He is how it works...

Example:

A Voralian City border guard doesn't have a fighting chance.
A Voralian City border guard is about the same size you are.
He smiles happily.


The first line tells me roughly how hard the target is.

The Second line tells me the size of the target this is important
for certain size based skills.

The Third line tells me what the targets alignment is, in this case the target is good like the Zindani mob, but unlike you my character is not evil so the mob smiles instead of trying to turn me from my evil ways. If the mob is neutral and evil you will get different text in this line.

To guage a mobs strength look at the first line, this mob is a much lower level then my character and thus doesn't have a fighting chance.

The ranks from strongest to weakest are:
Hooden
Razor-sharp
A few lucky blows
Perfect Match
doesn't have a fighting chance
something about killing it with your finger

Those obviously are not complete text there but the key word(s) is t there. Consider is very useful especially when just starting out and not knowing the relative strength of mobs. After a while you may find it less useful.