Tisthal Gimblecranz  

Also spawns a mission called Hides You Seek.

You say, 'Hail, Tisthal Gimblecranz'

Tisthal Gimblecranz says 'Diggity dreams! Are you real? Seeing you so reminds me of the lands far above me -- lands I will likely never see again. There is too much work to do here. For example, I'm doing some very interesting studies on dead drachnids. You see, they have this strange ability to use the skins of their victims to take the form of that victim -- I call it 'skinwalking.' I used to know an enchanter by the name of Binzelfal that could use illusions to change his form, but this is much, much different. I need to learn more but have run into a [problem].'

You say, 'problem'

Tisthal Gimblecranz says 'The only skinwalkers I have encountered are, well, dead as dirt! This is a problem because death appears to destroy all enchantments and [preparations] made to the skin that allowed the skinwalking.'
The mystic symbol fades.

You say, 'preparations'

Tisthal Gimblecranz says 'Are you thick or what? I just explained why I don't know. Sheesh. I see Norrathians have gotten no smarter since my departure. Now, listen this time. The skins from the dead skinwalkers have been absolutely no help at all. Get me? I'm sure if I could [gather some skins] that have not been used to skinwalk I could make some leaps in my studies. Well, hops maybe -- my joints are rusty. Tee hee! I still have my wit even as a tin can . . . Anyway, back to what I was saying. There are likely some [other aspects] involved in using the skins as well.'

You say, 'gather some skins'

Tisthal Gimblecranz says 'How you figure you'll have better luck than me is your problem, but it would be a great help to my work. From what I have learned so far, the skins are kept in special gathering halls in the drachnid lair. I believe it is from these halls that the drachnids plan their espionage efforts. You will need to search these areas out and find the stashes of skins.'

You have been assigned the task “Hides You Seek”

Single group task, available in normal or hard.

Down a tunnel on the south side around n870, p296.

Edited, Sun Oct 9 15:42:58 2005