Time Well Spent

Tom Cashel · Oct 9, 2002

"Unacceptable. If you lose I will take your familiar. I am looking at the murderer of my wife."

Lucius Foxhound · Oct 9, 2002

"You are unlikely to find the murderer with your head firmly embedded in your arse, but I salute you for trying.

"My familiar?" *I chuckle* "I think you'd like him very much, actually. Very much indeed.

"But so do I. Instead, I offer this Ring of Protection and Cloak of Resistance."

Tom Cashel · Oct 9, 2002

You never thought you would see a frown so deeply eteched in a human's face.

"I promise you, you'll pay for your insolence. If only you were as accomplished a wizard as you are a comedian, you might have a chance of winning this duel.

"Your offer is paltry...but acceptable.

"I propose twelve seconds' preparation. Agreed?"

Lucius Foxhound · Oct 9, 2002

"Twelve seconds is agreeable.

"I propose an arena of a cube with 35 foot sides."

Tom Cashel · Oct 9, 2002

"A cube with 35 foot sides is agreeable."

Tom Cashel · Oct 9, 2002

Someone in the crowd calls out, "Let the attunement begin!!"

Gustav raises one eyebrow. "If you're ready then so am I."

Van Dyksun · Oct 9, 2002

Judge Mental here

[Okay, duelists. Send me stat blocks now, before the attunement begins. Identify all items affecting skill abilities and what spells you have memorized. If it ain't in the stat block, you ain't getting credit for it.]

Lucius Foxhound · Oct 9, 2002

"One question first, Gustav... where did you find your appentice? The dwarf?"

Tom Cashel · Oct 9, 2002

Gustav looks at you strangely. "What in the Weave are you talking about? This is my apprentice," he gestures to a thin, severe-looking young woman nearby, "Maren Vul."

Laughing, Gustav shakes his head. "A dwarf wizard. That's the silliest thing I've ever heard."

Lucius Foxhound · Oct 9, 2002

I stare at him with disbelief.

"I was visited last night by a dwarf named Zevikk Wymslayer claiming to be your apprentice. He's the one who told me of Mela's fate, of a golden Netherese scroll and the results of its devestation.

"But if he lied about who he was, perhaps he was lying about everything ... is that how Mela was murdered?"