Snapping turtles are cantankerous beasts prone to biting
anything that provokes them. And
then there are the Gargantuan ones…
Young villagers come
across a kappa fishing by the river.
He promises them a boon if they catch a half-dozen snapping turtles
for his soup. Agreeing might lead
the villagers to becoming patsies for his pranks…or the boon may be the thing
that launches their careers as adventurers.
An ingredient for a
vital ritual potion is a gland found in the stomach of a giant snapping turtle—but
the solution’s magic will be spoiled if the turtle is slain in the
process. Someone will have to both
survive the trip down the turtle’s gullet and manage to cut a way out—an effort
hampered by the turtle’s armored stomach.
The new prodigy at
the Academy of Magic, Amelie Wyvernrite, stuns everyone by calling a
snapping turtle as her familiar.
But given that an oracle has pronounced that a doom lies upon the girl, her
choice (and the turtle’s offered Fortitude bonus) may be a fortunate one.
—Pathfinder Bestiary 2
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