This Could Get Dicey

In the beginning, we find out that Alex doesn’t really understand numbers greater than 10. Thankfully Ellis does, as he rolls really well leading the group through the forest, eventually coming upon a mass exodus of onion, garlic, and other earth-based veggie people. They are packed up and moving out of the forest! What could be sending such cute people on their way?

Though they cannot communicate in Common, they use a series of intricate motions and drawings to indicate that a large figure is posing a threat to them, causing them to move. It’s basically a giant landlord golem creature that has evicted them, so Emil and Ellis come up with. 

We’ll give you one guess the direction the landlord is…

The group pushes forward toward the source of this distress, still seeking their own mission objective of a crashed caravan. Along the way, a fox peeks out of the bushes and leads the group to a beautiful, bountiful tree. The tree is full of golden pears. Pears are good enough, but these are golden! The group hesitantly tries the pears to find that they are divine in nature, thinking of legends heard about Vulpanis, the god of luck that leads travelers to good fortune. With that luck (an inspiration point mechanically), the group presses on, eventually finding their target. 

They come upon the crash site of the caravan Danielle Stravich told them about. They dig around a bit, leaving Gertrude a good distance away don’t worry. It becomes very quickly obvious to them that this is a set up. Whoever (ahem Elizabeth ahem) “lost” the caravan did so on purpose and wanted it to look like an accident.

The group follows some footsteps rumbling nearby and come upon a large wooden golem. The landlord. Emil can’t contain his cough and the landlord looks toward them, having seen through their attempt at sneaking. 

And as the title suggests… here comes the landlord.