Malicious Intent: In the Wind

Malicious Intent: In the Wind
Date	9/10/23
Storyteller	Slayzo
Tier	Trainee/Expert
Player Characters	Aleth, Bees, Dar, Disorro Saur, Tarina "Taru" Autio, Wrax, Chrysanthemum Lavandula Orchidaceae Delphinium Helianthus
Rewards	600 gold, magic items, 250xp
Result	Success
Author	Disorro Saur

Log

Trade routes with Desperate Hope and other communities have been disrupted. Caravans are not entering the town. The goblinoid problem has expanded with the new source of income. We are tasked with going to the ambush site to clear it out and teach a lesson.

About a half day out of town, we reach the ambush zone. There’s a downed tree blocking the road. As we approach it, I round a corner and see a goblin riding a hideous dog. Aleth darts down and fires an amazing crossbow shot, killing the goblin in one strike. Another dog darts out from the other side of the road. The ambush begins. A dog bites me, giving me goblin pox.

A goblin voice orders the start of the ambush.

Chrys heals me, but the dogs keep giving me the pox – sometimes via bite and sometimes via shaking fleas at me. Aleth picks off another one and Dar strikes fear into ALL of them. Wrax stabs the leader in the back as he tries to flee. Chrys repeatedly keeps me alive and on my feet as we wipe out the ambush crew. We heal up and take positions, anticipating a second wave.

We hide in trees. An hour later, more come – dogs, bugbear assassins, soldiers, and another in the back. Dar hits all of them with a pressure zone, deafening them. Bees shoots the one in the back of the crowd, who shoots back at Aleth. The soldiers charge and the bugbear takes down Wrax. Taru gets him back on his feet. Bees takes out the leader with a series of hidden shots and Dar kills off the last one. Wrax (who’d been made huge) shoves the log out of the road and we wait through the evening for another wave. It never comes.

We return to town with six living goblin prisoners and take them back to the city jail to face their fate.