It's things like this that get me to believing in some of the nay-sayers. I mean, not just a sucky roll, not even just three consecutive sucky rolls, but... seriously?!?

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>You change your tune slightly, adding the element for Song of Sonic Disruption to your song...
Your spellsong is ready.
>
You weave another verse into your harmony, directing the sound of your voice at a stone giant.
CS: +291 - TD: +178 + CvA: +25 + d100: +3 == +141
Warding failed!
A stone giant reels under the force of the sonic vibrations!
Sound waves disrupt for 34 damage!
... 35 points of damage!
The stone giant's skull cracks with an audible "Pop"!

Sing Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>
A stone giant falls flat on the ground!
>
You change your tune slightly, adding the element for Song of Sonic Disruption to your song...
Your spellsong is ready.
>You weave another verse into your harmony, directing the sound of your voice at a stone giant.
CS: +291 - TD: +178 + CvA: +25 + d100: +3 == +141
Warding failed!
A stone giant reels under the force of the sonic vibrations!
Sound waves disrupt for 34 damage!
... 35 points of damage!
Large lesions sprout on the stone giant's shield arm.


Necrotic energy from your thick rowan runestaff overflows into you!

You feel empowered!
Sing Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>
You change your tune slightly, adding the element for Song of Sonic Disruption to your song...
Your spellsong is ready.
>You weave another verse into your harmony, directing the sound of your voice at a stone giant.
CS: +291 - TD: +178 + CvA: +25 + d100: +3 == +141
Warding failed!
A stone giant reels under the force of the sonic vibrations!
Sound waves disrupt for 34 damage!
... 30 points of damage!
You snap the tendons in the stone giant's foot. Looks painful.

Your thick rowan runestaff pulses with a white-blue light!
You feel 3 mana surge into you!
Sing Roundtime 3 Seconds.

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<sigh>

On the other hand, there are times when you get a FREE cast, too...

You weave another verse into your harmony, directing the sound of your voice at a stone giant.
CS: +291 - TD: +184 + CvA: +25 + d100: +48 == +180
Warding failed!
A stone giant reels under the force of the sonic vibrations!
Sound waves disrupt for 58 damage!
... 55 points of damage!
The stone giant's kneecap explodes sending bone fragments flying.
The stone giant rumbles in agony as she teeters for a moment, then tumbles to the ground with a thundering crash!
The stone giant is stunned!


Necrotic energy from your thick rowan runestaff overflows into you!

You feel empowered!
Your thick rowan runestaff pulses with a white-blue light!
You feel 3 mana surge into you!
Sing Roundtime 3 Seconds.

(That renewal cost 10, the mana-flare was +3, and the Ensorcelled mana flare has been running in the 10-12 mana returned range.)

For me, I was all about the "customize your look" (back then). And didn't have anywhere NEAR the patience to save up for all the way to mithril. So it was Tyron's "a white iron broadsword" and Aznell's "a white iron shield", for me.

And yeah, hobgoblins did me in.

Lady Ladydawn Diamond was the one who found me, and raised me in TS SE, in front of the General Store, as I recall. (Not, you know, that it made an impression, or anything.)

Just about THE coolest thing, though, was that she actually had "the Ladydawn disk" that was following her around. (?!?!) How AWESOME was that?!

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Ahhh, good times....