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This weekend, I got to play the "Black Fang's Dungeon" adventure with my two younger cousins, aged 10 and 12, and their two dads. It was my first time GM-ing, and only my 2nd time playing Pathfinder. It was challenging, but everyone had a blast - we wrapped up well past the kid's bedtimes, but they wanted to press on and find out where Black Fang flew off to.
One surprise that the players threw at me, which I wasn't sure how to respond to, was when they decided to take the body of the dead goblin found in the spider cave back to King Fatmouth. The kids, not being too wise in the ways of diplomacy, dumped the body of the King Fatmouth's sister on the floor of the cavern. After convincing him that it was the spider who killed her, and not the PCs, Fatmouth responded by asking the PCs to join in on a traditional goblin mourning ceremony. Which, of course, involved cooking and eating the dead goblin. When they wouldn't eat the dead goblin, Fatmouth became enraged at this sign of disrespect, and he and his minions attacked the PCs. Macabre, I know, but it thoroughly grossed out the kids and got lots of laughs and groans.
What are some other ways to have handled this? What other left-curves have your players thrown at you when playing this adventure?