[3] You notice Jack standing there, menacingly, with the tree branch. You've got your own gameplan, which you're completely focused on.
[5]You can see Pete on the floor, trying not to move his right leg. You can see that if you hit him in said leg, it's really gonna hurt.
As Jack approaches, tree branch whistling through the air as he swings it in preparation, Slippery Pete strikes! [11 vs 7] With his good leg, he kicks at Jack's knee when he's close enough. The hit lands, but Jack is barely fazed as his tree trunk legs stand firm.
Jack smiles contemptuously, and swings the branch at Pete's centre of mass [4+1 vs 4-1]. Jack manages to catch Pete, even as Pete tries to roll out of the way.
Expecting all of his ribs to be caved, Pete closes his eyes. He hears a snap, but he feels...alright? Like, he felt the stick hit him, but there was barely any pain.
Pete opens his eyes and sees
that the branch has snapped in half. Must've been some rot underneath the surface of it. Pete's chest is slightly scuffed, but all the force got dissipated and is now flying through the air with one half of the tree branch.
Both men stare at each other, surprised.
You are at 55 health
[6] The sheer randomness of what just happened snaps you out of your pain [penalty removed]. You can see that you only did very minor damage to Jack's leg, about 2 points worth of damage.
Even if your blows don't have much power ( due to your lack of STRENGTH ), if you land a critical roll, you could probably do something nasty that can upset Jack's momentum.
You are at 78 hitpoints
[3] You can see the broken half of the tree branch, barely long enough to bang on a drum with. It probably won't be that good as a weapon, you think.