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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 6911860" data-attributes="member: 1210">THE GRIFFON WRANGLERThis works best with some set up.The pcs encounter a horse tied to a stake. Unbeknownst to them, the horse's owner, a rough-looking man, is concealed and watching nearby. The horse is bait for a flock of griffons, and the man intends to capture some of the giffon fledglings for training and sale. If the pcs mess with the horse, the man yells at them to get away, and if the pcs are friendly and don't interfere with his business, he offers to sell them a griffon for 10,000 gp (either after a year of training, or, if you prefer, after a quick trip back to the city/his home/his ranch/his business).SET UP: You can set up this encounter so that it seems far more natural as follows: Great spring weather leads to a bumper crop of griffons. Have the pcs spot flocks of griffons flying overhead and, if you like, have a griffon encounter or two for them over the course of a few sessions before you use the Griffon Wrangler encounter. If they have horses or ponies, the odds that they are attacked increase drastically.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 6911860, member: 1210"] [B]THE GRIFFON WRANGLER[/B] This works best with some set up. The pcs encounter a horse tied to a stake. Unbeknownst to them, the horse's owner, a rough-looking man, is concealed and watching nearby. The horse is bait for a flock of griffons, and the man intends to capture some of the giffon fledglings for training and sale. If the pcs mess with the horse, the man yells at them to get away, and if the pcs are friendly and don't interfere with his business, he offers to sell them a griffon for 10,000 gp (either after a year of training, or, if you prefer, after a quick trip back to the city/his home/his ranch/his business). SET UP: You can set up this encounter so that it seems far more natural as follows: Great spring weather leads to a bumper crop of griffons. Have the pcs spot flocks of griffons flying overhead and, if you like, have a griffon encounter or two for them over the course of a few sessions before you use the Griffon Wrangler encounter. If they have horses or ponies, the odds that they are attacked increase drastically. [/QUOTE]

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