Bow Of The Ages

The orc chieftain pried the bow from the fingers of the dead rangers body. The bow crackled with electrical energy up and down its bow string, it made the chieftain jump back slightly.  Only moments ago this bow unleashed bolt after bolt of electrified terror upon himself and his people.  It was by shear luck that his throwing axe caught the ranger square between the eyes, killing him outright!   The Chieftain's body guards already were dragging the human corpse toward the stew pot.  His people would eat well tonight! As the orc chieftain began to experiment with the bow trying to unleash its power as the human had, something caught the orc's eye near the grip...

Eyes of the Doppelganger

The rogue lay flat on his back, the last swing from the fighter, opposite him, had nearly decapitated him.  "I guess this guy isn't a simpleton after all!", thought the rogue.  The rogue quickly rose to a sitting position only to have the fighter brandishing the well used sword in the rogues face, "Now i'm going to show you WHO not to steal from! You daft twit!", snarled the fighter.  The rogue attempted to reason with the brute by throwing three cabochons at the fighter, "Please take these as payment as well as my apologies for any misunderstanding! Please just spare my life, I beg of you!", pleaded the rogue.  

The fighter looked down upon the whimpering figure and raised his sword readying for the killing blow.  "Stop! Put down that weapon!", heard the fighter...