[ His lips quirk faintly at her initial question, but as the rest spill out, he gives a deep exhale, closing his eyes for a moment. When he opens them again, any trace of the worries he’d been swamped by are missing and instead, the tactical soldier is now sitting beside her, viewing her little illusion with an intense study. One more mask he can don flawlessly, even though this one still doesn’t feel nearly as familiar as some of them. ]
They’ve got tough hides, but not impenetrable. [ He starts explaining the strategies they’d used to fight these things. Tactics honed on the battlefield facing them. He and the other Lions had dedicated a lot of time to this, both back at school and in the years of war since. Felix and Ingrid especially, and he’d been dragged along by default.
He sketches out the grid-like approach they’d often used, points out some of the weak points they’d found, the places where he often aimed initial blows to break through its defenses and leave it stunned or disoriented. ]
I seem to recall this one having a weakness when you shatter its mask, but don’t quote me on that. It could have been the mask shattering or it could have just been the force behind the blow that accomplished that. It does make for a convenient target, though, so why not?
Avoid standing directly at it’s head or directly behind it. Better to come at it from the sides, or picture it like four corners around it. [ He makes a square-shaped grid around it with his fingers, to show her what he meant. ] It’ll use its tail in battle as expertly as it uses claws and fangs. It’ll also stomp and trample and try to catch you underfoot - staying mobile is usually a good idea. It’s just as susceptible to magic attacks as it is weapon ones, although we tended to come at it with the melee fighters first to keep its attention on us, and let the ranged and casters at it once we had it distracted or disoriented.
[ He’d seen one catch Annie once in an unfortunate charge when they hadn’t realized there’d been another lurking around the battle and they’d barely gotten to her in time. ]
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They’ve got tough hides, but not impenetrable. [ He starts explaining the strategies they’d used to fight these things. Tactics honed on the battlefield facing them. He and the other Lions had dedicated a lot of time to this, both back at school and in the years of war since. Felix and Ingrid especially, and he’d been dragged along by default.
He sketches out the grid-like approach they’d often used, points out some of the weak points they’d found, the places where he often aimed initial blows to break through its defenses and leave it stunned or disoriented. ]
I seem to recall this one having a weakness when you shatter its mask, but don’t quote me on that. It could have been the mask shattering or it could have just been the force behind the blow that accomplished that. It does make for a convenient target, though, so why not?
Avoid standing directly at it’s head or directly behind it. Better to come at it from the sides, or picture it like four corners around it. [ He makes a square-shaped grid around it with his fingers, to show her what he meant. ] It’ll use its tail in battle as expertly as it uses claws and fangs. It’ll also stomp and trample and try to catch you underfoot - staying mobile is usually a good idea. It’s just as susceptible to magic attacks as it is weapon ones, although we tended to come at it with the melee fighters first to keep its attention on us, and let the ranged and casters at it once we had it distracted or disoriented.
[ He’d seen one catch Annie once in an unfortunate charge when they hadn’t realized there’d been another lurking around the battle and they’d barely gotten to her in time. ]