Fencing (Frances' Tale).

i've been training this at occasions a many ... defensive fencing with a longsword & shield, slowly gaining basic expertise at that.

it's very useful ability i read, especially in a team.
- to stay alive in melee combat for a few of more seconds, while friends dispatch dangerous foes that attack,
- to block passage of enemy as friends shoot with arrows, bolts, spells or other ranged weapons,
- occasionally it also gives advantage in plain one-on-one melee ... when enemy is not prepared for a very solid defenses or a rather long combat (for example when his or her spells are waning, their fire fades fast).

i also learned many of a trick that amounts to a much faster work with weapons ... especially with a bow, but not only ... sword & shield as well.

other weapons as well.

-- Frances, a Fencing & Bowshooting Witch of Darkhavens.