Manschmied Farm

Manschmied Farm

Overview

A farm innortheast or nearof Birdcruncher territory,territory. givenThe toBirdcrunchers sent the party asto adeal taskwith byPa Manschmied and the Birdcrunchers.fire-breathing pig at this farm. The approach was a stealth operation. SomeThe offarm thehad farm'san inhabitantsogre werefamily already— deadOger-Pa, onOger-Ma, arrival.and Oger-Son. Pigs were freed. Some humansof the ogres did not survive the encounter.survive. The party left with what they came for and the unsettled feeling they were following something, not leading.

Campaign Canon

• **Name:** Manschmied Farm. This name does not appear in any extracted module. Module 2 uses "Munchmeat Farm" (Pa Munchmeat's ogre farm).Farm." "Manschmied" is either a different farm entirely, a GM renaming,renaming or a player-coined name. Confirmed campaign canon regardless of origin.
• **Location: Northeast of Birdcruncher territory.

Mission origin: Assigned by Wise Mummy Sprattleharsh after the Chieftain's Moot (23.03.2024) — kill Pa Manschmied and the fire-breathing pig. Approach:** Stealth operation. Sneaky Scorch was in his element. Frizzel Brizzel ranged ahead. **On arrival:** Some animals were already dead. Suggested someone else had been through recently. Some human inhabitants did not survive. **Outcome:** Pigs were freed. The party departed with what they came for.

Events at the Farm

24.05.2024 (Osterode — confirmed T1): Shvub-Mah arrived with Princess Crackling. 2 Granite Vultures landed on the farmhouse. Freed farm chickens; party hid on the hill. An Ogerspinne (ogre spider) came up the hill — defeated. A wild spider appeared — also defeated. House investigation (Osterode sessions): Found Alchemy Goggles → Bubble. Gourd of Fire, alchemical supplies in a chest. Locked trapdoor — not explored. The pigs: Two pigs in the farm pen — Princess Crackling (Shvub-Mah's fire-breathing pig, captured earlier in a valley) and one ordinary farm pig. Princess officially became Shvub-Mah's bonded animal companion here. The ordinary farm pig was also freed. Squealy Nord was NOT at this farm — she is a different pig recovered earlier from Paddlefoot Farm. Oger family schedule: Oger-Ma left with a large axe. Oger-Pa returned with another Ogerspinne at night. Oger-Ma returned with Oger-Son and a dead hobgoblin. Decision: leave the Oger farm for now. Night at an abandoned farmhouse (earlier): During the approach to Manschmied territory, the party rested at an abandoned farm. An ogre attacked in the night. Shvub-Mah kited the ogre through the house repeatedly until the ogre failed to eat him. This was the night before the main farm operations.

What the Party Followed After

From Manschmied Farm, the party followed spider tracks up a cliff and found a cave entrance. Inside: found a room with 2 shattered Guardian columns (were once anchors for beings, now broken — beings had apparently escaped). This led to the extended spider cave sequence and eventually the Astral Plane transit.

Relationship to Module Source

Module 2's equivalent location (Pa Munchmeat's farm) is an ogre druid's farm with fire-breathing boars, an owlbear under the house,boars and Squealy Nord caged in a pen under an upturned boat.pen. The campaign version maydiverges: differPrincess significantlyCrackling —is an ogre druid andthe fire-breathing animalspig are(a notseparate mentioned.animal Thefrom "alreadyNord), dead" inhabitants are original campaign content not inand the module.Oger family is the Manschmied family. Follow campaign version.

What the Party Followed After

After Manschmied Farm, the party followed tracks from the farm into rising terrain toward mountains. The tracks led to dead spiders, then a dead large nesting spider, then up a mountain to a cave with two stone pillars. Inside: two paths, one toward the spider sign, and at the spider camp — the transport device.

Notes

• The farm is not where Squealy Nord was kept in this campaign. Nord was recovered from thePaddlefoot first farm (the one the elf Shalelu mentioned,Farm between the first celebration and the second ship expedition).expeditions.
• ThePrincess animalsCrackling freed(fire-breathing atpig) Manschmied Farm are not specified — pigs are mentioned generically, notand Squealy Nord by(tribal name.mascot) are distinct animals. Shvub-Mah has both. Do not conflate them.
• TheFoundryVTT (5/24/2024) confirms: Sneaky Scorch, Shvub-Mah, Rrrahah Bäähh, Bubble Bomb, Princess Crackling as active players. "unsettledMa" feeling(Oger-Ma) ofalso followingappeared something"in is a narrative beat from the primary source indicating the party's awareness that events were not entirely under their control.rolls.