[While the strange miasma armor creature continues to cling to Tiamat, tightening its grip the longer it's on her and making the visions even more vivid, it doesn't actually move to make any kind of real attack. Seems like it's just some kind of mentally inconvenient parasite, or something.

While Tiamat remains incapacitated, Sabo and the man with the rope weapon face off -- the trouble with a rope weapon is that it takes a little time to retrieve, so the man can only use the ringed handle and his own bulk to try and fend off the metal pipe. It cracks against his arm (5), makes him momentarily drop his weapon.

However, that means he has both hands free to swing his fists at his assailant in turn (17).]