Lorenna takes a few tentative steps toward the back of the hall where she can make out five doors along the back wall. Suddenly, the nightglow gem hanging about her neck glows with an alarming brightness in the dimly lit hall. “Menroa,” the Elven curse is loud and draws the attention of her companions. They all can see the light coming from the nightglow gem. “I really hate undead,” she... [click here for more]
With a deep breath, Gwendolyn positioned the chisel. With a small TAP of the hammer the final piece of the peridot fell away. To the untrained eye nothing about the gem had changed, but she could tell that she had succeeded. This was her most difficult work to date, but she knew that this peridot gemstone was now ready; it had become a dragon bone, ready to call forth a juvenile red dragon from... [click here for more]
"A pity." Tyrian pulled a small gemstone from his pocket. "I had hoped to hear your final words before you met your God." With an almost insolent flick he tossed the gem into the corner where Lash and his friends stood. Lash caught the sight of a star-like pattern in the perfect sphere of ruby as it flew toward them. Heat, flame, and excruciating pain filled the space as the gemstone hit the wall... [click here for more]
Gareth scanned the rolling plain that was the Grass Desert. "If only…" There! Gareth changed his course slightly and headed for a clump of particularly stiff-looking grass. He slid to a stop by the grass and pulled out a small spade. He quickly stuck the spade into the ground at the base of one of the plants. "Come on…" he mumbled, gently pulling the plant out. He stuck the spade in next to... [click here for more]
“The only dead end here, my dear Gwen, is theirs.” Reginald smiled at the rogue and pulled out a small golden disk as he stepped forward. Without giving the vampires a chance to react he flourished the disk, a small piece of pyrite, which flashed in the dim torchlight. The corridor brightened as a beam of golden light speared down the corridor. Screams rose from the throats of the five vampires... [click here for more]
“Ha!” Chang laughed and spat on the rough floor. “That’s what I think of your boasts. You had better drink that potion of yours quickly or it will do you no good.” He readied his scimitar with a final defiant slash through the air. “Oh, this,” Klauswitz said nonchalantly. “This is not for me. It’s for you.”“Why... [click here for more]