Although there were many smiles among our soldiers, there were others too who looked shocked: pale, slumped and tearful.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraWQH7Xgap
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepKkVJV5VM
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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!'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZpNdbfOmB
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoTP6yQHh2
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'You heard the king!' shouted a sergeant, 'on me!'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbALEhD1lLq
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oxL2ZXRVZ
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'Yes sire!'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1lY6rKtzC
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'You,' I pointed to the sergeant of a unit of twelve light infantry, 'are on the same task.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhMy5WAVh0
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgLWhZKRo3
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There was a bustle of activity now and the eagerness with which the soldiers set about their tasks was heartening.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4crwPcpMeJ
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'Sire?' It was the Cleric. 'May I heal you?'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncTA84Bpqq
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I checked my hit points, 33 from 40. 'No.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwlNgD1nGB
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocBkNTbxCy
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By the time they reached me, the Scout was looking a lot more cheerful. 'Sire, permission to shake your hand.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvfGZ0lpJc
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rGIdfI0rI
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgV2ZQySjZ
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUQWosAPyP
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcQg82NiEO
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRonKHCM4Bh
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'When you said to pick something the size of my body… well, it came to mind.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwypSZghac
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4uSNVLq4P
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjG0CTGqLXN
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'Hard luck, sergeant. You were to be the hero of the battle by the original plan.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTjetjUaSj
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7P8EC2khI
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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?'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraGSal6PM0
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'As honest as a mirror sire.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHXWtWww9A
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gUov9kp0Z
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PKhsTowdk
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'Do you have a Detect Magic spell?' I asked Carlena, who nodded.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cl3PVY7sb
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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?'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNeEl37imj
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'Oh, I should have thought of that.' Carlena hurried back up the hill.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCU02iCAOMF
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'Any orders for me sire?' asked Chancellor Parrin.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnmYBB7K9A
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnWtvSejJX
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nF7ndx05O
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDV0CzQaQK0
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Sean de Courcy, king of Greyland487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRfRU2L8RC
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Fighter, Level 5 HP 40 AC 0487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgb3oktkdN
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Str 7487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8d08PGfQjD
Dex 4487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNft6qURpTl
Con 8487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AoaGNIe1a
Int 16487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQL2k1eGZvs
Wis 16487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnXLhVrt7n
Cha 4487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO542w2vLx
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Top Skills487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHacSlU8rc
Bash 25487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUQGUukYuL
Impale 25487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoq4tw5MmMC
Lunge 5487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTY8izSGwsc
Parry 5487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfPX97htLA
Wield Rapier 5487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzjUqZEgyz
Wield Shortbow 3487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlog6E85WTR
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Defensive Stance 1487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSE1FcWvRe
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You have 4 attribute points to assign.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSQApDTRHr
You have 15 skill points to assign.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45vPk6hNiy
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9RN7sVjVg
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There was also a new notification attached to my character sheet, which I opened.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBtVYwkgyi
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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:487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwjgiCN52X
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Berserker487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYKpDprwaI
Champion487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60qDq8xw3D
Paladin487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4FJPbRAcX
Shadow Knight487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5Rs7nC7lI
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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfa2BvH1WT
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3ZJgFNvNe
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eiNQqW5wz
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQpqS2HKuS
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMKadYpqf8
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Closing my character sheet, I had a look at the state of Greyland's army on the military menu:487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJvR6NrNUf
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Military487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieMD9gQoBP
Light infantry: 26*487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHAxpLLolx
Heavy infantry: 11*487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAZlYEK15V
Archers: 34*487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVoekJzcaU
Light cavalry: 18*487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMjj3oaTb2
Heavy cavalry: 4*487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgZIExiKpX
Ballista: 1487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UcOhOxaUt
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(*veterans)487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsG7tOGhHsp
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Hospital: 18487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpkVfut83H
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Military upkeep cost: 43 gold, 6 silver487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1eG4mHlOr
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Currently training:487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIFN1MhgIS
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Buildings: keep level 2; curtain walls level 1; towers level 1; town walls level 1487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gjSZhtz7E
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaypueii0lk
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRTTlfTCrO
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'Take a seat.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gvu0KBp7i
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She obeyed me.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFATgnsk1O
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'What's your name?'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddXp62iWQH
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'Anthea Greyford, sire.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYOUY5bLgf
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'Anthea, you know I have menus for the running of ths realm?'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQHAXjkee6
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'Yes sire.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpZAgK7kxK
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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?'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqSYYAvJ5m
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'Apologies, sire. I don't really know. If you were to upgrade the church perhaps?'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNQbrjYm8j
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkM6ELju4hc
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsm3DrKqpj
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRtiXmXJ0v
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6n6OaQz7gL
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9OT3KZTkS
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'Well done Chancellor.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pjr2PRpeo
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'Thank you sire.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcqpRFJ94Z
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLmPCMVW0i
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'To Greyland!' I offered the toast and my two companions responded.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHHRZuzXFL
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJt0WKFWAZ
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6ewRRGGdA
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I nodded.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOBwUkkNRj
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cavxlAOqQ
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'Excellent, what do the bracers do?'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJXOi1uHRs
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7cpsTUCJJ
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'Very nice. I'll keep them and the rapier. Can you use the scroll and the amulet?'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlA1orxFbw
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTf2tFvSEy9
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'Very good, they are yours. Sorry Chancellor, nothing for you it seems, though you deserved it.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv6xoiNV5s
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Parrin smiled and spread his hands. 'What's good for us all is good for me.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiB1QY9cSF
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmSbMN4Acc
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34kCHG8llm
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TWrEVvMnD
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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 8.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOXw9yFAcz
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Lord Arval: Paladin Level 8487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HsndN3c21
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HP 79487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9D9LpL627
AC 18487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPqthFWWm7
XP 30,124 (64,200)487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31Hq4IUCwC
Str 17 (18), Dex 12, Con 16, Int 8, Wis 9, Cha 9.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlMogcuxbz
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!'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1KkM8awbG
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'Congratulations!'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBietPRrsN
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'To Lord Arval!'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLG99CwbFDf
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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.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmp2R4h8oG1
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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.'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRddvZKQe3y
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'Of course,' she got up at once and descended the stairs.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlo1D4zZVYl
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I looked at Lord Arval and no doubt my expression was curious.487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthCpO4wBNP
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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?'487Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bZsLE1CtI
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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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