Reta warms-up by attempting to hit a horse.
Nodding in satisfaction, Reta takes a pot-shot at a dog!
Another candle, another try.
"Minez is broke! Mogmurxh slaps shakes the candle vigorously before aiming at another dog
another attack
"Last ones is the bestest!"
Reta pokes her tongue out at Mogmurch, and fires at another horse.
"Dis game iz no fun, cuz I sucks so bad at it!" says Chuffy as his shot trails off into the crowd versus at the straw figures.
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Poog tries again, but fails. The crowd starts to laugh and shout. Mogmurch sets another dog on fire while Reta burns a horse to ashes. Chuffy's shot goes into the crowd and burns several goblin's ears. The crowd cheers.
1x Pa Munchmeat 1Pt. AC10
2x Dogs 2Pt. AC13
1x Horses 1Pt. AC10
Poog
Reta
Mogmurch
Chuffy
Points:
Poog 0
Reta 4
Mogmurch 4
Chuffy 2
"Last damnz try! Ima shootzin' at dat dog!" and with one eye closed, tongue between his teeth and his head cocked to one side... Chuffy holds as still as a Goblin can and targets one of the remaining dog figures.
Shedding a worried glance in Mogmurch's direction, Reta lines up a shot on one of the remaining dogs...
"Last Little Doggie is mine!"
Throwing his candle down and kicking it first, Poog prays for help from his god.
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Chuffy and Reta burn the remaining Dogs while Mogmurch can hit only the horse. Poor Poog misses again.
Trimple Rotmouth approaches Reta and hands her a small bottle. "This is the prize. Use wisely, it makes you disappear."
Points:
Poog 0
Reta 6
Mogmurch 5
Chuffy 4
Goblins enjoy playing strange and sadistic games. One of the favorites among coastal tribes is a game called killgull. To play this game, one end of a length of twine is tied to a seagull’s foot, while the other end is held by a goblin. Other goblins hurl rocks at the poor bird, trying to knock it out of the sky. The goblin holding the twine can jerk the length to make the goblins miss their throws at the bird.
This event almost didn’t happen. The Birdcrunchers didn’t bother to save any live seagulls from the cookpot, an error they immediately regretted and instantly felt shameful for forgetting. Dillbi Tenthumbs saved the day when she managed to trap a vulture as it was pecking at part of the meal, and substituted that bird for the requisite seagull. Dillbi gives each of you a bag full of good throwing rocks, then goes to the cage to release the tethered vulture while she holds on tightly to the twine. After Dillbi Releases the bird, you take your shots at the greasy thing.
Poog
Reta
Mogmurch
Chuffy
Reta grins, and grabs the potion.
"MINE!"
When 'killgull' is announced, Reta eagerly picks up some rocks, and starts throwing.
Despite the giant tug Dillbi puts on the legs of the vulture, Chuffy's stone finds its mark... "What did the ship steward say to the vulture who was boarding the boat with two dead muskrats? Sorry sir, only one carrion! "
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While Dillbi moves the vulgure around with the twine Reta throws a rock and hits. She sees the vulgur is bleeding heavily, but it does not drop. The second rock, thrown by Chuffy, also hits although Dillbi tries to move the vulgure out of the way. This hit drops the bird, it is killed.
Some goblins pick up the dead bird to cook it and Dillbi approaches Chuffy to hand over his prize: a steadfast gut-Stone.
After the game of killgull, as the goblins are about to begin a strange puzzle game involving bags of wasps, boxes full of nettles, and jars of nails, Squealy Nord bursts into the clearing in a squealing panic.
Beat up and bruised, Squealy pounces forward, bows low, and begins snorting and pawing the ground with his trotters. He’s obviously trying to tell the chieftains something, and he nuzzles close to Poog, who has recently taken the heroic and glorious pig as his animal companion.
It turns out that something went terribly wrong out on the truffle hunt. Squealy and three goblins went to the Bestest Truffle Field to get the special ingredient for the feast when they discovered a group of Sczarni — traveling criminals found throughout Varisia — camped out by the trail. The goblins tried to sneak by, but the filthy humans noticed them and immediately attacked the truffle-hunting expedition.
Squealy Nord only barely managed to escape, but the three goblins were killed. Now it seems your minions aren’t even good enough to collect fungus, and it’s up to you to go to the Bestest Truffle Field on your own if they want truffle handcakes for the feast.
"Damdit Pinkies haves all the truffles and beat on nord. I say we blow em up and have pink stew with truffles." Mogmurch says with a toothy grin.
"Yum, yum gimmie sum! Ima wit Mog!" and with that Chuffy swallows the gut-stone.
"Right. Looks like we need to show them how its done!"
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The truffle field is close to a mile away — about the same distance a typical goblin would chase a puppy before getting bored or distracted. The goblins know the woods well enough, but you have to pick your way around brambles, boulders, and other tricky terrain, which causes the journey to take roughly an hour.
You come across the Sczarni bandit campsite after creeping through the woods. Two wagons, their wooden Panels exquisitely carved and vibrantly painted, sit in this forest clearing. The first noticeable thing in the small dell is a burning campfire and three goblin heads stuck on narrow poles. Logs for sitting and gear for cooking surround the campfire, and the smell of a greasy stew floats on the gentle summer breeze.
The Sczarni bandits are in the process of cooking their dinner. One of them stirs a big pot set on the fire, while another bandit peels potatoes and skins rabbits, tossing a scrap to one of the three attentive dogs every so often. Two horses stand nearby.
Reta grins from ear to ear, and immediately starts firing at the dogs.
"Nasty dogses! Die, die die!"
The Chufster readies his hand crossbow and takes steady aim, and when Rita launches her first arrow, Chuff fires at the last dog.
Mwk Hand Crossbow Sneak Attack
Mogmurch readies an explosive bomb (10ft Radius, DC 15 Reflex or catch on fire) and will throw it into the face of the first human or horse to come within 30 ft.
Calling for the blessing of the goblin gods Poog conjures some fire to burn his enemys!
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The four goblins prepare and attack the group at the campfire. Reeta grins and starts to shoot arrows at the dogs. Two dogs fall immediately. Chuffy aims carefully and kills the third dog. The guys jump up and try to find out where the arrows and the bolt came from while Mogmurch readies his bomb. Poog asks Zarongel for blessing.
Chuffy
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Bandit blue
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Mogmurch
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Bandit red
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Poog
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Horse purple
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Squealy Nord
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Bandit green
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Reeta
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Horse pink
SQUEALY NORD
Boar animal companion
N Small animal
Init +1; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +5
DEFENSE
AC 18, touch 12, flat-footed 17 (+1 Dex, +6 natural, +1 size)
hp 13 (2d8+4)
Fort +7, Ref +4, Will +1
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee bite +3 (1d6+1)
STATISTICS
Str 13, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 4
Base Atk +1; CMB +1; CMD 12 (16 vs. trip)
Feats Great Fortitude
Skills Perception +5, Stealth +9
SQ link, share spells, tricks (attack [any creature], come, down,
fetch, guard, track)
Chuffy wastes no time recocking and loading his crossbow, taking aim at the bamdit dressed in Blue.
"Imma put youzez headz on sticks, filthy meatsacks!"
Mwk Hand Crossbow Sneak Attack
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Chuffy shoots a bolt directly into the blue bandit's throat. The man drops from the log before he knows what's going on.
Chuffy
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Bandit blue defeated
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Mogmurch
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Bandit red
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Poog
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Horse purple
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Squealy Nord
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Bandit green
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Reeta
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Horse pink
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Chuffy throws a bomb at the man with a red scarf and hits him. The man's clothes and hair catch on fire. The burning man jumps up and tries to set out the flames. He rolls on the floor and uses the dirt to extinguish the fire.
Chuffy
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Bandit blue defeated
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Mogmurch
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Bandit red -9HP
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Poog
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Horse purple
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Squealy Nord
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Bandit green
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Reeta
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Horse pink
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Poog commands Squealy Nord to attack and draws his sword while moving closer.
The horse with the purple saddlecloth tries to break free.
Squealy Nord rushes closer to the bandit to the right and the bandit draws his sword to hit the pig.
Chuffy
Mogmurch
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Bandit red -9HP
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Poog
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Horse purple
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Squealy Nord
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Bandit green
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Reeta
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Horse pink
Mogmurch will bomb the green bandit on his next turn.
Chuffy will charge forward, re-cocking and loading his crossbow and fires at the still smoking red bandit...
With all of the dogs down, Reta focuses her attention on the pink horse.
Weaving his hands over the fire happily Poog throws the fire on the closest enemy.
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Reta shoots two arrows at the horse with the pink saddlecloth and both arrows hit, bringing the horse down.
Chuffy and Mogmorch both hit the enemy. A bolt sticks in the bandit with the red hat while the bomb explodes at the other bandit's feet. Poog throws fire at the remaining bandit, but misses terribly.
The horse again tries to escape but the rope is too strong. Squealy Nord attempts to bite the bandit and the wound is so big that the man drops into the fire.
Chuffy
Mogmurch
Poog
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Horse purple
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Squealy Nord
Reeta
Laughing maniacally, Reta fires a pair of arrows at the remaining horse.
Chuffy takes aim at the last bandit, dancing with the pig and lets a bolt fly... but damn near shoots himself in the foot!
"Stupit sharp dart... feathrs musted be glued on wrong!"
Trying again poog throws another glob of fire at an enemy.
And again misses.... reinforcing the feeling to be cursed by the dice gods.
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With two more arrows Reta finally kills the horse in the woods.
After defeating the truff le-hunting goblins, the Sczarni bandits stole the goblins’ truffle bag and pitched their dogslicers and shortbows into the woods with their headless bodies. The bandits even took poor Slipwhittle’s toe scratcher and used it to shave some of the pilfered truff les into their stewpot. Though the goblins had only just started to hunt for truff les, they managed to get four (each the size of a baby’s fist) before being attacked.
Banditry hasn’t been very profitable in this remote area, so the Sczarni don’t have much loot in their wagons. Mixed in with the clothing and the food, you find a bundle of four adamantine arrows, a tin box filled with various bits of jewelry (worth 140 gp total), a well-preserved ham, three jugs of mead (worth 2 gp each), a wooden box filled with 1 pound of cloves (worth 15 gp), a brass prosthetic foot (worth 2 gp), and a strand of beads.
Reta immediately claims the arrows, and starts to chow-down on mead, ham, and cloves...
"Killing animals makes Reta hungry!"
"Whatz sayz weza drinkum tis here-n-now... weza deserves a little woozie-juice!~" Chuffy says , hoisting a jug of mead.
Mogmurch grabs all the shiny things and attempts to put them all on. "All worship Mogmurch now. Shiniest of shininess!"
Weza shouldzn't stay to longzis here... The smells of burning fleshy willzes brought more troubles. Getz the goods and gozes back to camp, I sayz sayz I!