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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 1969548" data-attributes="member: 12332">Heh, it's not MY responsiblity to point out their shortcomings to them.  Though I honestly wasn't expecting them to be that overmatched by the badgers.  I figured the wizard would memorize a few big thumper spells and that the musketeer would fall back to his trusty "beLAYing pin".  Unfortunately he was way too scared of getting anywhere near two giant badgers and figured he'd do more damage with the musketoon.  He missed the first shot and had to reload again and I think he just got into the "gun" and forgot he had other options he could consider.  The wizard has 8Str and 8Dex, so he's just a grumpy chubby guy in robes ... he doesn't bother to carry weapons, much less utilize them.What I didn't realize was that two of three spell effects he'd memorized for the day were big Air effects he spent most of the morning drumming and dancing up so he could help blow the ship back to port across the prevailing trade winds.  The Force effect he'd drummed up was a bit beyond his means, figuring he might have to punch a hole through a boarding party at distance as a last-resort.  Darn near knocked him out.Made for a great cinematic scene, though.  The third mate let go with his pistol daggers as the great badgers tore up from their wood-covered hole.  As the others scrambled for cover in shock he adjusted his grip and jumped onto the nearest beast, smoke still trailing from his blades!  The second mate (and ship's carpenter ... and surgeon) turned, dropped to one knee, and took sight with his musketoon ... but his sweat-slick hands betrayed him and though the smokey thunder of his report shook the trees, he did little but further enrage the great beasts as their claws turned on his stalwart companion.  The ship's wizard began to mutter under his breath, the glow of magics about his fingers ... but the fight rolled over him and he found himself batted aside by an earth-clotted paw, sorcery forgotten in the rush to survive.--fje</blockquote>

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