Damn straight.  Especially if you're carrying an axe.<br/><br/>Also, technical question for Sabre - in the newest Player's Handbook, the Spy has a Class ability called Ambush, which says that a Spy attacking from cover (Forest, Pillar, Fog of War, etc) outside the enemy's LoS does not provoke counterattacks.  Would he have provoked the Bandit's counterattack in that case with his action?  I know he didn't get hit, but still...