-magic scimitar
-magic rapier
-Pearl 1
-Pearl 2
Remos pulls the magical scimitar out. "What magic is this? What you mean don't know?"
Irritated that he is unable to decypher the magic on the weapons, Numair snaps back at Remos irritably. "Of course I know! It is magic that makes you hhit better! What other kind would it be?! Just use the sword."
Remos goes to sleep in one of the acloves.
to haldo:
Makin walks with Lady Almah to the monastery entrance, ahead of the arriving caravan, her personal guards and Garavel are nearby while the mercenaries help and guard the camels and supplies as the drovers settle them after the short journey.
'This is it, small alchemical labratory underground, and the kitchen and many of the rooms need to be cleaned of babboon mess, but it should be safe and dry for now. Faysal and Father Zastoran might look into saying rites so we can clean up the crypts below, not to risk a haunting. Oh, and we net a man who was very useful in cleaning out the monastery, and Ugawan warrior, bit coarse but damned effective.'
Makin looks towards the chapel to see if he can spot his companions, he hails any who are awake.
Faysal interrupts his scroll scribing to greet the lady.
"Ay, rites should be said, and the dead who were disturbed by the pugs re-seated in their alcoves. Unless the Lady has a pressing need for us to move on, I'd like to spend the day doing jut that."
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To Haldo:
Almah responds after looking around,This will indeed be a good place to watch Kelmarane form a distance. We will spend the day clearing out and preparing the building for our stay here. After she tours the building Garavel returns to the caravan and says The lady Almah and I will take up residence in the library.
With his pronouncement Almah's guards claim the baboon room due to it's proximity to Almah. Father Zastoran adds that he will use the laboratory to continue his potion creation. The drover and his wife ask to take the kitchen since they will be providing the food anyway. Dashki, with a greedy look in his eye, claims the shrine that has the secret door. The mercenaries claim the chapter house, where the stirges lived. At that Garaval suggests you set up your area in the dormitory.
So this is our arrangements.
That evening, after halping to clean and set up the monastery as a safer more cosy place, Makin is going to Appriase the more mundane loot, checking for masterwork and value.
: The holy symbol on the wooden chain.
: The pug kings breastplate
: The pug king's longbow
Numair snorts as he settles into the dormitory. "Hmmph. We clear this place out, risking life and limb, and yet we are last to choose a room? How did this happen?" Numair seems genuinely offended at being given such shoddy (in his view) treatment by Almah and Garavel. In any meetings with the group and those two, he is noticeably cool (at least more so than he normally is).
the breastplate is standard and small. The holy symbol is normal and mundane. the bow is small and standard.
Sitting in the newly cleaned dormitory, Makin turns to his companions, 'So should we go confer with Almah and try and get an attack plan ready for Kelmarane?'
In the upper chapel Makin noticed a window to the north that allows you to keep an eye on the town.
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To Haldo:
Makin knocks on the door of Almah and Garavel's room, whichever of his companions want to get tactical arrayed behind him.
As Makin knocks on Almah's door she says to Garavel, I want everyone in the chapel right away to discuss our plans.
Minutes later with everyone in the chapel Almah lays out her plan:
After everyone has settled into their new accommodations, the you five are to make a scouting mission into the outskirts of the village in an attempt to gauge the forces defending Kelmarane. I warn you not to attempt to fight your way to the battle market, where we presume the gnoll tribe has set up shop, as preliminary intelligence suggests that the forces there are sufficient to overwhelm us in the case of an all-out attack. Rather, I encourage guerrilla strikes into the town, taking out its defenders a few at a time and exploring the ruined buildings on Kelmarane’s lower slopes. I am placing a rotating shift of guards at the window to keep a constant watch on Kelmarane. Any questions?
'Pretty much what I had in mind. Is there anything else of interest near the town that we might use?'
"My lady, do you perhaps have a map of the town? Something to give us a better idea of where to focus our efforts, or to avoid altogether?"
"When we go?"
"But of course," Numair says, a little cooley. He racks his brain a bit, trying to recall what he knows of the area, himself ...
knowledge (local)
The town lies to the north a little over a mile away. This whole valley is one big pesh field. There is a river that runs along the east and north side of town. As for the town there is a large battle market in the center, probably the home of the gnolls that are camped there now. There is also an old church. In the area I seem to remember a shrine to Nethys and a ruined fort. At this point you should just scout the town and see what we can learn before they know we are here.
Numair looks at the map. "Hmm. How far from the town is this shrine? It may make a better base from which we can observe and scout out Kelmarane."
'It might be too close, we're on a hill at a safe distance here,' Makin thinks aloud.
'But, it could be a great place for us to launch attacks from so we don't draw more attention back up here. How about this, tmorrow morning we will scout out the village environs, if we see a small group of gnolls we'll attack, and try and hide the bodies. Then we'll retreat to the shrine and see if we can use it.'
"Aye. That sounds like a plan," agrees Haldo.
"Crossing rivers is never easy under the calmest conditions. If we choose to use the old shrine, our wet foot prints may lead them straight to us. What about the old fort? Not only is it on this side of the river, but it i the opposite direction from the main body. "
"I might agree with you, Faysal, except the fort is nearly as far from Kelmarane as this chapel is. I still think the shrine is the best route. Makin's plan is not a bad one, although I caution against taking on too much in the way of gnoll scouts, especially since it's quite unlikely that the shrine remains uninhabited. It would be ... unfortunate if we expend all of our strength against several warriors, only to retreat to the shrine and discover it stocked with even more."
'Okay, shrine first set up shop, rest if overwhelmed then head for Kelmarane?'
"Aye, 'tis no time for open fighting. Sorry Remos, we must be sneaky."
Remos frowns. "Fine. When we go?"
"From everything I've heard, Gnolls can see in the dark as well as they can during the day, so no time like now I suppose."
'Yeah, nighttime hurts us more than helps. Everyone gather their supplies and we'll go down to the shrine.'