Gnoll Lair (#17/365)

Gnoll Lair (#17/365)

"This long chamber is full of straw pallets and strong with a mixed odor of wood-smoke and large animals. At one end is a scratched wooden bench that serves as a table, surrounded by several large rocks that are used as seats. Next to it is a cooking pit with two holding stakes and a central rotating spit."

Roll a die. On a 1-2:

"Snoring atop several of the pallets are some scruffy Gnolls, fast asleep, with their armour and weapons dumped in heaps next to each sleeping creature."

On a 3-6: 

"Standing around the smoking pit are several Gnolls, roasting an unidentifiable shank of meat. Smoke rises up through a hole in the ceiling. On seeing you, they curse and grab for their weapons." 

Contents: If the Gnolls are sleeping, the Heroes may attempt to sneak through the chamber, but attempting to murder the Gnolls in their sleep will wake at least one of them up, who will raise the alarm.

The Gnolls are part of the Tusk-Gnasher tribe and have 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.

Stashed behind the table are some bits and pieces including a Large Backpack (see Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1, p. 48), a Pineapple and a gourd of dried fish (both +1-3 STAMINA if eaten).

Stats:

4 GNOLLS: SKILL 8, STAMINA 5, Club, Light Armour (leather scraps). One of the Gnolls has a Net, with which it will attempt to ensnare several Heroes (see Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1, pp. 46-47).

Each Gnoll has 1-6SP. The meat on the spit is roasted camel and surprisingly edible, restoring 1-3 STAMINA points to anyone who consumes it. The straw pallets are empty but anyone searching through them has a 4 in 6 chance of contracting fleas (-1 SKILL due to itchy bites until they next take a full bath).