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Jaxom 11-15-05, 07:57 PM	The characters are almost 6th level and will be close to 7th when the current DM's is finished running their adventure. Awhile back I found an adventure in a Dungeon magazine of a group of goblins that have been outcast because they supported a stronger smarter goblin who was going to overthrow the current leaders and take their place. In our last session we met a pair of unicorns and saved them, so to repay us for the heroics they offered to help us navigate through the dangerous forest. A couple of tough encounters led us to a pack of goblins led by troll warriors that nearly did a few party members in. We regrouped and quickly traveled away from the goblin encampment. One of the unicorns offered us their horn when we got to the edge of the forest. Though we'll benefit for a short time from the magic within the horn, the unicorn will lose its magic abilities for a year. After this session I saw the opportunity to merge my group of elite goblins with this story of the troll led goblins and maybe even the unicorn too. Maybe after this encounter when the two trolls and his party don't return is when the elite goblin tries at its chance of becoming the group leader and fails. Once outcast along with the elite goblins supporters, they run into the unicorn and capture him. This event will cause the other unicorn to seek out the group and ask for help. Pretty easy adventure hook, but I was curious what anyone else might come up with, I thought that the more creative minds working together might come up with something better.
shadowrisae 11-15-05, 10:15 PM	Current leader kidnaps unicorn that gave the party power, thinking he'll get power from the unicorn's horn. Of course, the unicorn's power is gone for a while so he gets angry and plans to find the other unicorn, using unicorn 1 as bait. Outcast wants party to help him overthrow current leader and tells the party of the plan to kidnap unicorn 2. He makes a deal with the party that he will show them an easy way into the goblin camp without getting nearly slaughtered like last time. Party, who wants to save unicorns, will probably see no alternative, whether they think the outcast should be in charge or not. In return for the help, the party is supposed to kill the current leader so the outcast can take charge.
Jaxom 11-16-05, 12:56 PM	I like the idea and I think it will work into the adventure easily. So now I got a couple of plots and a pretty good plot hook to get the party involved. Now the group that came out and attacked us was led by a couple of trolls, so we assume the large village is led by them as well, but there could be a whole different force leading them. What we do know about the village is... Some background to our campaign to help We're playing Arcana Evolved and using the Diamond Throne setting. Everything's the same except the spells and there's a few added creatures, but because spells are different means that the magical abilities of some monsters are a bit different too. The setting of goblin village is a huge forest where giant trees grow from the ground and even tear chunks of earth into the air to make large islands supported in the trees. Floating Forest (http://www.morgankeithstudios.com/pak/AE_10.html) The village is located below a small island in the trees where many ladders have been built to allow access up to the island from the forest floor. There are living structures on both levels, but I have this feeling that the leaders would live up on the island. So once I work out a map and some details about the different races that might also live in the village I'll be all set. Any and all other ideas are welcomed as well.