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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Reich" data-source="post: 7161473" data-attributes="member: 6892958"><p>From the Diary of Darum Wirehilt of the Black Mountain Wirehilts</p><p></p><p>"The person who purported to offer me employment seems to have been deceased</p><p>for ten years, almost half of a Human lifetime."</p><p></p><p>"So now, I sit in a low-class bar, drinking thin over-priced beer that even Humans in the</p><p>lowlands near the Black Mountain would call goat-piss. And I would, if it were not</p><p>unseemly in public, be kicking myself for poor planning or, as my Uncle Steelbender calls</p><p>it, poor life choices."</p><p></p><p>"The farrier's kit is compact and fairly light</p><p>and can be transported on a donkey or a Human."</p><p></p><p>"So four other guys came forward. Three Humans but one of them seemed like a kid, maybe</p><p>five years old I guess. But I’m no expert on Human ages so maybe he was older, or a little</p><p>younger. One of the others was very odd-looking but there is a lot of variation among</p><p>Humans. I think they have a lot of mutations, what with their generations being so short</p><p>and their breeding habits being so bizarre."</p><p></p><p>"He questioned us briefly and warned us to stay out of</p><p>trouble and went on his way. In a well-run city with a solid constabulary, he would have</p><p>arrested us. For mopery with intent to gawk if nothing else. However, I did not point this</p><p>out. As Uncle Steelbender always said, “Don’t argue with someone who is already doing</p><p>what you want him to do.” </p><p></p><p>"it would have earned him a</p><p>rather long period of reeducation in the Black Mountain or any other well-run Dwarf</p><p>community but other people have other ways, always improper, disorderly and often</p><p>sinful but their own."</p><p></p><p>"You just get to thinking you understand a Human and she or he goes ahead</p><p>and dies, so there’s no point."</p><p></p><p>(I can just hear my father and Uncle Steelbender chuckling about “somebody trying to hurt Darum by hitting him on the</p><p>head)</p><p></p><p>"We Dwarfs have short arms and the more</p><p>reach a weapon has the better."</p><p></p><p>"When you hit Gnolls, you have to hit them hard."</p><p></p><p>"This time, I hit some of them and one of them</p><p>hit me with his dying bite and hurt me. By the way, that is an extremely irritating</p><p>quality of Gnolls. Why bite someone when your dead. Dead should act dead, I always say.</p><p>When the fight was over and one of the dogs and I were being healed, I thought about four</p><p>Gnolls attacking us when were a few hours walk from the center of a town. That would</p><p>never happen at the Black Mountain or any other well-run community, Dwarf or</p><p>Human. It’s another reason I’m in a bad mood now."</p><p></p><p>-- </p><p><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/grreference/home/05-the-black-mountain" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/grreference/home/05-the-black-mountain</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill Reich, post: 7161473, member: 6892958"] From the Diary of Darum Wirehilt of the Black Mountain Wirehilts "The person who purported to offer me employment seems to have been deceased for ten years, almost half of a Human lifetime." "So now, I sit in a low-class bar, drinking thin over-priced beer that even Humans in the lowlands near the Black Mountain would call goat-piss. And I would, if it were not unseemly in public, be kicking myself for poor planning or, as my Uncle Steelbender calls it, poor life choices." "The farrier's kit is compact and fairly light and can be transported on a donkey or a Human." "So four other guys came forward. Three Humans but one of them seemed like a kid, maybe five years old I guess. But I’m no expert on Human ages so maybe he was older, or a little younger. One of the others was very odd-looking but there is a lot of variation among Humans. I think they have a lot of mutations, what with their generations being so short and their breeding habits being so bizarre." "He questioned us briefly and warned us to stay out of trouble and went on his way. In a well-run city with a solid constabulary, he would have arrested us. For mopery with intent to gawk if nothing else. However, I did not point this out. As Uncle Steelbender always said, “Don’t argue with someone who is already doing what you want him to do.” "it would have earned him a rather long period of reeducation in the Black Mountain or any other well-run Dwarf community but other people have other ways, always improper, disorderly and often sinful but their own." "You just get to thinking you understand a Human and she or he goes ahead and dies, so there’s no point." (I can just hear my father and Uncle Steelbender chuckling about “somebody trying to hurt Darum by hitting him on the head) "We Dwarfs have short arms and the more reach a weapon has the better." "When you hit Gnolls, you have to hit them hard." "This time, I hit some of them and one of them hit me with his dying bite and hurt me. By the way, that is an extremely irritating quality of Gnolls. Why bite someone when your dead. Dead should act dead, I always say. When the fight was over and one of the dogs and I were being healed, I thought about four Gnolls attacking us when were a few hours walk from the center of a town. That would never happen at the Black Mountain or any other well-run community, Dwarf or Human. It’s another reason I’m in a bad mood now." -- [url]https://sites.google.com/site/grreference/home/05-the-black-mountain[/url] [/QUOTE]
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