Robert Wilson
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Misa watched as light cracked open the sky. Something was wrong, she knew. It was too early. The first time this had happened, it had been in the middle of the night; it was part of the reason it had taken so long for their village to respond. It wouldn't have been enough even if they'd managed it, of course — the fact of the matter was that they simply didn't have enough people to fight off a horde — but it had contributed to how quickly they'd been run over. Maybe that was for the best. She…-
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"Whatever's allowing that arcane and necrotic energy to stay apart is only barely stable. I don't know exactly what it is, but I'm guessing that any amount of physical disruption will destabilize it," Vex explained. "That's why you can't damage it." "I think it's invulnerable because of health and "Pretty much, yes," Vex nodded. "If you look carefully, nothing the captain is doing is touching its body. It's skittering off just before it touches it." In the challenge room, the captain roared as he…
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As it turned out, the decision to not cry for a third time was a stupid one. Misa decided to give herself a pass. Her mother was holding her again, sobbing into her shoulder, and as much as she hated seeing her cry, she was She never thought she'd be able to hold her mother again. Of course, she'd never imagined her mother being the one to cry, either. "Mom," she said softly. "It's good to see you." " "You weren't." Misa's tone was gentle, and her voice was steady, though her eyes were still wet.…
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Misa hadn't actually spawned very far away, and it took only a minute or so of walking for her to reach the walls of her village. She felt her heart tightening as she approached — there were guards stationed near the gates of the village. Those guards had been the first ones to... "Name and purpose, miss?" a guard asked as she approached. Misa recognized him immediately; it was V'karro. How strange was it that she'd remembered him not too long ago, and now she was seeing him again? The old guard that…
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Derivan would have frowned, if he could have. The lights in his armor dimmed to show his worry. Helping Misa was, of course, easier said than done. None of them had any idea how they could get to where she was, and Kestel was frantic through the telepathic connection, telling them to find the delve team. That telepathy faded into a horrified silence as the flames faded and revealed a corridor full of blackened skeletons in front of them. Sev, Derivan, and Vex all tensed. The fact that all those…
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The Aberrant seemed to regain any confidence it had lost. It swept itself in a dancing circle, creating a blast of arcane energy that knocked back every one of the delvers that were lunging at it; while they staggered, off-kilter, it lunged itself at one of them and slammed him into the ground. There was a shout, half panicked and half determined, trying to fend off the blow — but arcane energy plunged into his chest and he For all that it seemed impenetrable, it was still "We need to retreat!" The…
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As a general rule, almost all skills had some sort of range limit, even if that range limit wasn't stated. A fireball's range depended on its strength; the further it traveled, the more the fire or the magic that maintained it would dissipate, and the weaker the spell was. A melee skill's range depended on the size of the weapon you were using, and how much you could physically extend yourself. More esoteric skills from rarer classes tended to bend the rules; they tried to obey the rules as they were…
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Misa frowned as she looked at the screen. There was something bothering her, and it There was something else. She couldn't quite place her finger on what it was, though. Everything seemed fine, and none of the others seemed to have noticed anything... Misa kept her mind sharp, and her eyes focused. Something about this was ringing "Is anyone else's "It's definitely some kind of trap," Vex said cautiously. "But I've never seen anything like this before. I don't know what it is." "It's something…
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It was technically Vex that noticed it. The scrying screens displayed the delve team going through and mapping out the dungeon. Each screen showed them from a slightly different angle, keeping track of both the team themselves and what they were surrounded by. A The problem was that the scrying screens were It was nothing obvious — the researchers themselves would have spotted it if it had been. But Vex had training on this, too, and his penchant for detail and his more practical experience with…
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It was decided that Jerome would be sent back to the Guild, along with the sleeping members of his party. The Guildmaster would personally debrief them later, once the paladin and his team had a little more time to absorb what had happened to them. Sev understood this to mean that the Guildmaster would stand in the corner of the room and stare at them under the full effects of her anti-perception Skills for a solid few hours, making sure that no one was reapplying any geases. But she would For that to…
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