Success

Klarg angrily slams his club into the cave wall, splintering it and effectively turning it to a much shorter weapon, making it easier for him to defend and counterattack those attacking his center line. Or at least that’s what he thinks is happening. You, on the other hand, still see Klarg swinging that shorter weapon in the same way as if he were using a long weapon.

You do pretty much the exact same thing as before, lunging in right after his downswing. His weapon is now lighter; of course, he is able to swing back in time to hit you with it about 2 to 3 inches past where his hand is holding it. With no leverage, there was no weight and no kinetic energy behind that hit. It felt like a punch, which, to be fair, from Klarg, is going to cause a gnarly bruise, but relatively speaking, it was nothing.

This time, you land a little higher up, clocking his collar bone area and part of his face with your mace.