pack.
[combat-trainer]>wear my mail.greaves
You attach some damite-alloy mail greaves to your legs.
Roundtime: 1 sec.
The dire bear no longer seems petrified.
[combat-trainer]>sort auto head
* Weakly, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You barely block with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're nimbly balanced and have slight advantage.]
[combat-trainer]>pre pv 1
Your inventory is now arranged in head-to-toe order.
You trace a careful sigil in the air, shaping the pattern of the Petrifying Visions spell.
[combat-trainer]>remove my cambrinth manacle
You remove a heavy cambrinth manacle from your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>charge my cambrinth manacle 5
You harness a small amount of energy and attempt to channel it into your cambrinth manacle.
You are able to channel all the energy into the manacle.
The cambrinth manacle absorbs all of the energy.
Roundtime: 2 sec.
* Awkwardly, a silver-backed bear charges wide at you.  You block with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
[combat-trainer]>wear my cambrinth manacle
You attach a heavy cambrinth manacle to your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>hunt
You take note of all the tracks in the area, so that you can hunt anything nearby down.
To the southwest:
  1)   Kresnik
  2)   a dire bear
  3)   a dire bear
  4)   a dire bear
To the southwest, south:
  5)   Ebmarah
  6)   a dire bear
  7)   a dire bear
  8)   a dire bear
  9)   a dire bear
To the east, southeast, south:
  10)   a silver-backed bear
To the southwest, south, southeast:
  11)   Falun
  12)   a dire bear
Roundtime: 8 sec.
* Weakly, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You dodge, barely leaning out of harm's reach.
[You're solidly balanced and opponent has slight advantage.]
* With inexpert timing, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You barely block with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're solidly balanced and in good position.]
You feel fully attuned to the mana streams again.
* Awkwardly, a silver-backed bear charges with surprising speed at you.  You dodge, leaping aside like a cunning cat.
[You're solidly balanced and in good position.]
* Weakly, a dire bear saunters forward, its jaws wide open in menacing fashion at you.  You dodge, just stepping out of harm's way.
[You're solidly balanced with opponent in better position.]
You feel fully prepared to cast your spell.
[combat-trainer]>lob left
< You lob a steel light spear at a dire bear.  A dire bear evades, barely twisting out of a tight spot.
The light spear lands nearby!
[You're solidly balanced and in better position.]
[Roundtime 2 sec.]
[combat-trainer]>get my light spear
You pick up the spear lying at your feet.
[combat-trainer]>remove my cambrinth manacle
You remove a heavy cambrinth manacle from your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>invoke my cambrinth manacle spell
The cambrinth manacle pulses with Arcane energy.  You reach for its center and forge a magical link to it, readying all of its mana for your use.  By directing your focus, you ensure that mana is drawn only when spells are cast.
Roundtime: 1 sec.
You feel fully rested.
* Ineptly, a silver-backed bear charges with surprising speed at you.  You evade, jumping to one side with little effort.
[You're solidly balanced and opponent has slight advantage.]
* Moving weakly, a dire bear charges with surprising speed at you.  You dodge, barely leaning out of harm's reach.
[You're solidly balanced and have slight advantage.]
* Trying inexpertly, a dire bear charges with surprising speed at you.  You evade, barely twisting out of a tight spot.
[You're solidly balanced and in good position.]
[combat-trainer]>wear my cambrinth manacle
You attach a heavy cambrinth manacle to your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>cast
You gesture at a dire bear.
Your cambrinth manacle emits a loud *snap* as it discharges all its power to aid your spell.
You whisper several words of arcane power, attempting to twist a dire bear's mind with primal terror.
Your malefic assault overtakes a dire bear, petrifying it to the spot!
Roundtime: 2 sec.
[combat-trainer]>circle
You fake a dire bear, first moving one way and then another, leaving it off balance.
[You're nimbly balanced and in superior position.]
Roundtime: 4 sec.
You feel fully rested.
You feel fully attuned to the mana streams again.
[combat-trainer]>lob left
< With grace, you lob a steel light spear at a dire bear.  A dire bear attempts to dodge, mainly avoiding the blow.  The spear lands a hard hit that drives the light spear under the sternum to pierce the heart.
The light spear falls to the ground!
A dire bear growls one last time and collapses.
The dire bear no longer seems petrified.
[You're nimbly balanced]
[Roundtime 2 sec.]
* Moving inexpertly, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You dodge, barely twisting out of harm's reach.
[You're nimbly balanced with no advantage.]
[combat-trainer]>get my light spear
You pick up the spear lying at your feet.
[combat-trainer]>pre pv 1
* Awkwardly, a silver-backed bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You evade, leaping aside like a cunning cat.
[You're nimbly balanced with no advantage.]
You trace a careful sigil in the air, shaping the pattern of the Petrifying Visions spell.
[combat-trainer]>remove my cambrinth manacle
You remove a heavy cambrinth manacle from your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>charge my cambrinth manacle 5
You harness a small amount of energy and attempt to channel it into your cambrinth manacle.
You are able to channel all the energy into the manacle.
The cambrinth manacle absorbs all of the energy.
Roundtime: 2 sec.
You feel fully rested.
* Trying inexpertly, a dire bear charges with surprising speed at you.  You dodge, barely managing to get out of the way.
[You're nimbly balanced with no advantage.]
[combat-trainer]>wear my cambrinth manacle
You attach a heavy cambrinth manacle to your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>arrange all for skin
You complete arranging the bear's corpse in a manner that, while making the process of obtaining a skin more difficult, guarantees a greater reward.
Roundtime: 5 sec.
* Trying inexpertly, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You dodge, stepping aside in the nick of time.
[You're nimbly balanced with no advantage.]
You feel fully attuned to the mana streams again.
* Tentatively, a silver-backed bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You block with a diamond-hide shield edged with a tyrium band.
[You're nimbly balanced and in good position.]
[combat-trainer]>perform dissect on bear
You carefully position the corpse and make a cut across its length, opening up the viscera for your inspection.  Using your knife as a probe, you trace the lines of the corpse, cutting into where vital fluids once flowed.  You learn something both of the bear and the Great Work through the examination.
Roundtime: 10 sec.
You feel fully prepared to cast your spell.
* Moving inexpertly, a dire bear swipes with powerful and sharp claws at you.  You evade, ducking in the nick of time.
[You're nimbly balanced and in better position.]
* In a weak and directionless display of aggression, a dire bear slices wide at you.  You dodge, moving out of the way.
[You're solidly balanced and in better position.]
[combat-trainer]>loot treasure
You search the dire bear.
Lodged into it was an ice-adder arrow, an ice-adder arrow, and an ice-adder arrow.
You find nothing of interest.
[combat-trainer]>remove my cambrinth manacle
* Inexpertly, a dire bear saunters forward, its jaws wide open in menacing fashion at you.  You dodge, barely twisting out of harm's reach.
[You're solidly balanced and opponent has slight advantage.]
A dire bear rots away into nothingness.
You remove a heavy cambrinth manacle from your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>invoke my cambrinth manacle spell
The cambrinth manacle pulses with Arcane energy.  You reach for its center and forge a magical link to it, readying all of its mana for your use.  By directing your focus, you ensure that mana is drawn only when spells are cast.
Roundtime: 1 sec.
* Moving in like a timid schoolboy, a silver-backed bear saunters forward, its jaws wide open in menacing fashion at you.  You dodge, twisting easily away from the blow.
[You're solidly balanced and in strong position.]
[combat-trainer]>wear my cambrinth manacle
You attach a heavy cambrinth manacle to your wrist.
[combat-trainer]>cast
You turn to face a dire bear.
You gesture at a dire bear.
Your cambrinth manacle emits a loud *snap* as it discharges all its power to aid your spell.
You whisper several words of arcane power, attempting to twist a dire bear's mind with primal terror.
Your malefic assault overtakes a dire bear, petrifying it to the spot!
Roundtime: 2 sec.
[combat-trainer]>retreat
You retreat back to pole range.
[combat-trainer]>retreat
The dire bear begins to advance on you!
The dire bear advances from nearby and is closing steadily.
You retreat from combat.
[combat-trainer]>stow my light.spear
You easily strap your light spear to a shimmering faeweave baldric with cambrinth buckles.
--- Lich: combat-trainer has exited.
[hunting-buddy]>retreat
You are already as far away as you can get!
--- Lich: go2 active.