As the companions speak, the dwarf continues to smile enigmatically, stroking his golden beard. His eyes brighten and his gaze sharpens while Falshen and Ian unspool the thread that led them here.
"Your words have the ring of truth," he finally declares. "Though I do not know you, I do not judge you to be thieves or liars. And if your judgement is just, then it seems there is some urgency to your quest, while the foul minions of fouler masters may be hot on your trail - indeed, you yourselves may have lead them to this place, long hidden. Well, I shall not banish or destroy you - at the moment. What do you propose to do, then? And what would you have of me?"
As the companions speak, the dwarf continues to smile enigmatically, stroking his golden beard. His eyes brighten and his gaze sharpens while Falshen and Ian unspool the thread that led them here.
"Your words have the ring of truth," he finally declares. "Though I do not know you, I do not judge you to be thieves or liars. And if your judgement is just, then it seems there is some urgency to your quest, while the foul minions of fouler masters may be hot on your trail - indeed, you yourselves may have lead them to this place, long hidden. Well, I shall not banish or destroy you - at the moment. What do you propose to do, then? And what would you have of me?"
Persuasion: 11
While Clanghammer waits for the party's response, he seems to be ignoring Akai's question.