Shen had, for a moment, considered using his mystical reputation as a methods of scaring them off...but he knew that he wasn't that famous, not yet.  So, he decided to let his jian do the talking instead.  Withdrawing it from the scabbard, he attacked the lead thug with the tip of his sword.  If the leader went down...he doubted the others would stay and fight.<br/><br/>Dice Roll: Metal 2 + Jianshi 2 + YyD 7 (Yang 9, Yin 2) = 11.