>>5390688This having all be settled, you hear the reports of the Bastard, the Hunter, and the Pit-Guard, as to how things have proceeded in your absence.
“Still no hide nor hair of that Bugbear Boss,” the Dragonborn confirms. “Several of the kobolds’ traps have been triggered, though we have not lost another worker to predations, nor have we captured a bugbear.”
“My hunters loosed arrows upon several of the loping apes in the dark,” the Hunter notes, having completed his own debrief of his personal fellowship. “According to them, they struck true repeatedly… But the bugbears didn’t even flinch. They took the arrows in like pincushions, and kept moving just the same, as if nothing happened… Though they did retreat.”
“It sounds like your warriors missed their mark and wish to save face,” the Pit-Guard scoffs. “Or maybe they jumped at shadows?”
The Hunter glowers darkly, and shakes his head. “My hunters are better trained than that… And they ARE missing arrows, while I spied none lying upon the tunnel floors where they say they fought the monsters off, as you’d expect if they’d shot at nothing, or missed.”
Troubling news… But then, everything else seems to be running smoothly, according to the bastard and Pit-Guard. The cavern’s living-space grows, with more and more of the well-hewn, ancient ruins opening up to habitation and study every day. Progress may slow somewhat as you focus upon matters of defence and resource extraction, but that just means less chance for direct conflict with this… Unsettling new breed of Bogbarri. But what has become of these creatures, and why do they attack you after all the diplomatic progress you earlier made? And where is their fearsome Boss?
