Everin dives backwards, barely able to keep his balance and stay on his feet. He would attempt to dodge, but with the momentum of the mace crashing down, little other solution seemed to occur to him but get out of the way as quickly as possible. Everin is forced to stagger back a few paces, and with the weight of his armor pulling him down ends up being caught off-balance. The mace however had landed just barely in front of him, but with the bugbear now having used his energy to land what could have been a lethal blow, Everin hopes the rest would make use of it's vulnerability so he could re-affirm his footing and dive back in.