A) kill the Soulburned soldier
B) Try to turn Death Leech into Venom Leech on the Thrall
C) Drain the terrified guy
Acting like a coward, leeching safe targets, avoiding fights and so on
a) OOC
b) Not honourable
c) will not make us popular among the crowd
d) actually killing the leader of soldier group may make them stop acting as a coordinated unit and\or don't mess with us anymore. Not mentioning that scoring kills may influence how much gold we get. And I want to see a soulbreak
e) Vampire may not understand that it is use who poisoned his meal, while direct attack is more obvious (and still not 100% as he is busy drinking). Even if he will understand that it is us, I don't think he will 100% retaliate immediately.
f) defending when we are not attacked is wrong.
A & B: Fighting 1x1 is the definition of honorable, and not out of character. So what if they are hurt already, somebody is going to have to kill them before the match ends. I'm all for actually attacking these guys instead of leeching them from a distance,
I just want full MP first, and this looks like a pretty safe spot to throw a leech.C: We have gladiator levels. If we put some flare into finishing off some of our foes, the crowd will be on our side. They will also love it when we tear apart the vampire in one hit at the end. We also just got that big gory dramatic kill on the sea elf, and that had to be worth something to the crowd. I do want to see a soulbreak though.
D: We don't know this. That said, it is logical. I'd rather not risk it, but
Double Draining the coward leader is my second choice.E: Again, I'd rather not risk it, and furthermore we have no clue if this action will even do anything to the vampire except piss him off. Lastly, the vampire has mage levels, it could blast us from a distance while it is still drinking.
F: You may be right, but I think our odds of survival are not great even if we play perfectly from here on out. Fighting in any manner other than cautiously and conservatively is pretty suicidal.
I don't think it is a major sin in our religion if we are not going full on balls to the wall on every turn of every fight. As long as we don't actively run from anybody, and get in there to fight once in a while, we should be more than fine with our goddess.
GM hat Meditate rage away.
NVP: Possibly, try to convert Rage Counters into MP. Couldn't hurt, presumably, even if it only does one or the other.
I'm not opposed to taking a moment to meditate or work the crowd. And this could be a decent time to do so... hmmm.