#core #story_event #People_of_the_Lantern #Gold_Smoke_Knight You pour all of your might into resisting the unstoppable strike, your fingernails peel backwards and hair grows downwards into your scalp. You must **[[#Bend or Break]]** ### Bend or Break Roll 1d10 | 1d10 | Result | | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 1 - 4 | Your body cannot withstand the immense pressure. You are driven into the ground, your legs crumpling.<br><br>You are knocked down, suffer the [[legs\|dismembered leg]] severe injury and archive your **Thunder Maul**. | | 5 - 8 | Your weapon collides with the [[Gold Smoke Knight]]'s, sending a cloud of dust and stone faces careening in all directions. Your lion-faced maul meets it match, but your body is found wanting. You manage to deflect the blow, but shatter in the process.<br><br>Suffer the [[arms\|broken arm]] severe injury.<br>Cancel the monster's **Blacken** action. | | 9 - 10 | You search within for strength, falling deeper and deeper into your subconscious. You see yourself from the inside, watching bloody machinery slow to a crawl as time drags. Electricity crackles from your brain, supercharging your heart. Muscles bulge with lightning speed as your swing generates a sonic boom. Everything shatters.<br><br>Suffer the [[brain\|frenzy]] brain trauma four times. Destroy all armor at all hit locations. Gain the **Immortal** disorder. Cancel the monster's **Blacken** action. |]]