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You utter the words of the spell Lightning Hand and point your right index finger at the creature’s ugly head. You feel your arm tingling from the shoulder down; then a crackling mass of energy takes form at your fingertip. With a loud crack it arcs towards the oncoming beast and explodes full in its face, making it falter and cry out in pained surprise. But it does not delay its advance for very long. Its horny eyelids save its sight and quickly it recovers, now more determined to fulfil Cadak’s command. Hastily you draw a hand weapon as the shadow of the beast falls upon you.

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