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Deacon, Level 1 Elf Cleric

I tried. Really, I tried. I wandered for hours trying to kill something. Kill anything. But no, I just kept dying and respawning outside Trinnst. After days I finally noticed that I had some spells in my backpack I could memorize, but too late. All of my dying meant my armor and weapons were in pieces. I beseeched my diety, whose name escapes me at the moment, to reincarnate me as myself. I died eternally and started over as an Elf Cleric named Deacon... just like before. This time, however, I'll try not to suck quite so much...

And I didn't! I memorized my spells right away: minor heal, summon food, summon beverage, and some kind of smite undead thingy. Then I managed to find my way to the cleric guild and turn in my magical goblet, thus receiving a nifty breastplate and a kickin' two hand bash staff! And now, I can actually kill things! (Only as long as they are undead. Regular stuff I still can't do enough damage.) I can't wait for level two! More spells!