<div class="floatleft">(http://www.discountwar.com/images/boomingisland/figures/Kanu-Unchou-Bath-2.jpg)</div>Kasumi, exhausted by the swim, looks up, horror struck, at the lumbering beast approaching her.<br/><br/>"Vinny, there's a Troll!" She shouts a warning.<br/><br/>More worried about her companion's life than her own, she sinks deep into her mind for a moment, summoning the strength to continue.  A white aura briefly glows about her as she stands there, and her weariness washes away like dust.<br/><br/>Having a few hours left on her inertial armor, she decides to summon her other defense, focusing on forming an invisible shield of force before her.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UarIhLsZ4Lo/TZiBWR0fC8I/AAAAAAAAEGg/Ekn2vHL_hnE/s1600/Ikki+Tousen+Kanu+Unchou+Venus+Porcelain+Statue.jpg)</div>Then, as the Troll charges across the sand, she realizes she has a tiny bit more time to prepare.  She moves further forward in front of her tired friend, and then she raises her hand, concentrating on a specific image.<br/><br/>An astral construct, (shaped like a polearm with a dragon's head) appears in her hands, and she braces to receive the Troll's charge.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Actions</div><div class="spoiler_body">Using Skin of the Construct to don an Astral Construct to gain 5 hp, plus 4 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=28535) temp, erasing her fatigue,<br/>Then Creating a force shield.  (Kasumi, like all wise casters, always casts Mage Armor early in the day... Though she calls it inertial armor.)<br/>Initiative 19 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=28552)<br/>Since she goes first, she crafts herself an astral construct, making it resemble a polearm to give her some reach, and holds her ground.</div></div>