Gnoll Guardpost/Exit (#18/365)

 Gnoll Guardpost/Exit (#18/365)

"The corridor ascends and opens up into a small cave with a view over a nearby valley."

If the Heroes have been quiet:

"You see a bored Gnoll guard slumped behind a rock, bow held loosely in one hand, occasionally looking up to scan the terrain outside."

If the Heroes have been noisy:

"An angry Gnoll guard stands before you, hunched behind a rock, with an arrow drawn on the shortbow he holds with both paws, pointed straight you.

'Who the hell are you!' he barks. 'Explain yourself!'"

Contents: This is the Gnolls' entrance to the Found Tombs of Arvakaten. It overlooks the top of a small side valley to the main tributary-source of the river Murab. At the bottom of the valley is a stream (little more than a muddy rivulet of water), choked with bones and debris that the Gnolls toss out of their guardpost.

Anyone drinking the stream water has a 1-in-6 chance of contracting Baddu-Belly (see Citadel of Chaos, p. 25).  

The Gnoll is part of the Tusk-Gnasher tribe and has been perturbed by the presence of the recently-arrived Orc mercenaries. Their main interests are getting rid of the Orcs, and food, especially meat and how to prepare it. All Gnolls are cannibals and anyone slain by them will be eaten.

Obviously, if the Heroes are attempting to enter this chamber from the outside, then the description and circumstances will need to be changed.

Stats:

1 GNOLL: SKILL 8, STAMINA 5, Short Bow and Club, Light Armour (leather scraps) 

The Gnoll guard has  1-6 SP and a haunch of badly cooked camel meat (deduct 1-3 STAMINA points if eaten).