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Icewolf
Learned Scribe
USA
214 Posts |
 Posted - 18 Jan 2004 : 22:24:28
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I was just wondering who had any interesting stories about unusual uses some players had for spells, and due to good etiquette, I will start :)
I was playing my first thief, when my party entered a cavern. I forget which monster was in there, but I had detected a falling cieling trap and was attempting to disable it, when the BIG critter showed up. Now, the DM brought along this thing for the sole purpose of trying to make us leave (We weren't supposed to be there yet...)
Now, as I'm trying to sneak around behind it, our resident mage uses her mage hand spell to push the trigger to the trap, and haing the ceiling fall and crush the critter...unfortunately, I was inside the ceiling area too...bye bye thief...
Anyway, The DM decided that due to the ceiling falling, they could not get enough of my body back for a ressurection...
I didn't really mind the crushing blow to my career as a thief, but that scenario just kind of stuck out in my mind.
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OK, any others?
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
2965 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2004 : 22:37:00
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| The one time when a player shapeshifted into a fly, then flew inside a vampire's ear. Then the vampire set off a meteor swarm inside it's head to destroy the fly... |
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Hymn
Senior Scribe
Sweden
514 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2004 : 22:38:29
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| hmm, good one. I had this DM once who loved "cause and effect". For instance I remember that we where on a hangbridge over a river. When suddenly on the other side some goblins appear and tries to saw of the ropes holding the bridge up. Our mage makes a fast calculation that his fireball should take the golins out and save the day for the rest of us. He flings the fireball and kills the goblins. At the same time one of the trees tha had grown near the bridge falls over, due to that it caught fire from the blast, and falls on the ropes. The rope snapp and we plummet down into the river. Wet but safe. |
Sauro moki kara ochiro - Even monkeys falls from trees.
The path that leads to truth is littered with the bodies of the ignorant - Miyamoto Musashi |
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Naroon Shimmerflow
Learned Scribe
Norway
104 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2004 : 11:58:01
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Once me and a character named Trueblade captured a zentarim general who had been killing, raping and torturing inocent people.
he was condemnd to death by the church of Helm or something. anyway they placed him in chains on this metal grating above a underground river. there was 4 priests standing in a circle around him, eatch one cast a flesh to stone spell until he got petryfied, then they cast a stone to mud, the mud poured into the river bellow the metal grating. no chance for him to be resurrected
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EcThelion
Learned Scribe
Norway
323 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2004 : 12:47:29
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quote:
Originally posted by Arivia
The one time when a player shapeshifted into a fly, then flew inside a vampire's ear. Then the vampire set off a meteor swarm inside it's head to destroy the fly...
Was it destroyed? [The fly] |
Ec'Thelion, formerly known as Forgotten One, now known as Ec'Thelion the Overpowered.
Currently not all that active. I'm preoccupied with Warcraft III for the moment. Bite me :P |
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Fibura Gauntlet
Seeker
United Kingdom
50 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2004 : 12:52:50
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quote:
Originally posted by Arivia
The one time when a player shapeshifted into a fly, then flew inside a vampire's ear. Then the vampire set off a meteor swarm inside it's head to destroy the fly...
Was it destroyed? [The vampire]  |
- Fibura Gauntlet
A scrib(bl)e on the margins of Candlekeep |
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EcThelion
Learned Scribe
Norway
323 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2004 : 12:56:06
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Even more interesting question:
What was moving inside that Vampire's head? ('cept for the fly). I mean like, who thinks "Hmm.... there's a fly inside my ear... I think I'll... CAST A METEOR STORM SPELL INSIDE MY OWN HEAD!!!"
And I though the vampires to the be 2.nd most dangerous undead creatures (after the Liches)... |
Ec'Thelion, formerly known as Forgotten One, now known as Ec'Thelion the Overpowered.
Currently not all that active. I'm preoccupied with Warcraft III for the moment. Bite me :P |
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Naroon Shimmerflow
Learned Scribe
Norway
104 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2004 : 13:32:30
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Poor fly and the Lich just have to get a headache
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
2965 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2004 : 15:16:49
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| The vampire didn't die, due to his 10 levels in elemental savant(giving him immunity to fire). He wouldn't be that stupid. Unfortunately, the fly survived(due to the DM's interpretation of the shapeshift spell). |
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Belfar
Seeker
USA
86 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2004 : 17:12:24
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| Well once we used a summoned horse to see if a deep dark cave was safe. Well several moments later the horse came running out with several puncture wounds and was in so much pain that it threw it self into a chasm to kill itself. We immediately knew what it was...stirges. So the wizard blindly sent in a 10ft wide lightening bolt in and eliminated about 75 percent of them. We killed the remaining off with out too much trouble. |
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Aman the Rejected
Acolyte
USA
14 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2004 : 18:17:03
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A large Earth Elemental was charging at me and I had one chance to act before being trampled. So I cast ... Meld with Stone.
I think he stopped about 100 ft later confused. I then stepped out and got out of the way for the rest of the group to surround and destory him.
*whew* |
-"The night went by peacefully and your watch was unsuccessful."
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2004 : 00:44:51
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| ah now this was an amusing tale my fellow adventurers and i had a good laugh at the night of the day this occured. we had encountered a group of hill giants. as my companions dispatched of the group, the leader of the giants snarled as it looked at me. the beast picked up a giant bolder and hurled it at me, as a cool shade washed over me, i glared up at the huge chunk of stone that began to block out the sun as it fell down towards me. my companions called out my name in fear that i would be crushed by the leader of the hill giants, but i had something in mind. i began my casting and the battle itself ceased. as i looked above me i saw the bolder frozen in midair. like my companions and the giants, they to stood still in battle positions. i smirlked and casually walked out of the shadow the stone had created above me. i then began my casting of another spell. it was an altered Bigbys Grasping Hand, i used the spiritual hand to gather the hill giants and place them under the shadow of the bolder the leader had thrown at me. once i had finished rearanging the hill giants, the duration of the Timestop spell was nearly over, i had just enough time (isnt that ironic) to position myself to be face to face with the leader of the hill giants. once the spell had faded, and time caught up with me, the head giant frowned with confusion and then looked at me, i smiled and briefly glanced up. the creature then looked up as well and saw what was in store for him. i then took a few steps back to avoid the splatter of giant fluids from spraying on me and the bolder crushed the three hill giants. my companions had then reoriented themselves from the sudden disapearence of their opponents in front of them and saw what i had done, smiles formed on each of their faces and they comended me for my efforts. ah that was a glorious event. do u not agreem, my fellow scribes? |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Naroon Shimmerflow
Learned Scribe
Norway
104 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2004 : 04:13:46
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| hahaha! agreat story of Most interesting use of a spell Dracandos |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2004 : 23:38:33
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| ah i am glad u enjoyed it Naroon Shimmerflow |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Shadowlord
Master of Realmslore
USA
1298 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2004 : 23:46:45
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Indeed, Naroon is not the only one who enjoyed this devious twist.... The drow are reknown for humor much like what you have posted..... |
The Chosen of Vhaeraun
"Nature is governed by certain immutable rules. By virtue of claw and fang, the lion will always triumph over the goat.Given time, the pounding of the sea will wear away the stone. And when dark elves mingle with the lighter races, the offspring invariably take after the dark parent. It is all much the same. That which is greater shall prevail. Our numbers increase steadily, both through birth and conquest. The dark elves are the dominant race, so ordained by the gods." Ka'Narlist of the Ilythiiri. |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jan 2004 : 01:09:47
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ah even the great Shadowlord enjoyed my tale, that is most pleasing. i feared because of the length of my tale, some scribes wouldnt bother 2 read it but u did! |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Shadowlord
Master of Realmslore
USA
1298 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jan 2004 : 01:30:11
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| Indeed, I miss nothing, good spellsage..... |
The Chosen of Vhaeraun
"Nature is governed by certain immutable rules. By virtue of claw and fang, the lion will always triumph over the goat.Given time, the pounding of the sea will wear away the stone. And when dark elves mingle with the lighter races, the offspring invariably take after the dark parent. It is all much the same. That which is greater shall prevail. Our numbers increase steadily, both through birth and conquest. The dark elves are the dominant race, so ordained by the gods." Ka'Narlist of the Ilythiiri. |
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Naroon Shimmerflow
Learned Scribe
Norway
104 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jan 2004 : 16:10:10
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As Shadowlord puts it; We miss nothing
keep the good stories coming |
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RogueAssassin
Learned Scribe
USA
207 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jan 2004 : 22:57:59
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Not a spell...\
In our last session the theif tried roping a medium sized greed dragon...he thought it would look cool.the guys in my group think they can just do anything i think ive babyed them a little to much, but nonethe less i let him do it...
and hey the guys thought he was soo cool ...and i admit it sorta was...
untill he was tragically ripped to shreds and burned beyond recognition by the dragon... teach that fool of a halfling to mess with the likes of dragons...
-Rogue
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EcThelion
Learned Scribe
Norway
323 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jan 2004 : 00:18:02
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I've only played Computer Games, so I don't have any real interesting spell-tales. But this one time (Not at band camp) I cast Spell Reflection upon myself, and when Irenicus 'killed' me in the cutscene (I did a 'baaaad' thing. You died no matta what if you do that baaaaad thing) he actually ended up killing himself... and I was stuck... hehe... he... h... e...
I'm too smart for my own good.
ShadowLORD (not master!)@ You know you've got a reputation when people start quoting you, or posing your quotes as their own sayings
Tell me, RogueAssassin, what does a Rouge Asassin do? Run around and kill... erhm... excuse my french... asassinate people out random? |
Ec'Thelion, formerly known as Forgotten One, now known as Ec'Thelion the Overpowered.
Currently not all that active. I'm preoccupied with Warcraft III for the moment. Bite me :P |
Edited by - EcThelion on 22 Jan 2004 00:24:56 |
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Shadowlord
Master of Realmslore
USA
1298 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jan 2004 : 00:34:51
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quote:
Originally posted by Forgotten One
I've only played Computer Games, so I don't have any real interesting spell-tales. But this one time (Not at band camp) I cast Spell Reflection upon myself, and when Irenicus 'killed' me in the cutscene (I did a 'baaaad' thing. You died no matta what if you do that baaaaad thing) he actually ended up killing himself... and I was stuck... hehe... he... h... e...
I'm too smart for my own good.
ShadowLORD (not master!)@ You know you've got a reputation when people start quoting you, or posing your quotes as their own sayings
Tell me, RogueAssassin, what does a Rouge Asassin do? Run around and kill... erhm... excuse my french... asassinate people out random?
Hmmm, indeed Forgotten One, I may have to introduce the scribes here to something called Copyright Infringement! |
The Chosen of Vhaeraun
"Nature is governed by certain immutable rules. By virtue of claw and fang, the lion will always triumph over the goat.Given time, the pounding of the sea will wear away the stone. And when dark elves mingle with the lighter races, the offspring invariably take after the dark parent. It is all much the same. That which is greater shall prevail. Our numbers increase steadily, both through birth and conquest. The dark elves are the dominant race, so ordained by the gods." Ka'Narlist of the Ilythiiri. |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jan 2004 : 00:58:31
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| lol does such a thing exist? |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Naroon Shimmerflow
Learned Scribe
Norway
104 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jan 2004 : 13:56:49
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Another small incident regarding this topic. as you all now probably know we (my group) still plays the good old 2nd ed.
Some years ago I was hit by a monster which turned me into stone, the other characters did not want to wander into the room the monster was in and desided to throw a lasso at me and pull me back out of the room. what happened was that when they started to pull the stone statue (me) it tiped over and my head fell of when it hit the floor.
after much difficulties they managed to pull both my head and my stone bodyback into safety. Then one of the magic users in the group used a stone shape to fasten my head back onto the stone body, then one of them used a stone to flesh and I was back in perfect shape
Now, would this be possible or would my body and soul die when i lost my head? or would it work as i discribed here?
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 00:41:06
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ah now that is a perplexing ?
using stone shape 2 refasten ur head 2 ur body seemingly would work. however, the flesh 2 stone spell says if delt any damage, it shatters 2 tiny pieces makin it impossible 2 bring back but i suppose if the head was cleanly cut off then refastened that part would work...now it seems that when u were turned back 2 flesh, u would come back ok. becuz i dont think u would die when ur head got cut off when u were a stone becuz when turned 2 stone, ur obviusly not alive. so i dont think u would die from that. wow, so yeah thats my explanation of y i think itd wor[^ |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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EcThelion
Learned Scribe
Norway
323 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 01:14:03
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Then again... when you DO come back you will still have that tincy, wincy line seperating your head from the rest of your body
(GhostShip, anyone?) |
Ec'Thelion, formerly known as Forgotten One, now known as Ec'Thelion the Overpowered.
Currently not all that active. I'm preoccupied with Warcraft III for the moment. Bite me :P |
Edited by - EcThelion on 23 Jan 2004 01:14:26 |
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Shadowlord
Master of Realmslore
USA
1298 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 01:19:51
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| lol. Can you say, turtleneck sweater? |
The Chosen of Vhaeraun
"Nature is governed by certain immutable rules. By virtue of claw and fang, the lion will always triumph over the goat.Given time, the pounding of the sea will wear away the stone. And when dark elves mingle with the lighter races, the offspring invariably take after the dark parent. It is all much the same. That which is greater shall prevail. Our numbers increase steadily, both through birth and conquest. The dark elves are the dominant race, so ordained by the gods." Ka'Narlist of the Ilythiiri. |
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Icewolf
Learned Scribe
USA
214 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 01:24:45
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| Well, Forgotten One, if the mage had used stone shape, then it is possible to just fasten the head back on and repair the damage, thereby taking off that incy wincy little line. |
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Naroon Shimmerflow
Learned Scribe
Norway
104 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 04:56:34
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Hahahaha I`ll give you a turtelneck sweater and a reason to use it 
Dracanos if you were the DM would you alow the "resurrection"? |
Good dice rolls, beats good tactics anytime[/size=1] |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 08:36:05
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| Let me head off any further speculation with this: it's possible, and mentioned in the rules. Stone to flesh works even after pieces are broken off; no effect on the former petrified character happens if large pieces (I think it was pieces larger than a pebble) are replaced. However, your DM should have ruled that you needed a cure light wounds or something. |
Hell hath no fury like all of Candlekeep rising in defense of one of its own.
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RogueAssassin
Learned Scribe
USA
207 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 17:09:57
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A rogue assassin works similar to a ronin samuri. they work for a single patron or guild for gold, housing, weapons, and so on...untill they find someone better suited for their wants.
Well at least mine does.
-Rogue
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"Spirit. Its a Heros strength, a mothers resiliance, and the poor mans armor. It cannot be broken and it cannot be taken away. This i must belive"---Drizzt Do'Urden |
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RogueAssassin
Learned Scribe
USA
207 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2004 : 17:11:13
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They also take care of scribes who ask to many questions...
-Rogue
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"Spirit. Its a Heros strength, a mothers resiliance, and the poor mans armor. It cannot be broken and it cannot be taken away. This i must belive"---Drizzt Do'Urden |
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