Quest Start
GM: The magnanimous GM Ninja
Players: Rose "Silver" Thorn, Terrible-Fangs-Latching-Upon-and-Bringing-Slow-Death-to-Enemies, Bochi, Zinthu Jadegazer
Location: All Seasons Forest
Loose Ends: Who sold the tiger? Are there more of these kind of exotic creatures being 'released' on the island? Why are the guild scouts so out of their depth investigating?
Report:
The party, meeting up in The Blinking Pug, discussed a request from the Explorers' Guild to track and hunt down a Dire Tiger that had been released by a resident of First Landing, and threatens some of the locals, and could prove to upset some of the island ecosystem. They set out to interrogate the wealthy buyer in the residential district in town, and after questioning where he had released the tiger, and what exactly the Dire Tiger had swallowed (a Zodiac Orb that would accelerate the tigers growth), they set out quickly.
Avoiding the The Watchers' Tribe, they searched the last known location of the scouts that encountered it, and where the tiger had been released, and tracked it down to the Cesil's Folly (All Seasons Forest). Surprising the tiger while it was distracted, the party fought hard against the giant beast, which proved quite formidable. They party gradually fell one-by-one, but the tiger let them live, and left a note behind to them.
Realizing they were dealing with a more intelligent foe than they anticipated, they recalled back to town and gathered some information on how to appease the beast, gathering gifts of meat (and a way to communicate). Returning and tracking it down once more, the party approached carefully, presenting their peace offering. Terrible-Fangs-Latching-Upon-and-Bringing-Slow-Death-to-Enemies negotiated with the tiger, eventually convincing it to return to the Old World, and safely escorted it at least as far as the other side.