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Dungeons And Dragons Online: Shadows of Stormreach: Chapter Five by Keith Baker
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The next chapter in Keith Baker's Shadows of Stormreach has been posted over at on the Official DDO Site.
A small taste of the next chapter:
Spike was enjoying himself.
He didn't care about their quest. He didn't share Marcus's religious convictions. He didn't understand Shadow's concerns about guild rivalries, and it never occurred to him to wonder why a smuggler like Link would want them to investigate a gang of thieves. None of that mattered. The only thing on his mind was battle. The chaos of combat was the only time he truly felt at peace. In battle, every motion made sense. His path was always clear; he didn't have to think, he could just let go and let his instincts guide him.
The enemy barely mattered. He had been assigned to protect Shadow, and it was her job to choose their battles. He barely saw the faces of the thieves he brought down. He saw weapons and armor, experiencing the world through his analysis of threat and vulnerability.
The Bilge Rats provided a few delightful moments of conflict, but the battle was all too brief. Shadow was a deadly archer. Petra's magic brought down human and wererat with equal ease. Marcus stood shoulder to shoulder with Spike and called on the power of his faith to shield his allies from harm. Within minutes they had made their way through the warehouse. Spike felt a surge of disappointment as it became clear that the last of their foes had fallen.
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