{"id":2271,"date":"2025-01-15T04:03:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2025-01-15T04:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:03:23","slug":"great-forest-welfare-society-session-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/2025\/01\/15\/great-forest-welfare-society-session-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Forest Welfare Society \u2013 Session 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our heroes hurried back to the forest where they had last seen <strong>Queen Toadstool <\/strong>and began searching for clues. They found some strange tracks but they didn&#8217;t come together into a trail and just appeared randomly. Fortunately Leena was able to pick up the <strong>Queen<\/strong>&#8216;s musty scent and follows it deep into forest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_162831-960x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_162831-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_162831-595x446.jpg 595w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_162831-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_162831-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_162831-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_162831-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The trees here are large and strong&#8230;but some of their leaves are browning. The group is astounded to discover <strong>Queen Toadstool <\/strong>in a deep puddle of toxic sludge. The majestic mushroom looks ill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_163053-960x502.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_163053-960x502.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_163053-595x311.jpg 595w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_163053-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_163053-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_163053-2048x1072.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_163053-573x300.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Caqui\u00a0<\/strong>didn&#8217;t waste any time in moving forward to aid the <strong>Queen <\/strong>but her action was greeted by irate shrieking from the nearby treetops. The <strong>Queen <\/strong>sickly gasped to <strong>Caqui <\/strong>that there was too much poison for her to absorb on her own. Then a swarm of simians coming in all sizes and forms descended around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_164611-960x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_164611-960x1280.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_164611-595x793.jpg 595w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_164611-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_164611-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_164611-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_164611-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_164611-630x840.jpg 630w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_164611-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_164611-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The party was pelted with monkey poop as they attempted to rescue the <strong>Queen<\/strong>. <strong>Tiger Lily <\/strong>was able to discern that the apes knew that <strong>Queen Toadstool <\/strong>could clean up the toxic sludge harming their forest but she wasn&#8217;t able to communicate with the jarring howlers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_165145-960x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_165145-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_165145-595x446.jpg 595w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_165145-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_165145-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_165145-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_165145-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon it came to blows with one particularly aggressive ape assaulting <strong>Caqui<\/strong>. As the situation devolved into simian chaos the boss ape then leapt over and snatched <strong>Queen Toadstool<\/strong>; carrying her off to the largest tree in the area which seemed to be the monkey&#8217;s headquarters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_170405-960x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_170405-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_170405-595x446.jpg 595w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_170405-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_170405-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_170405-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_170405-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation was looking dire when the Game Master rolled a natural 1 and <strong>Caqui <\/strong>was spared a hammering from the large aggressive ape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_171450-960x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_171450-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_171450-595x446.jpg 595w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_171450-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_171450-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_171450-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_171450-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tiger Lily <\/strong>followed up on this by rolling a Natural 20 and poking the aggressive ape in the posterior. The young players erupted in laughter at this reliving of their glory days from <a href=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/2022\/11\/20\/pathfinder-2e-beginner-box-with-kids-sessions-5-6\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2125\">the Beginner&#8217;s Box<\/a>. This had the undesirable effect of redirecting the ape&#8217;s aggression towards her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_172508-960x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_172508-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_172508-595x446.jpg 595w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_172508-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_172508-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_172508-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20230219_172508-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the midst of this, <strong>Lamima\u00a0<\/strong>remembered that she was the &#8216;party face&#8217; or rather the group&#8217;s diplomat. So she made use of her magic and diplomatic skills to bring an end to the fighting. <strong>6 Year Old<\/strong> acted out the monkey sounds and gestures as she brought tensions down. Slowly the apes understood that <strong>Queen Toadstool <\/strong>was willing to help clean up the forest but that she couldn&#8217;t do it alone. They also shared that something upstream was polluting the waters and had caused the initial problem. Cries of <strong>Koopa Kompany <\/strong>sounded across the table as our heroes started upstream to see what dastardly deeds were being done there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our heroes hurried back to the forest where they had last seen Queen Toadstool and began searching for clues. They found some strange tracks but they didn&#8217;t come together into a trail and just appeared randomly. Fortunately Leena was able to pick up the Queen&#8216;s musty scent and follows it deep into forest. 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