Gargamel vs. the Smurfs

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

For my Midwood campaign setting I'm sketching out for an online game, I'm looking to have a character, the Wizard of Green Mountain (name to be determined later) who is a combination of Tabriz-umon the Black from Kobolds Ate My Baby and ... Gargamel from the Smurfs. (And set in Praemal, the world of Ptolus, on top of all the rest.)

While he's going to be a major NPC if and when anyone plays a Green Mountain Kobold, he's also going to be a foil and one of the local BBEGs for human/gnome/dwarf characters.

One of the wrinkles I want to have is that he preys on the local grig population (because pixies are tired and no one ever uses grigs and, frankly, cricket fairies are neat) and maybe petals, if I get MM3. The question is ... why? I'm thinking that some grig (and/or petal) body part is useful for casting spells, either as a vile metamagic spell component (BoVD) or as a spell component in a custom spell.

Any suggestions? Why did Gargamel want to kill the Smurfs?

(And yes, the Wizard of Green Mountain has a cat familiar. How could he not?)

 

[FreeXenon]

I think Gargamel wanted smurfs so he could make gold.

 

[Tinner]

Gargamel wanted to catch the smurfs, because they could be alchemically changed into an equal weight of gold.
It was a variant on the old catch the leprechaun and take his pot o'gold motif.

Might work just as well with grigs.
Sounds like a fun idea.

 

[Mean Eyed Cat]

Don't forget to give him a cat familiar named Azrael

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Hmm, a spell from ancient Kem that turns tiny fairies into gold (so I could bring in petals later) sounds like it'll do the trick. I'll whip up the spell (maybe "Faerygold?") and submit it for cheers and jeers later.

Thanks!

 

[FreeXenon]

To make a plane (such as the seelie court or what ever) coterminus with the prime.

To restore beauty or youth to himself or his bride.

To create a portal to a hidden (fairie) ruin

To create a portal to another part of the world

Maybe he really likes Grig Gumbo?

 

[DK]

In later seasons (at least in the italian edition) Gargamel wants to catch the Smurfs because they are really good to eat! I'm not joking!

 

[FreeXenon]

DK - Welcome to the Boards!

 

[Particle_Man]

In later seasons (at least in the italian edition) Gargamel wants to catch the Smurfs because they are really good to eat! I'm not joking!

And that was *always* Azrael's motive.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

And that was *always* Azrael's motive.

Well, if Faerygold only uses a few key parts of the faeries -- maybe their wings -- the rest of them would be available for Chocolate Dipped Grig or whatever.