William Jones
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Leroy looked up at the Judges seated at the table and tried to bring out his most angelic smile. Unlike most trappings from his first job, he'd kept in practice with the smile. A few other bits came in handy as well: virtuous indignation, looking innocent, and righteous fury. He'd drawn a nice group for this trial. They all had a good reputations and backgrounds in some sort of justice. A ruling by them wouldn't be questioned. Better yet was the leverage he had on most of them. Sure, Mithras was a…-
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It was never a slow day in the game development labs of GENESIS online. But today was the first time that the 12 lead designers had actually been able to sit down for pizza together in a month. The joke was that they didn't develop the game, the game developed itself and just dragged them along to watch. They had actually gotten to the ice cream and coffee when things got interesting. One entire wall of the cafeteria suddenly became a huge screen and the lights dimmed. Wally appeared in front of them as…
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While everyone was showing off their new toys, making trades, or cooking slices of ham over an open fire, Zephyr decided that it wouldn't hurt to try out her new staff with a few minor explosion potions. She just needed to get a little bit of distance from her parents first. As she was stepping down from the rubble outside the barracks, she was surprised to see a very large man standing and looking around. The newcomer was large, bigger than Ozzy by quite a bit. From the bottoms of his size 34 Italian…
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Not a lot got done repairing the barracks the next morning until after the treasure chest dispensed its goodies. The Tier 4 Treasure Chest was quite a bit larger and grander than the others that had appeared in the dungeon, as if to say "Why even bother with lesser chests! I'm the one you want". The dark, polished wood was trimmed in gold with brass rivets and it glowed in the morning sun. The workers and players had gathered around it like toddlers around a Christmas tree. They'd agreed to claim their…
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Where Ozzy had spent quite some time going through his skills, anticipating future problems, and getting the maximum benefit out of his points, Suzette was done in about two minutes. She did try to dump EP into -Poisoner to level 5 cost 600 EP. She had been quite disappointed that Timmy had been resisting her poisoned treats and brews. The next time she needed to poison a paladin, she'd be ready. Maybe she should start testing things on Ozzy? Or Rolly! Rolly ate the most disgusting shit and never seemed…
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And you have stopped Mad-Klaw's army, and avoided growing tails. I'm sure you are disappointed by the last part. As a Tier 2 creature, you receive 18 CSP and 1000 EP that may be applied to any skills. An equal amount of EP applied to the stats governed by those skills. You will receive a share of loot from the Tier 4 treasure chest that will spawn at dawn on the day following your victory. As a Resident of Sedgewick who fought against the evil…
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Senior Brother Towers led his slightly diminished troupe of paladins in a final circuit of the town, and then satisfied that there were no more rat-kin to run down, turned and rode into the center of town. Village? Hmm, there really wasn't a lot here, was there? He decided to go with 'hamlet' as that was the smallest sounding word he could think of for a town. It was amazing that such a small hamlet had even attracted the ire of the rat-kin. Then again, rat-kin liked uneven odds in their favor, so that…
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Momco. Score: 0 objectives, 0 remaining fighters, large and numerous penalties. ACME Score: 2 objectives, just enough remaining fighters, suspected of many penalties but not caught.... ACME retains control of the village of Sedgewick and Momco. cedes to ACME the Copper Mine known to the locals as ' Residents of the town are advised to take their time coming home and enjoy an extended vacation at Rowan Keep. Quest Alert: All players who were hired by, and fought for Baron Billy receive the…
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Rat-kin were racing from their positions around the outside of the barracks and running to the front to join the assault. No one likes climbing makeshift ladders only to get a boot in the face and toppled to the ground. This took pressure off of the troops on the walls and the remaining players raced to meet the horde. Frothing Dan was the first. The berzerker simply jumped down from the wall onto an unlucky rat. His tactics were simple: go to nearest rat-kin, swing axes until it was dead, and repeat. He…
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"I'm not sure I like your plan, Rolly," Ozzy was standing in front of the entrance to the barracks, right in the path of anything that broke through. Rolly was marking places on the ground where he wanted people to stand, and yelling directions to others. "That's good, Ozzy, makes you worried. You always perform better when you're worried. Not that you really should worry. For a plan I made up on the fly with a total lack of info, this one is a dandy! And Fearless Leader made it better!" Timmy was…
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