: Re: Is a bandit ambush a fatal, cliche mistake? Background I've planned the chapter I'll write tomorrow. It features a bandit ambush! That's so exciting! Wow! The sickly scent of blood, the glistening

I am with Mark Baker on this one. Looks like you have already established the level of competence of your character, so showing it again would be redundant and would likely annoy me as a reader.
What you can use the situation like this for is to introduce a twist of sortsâ€”your good guys win (of course), but someone gets hurt, and can't walk or ride for a whileâ€”or show a previously hidden character traitâ€”she suddenly shows mercy, or the opposite, etc.
The idea is: do not repeat yourself, it makes your story boring, even with the full of action fight scene.

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