Long-lived as his kind are, the gnome is no stranger to death and realizes that now is not the time to succumb to grief or melancholy. Instead, he gets to work, casting detect magic , surveying the area and the newly-acquired blade. As he does so, he attempts to discern its nature or recall anything he may know about it.
Tyrion studies the engraving 'Whistler' and tries to recall if that has any special meaning in this culture.
You recall a relatively recent tale about a young human cartographer who was mapping out the region and went missing some 30 years ago. He was apparently very flamboyant and boasted that he slew titans with his rapier. Legends say that when he wielded the weapon, the wind whistled in reply. While you doubt that the blade in front of you will slay titans, the weapon does wield some basic accuracy magic and seems to make a faint "whistling" sound when swung.
"As you no doubt are aware, Master Tyrion, this blade would appear to be that which belonged to a noted cartographer some time ago. Are you proficient with such?" Quecksworth asks the halfling. "And could this mean our foe is responsible for more than just a single, recent death?"
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While you doubt that the blade in front of you will slay titans, the weapon does wield some basic accuracy magic.
"As you no doubt are aware, Master Tyrion, this blade would appear to be that which belonged to a noted cartographer some time ago. Are you proficient with such?" Quecksworth asks the halfling. "And could this mean our foe is responsible for more than just a single, recent death?"
Tyrion nods to the gnome, "Are you suggesting that our assassin possibly killed this missing cartographer 30 years ago? That sounds extremely possible." Then, taking the rapier back from Mandoo, he mimics the monk's swing of the rapier. It makes an even more pronounced whistling sound as the trained rogue wields it, and he nods to Quecksworth, "Yes, my friend, I'm quite proficient and believe I could put the weapon to good use, if you'd allow me the honor."
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... young human cartographer... boasted that he slew titans with his rapier... the weapon does wield some basic accuracy magic
"And could this mean our foe is responsible for more than just a single, recent death?"
Hearing Quecksworth's comment, Mandoo looks over at the dead snake dubiously, "Maybe snake that old; maybe different snake; maybe man just drowned. Will never know." He then frowns as a second option suggests itself. Was the gnome referring to Hallod instead of the snake? From the descriptions they'd heard of the man, Mandoo doubts Hallod would have been old enough to have killed the cartographer. He almost certainly wouldn't have left that sword behind if he had.
Mandoo has been keeping his eyes and ears on the exit cave opening, expecting reinforcements to arrive at any moment. When, after many minutes, no one even shows up to investigate, he becomes a little concerned. He hopes that the cavernous passageway leading out of this room is long enough that the sounds they made did not travel far. The crude map they found was a little vague on scale or distances.
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Tyrion nods to the gnome, "Are you suggesting that our assassin possibly killed this missing cartographer 30 years ago? That sounds extremely possible."
Mandoo frowns. Does Tyrion think that Hallod is old enough to have killed the cartographer? Seems unlikely to Mandoo, but you never know. Perhaps they will run into the man soon and find out. Then another thought strikes him; maybe Tyrion and Quecksworth are both actually referring to Phinick. He never got the impression that goblins lived all that long, but he's no expert in such things; regardless, Phinick didn't seem like the type to go murdering cartographers and dumping their bodies in caves.
Mandoo is not used to all this thinking and is starting to get a headache. He's getting antsy to get going before their expected adversaries show up. Better to take the fight to them than wait trapped in this cave for them to arrive. "Too much waiting. Must leave soon."
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"And could this mean our foe is responsible for more than just a single, recent death?"
Tyrion originally thought Quecksworth was referring to Hallod as our foe and Bort the recent death. But as Mandoo points out, Queck was probably referring to the serpent as our foe and Kaneda as the recent death. Especially considering the body Mandoo found in the pool, with the weapon, almost certainly the cartographer.
As to Mandoo's point, I'm not sure we ever got a description of Hallod. All we know is that he's powerful and influential, which could mean he's older (mid-50s) and could have taken out a cartographer 30 yrs ago. For all we know he's a half-blood with a longer lifespan. But yes, it's more likely the cartographer was mapping out these caves and ran into this serpent. Tyrion will go with that, as he turns to Mandoo and Quecksworth,
"Ah yes, of course, you gentlemen have it right. We should report back to the townsfolk about their missing cartographer. Perhaps he has family or friends here in Plaguestone."
Tyrion looks down the northern passage, "Shall we continue?" With the group's permission for him to use their new toy, he wields it and leads the way the north.
The blade seems to be made of alchemical silver. It is a +1 weapon.
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The tunnel beyond the snake's lair twists and turns for a great distance; it takes you 10 minutes to traverse it before you can detect a faint natural light up ahead, and the air becomes notably cleaner, smelling vaguely of grass. After another five minutes of travel, the tunnel opens up into a cave mouth, which you can see a forest beyond. The roots of a large tree block the middle of this enterance, as if the tree had grown into a hilside that has since eroded away. Beyond the tree is a large pond; a path around the water begins to one side beneath a curtain of moss hanging from the tree. The cave itself is piled high with two rows of neatly stacked crates and boxes.
Awaiting you at the cave mouth is a very muscular man, holding a loaded crossbow in one hand and a vial of yellow liquid in the other. At his hip is a single kukuri. Next to him is a now frothing mutant guard dog; it seems to have grown claws.
"I wondered when Bort's lackeys would arrive," he announces as you enter the cave. He then immediately quaffs the liquid in two big gulps. His body immediately becomes more muscular, and seemingly emits a healthy glow. Wiping his mouth with his forearm, he then hefts his crossbow into a ready position taking aim at you. "Let's do this!"
- miss
piercing
- miss
piercing
Halrod immediately takes aim at Mandoo with his heavy crossbow and fires, but Mandoo ducks away easily. Halrod immediately reloads and fires again, but Mandoo deflects it with his martial arts.
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Just the hint of fresh air starts to lifts Lizzo spirits a little, and he's ready to do this too. We've been tracking this guy all day, and now it's time for the payoff.
He strides forward, declares Hallod his prey and says:
"Hallod, it'sss time to sssurrender. I know what you've done, and we're taking you in. You're mine!"
Lizzo wants to get a few arrows in first though. Hallod's been a real pain in the ass so far, and he was starting to like Bort. He then sends two arrows Hallod's way.
Tyrion watches as bolts whiz over his head. He crouches down and moves to a location behind barrels and crates, on the east side of the cave. He takes a close look at the mutant dog to determine what he knows.
He then attempts to duck down and Hide behind the barrels.
Tyrion tries to identify the effect of what the well muscled human drank, but can't remember enough about alchemy to make a good guess. He then ducks down behind some cover, hoping Halrod doesn't see him.
Just the hint of fresh air starts to lifts Lizzo spirits a little, and he's ready to do this too. We've been tracking this guy all day, and now it's time for the payoff.
He strides forward, declares Hallod his prey and says:
"Hallod, it'sss time to sssurrender. I know what you've done, and we're taking you in. You're mine!"
Lizzo wants to get a few arrows in first though. Hallod's been a real pain in the ass so far, and he was starting to like Bort. He then sends two arrows Hallod's way.
Lizzo returns fire, but his aim apparently is just as bad as the muscled brute.
Hearing Quecksworth's comment, Mandoo looks over at the dead snake dubiously, "Maybe snake that old; maybe different snake; maybe man just drowned. Will never know."
"We fey can be rather long-lived, Master Mandoo." Quecksworth replies. "And answers tend to reveal themselves over time."
When the crossbow bolts fly, Quecksworth strums his lute for encouragement.
"When one's been caught, deeds brought to light.
Justice then prevails. Give up the fight!"
He then moves forward and ducks behind some cover as he retrieves his sling.
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Halrod immediately takes aim at Mandoo with his heavy crossbow and fires, but Mandoo ducks away easily. Halrod immediately reloads and fires again, but Mandoo deflects it with his martial arts.
Having narrowly avoided being impaled by two crosbow bolts, Mandoo uses the brief pause while Hallod reloads to run forward; spring nimbly over the two boxes between Lizzo and Quecksworth; and land in the next open row.
With Quecksworth's inspiring couplet still ringing in his ears, he uses his free hand to pop a couple of shuriken from his bandolier and fire them at Hallod. He then ducks down behind the cover of the barrels and prepares for the inevitable counter-attack.
"Come up and fight me! Me and Ajax take you all down!
piercing
Hallod fires another crossbow shot, this time taking aim at Lizzo.
The bolt strikes Lizzo, penetrating him through his armor. Hallod then begins to reload. his crossbow.
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From his hiding place behind the barrels, Tyrion figures we can outlast Hallod with our various ranged attacks. He reluctantly drops his rapier and draws his bow. From his hidden position, he takes aim between barrels and fires 2 arrows at Hallod.
(vs. flatfoot)
(vs. flatfoot)
He then ducks down behind the cover of the barrels.
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Mandoo is a little surprised by Hallod's tactics. Standing out in the open; firing one bolt at a time at targets behind cover; and then reloading in place, strikes him as a little stupid. Admittedly, the brute didn't look particularly smart, but was he really that obtuse? Unless Hallod changed his approach to this confrontation, it was just a matter of time before they took him down.
Mandoo looks over at Tyrion and sees him put down his rapier and draw a bow. Mandoo nods once in agreement. With Quecksworth's sweet sounds still hanging in the air , he stands and fires two shuriken at Hallod in quick succession. He then ducks down behind the cover of the barrels and once again braces himself for Hallod's next bolt.
Quecksworth continues to strum, then hurls a rock at the nearest foe.
He then reloads his sling.
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*half damage
*fail
An arrow from Tyrion, a shuriken from mandoo, and a bullet from Quecksworth all manage to strike Hallod! The missiles are then followed up by an electrical shock from Darr! The attacks mar his seemingly flawless skin with black marks and red blood.
"That hurt you ****suckers! I'm going to gut all of you and feed you to my dogs!"
Hallod fires another bolt from his crossbow, this time accurately hitting the annoying halfling. Suddenly, Tyrion realizes why Hallod was using such a slow weapon. The bolts he was using were tipped with venom! Tyrion begins feeling feverish as the poison takes hold of his body!
Hallod then throws his crossbow to the side, and releases his dog from the tree. "Go get em Ajax! Kill!"
The mutant dog rushes over to Mandoo, and leaps. The dog manages to get its jaws wrapped around Mandoo's forearm, and the monk is then dragged down to the ground. Mandoo manages to get the dog to release his grip, only to realize that Hallod is now towering over his prone body!
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Tyrion winces from the searing pain of the poisoned bolt. He moans, "It burns like wildfire."
He drops his bow to pick up his rapier and brandishes it. He knows he may not be on his feet much longer, but he takes advantage of Mandoo's flank with the mutant dog to do a sneak attack with his shiny new +1 rapier and help put the beast out of its misery.
vs. flatfoot
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bite vs Mandoo AC: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Mandoo looks up at Hallod from the ground and decides that he doesn't like the view all that much. He deftly gets to his feet, and seeing Tyrion run Ajax through with his rapier, turns his attention to Hallod. He works his way over/through the barrels to get into flanking position, before his temple blade goes snicker-snack!
[bigger]"Master Tyrion!" Quecksworth cries as he sees the halfling grow pale.
The gnome casts forbidding ward on Tyrion and Hallod. Then, continues to strum his lute.
"Poisoned strike? Like coiled asp?
A coward's deed! His final gasp!"
Quecksworth then draws his dagger.
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"Master Tyrion!" Quecksworth cries as he sees the halfling grow pale.
The gnome casts forbidding ward on Tyrion and Hallod.
Feeling sluggish, Tyrion does his best to fight off the poison from the bolt. All of a sudden, he feels just a bit more resilient and confident as he faces Hallod. Knowing it must be Quecksworth's doing, he nods to the gnome in thanks before returning his attention to his attackers.
*success
poison damage
Tyrion thrusts his rapier at the mutant dog, and is successful in drawing blood. He then quickly bandages himself, gritting his teeth as his body begins to fight off the poison.
As Mandoo begins to get up, Lizzo takes advantage of the clear shot to shoot a flurry of arrows. One of them manages to hit Hallod.
*critical hit
--> 22 nonlethal damage
Hallod takes advantage of Mandoo attempting to get up, and slams a mighty haymaker into the monk! The monk falls unconscious!
Hallod dodges the stream of water aimed at him, and angrily reaches up to the arrow embedded into his skin and snaps it.
*miss
*miss
Ajax, sick em! Hallod says, pointing at Lizzo.
The dog charges at Lizzo, claws first!
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Lizzo was so focused on his prey and Mandoo, the mangy mutt caught him by surprise and delivered a nasty strike. The blow staggered the lizard, and he takes a second to recover while refocusing his prey.
”Thisss will be the end of your little friend. Lassst chance!”
He then pulls out two arrows, firing them both in the blink of an eye. At this range there’s no way way to miss.
Seeing the dog still standing, he reaches back and delivers a vicious claw strike with his arrow hand. He’s intent on backing up his statements to Hallod.
Lizzo was so focused on his prey and Mandoo, the mangy mutt caught him by surprise and delivered a nasty strike. The blow staggered the lizard, and he takes a second to recover while refocusing his prey.
”Thisss will be the end of your little friend. Lassst chance!”
He then pulls out two arrows, firing them both in the blink of an eye. At this range there’s no way way to miss.
[dice=Bow 1]1d20+7+1
[dice=Damage 1]1d6+1+1
[dice=Bow 2]1d20+4+1
[dice=Damage 2]1d6+1+1
Seeing the dog still standing, he reaches back and delivers a vicious claw strike with his arrow hand. He’s intent on backing up his statements to Hallod.
[dice=Claw 3]1d20+3+1
[dice=Damage 3]1d6+3+1
The two arrows take down the mutant dog! Now able to move freely, Lizzo maneuvers next to the tree.
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Tyrion watches in horror as Mandoo falls to the ground. But his spirits brighten as Lizzo takes out Ajax.
"Nice shooting, Lizzo! Just like I taught you." He manages a grin.
As Tyrion dodges Hallod's blows, he hears the dog's final yelp, and he shakes his head, "Aw ...we're sorry. Hope you weren't too fond of your pet. It's a shame. All that blood. Hope it comes out of the cave floor."
Studying the situation, he knows he needs to get to Mandoo. He carefully steps into the empty area to the southwest. From there, he moves slowly through the crates to get to Mandoo's side.
When he reaches the monk, he uses Battle Medicine.
Once Mandoo is conscious, he whispers, "Standing didn't work out too well last time. Perhaps grab your sword and attack him from here. He needs to die. Now."
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Mandoo barely saw Hallod's fist approaching before everything went black. When he wakes and sees Tyrion looming over him, he wonders how things went, hoping for the best. His eyes then refocus on Hallod, only a little worse for wear, standing over both of them, and the question is answered. Sigh!
Hoping not to give Hallod another easy shot at him, he takes Tyrion's advice and grabs his nearby temple sword . As soon as he feels the grip in his hand, he cuts twice upwards, towards Hallod's legs and groin, then spins away and jumps to his feet.
Mandoo makes a vicious vertical slice from the ground, slicing through the human's groin and continuing upwards through his pelvis, through his studded leather armor, and into his stomach. Hallod's guts spill out all over the floor and over Mandoo as Hallod has a look of surprise and horror on his face. He staggers backwards a few steps, using his hands to try and keep his entrails within his body, before he crumples to the ground dead.
Woops, forgot to resolve Tyrion's poison.
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Mandoo was pleasantly surprised at the effect that his strike had on Hallod, but his satisfaction is slightly dampened by having to remove the man's intestines from his face. Getting his opponent's viscera splashed all over him was getting to be a bad habit.
Mandoo finally gets to his feet and helps Tyrion up as well. He puts his hand on the halfling's shoulder and says, "Without you, Mandoo dead. Thank you friend." Seeing that Tyrion is not looking well, he pulls a minor Elixir of Life from his bandolier and hands it to him. "Take this. Good for poison."
Leaving the rogue to ransack the remains of Hallod's body, he takes himself over to the pool of water. There, he tries to cleanse himself of Hallod's other remains as best he can, but there's only so much one can do to remove stomach fluid from clothing.
As he rejoins the group, the barrels and boxes catch his attention, "What in boxes?", he wonders out loud. He tests a couple of the lids to see if they will come off easily. He then reaches into his backpack for the crowbar, just in case.
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Tyrion, who was kneeling beside Mandoo, stands up. He offers a hand to the monk to help him up. They both know it's more a gesture than anything else, as Mandoo would pull Tyrion to the ground before Tyrion got close to offering anything remotely resembling assistance.
Wounded and still poisoned, Tyrion immediately pulls out some ointment from his healer's kit to treat the poison to stop it from spreading.
He'll take Mandoo's healing potion if he's losing too many hit points due to the effects of the poison.
Once the poison has stopped coursing through his veins, Tyrion hops onto a nearby crate, pulls out his flask and drinks. "Well that was easy. I thought this Pathfinder stuff would be more challenging." He offers mugs to anyone else.
While Mandoo is washing up, he'll search Hallod's body for any useful items or possibly useful information. "Lizzo ... wanna check the dog?"
While the group is searching the cave, Tyrion unwraps his healer's tools completely and offers up healing to Mandoo, Lizzo, and anyone else who needs it. He'll give Darr a chance to provide some magical healing first.
He also pulls out the map we found earlier, the one including the pond and the tree, to see if this place seems to match.
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Seeing the carnage unfold, a grim satisfaction comes over Lizzo's face as he watches Mandoo disembowel Hallod. He gives the pouch a light kick, and when he gets no response, he rips the two arrows from Ajax.
He does a quick search of the dog and the surrounding area, and then takes Tyrion up on his offer of healing (6/19hp). When the halfling offers a mug, he gladly accepts and offers a toast to Bort.
"To Bort! Our friend is misssed, but hisss death is avenged."
With that, he pours a few drops out for his friend.
"Now where to collect our bounty?"
. "Well that was easy. I thought this Pathfinder stuff would be more challenging."
"That all seemed quite difficult to me." Quecksworth replies, already retrieving healer's tools and casting guidance repeatedly to help the halfling recover.
"To Bort! Our friend is misssed, but hisss death is avenged."
Quecksworth lowers his head solemnly. "Yes. Far too hefty a price has been extracted since we arrived in this town."
*success
damage
*success
Tyrion and Quecksworth's efforts bear fruit as Tyrion manages to draw enough of the poison away from himself that his body can fight off the last of the poison.
Examining Hallod's body, you find he has a kukri, some hand wraps, (recently broken) leather armor, a single lesser healing potion, and a strongbox key.
The various crates are made up of alchemical reagents that are likely worth a lot of money and should probably be appraised to figure out their worth. In addition, you find a stone etched with a symbol of some kind and two everburning torches.
Finally, within a pouch on Hallod's body, you find a note (Handout).
Quecksworth considers the symbol.
He then reviews the note. Upon completion, he turns somewhat pale. "Oh, my," he gasps.
Handing the document over to the others, he says, "It would seem that there is more at work here than we ever suspected. And that our 'friend', Bort, was part of up to some rather nefarious activities of his own."
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When he feels he's done enough to stop the poison, Tyrion turns to Quecksworth, "Thank you my friend. I fear that without your earlier Ward spell, I might have gone down with Mandoo. If so, I wouldn't have been able to rush to his aid. Not to mention, I was having trouble with this poison without your guidance. Again, my thanks."
Tyrion holds up Hallod's strongbox key triumphantly and then subconciously rubs his shoulder. "Good thing we didn't need that !" He hands out the kukri, handwraps, armor, and potion. "Quecksworth, maybe check those for magic?"
As Tyrion begins unpacking his healing tools, Mandoo points out the symbol in one of the stone slabs. Tyrion takes a quick look:
Before attending to the party's wounds, he asks the half-orc, "Darr, you're better at this than I am. If you are able, do you wanna try some magic healing first for us?" He then sits down and administers healing to any who still require it. If Quecksworth has time, he asks for some guidance to help things go faster.
He'll start with himself until Mandoo and Lizzo make their way over...
Then Mandoo ...
And finally, Lizzo ...
crit!
Quecksworth considers the symbol.
It is a runestone containing a shadow rune.
As Tyrion begins unpacking his healing tools, Mandoo points out the symbol in one of the stone slabs. Tyrion takes a quick look:
With a quick and dirty appraisal, you think that the boxes of alchemical supplies would be worth maybe 50g if you sold it in a large city.
Alternatively, if you had the right feat, you could use the material to craft alchemical items.
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While he's finishing healing the party (which should take about a half hour) he suggests everyone make one last search to make sure we have everything there is to find here. Was there anything of note on Ajax?
When Quecksworth mentions the Shadow Rune, Tyrion looks up with interest. "A shadow rune would be useful to apply to this leather armor of mine, to help sneak around."
Tyrion studies the document that Quecksworth passes around. He pulls out the single vial of Corpse Blood we found in the previous room, and nods to the gnome. "Indeed it seems like Bort had a dangerous side business ... which cost him dearly." Holding up the vial, he adds, "Appears that Bort was delivering vials of this Corpse Blood. And it looks like the 'V' in this note, likely a female with her use of the word 'darling', provided Hallod the Violet Breath used to kill Hallod."
It depicts a cave helpfully labled "HIDEOUT,", next to a shape that might be a pond; from there, a winding path passes through a strange V-shaped chamber before ending at what appears to be a clearing with a tree stump labled "DROP POINT."
Tyrion finds the scrawled map we found in Hallod's strongbox and flattens it out on a crate. He points to HIDEOUT. "We are clearly here with the cave and the pond. Did we just come through the winding path and V-shaped chamber, or should we leave the cave and follow such a path to the DROP POINT in the tree stump?"
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He then sits down and administers healing to any who still require it...
Then Mandoo ...
Treat Wounds: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 1 = 15
Damage Healed: 2d8 ⇒ (1, 5) = 6
The buzzing in Mandoo's head seems to clear, "Thank you Tyrion. Head better." He then flexes his arm where the dog bit him and feels a stab of pain where the muscles haven't quite knitted together all the way. He pops a minor Elixir of Life from his bandolier and downs it in one.
Mandoo then looks over Hallod's stuff and sees little to excite him.
He hands out the kukri, handwraps, armor, and potion. "Quecksworth, maybe check those for magic?"
The kukri seems like an interesting weapon, but he'd have to learn how to use it properly first. Still, it was unusual, so might be worth something to someone. After Quecksworth looks it over for magic, Mandoo takes the kukri from him; pulls the sheath from Hallod's body; puts the kukri into it; and unless someone objects, drops it into his backpack, saying, "Sell in market later. Split money with group."
Similarly, knowing full well that he was going to need it soon, he claims the single lesser healing potion from Tyrion and attaches it to his bandolier to replace the one he just drank.
Since he has his wayfinder, the everburning torches do not interest him as functional items, but he'd seen them for sale in the market and he recalls that they cost a pretty penny. Mandoo says, "Torches expensive. Also sell in market later." So unless someone wants one, Mandoo will add them to expanding pile of loot in his backpack.
The handwraps do pique his interest a little. Mandoo's hands have been toughened by years of training and so he does not need handwraps. But, he'd seen some of the advanced monks at the lodge use them after having runes etched into them to improve their punching accuracy and power. He wonders if the ones Hallod used had these runes, so he looks at them carefully.
Mandoo's not sure if he sees any runes on the handwraps, but he's no expert. He turns to Quecksworth and shows him the handwraps, asking, "Quecksworth see runes? Handwraps sometimes have runes. Maybe magic."
Once the shadow rune is explained to him, he loses all interest, saying, "Mandoo not use armor."
Tyrion finds the scrawled map we found in Hallod's strongbox and flattens it out on a crate. He points to HIDEOUT. "We are clearly here with the cave and the pond. Did we just come through the winding path and V-shaped chamber, or should we leave the cave and follow such a path to the DROP POINT in the tree stump?"
Mandoo replies, "Mandoo think this is V-shaped chamber," indicating the cave they find themselves in. He continues, "Cave explored already. I say follow path. Find DROP POINT. Find tree stump."
With a quick and dirty appraisal, you think that the boxes of alchemical supplies would be worth maybe 50g if you sold it in a large city...
Finally, within a pouch on Hallod's body, you find a note.
Mandoo reads the note, slowly and quietly mouthing each word to make sure he gets it. He then looks at all the stacked boxes and barrels and shakes his head. "Hallod bad. V person very bad. V person want boxes. So boxes bad. Maybe we destroy boxes. V person not get boxes. V person unhappy. Or...", he pauses for effect, "... maybe we wait. V person want boxes. V person come for boxes. We follow V person. We stop V person. Maybe kill V person." He shrugs, and waits for a reaction.
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When Tyrion sees Mandoo consider taking a healing potion, the halfling raises his hand in a halt motion. "Let's not use valuable healing potions when we're not pressed for time." He looks to the half-orc. "Darr may well be able to heal all of us the rest of the way. And if not, within the hour I can rewrap your wounds to provide more aid."
Mandoo replies, "Mandoo think this is V-shaped chamber," indicating the cave they find themselves in. He continues, "Cave explored already. I say follow path. Find DROP POINT. Find tree stump."
Tyrion looks confused and replies, "Cave/Pond is on one side, then V-shaped chamber, then tree stump. If you think the cave is V-shaped chamber, wouldn't the Drop Point be back the way we came? For instance, the old tree outside of Hallod's shack?"
"Your thanks, though appreciated, is not required." Quecksworth replies to his fellow agents. "Your well-being is all the gratitude that I require."
At Tyrion's request, Quecksworth casts detect magic and examines the kukri, handwraps, armor, and potion and reports his findings to the others.
With this task completed, he casts guidance and quietly offers advice in rendering healing.
As Tyrion and Mandoo debate the location of the Drop Point, an amused look comes across Quecksworth's face.
"Problems, Master Tyrion and Master Mandoo?" he asks with a smile on his face. "Has the location of the Drop Point got you both... stumped ?"
"Problems, Master Tyrion and Master Mandoo?" he asks with a smile on his face. "Has the location of the Drop Point got you both... stumped ?"