Goblin housecat hunter.

[Donny Rhye]

So I was listening to the RPG Academy podcast Goblin Paste from April 6th. It gave me a bizarre idea for a 1st level encounter. Picture a goblin covered in house cat hides petting a rat. The players have been hired by a local to get rid of the rats in a basement. As they wonder around town they see missing house cat signs all over town. Would drop clues around town to the source of the rat problem. Any thoughts on how to enhance this idea?

 

[Donny Rhye]

Was thinking the goblin could a lvl 2 ranger or druid. Gonna tie it in with a pack of ratlings based out of either the sewers or an out of town base. Then connect the ratlings into another race of humanoids they trade with. Maybe have a kidnapping and a trade going on with some slavers from the surface world that led to and Underdark group of slavers.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Housecat: it's what's for dinner!

How about a cabal of wererats who have hired the goblin cat catchers? Maybe one of the goblins has something that attracts cats -- the Pied Piper of Hameln, only in reverse.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

How about a Rat God cult? Perhaps one member could even speak with rats, making their proliferation the basis for a great information network...

 

[Donny Rhye]

Diggin the ideas. Will write some things up tonight. Once I get home from work.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Think I would lean to giant spiders rather than rats. Benefits from this; poison, riding animal, swarms, climbing, traps (web or trap doors).