Can the human mind cope with magic?

I’m starting to wonder if Obegard is completely sane. He comes in handy quite frequently, but at other times he can be a tad unpredictable.

Take today as an example. He zapped in past the cave-in with Erson to help, and when we got hit by that slimy dragon thing from the water he gave it the evil-eye something wicked. Then he contributed nicely when we had to battle through a bunch of scalies that were occupying another section that dwarves had worked in the caves.

Then we finally found some of the last dwarven explorers. Only problem was that the dragon guy from the Temple of Kor behind Dragon Keep was there. And he had a couple of big scaly buddies who were each holding a dwarf with a knife to the throat.

Mr Dragon told us he’d trade the dwarves if we’d clear out the rest of the caves. From our point of view it didn’t sound like a bad option—the spell-casters looked like they’d pretty much blown off all their magic, and it would give us time to come up with a plan for tackling these guys.

Unfortunately it appeared that somebody else was in residence in Obegard’s head because without warning he let loose with some spell and caused things to get very unpleasant very fast.

Mr Dragon offered a few times to let us reconsider, but it was like the others were seized by bloodlust and they just wouldn’t stop. So one of the dwarves lost a hand before he was freed, and all our opponents escaped through a water tunnel in the corner of the room where they’d been standing. Mr Dragon claimed they had the other dwarven explorers in another room. We have no way of following (Erson tried, but even with his ability to change forms they left him languishing in their wake) so it looks like the other dwarves are goners.

Perhaps all the stress has driven Obegard insane. I wonder how I’d check that—maybe I should ask him the same questions at different times and see whether the answers are consistent.