Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: patchman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Peter Bruce Harper)
Subject: [L] Brycur's Frustration
Message-ID: <BsKGBC.Eoy@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1992 14:30:47 GMT

Brycur remained on the floor only momentarily after the lizardman had been 
blasted back against the wall.  He heard someone enter the kitchen via the
backdoor and assumed the worst.  He jumped to his feet with his sword at the
ready, hoping to surprise whoever it was.

The lizardman had seen his compadre get blasted by Brycur and thus knew that
he was there.  He was not surprised by Brycur's sudden emergence from behind
the table and he lashed out with his spear, catching Brycur in the arm.

Brycur winced in pain as the spear cut his arm.  He reared back momentarlily
but quickly lashed back in anger and pain at the lizard who had attacked him.
The lizard blocked Brycur's sword with the shaft of his spear and attempted
to run Brycur through with it.  However, Brycur was just quick enough to
get out of the way, although he did lose part of his shirt (he was *just*
quick enough to avoid injury).

Brycur circled around behind the lizard and noticed that the spear was 
imbedded in the wall.  The lizard pulled at it franticly, glancing constantly
over his shoulder to see where Brycur was.  Noticing that the lizard carried
no other weapons with him Brycur moved in for the kill.  He sliced toward the 
lizardman's head, hoping to finish him of quickly, but he was not to be quite
so lucky as the lizardman jumped out of the way and avoided the blow.

Brycur took a position between the lizard and his spear, thus keeping his 
opponent unarmed.  The lizard stood facing Brycur with his back to the 
hallway in which, Brycur noticed, Mat, Bakr, and Luthor had just managed
to finish off the other lizards.

Brycur hoped he could occupy this lizardman long enough for the others to
come in and finish him off, that way, he could avoid further injury, and
a possible colapse from blood-loss and exhaustion.

-Brycur the Tired