The shot hit the man's arm, but as it did, the bullet<em>ricochet</em>aside to the nearby tree shattering a branch. The man let out a yell and his blade dropped, but she could see a shine on his arm.<em>Magic</em>in use. Some protective spell had seriously hindered her shot, the hit had done damage but not nearly as much as it should have.<br/><br/>"Bitch is armed!" The man shouted as his weapon had dropped but before she could even see his hand had moved a dagger was off his side and thrown her way, and as it was in the air there was a whistling sound before the dagger stabbed in her stomach. Worse, it yanked out and flew right back at the man. He didn't capture it in his hand at that instant yet but it was definitely returning.<br/><br/>The two men that had stepped out of their bushes charged in and the next instant one scimitar slash barely missed her while another caught her in the leg, leaving a nasty gash. The two more bandits that might have thought they were not seen still remained in the bushes it seemed.<br/><br/>These bandits did not seem to plan on negotiating.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">You can roll to identify the spell if you want, would take a spellcraft roll (or knowledge Arcana) or a penalized intelligence check possibly, but nonetheless as for the damage, it appears whatever effect the man had almost <em>halved</em> the damage of that last shot, and as for the dagger hit, Petra took 5 damage from the dagger, and I'd like a fortitude save. It flies back towards its thrower there, where as the two other men charged in and are not well protected right now, but closed in to melee range to slash at her, and one of them cut her for 9 damage in a scimitar slash there.</div></div>