All the skills checks with the troll failed, I tried to bribe him 50g, but he was too pissed off for it. our Cleric said screw it, and cast charm person.... He resisted, got even more pissed and we rolled int. the 2nd level barbarian charged, and took an AOO, then the troll hit, with his axe adn claw, dropping the barb to -12. Luckly I went next, used the dieing barb to my advantage, and played up the trolls strengh saying we had made a terrible mistake, and he was mighty indeed, and i would pay a tribute to him of 250g to let our puny selves live, and rolled a 19 on my diplo. the GM said the troll accepted, and combat was over. the Scarzni players (a fighter and barbarian) did not get their PP(this did not bother my Chelixian Wizard, who is very much a snob), but no one died and we went on.
As for the goblins, My wizard made his KN check to learn that gobs are scared of Horses, Having quick study, I normally leave 1 of my slots open at each level incase i need a specific spell. SO i prepared Ghost sound, and tricked the Goblins into believeing there was a killer horse in the area named black mane, who liked the taste of goblin flesh! and only We (the party) could protect them! it worked like a charm and they listened to us the whole mod, if they started to get unruly, i was ghost sound again
