Another week, another crazy Druid bent on wiping a small village off the map. Tuesdays, am I right?
A quick note on scheduling. Right now things are starting to pick up in my life both personally and professionally, so I'm going to reduce my weekly Friday posts to every other Friday until we're clear of the Holidays. After the New Year, I'll take a look at how things are looking and see if I can't comfortably bring posts here back up to a weekly basis. Between a new job, RPG Superstar 2021, and my weekly gaming group actually trying to fire back up again live and in person in a COVID world, I can feel things stretching a little thin. I'd rather not slap some mayo on white bread and call it a sandwich, so by reducing my posting schedule, I can still deliver content that still grabs and inspires my followers here the same way I'm inspired by the content of others.
But in the meantime, about that Druid that wants to kill everyone.
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The Druid called Alakred is well beyond his breaking point. The nearby village of Hallias has been farming the land and cutting down trees that he has asked for years to take only in moderation. The people of Hallias have done their best to respect the Alakred's wishes, but as families and prosperities grow, so does the space needed for Hallias to survive. Over the years, Hallias expanded and the surrounding forests diminished. After a group of Hallias residents felled Shiraka, a tremendous oak tree and close friend of Alakred, the Tengu snapped. He let the rage of the storm engulf him and enacted a ritual to raise the waves up and wipe Hallias off the map. The ritual is now nearly complete, and by fate a group of heroes has come forward to either end the ritual, or end Alakred.
Alakred knows the ritual is nearing it's completion, and will not allow any meddling of these crucial final steps. He stays inside the stone circle and positions himself to force the PCs off the cliff edge and into the waves with his spells, using his beak in melee combat as a last resort.
The ritual has affected the weather. Driving rain and wind has made all terrain within 15 feet of the circle difficult terrain, and has greatly reduced visibility, giving the concealed condition to any creature farther than 20 feet.
Alakred is well aware sacred circle ritual is positioned, and has trapped the only approach to the best of his abilities. His pit digging skills are rudimentary, but he was able to cover them with some discarded logs of old friends and magically grow enough moss over the top to hide their obvious intent.
Hidden Pit (Core Rulebook pg.522)
If you wind up running this in your game, let me know how it goes. This one feels like a lot of fun.
Have fun being knocked into the waves, and we'll see you in two weeks!
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