(OOC - Kobolds being "local" to Cantus? That's news to me. AFAIK monster lore is knowledge (dungeons) or wherever the creatures belong to (e.g. dragons are arcane) and some say you may recognise at least common ones with a DC 10 roll even untrained. But maybe I mix Pathfinder in here. Anyway, I've always supposed Nacesh has a knack for anything scaly and everything loosely tied to dragons, given his double-scaly inheritance, his familiar of choice, his academic background (if not skills) etc. See also below; maybe you would say that Nacesh can't come up with such arguments.)
The sorcerer listened to the others without a word as far as he could and didn't comment on the creatures' fate. However, Mardak's mention of green dragons brought him forward.
"No. They said it. A dragon would definitely be a he or she to them." With a pause he adds, "And to me."
"Similarly I would rule out other nasty creatures; like hags as they always pose as female. A green slime could be gender neutral but wouldn't demand more or threaten with punishment. Maybe a crocodile? Gender's not so trivial in their case and a clever leader would use a creature of animal intelligence as an excuse for her own purposes."
"That said, the tribe's name definitely refers to a female but I don't think it would be a local nasty; more like their matron deity or something. Or simply the scale color of the leader."
Nacesh looks around to remind himself where the leader's body lay to have a second look (or remember, for that matter)
(OOC - can Nacesh check or remember (pls roll Int for me) the shade of the leader's scales? was it green, rusty brown, etc? by nature or by dye?)
Turning to the kobolds, he asks, "Did you catch others off-guard since last full moon?"
Giving sufficient time for them to respond, he continues,
"Have you ever seen it? How big was it? Do you know what it was? Does the tribe fear it? Would like to see it dead?"
The sorcerer listened to the others without a word as far as he could and didn't comment on the creatures' fate. However, Mardak's mention of green dragons brought him forward.
"No. They said it. A dragon would definitely be a he or she to them." With a pause he adds, "And to me."
"Similarly I would rule out other nasty creatures; like hags as they always pose as female. A green slime could be gender neutral but wouldn't demand more or threaten with punishment. Maybe a crocodile? Gender's not so trivial in their case and a clever leader would use a creature of animal intelligence as an excuse for her own purposes."
"That said, the tribe's name definitely refers to a female but I don't think it would be a local nasty; more like their matron deity or something. Or simply the scale color of the leader."
Nacesh looks around to remind himself where the leader's body lay to have a second look (or remember, for that matter)
(OOC - can Nacesh check or remember (pls roll Int for me) the shade of the leader's scales? was it green, rusty brown, etc? by nature or by dye?)
Turning to the kobolds, he asks, "Did you catch others off-guard since last full moon?"
Giving sufficient time for them to respond, he continues,
"Have you ever seen it? How big was it? Do you know what it was? Does the tribe fear it? Would like to see it dead?"
