Oneshot 1 ("Mo'grosh the Green Orc Leader, a.k.a. the Magical Gold Monocle")

General Details

 * DM: Tom
 * PCs: Bingledunk (Benny), Molstein (Ese), Mo'grosh (Sam), Kathla (Isaiah), Ülf (Alesana)
 * NPCs: Pendragon, Stewart, Gruff, Odelle, Point, Baefall, Zolgog, Gurak
 * Locations: Worcester

Synopsis
Worcester is a fishing village sitting atop a cliff. Stars rain down in the steppes on the horizon. The PCs began in the Fallen Star Inn, each having been summoned to the tavern. Gruff the barkeep, a big bald man in an apron, wishes for artifacts to join his broken-looking weapons stash on his tavern wall. Horses arrive at the tavern, and a well-dressed man with a golden monocle arrives. His name is Pendragon. He arrives with a short man who has a really big hat named Stewart. The party was informed that the lord Pendragon's nephew has gone missing, abducted from the tavern apparently 6 evenings ago. His nephew is Odelle the bard, apparently taken by the orc tribe, the Children of the Mammoth Sun. They have a big ugly flag, or banner, that looks like a child's drawing. The party are told to stay away from the Nightmare Stag, and to visit the Children of the Mammoth Sun. The party are promised 200 milks each. Some bartering occurs, where Molstein wishes to up the ante of the reward to 250 milks, but they fall halfway, to allow for 200 each, plus the reward of the golden monocle that Pendragon wears.

The party board a fishing boat and, while they rest in the forest near the road, Molstein keeps watch. An elf druid is wandering by, introducing themselves as Point, looking for his beloved elf friend Baefall, a woman who has recently gone missing.

As the party approach the green orc township, the green half-orc Zolgog appears behind them unnoticed. She informs them that the bards want to be there, they are not forced. The party enter, and talk to Odelle, who says that his uncle is overprotective, and that he arranged for pickup from his hometown in order to be here. Gurak the warlord approaches, asking the party to kill some people for him, the green orcs in particular. The green orcs cross the vertical border in the middle of the desert, marked by the tree sacred to the orcs, but they are breaking the law. They are discovered to kill bards that escape.

The party venture to the tree, and after a battle with a red orc leader, a magician, a few grunts and a large wolf, they leave the red orc leader alive and interrogate them, before Mo'grosh cuts his head off. They discuss what to do next, opting to stealth into the red orc camp and throw the orc leader's head in front of them, planning to burn their village in the process while everyone is outside (this doesn't actually happen).

Upon visiting the red orc settlement, the red orcs realise that Mo'grosh has killed their leader, and thus Mo'grosh is their new leader. They divulge of a little-known port north of here, an illegal port run by gnomes from which they buy vegetables. When questioned about Baefall, they inform the party that she is dead. Mo'grosh leaves the tallest orc in charge while Mo'grosh roams. However, the larger orc network will be visiting the town soon, in their regular scheduled visits every spring.

The party returns Odelle to his uncle, meanwhile letting Point know that his love Baefall has been killed. The party return to Worcester with Odelle, receiving their reward and golden monocle. Molstein promptly pushes the lens out of the magic monocle, placing it on his eye as a cosmetic feature.

Important Events / Quotes

 * MOLSTEIN: “That man is not an orc. He’s a national treasure!”


 * MOLSTEIN: “We got one milk from the performance so… mixed reviews.”


 * MOLSTEIN: “I’d like to remind you friend, that music is subjective. POINT: “Apparently not.”


 * MOLSTEIN: “Are you sexist?” GURAK: “Yes.”
 * (Bullets that kill descendants, or go back in time and kill ancestors.)
 * BINGLEDUNK: “Have they warranted enough to kill an entire race?” MOLSTEIN: “Not a race, just a tribe.”