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	Angela seems the most accepting of the group and their origins, and there is an expression of wonder in her eyes as she looks around at a real elf, a real dwarf, two half-elves, and a human prince. Shawna takes her aside and says earnestly, "I think that Tholadan caused the zombie plague, or at least contributed to it. He farms your world for zombies and items of power. We have followed him here to bring an end to him. We must move quickly. Will you come with us and teach us how to get around in this world?" Angela eagerly agrees, then she pulls Rick aside and they engage in an animated conversation.		Angela seems the most accepting of the group and their origins, and there is an expression of wonder in her eyes as she looks around at a real elf, a real dwarf, two half-elves, and a human prince. Shawna takes her aside and says earnestly, "I think that Tholadan caused the zombie plague, or at least contributed to it. He farms your world for zombies and items of power. We have followed him here to bring an end to him. We must move quickly. Will you come with us and teach us how to get around in this world?" Angela eagerly agrees, then she pulls Rick aside and they engage in an animated conversation.


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	Next into the column is Chalker, soon followed by Yasser and Ahn-Lee. Branamin hesitates; Barak turns and says to him, "They need a mage. You'll need this more than me..." The goblin touches his arm, transferring energy.		Next into the column is Chalker, soon followed by Yasser and Ahn-Lee. Branamin hesitates; Barak turns and says to him, "They need a mage. You'll need this more than me..." The goblin touches his arm, transferring energy.

	The gate through which Shawna passes is unlike any other. It is connected to the death icon within the column, which is itself a vast mana pool. She finds herself standing on a surface of flat black stone covered with painted patterns. She staggers slightly but overcomes a wave of nausea. Her initial impression of her surroundings takes in buildings and strange metal shapes. She senses ~~Tholodan~~ some distance away to her left.		The gate through which Shawna passes is unlike any other. It is connected to the death icon within the column, which is itself a vast mana pool. She finds herself standing on a surface of flat black stone covered with painted patterns. She staggers slightly but overcomes a wave of nausea. Her initial impression of her surroundings takes in buildings and strange metal shapes. She senses Tholadan some distance away to her left.

	Chalker comes through next to a tall metal pole topped with a glass-like globe. He immediately senses death. He extends his metal sense to detect the mithril in ~~Tholodan~~'s dagger, but it is ten miles away.		Chalker comes through next to a tall metal pole topped with a glass-like globe. He immediately senses death. He extends his metal sense to detect the mithril in Tholadan's dagger, but it is ten miles away.

	Ahn-Lee pops through the gate and collapses, his sense of direction spinning. Yasser emerges, gripping his axe; his ring tightens on his finger, and for a moment he is flying through valleys and rifts. Branamin arrives and drops to one knee. Shawna tends to Ahn-Lee and Branamin as they recover from the transition. Someone asks, "Are we dead?" Yasser asks the more urgent question, "Do they have drinks here?"		Ahn-Lee pops through the gate and collapses, his sense of direction spinning. Yasser emerges, gripping his axe; his ring tightens on his finger, and for a moment he is flying through valleys and rifts. Branamin arrives and drops to one knee. Shawna tends to Ahn-Lee and Branamin as they recover from the transition. Someone asks, "Are we dead?" Yasser asks the more urgent question, "Do they have drinks here?"
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	As Shawna casts a healing spell on him, Branamin mutters, "It had to be a planar gate." The mana here is low.		As Shawna casts a healing spell on him, Branamin mutters, "It had to be a planar gate." The mana here is low.

	Shawna takes out the four talismans that she had confiscated a few days ago. She explains to the others, "~~Tholodan~~ wanted these objects very much and was willing to pay a very high price for them. I think they may help us against him." Chalker reaches for the green sword, pauses, and takes the brown eagle instead. Yasser gets the red lens, Branamin the blue bell, and Ahn-Lee the sword.		Shawna takes out the four talismans that she had confiscated a few days ago. She explains to the others, "Tholadan wanted these objects very much and was willing to pay a very high price for them. I think they may help us against him." Chalker reaches for the green sword, pauses, and takes the brown eagle instead. Yasser gets the red lens, Branamin the blue bell, and Ahn-Lee the sword.

	Chalker gets Ahn-Lee and Yasser to help him right one of the strange metal constructs scattered around the flat black rock. Although he has never seen any such thing before, Chalker immediately identifies the construct as a vehicle, climbs inside, and after fiddling with the controls for a few moments, turns a key which causes the thing to belch smoke and emit loud grinding noises. Moving a lever and pressing a floor pedal makes the thing lurch forward.		Chalker gets Ahn-Lee and Yasser to help him right one of the strange metal constructs scattered around the flat black rock. Although he has never seen any such thing before, Chalker immediately identifies the construct as a vehicle, climbs inside, and after fiddling with the controls for a few moments, turns a key which causes the thing to belch smoke and emit loud grinding noises. Moving a lever and pressing a floor pedal makes the thing lurch forward.
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	Emerging from another building marked ''7-Eleven'', two women and two men armed with blades and what Chalker recognizes as ''guns'' approach warily. The strangers stare at them, and a couple of them make snide comments about their silly costumes and fantasy getup. Chalker asks them, "Is there a Zales here?"		Emerging from another building marked ''7-Eleven'', two women and two men armed with blades and what Chalker recognizes as ''guns'' approach warily. The strangers stare at them, and a couple of them make snide comments about their silly costumes and fantasy getup. Chalker asks them, "Is there a Zales here?"

	The newcomers' names are Rick, Angela, Ned, and Thelma, and this place is Santa Theresa, California. Three years ago a virus infected the entire world, causing a zombie plague. Almost all humankind and animals were wiped out. The four of them belong to a community of about 200 survivors. They are out patrolling for zombies and scavenging whatever food, water, and useful items they can find. ~~Tholodan~~ has passed through here many times; he always heads north and west toward the Pacific Ocean.		The newcomers' names are Rick, Angela, Ned, and Thelma, and this place is Santa Theresa, California. Three years ago a virus infected the entire world, causing a zombie plague. Almost all humankind and animals were wiped out. The four of them belong to a community of about 200 survivors. They are out patrolling for zombies and scavenging whatever food, water, and useful items they can find. Tholadan has passed through here many times; he always heads north and west toward the Pacific Ocean.

	Angela seems the most accepting of the group and their origins, and there is an expression of wonder in her eyes as she looks around at a real elf, a real dwarf, two half-elves, and a human prince. Shawna takes her aside and says earnestly, "I think that ~~Tholodan~~ caused the zombie plague, or at least contributed to it. He farms your world for zombies and items of power. We have followed him here to bring an end to him. We must move quickly. Will you come with us and teach us how to get around in this world?" Angela eagerly agrees, then she pulls Rick aside and they engage in an animated conversation.		Angela seems the most accepting of the group and their origins, and there is an expression of wonder in her eyes as she looks around at a real elf, a real dwarf, two half-elves, and a human prince. Shawna takes her aside and says earnestly, "I think that Tholadan caused the zombie plague, or at least contributed to it. He farms your world for zombies and items of power. We have followed him here to bring an end to him. We must move quickly. Will you come with us and teach us how to get around in this world?" Angela eagerly agrees, then she pulls Rick aside and they engage in an animated conversation.

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	Chalker runs over the middle skeleton, cracking its bones and sending it skidding. Shawna turns a flip and lands between the two lines of zombies. In the room are many more skeletons. There are several columns, each with a glowing niche about 6.5 feet above the floor. A wizard (W1) wearing a hood, stands at a lectern; a younger wizard (W2) stands to his left, and a third wizard (W3) stands among the skeletons. A pentagram on the floor is not (yet) active. Yasser runs up the stairs. Branamin reaches a landing.		Chalker runs over the middle skeleton, cracking its bones and sending it skidding. Shawna turns a flip and lands between the two lines of zombies. In the room are many more skeletons. There are several columns, each with a glowing niche about 6.5 feet above the floor. A wizard (W1) wearing a hood, stands at a lectern; a younger wizard (W2) stands to his left, and a third wizard (W3) stands among the skeletons. A pentagram on the floor is not (yet) active. Yasser runs up the stairs. Branamin reaches a landing.

	Shawna leaps into the air shouting "Delsa!" and casts Flash. Ahn-Lee jostles a skeleton aside as he passes a landing. Yasser, saying "Be my friend," swings at a skeleton. Chalker jumps past several zombies. Barak tells him, "Let me go." Branamin turns a corner and sees Yasser faced off with a skeleton		Shawna leaps into the air shouting "Delsa!" and casts Flash. Ahn-Lee jostles a skeleton aside as he passes a landing. Yasser, saying "Be my friend," swings at a skeleton. Chalker jumps past several zombies. Barak tells him, "Let me go." Branamin turns a corner and sees Yasser faced off with a skeleton.

	Yasser swings his ~~aze~~, breaking the skeleton's spine. Shawna leaps over the second line of zombies and into the pentagram. Branamin catches up with Yasser, then levitates a skeleton and places it between Yasser and potential attackers. W1 raises his right hand on which fire flickers; his left hand is held out to his side. Shawna senses powerstones in the four corners of the room, each aspected to Death; there is a "Death ambiance" from the glowing columns, but not that of Dar/Dara; there is "an absurd amount" of magic power tied to Death. W1's eyes widen when Shawna invokes Delsa; he issues a command, "Do it." Chalker lets go of Barak, who levitates himself away, and reaches the fifth floor. W3 is to his left, and the skeletons around him seem to Chalker to be an odd color. W2 gestures blindly. On each of the three wizards Chalker senses a silver knife and a ceremonial gold and mithril knife and no other metal. Ahn-Lee jumps over the undead onto the stairs, saying "Come get me!" Waving swords, the zombies chase Ahn-Lee; one of them swings and Ahn-Lee dodges.		Yasser swings his axe, breaking the skeleton's spine. Shawna leaps over the second line of zombies and into the pentagram. Branamin catches up with Yasser, then levitates a skeleton and places it between Yasser and potential attackers. W1 raises his right hand on which fire flickers; his left hand is held out to his side. Shawna senses powerstones in the four corners of the room, each aspected to Death; there is a "Death ambiance" from the glowing columns, but not that of Dar/Dara; there is "an absurd amount" of magic power tied to Death. W1's eyes widen when Shawna invokes Delsa; he issues a command, "Do it." Chalker lets go of Barak, who levitates himself away, and reaches the fifth floor. W3 is to his left, and the skeletons around him seem to Chalker to be an odd color. W2 gestures blindly. On each of the three wizards Chalker senses a silver knife and a ceremonial gold and mithril knife and no other metal. Ahn-Lee jumps over the undead onto the stairs, saying "Come get me!" Waving swords, the zombies chase Ahn-Lee; one of them swings and Ahn-Lee dodges.

	Shawna steps boldly toward W1 and says "Dar curses you." Chalker weaves between zombies, swings himself around a column, and lands near W3. Yasser, ignoring two skeletons, moves on up the stairs. Branamin follows, raising the skeleton up higher. Ahn-Lee jumps backward, slamming his shoulders solidly into the zombies behind him, knocking them backward. Yasser moves aside and Ahn-Lee lands on the next step up from him. "Hey, Yasser," says Ahn-Lee cheerfully. Yasser grumbles, "Stupid elf." W1 throws a fireball at Shawna who dodges; the fireball hits a zombie and sets it on fire. W3, gesturing broadly, charges along with the skeletons. Barak has almost reached the fifth floor.		Shawna steps boldly toward W1 and says "Dar curses you." Chalker weaves between zombies, swings himself around a column, and lands near W3. Yasser, ignoring two skeletons, moves on up the stairs. Branamin follows, raising the skeleton up higher. Ahn-Lee jumps backward, slamming his shoulders solidly into the zombies behind him, knocking them backward. Yasser moves aside and Ahn-Lee lands on the next step up from him. "Hey, Yasser," says Ahn-Lee cheerfully. Yasser grumbles, "Stupid elf." W1 throws a fireball at Shawna who dodges; the fireball hits a zombie and sets it on fire. W3, gesturing broadly, charges along with the skeletons. Barak has almost reached the fifth floor.
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	Next into the column is Chalker, soon followed by Yasser and Ahn-Lee. Branamin hesitates; Barak turns and says to him, "They need a mage. You'll need this more than me..." The goblin touches his arm, transferring energy.		Next into the column is Chalker, soon followed by Yasser and Ahn-Lee. Branamin hesitates; Barak turns and says to him, "They need a mage. You'll need this more than me..." The goblin touches his arm, transferring energy.

	The gate through which Shawna passes is unlike any other. It is connected to the death icon within the column, which is ~~itse''''Italic text''''''Italic text''''''lf~~ a vast mana pool. She finds herself standing on a surface of flat black stone covered with painted patterns. She staggers slightly but overcomes a wave of nausea. Her initial impression of her surroundings takes in buildings and strange metal shapes. She senses that Tholodan away to her left.		The gate through which Shawna passes is unlike any other. It is connected to the death icon within the column, which is itself a vast mana pool. She finds herself standing on a surface of flat black stone covered with painted patterns. She staggers slightly but overcomes a wave of nausea. Her initial impression of her surroundings takes in buildings and strange metal shapes. She senses that Tholodan away to her left.

	Chalker comes through next to a tall metal pole topped with a globe. He immediately senses death. He extends his metal sense to detect mithril, but it is ten miles away.		Chalker comes through next to a tall metal pole topped with a globe. He immediately senses death. He extends his metal sense to detect mithril, but it is ten miles away.

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	Shawna turns and runs into the column and vanishes. Ahn-Lee finishes off a zombie. Yasser destroys another zombie. Barak throws a Fireball at W2; he points to W3 and shouts to Chalker, "Finish it!" Chalker strikes W3, who collapses; all the zombies and skeletons stop moving.		Shawna turns and runs into the column and vanishes. Ahn-Lee finishes off a zombie. Yasser destroys another zombie. Barak throws a Fireball at W2; he points to W3 and shouts to Chalker, "Finish it!" Chalker strikes W3, who collapses; all the zombies and skeletons stop moving.

			Next into the column is Chalker, soon followed by Yasser and Ahn-Lee. Branamin hesitates; Barak turns and says to him, "They need a mage. You'll need this more than me..." The goblin touches his arm, transferring energy.

			The gate through which Shawna passes is unlike any other. It is connected to the death icon within the column, which is itse''''Italic text''''''Italic text''''''lf a vast mana pool. She finds herself standing on a surface of flat black stone covered with painted patterns. She staggers slightly but overcomes a wave of nausea. Her initial impression of her surroundings takes in buildings and strange metal shapes. She senses that Tholodan away to her left.

			Chalker comes through next to a tall metal pole topped with a globe. He immediately senses death. He extends his metal sense to detect mithril, but it is ten miles away.

			Ahn-Lee pops through the gate and collapses, his sense of direction spinning. Yasser emerges, gripping his axe; his ring tightens on his finger, and for a moment he is flying through valleys and rifts. Branamin arrives and drops to one knee. Shawna tends to Ahn-Lee and Branamin as they recover from the transition. Someone asks, "Are we dead?" Yasser asks the more urgent question, "Do they have drinks here?"

			The position of the sun indicates that it is late afternoon. Chalker, trailed by Ahn-Lee, sets off toward the nearest building which bears a sign: ''Buy-More -- Best Electronics''. He pulls the glass door open. The inside of the building is dark and has a horrible stench.

			As Shawna casts a healing spell on him, Branamin mutters, "It had to be a planar gate." The mana here is low.

			Shawna takes out the four talismans that she had confiscated a few days ago. She explains to the others, "Tholodan wanted these objects very much and was willing to pay a very high price for them. I think they may help us against him." Chalker reaches for the green sword, pauses, and takes the brown eagle instead. Yasser gets the red lens, Branamin the blue bell, and Ahn-Lee the sword.

			Chalker gets Ahn-Lee and Yasser to help him right one of the strange metal constructs scattered around the flat black rock. Although he has never seen any such thing before, Chalker immediately identifies the construct as a vehicle, climbs inside, and after fiddling with the controls for a few moments, turns a key which causes the thing to belch smoke and emit loud grinding noises. Moving a lever and pressing a floor pedal makes the thing lurch forward.

			Emerging from another building marked ''7-Eleven'', two women and two men armed with swords and what Chalker recognizes as guns approach warily. The strangers stare at them, and a couple of them make snide comments about their silly costumes and fantasy getup. Chalker asks them, "Is there a Zales here?"

			The newcomers' names are Rick, Angela, Ned, and Thelma, and this place is Santa Theresa, California. Three years ago a virus infected the entire world, causing a zombie plague. Almost all humankind and animals were wiped out. The four of them belong to a group of about 200 survivors. They are out patrolling for zombies and scavenging whatever food, water, and useful items they can find. Tholodan has passed through here many times; he always heads toward the Pacific Ocean.

			Angela seems the most accepting of the group and their origins, and there is an expression of wonder in her eyes as she looks around at a real elf, a real dwarf, two half-elves, and a human prince. Shawna takes her aside and says earnestly, "I think that Tholodan caused the zombie plague, or at least contributed to it. He farms your world for zombies and items of power. We have followed him here to bring an end to him. We must move quickly. Will you come with us and teach us how to get around in this world?" Angela eagerly agrees, then she pulls Rick aside and they engage in an animated conversation.

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	Ahn-Lee attacks a zombie. Yasser moves up beside Ahn-Lee and chops down at the same zombie. Chalker swings at W3, inflicting a mortal wound. A zombie attacks Branamin but misses. A zombie attacks Ahn-Lee, who parries. A zombie injures Yasser. Branamin creates an Illusion of W1 and has it order the zombies to kill each other (but it has no effect). Barak touches a zombie and it flares up like a torch. W2 steps toward W1 and says something in a low voice; W1 immediately runs to a column and vanishes. Shawna glimpses a sickly green jasper statuette of an oddly-dressed zombie carrying a scythe; its aspect is that of "death corrupted." She realizes that W1 entered a gate. Shawna strikes W2, who seems very surprised that W1 ran.		Ahn-Lee attacks a zombie. Yasser moves up beside Ahn-Lee and chops down at the same zombie. Chalker swings at W3, inflicting a mortal wound. A zombie attacks Branamin but misses. A zombie attacks Ahn-Lee, who parries. A zombie injures Yasser. Branamin creates an Illusion of W1 and has it order the zombies to kill each other (but it has no effect). Barak touches a zombie and it flares up like a torch. W2 steps toward W1 and says something in a low voice; W1 immediately runs to a column and vanishes. Shawna glimpses a sickly green jasper statuette of an oddly-dressed zombie carrying a scythe; its aspect is that of "death corrupted." She realizes that W1 entered a gate. Shawna strikes W2, who seems very surprised that W1 ran.

	Shawna turns and runs into the column and vanishes. Ahn-Lee finishes off a zombie. Yasser destroys another zombie. Barak throws a Fireball at W2; he points to W3 and shouts to Chalker, "Finish it!" Chalker strikes W2, who collapses; all the zombies and skeletons stop moving.		Shawna turns and runs into the column and vanishes. Ahn-Lee finishes off a zombie. Yasser destroys another zombie. Barak throws a Fireball at W2; he points to W3 and shouts to Chalker, "Finish it!" Chalker strikes W3, who collapses; all the zombies and skeletons stop moving.

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		Chalker has reached a landing; this stairway ends on the second floor, and his knowledge of architecture indicates that the next set of stairs are to his right. He TKs a spear at a zombie, striking its torso and knocking it back.

		Branamin reaches the stairs, takes two steps up, and begins charging a Sunbolt. Ahn-Lee stabs with both knives, almost decapitating a zombie. Shawna steps up, swings her sword and decapitates another zombie. Chalker steps back and decapitates the zombie next to Shawna. Yasser readies his axe and moves up the stairs. All six zombies on the stairs take one step down.

		Branamin dissipates his Sunbolt and runs upstairs. Ahn-Lee reaches the landing. Chalker calls out, "Yasser, come forth!" and the dwarf charges up the stairs. Shawna, heading for the next stairway, slices a zombie in half. A zombie tries to swing its sword but flings it downstairs instead.

		Shawna acrobatically bounds over the zombies' heads. Chalker locks arms with Yasser (who is holding his axe horizontally in both fists) and they bulldoze through two zombies, knocking them down. Ahn-Lee steps on a zombie's head as he moves up behind Chalker and Yasser, and Branamin runs up behind Ahn-Lee.

		On the second floor is a large room supported by pillars, carpeted with red plush. Glass windows overlook the courtyard. Behind a couple of ranks of zombies, standing between a pillar and a table, is a black-robed, hooded figure about six feet tall, arms extended to the sides, a couple of dozen skeletons arrayed in front. Chalker and Yasser charge into the next zombies hard enough to raise the latter off their feet; the zombie on the right is forced back and impaled on the spear of the zombie behind it.

		Shawna springs past some zombies onto the first step. Chalker grabs a spear away from a zombie. Yasser strikes a zombie with his axe. Branamin stops and begins building a swirling ball of air (Concussion spell).

		Chalker TKs a spear and hurls it at the hooded figure. Ahn-Lee stabs clear through a zombie's skull. Yasswer deals a zombie a solid blow with his axe. Shawna leaps over two more zombies. Branamin throws a pulsating Concussion wave that obliterates several skeletons. When the hooded figure fails to react, Branamin calls out, "Illusion!" Two zombies charge Branamin, and he blocks them with his Iron Arm. Four zombies turn around to chase Shawna. Yasser growls at a zombie, "You die -- again!"

		From somewhere behind the group, Barak screams. Shawna bounces past two more zombies onto the landing next to a zombie. Chalker releases his TK'ed spear and turns; seeing that Barak had been cut by one of the plate-armored golems, he picks up the goblin and continues to the base of the stairs. Ahn-Lee double-stabs a zombie; the zombie tries to hit Ahn-Lee, who parries. Two zombies charge Yasser. Branamin casts Glue.

		Ahn-Lee swings at the necks of two zombies, hitting one. Shawna runs past a zombie and halfway up the next flight of stairs. Yasser, being in a target-rich environment, commences a whirlwind attack and heavily damages two zombies. Chalker catches up with the zombies that are chasing Shawna. Branamin, seeing another golem head toward Yasser, jumps at it screaming to draw its attention. A zombie swings at Yasser, who dodges back. Ahn-Lee retreats a step and dodges two zombies. A zombie swings at Branamin, barely missing his left arm.

		Shawna speeds past a zombie and four skeletons and is four steps up the next set of stairs. Barak casts a healing spell on himself to stop the bleeding. Yasser continues his whirlwind attack and a zombie falls before him. Branamin casts Earth to Stone on a golem, turning the clay to solid rock. Yasser dodges a zombie attack that clips his mustache. Ahn-Lee parries a zombie's sword.

		Branamin reaches the base of the stairs and sees Chalker running among zombies (as though he his one of them). Shawna passes the landing and is headed for the fourth floor, evading skeletons and zombies. Ahn-Lee slams both knives into the top of a zombie's head. Chalker muscles past two zombies. Yasser slices a zombie. A zombie swings at Ahn-Lee but hits another zombie instead.

		Ahn-Lee decapitates a zombie. Shawna continues up the stairs toward the fifth floor. Chalker, at the front of a pack of nine zombies, queries "Barak?" Yasser finishes off a zombie. Branamin, noting Chalker and his zombie pack, shouts "Going upstairs!"

		Ahn-Lee runs, yelling, "Come on, dwarf?" Yasser comes on. Chalker leads his pack, acrobatically making the turn on the landing. A zombie tries to swing at Chalker, misses, then is bowled over by the zombie pack, most of which then stumble over the fallen zombie and one another. Branamin prepares another Glue spell.

		Shawna rounds the landing. At the top of the stairs stand two lines of five zombies. Ahn-Lee reaches the top of the stairs; seeing Branamin gesturing, he asks, "Got this, wizard?" Branamin: "Maybe?" Chalker asks Barak, "Are you okay yet?" as he reaches the fourth floor landing. Branamin casts Glue, then shouts, "I got them!"

		Chalker runs over the middle skeleton, cracking its bones and sending it skidding. Shawna turns a flip and lands between the two lines of zombies. In the room are many more skeletons. There are several columns, each with a glowing niche about 6.5 feet above the floor. A wizard (W1) wearing a hood, stands at a lectern; a younger wizard (W2) stands to his left, and a third wizard (W3) stands among the skeletons. A pentagram on the floor is not (yet) active. Yasser runs up the stairs. Branamin reaches a landing.

		Shawna leaps into the air shouting "Delsa!" and casts Flash. Ahn-Lee jostles a skeleton aside as he passes a landing. Yasser, saying "Be my friend," swings at a skeleton. Chalker jumps past several zombies. Barak tells him, "Let me go." Branamin turns a corner and sees Yasser faced off with a skeleton

		Yasser swings his aze, breaking the skeleton's spine. Shawna leaps over the second line of zombies and into the pentagram. Branamin catches up with Yasser, then levitates a skeleton and places it between Yasser and potential attackers. W1 raises his right hand on which fire flickers; his left hand is held out to his side. Shawna senses powerstones in the four corners of the room, each aspected to Death; there is a "Death ambiance" from the glowing columns, but not that of Dar/Dara; there is "an absurd amount" of magic power tied to Death. W1's eyes widen when Shawna invokes Delsa; he issues a command, "Do it." Chalker lets go of Barak, who levitates himself away, and reaches the fifth floor. W3 is to his left, and the skeletons around him seem to Chalker to be an odd color. W2 gestures blindly. On each of the three wizards Chalker senses a silver knife and a ceremonial gold and mithril knife and no other metal. Ahn-Lee jumps over the undead onto the stairs, saying "Come get me!" Waving swords, the zombies chase Ahn-Lee; one of them swings and Ahn-Lee dodges.

		Shawna steps boldly toward W1 and says "Dar curses you." Chalker weaves between zombies, swings himself around a column, and lands near W3. Yasser, ignoring two skeletons, moves on up the stairs. Branamin follows, raising the skeleton up higher. Ahn-Lee jumps backward, slamming his shoulders solidly into the zombies behind him, knocking them backward. Yasser moves aside and Ahn-Lee lands on the next step up from him. "Hey, Yasser," says Ahn-Lee cheerfully. Yasser grumbles, "Stupid elf." W1 throws a fireball at Shawna who dodges; the fireball hits a zombie and sets it on fire. W3, gesturing broadly, charges along with the skeletons. Barak has almost reached the fifth floor.

		Ahn-Lee returns to the landing, saying again "Hey, Yasser!" Yasser mutters, "Idiot." Chalker hooks W2's dagger and pushes it into him. Shawna takes another step toward W1 and smiles dangerously. Branamin follows Yasser and Ahn-Lee to the landing. W3 touches a skeleton, utters a word, and the skeleton explodes. Shards of bone strike Chalker but none of them get through his armor. The bone shards damage one of the zombies and destroy a skeleton.

		Ahn-Lee attacks a zombie. Yasser moves up beside Ahn-Lee and chops down at the same zombie. Chalker swings at W3, inflicting a mortal wound. A zombie attacks Branamin but misses. A zombie attacks Ahn-Lee, who parries. A zombie injures Yasser. Branamin creates an Illusion of W1 and has it order the zombies to kill each other (but it has no effect). Barak touches a zombie and it flares up like a torch. W2 steps toward W1 and says something in a low voice; W1 immediately runs to a column and vanishes. Shawna glimpses a sickly green jasper statuette of an oddly-dressed zombie carrying a scythe; its aspect is that of "death corrupted." She realizes that W1 entered a gate. Shawna strikes W2, who seems very surprised that W1 ran.

		Shawna turns and runs into the column and vanishes. Ahn-Lee finishes off a zombie. Yasser destroys another zombie. Barak throws a Fireball at W2; he points to W3 and shouts to Chalker, "Finish it!" Chalker strikes W2, who collapses; all the zombies and skeletons stop moving.

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	We met 4 travellers with technological weapons who needed a demonstration to believe in magic. After a short meeting amongst themselves and explaining "electronics" that powered the mage they agreed to help us find and fight the tower mage and even offered to provide us with some basic supplies.		We met 4 travellers with technological weapons who needed a demonstration to believe in magic. After a short meeting amongst themselves and explaining "electronics" that powered the mage they agreed to help us find and fight the tower mage and even offered to provide us with some basic supplies.














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	== In Other Words ==		== In Other Words ==

	Chalker has reached a landing; this stairway ends on the second floor, and his knowledge of architecture indicates that the next set of stairs ~~are~~ to his right. He TKs a spear at a zombie, striking its torso and knocking it back.		Chalker has reached a landing; this stairway ends on the second floor, and his knowledge of architecture indicates that the next set of stairs is to his right. He TKs a spear at a zombie, striking its torso and knocking it back.

	Branamin reaches the stairs, takes two steps up, and begins charging a Sunbolt. Ahn-Lee stabs with both knives, almost decapitating a zombie. Shawna steps up, swings her sword and decapitates another zombie. Chalker steps back and decapitates the zombie next to Shawna. Yasser readies his axe and moves up the stairs. All six zombies on the stairs take one step down.		Branamin reaches the stairs, takes two steps up, and begins charging a Sunbolt. Ahn-Lee stabs with both knives, almost decapitating a zombie. Shawna steps up, swings her sword and decapitates another zombie. Chalker steps back and decapitates the zombie next to Shawna. Yasser readies his axe and moves up the stairs. All six zombies on the stairs take one step down.
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	Shawna acrobatically bounds over the zombies' heads. Chalker locks arms with Yasser (who is holding his axe horizontally in both fists) and they bulldoze through two zombies, knocking them down. Ahn-Lee steps on a zombie's head as he moves up behind Chalker and Yasser, and Branamin runs up behind Ahn-Lee.		Shawna acrobatically bounds over the zombies' heads. Chalker locks arms with Yasser (who is holding his axe horizontally in both fists) and they bulldoze through two zombies, knocking them down. Ahn-Lee steps on a zombie's head as he moves up behind Chalker and Yasser, and Branamin runs up behind Ahn-Lee.

	On the second floor is a large room supported by pillars, carpeted with red plush. Glass windows overlook the courtyard. Behind a couple of ranks of zombies, standing between a pillar and a table, is a black-robed, hooded figure about six feet tall, arms extended to the sides, a couple of dozen skeletons arrayed in front. Chalker and Yasser charge into the next zombies hard enough to raise the latter off their feet; the zombie on the right is forced back and impaled on the spear of the zombie behind it.		On the second floor is a large room supported by pillars, carpeted with red plush. Glass windows overlook the courtyard. Behind a couple of ranks of zombies, standing between a pillar and a table, is a black-robed, hooded figure about six feet tall, arms extended to the sides, a couple of dozen skeletons arrayed in front. Chalker and Yasser charge into the next two zombies hard enough to raise the latter off their feet; the zombie on the right is forced back and impaled on the spear of the zombie behind it.

	Shawna springs past some zombies onto the first step. Chalker grabs a spear away from a zombie. Yasser strikes a zombie with his axe. Branamin stops and begins building a swirling ball of air (Concussion spell).		Shawna springs past some zombies onto the first step. Chalker grabs a spear away from a zombie. Yasser strikes a zombie with his axe. Branamin stops and begins building a swirling ball of air (Concussion spell).
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	Shawna speeds past a zombie and four skeletons and is four steps up the next set of stairs. Barak casts a healing spell on himself to stop the bleeding. Yasser continues his whirlwind attack and a zombie falls before him. Branamin casts Earth to Stone on a golem, turning the clay to solid rock. Yasser dodges a zombie attack that clips his mustache. Ahn-Lee parries a zombie's sword.		Shawna speeds past a zombie and four skeletons and is four steps up the next set of stairs. Barak casts a healing spell on himself to stop the bleeding. Yasser continues his whirlwind attack and a zombie falls before him. Branamin casts Earth to Stone on a golem, turning the clay to solid rock. Yasser dodges a zombie attack that clips his mustache. Ahn-Lee parries a zombie's sword.

	Branamin reaches the base of the stairs and sees Chalker running among zombies (as though he ~~his~~ one of them). Shawna passes the landing and is headed for the fourth floor, evading skeletons and zombies. Ahn-Lee slams both knives into the top of a zombie's head. Chalker muscles past two zombies. Yasser slices a zombie. A zombie swings at Ahn-Lee but hits another zombie instead.		Branamin reaches the base of the stairs and sees Chalker running among zombies (as though he is one of them). Shawna passes the landing and is headed for the fourth floor, evading skeletons and zombies. Ahn-Lee slams both knives into the top of a zombie's head. Chalker muscles past two zombies. Yasser slices a zombie. A zombie swings at Ahn-Lee but hits another zombie instead.

	Ahn-Lee decapitates a zombie. Shawna continues up the stairs toward the fifth floor. Chalker, at the front of a pack of nine zombies, queries "Barak?" Yasser finishes off a zombie. Branamin, noting Chalker and his zombie pack, shouts "Going upstairs!"		Ahn-Lee decapitates a zombie. Shawna continues up the stairs toward the fifth floor. Chalker, at the front of a pack of nine zombies, queries "Barak?" Yasser finishes off a zombie. Branamin, noting Chalker and his zombie pack, shouts "Going upstairs!"
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	Shawna leaps into the air shouting "Delsa!" and casts Flash. Ahn-Lee jostles a skeleton aside as he passes a landing. Yasser, saying "Be my friend," swings at a skeleton. Chalker jumps past several zombies. Barak tells him, "Let me go." Branamin turns a corner and sees Yasser faced off with a skeleton.		Shawna leaps into the air shouting "Delsa!" and casts Flash. Ahn-Lee jostles a skeleton aside as he passes a landing. Yasser, saying "Be my friend," swings at a skeleton. Chalker jumps past several zombies. Barak tells him, "Let me go." Branamin turns a corner and sees Yasser faced off with a skeleton.

	Yasser swings his axe, breaking the skeleton's spine. Shawna leaps over the second line of zombies and into the pentagram. Branamin catches up with Yasser, then levitates a skeleton and places it between Yasser and potential attackers. W1 raises his right hand on which fire flickers; his left hand is held out to his side. Shawna senses powerstones in the four corners of the room, each aspected to Death; there is a "Death ambiance" from the glowing columns, but not that of Dar/Dara; there is "an absurd amount" of magic power tied to Death. W1's eyes widen when Shawna invokes Delsa; he issues a command, "Do it." Chalker lets go of Barak, who levitates himself away, and reaches the fifth floor. W3 is to his left, and the skeletons around him seem to Chalker to be an odd color. W2 gestures blindly. On each of the three wizards Chalker senses a silver knife and a ceremonial gold and mithril knife and no other metal. Ahn-Lee jumps over the undead onto the stairs, saying "Come get me!" Waving swords, the zombies chase Ahn-Lee; one of them swings and Ahn-Lee dodges.		Yasser swings his axe, breaking the skeleton's spine. Shawna leaps over the second line of zombies and into the pentagram. Branamin catches up with Yasser, then levitates a skeleton and places it between Yasser and potential attackers. W1 raises his right hand, upon which fire flickers; his left hand is held out to his side. Shawna senses powerstones in the four corners of the room, each aspected to Death; there is a "Death ambiance" from the glowing columns, but not that of Dar/Dara; there is "an absurd amount" of magic power tied to Death. W1's eyes widen when Shawna invokes Delsa; he issues a command, "Do it." Chalker lets go of Barak, who levitates himself away, and reaches the fifth floor. W3 is to his left, and the skeletons around him seem to Chalker to be an odd color. W2 gestures blindly. On each of the three wizards Chalker senses a silver knife and a ceremonial gold and mithril knife and no other metal. Ahn-Lee jumps over the undead onto the stairs, saying "Come get me!" Waving swords, the zombies chase Ahn-Lee; one of them swings and Ahn-Lee dodges.

	Shawna steps boldly toward W1 and says "Dar curses you." Chalker weaves between zombies, swings himself around a column, and lands near W3. Yasser, ignoring two skeletons, moves on up the stairs. Branamin follows, raising the skeleton up higher. Ahn-Lee jumps backward, slamming his shoulders solidly into the zombies behind him, knocking them backward. Yasser moves aside and Ahn-Lee lands on the next step up from him. "Hey, Yasser," says Ahn-Lee cheerfully. Yasser grumbles, "Stupid elf." W1 throws a fireball at Shawna who dodges; the fireball hits a zombie and sets it on fire. W3, gesturing broadly, charges along with the skeletons. Barak has almost reached the fifth floor.		Shawna steps boldly toward W1 and says "Dar curses you." Chalker weaves between zombies, swings himself around a column, and lands near W3. Yasser, ignoring two skeletons, moves on up the stairs. Branamin follows, raising the skeleton up higher. Ahn-Lee jumps backward, slamming his shoulders solidly into the zombies behind him, knocking them backward. Yasser moves aside and Ahn-Lee lands on the next step up from him. "Hey, Yasser," says Ahn-Lee cheerfully. Yasser grumbles, "Stupid elf." W1 throws a fireball at Shawna who dodges; the fireball hits a zombie and sets it on fire. W3, gesturing broadly, charges along with the skeletons. Barak has almost reached the fifth floor.
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	Ahn-Lee returns to the landing, saying again "Hey, Yasser!" Yasser mutters, "Idiot." Chalker hooks W2's dagger and pushes it into him. Shawna takes another step toward W1 and smiles dangerously. Branamin follows Yasser and Ahn-Lee to the landing. W3 touches a skeleton, utters a word, and the skeleton explodes. Shards of bone strike Chalker but none of them get through his armor. The bone shards damage one of the zombies and destroy a skeleton.		Ahn-Lee returns to the landing, saying again "Hey, Yasser!" Yasser mutters, "Idiot." Chalker hooks W2's dagger and pushes it into him. Shawna takes another step toward W1 and smiles dangerously. Branamin follows Yasser and Ahn-Lee to the landing. W3 touches a skeleton, utters a word, and the skeleton explodes. Shards of bone strike Chalker but none of them get through his armor. The bone shards damage one of the zombies and destroy a skeleton.

	Ahn-Lee attacks a zombie. Yasser moves up beside Ahn-Lee and chops down at the same zombie. Chalker swings at W3, inflicting a mortal wound. A zombie attacks Branamin but misses. A zombie attacks Ahn-Lee, who parries. A zombie injures Yasser. Branamin creates an Illusion of W1 and has it order the zombies to kill each other (but it has no effect). Barak touches a zombie and it flares up like a torch. W2 steps toward W1 and says something in a low voice; W1 immediately runs to a column and vanishes. Shawna glimpses a sickly green jasper statuette of an oddly-dressed zombie carrying a scythe; its aspect is that of "death corrupted." She realizes that W1 entered a gate. Shawna strikes W2, who seems very surprised that W1 ran.		Ahn-Lee attacks a zombie. Yasser moves up beside Ahn-Lee and chops down at the same zombie. Chalker swings at W3, inflicting a mortal wound. A zombie attacks Branamin but misses. A zombie attacks Ahn-Lee, who parries. A zombie injures Yasser. Branamin creates an Illusion of W1 and has it order the zombies to kill each other (but it has no effect). Barak touches a zombie and it flares up like a torch. W2 steps toward W1 and says something in a low voice; W1 immediately runs to a column and vanishes. Shawna glimpses a sickly green jasper statuette of an oddly-dressed zombie carrying a scythe; its aspect is that of "death corrupted." She realizes that W1 entered a gate. Shawna strikes W2, who seems very surprised that W1 ran away.

	Shawna turns and runs into the column and vanishes. Ahn-Lee finishes off a zombie. Yasser destroys another zombie. Barak throws a Fireball at W2; he points to W3 and shouts to Chalker, "Finish it!" Chalker strikes W3, who collapses; all the zombies and skeletons stop moving.		Shawna turns and runs into the column and vanishes. Ahn-Lee finishes off a zombie. Yasser destroys another zombie. Barak throws a Fireball at W2; he points to W3 and shouts to Chalker, "Finish it!" Chalker strikes W3, who collapses; all the zombies and skeletons stop moving.
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	Next into the column is Chalker, soon followed by Yasser and Ahn-Lee. Branamin hesitates; Barak turns and says to him, "They need a mage. You'll need this more than me..." The goblin touches his arm, transferring energy.		Next into the column is Chalker, soon followed by Yasser and Ahn-Lee. Branamin hesitates; Barak turns and says to him, "They need a mage. You'll need this more than me..." The goblin touches his arm, transferring energy.

	The gate through which Shawna passes is unlike any other. It is connected to the death icon within the column, which is itself a vast mana pool. She finds herself standing on a surface of flat black stone covered with painted patterns. She staggers slightly but overcomes a wave of nausea. Her initial impression of her surroundings takes in buildings and strange metal shapes. She senses ~~that~~ Tholodan away to her left.		The gate through which Shawna passes is unlike any other. It is connected to the death icon within the column, which is itself a vast mana pool. She finds herself standing on a surface of flat black stone covered with painted patterns. She staggers slightly but overcomes a wave of nausea. Her initial impression of her surroundings takes in buildings and strange metal shapes. She senses Tholodan some distance away to her left.

	Chalker comes through next to a tall metal pole topped with a globe. He immediately senses death. He extends his metal sense to detect mithril, but it is ten miles away.		Chalker comes through next to a tall metal pole topped with a glass-like globe. He immediately senses death. He extends his metal sense to detect the mithril in Tholodan's dagger, but it is ten miles away.

	Ahn-Lee pops through the gate and collapses, his sense of direction spinning. Yasser emerges, gripping his axe; his ring tightens on his finger, and for a moment he is flying through valleys and rifts. Branamin arrives and drops to one knee. Shawna tends to Ahn-Lee and Branamin as they recover from the transition. Someone asks, "Are we dead?" Yasser asks the more urgent question, "Do they have drinks here?"		Ahn-Lee pops through the gate and collapses, his sense of direction spinning. Yasser emerges, gripping his axe; his ring tightens on his finger, and for a moment he is flying through valleys and rifts. Branamin arrives and drops to one knee. Shawna tends to Ahn-Lee and Branamin as they recover from the transition. Someone asks, "Are we dead?" Yasser asks the more urgent question, "Do they have drinks here?"

	The position of the sun indicates that it is late afternoon. Chalker, trailed by Ahn-Lee, sets off toward the nearest building which bears a sign: ''Buy-More -- Best Electronics''. He pulls the glass door open. The inside of the building is dark and has a horrible stench.		The position of the sun indicates that it is late afternoon. Chalker, trailed by Ahn-Lee, sets off toward the nearest building which bears a sign: ''Buy-More -- Best Electronics''. He pulls the glass door open. The inside of the building is dark and has the horrible stench of rotting flesh.

	As Shawna casts a healing spell on him, Branamin mutters, "It had to be a planar gate." The mana here is low.		As Shawna casts a healing spell on him, Branamin mutters, "It had to be a planar gate." The mana here is low.
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	Chalker gets Ahn-Lee and Yasser to help him right one of the strange metal constructs scattered around the flat black rock. Although he has never seen any such thing before, Chalker immediately identifies the construct as a vehicle, climbs inside, and after fiddling with the controls for a few moments, turns a key which causes the thing to belch smoke and emit loud grinding noises. Moving a lever and pressing a floor pedal makes the thing lurch forward.		Chalker gets Ahn-Lee and Yasser to help him right one of the strange metal constructs scattered around the flat black rock. Although he has never seen any such thing before, Chalker immediately identifies the construct as a vehicle, climbs inside, and after fiddling with the controls for a few moments, turns a key which causes the thing to belch smoke and emit loud grinding noises. Moving a lever and pressing a floor pedal makes the thing lurch forward.

	Emerging from another building marked ''7-Eleven'', two women and two men armed with ~~swords~~ and what Chalker recognizes as guns approach warily. The strangers stare at them, and a couple of them make snide comments about their silly costumes and fantasy getup. Chalker asks them, "Is there a Zales here?"		Emerging from another building marked ''7-Eleven'', two women and two men armed with blades and what Chalker recognizes as ''guns'' approach warily. The strangers stare at them, and a couple of them make snide comments about their silly costumes and fantasy getup. Chalker asks them, "Is there a Zales here?"

	The newcomers' names are Rick, Angela, Ned, and Thelma, and this place is Santa Theresa, California. Three years ago a virus infected the entire world, causing a zombie plague. Almost all humankind and animals were wiped out. The four of them belong to a ~~group~~ of about 200 survivors. They are out patrolling for zombies and scavenging whatever food, water, and useful items they can find. Tholodan has passed through here many times; he always heads toward the Pacific Ocean.		The newcomers' names are Rick, Angela, Ned, and Thelma, and this place is Santa Theresa, California. Three years ago a virus infected the entire world, causing a zombie plague. Almost all humankind and animals were wiped out. The four of them belong to a community of about 200 survivors. They are out patrolling for zombies and scavenging whatever food, water, and useful items they can find. Tholodan has passed through here many times; he always heads north and west toward the Pacific Ocean.

	Angela seems the most accepting of the group and their origins, and there is an expression of wonder in her eyes as she looks around at a real elf, a real dwarf, two half-elves, and a human prince. Shawna takes her aside and says earnestly, "I think that Tholodan caused the zombie plague, or at least contributed to it. He farms your world for zombies and items of power. We have followed him here to bring an end to him. We must move quickly. Will you come with us and teach us how to get around in this world?" Angela eagerly agrees, then she pulls Rick aside and they engage in an animated conversation.		Angela seems the most accepting of the group and their origins, and there is an expression of wonder in her eyes as she looks around at a real elf, a real dwarf, two half-elves, and a human prince. Shawna takes her aside and says earnestly, "I think that Tholodan caused the zombie plague, or at least contributed to it. He farms your world for zombies and items of power. We have followed him here to bring an end to him. We must move quickly. Will you come with us and teach us how to get around in this world?" Angela eagerly agrees, then she pulls Rick aside and they engage in an animated conversation.