Imagine a young, novice magician straight out of the Grand Library who one day saw a fine-looking woman getting her jewels stolen from her neck. In an impulse to impress the lass and be the hero of the day (and possibly the hero of that night too, if you get what I mean ;)) he cast a Sleeping spell aimed at the miscreant.


...But it hit the guard chasing the thief. Not only that, the guard was the guard captain. Not only that, the guard captain fell asleep in the middle of the road. Then got hit by a wagon. That wagon toppled over his sleeping victim and spilled two hundred gold pieces worth of fine dwarven brew. That dwarven brew splashed unto a nearby barbershop's candle and sent a cascade of fire rolling down the streets. Many things were set on fire, but sadly, not the guard captian. The guard captain remained alive to tell the tale, albeit with 33 stitches, 2 healing sessions- to trace it back to the young magician who now ...has to make ammends by spending time in jail or doing the job he hates most, a guard.



Will this work? :))).


[i]Btw: also ...the thief got away.[/i]