OK, so here's a wacky idea. In playing "Burnt Offerings," the party's paladin promised Gogmurt the goblin druid to kill as few goblins at Thistletop as possible in exchange for information from him. The paladin basically killed everything that moved anyway, and Gogmurt survived. Now I have "We Be Goblins!" in my hands -- which, as you may know, is written for 1st-level goblin characters in the Brinestump Marsh outside Sandpoint.
But WHAT IF Gogmurt has joined up with the Licktoad tribe? What if a goblin sorcerer somehow got access to a Lesser Geas spell? What if Gogmurt arranged to have the spell cast on the paladin so that he could repay his debt to goblinkind by becoming a hero to the Licktoads -- an honorary goblin who carries out the quest for the fireworks as outlined in the adventure?
Imagine a party of humans/elves/gnome having to leave all their fancy equipment behind and being encouraged to act like goblins. The party is currently involved in detective work for the Skinsaw Murders. Obviously the encounters in "Goblins!" will have to be beefed up, but I'm pretty psyched for the idea. Any suggestions/ideas/constructive criticisms of this crazy plan?
And what about the mysterious fan aboard Kaijitsu's Star? I would love to have its secret relate to Rise of the Runelords rather than Jade Regent, but I'm having trouble making a connection. Anyone got an idea?