Although there were many smiles among our soldiers, there were others too who looked shocked: pale, slumped and tearful.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFkhpg82sQ
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfr5pQqpfJ
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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!'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVy8a8FobQ
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVENRESzU7V
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'You heard the king!' shouted a sergeant, 'on me!'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpwCRWSFsk
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreXlvVdWAV
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'Yes sire!'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iOPGH6DAW
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'You,' I pointed to the sergeant of a unit of twelve light infantry, 'are on the same task.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs40R4SYAX
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbSOOt8Fvw
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There was a bustle of activity now and the eagerness with which the soldiers set about their tasks was heartening.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4VQndmsGo
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'Sire?' It was the Cleric. 'May I heal you?'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIGdsoXn2P
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I checked my hit points, 33 from 40. 'No.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xnvT7PYrj
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HLd1HkOPg
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By the time they reached me, the Scout was looking a lot more cheerful. 'Sire, permission to shake your hand.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagDtokvYNP
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQevCWCEVe
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbZBr86m47
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu7MXqQwYT
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVDcNjZyrv
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPxjY3cCW8
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'When you said to pick something the size of my body… well, it came to mind.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmXwrzjOhy
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTCM7W6qxo
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNfvHrEeAd
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'Hard luck, sergeant. You were to be the hero of the battle by the original plan.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwLZM5yzuk
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1CFDjc5mN
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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?'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7r1sSF4AKR
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'As honest as a mirror sire.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rFCwnfwwJ
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQKAsfeO5F
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyFNgLJDeB
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'Do you have a Detect Magic spell?' I asked Carlena, who nodded.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsB3FmhImR
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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?'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnuHAWqu00
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'Oh, I should have thought of that.' Carlena hurried back up the hill.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rPYb1O9dw
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'Any orders for me sire?' asked Chancellor Parrin.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEd3IRe9mN
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcNKcSQplX
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbNnKwVubz
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdx5KeGmK6
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Sean de Courcy, king of Greyland441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHOF0gvtMJ
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Fighter, Level 5 HP 40 AC 0441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMdFYY3Ar7
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Dex 4441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJi93OVceb
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Cha 4441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqPEesqRrV
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Bash 25441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvgfoxuSC0
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You have 4 attribute points to assign.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpD8ITV4yg
You have 15 skill points to assign.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXgFcH90Eo
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZKvouRnjE
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There was also a new notification attached to my character sheet, which I opened.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLFXEGo241
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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:441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZh0BrQeRZ
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Berserker441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvpUnV1HsO
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmALiuVSg9S
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9QImX9Hk5
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7r6avBx44m
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XEWQsLPKt
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxNTDiMqHR
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Closing my character sheet, I had a look at the state of Greyland's army on the military menu:441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3uNPoddDX
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Light infantry: 26*441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCLob5XSjV
Heavy infantry: 11*441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XKODZonXj
Archers: 34*441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQn3IkimpZe
Light cavalry: 18*441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaDgHiQT1e
Heavy cavalry: 4*441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIsDXX0Q8O
Ballista: 1441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBkAGeGVOA
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Hospital: 18441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VK29ons1L
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Military upkeep cost: 43 gold, 6 silver441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIw1ef8HKL
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Currently training:441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFGrpbf9BZ
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Buildings: keep level 2; curtain walls level 1; towers level 1; town walls level 1441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuTLaEBeNo
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBkQ0ShHGy
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1YV4L6k37
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'Take a seat.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZVlfVNjZc
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She obeyed me.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaFRrz6Wo1
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'What's your name?'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcf3pARRfS
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'Anthea Greyford, sire.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNp3W9FHd4V
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'Anthea, you know I have menus for the running of ths realm?'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUx3iajmo0
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'Yes sire.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiIhoKH880
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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?'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwb4V6INo8
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'Apologies, sire. I don't really know. If you were to upgrade the church perhaps?'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkpP5ZvVo5
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhSD8DMG2d
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KhSdbcZuK
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KLEAIusbd
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDYYMwxaPm
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWXCWFENKx
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'Well done Chancellor.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ys0fk8NsA
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'Thank you sire.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc6Ytf5h0F
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSZlvVUpN1
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'To Greyland!' I offered the toast and my two companions responded.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhzOp2t3TD
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9UcZ1ZaS3
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFUHNcK8ni
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I nodded.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsLMORFMRU
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9coZHVBi5
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'Excellent, what do the bracers do?'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfy8RNrJT6e
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJd5atYZFnK
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'Very nice. I'll keep them and the rapier. Can you use the scroll and the amulet?'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUvGCrvNTh
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkDHIqS6UK
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'Very good, they are yours. Sorry Chancellor, nothing for you it seems, though you deserved it.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNJA8hln4g
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Parrin smiled and spread his hands. 'What's good for us all is good for me.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYKstjGEZt
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnJlUhMYSn
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZ6xIFDfxV
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGinTASxn0
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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 8.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgI0BeuwYp
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Lord Arval: Paladin Level 8441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNKft45A8G
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HP 79441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxx7JzM3LB
AC 18441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtAqrOOWEL
XP 30,124 (64,200)441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdDIRMRLsp
Str 17 (18), Dex 12, Con 16, Int 8, Wis 9, Cha 9.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDonxou4m4
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!'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aic4PsnjR
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'Congratulations!'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72MESCPUil
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'To Lord Arval!'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5aBetdqpW
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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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYWy3KiFdP
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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.'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS91x5uahT2
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'Of course,' she got up at once and descended the stairs.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeJYVn2D0m
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I looked at Lord Arval and no doubt my expression was curious.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SpMogr5Up
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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?'441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcOuXcnVe0
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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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