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*** WEAPON SWAP ***
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**** Training Twohanded_Edged
**** Training Twohanded_Edged
wield my bastard sword

You draw out your bastard sword from the kidskin baldric, gripping it firmly in your right hand and balancing with your left.
> stance parry
* As if fumbling muscle flab were natural, a snowbeast claws at you.  You dodge.
[You're off balance and in better position.]
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* Awkwardly, a snowbeast slices wide at you.  You beat off nearly all the teeth with a haralun bastard sword with a honed blade.
[You're off balance and in better position.]
>
You are now set to use your parry stance:

  Attack :  100%
  Evade  :  100%
  Parry  :  60%
  Block  :  24%

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Critters: snowbeast|snowbeast|snowbeast|granite gargoyle
Total Critters: 4
[ubercombat]: assess
You assess your combat situation...

You (off balance) are facing a snowbeast (1) at melee range.
A snowbeast (1: badly balanced) is facing you at melee range.
A snowbeast (2: nimbly balanced) is behind you at melee range.
A snowbeast (3: badly balanced) is behind you at melee range.
A granite gargoyle (1: very badly balanced) is flanking you at melee range.

(You are also defending against a granite gargoyle.)

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** FIGHTING CONSTRUCT!
[ubercombat]: face granite gargoyle

> encumbrance

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You turn to face a granite gargoyle, leaving the snowbeast on your flank at melee!
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  Encumbrance : None
> advance
You are already at melee with a granite gargoyle.
> hide
You melt into the background, convinced that your attempt to hide went unobserved.
Roundtime: 3 sec.

HR>
RT with no EXP.

HR>
A granite gargoyle mutters something to itself.
HR> attack granite gargoyle
A snowbeast snarls and howls at a shadow.
H>
You leap out of hiding and ambush a granite gargoyle, completely surprising it.
< Moving with indomitable grace, you jab a haralun bastard sword with a honed blade at a granite gargoyle.  A granite gargoyle fails to dodge, taking the full blow.
The sword lands a very heavy hit to the gargoyle's right leg.
[You're solidly balanced and in superior position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

R>
RT with no EXP.

R>
* As if effort and skill were a bad thing, a snowbeast claws at you.  You dodge.
[You're solidly balanced and in very strong position.]
R>
* Moving in like a timid schoolboy, a snowbeast bites at you.  You dodge.
[You're solidly balanced with no advantage.]
R> attack granite gargoyle

< Driving in like the overwhelming force of a hurricane, you draw a haralun bastard sword with a honed blade at a granite gargoyle.  A granite gargoyle fails to evade, mis-stepping and blundering into the blow.
The sword lands a massive strike that barely pierces the skin to nick the chest.
[You're winded, solidly balanced and in strong position.]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]
R>
RT with no EXP.

R> attack granite gargoyle
...wait 1 seconds.
R>
Muttering fills the air as a granite gargoyle stomps in.

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* In a weak and directionless display of aggression, a snowbeast bites at you.  You evade.
[You're winded, solidly balanced with no advantage.]
attack granite gargoyle
attack granite gargoyle
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< Moving with indomitable grace, you draw a haralun bastard sword with a honed blade at a granite gargoyle.  A granite gargoyle attempts to dodge, moving directly into the blow.
The sword lands a cataclysmic strike (Did the Greater Fist just erupt again?) that rips the left leg from the hip socket, making a wet popping sound.
A granite gargoyle grumbles and falls over with a *THUD*.
[You're nimbly balanced]
[Roundtime 4 sec.]

R>
RT with no EXP.

...wait 4 seconds.
R>
* Awkwardly, a snowbeast claws at you.  You turn aside nearly all the claw with a haralun bastard sword with a honed blade.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]
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* With pathetic timing, a snowbeast bites at you.  You dodge.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and have slight advantage.]
> attack granite gargoyle
Critters: snowbeast|snowbeast|snowbeast|granite gargoyle
Total Critters: 4
[ubercombat]: assess
The granite gargoyle is already quite dead.
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You assess your combat situation...

A snowbeast (1: very badly balanced) is flanking you at melee range.
A snowbeast (2: nimbly balanced) is behind you at melee range.
A snowbeast (3: solidly balanced) is behind you at melee range.

(You are also defending against a snowbeast.)

> encumbrance

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* Tentatively, a snowbeast claws at you.  You beat off nearly all the claw with a haralun bastard sword with a honed blade.
[You're winded, nimbly balanced and in strong position.]
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  Encumbrance : None
> analyze
Analyze what?
> jab

You turn to face a snowbeast.
< Driving in like a master combatant, you jab a haralun bastard sword with a honed blade at a snowbeast.  A snowbeast attempts to evade, failing miserably.
The sword lands a hard hit to the snowbeast's right arm.

Pain blossoms within you, your delicate empathic senses singing with agony.  You feel the wound to the other life essence almost before it happens, your empathy focusing and magnifying the pain you have caused.  You draw back instinctively, your empathy recoiling, leaving you briefly stunned.
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*** ABORT! EMPATHIC SHOCK DETECTED!!!!
*** SWITCHING TO NON-DAMAGING ROUTINE!
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[You're winded, adeptly balanced and in dominating position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

SR>
RT with no EXP.

S> sheath bastard sword in my baldric

You sheathe the bastard sword in your kidskin baldric.
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**** Training Twohanded_Edged

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* No Constructs or Undead detected?
* Initiating Non-Damaging
* Empath Brawling Routine
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stance parry

You are now set to use your parry stance:

  Attack :  100%
  Evade  :  100%
  Parry  :  60%
  Block  :  24%

> perceive

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The granite gargoyle begins to advance on you!
The granite gargoyle is still a distance away from you and is closing steadily.
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* Ineptly, a snowbeast bites at you.  You repulse nearly all the teeth with a simple darkstone parry stick with a tempered finish.
[You're winded, adeptly balanced and overwhelming your opponent.]
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* With pathetic timing, a snowbeast bites at you.  You evade.
[You're winded, adeptly balanced and in dominating position.]
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You reach out with your senses and see shimmering (9/21) streams of vibrant blue and white Life mana flowing through the area.
Letting your senses extend further, you feel there is shining (13/21) mana to the northwest, and flickering (8/21) mana to the southeast.
You sense the Refresh spell upon you, which will last for about five roisaen.
You sense the Iron Constitution spell upon you, which will last for about nineteen roisaen.
You sense the Aggressive Stance spell upon you, which will last for about two roisaen.
You sense the Blood Staunching spell upon you, which will last for about three roisaen.
You sense the Vigor spell upon you, which will last for about eighteen roisaen.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
R>
Learned: Attunement

* Ineptly, a snowbeast claws at you.  You dodge.
[You're winded, adeptly balanced and in very strong position.]
R>
Critters: snowbeast|snowbeast|snowbeast|granite gargoyle
Total Critters: 4
appraise granite gargoyle quick
It's dead!