Stout Forest

Creator: Shooth Anu

Somewhere off the Southern Trade Road lies an old forest of stubby, stout trees.  Rumors have reached Pennan and Chiiron of a lively pub somewhere deep in the forest, and of the curious denizens in the area.  Travellers making the journey from Pennan to Brembledon report meeting a moody artist, a greedy leprechaun, and ill-tempered warthogs in the area.  One halfling even claims to have seen a were-bear as she stumbled home from the bar.

**Directions to the Zone:** South out of the Pennan Mallander Gate, south a few, and the zone is east off the road.

First Room in the zone, **Crawl North**, **Search Pile**, to find the black tailed warthog

NW room in warthogs **Climb Tree** to get to JonJon during the day, or wearbear JonJon at night.

**Search Water** in the back of the werebear cave to find: a tulwar 'Burbler' Level 5 weapon 2d5 (sword)

Ask Jonjon Leprechaun

A flat-faced youth tells you:

"Oh, that one makes me mad. He took my paints, and then -poof- disappeared. If I could find him, I'd clobber him!"

A flat-faced youth balls his fists in anger, then closes his eyes and forces himself to relax.

**Zone notes:**

**Move Rhododendron** – opens room south, Under the Rhododendron (Have Search On to find the opening down to the The Rat's Nest)

**Pick Rhododendron** – You pick a lovely lavender flower from the rhododendron.

**Shake Rhododendron** – Tries to dislodge the nest (no success so far)

**Pick Plumberry** – Within the Stout Forest

**Inside the Hut**

An invisible red-faced leprechaun dances around his house.

You don't need detect invisibility for the leprechaun:

**Place Plumberry** – will cause the leprechaun to become visible

**Warning:** The leprechaun will cause you to be drunk, sometimes so drunk you will not be able to drink your own water. Bring cure poison.

Once the leprechaun is dead, **Spill Pot**: You swing the pot out from the fire and tip it over, spilling vegetable soup all over the hearth! Some gold coins roll out of the pot across the floor. **Get All.Gold** and **Search Bed** (to get a set of paints)

**Mace of Brandings Quest**

Starts at the Rat's Nest

To Barkeep Hi, Ask Barkeep Art, Ask Barkeep JonJon, Ask Barkeep Frame

Go east, **Search Crate** for the frame (some search skill required), **Give Frame Barkeep**

You give a gilded frame to a half-elf barkeep.

A half-elf barkeep tells you:

"Oh, another frame! I just knew I had one somewhere. How wonderful, now I can get JonJon to create me another masterpiece. Would you find JonJon and tell him that I need another of his spectacular paintings?"

A half-elf barkeep tells you:

"I can't leave the bar untended, so I can't find him myself. Thanks!"

-\*- You have been assigned a quest! -\*-

 **Go to JonJon's Cave.**

JonJon, A flat-faced youth skulks around dejectedly.

**Ask JonJon Painting**

You Ask JonJon about Painting.

JonJon grins.

JonJon tells you:

"Oh Tweery wants another masterpiece, eh? Well, I'll be needing some supplies then. Can you bring me some supplies?"

**Ask Jon Supplies**

You ask JonJon about art supplies.

JonJon tells you:

"If you can find Hraat, he's a fellow artist, tell him I need another art kit. He makes them himself, but not for cheap."

**Ask JonJon Hraat**

You ask JonJon about Hraat.

JonJon tells you:

"He's a fellow artist. He wanders around a lot. I've seen him pass by here on his travels. No telling exactly where he might turn up next, but I know he has a thing for cities. And for girls. And especially for city girls."

Hraat wanders the road outside the zone during the afternoon.

Hraat, a disheveled human with stringy hair, looks around appraisingly.

Item Price Weight Lvl Ingredients

---- ----- ------ --- -----------

Seashell paint 250 1.50 1 six seashells

Art kit 5000 1.50 1

black warthog tail

red warthog tail, set of paints

handful of anaconda scales

strip of caterpillar flesh

**Give Art Jon**

You give an art kit to JonJon.

JonJon tells you:

"Oh wow, thanks so much! Now I can paint something for Tweery, but it's going to take a little time. You can come back later and get it. I'm going to go work on it now."

When you come back later: A flat-faced youth tells you: "Ahh, you've returned. Let me get the painting."

A flat-faced youth rolls up a large canvas painting.

A flat-faced youth tells you:

"Take this to Tweery. I'm sure he will appreciate it."

A flat-faced youth gives a rolled-up canvas to you.

Return to the Rat's Nest **Give Canvas Tweer**

You give a rolled-up canvas to Tweery.

Tweery tells you: "Oh my gosh! I don't know how to repay you for this."

Tweery reaches behind the bar and pulls out a mace of brandings.

Tweery tells you:

"Oh, a knight passing through gave this to me, perhaps you can find a use for it. Good luck!"

Tweery gives a mace of brandings to you.

-\*- You gain 2 quest points! -\*-

Mace of Brandings customs into diffrent maces, in Denab-Knur for 12 Platinum Coins.

Spark-branded: mace of brandings, 10 fragments of elemental lightning,

Fire-branded: mace of brandings, 10 fragments of elemental fire

Ice-branded: mace of brandings, 10 fragments of elemental cold