<em>A roll of 5 added to 8 is 13.  13 is greater than 11 so I hit (barely).</em><br/><br/>Melissa holds her arm in pain and looks at her sword on the ground.  With a curse, she readies herself for another of the orc's attacks.  This time, she catches his hand as he swings and lays an elbow into his chest.  She hoped that now she had enough time to grab her sword so she could really fight off these orcs.