His magic swordsmanship proved invincible, with a word of power and swing of his blade Valdis dispatched two of his assailants at the same time. The bare chested man now had a deep, singed gash on his torso as he fell over, the fire from the spell-powered assault leaping over and badly burning the face of the one-eyed bandit, who quickly began to panic and fell over... right into his sword, at least putting a quick end to his suffering.<br/>The third and last of them raised his blade just to have something between him and this monster that ambushed them, and was visibly shaken by the display. He took an uncertain step back as he muttered "What are you?" then, as his heel touched one of his downed comrades, he instead decided to take revenge and charged in blindly, eager to skewer Valdis or die trying. Unfortunately for him, the moment of doubt he just experienced pulled just enough strength from his arm so his attack couldn't pierce the knight's chainmail. His one eye opened wide as he realized his failure, and that this might have been his last mistake.<br/><br/>From beyond the cave entrance, where Valdis didn't have line of sight to, came the sound of bodies struggling and the rattle of chains. A male voice called out "You bitch! You'll pay for that! You're not getting away easily now!"<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Combat round</div><div class="spoiler_body">Valdis managed to meet and exceed the hp total of the two bandits he damaged, leaving him with on foe who rolled a total of 9 on his desperate attack roll. Passive perception reveals at least one more man who is currently in the cave (around the corner), probably within dash distance from Valdis' current position. One move will give him line of sight to what's happening inside at least. Unless he drops the last of his attackers before moving, the AoO will be a grab attempt to tackle him and prevent him from moving.</div></div>