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Sorry, I know I was supposed to have a new comic review up, but outside circumstances forced me to delay this review... I'll try to get something up soon...

Darkness and Light: Hidden Passages and Found Treasure

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After the party found the passage into the hidden part of the temple, they began to make their way down the hallway. Once again, they noticed how untouched this part of the ruins appeared. Magical light globes were still affixed to the walls offering illumination every 20 or 30 feet. Also, there was little in the way of dust and debris collecting in the corners and cracks--another testament to the undisturbed nature of this area. Most of the corridors held little information on where the Gem of Amara might be located. A few areas were guarded by undead minions, a mix of human and gnoll corpses animated into zombie and skeletal creatures. The two forces that once fought to the death, now served together in unlife to do the bidding of some darker power. One strange area held three vats (built into the floor) of a caustic liquid. Adow was able to determine that it had once been a powerful acid, and based on various wall carvings in this room, that this area was a preparation chamber for

Dragonlance Comics (Issue 16) - High Sorcery

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Flesh and Stone This issue picks up right after the last issue , with a great splash page of a gargantuan Spyrus (in the form of a stone golem) towering over the party while lesser golems attack. The mages combine their power to keep the monsters at bay. Spyranus then manipulates this demi-plane to split the party up. Myrella and Par-Salian find themselves falling down a huge canyon. Quick thinking on Myrella's part allows her to cast a Feather Fall spell in enough time. As the two begin to climb up the rocky walls, Par-Salian mentions that while these events are real, this is also considered her Test of High Sorcery. Myrella resolves to succeed, thereby earning the white robes she believes is her destiny. Elsewhere Kal and Goldmoon are trapped in a ragging river. At first Kal tries to hold on the cleric and clutch a stray branch, till it breaks under the river current tugging against the two. Before the two get swept under, Goldmoon is able to cast a spell to part the river and al