The two parties begin their quest for the day. Frekor and Randa depart from the group far enough to not suffer game fleeing from the two noisy wagons, but not so far that they cannot see or be seen by the groups while they creep along the fields.

DM: Group Survival Check from Frekor and Randa, or one can roll with Advantage. You choose.

( Ok. I will.)

Survival- 18

Together, Frekor and Randa move along the earth, wearing around the spires of stone and glass as they go. Before long, they find tracks. Both immediately recognize them as a big cat species, but Randa is more familiar with the diverse animals that inhabit the Wastes. These are moorbounders and by the look of it, an adult and a pack of young.

Randa knows that the young go through a violent development to weed out the weak; the young kill and eat each other until only the strong are left. In a little of 5-8, they naturally arrest this process at around 3-4. They remain together for the rest of their youth, until they reach maturity and then break off to find other packs and breed. The paw prints seem to suggest that they are not yet complete with this process, as there seem to be about five remaining. One more yet to be found to fill the bellies of the others.

Alternatively, Randa notices tiny clawmarks around some of the spires. If the moorbounders do not interest, perhaps something else? Frekor picks up the tracks where Randa loses them and he leads her farther from the wagons. Randa is just about to cease the hunt and turn back when Frekor pulls Randa down behind a broken spire.

About 40ft off is a armadillo-like creature. This Randa knows enough to know it is native here, but it seems to be one of the many unidentified species that roam the Barbed Fields. Not many zoologists make their way out to the Barbed Fields because it is so incredibly dangerous. A scholarly scientist only ever encounters a sorrowsworn once. If they survive, the zoologists never seem to find their way back to their habitat again.

This creature is 3ft at the shoulder, heavy-looking and wide, has an armored back that flexes with its movement as the plates slide over each other. Armor also is plated over the back of the legs, but not the front. It is lined with two rows of dangerous-looking spikes angles diagonally down its back. The head is heavily armored as well, to the point that the creature’s eyes are partially covered. This is definitely good for protecting the eyes-a vulnerable spot for things like birds of prey-but prevents it from being able to see well. It has a thickly-muscled tail with a bulbous knob on the end. Its paws are designed to root around termite mounds and break open burrows of small rodents with long curved claws, while the flexible plate, rows of spikes, armor on the backs of the limbs, and the club-like tail suggest that it faces its rear to prey and tries to batter them.

It does not seem to notice Frekor and Randa as it sniffs out some prey.

Randa looks to Frekor, " Moorbounders are.......fairly high on the food chain.....as predators their flesh concentrates all the bad things their prey have eaten.....they would be unpalatable.....also they are.....a little too feline for me to want to hunt.....the great cats are sacred to the Mother.....at least amongst my people."

" But this creature.....looks to be mostly insectivorous.....perhaps tubers and roots?  If we can get it on its back it should be fairly easily subdued.....but we do not want to get close to that thagomizer....."

" Or do you want to call this hunt a wash and head back?"

OOC: There is no shame coming back empty handed. Better than coming back broken.