The man let out a yell as Gabriel's blade sank into his flesh and with a single solid strike he was already wounded. Grimacing, he raised his own rapier up to strike at the man before him, that rapier thrust up in a swift gesture but before Gabriel had a chance to move away from its path it shifted and thrust in between the armor's plates, piercing into flesh swiftly. The man was learned and knew how to fight, and how to give a nasty stab at that.<br/><br/>The blade hurt in the wound, twisted around some before the man yanked it out of the wound and pulled himself back off of Gabriel's wound. The man's blade was truely a frightening weapon, it had come close to actually piercing an organ on its path into his body.<br/><br/>The man trembled pointing the slender, sharp blade at the cavalier, challengingly, when Lady Luna chanted a spell of her own, and a moment later her hand pushed on Gabriel's back. The effect was instant. His body was swiftly strengthened, and his muscles like he was well rested, ready for action.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Your character failed against a bluff with a weapon, so he managed to feint and catch the cavalier flat-footed, and hence, do an actual sneak attack. Crafty, and hurt. Sword did just 5 points of damage, sneak attack increases it by 9, for a total of 14 points of damage. You can also make a guess he might not be able to pull another strike like that off 'easily', though it was not a critical. Getting a bluff past Gabriel in combat though, that's not so easy.<br/><br/>Lady Luna's spell caused Gabriel's strength to increase by 4 as long as the spell is in effect, most surely longer than this fight is probably going to take. Then, its Gabriel's turn again.</div></div>