With difficulty that would only be apparent in a lesser scrub, Lord Cuddles finally managed to gloriously resume a fighting stance after ingloriously crashing into the floor. Just in time for spears and swords to fly beside him, joined by magic and fire alike. The exchange had ended up in their favor, with an open space that Claire wouldn't have to compete against someone alive for!<br/><br/>The knight swiftly sidestepped into the open space, right as the unfortunate shmuck below breathed his last. He was fortunate, as Claire's greaves disrespectfully stepped on his still back (and breaking whatever spine wasn't broken before) in order to properly plead to the chevalier in front of him.<br/><br/>To play dead, of course.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Claire gets up and moves 1 east to L3, where he has a nice conversation with the social knight @ M3.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">nerdery</div><div class="spoiler_body"><tt class="bbc_tt">Battle Inventory:<br/>  Name            Rng  Atk  Hit  Eva Crt  AS  DG  Ql<br/> - Iron Lance      1   013  088  005 002  02  01  3something. I don't know. Sabre, thank you for keeping up with this stuff. :(<br/> - Vulnerary                                      03<br/><br/><br/>Skills:<br/>Character Skill: <br/><strong>Renewal</strong> - Passive Effect / At the start of each Player turn, you regain HP equal to 1/10 of your Maximum HP.<br/><br/>Class Skill:<br/><strong>Armoured</strong> - Passive Effect / Any attack that would only deal 1 through 5 damage, no matter the source, the damage is reduced to 0.<br/><strong>Hold The Line</strong> - Activated Effect / If the character with this skill hasn't used any of their MOV points this turn, they can choose to spend all their MOV to remain in place, and prevent the enemy from entering melee range with the character until the start of the character's next round.<br/><br/>Personal Skills:<br/><strong>Hold the ****ing Line!</strong> - Claire is a knight bent on dedicating the **** out of his life to defending a cause. / If the character is within 3 spaces of Allied Units, +2 Defense / Resistance<br/><strong>Stirring Blood</strong> - Unless the enemy is another chivalrous knight to duel sportingly with. / If the character is fighting [Knight] or their Promotions, +10 Critical<br/><strong>Portable Oven</strong> - Metal is an excellent conductor of heat. Claire is covered in metal. / If the character is wielding [Fire], +10 Enemy Critical<br/></tt><br/><br/>93 to hit, if Claire hits he deals 10 damage to the knight!<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Comment: does talk succeed<br/>Result: 85</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Damn. That was close. Too close.<br/><br/>Social Knight @ M3 has 12 HP left!<br/><br/>...Do I have to calculate counterattack? <br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Comment: do i have to roll counterattack hes not gonna dent claire.<br/>Result: 55</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>AND HE DOES 0 DAMAGE.<br/></div></div><br/>And inflicts 12 damage. And receives nothing in return for his time.<br/><br/></div></div><br/>Claire's articulation and oratory skills are clearly top-notch, as the knight was in tears and ready to fall from his horse from the sharp proposition. So pleased was he that the horse-bound knight tapped the other knight's shoulder with his sword, clearly as a gesture of appreciation.<br/><br/>And totally not an attack of futility, because it was completely and utterly pointless.