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Hey there Kingmakers!
I'm currently running a 1e campaign that's pre-Stag Lord's fort in book one. The group is having a blast, and I'm really proud of them — lots of first timers who have really leaned in. I've kept them all engaged and we did a session zero that really helped get the ball rolling.
Now the "problem":
I wrote the tatzlwyrm quest into a greater hook. Berislav Surtova (of THE Surtovas, one member took the bastard trait and I want to include their familial troubles) made his way by Oleg's. When there, he asked the group to essentially poach some tatzlwyrm to send to New Stetven so he could have them taxidermied and given to his cousin-king as a birthday gift. He's willing to pay a good chunk of gold, which the group desperately needs. They took the task and haven't quite made it to that side of the map, leaning towards mapping the East.
The groups druid pulled me aside between sessions and said she thinks her character would have a problem with this. Poaching a territorial animal that hasn't gone out of its way to hurt anyone seems against the Green Faith's notions of balance — the group took down Tuskgutter, but only after it had attacked local hunters and was leading sounders of hogs around the lower portion of the map.
How do you think I should handle this? She says she's willing to bring it up with the group, but as they're starved for cash, it's a little tough to skip over easy money. I really like that the character has gone out of her way to engage with her character and hope to provide the group with alternatives. I've mulled over the idea of allowing them to find a discarded skull and perhaps that be enough, but I want it to be a moral ambiguous decision too. I think if they don't provide the corpses, Berislav will take it as a slight, being a petty royal and all that. Perhaps leaving the tatzlwyrms alone grants them favor with another group or something, but the quest is basically free money/exp. What this means for the larger campaign, time will tell.