"*BURP* Okay! We got truffles, and killed killers of truffle hunters... time to go back, now? Tribe must be missing us..."
I don't like smelly tribe of smelly stoopidz. We need grander tribe with shiney stoopidz! Mogmurch plays with the jewlery "For now we go but, I will make thems much more shiney."
"More trufflezez, more trufflezez! Weza gets more!"
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"Off we goes to get the biggest!" Mogmurch seems happier than he has been in days with all the new shinies.
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After a short walk down a forest trail, you arrive at a clearing: a place known as the Bestest Truffle Field. A huge oak stands on the north edge of a narrow clearing. Its trunk is covered in vines, and its tangled roots provide a healthy bed known to be the source of the best truffles in the area. Fallen trees and a few large rocks are spread out through this wide clearing. A ruined silo slumps not far away.
This small glade is actually part of the back acreage of an abandoned farmstead. Rocky and poor in nutrients, this land is overgrown and tangled from disuse. While the clearing is known to produce the best truffles in the area, the goblins are cautious about venturing to the field too often because horses sometimes graze in this area and dogs roam the meadow hunting rabbits — and sometimes goblins. The goblins have even spotted a hunter prowling this part of land who has taken down truff le-hunting goblins more than once with his trusty bow.
From previous trips over the past couple of months, the Birdcruncher goblins discovered that the farmer hasn’t been seen in a while, and they determined they could return to the Bestest Truff le Field and safely hunt for truffles.
"Letz us goez to the runiz... maybez deres mor shineyz der!" Chuffy points to the fallen silo.
"Yes YES! TO THE RUINZ!" Mogmurch cheerfully agrees.
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Reta sways in time to the music for a few seconds, before coming to her senses.
"What be causing that!?"
"Song makes Mogmurch fuzzy. But mogmurch not let it!" Mogmurch seems annoyed.
Reta immediately starts shooting at the flying creature!
"Meesa luvez dat muzix!"
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Mogmurch moves up near Chuffy and readies to bomb the Harpy once it gets within 30ft
Moving forward to cast a spell Poog will happily see Chuffy taken away.
Poog needs to be closer for soundburst.
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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)
Reta shoots two arrows at the singing beast, one of them hits. Followed by a bomb, but the harpy is able to put down the fire before it even starts.
The harpy moves up to Chuffy and tries to hit him with a morningstar.
Chuffy
Mogmurch
Reta
Poog
Nord
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Harpy -20HP
Reta shoots at the harpy again!
Chuffed comes to his senses when he is struck by the Morningstar... Thankfully his armor did its job (for the most part). The rogue tries to repay the favor to the winged beast with a little stabbity stab stab.
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Reta shoots two more arrows at the harpy while Chuffy uses his dogslicer to finally bring the winged creature down.
The creature built its nest at the roof.
You find the stash of treasure collected from the harpy’s previous victims. The items are in a leather satchel hidden beneath some straw and limbs. In the satchel are the following items: a piece of polished red coral (worth 200 gp), a rolled-up portrait of an old man and his dog (worth 50 gp), a jade egg (worth 150 gp), a potion, two scrolls, a wand, and a box containing some incense.
Chuffy scurries up the tower and looks into the nest and promptly absconds the leather satchel as his own.
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You know that the bestest truffels are near the big oak. This towering oak casts shade over much of the clearing, its canopy taller than the other trees in the forest. The tastiest and most pungent truffles grow in the dirt between the gnarled roots of this old oak tree.
The goblins of the Birdcruncher tribe have been coming to this field for years, mainly to hunt for small animals or to set bird traps. Once Squealy Nord arrived in the tribe along with you, the Birdcruncher goblins discovered the field to be rich with delicious truffles, and hunting expeditions began to occur on a regular basis. While truffling is normally a task better suited for a sow, Squealy Nord has a fine nose for truffles and can sniff them out while rooting around in the leaves beneath the massive oak.
"Guddd nord, gudd nord. Brave bacon!"
Chuffy tries to determine what the properties of the two scrolls, potion and wand.
He then turns his attention to furthering his growing pile of stuff....
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Chuffy has no idea what to do with the scrolls and the wand, but he tastes the potion. It's a potion of levitate.
Chuffy starts to dig for truffles, he finds one at a place Squealy Nord points out. Suddenly the leaves around the oak tree's stem start to move, vines lash out.
Chuffy
Mogmurch
Nord
Reta
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Assassin Vine
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Poog
"Tree attacking us! That not good!"
Reta backs up , and fires two arrows at the vines.
The Chufster leaps back in a 5' step and fires his hand crossbow at the biggest vine he sees.
Mogmurch steps back and lobs a fire bomb at the vine.
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Reta shoots two arrows at the vines, one of them hits. Chuffy shoots a bolt from a safe distance while Mogmurch's bomb hits the plant. The vines start to burn and crawl closer. One vine lashes out at Reta.
Chuffy
Mogmurch
Reta grappled
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Assassin Vine -19HP burning, grappled
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Poog
Nord
Reta frantically draws her dogslicer, and attacks the vine!
The Chuff-aluff-agus recocks, loads and fires again on the main vine,
"Thanks Chuff! Let's get tasty truffles, and go home!"
"Mesa no knowz howza use dis majik twig, but youzen can try!"
Chuffy hands over the wand he secured from the Harpy nest to Rita, hoping that she can make it work.
"Good job, Squealy!"
Moving over to Greta Poog casts a spell and pokes Greta in the face to do some healing
Reta blinks in surprise as Poog pokes her in the face, but then she grins.
"That poke hurt, but now Reta feel all okay!"
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After gathering truffles, you head back home to finish the feast that their goblin minions have set for them.
Shouts and screams pierce the air surrounding the Birdcruncher cave. The smell of the feast is... different. Mixed into the scent is a greasy smell peppered with burning wood, straw, and sulfur. The smell might even be goblin—cooking goblin. A ll of the preparations are in shambles. The tables are overturned, the cook pots have been knocked over, and the goblin dog pens are on fire. The whole place reeks of cooked goblin. An enormous hodgepodge of parts stumbles about, trying to kill anything within reach and erupting with sparks and fire as various fireworks explode from within its makeshift body.
Not long after you left, the goblin chieftain effigy that Reg Runtweed and Plunger wheeled out began acting strangely. It started slowly enough. At first, some of the nearby goblins thought their eyes were playing tricks on them when another goblin claimed the statue moved. Others said they heard voices talking about eating their tender, green flesh. Some of the goblins chose not to say anything, thinking that it was a chieftain trick and the big bosses were actually keeping an eye on the tribe while they were away to make sure none of the dumb goblins messed things up too much — or sat in their throne-chairs!
The effigy that the goblins built was intended as an endearing gesture celebrating their chieftains’ past accomplishments. Reg Runtweed and some other goblins ventured to the sites of their chieftains’ heroic battles and collected trophies that would remind them of their mighty victories.
Chuffy
Nord
Mogmurch
Reta
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Effigy
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Poog
The Chufster slips off to his left and fires one of his magic fire bolts at he creature...
Mwk Hand Crossbow Sneak Attack +1 flaming bolts
"That not look good..."
Reta pulls out two of her new adamantine arrows, and fires them at the construct.
"The bestest gift evers. Something to make boom!"