The impressive sound of footsteps have reached whatever could be considered ears for Claire's spiky, unrefined visage. His response was less panic, and more groveling on the opponent in front of him. And by groveling, Lord Devereaux meant pulling the knight down into the civilized brick underneath using savage claws, unceremoniously ripping through armor and skin just to establish a grip. Considering that it wasn't enough, the knight mounted the prone, white-knuckled goon so as to prevent missing. Missing when he jams his lance into any body part necessary for him to live!<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/>Claire attempts to take Social Knight @ M3's lunch money.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">nerdery</div><div class="spoiler_body">Battle Inventory:<br/>  Name            Rng  Atk  Hit  Eva Crt  AS  DG  Ql<br/> - Iron Lance      1   014  090  005 002  02  01 100<br/> - Vulnerary                                  03<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/>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/>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[/tt]<br/><br/>hit = 90 + 15 - 10 = 95<br/>crit = hahahahahaha ok i'm done<br/>Comment: blah<br/>Result: 38<br/>DMG = 14 + 1 - 4 = 11<br/><strong>Social Knight's remaining HP is 1.</strong><br/><br/>counter:<br/>...do I have to roll? let's just pretend he hits. Claire's HP is still @ MAX!<br/></div></div><br/>And succeeds. Ha ha, the lack of milk causes Social Knight's bones to go brittle, leaving him at 1 HP. Take that, merc.</div></div><br/>As far as anyone can see, negotiations were proceeding smoothly on the fortress' steps.