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Message: <blockquote data-quote="james3dwards" data-source="post: 1642236" data-attributes="member: 18544">Here lies Barry Jones, Dedicated AdventurerBarry grew up in downtown Chicago.  He was always an ambitious boy and liked his peas and carrots.  He joined the military just out of High School just like his brother before him.  He was a valient soldier and fought well in Desert Storm.  He was honorably discharged from his duties and returned back home to Chicago to join the Chicago SWAT.  Things took a turn for the worst after he joined the SWAT force.  He was with his SWAT team responding to a hostage situation within an old gothic church when a fog enveloped the whole inside of the church.  The SWAT crew wandered around aimlessly for 5-10 minutes.  When the fog finally cleared they were presented rough hewn cavern.  Barry soon realized he was not in Kansas anymore.  (This is where fenzer the DM took Barry from the D20 modern rules to DnD 3.5e and the Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil) Since Barry was the scout for the crew, he moved out into the darkness with only the clothes on his back and his H&KMP5.  Barry first heard about the attack over his Commset.  He rushed back.  From out of the stonework Trolls of unthinkable stench attacked the party.  Muzzle flash and bullets whizzed everywhere.  Barry hid in the shadows unsure when to attack.  He froze and would not help.  The mistake of not helping always plagued Barry.  He dreampt of the screams of his dying comrads as Gargoyles and Trolls tore and ripped their flesh.  In the end the score was MONSTERS 6, SWAT Team 0.  Barry wandered in a comatosed state and was eventually captured by a bastard of a monster called D'gran in one of the Crater Ridge Mines Bridge Complexes.  He was tortured relentlessly for days.  He was soon discovered by a crew of adventurers hell bent on ridding the Crater Ridge Mines of it's foulness.  When interviewed, the adventurers Joust, Rasta and Grim stated that they always remembered Barry as the quite and shy type.  He always took one for the team.  He spent the last 2 months of his life fighting nasty critters in the Crater Ridge Mines.  He even got to travel the countryside on holiday and visit the City of Verbobonc to converse with the locals.  Barry's first experience with death was when he was killed by the same beast that slew poor Gokuson (see the initial post above by Fenzer).  Barry was resurrected and continued to take the fight to the foe's.Barry died from a mortal wound a second time at the hands of an assassin whom which the party of adventurers had decided to take on as extra help earlier in the previous day.  The party did not know that this extra hand was not an assassin.  This extra help ended up slaying poor Barry at the entrance to the Earth Temple as a large battle was taking place between Trogs and the party.  All Barry wanted was to return to Chicago and have a slice of Deepdish Pizza.</blockquote>

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