Although there were many smiles among our soldiers, there were others too who looked shocked: pale, slumped and tearful.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlh8aQo0vt
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8E0WR762D
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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!'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlK6DUfCQB0
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOUE4oEq66
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'You heard the king!' shouted a sergeant, 'on me!'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCCSbJxqLn
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCv1xA0mV2
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'You,' I pointed to the sergeant of a unit of twelve light infantry, 'are on the same task.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oMnVXBYh9
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcN4A9mPGv
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There was a bustle of activity now and the eagerness with which the soldiers set about their tasks was heartening.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoR31oeWHx
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'Sire?' It was the Cleric. 'May I heal you?'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMDfCh6F6i
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I checked my hit points, 33 from 40. 'No.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqL3XhiRqsq
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfMGWP86he
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By the time they reached me, the Scout was looking a lot more cheerful. 'Sire, permission to shake your hand.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLl4NVacnw
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYoAhuiTQY
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcWemtpCpb
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TSEQtC8mY
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zUT1KExSj
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7iIzOrjWA
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'When you said to pick something the size of my body… well, it came to mind.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VhQFfQmAh
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Jl7TJwjLf
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKPhwHpFfZ
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'Hard luck, sergeant. You were to be the hero of the battle by the original plan.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiB8nXvtPTa
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQuG7tkUPU
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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?'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdumNw5KA7Y
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'As honest as a mirror sire.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWskGatTvR
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDxkrrNSJS
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PHh27saFP
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'Do you have a Detect Magic spell?' I asked Carlena, who nodded.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSPt7C16NX
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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?'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjfyTifgw2
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'Oh, I should have thought of that.' Carlena hurried back up the hill.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3qlp3F04L
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'Any orders for me sire?' asked Chancellor Parrin.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYGUHZe9CU
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSo2hPG3zFV
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUevN70D0k
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHYhokhmT9
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Sean de Courcy, king of Greyland437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuPYsY0aW1
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Fighter, Level 5 HP 40 AC 0437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5cU5BPtQP
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Str 7437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnKehdu2Kl
Dex 4437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaej4ZKaRf
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Int 16437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7n9n9pP06
Wis 16437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TxMfEhCZN
Cha 4437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJFeaJQXMC
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Defensive Stance 1437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TUiFqhD9w
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You have 4 attribute points to assign.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcrDu7ixkk
You have 15 skill points to assign.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJuauXn7cR
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwtuk7iTc5
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There was also a new notification attached to my character sheet, which I opened.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZ0170y425
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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:437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK4fj3JLmR
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Berserker437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeXHLFwG3H
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xtCwKZ3wx
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhML1C9Qg8
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMp1Zayjf5
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00uKydqTPG
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCy4pvOJCt
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Closing my character sheet, I had a look at the state of Greyland's army on the military menu:437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU0tICe69x
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Light infantry: 26*437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCET8Od5gNK
Heavy infantry: 11*437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmL6kFyxW5I
Archers: 34*437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGhyKt7euj
Light cavalry: 18*437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6erHqwmESn
Heavy cavalry: 4*437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOCBY7fudZ
Ballista: 1437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkjH4p7uaH
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Hospital: 18437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2hPnUHrmE
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Military upkeep cost: 43 gold, 6 silver437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiQS94kkAm
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Buildings: keep level 2; curtain walls level 1; towers level 1; town walls level 1437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RL0qBkVIh
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoZGCuZPCb
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ocyuBYHE9
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'Take a seat.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BEBrHhZO6
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She obeyed me.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXbFMF3ruX
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'What's your name?'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAPIZlLrWD
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'Anthea Greyford, sire.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQLRxwVR2U
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'Anthea, you know I have menus for the running of ths realm?'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEbelfbSHD
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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?'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3UGzKHXPO
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'Apologies, sire. I don't really know. If you were to upgrade the church perhaps?'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiTc8jDftV
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhcXC5nKz8
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnDIDidK62
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbF94WkQgib
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4D2n45ZH4e
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNB12lNeLqg
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'Well done Chancellor.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1FmVAryZu
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'Thank you sire.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZnp6TyLK4
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9u6VXqJIQ
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'To Greyland!' I offered the toast and my two companions responded.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5eNU12qnc
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VY4sD5yY8
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhuD0DjmsY
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNuvx69est
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'Excellent, what do the bracers do?'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeO2i5qqKj
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOGCLyn9Ll
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'Very nice. I'll keep them and the rapier. Can you use the scroll and the amulet?'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74qV6rKWpJ
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHwLRCAq1m
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'Very good, they are yours. Sorry Chancellor, nothing for you it seems, though you deserved it.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUItVlz2J20
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Parrin smiled and spread his hands. 'What's good for us all is good for me.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5J5ZSIESXV
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXAtqpDRwk
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtKPJBO7Wz
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLBgWsVtFe
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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 8.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlynAcxq6SQ
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Lord Arval: Paladin Level 8437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxFuBF1ajd
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HP 79437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61tCLctxjO
AC 18437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJv2kfhJYz
XP 30,124 (64,200)437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuriyc8UQ5
Str 17 (18), Dex 12, Con 16, Int 8, Wis 9, Cha 9.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDkBJQvtag
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!'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbglua5dXri
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'Congratulations!'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRSvnMO0sI
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'To Lord Arval!'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOyRJ8o8ms
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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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRG3tJ88KpH
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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.'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡray5madTwQ
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'Of course,' she got up at once and descended the stairs.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNmD8hYv8A
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I looked at Lord Arval and no doubt my expression was curious.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVI9AQiRC9
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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?'437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbJmDyML4P
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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.
