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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7149997" data-attributes="member: 6777052">Edgiban felt confident. He had eliminated the blundering oaf of a Barbarian and he was flush with wealth. The Rogue and the Thief would be easily disposed of with a few spells when the time came. Now, all that stood in the way of his ultimate triumph were Foghorn and his moll, the bookish Wizard woman. How to deal with them? Suddenly, the answer popped into his head. Gently, gently, ... It all seemed so obvious. ... done it!"Hey, Foghorn, buddy," called Edgiban, pretending to be drunk, "I bet you a gazillion gold I can beat youze fair and sq..sq..square at arm-wrestlinging! Jush you 'n me, jush strength, no spells. Watcha say, buddy?""Are you serious? Is he serious? Arm-wrestling? Me? Buddy, you're too drunk. I wouldn't take your money.""Aw, g'wan. Issht jush a bit o' fun."The goblins watched with interest. Arm-wrestling was something they understood. They started making small side bets amongst themselves.Smirking, and with his mind entirely full of manic thoughts, manic thoughts, manic thoughts Edgiban put on the Girdle of Giant Strength and sat down at a table. He placed all his gold and Mr Choppy-Chop the Magic Battleaxe on the table as his stake, raised his arm and waiting for Foghorn to take up the challenge. Nothing could go wrong. His position would shortly be unassailable.Sighing heavily, Foghorn sat at the table opposite the Sorcerer, elbow to elbow, and grasped the proffered hand. He counted. "One, Two, Three, ..." and broke the Sorcerer's arm as he twisted it round, down, and clear through the solid wooden table top.There was a sudden silence. You could have heard a pin drop. Then an excited babble of goblin voices broke out as petites pièces de monnaie en cuivre ont été passés de l'un à l'autre."Foggie, dear," murmured Book, "that wasn't really fair. He didn't know he'd put the Girdle on inside out.""Oh, but it was completely fair, Booksie dear," countered Foghorn scooping up his winnings, "I didn't know either."Excellent! thought the Mystic. With the sorcerer now out of the running, the next to be eliminated must logically be ...Bard (Balustrade) 50gp and FIVE—GOLD—RINGS!Cleric (Sister Jericho) 15gpDruid (Moss The Mystic) 17gpFighter (Foghorn) 51gp and Mr Choppy-Chop the Magic BattleaxeGucci & Ze Goblins (12, collectively) 7 gp, 1 ppRanger (Granger) 12gpRogue (Ronni) 9gp 3ppSorcerer (Edgiban) 0gp, a Girdle of Giant Strength (Storm), and a broken arm.Pala-Tavern Keeper-Din (Roland Butter) 13gp- - - Mimic (Gobblet, hench to P-TK-D) 3gpThief (Keyes) 30 gp, a Secret Map and a Handkerchief of FoldingWizard (Book) 5gp</blockquote>

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