title: The Wanderings of Wuntvor- A Difficulty with Dwarves; An Excess of Enchantments; A Disagreement with Death
author: Craig Shaw Gardner
description: When the wizards of Vushta try to cure their colleague Ebenezum's allergy to magic, they end up catching his malady themselves.  The demons of the Netherhells see this as a perfect opportunity to unleash their dreadful new tactic: Conquest by Committee........
zlib_text: A Difficulty With Dwarves
   Verse the First in The Ballad of Wuntvor
   Craig Shaw Gardner
   CONTENTS
   ONE.3
   TWO..8
   THREE.15
   FOUR..24
   FIVE.34
   SIX..41
   SEVEN..46
   EIGHT.55
   NINE.61
   TEN..68
   ELEVEN..75
   TWELVE.81
   THIRTEEN..86
   FOURTEEN..91
   FIFTEEN..96
   SIXTEEN..101
   SEVENTEEN..106
   EIGHTEEN..111
   NINETEEN..116
   TWENTY..124
    
  
   ONE
   ‘Even wizards sometimes have bad days. I shall give you an all-too-common example:
   ‘The magician, about to begin a spell of great importance, discovers that all his duckwort has gone bad
  and he is completely out of eye of newt. And it gets no better! The sorcerer quickly dons his walking
  robes and strolls down to the corner alchemist, only to discover they’ve had duckwort back ordered for
  months, and what newt eyes they have in stock are far too small and altogether of the wrong color.
   ‘Well, the good magician is far too resourceful to let a couple of missing ingredients spoil a perfectly
  good spell. The mage quickly returns to his eyrie, and attempts s