Move , jump, stomp!
Chuffy continues to harass Reta...
...but continues to be spectacularly ineffective.
The stirges are surprisingly difficult to hit, and Reta's stop misses as the insectoid swamp creature dodges on its tether.
Chuffy again attempts to push Reta off of the planks, and is again comically and spectacularly unsuccessful.
Poog, mired on the mud looks on in frustration.
Moggy moves four squares to the left and one square north, again getting to the water's edge. This time he throws an alchemist's fire at the closest stirge.
RTA
Damage
Moggy burns one stirge, and damages another .
"2 points for Mogmurch" screeches the all-to-familiar voice.
Poog licks his toad in frustration and glares at his boots. Boots are trick.
Poog tries to squish back to shore.
til it dies and then leap to next stirge
Even tethered, these stirges are notoriously tricky to stomp. Reta's boot misses.
Poog sloshes back to shore, grumbling, his oversized boots making delicious sucking noises in the mud.
Chuffy continues to fail spectacularly at shoving Reta.
There are snickers from the watching crowd at Chuffy's complete lack of effectiveness.
Moggy moves two squares to the right staying close to the water's edge. This time he throws an alchemist's fire between the two wounded stirges that he has bombed so far.
RTA
Damage , but they will only take splash damage.
The two stirges each get hit with a splash of alchemist's fire , and die, burning.
Reta is definitely out of range, and not affected.
"Four more points to Mogmurch! The rest of you louts need to be more chieftain-like!" Mummy Sprattleharsh's voice is clear from across the swamp.
Reta kicks at a Stirge, winging it, but not killing it outright.
Chuffy continues to try and shove Reta!
Chuffy proves that with enough tenacity, most anything is possible. The heretofore indomitable Reta lets her defenses slip, and Chuffy takes advantage, bull rushing her off the edge of the platform.
Poog sits on the ground for awhile before he has a thought. He stands up and lifts both of his stubby arms in the air.
Friends! Gobbos! Do you want a chief who stomps bugs real good? They probably do. Or do you want FIRE!
As he shouts the last words Poog casts burning hands and shoots a 15ft cone of fire into the air.
Reta falls with a splat, getting mud in her eyes and in her veil. Fortunately, her armor is nearby, so she collects it and tries to suppress thoughts of smothering Chuffy with it.
Although he has been quite effective at killing stirges, Moggy has yet to step foot on the planks. He and the others are a bit surprised to hear the voice of Mummy Sprattleharsh across the swamp. "Last goblin standing! Five points to Chuffy! Challenge is finished."
Moggy considers throwing a bomb at Mummy Sprattleharsh, but refrains from doing so.
"Any more challenges? Moggy am on roll now! Poog and Reta all wet, and Chuffy am still weak!"
For the last dare, Wise Mummy Sprattleharsh leads the chieftains-in-waiting back toward the Birdcruncher cave. The stink of rotten meat and spoiled milk emanates 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.
"Birdmeat pie is good. Birdmeat pie also great place for Chieftain battle."
While wearing their full gear, each goblin is tied up and thrown in the boiling pie.
"First goblin out makes 10 points. Second earns 5 points. Third earns 3 points. No points for rotten egg last goblin. But, if you stay in pie longer, you can kill eagles for 5 points!"
Four golden eagles with clipped wings are thrown into the pie with the four contestants.
Reta falls with a splat, getting mud in her eyes and in her veil. Fortunately, her armor is nearby, so she collects it and tries to suppress thoughts of smothering Chuffy with it.
Okay, so no suppressing thoughts of smothering Chuffy. Check.
Chuffy tries to wriggle free.
Chuffy struggles and is unsuccessful, as the broth begins to steam around him.
Escape Artist
Moggy is similarly unsuccessful. You get the feeling that these bonds were tied tightly by someone skilled in doing so.
Poog tries to snap his bonds.
Poog strains against the ropes, but remains securely bound.
Escape Artist
Moggy continues struggling against the ropes.
Chuffy continues to struggle against his bonds.
None of our heroes manage to free themselves from their bonds. The watching goblins cheer derisively as the four bound goblins struggle.
The eagles peck and thrash, and each of you is targeted.
The "pie" is hot, near boiling, and quite uncomfortable...
Some of the heated pie filling sloshes out with all of the struggling, and some Birdcruncher "chefs" are standing pie to keep the center of the pie filled.
Chuffy wriggles free of his bonds.
Moggy struggles mightily, but can quite get his hand past the knot.
Reta again tries to burst he bonds with sheer strength, and comes up short.
"Chuffy, get Moggy free and Moggy give you neat skull face mask in return! How am that for good deal?"
Ha stupid eagle. Now I just...
Poog tries to break free again.
Haha Zarongel give me strong!
The he will try to try to cast inflict light wounds from in the pool of nasty.
"Tempting, but Chuffy busy killing eagles!"
He then chops one of the eagles down, before exploding from the pie, its limp body in his hand.
Chuffy draws his Dogslicer in preparation for his attacks.
Calling upon The Great Burningness, Poog bursts his bonds in a show of strength.
The eagles continue to peck and thrash. Screeching in agony at the heat, they lash out with beak and talon.
Chuffy suffers a small nip from beak, but chooses to stay and fight. Poog get scratched and bit as an eagle thrashes in pain.
The pie is hot, but is cooled slightly by the addition of more broth.
Chuffy swings his dogslicer. The quarters are cramped, but he cleaves the eagle in two. Its blood mixes with the pie filling as he raises the carcass triumphantly over his head. "Five points to Chuffy! yells Mummy Sprattleharsh.
Poog, emboldened by bursting his bonds again calls on the might of Zarongel. Negative energy flashes as he touches an eagle, and it falls limp into the morass of meat and blood and rancid milk. "Five points to Poog! calls Mummy Sprattleharsh.
Moggy sits and stews.
"Help get Moggy out! Am getting hot in pie!"
Escape Artist
Moggy continues to struggle with being tied. Reta breaks free and draws her weapon.