Mercuria was not used to walking a lot and she was wearing boots that were cheap and didn't fit too well.
At one point he'd gotten the idea of checking her feet out and trying some massage technique he'd picked up years ago.
He wasn't sure why Mercuria had oohed and aahed and practically gone limp as he massaged her feet. Nor why the others were lining up.
Maybe it was a girl thing?
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Soiyo Happ was a gnome.
He was a xenophile as well. In that case it meant he really liked elf girls, half-elf girls, human girls, etc. He wasn't thrilled with female gnomes or female orcs, trolls, dwarves, etc. Tieflings, genasi, aasimar - there were a few pretty ladies among them.
Soiyo was a powerful wizard as such things went. The Red Wizards might consider him nuttier than a pecan roll, but raw talent was definitely present. He had developed a number of spells over the past few years that proved that he could be formidable if he'd just get his act together.
Spells like:
Reborn The Monster
This spell causes one summoned monster to be resurrected. Summoned beast will still vanish when summoning is at an end.Unclothe
Spell causes all target's equipment to teleport 2'-20' away in the nearest open space.Happ's Magic Powder
Causes uncontrollable itching.Mindlock
A more focussed sort of Feeblemind spell, useful for suppressing a particular skill or set of skills.
He'd done other spells of course. His major area of expertise was magical clothing and alchemy, so that was where his major developments were targetted. His genius in creating just those spells was enough for the Red Wizards to not want to kill him, but his perversions and tendency to steal undergarments from practically any source caused him to be less acceptable.
Not that Soiyo minded being run out of Thay. He preferred girls that didn't shave their heads.
His own garments were practically a pinnacle of his new spellcraft. Just the Repel Dirt & Insects enchantment on them would have made them quite valuable to any number of adventurers. They also gave him protection equal to a suit of elfin chainmail, not a property he wanted to test in battle but not everyone was particularly happy with his experiments and hobbies.
The most promising thing he'd come up with recently was from researching a Robe Of Useful Items that he'd managed to acquire. Enchanting magical patches and embroidery was, he felt, a perfect way to give a short fellow such as himself an edge in dealing with the taller folk.
So far he'd crafted three patches, each of which was reusable, 1/day.
The first was Smoking Pipe - which was just that. He'd taken a favorite pipe and managed to convert it with a special Polymorph spell, then add enchantments, and voila! All he had to do was activate the patch on his right elbow and he had a pipe ready to be smoked. It had been his first effort to duplicate the sorts of enchantment on that Robe, and his first success.
Since he did have some problems with other people not appreciating his hobbies, Soiyo had crafted the second patch with that sort of problem in mind. The patch on his left elbow activated an Expeditious Retreat spell. A very handy spell to have on hand. Still, there were ways of foiling his escape. That was why the third patch he had on his clothing would activate a:
(Posted Sat, 25 Jan 2003 16:55)
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