Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: dementia@cheshire.oxy.edu (Daniel Steven Reinker)
Subject: Meshtak: on the broadmarch, Seige IV
Message-ID: <1992May28.184332.8940@cheshire.oxy.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1992 18:43:32 GMT

Involved: all those who wish to save Dougl and the other slaves.

Meshtak peers over the railing, and the first thing he sees is a Rameshander
swordsman poised to lop off Meshtak's hand. "Grot!" Meshtak quickly turned his
weapon into a crossbow and launched a bolt at the man. Unfortunately, the boat
swayed, and Meshtak missed, but he managed to scare the swordsman enough that
he staggered backwards, slightly shocked. Meshtak pulled himself over the 
railing, and swung his axe at the man's head, lopping it cleanly off. Meshtak
quickly pushed the man over the railing, so that he wouldn't bleed all over the
deck.
Meshtak found himself amidst a number of archers, all of which immediately
noticed his presence, and, shouting, started launching arrows in his direction.
Meshtak dove behind temporary cover behind a barrel on the deck (unsuccessfully.One arrow managed to hit him in the shoulder. Fortunately, it didn't penetrate
very far, and Meshtak was able to pluck it out.) Meshtak returned some of the
fire, shooting blindly and hearing the arrows thunk into the other side of the
barrel. When the arrows paused, Meshtak took a running dive and managed to get
behind the main cabin. He crouched behind the wall and listened to the shouting
archers.
	Then a voice came from behind him. "By Gor! A demon!" Meshtak turned to
see two guardsmen coming around the corner on the other side, both armed with
crossbows.
	"Hey! watch it!" yelled Meshtak. "I'm on your side!" The guardsmen 
weren't listening, and one launched an arrow that grazed Meshtak's arm. "Grot!"
yelled the Draga, and caught in a cross-fire, took the only direction open to 
him - up. His shiftblade transformed into a whip, and he whipped it around one
of the sails, and swung up onto the cabin.
	Down below, he could hear one of the other guardsmen yelling "Wait! He'snot a demon - he's a Draga, and he IS on our side - I saw him kill a 
Rameshander swordsman...." "Phew." said Meshtak, and, hearing the sounds of 
battle as the three guardmen below met the Rameshanders, Meshtak looked over thecabin roof and started taking shots with his crossbow.

Meshtak the Draga
(ADMIN: can anyone fill me in on the magic-users on this boat? Are they 
someone's creations or are they NPC?)
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