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Episode Two - A Goblin Conspiracy

 

At Glendower, they discovered that there was a 5 SP bounty on goblin heads, and a 100 GP reward for the Goblin Bandit leader! The area had experienced several raids, burning the farmsteads and taking prisoners near the edge of the woodlands north of the city.

Glendower

Farthingdale is willing to delay his return to Blackmoor, giving the party a chance to deal with the goblin depredations!

The party questioned a city guardsman, and made their way to one of the farmsteads that had suffered attack. After a few false starts, they found their way into the forest just north of Glendower, where Trista discovered a false tree stump with an illusion concealing the ladder into the goblin lair.

Descending the ladder, the party found themselves in a tunnel that led 40' to a door, but they discovered a secret door on the east wall. They went through the secret door and down the stairs, where they came upon a guard room, with four goblin guards playing dice. Trista used her Mage Hand to help the keep the dice game interesting, and then the party struck by surprise, rendering them unable to sound the alarm horn.

The party then found the room guarded by Snarl, the panther pet of the chieftain of the goblin raiders. Snarl died and the party swiftly passed into the sleeping quarters of Korreg, the bugbear leader of the raiders. They killed him and took his head, discovering that his nose-ring was the magical gold with inset pearl Ring of Fand, which allows the wearer to cast an Identify spell once a day, without a material component. They also looted the vault of the raider cash reserves.

Herald the Goblin
The party then found their way to the main hall of the goblin raiders, where they destroyed more raiders and the goblin shaman Ganag, a devotee of Maglubiyet, the Red Lord of Battle. One of the goblins surrendered; his name was Herald, and aided the party in killing the three hobgoblin guards defending the seven captured citizens of Glendower. The party retreated to Glendower, having been told that there were more gobins out on a raid and likely to return any minute. Herald informed the party that the raiders were bankrolled by the Temple of the Frog, and that their captives were held for pickup,

In Glendower, the party was celebrated by the half-Elven paladin Baron Glade, who paid the party the reward and bounty.  Herald took service with the party, grateful for a chance to earn a mitigation of the death sentence which would otherwise have been his fate.


Herald (Level 1 Goblin Fighter, AC: 12 Leather Armor, Flint Axe (+2 to hit, damage 1-6+2) HP:8

(Party Experience: 300)



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