Matt nodded back. “Yeah. I’ve used talismans once or twice before, but these seem different from the patterns I’m familiar with.” He stuck out his hand, “I’m Matt, by the way.”
The woman smirked in a way that only someone who had done something unique could manage and took his hand. “I’m Sally. And, yes, those are my special little side products. Good eye by the way. I used the standard mana shield as the base runes to create those talismans and wove in the elemental effects.”
She reached over and pulled out a box from a few spots down and tossed him one. “These are the standard versions of those talismans. Built from the ground up as shields of their respective elements.”
Matt, playing the normal delver, shrugged. “What’s the difference, then?”
He had an idea of where she was going wi
