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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nephis" data-source="post: 9228810" data-attributes="member: 20459">The four companions sit on the stone bridge to regroup and refresh. Nemo chews on some jerky Toriq passed out to them all, watching Jendi pick through tiny felldrake carcasses for anything useful, interesting, possibly valuable. "My Uncle Milo pays good coin for teeth from those things, especially if you can find any of the larger ones," he tells his friend who grunts in acknowledgement. Honestly, the warlock reminds Nemo of his cousin Beppa when she concentrates of detailed work to avoid thinking what she would call "thinky thoughts." Speaking of which ... the young halfling wonders how his cousin is doing at this moment and vows to urge his new friends to save ... Ellen? Helena? ... and maybe throw in a rescue of Beppa as well.Then Nemo is startled by a blue light forming around Jendi's halforc sister, around her badly bitten face and forearm, to be precise. The witch is holding her hands on both while she murmurs quietly in an ancient elvish dialect, and the light seems to be emanating from her hands and sinking into Toriq's skin. He hears words he thinks mean "Woman of Moonlight" and perhaps "Help" or "Feed": the ancient Elvish words hold so many connotations, he can never remember when which word means what - so much depends upon the words before and after, and he cannot hear everything. Also, Stygian dialects hold even larger diversity of meanings for certain words and ideas: his cousin Seraphina once told him that those elves have 150 different words for darkness, much like Frost giants and snow. He continues to listen to her soft liquid voice. Was that the word for "sew" or "knit" or even "mend"?He returns his gaze to Jendi, who is now crushing a tiny felldrake skull into powder with a stone. When the young halfling asks his friend what he plans to use that for, the elfling gives a start and stares at his hands as if suddenly noticing his actions. Brushing his hands clear of dust, Jendi raises his eyes to meet Nemo's glance for a moment, then shrugs. "I guess I just wanted to make sure it was dead," he replies with a wry grimace. [HR][/HR]Some answers and thoughts:* re treasure: I think Jendi will gather as much as is retrievable and portable of the felldrake carcasses, particularly pieces of the hellborn felldrake (e.g. its horn, a claw or two, several teeth). Perhaps what is sellable can be the "treasure" and other items (see above parts) will only come into play as color for magic items later?* regarding our next actions: while young Jendi may have some misgivings about going further into the caverns, his curiosity and thirst for power and powerful items will lead him through the valley of fear. Toriq has no compunction about setting forth: she needs to stop the incursion on her beloved's grove.Here are the results of short rest:* Toriq: as per discussion: Mylistra has 1 use of Healing Word during the short rest without penalty: she'll use this on Toriq: r3 + 7 = 10 HP healed; 28/30 Current HP, 5/10 Surges remaining, 1 AP remaining.* Jendi: spends 2 Surges for 12 HP; 26/26 Current HP, 3/8 Surges remaining, 0 AP remaining.* Nemo & Mylistra don't need healing during the short rest, so N: 22/24 Current HP, 4/7 Surges remaining, 1 AP remaining; M: 24/24 Current HP, 5/8 Surges remaining, 1 AP remaining.</blockquote>

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