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Cyril Darkcloud · 01-17-2003, 05:15 PM

For Dankorona and Syrathic

It is a difficult thing to use stealth to strike a lethal blow. Such a thing becomes even harder when there is great difference in height between attacker and target. Should the attacker be employing a weapon that is blunt, the near impossibility of swinging the weapon with lethal force at a taller target, that which is difficult becomes quite improbable .....

An elf, on the other hand, is not so much smaller than a grimlock and few attack from stealth with much more effectiveness than those of elvish blood. A swift movement forward results in a pair of well-placed strikes by a pair of swords. The movement forward was soundless and so was the fall of the grimlock – a fall into death without so much as a last gasp escaping its parted lips.

Even as the elf strikes with such lethal effectiveness, the smaller figure of a gnome moves forward and as the second guard turns at the movement near his comrade, the gnome breathes deeply and swings his hammer at the small of the grimlock’s back. The blow strikes home, but lands weakly and the hammer bounces away leaving little more damage than a set of large bruises. The grimlock turns with a savage movement and swings its axe in a neat arc that would have threatened to cleave an opponent its own size in two. As it is, however, the axe sails harmlessly over the head of the gnome, who in his surprise drops his hammer ......

..... More effective in being dropped than in being swung, the hammer lands heavily on the foot of the grimlock, eliciting a cry of pain and causing the humanoid to lose its balance. The grimlock falls forward heavily impaling itself upon the blade of its own axe, and dying at the feet of his diminutive attacker.......

And so it is that the improbable has become the actual.

ooc: OK, Azrael, I had my fun [img]graemlins/blueblink.gif[/img]

Both grimlock guards have been slain. The fighting, however, threatens to spill over into this area and so the prisoners will need to be quickly seen to if they are to survive.

[ 01-17-2003, 05:21 PM: Message edited by: Cyril Darkcloud ]

01-17-2003, 05:15 PM	#83
Cyril Darkcloud Lord Soth Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: New York Posts: 1,980	For Dankorona and Syrathic It is a difficult thing to use stealth to strike a lethal blow. Such a thing becomes even harder when there is great difference in height between attacker and target. Should the attacker be employing a weapon that is blunt, the near impossibility of swinging the weapon with lethal force at a taller target, that which is difficult becomes quite improbable ..... An elf, on the other hand, is not so much smaller than a grimlock and few attack from stealth with much more effectiveness than those of elvish blood. A swift movement forward results in a pair of well-placed strikes by a pair of swords. The movement forward was soundless and so was the fall of the grimlock – a fall into death without so much as a last gasp escaping its parted lips. Even as the elf strikes with such lethal effectiveness, the smaller figure of a gnome moves forward and as the second guard turns at the movement near his comrade, the gnome breathes deeply and swings his hammer at the small of the grimlock’s back. The blow strikes home, but lands weakly and the hammer bounces away leaving little more damage than a set of large bruises. The grimlock turns with a savage movement and swings its axe in a neat arc that would have threatened to cleave an opponent its own size in two. As it is, however, the axe sails harmlessly over the head of the gnome, who in his surprise drops his hammer ...... ..... More effective in being dropped than in being swung, the hammer lands heavily on the foot of the grimlock, eliciting a cry of pain and causing the humanoid to lose its balance. The grimlock falls forward heavily impaling itself upon the blade of its own axe, and dying at the feet of his diminutive attacker....... And so it is that the improbable has become the actual. ooc: OK, Azrael, I had my fun [img]graemlins/blueblink.gif[/img] Both grimlock guards have been slain. The fighting, however, threatens to spill over into this area and so the prisoners will need to be quickly seen to if they are to survive. [ 01-17-2003, 05:21 PM: Message edited by: Cyril Darkcloud ]