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A swimmer seen from Neriak bar           The Neriak underground bar           The Halflings' camp THE HALFLING'S CAMP : The evening is falling down, I notice a camp of halflings (quite weird in the middle of the drow territory). I size up the ennemies, they are three and they are blue (easy for me). I move forward, giving myself airs... Oh ? Someone is casting a spell… Arghhhh ! ! I am surrounded by fire (the fire is burning a lot !) I run away, fortunately, they don't run very fast and I can get rid of them easily... I go back to Neriak , thinking about my revenge. I broadcast : "Drow friends, halflings have dared to attack one of your folk on the drow territory… Revenge, revenge, to blood we have to answer by blood ! !". After having recruiting three companions, we went back on the spot… To face a plated halfling who fights like a savage ! ! ! Only one drow escapes death thanks to his quickness… The others will only have to get back discreetly their corpses.   SPORTS NEWS : There is a new sport which is in vogue among the drows. You notice a gigantic monster, for me, a black bear for instance. You kindly ask him to give you his skin, punctuating your request by some swordthrusts… No luck, a pal of his happened to pass by, and decides to give his chum a hand (damned supportive the guys). No panic ! You run away, of course, and the game begins. You notice a poor guy sitting in a corner or turning his back to you. You just have to run by his side and you get 80 % of chancethese big lazy bones choose to crunch the little newcomer. Simple, efficient and funny...   THE FIRST QUEST : I bumped into a wizard who says to me : "take this box and put Beetle eyes in it". Ok, I fill the box with eyes and give it back to him. With a pout, he tells me it is shit and I lose everything ! ! Damned… After some broadcasts, I learn there is a button "combine" on the box, I have to push it before giving the box back… Well, I go back and he gives me another box. I fill it up, I combine, music… Oh ? I can't no longer open the box… Well, I give back the box, music, Yeah ! Experience and a gift (a lantern with at least 5 GP ! !). It's worth doing it ! ! ! I try again , I give the box, music… Boooooohhhh… He only gives me 4 CP ! They are bloody stupid, these PNJ ! ! !   BRIEF NEWS : I have started to make myself some pieces of leather armour. I need a wolf's skin, a sewing box and a pattern. You mix up everything and if the check under competence is fine, you can get a pair of gloves, a tunic, pants or plenty of nice stuffs… Just a little detail for the purists, the ogres and the trolls must use a bear's skin, much larger (isn't that background ?). There is a bar at Neriak which is situated beside the inner lake (I remember that the drows live under the ground). In the underground room, there are large picture windows facing the lake, overthere you can see the drows swimming and plunging into the lake. Besides the making of armour, you can try to cook, to make arrows, weapons, to brew beer and plenty of other things… Concerning cooking for instance, you use bread, wolf meat, all to the oven and hop ! A wolf sandwich ! ! You can buy recepes books to learn new stuffs and mixtures. Funny skills : Alcohol tolerance, Apply poison, Beg, Fishing, Jewel Craft, Percussions, Stringed, Wind or Song, Pottery. There is got plenty of some more, but much more standard. To have skill is fine, but anyway you have to practise it to be ok later on! ! !   Well, I wind up here and I go back there. By the way, I have tried to travel to see… In the lavastorm mountain, there are Drakes and a drow/patrick who runs very, very fast to go home ! !