"And that's the big locations, there are lots of small villages, communes and even a few actual cities strewn across this land, but" He shrugs "I never actually leave here, so I wouldn't know where they are exactly"
Moskar listened, his yellowish eyes scanning the map with the occasional short growl of disdain. He seemed none-too-enthused with the jobs on offer. At the last part, however, he lost interest in the map altogether, looking up at the bartender with his features twisted into a derisive sneer.
"You... Never leave this place?" He seemed both surprised and disgusted by the idea.
"You spend your life here, ssitting around, pouring drinkss and... speaking to people?" The lizardman growled low in his throat, shaking his head slowly as he observed the human.
"Whaat kind of life iss that?! Have you never tasted the blood of an enemy in your mouth? Never swung a ssword, again and again, until your arm is numb and limp from the effort? Never known the thrill, the greatesst of thrills, as the enemy ranks break annd open up, the foes scattering and running from your might?"The lizardman seemed rather uncharacteristically worked up, shaking his scaly, scarred head again as he looked down at the bartop in thought.
"Coin sshould be torn from the cold, dead handsss of one's enemies, not feebly begged from others in exchange for some petty sservice. So it is in the desert," He added, with a solemn nod, then grimaced.
"I suppose I am not in the desert any longer."He looked back up at the bartender and gave a simple nod.
"As you wissh, oh heroic barkeep," he said in a voice dripping with sarcasm,
"I shall get for you these coinss that you value so highly." He took the map and tucked it away within his worn, patched leather armour, then strode imperiously towards the door without a glance at the others.
>Berate the bartender for being a boring, pitiful coward.
>Take map, agree to get him his money.
>Then, if it's daylight, head outside and sit in the sun for a while. Otherwise just go outside and think.((Question for the GM: Do you want all the player characters to stick together? Moskar would rather not burden himself with them, but I'd be fine with sticking with them if it'd make things easier for you.
As for what Moskar Byal looks like, well... He's a tall, muscular lizardman with pale greenish-gold scales, lots of scars and unfriendly, yellowish eyes. All I have on hand is a sketch I did years ago of a lizardman, but
it's not very good. Maybe I'll draw something better sometime.))