87: Halfling Massacre
Played
26 January 2012 at The Grind.
Featuring:
Holga, priestess of the purple worm god.
Ranndy Serpenthelm.
Runty the misanthropic halfling.
Summary
The Purple Worm Cult goes back to the park and fights mutated halflings that worship some vermin god they've never heard of.
Some Stuff Happened
Halflings that are half centipede! A giant slug!
Some More Stuff Happened, etc.
Crazy halfling woman! Altar of the vermin god!
Total Losses/Loot
Formerly a list of people who died, now more likely to be a list of magic items found.
This line is important for posterity: All PCs received x xp and y gp. Retainers received z xp. Note any exceptions, side payments, etc here.
DM was johnstone.
I can't tell you how sad I am that our front page doesn't have "Minotaur's Dick" on it any more. :)
Chris
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We ran this one in September! It was surprisingly challenging for the mostly level 4-5 party, though none of them actually got killed or nothin'. Still, the main set-piece encounter is a nice example of how to design a Saturday Night Special.
It is? How so?
(The only thing that seemed challenging for the worm cult was the carrion crawler, but maybe that's because I used kobold stats for the halfling-pedes.)
The two halfling cultists managed to lure half the party into falling into the mist-covered pit where they were attacked by the shadowpede. Meanwhile, cult!Dad plinked at the PCs with arrows while walking on the ceiling. Things might have gone poorly for the PCs if not for their ridiculously high AC and HP scores!