THE BIG BLUE :
There is a small lake in Commonlands and it's a long time ago I had taken a bath. Therefore, with my
favourite skeleton, I decided to go swimming merely, just to bring up my skill "SWIM". I approach the
edge. Not the least small fish some seen. PLOUF ! After some strokes, I turn back to see how behaves
my skeleton. Holds ? No more skeleton ! I go out of the water, a look at the surroundings. And here I
see my skeleton to go out of water walking! Ha ha ha ha ! As written in the page 7 of the manual, the
skeletons cannot swim, but they just walk on the bottom to follow you ! (those who know will assess.)
My crazy laugh calmed, I decide to return there to see my skeleton walking on the bottom of the lake.
PLOUF ! I go a little far from the edge and I dive to see that. And I fall nose to nose with the fish of
which all the fishermen dream (you know, the fish that is twice bigger than you) ! The only problem, this
is that obviously the "Large Phirana" seems to take me as a maggot. Here I am, right in the middle of the
lake, in mail armor, fencing with a big fish while my skeleton is playing the diver 7 to 8 meters in under.
A little technical break for the curious one: When you are in the water, if you do nothing, you flow.
What's more, it is necessary to swim a few up to not sink. When you are under water, if your air reserve
is exhausted you take some damage. This devilish fish seems to have nodifficulty to breathe under water,
him. I do not relate the gymnastics to succeed to face it under the water in order to slash it, all while
dropping out the head from time to time to breathe! Despite all, I achieve to slaughter him and this is an
Uenaelar coughing, spitting, out of breath but victorious that spring out of the lake. This fish has brought
me in food, enough scales and experience ! Well, I go back ! PLOUF ! I swim in circles imitating the cry
of the maggot to attract another. What ! Gargle ! Arghhhhhh ! A laconique message on the screen has
just noticed me: "You have been Disconnected". All in cursing Cybercable, I try vainly to reconnect. 5
minutes later, I manage at last. First surprise, I am not dead! Second surprise, it's amounts to the same. I
discover my character at the reconnection at the bottom of the lake with 10% of my life points! I apply
the technical SWIM LIKE HELL straight towards the surface and I emerge to fresh air with 5 life points
! Reached on the bank, I consider what has happenend : While being deconnected, my character must
have "lived" about 30 seconds before the server realized the problem. I have therefore sunk, exhausted
all my air and lost 370 life points during this time. If I had been at level 16 instead of 17, I was killed. In
all case, no more fish during a month!
PANIC-STRICKEN !
One sees often newbies groups attacking the brigands camps. They are 8 to 10 around a poor brigand
that has trouble to bear the brunt of the attack. What one sees less often, this is a guy confronting alone
one of these brigands. This is the case for your preferred drow, with some precautions although. Usually,
I awaits that one of them goes away from the camp and I kill him. This is simple and quick. The other
evening, I see a brigand marauding. Zap ! Force Drain. What ? And since when his friends have they the
right to hide behind the trees ? There are therefore three furious brigands that decide to make me killed.
My "Harm Touch" being ready, I decide to blow off one before to escape. ZAP !. ?!?! This don't make
him anything ! What's more, my skeleton has just fallen on the field of honour. Well... RUN LIKE
HELL... Fortunately, I cross a group of adventurers. Elfe game, it remains only one brigand more behind
me. I change zone. Back in the zone of the brigands, I receive the habitual trimmed insults of the poor
guys that the brigands killed. I don't mind, I say, I am a drow. There is even a detail that worry me, this is
this guy who resisted to my harm Touch. A small eye on my log give me the information very fast. The
first one that laughs will not be invited to my birthday ! My harm Touch worked well for 171 points, but
in the panic, I casted it on my skeleton !
THE WEREWOLF :
During a hunt for Kodiaks, I see one evening an unusual clear gray form. I watch... Ouille Ouille Ouille !
This thing is a "Werewolf", red for me, therefore at least level 20 ! I am in a kind evening, I announce the
fact broadcasting "Be careful, there is a werewolf aside the Kiticor forest !" In return, I receive a
message from SILVERMYST : "We will see about it". I do not want to miss anything, so I approach a
little. And I seen coming a warrior in plate, followed by a silvered wolf, a tree and a tent !!! Yes, a tent !
And here in front of my astounded eyes that I rubbed several times, the warrior in plate attacks the
werewolf while the silvered wolf, the tree and the tent sprinkle him with spells ! I look at the clock... ten
past twenty two ... I am tired now, I will go to bed. The werewolf killed, the tent comes to me and
speaks to me ! His name is DUGAR, the silvered wolf is called SILVERMYST and the tree
KONICAMUS. They are mages of high level with spells of metamorphosis !! The discuss ends up and
the warrior go off, followed by the tent, the wolf and the tree... Holds, I forgot to close my mouth. During
a week, I think that I will stop urinating on the trees.
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At least 40 pounds ...
I know well the bottom of this lake.
The dervish camp
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Chapter 13
