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<blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 5163628" data-attributes="member: 4892"><p><strong>Monster(s) in the Closet</strong></p><p></p><p><em>The Barett family, like most others in town, enjoyed their time at the Swallowtail Festival. Until the goblins attacking their town terrorized them. Young Aeren Barett saw a goblin set a cat on fire and caper around its burning corpse. It's no wonder he awoke over the next few nights, screaming in terror, which caused the family dog, Petal, to bark in response, believing he saw a goblin emerging from his closet. But every time his father Alergast checked, there was no goblin hiding in Aeren's closet. Last night he had had enough, at his wits end due to lack of sleep and his own worries over goblins. He told Aeren that if he didn't learn to "be a man" he was going to make him sleep in the woodshed.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Tonight, he heard his son start to cry again and Petal start to bark. He angrily rose from bed, ready to drag Aeren to the woodshed. Before he reached Aeren's door he heard Petal yelp in pain and Aeren's cries turn shrill. He burst into his son's room to see a gruesome sight. Only the quick arrival of his wife, Amele, snapped him into action. Petal lay dead in a pool of the dog's own blood, while a goblin sat on his son's chest chewing on Aeren's arm like a crazed beast. He knocked the goblin off of Aeren and pulled his son out of bed, pushing him towards his mother, yelling for her to take Aeren and run for help.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Amele knew the garrison was too far, but had heard of the goblin-slaying heroes staying at the nearby Rusty Dragon. She recounted the horrid scene to the heroes and showed them Aeren's arm.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The group arrived to a strangely quiet house. Alergast lay on his stomach, halfway out the closet door, motionless. T'rune pulled him out to find that the father's face and upper torso had been eaten away. Then two of the strongest goblins they had faced yet emerged from a hidden hole at the back of the closet. They were able to eliminate the goblin threat, but were upset that they hadn't done more to see if there had been any remaining goblins after the raid.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Sheriff Hemlock arrived on the scene. He arranged for the rest of the family to stay at the temple for a few days. The heroes learned that Amele's sister came in a couple of days later from Magnimar to bring the family back to live with her.</em></p><p></p><p>The original encounter called for a single goblin ranger in a very tight area. Solo humanoids don't work very well, but I wanted this encounter to stay challenging enough, with as few goblins as possible. I went with two goblins, a 4th-level elite martial controller leader and a goblin skullcleaver. The skullcleaver was the one that finally went mad enough with hunger to do something about the situation the two had gotten themselves into when they decided to hide instead of flee Sandpoint at the close of the raid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vyvyan Basterd, post: 5163628, member: 4892"] [B]Monster(s) in the Closet[/B] [I]The Barett family, like most others in town, enjoyed their time at the Swallowtail Festival. Until the goblins attacking their town terrorized them. Young Aeren Barett saw a goblin set a cat on fire and caper around its burning corpse. It's no wonder he awoke over the next few nights, screaming in terror, which caused the family dog, Petal, to bark in response, believing he saw a goblin emerging from his closet. But every time his father Alergast checked, there was no goblin hiding in Aeren's closet. Last night he had had enough, at his wits end due to lack of sleep and his own worries over goblins. He told Aeren that if he didn't learn to "be a man" he was going to make him sleep in the woodshed. Tonight, he heard his son start to cry again and Petal start to bark. He angrily rose from bed, ready to drag Aeren to the woodshed. Before he reached Aeren's door he heard Petal yelp in pain and Aeren's cries turn shrill. He burst into his son's room to see a gruesome sight. Only the quick arrival of his wife, Amele, snapped him into action. Petal lay dead in a pool of the dog's own blood, while a goblin sat on his son's chest chewing on Aeren's arm like a crazed beast. He knocked the goblin off of Aeren and pulled his son out of bed, pushing him towards his mother, yelling for her to take Aeren and run for help. Amele knew the garrison was too far, but had heard of the goblin-slaying heroes staying at the nearby Rusty Dragon. She recounted the horrid scene to the heroes and showed them Aeren's arm. The group arrived to a strangely quiet house. Alergast lay on his stomach, halfway out the closet door, motionless. T'rune pulled him out to find that the father's face and upper torso had been eaten away. Then two of the strongest goblins they had faced yet emerged from a hidden hole at the back of the closet. They were able to eliminate the goblin threat, but were upset that they hadn't done more to see if there had been any remaining goblins after the raid. Sheriff Hemlock arrived on the scene. He arranged for the rest of the family to stay at the temple for a few days. The heroes learned that Amele's sister came in a couple of days later from Magnimar to bring the family back to live with her.[/I] The original encounter called for a single goblin ranger in a very tight area. Solo humanoids don't work very well, but I wanted this encounter to stay challenging enough, with as few goblins as possible. I went with two goblins, a 4th-level elite martial controller leader and a goblin skullcleaver. The skullcleaver was the one that finally went mad enough with hunger to do something about the situation the two had gotten themselves into when they decided to hide instead of flee Sandpoint at the close of the raid. [/QUOTE]
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