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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 298645" data-attributes="member: 221">Tiolo BeachOn the seventh of Sowing, Tiolo’s Beach is sacked by unknown marauders.  This small village of fishermen was comprised of five families.  Their five houses now lie in ruins, looted and burnt and someone has planted a “greeting” for those who try to investigate, a Spined Lizard.  The spine lizard is not native to these shores, but it basks on the beach near the houses and presents an imposing sight to any who approach.  It is not overly aggressive but is confused and attacks any who get too near.  One man, one of the group that first discovered the sacked village, lies dead on the beach, just above the high water mark.  Seagulls peck at him.  In one of the houses, now burnt, are the corpses of the five men from Taesoo sent to guard the small village.  In another one of the houses is the burnt corpse of a young baby.Timeline:  On the evening of the 5th, an ugly man with black unkempt hair and a raven on his shoulder visits Tiolo’s Beach.  He leaves that same evening and Tiolo sends to Taesoo for some guardsmen who arrive the evening of the 6th.  Tiolo’s Beach is sacked during the morning of the 7th of Sowing.  That afternoon, a group traveling to Taesoo passes through the Beach and finds the houses still smoking.  The Spined Lizard kills one of them and as the others flee to Taesoo, the body is left to lie.  Word thus reaches Taesoo by 4 in the afternoon.  Description:  Smoke is the first thing you see, rising in thin threads into the sky.  As you approach the beach, you begin to see the shape of burnt and collapsed houses, five of them in total.  Two sail boats are beached on the shore, they appear to be in good shape.  Sunning between the two boats is an immense lizard of some sort.  It is about fifteen to twenty feet long.  Its tail ends in a mace like appendage and there are numerous thin spines, almost like those of a porcupine.Spined Lizard, Large Beast: CR 2; HD 4d10+12 (hp 40);  Init +1; Mv 30 ft; AC 17; Atk +6 melee (tail swipe 1d6+6); reach 10 ft.;  SA Defensive Spines, Tail Lash; SV Fort +7, Ref +5, Spot +3; Str 19, Dex 13, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 6.   Skills:  Move Silently +5, Spot +3.Tail Lash:  Opponents hit by a Tail lash must make a Reflex save (DC 16) or be knocked prone Defensive Spine:  With a charge, anyone in its path must make a Ref save (DC 13) or be hit by 1d8 spines (1d4 damage).  Striking with a weapon with a 5’ reach or less will result in 1d4 spines (1d4 damage) striking the attacker unless they make a Ref save (DC 13).If the Spined Lizard is removed, the village can be searched for clues.  It is evident that tracks lead to the beach from each house.  Another set of tracks goes inland.  If followed these lead to a hill overlooking the village and then end strangely.  One of the biggest clues is the spined lizard itself.  If one can find a knowledgeable person on such matters they can explain that the Spined Lizards are only found on dragon isle, a small island in the bay inhabited by several unique lizard creatures and, of course, a dragon.</blockquote>

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