Gnoll Stronghold

There is a long bridge at the very start of this area, and Gnarl and Hairtooth are Half-Ogres on the other side of it that wish to extort money from the party for safe passage from the bridge to the western side. Their initial offer of 200 gold can be reduced to 100. Kill them for 175XP each, and the Gauntlets of Dexterity that set Dex to 18 (even if it is 19 or above)

The Gnolls sink whole tree sections (pilings) of appropriate lengths into the ground, to make crude but effective stair steps down into the pits they keep their prisoners in

Dynaheir is at 2470, 1400, at the bottom of one of the prison pits. Kept in harsh conditions during her imprisonment, as with Yeslick, she is below her maximum HP when found. At level 2, she has 11 HP out of a maximum of 12, and Magic Missile learned, but not memorized. At level 6, she also has Fireball, and 31 HP out of a maximum of 36.


 * Tome Cave: Two Xvarts and a container with the Tome of Leadership and Influence, which gives a permanent +1 to Charisma
 * Carrion Crawler Cave: Xvarts, and in the next chamber a Carrion Crawler, which can stun with melee attack
 * Xvart Cave southwest at 120, 3320

A Gnoll Chieftain and the Half-Ogres do not respawn, but everything else: Gnoll Elite, Gnoll Slashers, Gnoll Veterans, and Xvarts, can all respawn at any time and place that the player does not have Line of Sight. The player can post characters in areas they want kept clear; nothing will spawn in their field of vision

It is four hours journey north to Bear River