Encounter-a-Day

While the characters are traveling through unfamiliar lands, a strange little creature pops out of the bushes. It looks vaguely like a grey rabbit, and has long, floppy ears which drag on the ground behind it as it skitters across the ground.

If the players acknowledge the critter, it will stand up on its hind legs and flash its big, brown eyes at them, while its ears twitch back and forth like a cat’s tail. It is curious about the characters and wants some of their food.

Unless the PCs kill it or treat it exceptionally poorly, the little thing follows them around for the next couple of days. Two days after leaving, the party notices something stalking them in the woods. It is a huge wolf-like beast, the size of a horse, with bristling grey fur. Its long, prehensile ears are powerfully-muscled and sway back and forth menacingly.

The creature is a worbit, and in fact is the mother of the little one that’s been following the PCs. Depending on their temperament, the PCs may try to combat the worbit, or may try to avoid combat with it by offering it food and making a show of giving the young one to her.

Worbits, however, a rare and powerful beasts, highly sought after and a live one is worth a tidy sum. The players would also do well to try and capture it or even to try and tame it.