By Frank Young
In the Lower Merchant's Quarter of Crimsonvale one may find this business, owned and operated by Jock Calbert. He trains, breeds, and sells dogs of all types, such as guard dogs, seeing-eye dogs, hunting dogs, and others such as used by shepherds to handle flocks of livestock. Dogs are his specialty and there isn't much he doesn't know about, or can't do, with them. He can even train wolf cubs since they are in the canine family. Jock is a 1st-level ranger who stopped adventuring in favor of his greater love of managing and breeding dogs. Jock Calbert: STR 14; INT 14; WIS 13; CON 13; DEX 12; CHR 11; 1st-level Chaotic Good Human Ranger; hp 6; WPs Longsword, Shortsword, Shortbow, Dagger; NWPs Animal Handling, Animal Training, Tracking, Riding, Landbased. DESCRIPTION OF NUMBERED AREAS1. through 18.: Each fenced in area houses one dog either being trained or for sale. Each pen contains a small wooden crate with clean straw inside for the dog to use as a home, a dish of water and food, and in general a few soup bones for the animal to chew on. The pens are cleaned daily by either Jock or his assistant. 19. Training Area: This large area is the training area, and there is a 90% chance that the owner and/or his assistant will be here, working with the dogs, at any given time during daylight hours. 20. Wolf Pen: This area is fenced in with a eight foot high stone wall. His young pet wolf, which was acquired from a trapper who accidently killed the cub's mother, will normally be here during the day. He brings the wolf cub into area #21 each night. 21. Kitchen: This room serves as both kitchen and dining room. The fire place provides heat and is also used for cooking. 22. Assistant's Room: The room is sparsely furnished and is used by Corley, Jock's 0-level assistant. 23. Jock's Room: Jock doesn't spend much time in his room, using it only for a place to sleep. In his wooden, iron-bound locked chest by the foot of the bed are 4xd10+20 gp and +10 sp at any given time. Back to Chainmail Issue #26 Table of Contents Back to Chainmail List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master List of Magazines © Copyright 1992 by Dragonslayers Unlimited This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |