If the PCs end Fanghort’s spell, then they receive 250 gp in compensation from Evan Goldwood. According to their conduct, they may also earn the favor of the powerful Goldwood Trading Company.

If the PCs negotiate a truce between the humans and animals, then they have a tougher job ahead of them. Evan withholds payment for at least a month, demanding that the PCs stay to ensure the mission is truly complete. Tensions may wax or wane during this time period, and the PCs will have to keep the peace.

The bear’s cave is set into a step rocky incline. Inside, Mama Bear, a

The PCs can make their way into the woods by following Barkey’s directions to the bear’s lair.

Barkley’s Men have abandoned all semblance of work. They guard a basic perimeter of pit traps, gates and sharpened poles while they wait for the next attack.

Not too far upriver of Blackford, on the edge of a small forest in the Southern Downs, a company of foresters known as “Barkley’s Men” has set up camp, clear-cut the area, and sends the logs downstream.

After the accidental death of a bear cub, Fanghort the Druid went into the forest to make amends. Now, the lumberjacks are under organized attack from woodland creatures—and all of them talk.

A short one-shot adventure for 1st-level characters by Jeff Gomez.