1 Die Roll  Description Die Result Ebony's Perception 1d20 17

Ebony approaches the halfling he so mercilessly gored to death. For such a portly fellow with a beer belly, the prowler was quite agile, Ebony reflected. The ranger's examination of the corpse was brief - telltale white crusted lesions on the decedent's skin indicates the halfling was afflicted with, or perhaps newly-recovered from a disease Ebony would rather not deal with.

Digging into the prowler's clothes, Ebony finds a rolled parchment hidden inside. While it is written in a script he cannot read, it's clear that this was a bounty notice. Perhaps the etching of his and Ivory's faces has something to do with this conclusion.

The kobold's eyes are quickly drawn to a handsome brooch hanging on the halfling's neck, on which is inscribed a name which he does not recognize. The kobold's experienced eye quickly identifies the artifact as a Brooch of No Regrets .

This was the only magical artifact among the halfling's possessions. After a quick inventory of his pack, Ebony lays out the following mundane items:

1. A short sword, tipped with now-inactive bloodstinger poison
2. A crossbow, with bolts of ammunition
3. An old-looking set of thieves' tools, inscribed with the name Griddley
4. Plain leather armor, branded with a stylized H-shaped mark
5. 510 gold pieces

A quick check of the immediate surroundings show no traps of any kind. And after slitting open a few fried raven corpses, there was nothing of interest to note.

For the moment, Ebony and Ivory are safe and alone in the woods with their big bad wolf.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?