![]() ![]() I knew immediately then how I would win her to our side. Wild and free and capable of depraved cruelty. She reminded me of Volkmeir and I when we first left our mother's house. "Treasures beyond all imagination." I tried another angle. My other allies came and filled in the other seats around us as the barkeep began serving drinks. The firebrand pounded a gloved fist on the tabletop, "Harrgh! Damned cleric! By thy holy symbols I know that -ye- have never met a drink ye didn't like, eh? Fine then - name thy rules!" "Looking at the table and floor around you - it looks like -YOUVE- spilled more than you've drunk!" "Well, that much is true enough!" I said, stepping around opposite her and shoving the comatose drunk from his chair so that I could take his place. The fact that she was still alive spoke volumes to me-it said that this gnome tried harder than the rest to get where she was today. It is an unusual profession, for one of the smaller races to become a barbarian skilled in the wild frenzies of combat. I was impressed with the strength and agility that her small body hid. "Wanna try me, Orc-breath?! I can -spill- more than you've probably ever drunk!" It hurt more than a little but I succeeded in not wincing. *bra-a-a-ap* the gnome belched loudly in response and jammed the mug-with her fist still wrapped around the handle into my ribs. ![]() But can you handle a pike as well as your mug?" I laid my challenge to her. Surprisingly, it was slightly more palatable than the goblin slop we had been carrying since Baywatch.Įver-looking for more promising people to join the ranks of our little crew, I spied a nimble and uncouth gnomish barbarian engaged in a drinking contest with some other stumbling drunks. ![]() The local specialty was Mantis Mush - a kind of gruel that looked absolutely repulsive with its chunks of insect meat and mysterious spices. And then it was straight to the alehouse to gather the local news. With the ninja clan's "welcoming committee" dispersed from the main square we were able to take in an antidote at the temple Bloodroot for all the poisons we had picked up from the various stings and bites of the giant insects outside. ![]()
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