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b Bush; - Entangle area, D Doghead; F Doghead with metalbars; w Wolf; d dead Doghead

h Horse; x Mule; d Donkey

C Callum; R Rolf; E Elsbeth; A Aenis; K Kerim; P Peter; m Mandrake; s Smilo; M Madelyn

Wolves AC7 normal size; Dogheads AC6 large size.

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The branches entangling the Doghead start to shrink back to normal size and uncoil from him just as quickly as they captured him, and he staggers back slightly. He looks around and sees Callum with his large sword, Rolf with his bow pointing towards him and Madelyn, mounted, with lance couched. Suddenly his shoulders droop and he cries out "Humpa, na scapaz, na scapaz", you can hear the resignation and fear in his voice.

Smilo searches the doghead at Oe and comes up with a another blue dyed bone ring, a candle and a small belt buckle made of silver. He then moves onto the doghead at Od. Again this doghead is wearing oddments of armour and has a small belt pouch, this one's mail skirt is laced to a very broad leather belt with metal studs on it. [OOC Can I have a perception check please, Jim]

Kerim quietens his mules and Elsbeth is by her horse, Peter stands between the two and again asks "Are you two Ok?"

OOC - Apologies from David, he has injured his Knee and has been signed off from work and as his only internet access is from work at the moment, will not be able to post for a while. I will play Kerim as an NPC until he comes back.

That's a 8 vs his 12 score.

Sorry, I didn't make it clear :- perception check is for Smilo only

OOC: Smilo rolls a 5 for perception.

"I'm telling yah, Mandrake," said the halfling bending down with a grunt to yank free a ring, "this lot may not look like much, but at the next burg, we kin sell em as real, bonifide gnoll trinkets. The peasants'll go wild for em. I'd say well be raking in four maybe five silver."

OOC: oops, sorry, I forgot who was running which game for a while and read the Jim as a signature. Please treat the perception roll with the contempt it deserves ;-)

IC:

Mandrake relaxes slightly, “Humpa, na scapaz, na scapaz in case you hadn’t guessed my friends, means that it will comply, it is not going to run.”

Mandrake then says to the creature “Alhevro ta thanz mi”.

Then turning to Rolf he says “If you have no objections, I should like to take charge of the prisoner, I can talk its language and may be able to find out some information as we travel.

“Besides, I have come up with a way that I can keep guard of it as we travel, regardless of my limited stature, and keep up with you without the discomfort and indignity of riding those damn mules.

“You see, with a few lengths of rope, some branches and some of the leather and furs that theses things are wearing and a little help from Kerim, I can set up a seat to strap to its back.

“I can then ride in it, with my sword placed ready in back in case it does anything. If it runs, I’ll be with it all the way, stabbing through its spine, so if it knows this in advance, it is less likely to try I think.”

“Whatever, though, I suggest that its hands are bound.”

Rolf releases the tension on the bow string, but keeps the arrow notched just in case. Keeping his eyes on the beast, he nods in response to Mandrakes comments. "Of course tie him up. If you can make the other work, it's up to you."

Once the creature is bound, Rolf slips the arrow back into the quiver and settles the bow. "Madelyn, keep an eye on it as well. Anyone got some rope? We could knot it around its neck and tie it off to Madelyns saddle." To Madelyn, "Make sure you can loose it in a hurry though, just in case."

Once things have settled down a bit and the doghead has been dealt with, Rolf moves over to Smilo. "Have you finished searching them? What all did you find?"

Smilo stops looting and looks up, right into the eyes of a gnoll. He darts back to the group, pointing behind him, yelling all the way.

OOC: entangled gnoll and wolf at Ld

"GO!" Madelyn shouts to Callum and Rolf,

"This one isn't going anywhere". As if to prove the point she pushes the head of her lance into his chest.

"If he makes a run for it, i'll soon cut him off"

Callum hefts his sword and rushes over towards Smilo, swinging the sword to build up the momentum.

Mandrake doesn’t wait any longer. From behind he pulls the iron bars from the gnoll’s hands and then calls out to the other creature entangled with the wolf “Fetooken Alhevro, soove Alhevro. Fetooken fe soove fe, na fetooken hull fe!

He then waves a bar in the air to punctuate the point.

Then he says to the one that has survived “Spek drak boogok fetooken.”

At Smilo's shout Elsbeth turns from where she is with her horse and looks. "Those are not going anywhere," she states emphatically. "Not 'till I let them, anyway."

Its noticable that she keeps her horse between her and Callum as he comes over to assist.

Daren - I want a d10 roll followed by a d20 roll please

Madelyn - I want a d10 roll please

At the shout from Smilo, Rolf spins, bow leaping into his hands. At Madelyns shout, he nods and turns to face the new threat, a sheaf arrow pointing at the dogheads chest. Rolf assumes that Mandrake is already calling for its surrender. Keeping his eyes fixed on his target, he says, "Well Mandrake?"

D10 = 9

D20 = 2

D10 = 1