Artfael is rather surprised that almost all his attacks missed his foe?! When samurai attacks he exploits the fallen guard to try deliver quick sweeping slice on his foe. But upon seeing another clumsy display from the samurai's strike made him smirk and say;<strong>"Your making it far too easy for me dark wanderer. If my fury did not harm you, then perhaps this will!"</strong>Arthfael crouches low before the samurai, not to bow or submit to him but enter a meditative trance as he chants;<br/><br/><strong>"I am the handles of my swords.<br/><br/>Steel is my body, and ligthning is my blood.<br/><br/>I have taught over 1000 pupils.<br/><br/>Unaware of the slavery;<br/><br/>nor aware of the freedom!<br/><br/>Waiting for one's arrival...<br/><br/>I have no regrets, this is the only path I ever walk!<br/><br/>My whole life was about,<br/><br/>Endless Battle!"</strong><br/><br/>When incantation is complete, Artfael's kilt glows by crimson arcane energy and image of swords, thousands upon thousands of swords appearing to dark scarlet leather fabric of the skirt which was covered in admantine plates. On those plates the swords glowed and then with sudden flash the swords unleashed out from his kilt and grew to full sized blades! Daggers, longswords, scimitars, greatswords, bastard swords, falchions, axes, bladed maces and everykind of blade made from admantium springs free from the kilt and forms thick black cloud of swirling steel around Arthfael! Covering 80'ft radius in 40'ft height! The blades tear and slash the ground, shatters the bone pillar where Arthfael stood instantly and tearing flesh of the samurai!<br/><br/>Samurai sees Arthfael smirk when he just blends in to the cloud and disappears without trace! Same time each samurai's floating blades are attacked with endless barrage of admantine steel and mysteriously the blades which Arthfael controlled slips free from locked hold with samurai's, able move freely uninhibited by sudden difficult movement causing cloud! Most of all; Arthfael has disappeared and there was several inches of steel in the air which cuts and slices on samurai in relentless merciless storm.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Arthfael gets AoO from samurai doing attack towards him. I rolled 55 so no nat 20 for hit. Arthfael uses one magic items which build his armored kilt of battle; Dyrr's vestment once per day ability. It allows me conjure a special blade barrier which covers 80'ft radius and 40'ft height. Effect is stationary to location where Arthfael stood, so it does not follow him. However as epic effect I added one following extra effect to the cloud; it works like solid fog spell also. Meaning movement is limited to only 5'ft increments inside the cloud if you do not have freedom of movement alike ability (second option being able teleport around). Secondly it provides total concealment past 10'ft to everyone. Expect that the user of the cloud sees clearly inside the cloud (but as handicap he cannot see outside of the blade barrier). <br/><br/>The blade barrier cloud is treated as physical attack and so does not make SR check (than from usual blade barrier cloud which asks it and I consider usually blade barrier similar to crystal shard and crystal storm psionic power eguilevant; it's conjuring dozen of blades into thin air so it should not check for SR at all anyway). The damage is simply 15d6 slashing admantine magic dmg in category. So DR would apply and any effects which render target immune to slashing dmg or melee attacks. Reflex save DC 18 halves the dmg and if samurai does not have sucky dice luck on save rolls then he takes likely only half dmg (or none if his DR is high or has insane fast healing).<br/><br/>Anyways activating this cloud was full round action, but I use swift action my belt of battle to grant myself a move action and I use that move action to fly 30'ft away from center of the cloud with perfect maneuverbillity and I autopass tumble check to avoid AoO (and also fly downward to stand onto the ground to shake off any possible pursuit). Anyways how much dmg my nat 20 attacks did and did they have any effect on the guy? Like did he healing or such from the harm done or did he feel have lots DR? Also if he uses any maneuvers you must name them as I can auto ID everyone and I can even with nat 1 in said roll know what maneuvers he has prepared by just seeing him perform even single maneuver or holding a stance. But same rule applies towards my foe who can know all my prepared maneuvers upon seeing my stance or maneuvers.<br/></div></div>