<em>"It's alright. I understand. Still, your information has been quite helpful, and I'll do my best to get her back for you, I promise."<br/><br/>Taking a breath, the knight nods to Snapdragon as she draws forth Eclipse and readies herself once more to do battle as she gazes in the direction of the serpentine Ceres. Closing her eyes and finding her center, remembering for what she fights, and that she must hold back enough to allow the host of the foul spirit to live while also banishing the unwanted parasite from its current abode.<br/><br/>Once ready, she strengthens her blows with the blessings of the divine granted on her by the Fairest, and charges into battle, ready to strike the prone, unsuspecting Ceres, hoping her foe had not detected them sooner.</em><br/><br/>OOC: Since it'll be necessary sooner or later, Initiative 19. EDM up, same with SFWD. Using up my last smite of the day-- hopefully she won't have to fight a big bad during the night, and, if she does, well... she hasn't been captured just yet, so that could be interesting, too.  ;) Also, seems I misread the charging smite rules, and I actually get 3x paladin level rather than 2x paladin level on that. So more damage! Anyway, taking the -4 penalty to make the slashing damage nonlethal.<br/><br/>Attack result 84 (natural 20!), confirmation result 83 (19!  :o), damage result 48 slashing, 3 holy (:'(), 72 smiting, damage result (confirmed critical hit) 96 slashing, 3 holy, 144 smiting.