William Jones
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"I'm a simple man with simple desires." Ben paused to see if anyone laughed outright at him but saw only curiosity. Disappointed, he continued on. "I'd like to have a small mansion with a hidden laboratory, something that reminds me of Franklin House. With a wine cellar, of course. Sneaking in and raiding Billy's booze is fun, but I'd like a larger collection and some of the bottles he buys are below even my standards. And I want enough time off for travel and exploration. I have a fast horse, but I'd like…-
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.r546b84f0a64848b4bb169456e072f137{ display: none; } No one seemed eager to be the first to talk, and the table was quiet as the tavern keeper pulled down large, glazed earthenware mugs, no two with the same design and no two quite the same size. He pulled a large clay jar from the floor and scooped out beer, pouring it through a layer of cloth into a pitcher to remove the leftover particles from his brewing, and then brought mugs and pitchers to the table, pouring each of them a full mug of dark and…
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There is a road that came from the old, broken world. One hundred and six travelers journeyed along to a place of unformed nothing. The first thing to be made were other roads. The Low Road fell away, too, and the High Road ascended. Others branched to the stars beyond or the ground beneath. The number of roads that met in that place changed as needed, but the spot they met stayed the same, and Hekate, Goddess of the Crossroads, claimed it for her own. There, she controlled the traffic between the new and…
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A meaty fist the size of an ox smacked into Ozzy, knocking him through the air and into a side of raw beef hanging on the edge of the large abattoir. The Butcher of Sedgewick was feeling that blow, his head spinning, and body aching. Nothing had ever hit him that hard. The carcass of meat was reduced to steak tar-tar. Ozzy stood up, wiped blood and raw beef from his face, and looked at his opponent. The Butcher was Gadobhra stood nearly thirty feet tall and looked as though a giant twice his size had been…
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Squirmie flew at the monstrosity in front of her, intent on slicing her wings across a monstrous eye the size of her own body. Not agreeable to this plan, her adversary opened its maw until it blocked any direction that the fast-moving bug could have dodged, and the princess was swallowed whole, not stopping until she was immersed in the acid bile of her sister's stomach. Rolly looked worried. Not that he doubted Squirmie, but a death here could mean being trapped in a loop of fighting and dying…
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Ben was mildly surprised when he appeared in mid-air inside a glowing blue energy globe. The drop to the floor was almost six feet and unexpected, but he managed to make a decent landing. You never knew who was watching. He stood on a square stone platform that looked suspiciously similar to a teleport platform. Around him were six tall, metal pylons tipped with glowing crystals whose function seemed to be maintaining the blowing blue ball he'd fallen from. The air stank of ozone and machine oil, which…
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The torrent of blue boxes faded away, and Suzette found herself in the ruins of what might have been a palace. A very large palace made for someone many times the height of a human. The stones making up the walls were immense, at least twenty feet on a side. Even destroyed and left to the winds and rain for centuries, there was still a grandeur to the building. A shattered throne built for a giant was at one end of the room. Whatever king had sat there had been the height of a three-story building. Dirt…
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As the group of travelers left the fae realm of Silverthorn Vale, each was assaulted by flashing blue boxes that filled their vision. You have earned a Large Favor that will be honored by any of the Beast Princes. You are named Friend of the Gnomish Court and invited to visit. You have earned a 50% discount on all fees for Banking, Legal Advice, and Tailoring offered by gnomish citizens and artisans in the city of Cinderstein. The Great Lords of the Hoard have approved the upgrade to Gold Status of the…
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"I mean, if I had known how hard it would be to run a Necropolis, I might have skipped the promotion to Grand Necromancer when the entire Circle of Despair and Corruption were burned at the stake in Veedleheim. I never understood the plan, but it obviously had some holes in it. The basics were simple: They were going to sneak into the town with a few undead and murder the unfortunates in the slums, turn them into undead, use the increased forces to kill more, and repeat the cycle as they grew an army and…
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Baron William of Gadobhra, Northern Region Manager of ACME Online Resources, Protector of Sedgewick, and Hero of the People, sat in a small room of the ACME building that was used by one of the workers to store mops and brooms and a stolen bottle of the Baron's whiskey (which was fine by Billy, it meant he didn't have to go looking for a drink when he wanted one). Since his Baroness was allergic to cleaning and menial labor, he was confident he could go about his work undisturbed and undiscovered. She'd…
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