Anyone had the opportunity to use Executioner stance yet? In just looking at it, it seems that while awesome in theory, it'll just eat up too many points to train. 2 ranks of Mblow and 2 ranks of Sblow as a pre-req, and 5 ranks of sblow if you want it to be more than a party trick.

Seems like an awful lot.

And in case that sounds to complain-ey, the rest of the Cmans look pretty darn awesome. Congrats, shield users.

You swing a bronze-tipped kelyn claidhmore at a snowy cockatrice!
AS: +139 vs DS: +13 with AvD: +31 + d100 roll: +45 = +202
... and hit for 94 points of damage!
Left leg ripped from socket at the knee!
A snowy cockatrice writhes around, screeching!

[You have 7 kills remaining.]
The snowy cockatrice screams evilly one last time and goes still.

Barely breaking your momentum, you continue on to attack a greater ice spider!

You swing a bronze-tipped kelyn claidhmore at a greater ice spider!
AS: +114 vs DS: +47 with AvD: +31 + d100 roll: +89 = +187
... and hit for 79 points of damage!
Hard slash to the greater ice spider's side!
Right arm no longer available for use.
A greater ice spider flails in agony, cradling its mangled right foreleg.
The greater ice spider collapses to the ground and dies.

Another shot of Executioner's in action. You get Bonding's doubleflares, but from what it appears if you were aiming, that doesn't carry over.

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>aim clear
>smite
You're now no longer aiming at anything in particular.
You attempt to smite an eidolon!
Your attack is hindered by holding a wide-bladed cresset sword!
You have good positioning against an eidolon.
Your arm and fist briefly glow silver with holy power!
UAF: 542 vs UDF: 375 = 1.445 * MM: 77 + d100: 13 = 124
A crimson mist suddenly surrounds the eidolon as it is unwillingly drawn into the corporeal plane!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
R>aim head
>ambush
A waern whimpers as she slowly backs away, her teeth bared.

A waern whimpers as he slowly backs away, his teeth bared.

You're now aiming at the head of your target when using a ranged weapon, or while ambushing.
You swing a wide-bladed cresset sword at an eidolon!
AS: +505 vs DS: +320 with AvD: +42 + d100 roll: +71 = +298
... and hit for 144 points of damage!
Wild upward slash removes the eidolon's face from its skull!
Interesting way to die.
You hear a sound like a weeping child as a white glow separates itself from the eidolon's body as it rises, disappearing into the heavens.
The eidolon slumps silently to the floor and begins to rapidly dissipate.
The very powerful look leaves an eidolon.
The white light leaves an eidolon.
The brilliant luminescence fades from around an eidolon.
The bright luminescence fades from around an eidolon.
The crimson mist surrounding an eidolon fades away as it returns to an ethereal state.

Barely breaking your momentum, you continue on to attack a waern!

You swing a wide-bladed cresset sword at a waern!
AS: +480 vs DS: +321 with AvD: +44 + d100 roll: +13 = +216
... and hit for 53 points of damage!
Strong slash to the waern's right hand cuts deep.
The waern is stunned!

You feel your cresset sword straining back towards your foe! Taking advantage of this, you manage to effortlessly reverse your momentum and strike again!

You swing a wide-bladed cresset sword at a waern!
AS: +480 vs DS: +301 with AvD: +44 + d100 roll: +80 = +303
... and hit for 96 points of damage!
Deep slash to the waern's left forearm!
Roundtime: 6 sec.

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With that, since this stance is pretty similar to good ole fashioned D&D 3e/3.5 Cleave, since we get that gnarly -25 AS penalty .. how's abouts at Rank 3, we can keep it going indefinitely if things keep dying? Eh eh? Like Great Cleave?!

-james, bristenn's player

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You think to yourself, "FFF-"
A giant white bunny hurls a powerful lightning bolt at you!
You evade the bolt by a hair!