Seeing another gnoll crushed brings a small smile to Livvy's face, but she quickly hides it. She returns to searching for anything of use on the gnoll corpses.
Nombir looks knowingly at Zaid and nods in agreement. "Erizi, you're a fine warrior, but you must keep your temper under control. Oh, and we all need to remember to tie the prisoners up in the future please!".
Zaid looks at the crumpled bloody mess on the ground.
"Well that was a waste of a spell, a life, and a chance to obtain useful information."
"You are a fool" "What information do you wish to extract from a dog". "I will tell you the information". "They are stupid, stinking brutes, who know only violence and treachery". "They do not deserve a chance to live, so I killed this one, and will kill the next one". "He was given the opportunity to surrender, and foolishly chose to die". "If you wish to be friends with them, then trail the one that got away, and pay them a social visit".
"And I am sorry you wasted your precious spell upon healing my arrow wound". "Here is the arrow, if you wish to stick it back in".
Nombir looks knowingly at Zaid and nods in agreement. "Erizi, you're a fine warrior, but you must keep your temper under control. Oh, and we all need to remember to tie the prisoners up in the future please!".
"Temper"? "What do you mean temper"? "I am not angry, just do what needs to be done". "Most of these many scars upon my body came from hesitating, so I do not do so". "However, your point is made". "When the next combat comes I will wait inside with fresh roast baboon, and let you tie up the whole tribe". "Then you can break bread and gnaw marrow with them to the content of your heart".
With that comment, Erizi turns to go back inside the Monastery and finish dinner, grumbling under his breath about fools dying early.
Shimei gets back in time to see Erizi disappear into the monastery. He looks at the others and then down at the dead gnoll. A grim smile creases his face and he nods.
"The fourth one escaped. We should eat and then prepare to leave. The dogmen run fast. He will be back with his pack for revenge."
Although concerned about the escapee, Shimei is exulting inside. Three! So easily. Truly it is better to hunt with these than alone.
Before going in to eat Shimei will look over the dead bodies. He's mostly looking for weapons (I currently don't have a good primary melee weapon and if the gnoll's arrows are good quality and length I'll take those.) but he's also looking for marks as to the tribe of these gnolls.
Shimei joins the others at the baboon feast. "Good work, " he congratulates Erizi, but further comment on Erizi's impressive lethality is beyond him. "how's the meat?"
He takes his knife and cuts some strips of meat from the baboon. He tosses a couple into the corner where the dog lays.
Darn. Was hoping to reach 2nd level on the backs of those gnolls. Maybe they had something useful?
I'll sort out what the three gnolls had on them. Its mostly primitive kit but who knows? I am hoping that little extra encounters like that will help balance the xp against the fact that there are six of you.
"Fair enough Zaid, that seems reasonable. What about the rest of you?". Once Nombir finishes he will wait for the others to answer whilst keeping an eye for Gnolls etc.
"Yes" I would like to return". "but keep in mind, if it is dangerous or even looks at me wrong, I will kill it", Erizi says with a deep belch, and wiping of his greasy hands on his leather armor.
Shimei stops chewing a strip of meat and pulls it out of his mouth. "We need to move on. Four gnolls we defeated easily, but more will return with the one that escaped. We should make a large arc back toward Almah's camp and try to cover our tracks so that the gnolls do not follow us there."
The journey back to through the desert to the Sultan's Claw is uneventful, hot but no attacks or excitement. Lady Almah and Garavel have gone out on a hunting patrol but the Father Zastoran will help with any necessary healing and the like upon everyone's return.
It is a very well made earthbreaker, the metal is unusual and some kind of alloy alien to you, but it is definitely a magical hammer, although most of its power appears to be hidden or dormant at the moment. There are no markings just black metal with a swirling pattern of stars like miniature diamonds covering the head. Its head is clean as if the blood and gore from the gnoll did not stick to the weapon for long.
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It is a very well made earthbreaker, the metal is unusual, some kind of alloy that is not elven or dwarven but maybe extraplanar, possibly even linked to the power of the genies, known for their wish magic, in some way.....although most of its power appears to be hidden or dormant at the moment. There are no markings just black metal with a swirling pattern of stars like miniature diamonds covering the head. Its head has self cleaned as if the blood and gore from the gnoll did not stick to the weapon for long.
Shimei finds Hadrod still a little out of sorts. He stomps off when he sees the priest approaching but his wife Hadrah is more amenable and comes over to talk.
"He misses his goat, Rombard. He loved that goat. He keeps looking out over the hills to see if he can spot another. Poor fool isn't he?"
"A hammer is a hammer". "It can do nothing without someone to swing it". "It is I who wield it with great skill". "It just does what it was built to do". "Though I admit it is extremely well balanced".
Livvy continues to look over the weapon. "Unusual metal, possibly very old. It's very well-made -- while it requires a wielder that can use it," she looks at Erizi, "it's designed to help the wielder get better results than some smith's hammer out of the forge.
"I don't recognize these markings, but I agree with Zaid -- this weapon has secrets - powers - it has chosen not to reveal as of yet. Perhaps as you become more familiar with it," this last directed at the former gladiator.
Hadrah smiles when Shimei makes her job much easier. She borrows a few dates and figs from the small silver platter prepared for her Lady. Adds a large wheel of dark heavy bread and a pot of thick goats cheese. Then also gives you a parcel of day old roasted lambmeat. "Here."
....
A few hours later Almah returns and jumps from her camel straight into her tent without a word to anyone. Garavel on the other hand comes over for your report of the monastery.
He also mentioned that he has spitted a pair of gnolls on his lance this very afternoon, probably trying to scout the Sultan's Claw.
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