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Intrepid Adventures of Legend or Hobo Murderers on the Loose (a pogre storyhour)(11/3/15)
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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 6563372" data-attributes="member: 6588"><p>Intrepid Adventures of Legend or Hobo Murderers on the Loose (a pogre storyhour)</p><p></p><p><strong>Episode 15</strong></p><p><em>A Giant Farming Problem</em></p><p></p><p>A young, female dwarf approached the group’s table. Brodek’s face lit up in a bright grin. “Helja! How are you lass?” Brodek exclaimed.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/mini52_female_dwarf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>“I am well Brodek,” Helja replied. “I received your message and came straight away.”</p><p></p><p>Brodek made introductions all around to the rest of the group to his friend.</p><p></p><p>“I think Brodek is smiling,” Osbourne whispered to Gideon.</p><p></p><p>“Must be a nervous tick,” Gideon replied.</p><p></p><p>“Helja, it is a shame you missed the puppet show the other night! It would have given you some real insight on your friend Brodek,” Cabo said.</p><p></p><p>“Ignore him lass,” Brodek interjected nonplussed. “The caverns and complex I wrote to you about will have to wait. We largely cleaned them out anyway. However, the barkeep here has asked us to stick around to talk after dinner. We could always use another blade.”</p><p></p><p>Helja took a seat at the table and promptly ordered some ale.</p><p></p><p>*****</p><p></p><p>Lant finally came around and gave the group a very sad tale of how local farms had been depopulated with apparently no fight or struggle. No living thing had survived these attacks, not even a barn cat. The always sympathetic adventurers most pressing concern was what the owner of the Old Oxen Inn was offering them in solid, hard gold to investigate. An accord was reached with Lant fronting the group a few healing potions and promising a sizable monetary reward if the mystery was solved and the local farmers’ minds put at ease.</p><p></p><p>*****</p><p></p><p>Two local farms were known to have been raided and as the group approached the first of these it was clear just how desolate the site was.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9901_approaching_farm.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The interior of the farmhouse showed some signs of minimal struggle, but very little in the way of blood stains or trails. The barn and stalls had more signs of struggle and the adventurers did find some large canine tracks.</p><p></p><p>“Wolves?” Osbourne asked no one in particular.</p><p></p><p>“Very big wolves,” Gideon replied.</p><p></p><p>“Dire wolves or worgs,” Helja added.</p><p></p><p>“How could wolves steal everything alive without a trace?” Cabo asked. “Maybe we are dealing with a lycanthrope?”</p><p></p><p>“Possibly,” Gideon replied. “Could just be tracks of scavengers moving through the aftermath of the conflict.”</p><p></p><p>“Well, it’s what we got,” Brodek stated. “Let’s at least follow the tracks to see where they lead us.”</p><p></p><p>The wolf prints led down to a small stream and the adventurers followed along cautiously.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9902_following_wolf_trail.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It did not take long for the adventurers to find a large wolf den teaming with the large canines.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9903_wolves_den.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The group huddled up to make a plan of their approach.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9904_huddle.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>After careful consideration and a thorough examination of all the possibilities, the group decided to charge. The resulting melee was a wolf slaughter. The rewards for the group was several new wolf pelts and 8 dire wolf pups, not yet weaned. Brodek suggested euthanizing the pups under the ‘nits make lice’ theory, but was soundly rejected by Gideon and Cabo who were intent on saving the pups as pets.</p><p></p><p>The group returned to the Old Ox Inn with the pelts and pups and no closer to solving their mystery. Following a quick arrangement whereby Cabo and Gideon essentially quintupled a stable boy’s salary for taking care of the pups, the group set off again.</p><p></p><p>*****</p><p></p><p>The group spent much of the following day in a frustrating investigation of the farms that had been depopulated, visiting other local farms, and trying to discern some sort of pattern for the destruction. The group ruled out the remnant tribe of gnolls living in a nearby forest and decided the threat must have come from the foothills or mountains to the north.</p><p></p><p>Following a rough trail, the group came upon a hollow in the hills, where a large wolf padded around the entrance.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9905_giant_lair.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The adventurers began moving up, threading their way through the boulder field in front of the grotto, when a huge humanoid emerged and tossed an enormous rock at them. The boulder clipped Brodek and nearly smashed the dwarf. “God’s Teeth! Take cover!” Brodek yelled.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9906_moving_up.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The hill giant continued lobbing boulders at the group. None of the large rocks hit, but the adventurers continued moving forward under a spray of rock fragments from the impacts. Gideon broke cover and charged the hill giant.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9907_gideon_charges.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The monk’s strikes were effective, but the giant’s answering attack almost put the halfling six-feet under. The rest of the adventurers piled into the combat, trying to save Gideon from certain doom. Osbourne put the dire wolf down with an effective spray of magic missiles. The rest of the adventurers closed and tried to keep the hill giant off balance, while opening a number of small wounds on the beast.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9908_final_giant.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The combined efforts of the adventurers toppled the giant and the group sighed with relief over its corpse. An exploration of the shallow cavern revealed it was stuffed full of bags. Most of the giant sacks contained bones and other worthless items, but they did find a few valuables. Most importantly, the group found definitive evidence that the hill giant was the culprit responsible for sacking the farms.</p><p></p><p>Gathering all the valuables, the group headed back to the Old Oxen Inn. They stopped along the way to turn over some bags of seed grain to local farmers and to assure them the threat had been overcome. Upon their return, Lant rewarded the adventurers richly and place the giant’s head upon a large pike in front of the coaching inn.</p><p></p><p>Little did Lant or the adventurers know - they would soon be facing a far more dangerous and insidious threat to the Old Oxen Inn and the surrounding territory...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pogre, post: 6563372, member: 6588"] Intrepid Adventures of Legend or Hobo Murderers on the Loose (a pogre storyhour) [B]Episode 15[/B] [I]A Giant Farming Problem[/I] A young, female dwarf approached the group’s table. Brodek’s face lit up in a bright grin. “Helja! How are you lass?” Brodek exclaimed. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/mini52_female_dwarf.jpg[/IMG] “I am well Brodek,” Helja replied. “I received your message and came straight away.” Brodek made introductions all around to the rest of the group to his friend. “I think Brodek is smiling,” Osbourne whispered to Gideon. “Must be a nervous tick,” Gideon replied. “Helja, it is a shame you missed the puppet show the other night! It would have given you some real insight on your friend Brodek,” Cabo said. “Ignore him lass,” Brodek interjected nonplussed. “The caverns and complex I wrote to you about will have to wait. We largely cleaned them out anyway. However, the barkeep here has asked us to stick around to talk after dinner. We could always use another blade.” Helja took a seat at the table and promptly ordered some ale. ***** Lant finally came around and gave the group a very sad tale of how local farms had been depopulated with apparently no fight or struggle. No living thing had survived these attacks, not even a barn cat. The always sympathetic adventurers most pressing concern was what the owner of the Old Oxen Inn was offering them in solid, hard gold to investigate. An accord was reached with Lant fronting the group a few healing potions and promising a sizable monetary reward if the mystery was solved and the local farmers’ minds put at ease. ***** Two local farms were known to have been raided and as the group approached the first of these it was clear just how desolate the site was. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9901_approaching_farm.jpeg[/IMG] The interior of the farmhouse showed some signs of minimal struggle, but very little in the way of blood stains or trails. The barn and stalls had more signs of struggle and the adventurers did find some large canine tracks. “Wolves?” Osbourne asked no one in particular. “Very big wolves,” Gideon replied. “Dire wolves or worgs,” Helja added. “How could wolves steal everything alive without a trace?” Cabo asked. “Maybe we are dealing with a lycanthrope?” “Possibly,” Gideon replied. “Could just be tracks of scavengers moving through the aftermath of the conflict.” “Well, it’s what we got,” Brodek stated. “Let’s at least follow the tracks to see where they lead us.” The wolf prints led down to a small stream and the adventurers followed along cautiously. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9902_following_wolf_trail.jpeg[/IMG] It did not take long for the adventurers to find a large wolf den teaming with the large canines. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9903_wolves_den.jpeg[/IMG] The group huddled up to make a plan of their approach. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9904_huddle.jpeg[/IMG] After careful consideration and a thorough examination of all the possibilities, the group decided to charge. The resulting melee was a wolf slaughter. The rewards for the group was several new wolf pelts and 8 dire wolf pups, not yet weaned. Brodek suggested euthanizing the pups under the ‘nits make lice’ theory, but was soundly rejected by Gideon and Cabo who were intent on saving the pups as pets. The group returned to the Old Ox Inn with the pelts and pups and no closer to solving their mystery. Following a quick arrangement whereby Cabo and Gideon essentially quintupled a stable boy’s salary for taking care of the pups, the group set off again. ***** The group spent much of the following day in a frustrating investigation of the farms that had been depopulated, visiting other local farms, and trying to discern some sort of pattern for the destruction. The group ruled out the remnant tribe of gnolls living in a nearby forest and decided the threat must have come from the foothills or mountains to the north. Following a rough trail, the group came upon a hollow in the hills, where a large wolf padded around the entrance. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9905_giant_lair.jpeg[/IMG] The adventurers began moving up, threading their way through the boulder field in front of the grotto, when a huge humanoid emerged and tossed an enormous rock at them. The boulder clipped Brodek and nearly smashed the dwarf. “God’s Teeth! Take cover!” Brodek yelled. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9906_moving_up.jpeg[/IMG] The hill giant continued lobbing boulders at the group. None of the large rocks hit, but the adventurers continued moving forward under a spray of rock fragments from the impacts. Gideon broke cover and charged the hill giant. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9907_gideon_charges.jpeg[/IMG] The monk’s strikes were effective, but the giant’s answering attack almost put the halfling six-feet under. The rest of the adventurers piled into the combat, trying to save Gideon from certain doom. Osbourne put the dire wolf down with an effective spray of magic missiles. The rest of the adventurers closed and tried to keep the hill giant off balance, while opening a number of small wounds on the beast. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_9908_final_giant.jpeg[/IMG] The combined efforts of the adventurers toppled the giant and the group sighed with relief over its corpse. An exploration of the shallow cavern revealed it was stuffed full of bags. Most of the giant sacks contained bones and other worthless items, but they did find a few valuables. Most importantly, the group found definitive evidence that the hill giant was the culprit responsible for sacking the farms. Gathering all the valuables, the group headed back to the Old Oxen Inn. They stopped along the way to turn over some bags of seed grain to local farmers and to assure them the threat had been overcome. Upon their return, Lant rewarded the adventurers richly and place the giant’s head upon a large pike in front of the coaching inn. Little did Lant or the adventurers know - they would soon be facing a far more dangerous and insidious threat to the Old Oxen Inn and the surrounding territory... [/QUOTE]
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