After their short bit of planning before the bandits arrived, Fiore dismounting since horseback combat wasn't exactly his style especially with his horse, the bandits arrived and then began to talk and then Leifr tried to make his bluff. [i](You know, cause your convo's warped time, here is the way around it)[/i] Leifr Bluff: 15 + 3 Talent = 18 --- Two of them seemed to take a step back on their horses. The one with just a long sword and the man with the Crossbow. They seemed to buy it, clearly not wanting to deal with someone like that. The one with the sword and shield seemed to also be fooled for just a moment, but then also noticed that there seemed to be something with that whole story. The man with the axes just laughed, smirking at the three of them. "Blade master? Eighty soldiers? Please, there's no way those foolish nobles would waste their time on us. You talk a good story, but next time make sure you talk a true one eh?" Both the Crossbow wielding bandit and the one with the long sword seemed to no longer believe the bluff now thanks to the 'leader' of the small group of bandit's words. "Well, since you like telling lies here's a truth, you're gonna die and we'll just loot the corpses!" The man with the crossbow fired it now at Leifr, whose blade may have given off an aura, but it was invisible and really only able to be felt by those who could sense power since aura really is only visible to those who give it off. The bolt barely managed to get past Leifr's shield, hitting him hard in the shoulder. Luckily it probably just left a bruise as his armor managed to absorb a good brunt of the damage. "So, you gonna give us your stuff or do you wanna die next? Doesn't matter, cause you're gonna die anyway!" The man with the axes called this out loudly after the one with the crossbow shot, trying to intimidate the three of them. --- Leifr Concentration: 17 + 4 Talent = 21 Lyrisa Concentration: 2 + 9 Talent = 11 Fiore Concentration: 9 + 2 Talent = 11 All intimidated, all suffer -2 to all Rolls for the next Round --- Unfortunately it seemed to work, the man seeming quite intimidating, making it a small bit harder to fight back against them as one bandit with just the sword charged towards Leifr after quickly dismounting. The one with the sword and shield dismounted as well and charged towards Fiore. The man with just the broadsword charged towards Leifr, attempting to slash at him with the heavy looking blade. The blade, unfortunately, got past Leifr's guard and managed to cut pretty deep, his armor still absorbing a very good brunt of the blow. Still, it did some heavy damage, Leifr's slightly unnerved self having a small bit harder of a time blocking the blade, Leifr feeling a small bit weakened now. Another bandit charged towards Fiore now, aiming to attack him with his own broadsword, shield brandished as he ran forward towards the duelist. Fortunately Fiore was able to parry the blade with his own quite easily, even despite his slightly unnerved self. This attack opened the man to a counterattack though as Fiore, with his speed and weapon, would be able to pull off a bit of a riposte against this foe. --- Fiore Riposte: 15 + 15 Talent + 1 Weapon bonus - 5 Free Attack - 2 Intimidation = 24 --- Fiore's blade managed to slip past the Bandit guard's shield and weapon just barely, his strength and sharpness of his blade able to pierce the guard a good bit, getting through his armor. The man was somewhat wounded, looking a little weakened now. Still, these bandits were raring to go, and only three of them attacked within these moments. Still, now the group had the chance to counterattack now since it seemed like these bandits were not open to negotiating.