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      <p ns="0" title="The Wretched hides in the webs." snippet="...a creature from some faraway plane, where goodness is just a word without &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt;. The Wretched is not large creature, since it stands only five feet tall, w&#10;" size="894" wordcount="155" timestamp="2011-01-17T20:04:25Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Black silk wrapped around arms" snippet="...iental writing symbols on them but unfortunately you cannot decipher their &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt;. There is one symbol which you understand. A tiger claw ornament at one end&#10;" size="947" wordcount="134" timestamp="2008-05-06T13:47:28Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Borgoth the child-slaying ogre chieftain" snippet="...tattoe on his head, his chieftain mark. Borgoth is a well respected ogre, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that he is cunning warrior and child-slaying brute.&#10;" size="791" wordcount="131" timestamp="2009-04-07T09:21:35Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Short mithril-headed hammer" snippet="...pair of ancient dwarven runes are carved into one side of the head, their &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; long since forgotten.&#10;" size="544" wordcount="82" timestamp="2010-12-31T09:06:46Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Naval battle" snippet="Some attacks can be targeted, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; you can try to hit some specific part of the ship.&#10;" size="5951" wordcount="1012" timestamp="2020-05-03T01:48:32Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Mage staff" snippet="Each blast also reduces its weight by 0.1 gram, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; 1k blasts reduces 0.1kg of the staffs weight.&#10;" size="3117" wordcount="456" timestamp="2017-01-26T18:36:17Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Roddy the ratman is lurking here." snippet="...&#039;the ratman&#039; is a dropout who was given a trash-collecting job by his well-&lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; brother-in-law.  After some time in this gruelling, demeaning job, Roddy we&#10;" size="405" wordcount="65" timestamp="2012-05-03T04:27:37Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Ratbreath the Dwarf-mangling troll elder" snippet="...harsh gruntings are no sweet whispers of love. Ratbreath is a troll elder, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that he is at least two hundred years. Troll mature very slowly and they do&#10;" size="851" wordcount="142" timestamp="2009-04-07T18:35:21Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Black tiger scarab" snippet="...It has one oriental writing symbols carved on it. You cannot decipher it&#039;s &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt;.&#10;" size="621" wordcount="83" timestamp="2010-11-24T21:42:32Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Editing" snippet="...opriate template page, paste it to the article and fill in the fields. The &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of the fields are explained on the template page.&#10;" size="3476" wordcount="578" timestamp="2010-10-23T19:55:32Z" />
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</api>