This adventure takes place some time after the PCs acquire their own boat, and can be scaled for higher levels.
Some time while the PCs are scouring the seas for plunder and disrepute, they stumble across a small, lush, unassuming island; a small, smoldering peak, dense jungles around its base, and large, open fields from jungle's edge to beachfront. Through the spyglass, the lookout can tell that this uncharted island is home to a great flock of sheep. Upon nearing the island, it becomes apparent that these are not normal sheep; they are nearly the size of a cow! Should the PCs land, they find that these sheep have another distinguishing feature; they have one single, massive eye in the center of their forehead. As they investigate the flock, the first encounter happens: the territorial alpha ram.
Use the stats for a bison for the ram, the sheep have stats for aurochs. The sheep flock together as the ram charges the trespassers, and do not fight unless attacked themselves. The ram fights until at 1/6th hp (7 for a standard bison), at which point it submits, or flees if still attacked.
When the PCs return to the flock, they will notice that some of the flock have been sheered. These are obviously attended to by someone, or something. Searching he island, they will come across a large, rudimentary hut, currently unoccupied. Inside the hut they find crude and simple items; a large size pile of wool bedding, a crudely spun blanket, jars of lamb organs, and the like. A perceptive PC will notice that there is no water being held here, though there is what appears to be a wash basin. The hut's resident is currently out gathering water from a spring in the forest, and he returns just as the PCs are about to leave.
The owner of the hut is a cyclopes, but PCs may only guess as to the singularity of his eyes due to the mask he wears. The giant eclipses the door, casting shadow over the room. He wears a mask of a hideous three-eyed hagfish. A DC 30 Knowledge(Religion) reveals this to be a very uncommon depiction of Lamashtu, the Mother of Monsters. The cyclops is a hermit, and as such only knows Giant and Cyclops, not common, wields a greatclub as oppose to the standard greataxe, and has Profession(farmer) as oppose to Profession(seer). He starts by dropping the water jugs he was carrying and yelling at the PCs in Cyclops.
The cyclopes begins the encounter as unfriendly. If he is made indifferent, he tells the PCs that he wishes to be left alone and tells them to leave. Failure to do so makes him immediately hostile. If made friendly, the cyclopes allows the PCs to stay for a time, offering them food and water. If made helpful, he gives the PCs his mask as a token of friendship and agrees to allow the PCs to his herd's wool.
If combat begins (either through failed diplomacy, the PCs wearing out their welcome, or the PCs attacking), the cyclops attacks the nearest PC first. If hard pressed, he uses his Flash of Insight to threaten a critical on a PC, hoping to thin their ranks.
Treasure:
The cyclops has his standard equipment: Large hide armor, Large greatclub, and Large heavy crossbow. His mask magically sizes when removed to the size of the one removing it, and appears to be a Goz Mask (Inner Sea World Guide). In actuality, it is a cursed Demon Mother's Mask (Gods and Magic).
The one eyed sheep are a variable source of plunder; they are worth one point of plunder if slaughtered, two points if taken alive and sold, or one point per four months if allowed to live on the island. Note that the sheep's wool is unusable if they are not properly tended to, so the PCs must revisit every month or leave a dedicated farmhand (a person with at least one rank in Profession(farmer) or be denied the plunder point until four months after the conditions are met.
Cursed Mask:
CL8
The mask does not interfere with spell casting or daily activities, and occupies the Head slot.
This mask appears to be a Goz Mask, a mask useful to sailors. Goz Masks allow you to see through rain, fog, and silt, give you a bonus on resisting wind effects, and allows the wearer to breath water for one hour a day.
Instead, this mask grants a +2 on Handle Animal and Heal, and allows the wearer to smell when an animal is in heat. The mask treats the wearer as if his patron was Lamashtu, allowing him to cast Summon Monster II to summon a fiendish squid once per day. It also allows the wearing to interbreed with any animal within one size category of themselves, often resulting in monstrous offspring, such as gnolls, lizardfolk, and natural lycanthopes in hybrid form.
The mask targets the wearer with suggestion whenever he detects an animal in heat, causing them to desire to breed with the target (DC 15 negates). The mask cannot be removed without a remove curse being cast.
