Session 8 Goblin Bash!

This is gonna be a fairly short session. This session we had Laughing Fox, his henchmen, Longshanks the fighter, Oldvay the mage, Mark the thief, and Laurentius the cleric. The first hour or so of the night, the gang spent time identifying magical items and special treasures from previous sessions before. Not everything got identified, but most did. Of note were the three books and telescope found in the Werewolf session, various potions, multiple scrolls, and other odds and ends.

Duran Durin

With that out of the way, the players decided to go help Duran Durin with his goblin problem. The week before, some of Duran's scouts came across a large group of goblins. Battle ensued, and while the goblins took many casualties, the dwarves did as well, and were forced to retreat, leaving the bodies of the fallen comrades behind. Early the next week, Duran sent a group of dwarves to Pottsfort to get some elven crowns identified, he also sent word about his goblin problem. With many hooks to follow, including a possible Demon boar rummaging around in the Lowland Hills, the party decided to go kill themselves some goblins. 

A couple of days later, they made it to Duran's camp, The Powerstation. Seeing many dwarves mining in and around the hills and mountains, and even working on a stronghold, the players met with Duran Durin. He told them of their problem and sent with them 5 of the surviving dwarves who wanted revenge. The party left and began their search. 

First they searched the bloody battleground from the week before. Other than some dried blood, nothing. No dwarven bodies or goblin bodies. Oldvay sent out his raven familiar to look for the goblin hideout. Eventually, after two failed attempts on the die rolls for searching for lairs in the wilderness, the familiar returned with good news. The party made their way northeast, and found a small valley nestled between mountains. In the valley, the saw some bushes, a stream, and two goblins walking about on guard duty. Looking about, they also saw a large opening in mountainside where the stream was flowing from. The players quietly approached the hideous creatures, and took them out. Soon after, they devised a plan to lure as many of the goblins out and kill them. They succeeded. After dispatching the green backs, they set upon the remaining creatures inside. 

Once inside, they found three wolves tied to a large stalagmite to their east. The canines began growling and howling, alerting the rest of the goblin forces. Our players soon made their way throughout the small cavern lair, and met little resistance until crossing a bridge that led to the leader's chamber. While the goblins put up an admirable effort of barricading themselves inside the large chamber, with the aid of military oil, the players made short work of the creatures on the other side. Prevailing against the goblins, our party unfortunately found just a pitiful amount of loot once inside. Still, it's better then being killed. The players left the hideout and returned to Duran's stronghold for the night. 

Total XP and GP:

Goblins = 120 XP

Wolfs = 105 XP

Treasure = 625 XP, GP