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Another report from Ranier:

Our last day out was the hardest.  Lack of sleep and food wears on a person.  I don't remember it very well.

  • Digging through the second level we came across a woman who jumped us.  It was a fierce battle, but we fought back and won.  The prize of the day for me was the spellbook she had, though I didn't let on.
  • We found Nualia.  I gave Alex the invisibility potion and he got us in.  She turned Sol into one of those Yeth Houds, but we killed her and he turned back.
  • We found documents and such that gave us a lot more insight to the big evil plan.
  • We found a treasure hoard including a massive bronze helmet.  We just have to get the thing out of here.
  • There are some really old tombs down here, something to do with the guy with the glaive and the book marked with the seven point start.
  • At last we found our way into a sealed room with some sort of barghest -- an extraplanar being.  Luckily we were able to pull together enough magic to kill it.
Gathering our equipment and Axle's belonging to finally leave this place was good.  We're heading back to to town and taking a couple of weeks off.  I'm going to take some time to teach Sol how to track and fetch.  He has some kind of luck.  I'm also going to work on selling off all of the extra crap we have collected.  At night, when the others are asleep, I'll see if I can decipher the magical spells from the various scrolls and books we've collected.  I think if I can work with the wands a bit, I might be able to start using them as a source of power for my attacks.  It will be a lot less draining than always trying to power them myself.  Carrying a wand is going to be a bit more conspicuous.  Sooner or later if I can learn to trust this new band of misfits, I might have to tell them.
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