Game summary for September 22, 2011, In Search of Adventure campaign, Keep on the Borderlands adventure; present characters included Illithor (elf veteran-medium), Ralsk Lightbringer (cleric acolyte) and Theobald Goblinbane (dwarf veteran).
With Wuldric Mineshield and Arathorn now hired on, and Ralsk Lightbringer now in the party, the team returned to the goblin caves. Not far within, they discovered a guard post stationed with six spear-toting goblins. The team dug in the hallway and waited for the goblins to approach. Instead, the goblins hurled spear after spear at the party driving them back with numerous injuries. The team ran away back to the keep to nurse their injuries after learning that Ralsk had no training or skill in healing.
Once recovered, the team returned to find the goblin guard post and tore through them. They looted the room and pushed on through to find a stairwell leading to a well-made, barred wooden door. The sign upon it said “Come in—we’d love to have you for dinner!” in Thyatian. Theobald knocked on the door and demanded all their money. Shuffling and scraping sounds were heard, and Ralsk poured oil all over the door and floor. The team fell back and ignited the oil.
The rolling smoke soon drove the party out of the caves, but they saw a trace of smoke from a cave higher up the ravine. The team moved in and followed the smoke into the other side of the caves. They discovered a hastily abandoned room with smoke billowing under a door. They backtracked and went down another corridor to discover a torture chamber with two armed hobgoblins and a room full of prisoners. A fierce battle broke out, with one hobgoblin cutting down Ralsk with his sword. Illithor finished the hobgoblin off with a magic missile.
Two of the humans, Vasile and Veleslava Goral, were merchants relieved to be rescued and removed from the menu. Two men-at-arms, Germanus Andros and Stefan Dodrescu, agreed to hire on with the party for a year without pay. Another prisoner, an orc named Bronak Brokenteeth, indicated a desire to kill many hobgoblins and asked the team and come back to speak with the Bloody Fists tribe. The last prisoner was a massive mangy gnoll that Illithor named ‘Carl’ and tried to befriend. He fed Carl the face of one of the hobgoblins, and Carl then fled off into the caves.
Back at the keep, the team buried Ralsk and released Arathorn and Wuldric from services and outfitted Germanus and Stefan.
The above summary is for a game session of Dungeons & Dragons BECMI / RC edition played by the Phoenix Gaming Club.
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