TEXT: Pie Fight 
   
   
   
   
  Introduction​: Welcome to ​The 5th Annual Memorial Pie Crafting Tournament and Festival 
  Sponsored by Lord Komdor Shatterfury and the Dessert Council!​ This exciting gala right in 
  the middle of town is an excellent opportunity to relax, enjoy some fun pie related events and 
  games, and then watch the final round of the Pie Crafting Tournament to see which pie Lord 
  Shatterfury chooses as the best one of the festival! Just ignore those sour faces over there, 
  they would rather eat cake. But I’m sure those bakers won’t cause any problems! 
   
   
  A 3-hour adventure for 6th level characters 
   
   
   
   
   
  by Lauren “OboeCrazy” Urban 
   
   
   
   
   
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  Pie Fight
  1  
  
  Introduction 
  Lord
  Komdor
  Shatterfury
  is
  a
  retired
   
   
   
   
   
   
  adventurer of some renown, who now enjoys
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  spending his hard earned coin indulging in his
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  love of pies of all sorts. He bankrolls the Pie
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Festival and presides over the final round of
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  tasting to determine who is the winner of the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Crafting
  Tournament.
  Townsfolk
  spend
   
   
   
   
  months perfecting their recipes for this event,
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  as the winner receives a significant prize
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  purse and gains enough notoriety to attract a
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
  huge influx of new customers. 
   
  Over the years as the size and scope of the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  festival grew, so did the resentment of the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  cake bakers in town. Attempts to expand the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  festival to include them, or start a separate
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  event for just cakes, have all failed. The
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  weeks leading up to the festival, as well as the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  many
  weeks
  after
  it
  is
  over,
  is
  a hard
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  economy for cakes. Many have started to
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  protest
  the
  whole
  affair.
  There
  is
  even
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  whispers of a plan to sabotage the final pie
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
  tasting. 
   
  The characters will have plenty of opportunity
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  to enjoy the various events at the festival at
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  their leisure, and might even uncover a plot
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  from people who hate pies. Can they stop the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  festival from being ruined before it’s too late? 
  Chapter 1: Enjoying The
   
   
   
   
  Festival 
   
  When you and the players are ready to get
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  underway read the following: 
   
  As you turn towards the main drag in town
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  you can see the street has been turned into a
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
  colorful fairgrounds! Streamers and flags of all
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  colors fly in the breeze, tents with outlandish
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  images
  painted
  on
  them
  cover
  stalls
  of
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  various goods, and jesters call out to the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  excited crowd inviting anyone to enter into
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  games for prizes. In the distance a rolicking
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  band of musicians fill the air with energetic
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  joy. On a massive banner overhanging the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  entranceway you can see painted in bright red
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
  letters,
  “Welcome
  To
  The
  5th
  Annual
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Memorial
  Pie
  Crafting
  Tournament
  And
   
   
   
   
   
  Festival
  Sponsored
  by
  Lord
  Komdor
   
   
   
   
   
  Shatterfury and the Dessert Council!” 
  This chapter is designed to give the adventure
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
  party plenty of options for fun diversions and
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  games, as well as small events that might
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  foreshadow later troubles. These events can
   
   
   
   
   
   
  happen in any order, and can be presented
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  when characters express interest in finding
   
   
   
   
   
   
  certain games or tastings. At any point the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  horn
  signaling
  the
  Final
  Tasting
  can
  be
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  sounded to start the next Chapter. 
   
  Hawk’s Preserves 
  This stall is full of shelves of canned jams and
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  jellies, all labeled in gorgeous calligraphy. The
   
   
    
   
   
   
  owner of the stall is ​Selga Hawkbleeder​, a
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
  human women in her mid 60s. She’s a kind,
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  generous
  woman
  who
  has
  a
  love
  for
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  surprising
  combinations
  of
  flavors.
  Unlike
   
   
   
   
   
  many of the other vendors who are shouting
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  and calling to attract attention, Selga sits
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  contently in her chair smiling and waiting for
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  customers. She knows nothing about tensions
   
   
   
   
   
   
  between cake and pie sellers, and if asked will
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
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  Pie Fight
  2  
  
  just express hope that everyone can just get
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  along. 
   
  Selga sells just about any flavor of jam or jelly
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  the characters could ask for, and sells a
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  mason jar of the basic flavors for 2 sp each.
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
  She also has a few exotic flavors (Rose Petal
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
  Jam, Black Fig, Ges Jam, Spiced Tomato,
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Bramble Jam, Snail Jelly) for 5 sp each. If the
   
   
   
   
    
   
    
   
  character are nice to her, or buy more than
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  one
  jar,
  she
  will
  be
  generous
  with
  her
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  discounts. 
   
  Next to where Selga sits is a table with a jar of
   
   
   
   
     
   
    
   
   
  bright red jam, a silver spoon, a silver pitcher
   
   
    
   
    
   
   
  of water with a glass, and a small sign that
   
   
    
   
    
   
   
   
  reads, “Are you brave enough to try The Fires
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  of Chult?”​. The spicy jam on the table is made
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  from a exotic hot pepper native to the jungles
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  of Chult. The hot pepper is called Kwayothe’s
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
  Kiss, and is named after the merchant prince
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  who discovered it. 
   
  Selga is challenging people to try her hottest
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  jam ever. If a character can eat a spoonful
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  and not drink any water afterwards she will
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  offer a prize of any one jam or jelly for free.
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Characters who accept the challenge must
   
   
   
   
   
   
  succeed on a Constitution saving throw DC
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  15. On a failure they take 2 fire damage and
   
    
   
   
    
   
   
   
  cannot
  stop
  themselves
  from immediately
   
   
   
   
   
  drinking
  several
  glasses
  of
  water.
  On
  a
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  success they take 1 fire damage and resist
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
  drinking any water, thus winning the prize! 
   
  Pie Eating Contest 
  On a large wooden platform festooned with
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  ribbons sits a table with 5 chairs. Zackary
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Belon​, a human male in a chefs uniform, is
    
   
   
    
   
   
   
  banging on a pot with a big wooden spoon
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
  and calling out for participants in the next Pie
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Eating Contest. When the characters pass the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  platform he will announce this is the last time
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
  they will run this contest today. Any number of
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  characters can volunteer to compete, and any
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  empty spots will be filled with townsfolk.  
   
  Each contestant is given a spoon and one
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  large caramel pie. The pie is extra thick,
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  almost like tar, and while delicious it is difficult
   
   
   
   
   
     
   
  to
  eat.
  When
  the
  competition
  starts
  the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  contestants must start eating their pie, with
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  people dropping out as it becomes too difficult
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
  to keep going. The winner is the last person
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  still eating their pie. 
   
  The contest is a series of Strength checks.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  The DC starts at 10 and goes up by 2 every
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  round. Any townsfolk that fill spots in the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  competition get a +1 to their checks. Those
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
  that fail a check feel their jaw lock up from the
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  thick caramel and need to stop. If everyone is
   
   
   
   
   
    
    
  knocked out in a single round then whoever
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
  rolled the highest wins. 
   
  The winner receives an oversized blue ribbon,
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  about 2 feet tall, that says ​“WINNER” across
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
  the top. They also get a coupon for one free
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
  pie from the shop of the winner of the Pie
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Crafting Tournament. 
   
  Stolen Coupon 
  During
  the
  Pie Eating competition ​Bagrif
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Norwell​, a teenage human male, will try and
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
  steal the free pie coupon. It’s sitting on the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  side of the platform near the huge blue ribbon.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  He’s not a practiced thief or very stealthy, but
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
  he’s hoping the distraction of the contest will
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  be
  enough
  to
  get
  away
  with
  it.
  It’s
  a
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Perception
  check,
  DC
  10,
  to
  notice him
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  stealing, but characters participating in the
   
   
   
   
   
   
  contest must roll with disadvantage. If he’s
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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  Pie Fight
  3  
  
  spotted he’ll try and run. Characters can give
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  chase, though if they were participating in the
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
  pie eating contest they automatically loose. 
   
  If caught Bargrif is too scared to try and lie.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  He’ll
  admit
  that
  a
  couple
  of
  older
  men
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  promised him a gold piece if he stole the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  coupon and gave it to them. He doesn’t know
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
  any names, but thinks they might be some of
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  the cake bakers in town who are upset about
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  the festival. He’s too afraid about punishment
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  from his mother, and will plead to be let go. 
   
  If the characters return the stolen coupon to
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Zackary he will be very grateful, and offer to
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  let the characters keep the coupon with his
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  thanks. If pressed for something else he’ll pull
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
  out a stack of coupons and offer one to each
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  of the characters. 
   
  Cow Milking Contest 
  Slightly off the main road is a large pen filled
   
   
   
   
     
   
   
   
  with cows. A new sign on a wooden post
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  reads ​“Milking Contest!”​, and several people
   
   
   
   
   
   
  are setting up stalls with buckets and stools.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Running
  the
  event
  is
  ​Cassandra
   
   
   
   
   
  Hedgehopper​, a female halfling in working
   
   
   
   
   
   
  leathers and a bright scarf tied around her
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  head to keep hair out of her eyes. She’s
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  encouraging people to join in the contest, and
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  will take every opportunity to promote her
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  dairy farm while doing it. 
   
  There is space for 5 competitors, and any
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  empty spots will be filled with townsfolk. The
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  challenge is to get as much milk from the cow
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  as possible in one minute, the winner will
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  have the most milk in their bucket. Characters
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
  get chances to use different skills to get milk
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  from their cow, DC 12. Any skill can be used
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  with an adequate explanation. Examples of
   
   
   
   
   
   
  possible skills; Animal Handling, Nature (to
   
   
   
   
   
   
  know how to milk a cow), Sleight of Hand (to
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
  deftly do the correct motions), Performance
   
   
   
   
   
   
  (some say singing to a cow helps them
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  produce more milk). The first character to get
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  3 successful checks will win with the most
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  milk, with ties broken by who rolled highest on
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  the last check. 
   
  The winner gets a tiny ornate cowbell, made
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
  of brass, and engraved with the Hedgehopper
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  name. It makes a pleasant noise when ringed. 
   
  Cause A Stampede 
  Several
  individuals
  will
  try
  to
  startle
  the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  milking cows participating in the Cow Milking
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Contest. The attempt is loud and obvious, but
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
  they
  are
  hoping
  in the confusion of the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  stampede they can run away and not be
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  caught. The characters might notice them
   
   
   
   
   
   
  loitering around the pen, looking suspicious as
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  they wait for an opportunity to act. Or they
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  might see the comotion they cause when
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  trying to startle the cows into running. 
   
  The cows are rather docile and so it takes
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  quite a lot of noise and commotion to get them
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  to start running. The characters could notice
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  the attempt and try to stop them before
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  everything gets out of hand. If the cows begin
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  to stampede, characters could take steps to
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  stop them before someone gets hurt or stalls
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  get trampled. Players might also try and
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  chase down the ruffians who started the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  stampede, who will attempt to flee and hide in
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
  the crowd as soon as the commotion starts. 
   
  Cassandra
  Hedgehopper
  will
  call
  for
  the
   
   
   
   
   
   
  guards as soon as everything is under control.
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
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  She also saw the individuals responsible for
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  startling the cows, and will corroborate any
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  description the party gives. If the characters
   
   
   
    
   
   
  manage
  to
  catch
  one
  or
  more
  of
  the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  individuals they will give up as soon as any
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  threat of violence is made, and while sullen
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  will admit to being bakers in town who are
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  unhappy with the pie centric festival. 
   
  Smaller Festival Events 
  There are some smaller distractions that the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  characters can engage with while enjoying the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  festival. Some of these could be used as
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  locations
  for
  more
  mischief
  by
  the cake
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  bakers. 
   
  In a nearby field there is a stage set up in
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
  front of a large open space. On the stage is a
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
     
  group of lizardfolk bards singing while playing
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  bongos, a banjo, a lute, a shawm, and an
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  upright bass. The space in front of the band is
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
    
  filled with happy, dancing townsfolk. Every so
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  often a sullen individual associated with the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  cake bakers wanders through, trying to start a
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
  fight or trip dancers. 
   
  All along the way there are vendors selling
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  and sampling all sort of pies. There are
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  dozens
  of
  flavors
  to
  be
  tasted;
  apple,
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  blackberry,
  blueberry,
  cherry,
  lemon,
   
   
   
   
  pumpkin, berry, banana cream, bean, butter
   
   
   
   
   
   
  pie,
  caramel,
  cheese, custard, chicken &
   
   
   
   
   
   
  mushroom, shepherd's pie, mud pie, pork and
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  spinach, mincemeat, fish head, pepper pie,
   
   
   
   
   
   
  and more. 
   
  Any characters that does a Perception Check
   
   
   
    
   
   
  DC 12 will notice a pair of sullen humans in
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
  bakers
  outfits
  conspicuously
  not
  enjoying
   
   
   
   
   
  themselves. If confronted they are bitter and
    
   
   
   
   
   
  sullen, and while they will admit to being cake
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  bakers who are upset with the whole festival
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  they will deny any shady actions or intent. If
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
  the characters choose to hide and follow
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  them, the cake bakers will meet up with a few
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  friends who will all whisper about ​“getting
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  ready for the Final Tasting” and ​“make sure
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  we are right up front”. 
   
  Chapter
  2:
  The
  Final
   
   
   
   
  Tasting 
   
  After the characters have enjoyed themselves
   
   
   
   
   
   
  and had a few encounters, read the following: 
  Suddenly from the main square you can hear
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  the
  blaring
  of
  a
  loud
  trumpet.
  Everyone
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  around you reacts with excitement and glee,
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  and shouts of “The final tasting!” and “Lord
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Shatterfury is going to make a decision!” fill
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
  the air. Vendors begin to close up their shops
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  as almost everyone surges towards the main
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  square to vie for a spot to watch the festivities. 
  The characters may join the crowd as they
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  head for the main event. If they decide to
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  hang back and snoop around the festival
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  because of suspicions about the cake bakers,
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  or curious about stealing some goods, some
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  time can be allowed to check a few things out
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
  or get up to some mischief. However the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  whole festival shuts down to watch the Final
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Tasting, so eventually all that are around are
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  attentive town guards.  
   
  Once the party heads for the square read the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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  In the large, open square a simple wooden
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
  table and a single chair have been set up
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  under
  a
  magnificent
  colorful
  pavillion.
  A
   
   
   
   
   
   
  carriage
  pulled
  by
  fine
  black
  stallions
   
   
   
   
   
   
  approaches the table, and as the gathering
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  crowd murmurs in excitement the carriage
   
   
   
   
   
   
  stops and opens. A male dwarf, almost as
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  wide as he is tall, waddles out of the carriage
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
  with a joyful grin on his face. He’s dressed in
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  elegant, nobles clothing, and waves to the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  assembled
  crowd
  as
  they
  cheer
   
   
   
   
   
  enthusiastically for him. 
  The Dwarf is Lord Komdor Shatterfury, the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  patron of the festival, and it is obvious he is
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
  well loved by the assembled crowd. He is in
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  excellent spirits, a smile on his face at almost
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
  all times, and greets everyone in a warm,
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  friendly manner. Because of how overweight
   
   
   
   
   
   
  he is it takes him a while to get to the stage,
   
    
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
  climb the stairs, and then stand behind the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  table. He will give a speech detailing how
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  happy he is to participate in the final round of
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  tasting
  to
  decide
  the
  winner
  of
  the
  pie
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  competition, and the sit down.  
   
  The first pie to be brought out is a large cream
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
   
   
  pie, with fluffy whipped cream stacked almost
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  a foot high.
  As Lord Shatterfury prepares to
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  dig in, a hush of anticipation will fall over the
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  crowd. During that moment the characters
   
   
   
   
   
   
  should notice some rhythmic chanting coming
   
   
   
   
   
   
  from close to the stage. A DC 10 Arcana
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  check will confirm someone is casting a spell.
   
   
   
    
    
   
  Several men in bakers outfits are right in front
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  of the stage, and a DC 10 Perception check
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
  will confirm that one of them is reading off of a
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
    
  spell scroll. 
   
  Before Shatterfury can start to eat his pie, or
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  anyone can react, one of the cake bakers
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  reading the scroll will suddenly shout,
  ​“The
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  tyranny of pie is over!” as the spell is cast. It’s
   
   
    
   
   
   
    
   
   
  a modified Animate Object spell, cast on the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  cream pie on the table. It immediately starts to
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
  come alive, growing in size and covering the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  table as terrified townsfolk scream and flee. 
   
  The Pie Monster Encounter: 
  The Pie Monster is a legendary creature
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  created out of cream and malice. It will attack
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
  anything and everything within its grasp, and
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  draw power from creatures it consumes. It’s
   
   
   
    
   
   
  first target will be Lord Shatterfury, the closest
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  creature,
  but
  it
  can
  very
  easily
  become
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  distracted by anyone attacking it. 
   
  Lord Shatterfury will fall backwards in his chair
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
  in surprise, and require the assistance of his
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  guards to stand up and flee. They will focus
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  on protecting their Lord, and the town guards
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  will
  help
  the
  citizens
  flee
  to
  safety and
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  catching those responsible for summoning the
   
   
   
   
   
   
  creature. This leaves engaging directly with
   
   
   
   
   
   
  the Pie Monster up to the players. 
   
  An image of the Pie Monster, along with it’s
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  stats,
  can
  be
  found
  at
  the
  end
  of
  this
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  adventure. You will also need the stats for the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Swarm
  of Insects (Monster Manual Page
   
   
   
   
   
   
  338)​. 
   
  Resolving The Fight: 
  Once the Pie Monster is dealt with Lord
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Shatterfury will quickly come to thank and
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  praise the characters for dealing with the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  creature. He will gladly offer the prize purse
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  that was supposed to be for the winner of the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Pie Tournament as payment for their heroic
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  actions. It contains a total of 400 gold pieces
    
    
   
   
   
   
   
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  in a large decorative leather pouch with a pie
    
   
   
   
   
    
   
  stitched into the side of it. 
   
  The town guard will return with the cake
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  bakers
  responsible
  for
  summoning
  the
   
   
   
   
   
  monster. They have been searched and the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  guards turn over what they found to Lord
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Shatterfury; 2 large kitchen knives that were
    
   
   
   
   
   
  being carried as weapons, a magic scroll, and
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
  a total of 15 gold pieces. If the characters
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  request it, Lord Shatterfury is happy hand
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  over all those items. The knives are nothing
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  special,
  just
  exceptionally
  well
  cared
  for
   
   
   
   
   
   
  kitchen
  knives.
  The
  scroll
  is a Scroll of
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Animate Objects. It is not the more powerful
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
  one they used to animate the pie, and when
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  asked the cake bakers will admit that they
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  only had one of those special spells. This
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  second scroll was their more normal spell as a
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
  backup plan. 
   
  Lord Komdor Shatterfury will order the guards
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  to take the cake bakers to prison, upset that
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  they ruined the grand end of the festival. The
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  bakers will throw themselves on the mercy of
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  the characters, pleading for their lives and the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  lives of their families. They will claim that the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  festival disrupted their business so much they
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  had to try and stop it, and being sent to prison
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
  would
  finally
  destroy
  their
  business
  and
   
   
   
   
   
   
  families. If the characters want to devise a
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  more creative punishment, or something more
   
   
   
   
   
   
  lenient, Lord Shatterfury will agree to their
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  suggestions. 
   
  As the townsfolk slowly return now that the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  danger
  has
  passed,
  Lord Shatterfury will
   
   
   
   
   
   
  praise the characters for their brave deeds in
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  saving the lives of everyone in attendance. He
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
  will announce that the festival will be extended
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  for one additional day to make up for the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  monster attack and the failure to have a Final
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
  Tasting. This is cause for celebration, and
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  everything will reopen so the characters can
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  return to enjoy the rest of their time at the
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Festival! 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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  The Legendary Pie Monster: 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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  Credits: 
   
  Written by: 
  Lauren “OboeCrazy” Urban (oboecrazy.com) 
   
  Art by: 
  Luke McKay (lukemckay.com) 
   
  Special Thanks to: 
  Dungeon Drunks - DungeonDrunks.com 
  Julia Rogers (Twitter:​ ​@Guilia_Rossa​) 
  John Sedlack (Twitter: ​@that_film_guy IG:
   
   
   
   
   
  @that_film_guy) 
  Jonathan Serna (Twitter: ​@road_block​, IG:
   
   
   
   
   
  @roadblockactual) 
  Jack
  Edathil
  (Twitter:
  ​@jackedathil​;
  IG:
   
   
   
   
   
  @jackisglib)  
  Lauren
  Urban,
  as
  the
  DM
  for
  Dungeon
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Drunks, created this originally to be played
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  live at RTX 2017, and can be found as
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Episode
  76
  of
  their
  podcast:
   
   
   
   
   
  https://dungeondrunks.podbean.com/ 
   
  The Seattle Critters Meetup - who played this
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
  at the January 2018 meetup and provided
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  valuable feedback.  Twitter: ​@CrittersSeattle 
   
   
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