Although there were many smiles among our soldiers, there were others too who looked shocked: pale, slumped and tearful.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35u8TKuRUQ
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIgVEUYQEp
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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!'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljiX6cg9Zz
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqQ2l338ki
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'You heard the king!' shouted a sergeant, 'on me!'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnQIA3JdgX
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcV5NhAVjl
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'You,' I pointed to the sergeant of a unit of twelve light infantry, 'are on the same task.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWL0SeURQi
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpVLCpAcIp
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There was a bustle of activity now and the eagerness with which the soldiers set about their tasks was heartening.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdvrzudJFf
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'Sire?' It was the Cleric. 'May I heal you?'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kItcRV4FA
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I checked my hit points, 33 from 40. 'No.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pfqMOXH0e
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5jl0qQ1S5
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By the time they reached me, the Scout was looking a lot more cheerful. 'Sire, permission to shake your hand.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4y9hrNf4i
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79U5YU5nDZ
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGk3M90LzE
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuAbVjo7GA
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeseUXODnI
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcH0CubbUbl
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'When you said to pick something the size of my body… well, it came to mind.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ944qHbyicJ
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGg6JcR79C
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyzjQTBtL6
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'Hard luck, sergeant. You were to be the hero of the battle by the original plan.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerRWTpH1Uw
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48PcHh4hB0
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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?'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFTROYwMuu
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'As honest as a mirror sire.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PCtm2WQxw
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbGFhxpK6h
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MIgTlPn9A
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'Do you have a Detect Magic spell?' I asked Carlena, who nodded.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GkGNIEzVp
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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?'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgxV4BX6np
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'Oh, I should have thought of that.' Carlena hurried back up the hill.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjIcMx2SiZ
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'Any orders for me sire?' asked Chancellor Parrin.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxO1ToZrCz
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu9Mx52ClR
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9rvuCLezV
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tCmWxIVii
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Sean de Courcy, king of Greyland504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJnoR60kJN
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Fighter, Level 5 HP 40 AC 0504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8Guejx2K5
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Int 16504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPMUn4f8lZ
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You have 4 attribute points to assign.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9mpcKL4WU
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaXi8Ib0kk
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There was also a new notification attached to my character sheet, which I opened.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPmuaMiIoE
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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:504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtht0zlTb9
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Berserker504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgrHsjMEom
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OsospWPSp
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3Emm14NFM
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKLvUI0ZFd
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIT5f7dz76
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuWB2Wq4Pj
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Closing my character sheet, I had a look at the state of Greyland's army on the military menu:504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQHW1R2ZhZ
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Light infantry: 26*504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdH6f1OTp4
Heavy infantry: 11*504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Eg5T6d0Vx
Archers: 34*504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyft9zPxQg
Light cavalry: 18*504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BCguuoQ5H
Heavy cavalry: 4*504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdiiWX6q3S
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Hospital: 18504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5wLPqbDKx
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Military upkeep cost: 43 gold, 6 silver504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEoKQcTgzR
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Buildings: keep level 2; curtain walls level 1; towers level 1; town walls level 1504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlP9ypH10bW
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsbPanqMge
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxFVPSm9n7
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'Take a seat.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo80dyArCP1
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She obeyed me.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtxu3dkL39
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'What's your name?'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq07JIIluEx
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'Anthea Greyford, sire.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8Xx1XndAQ
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'Anthea, you know I have menus for the running of ths realm?'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZKhyLQv4G
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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?'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjn2gsrTkX
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'Apologies, sire. I don't really know. If you were to upgrade the church perhaps?'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaExggAjs0
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszr8ALbaoR
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6O6gDUEDN
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl39LqPoCKk
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApTfiyxmZS
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBFAOFZVH1
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'Well done Chancellor.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjmEpBgQC7
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'Thank you sire.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JD3sRRlgs
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46dBGoy6LA
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'To Greyland!' I offered the toast and my two companions responded.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMhowCL088
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dzLtgz4vh
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkx8DDMgv8
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0E52xwe84B
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'Excellent, what do the bracers do?'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GmZ1nTmme
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ENp3da87G
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'Very nice. I'll keep them and the rapier. Can you use the scroll and the amulet?'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDG8fOGY9I9
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyidHin46Ce
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'Very good, they are yours. Sorry Chancellor, nothing for you it seems, though you deserved it.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19HMNu8jSN
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Parrin smiled and spread his hands. 'What's good for us all is good for me.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbZQ9lTY4N
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvcZR55bxJ
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEw6DECZi0
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGi1xuQIRD
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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 8.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEaf6PKkwf
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Lord Arval: Paladin Level 8504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmr0KFKAga
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HP 79504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdvL4rq5V5
AC 18504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZiBa2RZgA
XP 30,124 (64,200)504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHYkXY8c4n
Str 17 (18), Dex 12, Con 16, Int 8, Wis 9, Cha 9.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLvrhkA8aJ
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!'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNz90Ds32a
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'Congratulations!'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpmdUUA3ET
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'To Lord Arval!'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDJ78nxGSm
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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.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1Y9x5u4LX
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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.'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33c5pmZeXm
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'Of course,' she got up at once and descended the stairs.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6vY91j1M5
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I looked at Lord Arval and no doubt my expression was curious.504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7damrQgbP
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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?'504Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5K19Xm82g
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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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