The journey to the fireworks stash, as indicated on Scribbleface's map, is relatively short—a slog not quite a mile-long through the swamp along the creek’s southern bank. The marsh itself is relatively difficult to navigate, with numerous stretches of deep water that must be skirted and thick tangles of stinging nettles.
While the party walks through the swamp, discussing who takes which of the rewards and fireworks, they enter the habitat of Lotslegs Eat Goblins Babies Many. The giant spider known as Lotslegs has dwelt in central Brinestump for years, but only recently has she grown large enough to become a legitimate threat to the Licktoad goblins. The spider often lurks along creeks and other well-traveled routes, and her growing taste for goblins has evolved beyond eating goblin young.
While walking the goblins draw the attention of a creature that's hiding in the treetops. Lotslegs eyes the goblins and waits for them to get in range. While Reta is too distracted by incredibly interesting things like mushrooms and frogs, the others happen to see the spider.
"Lotslegs!" Mogmurch yells, and points out the spider which just lowers itself from the tree. It now stands on the ground, 20 feet removed from the party.
Lotslegs closes the 20 feet toward Poog, and tries to bite him. Poog dodges the attack.
Turn progression - round 1:
Lotslegs
Mogmurch
Poog
Chuffy
Reta
Chuffy screams like a girl, "LOTLEGS! He see me! We kill her fast! Save us and rest of goblins!"
Mogmurch grabs the Desnan candle they got from the chief earlier and shoots it at lotlegs.
Damage if hit: 1 lethal, 1 non-lethal.
Round 1:
Round 2:
Round 3:
Round 4:
Whilst the candle is shooting Mogmurch starts singing very loudly.
"Thing go boom when Mogmurch throws~
Much more fun than using bows~
Sometimes where the boom boom blows~
Is not my fault-that's how it goes~"
Chuffy goes frantic, and cuts into one of Lotslegs many legs.
Mogmurch, while chanting his personal theme song, successfully shoots Lotslegs with the Desnan candle.
Turn progression - round 1:
Lotslegs -4HP & 1 nonlethal
Mogmurch
Poog
Chuffy
Reta
Seeing the giant spider land practically on top of him, Poog panics and begins flailing about wildly with his sword. While coming no where near actually hitting, Poog does stumble backwards, several feet away from the spider.
Lotslegs no eat Poog. Poog taste like slugs.
Upon seeing that an enemy had appeared, Reta's body began shaking with anxious anticipation. She began gnawing on her dogslicer until she found an opening to act.
Reta charges him, chanting her song.
"RETA CHOP AND RETA BITE!
RETA SLAY AND RETA FIGHT!
RETA STAB AND RETA SMITE!
RETA KILLS IT ALL JUST RIGHT!"
Poog clumsily swings his dogslicer, misses Lotslegs, and takes a step back.
Reta takes Poog's position as she charges forward, and she cuts off one of Lotslegs legs.
The pain it feels throws off Lotslegs aim, and when it tries to bite Reta it misses.
Mogmurch's Desnan candle continues to shoot, but Mogmurch has trouble controlling it and hits a random bird instead.
Turn progression - round 2:
Lotslegs -9HP & 1 nonlethal
Mogmurch
Poog
Chuffy
Reta
Lotslegs Eats Many Goblins not eat Poog. Poog call fire from Zargonel. Poogs screams as he sets Reta's veil on fire.
vs touch
Reta not laugh at Poog either and take dogkiller. Zargonel punish Reta too.
"Chuffy turn nasty into NO-legs!"
Mogmurch decides that he still doesn't really like the spider and moves back a few steps. After he stops the candle fires again.
"Wheeeeeeeeeeee... There 't goes again!"
"DIE LOTSLEGS, DIE."
There's another barrage of attacks, but nothing hits the spider this time.
Lotslegs tries to bite Reta again, but also misses.
Turn progression - round 3:
Lotslegs -9HP & 1 nonlethal
Mogmurch
Poog
Chuffy
Reta
Poog say Zarongel is the best,
He help burn things and heal the rest
Zarongel's faor makes Poog Blessed
And Poo also stab you with knife
if you make fun of how he isn't good at
riding animals
Reta loses her nerve suddenly when her last attack misses, but she regains it just as quickly when Lotslegs misses her.
"YOU GOTS ONE LESS LOTSLEGS NOW, LOTSLEGS."
"YOU DIE NOW."
"So many legs make Chuffy miss!"
"BANG BANG AWAY!"
The moment Mogmurch says the words the candle fires another shot at the spider.
"When shooty shooty ends it time BOOMBOOM!!!"
The goblins continue to attack Lotslegs, but only Reta manages to make her attack connect. She stabs the spider in its torso and disables Lotslegs.
Lotslegs tries to bite Reta one last time, but misses. the spider then collapses due to blood loss.
The Desnan candle Mogmurch used shoots one more time, and sets the dead spider on fire.
You see the tracks Lotslegs left lead into the forest. When you follow them you end up at Lotslegs’ lair, which isn't far from her ambush point—about 200 feet directly south of the creek. The lair itself consists of a deadfall of several old trees. Scattered amid the trees are dozens of bodies, some of which are goblins, but a few of which are humans.
"RETA FIND SHINIES." She grabs the taffy and starts eating one of them. "GLASS AND WATERS GO TO BOMBLIN." She shoves the potions into Mogmurch's hands.
And what does Poog get. Why does Mogmurch get all the fun toys? Poogs wants shineys too!!!!
Poog Grabs the taffy from Reta and starts shoving it in his mouth. Poog ate most slugs. Poog get to eat tasty-chewy.
Chuffy thinks. "Reta stupid, she not grab the REAL shiney!" Chuffy tries to sneakily grab the pearl, "oooooooooh, my precious. he says softly to himself.
Mogmurch looks around the treasure and sees something very much to his liking.
"Whoooooo, me want this!"
He ignores Reta and grabs the crossbow and bolts. He seems mesmerized by the thing starts examining every inch of it.
"It good. It mine. Give whiny man water maybe he shut up."
Reta shoves Poog. "BLEH! GET OFF RETA. THAT'S NOT GENTLEGOBLINY." She takes two of the potions--each different colors--for herself then blows a raspberry at Poog. "STUPIDBADLAME BIGHEAD POOG ALWAYS THINKS HE CAN TAKE CHARGE. TAKE GLASS-AND-WATERS AND GO AWAY." She smacks Poog with the potions.
After some more bickering and fighting the goblins get on their way. It doesn't take them long to arrive at the final destination.
The point indicated on Scribbleface’s map isn’t quite on the coast, but it’s close enough to hear the faint susurrus of waves crashing on an unseen swampy shoreline. The site itself is obvious once it is approached.
A two-masted ship lies mired in the mud in this clearing, its rigging thick with moss and decorated with lanterns and windchimes made from goblin skulls and bones. Strange writing is faintly visible along the ship’s prow, while the soggy, swampy “yard” that surrounds the wreck is encircled by a rickety wooden fence. A thin curl of smoke wafts up from a chimney that protrudes from an unusual box-like structure near the ship's bow.
Although much of the Kaijitsu Star’s decor has faded, and most of her truly valuable supplies were taken by her surviving crew after the wreck many years ago, there remain here and there faint and subtle hints that the ship may have once been a work of beauty. The primary thing that should concern the goblins, however, is the fact that the wreck is now the lair of the goblin cannibal Vorka.
The horror surrounding Vorka goes beyond her dietary preference, for she also keeps a dog and even a horse as pets and guardians—creatures traditionally feared and hated by goblins. As you approach, the sinister neighing of a large, frightening horse coming from the direction of the wreck.
When the goblins approach the entrance to the "yard", they see a vine-choked gangplank with a mossy handrail descends sharply from the ship’s bow to the muddy ground below. One handrail seems to be encrusted with a large ball of dried mud. The goblins also see Stomp, Vorka's horse. Stomp's removed some distance from the gangplank. About as far as the goblins themselves are removed from it.
"Grab horse poking stick and kill!!!!"
As Mogmurch says this he grabs his crossbow and moves next to Poog.
Reta's teeth chatter in anticipation as she advances along the fence. From her occasional jumps and tics, you can tell it is taking all her effort to not just leap over the fence and attack.
As she gets to the opening in the fence, she turns back to everyone. For the first time you've heard, she speaks without shouting...
"We sneak up to them, then we...KILL ALL THE HORSES!"
...for a moment or two, that is.
Poog's fire bolt hits one of the horse's legs and inflicts a minor burn. It neighs loudly as it stomps the ground, looking around to see what hurt it.
Turn progression - round 1:
Poog
Reta
Stomp
Mogmurch
Chuffy
Reta moves out from behind the fence, holding her dogslicer in both hands.
"RETA BEST HORSESLICER AND DOGCHOPPER IN WORLD. COME SEE, STUPIDBADLAME HORSE!"
Reta readies an action to attack the horse as soon as it comes in range.
Feeling very confident from his last shot he tries another one.
"FIREEEEEE I call thee from the palm of my hand!"
Poog fires another Flame bolt.
Reta readies to attack the horse once it's in range. Poog shoots another fire bolt, but this time he misses target.
The horse stomps one the ground again, then moves to attack the readied Reta.
Turn progression - round 1:
Poog
Reta
Stomp
Mogmurch
Chuffy
Reta swings her dogslicer at the horse, and nearly chops of the animal's leg.
The horse tries to hit Reta with one of its hooves, but the pain it feels in its leg throws off its aim.
Turn progression - round 1:
Poog
Reta
Stomp -13HP
Mogmurch
Chuffy
Mogmurch fires an arrow at the horse.
After he sees that the horse has been hit he does a little dance.
Mogmurch shoots the horse in its head and does a little dance while the animal drops to the ground.
The goblins move inside the ship's 'garden' and up to the ship. A vine-choked gangplank with a mossy handrail descends sharply from the ship’s bow to the muddy ground below. One handrail seems to be encrusted with a large ball of dried mud.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA. Stupid dead!"
He marches forward to climb the gangplank.
"Walk careful ball will fall if too fast."
Mogmurch ascends very slowly to prevent the ball from falling. he turns back to the others and yells.
"Hurry! Hurry! Firework close!"
Poog carefully scampers up the gangplank behind Mogmurch, avoiding the wasp's nest as he does so.
This time greedy Mogmurch shares fire sticks.
Mogmurch safely reaches the end of the gangplank, warning the goblins behind him of the dangers. Poog's warned, but has trouble climbing. After he's climbed not even a foot he accidentally steps onto a vine, and the ball of mud falls onto the gangplank.
Poog fails to catch the ball of mud, which falls onto the ground next to him, Reta and Chuffy. It turns out the ball of mud is a wasp nest, and the angry wasps sting the three goblins at the bottom of the gangplank.
The wasps quickly disperse after several seconds. Reta and Chuffy are fine, but the wasps' poison seems to have affected Poog.
"Ha Ha! Zarongel punish Poog with stinging! Poog gonna have face like Chuffy when stings swell up!"
Chuffy points and laughs at Poogs 1st attempt up the gangplank.
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