The stable boy comes into the tavern and announces that
"Your horses are ready, sirs!". As you make your way out of Fallcrest heading East, several villagers stare in wonder and admiration at the four mounted warriors and one puma. Adventurers are fairly common in Fallcrest, but the common folks still enjoy sending them off with a mini "parade".
After leaving the city, you have time to take in the surrounding countryside. It is late Autumn in the Vale, and the trees have turned into their spectacular golds, reds, and yellows. The air is crisp and cool, and the sky is a clear, bright blue.
The first few days are uneventful, as you travel through farmland and smaller villages. Eventually, the King's Road takes you into Harken Forest. The road is still well-maintained (mostly), but there is little traffic. Not much trade comes through here any more, and it's far enough from Fallcrest to be only occasionally patrolled. You keep a wary eye out for bandits and thieves, but travelling in a group as you are is a good deterrent.
However, as you approach a narrow bend in the road, you start to feel uneasy...this place is perfect for an ambush. Sure enough, a lone figure steps into the road ahead of you and calls out to you.
"Well, now, gentlemensss! Thiss iss my road you are traveling on, and I demand a toll!"
As he draws closer, you can see that the creature is a kobold, but is easily the tallest kobold you have ever seen. You search the surrounding area, but if he has accomplices, they must be exceptionally well hidden.
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None of you have the mounted fighting feat, so we'll just pretend there are no horses involved - you'd have to spend your move action getting down off of them, and then they'd just be in the way. So we'll handle this as if you were all on foot.
Also, we aren't in initiative yet, and you don't have time to move, but you are free to talk and draw weapons.
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