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<blockquote data-quote="Ics" data-source="post: 5006820" data-attributes="member: 42900">They have been returned to life, but their arms, legs, and tongues have been surgically removed, forcing them to squirm around like worms on the floor. Moreover, the missing limbs have been placed on the cavern floor to form the shape of stars, and these star shapes seem to be placed purposefully throughout the cavern (PCs with Arcana may recognized the pattern as some constellation associated with unluck/evil/madness). The missing limbs, however, are also the only food source left in the cavern, so the dismembered goblins have been forced to resort to eating them to cling to their pitiful lives.This should force the PCs to make the awful decision of whether to try and rehabilitate the goblins, or just slaughter them then and there and put them out of their misery. If they choose to kill them, have the goblins try to squirm away, looks of terror on their faces and non-syllabic wails coming from their tongue-less mouths, but don't have the PCs make attack rolls or anything, it should be clear that the mere decision to kill them means they die. The challenge here isn't hitting the goblins, it's whether to hit them or not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ics, post: 5006820, member: 42900"] They have been returned to life, but their arms, legs, and tongues have been surgically removed, forcing them to squirm around like worms on the floor. Moreover, the missing limbs have been placed on the cavern floor to form the shape of stars, and these star shapes seem to be placed purposefully throughout the cavern (PCs with Arcana may recognized the pattern as some constellation associated with unluck/evil/madness). The missing limbs, however, are also the only food source left in the cavern, so the dismembered goblins have been forced to resort to eating them to cling to their pitiful lives. This should force the PCs to make the awful decision of whether to try and rehabilitate the goblins, or just slaughter them then and there and put them out of their misery. If they choose to kill them, have the goblins try to squirm away, looks of terror on their faces and non-syllabic wails coming from their tongue-less mouths, but don't have the PCs make attack rolls or anything, it should be clear that the mere decision to kill them means they die. The challenge here isn't hitting the goblins, it's whether to hit them or not. [/QUOTE]

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