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. The unscrupulous trio darted into the shadows,
away from Lodston's path. The hermit scowled in their
direction, wishing he had a suitably vindictive spell to cast
upon the fleeing threesome.
I've used all the scrolls I understand, he mused on his
way home. I guess I'll just have to take a chance on a
strange one, if I mean to keep these human clods on their
toes.
When he reached the mine, Lodston headed
immediately for the chest. He had already used all of the
"fun" and "attack" spells and was ready to risk reading one
or two incantations in his "unknown" category in order to
strengthen his image in Digfel as a dangerous sorcerer. The
hermit unrolled the first scroll he found with four black
marks and began to read it.
HAPGAMMITON'S MODE OF INTERPLANAR GATING
TO SUMMON OTHER INTELLIGENCES RESIDING
ON OTHER PLANES OF EXISTENCE, IT IS
ESSENTIAL FOR THE CASTER TO PREPARE
HIMSELF FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS PRIOR
TO UTTERING THE INCANTATION. FAILURE TO
PURIFY HIMSELF BEFOREHAND WILL RENDER
THE INCANTATION EITHER POWERLESS OR
UNPREDICTABLE.
Bah! I already knew it was unpredictable! Lodston
thought. The worst that can come of it is that it'll fail. In
that case, I can just pick another one
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