Although there were many smiles among our soldiers, there were others too who looked shocked: pale, slumped and tearful.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBavXbGuRY
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'Except those guarding prisoners, fall in to your units!' My order brought their training back and even the most wretched looking stiffened and hurried to find a place in the ranks.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIElRJYEcu
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'You fought well. Very well! And today will be the day I promised you. You will eat out on the story of the battle of Three Ways for the rest of your lives. But our work isn't yet done. Those of you on horseback…' I made my way to the light cavalry, half of whom were missing, chasing the retreating enemy, 'ride down the road, killing any enemy stragglers you find. Then, when our own soldiers return, scout beyond them until evening and report back here by dark… On you go!'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NZ3wXlrim
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As the riders rode off, I turned to our archers. 'Sergeants, have your squads take the abandoned bows and quivers of the enemy; gather any unbroken arrows you can.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNIrWiLiOG
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'You heard the king!' shouted a sergeant, 'on me!'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqWDlSr8R9
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'Sergeant of the swordsmen,' this to the squad leader of our twelve heavy infantry, 'take the prisoners and find a way to lock them in the small tower. They can be given food and water but make sure none of them is armed.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYCAzQui7a
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'Yes sire!'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWgXZr75AG
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'You,' I pointed to the sergeant of a unit of twelve light infantry, 'are on the same task.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡec0CqL6Cxl
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'And you,' looking at the sergeant of my other infantry squad, 'get a cart and fill it with the abandoned weapons and any armour that is still useful. Also, tell the ballista crew to report to me at the bridge.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcoCfXsiml
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There was a bustle of activity now and the eagerness with which the soldiers set about their tasks was heartening.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0SifmOtms
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'Sire?' It was the Cleric. 'May I heal you?'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisrNzgfsbF
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I checked my hit points, 33 from 40. 'No.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HJ3PEOl7Z
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Coming down the hillside was a weak-looking Parrin, being helped by Carlena. I gestured towards them. 'Go heal the chancellor.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyrk7ZqKWp
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By the time they reached me, the Scout was looking a lot more cheerful. 'Sire, permission to shake your hand.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgehckiBBSu
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'Granted.' I smiled at our Parrin as he took my heavy right hand in both of his and pumped it up and down.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzb6vlEnx3v
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'That… that was magnificent. Your charge. I'll never forget it, ever. I don't have the words.' And indeed, I could see tears were welling up in the elderly man's dark eyes.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1kiadbFdZ
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'Good man yourself, Chancellor, your backstab was an excellent initiative.' I gave him a slap with my free arm. 'The Shaman might not have been able to save the battle for them, but we were about to lose a lot of men. It was brave too, with the sabre-toothed tiger at his side.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtnKoC3Pn3
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I turned to Carlena. 'You too. To face the Shaman's spells and his pet without hesitation was impressive. I'm proud to be working with such courageous comrades.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9D6Rjq6e9L
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Carlena gave me the warmest smile I'd yet seen from her, a sincere one, from the heart. 'A rhino was a good choice for the potion.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡed62WYVW0v
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'When you said to pick something the size of my body… well, it came to mind.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6H1QSOeZo
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'Well done sire.' She dropped her voice to a whisper. 'Thank you Sean de Courcy. You really are the warrior we need. King Carlos would have stayed in Carrick. Yet that was a battle we might easily have lost and with it, the realm.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDk4eyjU8V
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Our mutual fan club was broken up by the arrival of the ballista crew, who had come at the double, as if to make up for the fact they had missed out on the fighting. Their sergeant saluted.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJStT3yrhTH
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'Hard luck, sergeant. You were to be the hero of the battle by the original plan.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbUueCk2zd
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Checking first that I wasn't looking too serious, the powerful-looking young man allowed himself a reply. 'We're very disappointed sire; next time I hope you'll leave some for us.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqqJKxunx5
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'Good man. Well, I've a task that will make you popular with the rest of the army. Are you honest?'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3OEHmx1rX
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'As honest as a mirror sire.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVByKz0HYC
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'That's what I hoped. I want you to search all the enemy bodies for coin. Then roll the corpses into the river along with any dead horses. We'll demoralise their army downstream as their dead comrades float past. Our own dead we'll bring home in carts for their families. When you've all the coin, report to me and I'll share it equally with every soldier here. Even you lot.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cvMDhGFU8
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'You heard the king!' The sergeant gave me a salute and the crew immediately set to their somewhat morbid task as though it was a pleasure. Which perhaps it was. Loot was loot after all. Which gave me a thought.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmNhuEG1Sm
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'Do you have a Detect Magic spell?' I asked Carlena, who nodded.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkZV7VBuJ7
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'Can you use it and see if there are any magic items on the dead, perhaps on the Shaman or their officers?'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfpmRkBPsK
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'Oh, I should have thought of that.' Carlena hurried back up the hill.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡys8ZlXuWhR
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'Any orders for me sire?' asked Chancellor Parrin.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1R9dYvZXs
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'Soon I'll want you to go scouting again, in case the rest of their army moves up towards us. I've a feeling that they won't. For now though, if you could find some decent wine and tolerable bread, I could really use it. Being a rhino for eight minutes is a hell of a calorie burn… I mean it gives you an appetite.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHKNSk1R0z
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Slowly, I made my way back over the bridge and up to the gatehouse, bringing the Cleric with me. On my way, busy soldiers glanced at me in an entirely different way than they had before the battle. There was respect and admiration in their eyes. Affection too even. I was becoming the king they wanted. And whenever my gaze rested on soldiers performing their duties, they hurried that bit faster, as though wanting to demonstrate their backing for me. This was a complete contrast to the sullen looks and slow responses when I had first gone to the barracks in Carrick.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMLGY78adW
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Of course, I'd been wanting to study the effects of the battle on my character sheet ever since the fighting had ended, but only now, after a deliberate pause to consider if I had overlooked any important orders, did I feel the time had come when I could open that menu.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeu2mQkAtny
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Sean de Courcy, king of Greyland364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvrSKcPKcu
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Fighter, Level 5 HP 40 AC 0364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgymrTHMYR
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Str 7364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBQFxtMrtJ
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Int 16364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgwtM6Mz7w
Wis 16364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyk82wpF1c
Cha 4364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYe1SfwAax
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Bash 25364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbv3sw6y4m
Impale 25364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsgNQtbJI4
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You have 4 attribute points to assign.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyaDHrOiSz
You have 15 skill points to assign.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9pzqISzCt
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XP 2,860 (3,200)
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My attribute points I decided to save, again, tempting though it was tempting to put a point in Dexterity. Assuming I could train up the low stats, I'd want those points for later.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59m04ZKev2
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There was also a new notification attached to my character sheet, which I opened.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueE1POKFB1
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Congratulations Sean de Courcy on reaching Level 5 in Fighter. You have unlocked the following specialisations within the Fighter class. Please choose one:364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡji65I56Ej4
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Berserker364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ676bsqE02e
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Warlord
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Each had a description, which corresponded to fighter sub-types I was familiar with from Storm Wars: the Berserker specialised in speed, high DPS and was a master of improvisation, downside, medium armour only; the Champion was a duellist, a weapons specialist perfect for one-on-one fights, downside, all the benefits were individual only; the Paladin had holy spells as well as combat skills, downside incompatible with evil troops and creatures; the Shadow Knight was the opposite to the Paladin, with unholy spells and an incompatibility with good; the Warlord was the opposite to the Champion, a tactical specialist, all the benefits were group ones.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdgUopX9gz
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Obviously, with Lord Arval being a Paladin, the Shadow Knight was out. And it wasn't smart to replicate his spells and skill bonuses when I could gain new ones for our realm. Even if I got this body into reasonable shape, I was never going to be a Berserker. So that left Champion and Warlord.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZiFhQ2EKT
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Rereading the description of both, the Champion appealed to my pride. Following that path would ultimately lead to a character who could defeat anyone else in the world in a face-to-face encounter. I could visualise myself using Lightning Draw to bring a sword into my hands faster than my opponent anticipated and cutting them down with Critical Strike before they'd even drawn breath.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxtJno5blC
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It was clear though, that in this world of twenty-five kingdoms battling for mastery, the Warlord was going to be the right option. As a Warlord I'd get feats that could rally shaken troops, that could heighten the combat skills of those nearby and at high level could identify unfamiliar enemy troop types. I selected it and immediately got twenty or so new skill options and my first Warlord feat, Charge! All friendly units in the vicinity got a 20% increase to base movement and a temporary 5 hit point increase.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ822Aptrqb8
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As for the skills, since I knew I would learn fast from practice, I would simply put one point in each to unlock them. With 15 skill points to assign, I could get all but five. My exact choices, however, could wait.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtTvVwRMvX
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Closing my character sheet, I had a look at the state of Greyland's army on the military menu:364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8XeWzB027
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Light infantry: 26*364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhCqe42hTh
Heavy infantry: 11*364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZASDTaH8dr
Archers: 34*364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyr54zItERP
Light cavalry: 18*364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpL80Wppvcx
Heavy cavalry: 4*364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpFzRt1XjZ
Ballista: 1364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bT3rjXuBG
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Hospital: 18364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpXKkD5k29
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Military upkeep cost: 43 gold, 6 silver364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGi88dh91Bb
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Buildings: keep level 2; curtain walls level 1; towers level 1; town walls level 1364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJZQmFieCU
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Currently building: tower machicolations, 23 hours
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Not at all bad. In fact, considering my original plan, which would have been costly in terms of archers and probably infantry, it was a fantastic result. Greyland's army was small, but it was still intact, a viable force with which to face the other half of the army of our enemies, should they dare advance. If anything, we were actually stronger than when the day had begun, since a new veteran tag had appeared over most of the troops.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmlCGYgKj6
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There were rooms in the larger tower and although I struggled to get up the wooden stairs, which creaked loudly beneath me, I found a bench on the first level that could accommodate my bulk. The Cleric stood uncertainly by the door.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4FgnjCsCR
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'Take a seat.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwP5iob9Rr
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She obeyed me.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyyOh4D43v
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'What's your name?'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HxwDbZNwn
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'Anthea Greyford, sire.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNFos9PEn7
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'Anthea, you know I have menus for the running of ths realm?'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ARUXyKCYn
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'Well, you aren't…' I struggled for the words that she might understand. 'You are listed under the church menu but you aren't a special person. You can't level up, or can you?'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkb8VN9Xz1G
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'Apologies, sire. I don't really know. If you were to upgrade the church perhaps?'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGuzfuU7mm
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'I was reading about the various levels of church earlier and while it's not a priority …' I held back from expressing my concern about the food supply, 'that upgrade will happen. But it wasn't clear if you would gain a level. I learned only that the town would gain a second Cleric and those attending the church would be able to obtain cures for moderate wounds and the delay of poisons and disease.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkqF6wslDU
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'I think it likely I would become second level sire, since those prayers are available to those who have reached it.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8EkUw4zmX
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'Let's hope so. And let's hope you can join me progressing. Because we are going to need a strong healer, both to level me up as fast as possible and for future battles.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjq3rLqMFFq
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It was hard to see her response: in her full chainmail armour the coif put most of her face in shade. Her mouth looked determined enough though and she gave a nod.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSWwam0Fq8
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Footsteps from below announced the arrival of the chancellor, bearing the very welcome load of two bottles of wine and four tin goblets. Behind him, a soldier had a basket with bread rolls and apples.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdaQAO8kyl
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'Well done Chancellor.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2CZ3b9zVZ
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'Thank you sire.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uChR3cL8A
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One of the joys of a high Dexterity, it seemed, was the ability to draw a cork from a bottle with just a narrow blade from his Scout's tool kit and it was only a moment's work before the comforting gurgle of wine being poured was heard.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1v9ilVwHv4
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'To Greyland!' I offered the toast and my two companions responded.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CjJd11A5f
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I asked Parrin about his sneak attack on the Shaman and was listening to his account – it reminded me that the Scout had an extremely important Ring of Silent Movement – when Carlena joined us, a look of quiet pleasure on her face that made me hopeful. That and the finely made rapier she carried.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSZyyLAAu1
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'Four magic items sire.' She emptied a bag onto the bare wooden floor with a satisfying clatter from the three items that fell out. 'I've used the rest of my mana for the day casting Insight to discover their properties, but I thought you'd want to know.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR27l6MWJlI
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'Their Shaman had a scroll of Hold Animal and an amulet with the spell Hide from Animals stored in it; one of their officers had Bracers of Archery; and the other had this: a plus-two rapier.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fSnYQuqzP
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'Excellent, what do the bracers do?'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOABXmEW1g
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'Give you five skill points in your wield skill for all bows; a slightly faster rate of fire; and fifty-percent increase in all ranges.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKr5AmM7Auq
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'Very nice. I'll keep them and the rapier. Can you use the scroll and the amulet?'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkkb8VxBOP
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'The pity is that I can't add them to my spell book, with their being Shaman spells not those of a sorceress, but as a once off, I can cast those spells.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6ftuLISkM
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'Very good, they are yours. Sorry Chancellor, nothing for you it seems, though you deserved it.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2nM2TWbYh
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Parrin smiled and spread his hands. 'What's good for us all is good for me.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCJ0nKS5ke
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We were well into the second bottle of wine and nothing but crumbs and apple cores remained in the basket when Lord Arval bounded up the stairs and into the room. A glance, then he stepped over to me, knelt and clasped my hands in his.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHt2OcFKSQ
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'By Miya! What a day. What a day. When I rose this morning, I could not dare hope for such an outcome.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOHLvtVydx
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'Nor I Lord Arval, now take a seat and a drink.' I freed my hands from the warrior, picked up my goblet and passed it to him. 'I'm only sorry we ate all the bread.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlm7VXFoPQB
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Our general was clearly exhausted, his face was wan and he sat with obvious relief. Yet his eyes were darting to check we all shared his happiness. And watching him, I had another thought. Perhaps the PCs had levelled too? I raised my arm. Carlena and Parrin were both still level 9. But Lord Arval had reached level 8.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqckAmq1KXA
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Lord Arval: Paladin Level 8364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCo4IKzRawW
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HP 79364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0scImeCNKk
AC 18364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ANHK0kT27
XP 30,124 (64,200)364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK2yor03LP
Str 17 (18), Dex 12, Con 16, Int 8, Wis 9, Cha 9.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKR3XGjuyp
Shield of Defence +1, Trueblade +2, Ring of Strength +1, Potion of Healing.
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'Another toast!' I declared, though I no longer had a goblet and had to raise just my hand. 'To Lord Arval, our level eight Paladin!'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFa2gMe3eha
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'Congratulations!'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdSwSr8isp
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'To Lord Arval!'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEnKd1BY91
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Our general acknowledged the goodwill in the room with a cheerful wave. Then Carlena told him about the magic items we had gained and he told us about the rout of the enemy, whom he pursued for miles down the valley. After that we fell into a comfortable silence, the silence of those who had been through battle together and who were reflecting on the day's events.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwDbBQVgDc
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At least, that's what I thought they were doing. Lord Arval, however, looked over at the cleric and spoke: 'Can you leave us some privacy, please.'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtvyO535zo
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'Of course,' she got up at once and descended the stairs.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxfky6AOEX
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I looked at Lord Arval and no doubt my expression was curious.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfXhPvpRII
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He smiled. 'It's nothing urgent. But I wanted to know: how did this day compare to the battles you experienced in your world? You must have had other victories like this?'364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInRmGXhGDh
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How, I wondered, should I reply to that question? I could hardly say that the only battles I had fought in had been games.
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