...and all the stirges fall dead.
An eruption of "Booo! Hisss! Booo!" comes from the goblin crowd!
Two still standing......five points to the last one standing!
Reta gives Chuffy wink I think not fair Poog still standing
Perhaps we should push Poog a bit
"Yeah, Poog shouldn't be standing."
If we are still up on the planks, Chuffy will try to jump at Poog and knock him into the bog (and himself if need be).
CMB vs. CMD
Trip unless you can come up with something more creative. Overrun or Bull Rush can't work as you cannot charge.
Poog rolls with the trip attempt and tries to pull Chuffy along with him straight off of the plank (not trying to stay on).
Chuffy walks over to Poog, does an awkward 'dance' and then unexpectedly Poog hugs Chuffy...whispering sweet nothings in his ear...
The crowd mutters disdainfully at this unexpected action.
Reta move in with big stomping boots! Now it is fun! Free for all!
As Chuffy and Poog fall gracefully into the bog below Reta clambers up to the planks and maniacally dances around...Chuffy is no longer grappled.
Dare three: Bird Pie!
Finally, for the last dare, Wise Mummy Sprattleharsh leads the you back toward the Birdcruncher cave. As you approach the stink of rotten meat and spoiled milk grows. The scent comes from a horrific "pie" that's been created in a 10-foot-diameter bowl-shaped depression in the rock. The bowl is only 18 inches deep but filled with a nasty not-quite-boiling-hot slurry of spoiled milk, mud, swamp water, mashed-up grass, and dead birds. The top is covered over with an incongruously delicious- and flaky looking pie crust. Several cauldrons of boiling pie filling sit nearby, along with a number of large, dented metal funnels.
Wise Mummy Sprattleharsh screeches at you "Birdmeat pie baking, you be tied up, put in pie and cook too! You wear gear and equipment in pie. First goblin out of pie get 10 points, Second goblin out get 5 point, third get 3 point, fourth no point."
Complicating these matters, though, are the four golden eagles that are joining you in the pie. These eagles have had their wings clipped so they can't fly, but they're very much alive and very angry at their predicament.
Mummy screeches again, "See eagle? Kill eagle get 5 point!"
With the rules explained, you are lined up around the edge of the pie and tied. As Wise Mummy uses her last thunderstone, all contestants are thrown into the pie!
Reta:
Mogmurch:
Poog:
Chuffy:
Before leaving the planks, Chuffy tosses a handful of swamp muck up at the dancing Reta.
"Ha, Chuffy get out of this quick. Other goblins get cooked."
Escape Artist:
When I gets loose, lotsa things gonna burn!
You four are considered grappled and need Str or Escape checks. Assume the eagles are on one side and you four the other. Group vs. group so to speak yet the eagles are not bound.
Reta glad her big head not stuck in pie!
feta starts slicing the pie!
Poog not happy wearing chain shirt. Hot and hard to wriggle out of bind.
Chuffy makes quick work of his bonds and climbs out but the other three are still flailing within the pie splashing the delicious goo out of the 'pie pit'.
To make matters worse the angry birds begin biting and clawing trying to get out.
While trying to get out, two of the birds clamber over two goblins:
One eagle clambers over Mog and
The other, over Reta
Giggling uncontrolably, two goblins begin pouring more delicious goo into the 'pie pit' "hehehehehe, cook bird pie! cook goblins too! hehehehehe"
Shooo, dirty birdies! Get away!
Reta makes attack at bird!
Reta cleaves an eagle in two adding more blood to the pie! Upon her successful attack there is much screeching and giggling from the audience.
Chuffy laughs as he sees the other goblins still trapped in pie. Spotting two of the birds still stuck in the pie, he moves over to one and attacks with his dogslicer.
Poog not good at escape while in armor. Poog try strength.
Poog also not strong...
Gotta get loose!
Now, dirty birdies, you burn!
Attack the birds with a fire bomb:
Attack:
Damage: fire damage (DC 13 Half Damage)
Reta want out!
Once Reta in better position, Reta make birds dead! With pain!
Mogmurche escapes then immediately lobs a vial of fire at an eagle killing it instantly. While Reta was struggling with birds and ropes the liquid fire misses her as she inadvertently ducks.
Poog flounders.
The birds are getting angry and splash more liquid out of the pie!
While splashing around one eagle pecks Reta on the head, hard!
The other sees Poog struggling and lunges to attack yet misses.
"Poog not like this challenge. Poog like fire, not being in it."
Reta keep trying to escape It too hot! It no longer fun!
When the bird pecks her on the head, she throws a little tantrum, then just decides to slash at the creature
And another bird is toast...
Poog and Reta struggling like there's no tomorrow creates many giggle, jeers, guffaws, chortles, snickers, snorts, screams, chuckles and cachinnations!
So much so the two goblins pour in more hot bubbling goo!
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And another bird is toast...the other scrambles to get out the other side
Poog and Reta struggling like there's no tomorrow creates many giggles, jeers, guffaws, chortles, snickers, snorts, screams, chuckles and cachinnations!
So much so the two goblins pour in more hot bubbling goo!
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Burn birdies, burn!
Attack:
Damage: fire damage (DC 13 Half Damage)
Poog tries to cast guidance to help his strength check.
"Poog need help. You need Poog - have gift of Zarongel healing."
Reta keep trying
Birds are toast...
Chuffy watches as Mog burns the last two birds, pouting a little as he only got to stab one moves over to Reta. Grabbing her by a food drags her out of the pie before cutting the ropes.
Reta:
Chuffy:
Mogmurch:
Poog:
Mogmurch is the new chieftain of the Birdcrunchers! With this honor, Mog goblin can select other goblins who competed in the dares to be subchieftains. As promised by Wise Mummy Sprattleharsh, the chieftain gets to wear the Crunchy Crown. This crown is a non-magical hat, but nonetheless grants a +2 bonus on all Intimidate checks made against Birdcruncher goblins while it's worn.
In addition, the new chieftain and any subchieftains get to loot the tribe's treasure chest!
For the rest of the evening, the Birdcrunchers are in a celebratory mood-they have a new leader, after all! During this time, Mog and his subchieftains are the focus of goblin pandemonium. Some of the subjects prostrate themselves before the new leaders, moistening their feet with kisses and runny noses, while others scream and sob and bring gifts of food and offers of goblin frolicking. Goblin after goblin comes forward to try to impress the new leaders-by juggling live stoats, by head-butting stumps, and particularly, by setting things on fire ... themselves included.
The Birdcrunchers, as it turns out, have a particularly large cache of treasure. There are several items in the large and filthy chest that you can make use of. Among the 840 gp in assorted coins, art objects, trophies, jars of pickles, shiny rocks, dented armor fragments, broken dogslicers, and bird parts in various stages of decay are the following items of particular interest:
- four cure moderate wound potions
- one potion of fire resistance
- a wand of lesser restoration (9 charges)
- a +1 flaming dogslicer
- a Small cloak of elvenkind
- a bead of force
- necklace of .fireballs (type I)
- 5 ounces of sovereign glue.
Take it all if you'd like! Yer the cheefs!
[ooc]Gimme a sec and we'll continue on with the adventure!
Wise Mummy Sprattleharsh makes sure you understand what is required of the new cheef and his subcheeftypes:
"You leave tomorrow. Here map."
She hands you map which appears to be just scratches of a trail leading to Munchmeat Farm which lies about two-thirds of a mile from the Birdcruncher village. As the bird flies, it's a relatively short distance; on foot through the trackless tors, it's an hour-long walk to get to the farm.
Before you leave she has more words!
"Fire-breathing pig breathes fire and Pa Munchmeat hit hard. Pa casts spooky plant spells and has daughter with big big weasle. It bad place, there be other monsters on farm but no know for sure..."
She then follows with, "If no kill Pa Munchmeat, no come back."
Leaving the Birdcruncher village is uneventful except for a few goblins giggling at you as you walk by.
About 45 minutes into your romp through the woods........
"Sooo fire-breathing pig, spooky plant magic, and daughter with big weasle."
Chuffy rattles off the list, nodding as he does, not entirely sure what any of it means but trying to look like all knowing vice-chieftain.
Reta happy to be out of pie and into woods!
Perception:
It are gud to be cheef!
"Poog can use wand and want necklace - FIRE! But Poog okay give necklace to Chief Mog. Chief Mog Chief. Poog grab all heal potions other goblins leave behind. Goblin that take necklace need potion of resist fire too."
- four cure moderate wound potions - all
- one potion of fire resistance - Poog? Reta?
- a wand of lesser restoration (9 charges) - Poog
- a +1 flaming dogslicer - Reta
- a Small cloak of elvenkind - Chuffy
- a bead of force - Mog
- necklace of fireballs (type I) - Mog
- 5 ounces of sovereign glue - Mog
Poog, being his observant self hears something:
"Grunnnt",
then he sees a very very large armored pig lumbering towards the group!
...poo...
Reta:
Mogmurch:
Poog:
Chuffy:
Big Pig:
Reta like bacon!
Reta whips out her brand new flaming dogslicer, and will try to slice her off a piece of the pig.
Chuffy pulls out his hand crossbow and fires, hoping to get a shot off before Reta's big head gets in the way.
Mmmmmmm...bacon.....let's start cookin'!
The big pig, now screaming and on fire, stops drops rolls and eats a gourd.......
Poog draws his dogslicer and tries to cut off some dinner.
;
Poog rushes in and swings at the big armored pig yet misses with his deadly strike!
Reta try and make flame-broiled bacon!
Hmmm too many goblins in the way.
Chuffy draws his own dogslicer as he moves in to flank with Poog before trying to slice a hunk of pork.