'This does not seem like a good position to fight from.' Andrei mutters. He's prepared to go over the edge, but will wait and see how the two thugs respond. He'll focus on the first of the two to climb the stairs and see if he can make things difficult for them.

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Half Action to Delay
Half Action to cast Drop on the first Thug to enter combat

Channeling test
vs. Wp 51 (+10 for Aetheric Attunement)
(1d100)[82]

Drop (Casting 4+, +1 if the channeling test works)
(1d10)[1]

24 yrds or 12 squares to cause someone to drop their weapon, wp test to shrug it off