The string seemed to go deep into the sand; tugging would yield none though, even with some significant effort.  The paper was a fairly new sheet of parchment in fact, which seemed almost completely devoid of any sort of marks or damage.  That is, save for small bit of small, beautifully written words in common on one side, so small you had to get in really close to read...<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 1pt;">I prepared Explosive Runes this morning</span></div><br/>And then came the explosion, raw energy slamming out in a ten-foot radius from the paper, kicking up a small sandstorm in the process and creating a small hole in the desert dunes...<br/><br/>((27 Damage, no save))