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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 7523571" data-attributes="member: 1231">Urik feels strangely detached from himself after the sword of Drakus rends his flesh. He can see he is falling, and he hears the thud as he hits the ground, but then everything goes black, until...The half-orc opens his eyes and looks around. He is in a vast sea of grass that is gently swaying in the breeze. Am I dead? he thinks. 'Not yet,' comes a voice from behind him. The half-orc turns around. In the midst of the grass is a single large boulder. And atop the boulder sits a dark skinned man, his legs crossed, his palms pressed together, and his eyes closed. Urik falls to his knees in awe. 'Kneeling accomplishes nothing,' says the man. His eyes not opened. 'I have come to offer you a choice: Stay here and you may have a place among my students; or return to your mortal shell and your doomed allies and the next time you see this place you may be trapped in this boundless ocean - forever.' Urik nearly jumps out of his skin. Learn by the side of the Master of Masters himself! But... but he hesitates. 'I swore an oath that I would see the Dreamer's Star returned to its owner. And if I still draw breath I cannot abandon those who took up this quest with me.' He cannot say more as his breath catches in his throat.'I see,' says the man. 'A bauble named for a flighty deity and a temporary alliance is sufficient for you to decline my direct guidance towards your enlightenment.'There is an uncomfortable pause, and Urik feels a distinct sense of dread.'Without commitment, nothing I would teach you could bring you any closer to Nirvana. You have chosen well.' And then Urik's vision goes black again.Reflexively the half-orc's fingers clutch something heavy and wooden in his hand, the haft of his morningstar, and his eyes open. Corwin stands over him, engaging with the villainous Drakus. Through ragged breath he says a short prayer and then cries out urgently, "Hiromi, grab the Star and get ready to run!" And then Urik unleashes a mighty roar as he twists around to give his last swinging at the legs of his foe![ooc]I use my Hero Point and my roll to regain consciousness.1. Verbal Casting - Shield.2. STRIKE! <a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=223373" target="_blank">_: 1D20+2 = [19]+2 = 21</a><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=223373" target="_blank">1D6+3 = [2]+3 = 5</a><a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=223373" target="_blank"></a>[/ooc]</blockquote>

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