Then she cast her poison circle.
She lunged. Kaelen raised ‘Onslaught’, the charge skill that let him brace through damage. He took the hit. His health dropped 40%. The Priest healed. He cycled ‘Iron Will’ for defense and ‘Second Wind’ for a panic self-heal.
“Finish her!” he roared.
Kaelen paused. “No.”
“I almost died,” Kaelen admitted.
“Second rule,” Seren continued. “Threat isn’t about anger. It’s about math. ‘Challenging Shout’ pulls aggro. ‘Shout’ generates threat over time. If the boss is sniffing the Sorcerer, you failed.”
“Did you hold aggro?”
The first room was chaos.