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!mightyslash

You draw your sword and perform a powerful overhead swing:
slash
Fortunately you make contact and do significant damage with a hit of 8 points. Well played!

Monk has 8-8+1=1 hp
Samurai will hit again

!mightystab

You draw and swing your sword:
stab
The years of practice with a wooden knifey boi are not lost on you! Eager for your first blood you strike well and the enemy takes damage, with a hit of 4 points. Senpai, notice me!

I cut off the dead monk's head.

Just a reminder the hit points don't stack for ibt#4. You must win in a single attack :)..