Birdcruncher Territory — Allied Lands
Overview
The home range of the Birdcruncher goblin tribe. Located southeast of Sandpoint in the hills on the western edge of Devil's Platter — a region called Ravenroost. The party arrived here after the Licktoad village's destruction and was accepted into the tribe as allies (and potentially as chieftains, per module lore).
Geography
- **Southeast of Sandpoint** — this is the confirmed direction per PathfinderWiki. Module 2's "east" and Module 5's "south" are errors. Module 3's "southeast" is correct.
- Hills on the western edge of **Devil's Platter** — the dark, ancient flat of rock that sits in the landscape east of Sandpoint.
- Ravenroost is the regional name for the rugged hills and tors.
- About two-thirds of a mile from the Birdcruncher cave to the Munchmeat Farm (campaign's Manschmied Farm equivalent).
The Meeting at the River
The party met the Birdcrunchers at a river. Module 2 places this meeting at the Birdcruncher cave; the campaign moves it to a river. This is confirmed campaign canon. The river meeting is established fact.
The Birdcruncher Cave
- Formerly the tribe held multiple caves and the surrounding hills; now crowded into a single large cave after Pa Munchmeat's fire-breathing boars drove them from their other territories.
- Contains the central bonfire and the **Crunchy Crown of the Birdcruncher Tribe** (crown of bird skulls, bones, wings, and twigs; grants +2 Intimidate vs. Birdcrunchers while worn).
- Site of the first-night feast: seagull soup, charred grackle, raven's-eye pudding, vulture-ups, spicy sparrow poppers, squeaky beakies, and other bird dishes.
Wise Mummy Sprattleharsh
NE female goblin adept 3 (Module 2 era). The tribe's shaman and de facto leader after three successive chieftains were killed by Pa Munchmeat (or his ogre family). Described as wrinkled, bulging eyes, hunched over a gnarled staff decorated with puppy tails and horse ears. Owns the Crunchy Crown. Gives goblins crude but accurate maps.
_(Note: Module 3 later treats her as missing/dead; Module 5 brings her back alive at adept level 4 with no explanation. Whether she appeared as a named character in the actual campaign is unconfirmed — see consistency-audit.md.)_
The Chieftain Moot Challenges
Three trials in Module 2 to select a chieftain: Blind Bird Shoot (shooting blindfolded at released seagulls), Stirge Swamp Stomp (killing stirges on plank bridges above a bog while wearing oversized human boots), and Bird Pie (tied up in a rock bowl with golden eagles and hot slurry). The campaign confirms challenges and a party occurred. Whether the exact module dare set was used is not recorded.
Screech Sagg's Performance
Screech Sagg performed at the Birdcruncher party. The performance was received better than it deserved — the ideal outcome for a bard.
Former Chieftains (Killed by Pa Munchmeat)
1. Chief Gnawsparrow — Went to demand the ogre leave. Never returned. His decapitated head is on a pole at the farm gate; his body is in Guffy's room being used as a headless taxidermy project.
2. Crunchsnood — Gnawsparrow's daughter. Went to rescue her father. Never returned.
3. Featherlips — Crunchsnood's cousin. Was threatened into going by Sprattleharsh. Never returned.
Birdcruncher Prisoners at Thistletop
Confirmed campaign canon: during the second Thistletop assault, the party freed Birdcruncher goblin prisoners. In the published RotR source, area C3 of the thistle tunnels holds approximately 10 surviving Birdcruncher goblin refugees. The campaign's framing of these as prisoners to be liberated is original GM content giving the party personal stakes in the dungeon.
Notes
- Devil's Platter is described in the campaign account as "a wide flat of dark rock that sits in the landscape like something ancient trying to remember what it used to be."
- Pa Munchmeat hunted the Devil's Platter 3 hours before dawn and returned 1 hour after sunrise — this is relevant to the farm infiltration window.
- The Birdcruncher tribe's cuisine is bird-based across all modules; their name is literal.