Who could deny the Fire-Chicken? :P Oh! I have to give kudos to the PCs (again)! That sword-forging plot was SUPPOSED to be a combat plot. The numerous Gavin in that cave were supposed to descend upon the erstwhile PCs and give them a sound drubbing. But you were just so well PREPARED! Gavin and dis...

Chris’s LOTR Example is perfect. She parries the Ringwraith’s crush attack multiple times, dodging it’s first several strikes. Then, unable to parry again, she takes the hit – her shield shatters and the damage passes on to her. At zero life, she falls. With determination she is yet conscious, and m...