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As I’ve mentioned before, this is the second time I’ve run this adventure path. One time, I added an encounter where the players met with the kobolds in a non-combat way. In the second run through, the players handled the moon-radish patch encounter in a non-combat way so I decided to run with it. In both times, the kobolds ended up revering one of the PCs to the point of treating them as a minor deity.
RL8. Four Kobolds and a Silver Piece
Four kobolds are standing in a field huddled together speaking together. If the PCs approach and can speak Draconic, they will understand the kobolds saying, “Oh look at it. It’s so shiny,” to each other. If the PCs demand to see what they have, the kobolds will do a bad job of passing it to one another and showing their hands as empty, having nothing. This should continue for longer than appropriate. Eventually, the kobolds reveal their lone silver piece. Should a PC give the kobolds enough silver so they each can have one, have the kobolds happily accept the money, hug the adventurer (or some other sign of affection) and run away.
Development: When the adventurers meet the Sootscale kobolds, their fame has preceded them and have given the PC the name, The Shiny One. So when Tartuccio discovers that The Shiny One is one of the PCs that he interacted with before, he has extra incentive to want to see them dead. He feels that the love they have for The Shiny One is a threat to his rule over the kobolds.
Modifying this for your game: Should anyone give kobolds anything other than a swift kick and a sword to the gut, the kobolds will see it as wonderful. Give that PC a simple but appropriate name in regards to what was given. In my current game, a PC with Cooking Lore gave the kobolds cupcakes. As a result, the PC is now known as the Cupcake Mistress.
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