Eventually the players find out it is elves / other wood spirits, gaining access to the compost heap - a valuable food source according to MOB recent e-mail on Mike Dickison Elf ideas! Does it generate into another blood bath (forever after the adventurers talking of the glory they won at the battle of the compost heap), or perhaps into a rich role playing opportunity as elves enter into trade. Elves probably have a very different concept of ownership - what they need the forest in her bounty provides, so trade might be interesting! There might be further role playing avenues, when the elves trade weird plants to the players! Or demand the players learn food song.
Perhaps the situation could degenerate into stead warfare, or legal battles, as others in the clan decide that fraternising with evil wood spirits would bring bad luck to the clan!
Stephen Lucek.
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