(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6530/storypost.jpg)<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Combat - Round Four Results</span></strong><br/><br/><strong>Round Four Results</strong><br/><br/>Marie (20): Attacks Soldier from ambush. 17 to hit and 10 dmg to Solder<br/>Soldier (2): Not surprised (but flat-footed). Shoots an arrow at Marie. Misses. Falls off horse.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>The interchange had all happened in moments. The rider had been chasing after Lady Marie, intent on catching her before she could find help. One moment she was just ahead of him, almost close enough for a shot. The next she was coming at him from the side, her rapier held almost like a lance.<br/><br/>The thin blade slid into his clothing, between ribs, and into the delicate flesh and organs beneath. He gasped, turning around and letting his cocked arrow go. It whizzed just off to the side of Marie's head, and was lost in the forest beyond. There was a gush of blood as Marie withdrew her rapier, and then he fell from his horse.<br/><br/>From the not-to-distant-southeast, there were the yells of men. They were coordinated and communicating, and Lady Marie could surmise that they were looking for her.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>OOC:</strong>Okay, the combat was short but is over. I'm going to move you back to the main thread. If Lady Marie rides north (perhaps on the soldier's unwounded beast) she can easily make it to Avonleigh, which is the next major settlement. It would take a few hours, but the soldiers won't chase her once she leaves the immediate area.<br/><br/>(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6530/storypost.jpg)