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The Nilbog

THe QUEST Plausible Complications

Such Fun! Mischief Magic
The goblins are still holding onto their The nilbog can also cast the following
position, despite everything. Mother Hag- spells 1/day - confusion, mislead and invis-
gle suspects the presence of a Nilbog - a ibility
prankster who is keeping their morale up.
Make sure you deal with that one too, or Toot Toot
their morale might never break. All of the goblins come equipped with var-
ying kinds of musical instruments, from
THE Core ProbleM tambourines to drums or horns.

It Could Be Anywhere All Tied Up
The nilbog is hiding in the ranks of 2d6 If the nilbog is restrained by rope, it can
regular goblins, who have scattered inside use its Dexterity contested by the Intelli-
their settlement into little guerilla pockets gence (sleight of hand) of the restraining
of resistance. character to try and slip the knot.

In Sweet Music Is Such Art Unlikely Disasters
The goblins don’t put up a fight, but make
a gigantic racket as they jeer and mock the Whoops
characters. Nothing short of magic or death The nilbog is carrying ball bearings, oil and
can convince them to stop their vitupera- a spell scroll of grease.
tions until the Nilbog is removed.
Nilbog’s Guide To The Orchestra
Hunting Snarks Double the number of unhelpful goblin
The nilbog spends its time skulking musicians.
amongst the ranks, occasionally using its
magic to be a pest. It refuses to have its I Think It’s Catching...
spirit crushed, and constantly tries to es- If the nilbog is killed, its nilbogism trans-
cape unless it is knocked out. fers to the nearest available goblin.

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Ultimate Booyahg

THe QUEST Plausible Complications

The Perfect Tactic Yark!
One of the goblins has come up with an One of the goblins accidentally summons 5
ingenious solution - he’s taken a spellbook dretch which immediately begin to attack
that the tribe stole from a hobgoblin war and eat any goblin they can find.
wizard and is handing out the pages willy
nilly to any goblin that will take one. Chaos Liquidating Funds
is moments away. A rogue fireball destroys all the goblin
corpses within the radius.
THE Core ProbleM
Mutation
Fun For All The Family One of the goblins eats a page and turns
The 3d6 goblins are each holding one page into a Triceratops. It panics, kills a few
from the spellbook. The goblins can use an creatures, then flees.
action to shake, eat, tear or otherwise de-
stroy the pages and ‘cast’ the spell on the Unlikely Disasters
page. The results are unpredictable at best
- roll on the below table to decide which Me Cast Big Magic Yes
spell effect manifests. Spells are cast at One of the goblins accidentally casts Sum-
their lowest level, DC10. The goblins do not mon Greater Demon, calling a Barlgura
need components to ‘cast’ spells this way, into the fray. The Barlgura is happy to feast
though they may scream and wave hands on goblins, but this does destroy the ears.
just for fun.
What The Hell Is Going On?
d8 The furious owner of the spellbook (a hob-
1 - Chaos Bolt goblin war wizard) arrives. It blames the
2 - Flaming Sphere characters for sending the goblins wild,
3 - Colour Spray and resolves to kill everyone involved, for
4 - Enlarge/Reduce good measure.
5 - Stinking Cloud
6 - Levitate Pet Peeve
7 - Fireball One of the goblins feeds a page to its pet
8 - Lightning Bolt rat, which becomes a giant rat with the
statistics of a mammoth and turns mur-
derous.

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