The Boy's Trail

event Forest Arch · Events (all zones)

From the quest from Tom's Farm You arrive at the forest arch that the baker told you about and begin to examine the area. You notice a small empty stall near the arch and wonder who in their right mind would make a store here. Next to it, you see a group of four trunkies surrounding a hole in the ground that is covered in bushes. You cannot see what is inside it, but you see a trail of something that has entered or left the hole.

← Comes afterForest RuinsLeads to →Forest Deeps🗺 Zone mapThe Kingdom of Senenthia

★ XP📦 Supplies⚠ Curse risk

Choices & outcomes 6 options›

[Leave] You didn't expect to fight four trunkies at once. Ignore what you said to the baker and go away.

Success: Velarion's fire scatters the trunkies, so the fight is easier. Fail: the flames misfire and all of them charge you at full strength.notawiki summary

[Combat] Try to obtain an advantageous position before starting the fight. Group [4 or higher]

🎲 Group 4+⚔ Fight★ XP 20

Critical Success: It was easy to position yourselves in the best possible way to face this fight. You have even found a way to hide and ambush. You Get: XP 20 Enter fight with 5 powerful and 2 Stealth. • Fail: When you were positioning, one of you step on a branch that creaks, the trunkies realize that something is happening and stay on guard. The fight begins but you lost the initiative.

[Cornelius] "I can only see those trunkies as firewood... Let me burn them all!." [Fire spell card]

🧍 Cornelius only★ XP 80

Success: As a fire spellcaster, Cornelius has no trouble reducing the trunkies to ashes with a powerful spell... The problem is that he also incinerated the bushes and surely whatever was in the hole. You get: XP 80

[Evelyn/Mages] "Trunkies are basically living trees... With a fire spell, I am sure to disperse them." [Fire spell card]

After dealing with the group of trunkies, you can now freely check out what's inside the hole. Indeed, the boy is there but...

[Heal] He is wounded. Luckily you can heal him.

★ XP 68🃏 Item draft

You cure the child and give him some supplies so that he can return home safely. Before leaving, he tells you that he found a chest in the hole and that's why he was there. He gives you the chest and goes back to his farm. You are very satisfied to have fulfilled the baker's request, and you feel very good about it. You get: XP 68 All heroes get: Trustworthy boon Item draft

[Continue] He is dead and burned by the fire you caused.

★ XP 8⚠ Curse risk🃏 Item draft

The poor kid is burnt to a crisp. You're not sure if he was alive before you burned him... That doesn't change teh fact that he's dead. Besides the boy, there is a half-burned chest in the hole. Perhaps that is the reason the boy was there. You bury the child and open the chest. You told the baker that you would find his son, and you found him... But you are sure that it was not the result he expected when he asked for your help. You get: XP 8 You get Injury: Untrustworthy Item draw, half burned.

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