Goblin Slaughter, Chapter 4, Book I

From the Chronology:

6 Coldeven (March), 590 CY  Another return to the keep after destroying the kobolds, and a good nights rest. The band decided their next target would be the goblins, so the next morning they again assaulted the goblin warren. They emptied it, killing nearly all of the goblins but a few fled to the hobgoblins' caves.

Player's maps of the Goblin Lair


The narrative:

Hobart's Rolling Shields
After a good night's rest, the band decided their next target would be the goblins. That morning they left the Keep and slipped silently to the Caves of Chaos, arriving late in the morning,

Making good use of Hobar's rolling shields they assaulted the goblin warren, cleaning the guardrooms
by the entrance and the ogre's cave out first, then proceeding to the main hall where they found the goblins barricaded in mass. The party burned them out, killing many with fire and magic. They slaughtered the boss, Big Chief Joe and his bodyguard.  A handful of goblins escaped to the hobgoblins, and the party discovered a secret passage that the goblins were apparently unaware of. They explored it the spiked it shut before heading back to the Keep for a night's rest.
 

The adventurers for this foray were: Corvus (priest of Pholtus), Sheila (paladin of Pholtus),  Zask (mysterious spellcaster), Redd (dwarven paladin), Olga (Dwarven Scout),  Blacktoof (half-orc barbarian), Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobar (noble artificer), Ambiguity (Rakasta druid) & her companion mountain lion, Evryhss (elvish adventurer), Gozara (barbarbian warrior), and Morbor (dwarven fighter). 

This was played in August 2021.

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