TEMPLE TROUBLES
A TEMPLE PASTURES Encounter
by This Chucklehead
You and your companions are on your way to the Goddess
of the Harvest’s temple. On the birch-lined path leading
to the temple, you are approached by a bedraggled
acolyte and asked to help with the Bloom Festival as
everything is going wrong.
ENCOUNTER
Outside the temple, the party are immediately
enveloped by the sounds of animals out of their pens
and general chaos.
The acolytes ask for help with the following tasks:
Animals
The party need to make two (2) different skill checks
(DC 12), per pen, to get the animals back. These can be
Wisdom (Animal Handling), Dexterity (Acrobatics),
or Charisma (Intimidation).
A Wisdom (Survival) check (DC 10) around the pens
will highlight some prints, they look like sheep’s
hooves but larger, leading to the water wheel.
Lanterns
The once beautiful red lanterns have been scattered
around the temple and most are slashed open. The
party can make a Intelligence (Investigation) check
(DC 10) to determine that the lanterns were cut by a
blunt object, like a horn.
SOCIAL ENCOUNTER
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The acolytes have a repair kit that can be used with a
Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check (DC 10). They also
provide the party with a ladder to hang the lanterns
in the trees.
The culprits:
The party may wish to investigate who caused this
commotion. A Wisdom (Survival) check (DC 10)
around the temple will show hoof prints to the water
wheel.
Hiding inside are four (4) Satyrs (MM pg 267). If asked
why they’re doing this, they’ll explain that they hate
the temple as it represents the taming of nature.
They hope that disrupting the festival might lead to
the temple shutting down.
The Satyrs will leave with a Charisma (Persuasion or
Intimidation) check (DC 15), otherwise, they’ll attack.
CONCLUSION
If the party gets everything back on track, they’ll be
given 100gp each and a place of honor at the Bloom
Festival.
CR 3 800 XP