D&D Session 20, Part One (8/3/21): The Secret Lives of NPCs

 

• With two of our number on vacation and the main campaign on hold, we changed our focus back to Ragaman Isle, where the intrepid Mac & Mary -- proprietors of the Fyre Wytch Tavern -- face an uncertain future. Spring has sprung and the roads have cleared, but no business is coming to the tavern, no doubt owing to the goblins that swarm the local woods. Perhaps worse, Lissa, their daughter, is heartbroken that her beloved, Sark, has vanished without a word. Fearing that he is captured or dead, the melancholy girl has taken to long walks in the woods, while Mac & Mary busy themselves with their chores, which mostly seem to entail arguing with each other about why the tavern is a failure and who has ruined who's life the most.
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• A scream outside the tavern brings Mac & Mary running, where they find Lissa being accosted by a goblin gang: Snafu, who fancies himself the new king of these parts, and his three henchmen -- Janfu, Rubar, and Frank (who holds a wolf -- named Dog -- on a chain). There is much breast-beating and threats, the upshot of which is that Snafu demands tribute, and he'll kill Lissa if he doesn't get it.