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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nephis" data-source="post: 8956587" data-attributes="member: 20459">Despite their both being exhausted and sorely wounded, mentally and physically, PA’AVU and HAZARD remain vigilant and watchful as they seek to end the skirmish. Therefore they are ready when the aberrant winged lizard attempts to escape through the air. Acting upon instinct, Hazard leaps forward and clamps his mighty jaws around one of its wings. Weighted down by the hound’s substantial weight, the Id Fiend cannot take flight, and Pa’avu is able to – finally – slice through its thick hide. At the sight of the viscous blue ichor pouring out, the goliath leaps backward, happy to see her hound similarly dodging out of the way. Pa’avu wrinkles her nose in disgust at both the foul odor and the weirdness of the hissing as the ichor hits the floor of the cavern.[HR][/HR]* Hazard: OA: MBA: r(11) + 9 + 2 (CA) + 1 (VW) = 23; damage: r(2) + 7 = 9 HP* Pa'avu: OA: MBA: r(14) + 10 + 2 (CA) = 26; damage: r(9) + 5 + 2 (GoB) = 16 HP* AIF: 19 HP - 9 - 16 = DEADED!![HR][/HR]As Chanvati and Bita-Bousseh carefully examine the Ice Maw and the area around it (from a safe distance), PA'AVU and her Hound climb together to the upper butte. If memory serves, there is a still-fresh kill up there, and consuming its clean flesh should do wonders in restoring their physical well-being. Also, it will be a good vantage point to see if there are any more predators about. They do not see anything dangerous but the goliath does notice something curious. She brushes aside some of the various animal bones remaining from the otherworldly k’jkar’s meals and picks up a large leather dog’s collar.As she ponders her discovery, she is interrupted in her thoughts by Chanvati sending her his own. <Sahtree, when you are done, I need you here. We have found something interesting, but we need you to retrieve it.> Looking down upon them and meeting Chanvati’s eyes, Pa’avu silently replies, <on our way momentarily, gosb’tar. I am bringing us sustenance to restore us after battle.> She ties a rope around the ram’s carcass and lowers its body to the cavern floor, before signaling to Hazard to head down. As she starts down herself, her attention is caught once again, this time by bones that were not animal. She frowns as she recognizes human bones, delicate v’linski bones, and … are those...? She turns as she hears her gosb’tar’s voice, tone impatient, and slowly continues her descent.[HR][/HR]As his sahtree finally deigns to join them, CHANVATI continues to examine his find and discuss manners of its removal with his consort. His goliath turns her stolid gaze to the frozen wall and the figure encased within. She gives a slight frown before suddenly giving the ice a firm blow with the flat of her mighty palm, shattering it. Pa’avu can easily see the bracelet Chanvati so covets. After a pause, she gently reaches inside and unclasps the bracelet from the wrist of the long dead goliath. Turning to Chanvati, she hands it to him, smiling slightly and pointing to symbols she recognizes. She says in her deep gravelly voice, “gosb’tar, these g’v’rech’ti are worn by the peacetalkers of my people. With your silvery tongue and slippery speech, this was made for you. On behalf of my people, I gift it to you.” Sheepishly acknowledging the girth of the mighty forearm of the frozen corpse, Chavanti fastens the beaded damask piece of jewelry around his neck instead as a choker, seemingly unaware of Pa’avu’s implication. Bita-Bousseh raises an eyebrow.Pa’avu speaks again: “to continue to protect yourself as well as us, you will need this n’zmel’mech’ti.” She places into his hands a dagger with a violet-hued metal blade and explains, “this fights against such otherworldly creatures as that perversion,” pointing her chin towards the Id Fiend’s carcass. She turns back to the cavity in the ice and removes one more item: a wooden club with embedded obsidian teeth. Holding it out with her arm outstretched, she turns it this way and that, as if to measure its weight. “And this will help me in our fight: it is called a m’cuah’tl in my language and will help me reach deeper into my l’pahb’gin.”His sahtree now reaches into her pouch to remove a dog collar with a stone pendant and hands it to him to examine. Chanvati turns it in his hands, admiring the well-worked leather and the craftsmanship of the pendant: a wolf’s head designed with geometric shapes. “Look here,” Pa’avu says, reaching back and pulling aside her hide armor. There on her shoulder is a tattoo of the very same design. As the goliath whistles for her hound to return to them, she looks down at her prince. “My people have been here, people from my very tribe. This collar is meant to be worn by the companion of a warrior.” Then, after having the hound sit before her, she fastens the collar gently around his neck and ruffles the fur on his head. Looking back at Chanvati, she asserts, “we were meant to come here, gosb’tar.”[HR][/HR]Later, as Hazard lies next to her, gnawing on a thigh bone, PA'AVU stares absently at her gosb'tar and his consort, murmuring to each other. They are all sitting at the edge of the cavern, near the funeral pyre Pa'avu lit for burning the body of the ancient one of her peoples. The goliath's callused finger is gently gliding along the m’cuah’tl lying across her lap as if reading the images carved into its wooden surface. Shortly, she will need to put it away in its scabbard she also removed - remarkably still in perfect condition. But now the goliath needs to hold it, feeling the vibration of its energy, as she rests before they continue their journey.[HR][/HR]Bookkeeping Mattersper [USER=6696971]@Manbearcat[/USER] :XP* 1401 - 350 (B & H) = 1051/2 = 525/526LOOT* Each of C & P get a level 8 or lower Uncommon item, and C gets a level 3 or lower Uncommon item.* Hazard gets:Sigil of Companionship    Level 6+ UncommonThis medal, which can be strapped to a leg or hung around a neck, signifies the depth of experience you and your companion have working together.Lvl 6        1,800 gpCompanionPropertyWhen you flank an enemy with your companion, you and your companion gain a +1 item bonus to damage rolls against that enemy.[ATTACH=full]277425[/ATTACH]* Take 190 Gold[HR][/HR]TAKE SHORT REST, all encounter powers refreshHEAL, etc.* Bita-Bousseh: spend 3 surges: 37/37 HP; 3/8 surges remaining* Chanvati: casts Inspiring Word on himself: 1 surge + r(3), plus spend 1 more surge: 36/36 HP; 5/7 surges remaining* Hazard: spend 2 surges: 68/68 HP, 9/11 surges remaining* Pa'avu: spend 2 surges: 49/49 HP, 6/11 surges remaining; attunes to Ki Focus XP: Pa'avu: 5000/5500 XP needed for L5; Chanvati: 4999/5500 XP needed for L52 Uncommon magic items of L8 or lower = Choker of Eloquence +2 (Neck Slot L8) and Rain of Hammers Ki Focus +2 (L8 implement)1 Uncommon magic item of L3 or lower = Byeshk dagger +1 (L3 Weapon)</blockquote>

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