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<blockquote data-quote="Myth and Legend" data-source="post: 5356258" data-attributes="member: 82679"><p>[sblock=Flashback]Lora was thinking of Mirella, her tutor. The townfolk knew her as "the witch that lives in the woods" and they avoided her, even shunned her when she came to buy supplies or trade herbs or potions for food.</p><p></p><p>But when their children got ill or when their livestock was dying of the Yellow Pus they suddenly remembered her and dared knock on the door of her secluded cottage. If a field withered, or if winter was taking too long to succumb to spring, they would immediately blame it on <em>the witch</em>. Fortunately Mirella was smart and understood their way of thinking, and never held a grudge.</p><p></p><p>The girl now remembered learning Ray of Stupidity. She had laughed - a rare sight beyond her thirteenth year. A spell that can make someone stupid almost called for pranks! Mirella had gotten a serious expression and shaken her finger - a more fright inducing sight then Lora's father raising his hand to slap her bottom.</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: Yellow">"You must never use this spell on a man unless you want to kill him or you are prepared to nurse him back to health for weeks! Do you remember Will Tellerby, when he fell from his uncle's chestnut tree?"</span></em></p><p></p><p>Lora had nodded and replied: <em><span style="color: DarkOrange">"Yes, he was lying in bed and couldn't move or talk, or even open his eyes."</span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: Yellow">"Well you will do the same thing to someone by casting this, and it will leave them as such for several days. Do you remember Will's mother? How much she cried until that priest came from the capital? Never use this spell unless you are full aware of what you are doing!"</span></em></p><p></p><p>Lora was sitting there, the autumn leaves blowing trough the half open door of the hut. A cauldron was bubling softly in the back of the room, and the air was filled with the smell of herbs. <em><span style="color: DarkOrange">"So why are you teaching me then?!"</span></em> The girl had replied with annoyance. Upon reflecting on this now, Lora was thankful that Mirella as a truly patient and good woman.</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: Yellow">"Because it might be the only way you can survive the attack of an animal or worse - a monster. This spell severs important links inside a person's consciousness, leaving them unable to do anything but breathe. Target a bear or a wolf, and it will drop to the ground, completely helpless."</span></em></p><p></p><p>Lora had never cast this spell, until today. She had prepared it, carefully reading the incantations from her spellbook this morning, before the battle had started. She had not used it against the Treylor - a soldier dying by the sword was honorable. Being reduced to a vegetable made of flesh was not. Now it was time - the Hydra had resurfaced, just as Lora had planned.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>There it was, huge, four headed and vicious, it's roar loud even from this distance. <em><span style="color: DarkOrange">"It has four heads! Damn it!"</span></em> for a moment Lora thought the spell would be ineffective. But it didn't harm the brain, it harmed the mind, the consciousness. And that thing was dumb enough to be lead astray by her Dancing Lights.</p><p></p><p>The girl got within thirty feet of the monster, her feet shaking as she dropped her glaive and formed the sign with her left hand, while retrieveing the small cone hat replica from her spell component pouch. Making the triangle sigil with her fingers, she uttered the words: <span style="color: DarkOrange">"INJASA!"</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"></span></p><p>A yellow beam shot out, bright and vivid, with a low humming tone emitting form it. Almost as if someone was thinking hard on a question.</p><p></p><p>[sblock]HP:20/20, Fort: +5, Will: +3, Ref: +3, AC: 13, Attack (handheld/missile): +4</p><p></p><p> <strong>0 level:</strong> Daze, Light, Message, <s>Dancing Lights</s></p><p> <strong>1 level:</strong> <s>Shield</s>, <s>Mage Armor</s>, Benign Transposition x 2</p><p> <strong>2 level:</strong> <s>Glitterdust</s>, Ray of Stupidity x <s>2</s>1[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Myth and Legend, post: 5356258, member: 82679"] [sblock=Flashback]Lora was thinking of Mirella, her tutor. The townfolk knew her as "the witch that lives in the woods" and they avoided her, even shunned her when she came to buy supplies or trade herbs or potions for food. But when their children got ill or when their livestock was dying of the Yellow Pus they suddenly remembered her and dared knock on the door of her secluded cottage. If a field withered, or if winter was taking too long to succumb to spring, they would immediately blame it on [I]the witch[/I]. Fortunately Mirella was smart and understood their way of thinking, and never held a grudge. The girl now remembered learning Ray of Stupidity. She had laughed - a rare sight beyond her thirteenth year. A spell that can make someone stupid almost called for pranks! Mirella had gotten a serious expression and shaken her finger - a more fright inducing sight then Lora's father raising his hand to slap her bottom. [I][COLOR=Yellow]"You must never use this spell on a man unless you want to kill him or you are prepared to nurse him back to health for weeks! Do you remember Will Tellerby, when he fell from his uncle's chestnut tree?"[/COLOR][/I] Lora had nodded and replied: [I][COLOR=DarkOrange]"Yes, he was lying in bed and couldn't move or talk, or even open his eyes."[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=Yellow]"Well you will do the same thing to someone by casting this, and it will leave them as such for several days. Do you remember Will's mother? How much she cried until that priest came from the capital? Never use this spell unless you are full aware of what you are doing!"[/COLOR][/I] Lora was sitting there, the autumn leaves blowing trough the half open door of the hut. A cauldron was bubling softly in the back of the room, and the air was filled with the smell of herbs. [I][COLOR=DarkOrange]"So why are you teaching me then?!"[/COLOR][/I] The girl had replied with annoyance. Upon reflecting on this now, Lora was thankful that Mirella as a truly patient and good woman. [I][COLOR=Yellow]"Because it might be the only way you can survive the attack of an animal or worse - a monster. This spell severs important links inside a person's consciousness, leaving them unable to do anything but breathe. Target a bear or a wolf, and it will drop to the ground, completely helpless."[/COLOR][/I] Lora had never cast this spell, until today. She had prepared it, carefully reading the incantations from her spellbook this morning, before the battle had started. She had not used it against the Treylor - a soldier dying by the sword was honorable. Being reduced to a vegetable made of flesh was not. Now it was time - the Hydra had resurfaced, just as Lora had planned.[/sblock] There it was, huge, four headed and vicious, it's roar loud even from this distance. [I][COLOR=DarkOrange]"It has four heads! Damn it!"[/COLOR][/I] for a moment Lora thought the spell would be ineffective. But it didn't harm the brain, it harmed the mind, the consciousness. And that thing was dumb enough to be lead astray by her Dancing Lights. The girl got within thirty feet of the monster, her feet shaking as she dropped her glaive and formed the sign with her left hand, while retrieveing the small cone hat replica from her spell component pouch. Making the triangle sigil with her fingers, she uttered the words: [COLOR=DarkOrange]"INJASA!" [/COLOR] A yellow beam shot out, bright and vivid, with a low humming tone emitting form it. Almost as if someone was thinking hard on a question. [sblock]HP:20/20, Fort: +5, Will: +3, Ref: +3, AC: 13, Attack (handheld/missile): +4 [B]0 level:[/B] Daze, Light, Message, [s]Dancing Lights[/s] [B]1 level:[/B] [s]Shield[/s], [s]Mage Armor[/s], Benign Transposition x 2 [B]2 level:[/B] [s]Glitterdust[/s], Ray of Stupidity x [s]2[/s]1[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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