Folke Hillsharp - Human Ranger
Grond Mudrock- Half Orc Fighter
Brother Hammond- Human Cleric
Swift Felhand- Human Rogue
Vatanis Darkwhisper- Tiefling Warlock
Scenario
Directly after the ambush on the road the Heroes proceed
directly after the lone goblin that feld
in order to track it back to the goblin hideout. They lead the Oxen and Cart deep into the
woods until its far enough away from scene of the battle that corpses there
which be much more attractive to scavengers than their pack animal. Between Folke the Ranger and Swift the Rogue,
they had no problem following the tracks
on the rough trail and avoiding both Snare and Pit traps sets for unwanted
interlopers. Brother Hammond remarks, “
they really dont want anyone here, this might be more than just goblins” The trail soon starts to parallel a stream
and both shortly lead to a small clearing in the side of large forested hill.
The stream flows directly from inside the hill out of the mouth of a cave .
Along the side of the stream is a dry path leading into cave. Thick trees and
shrubs are everywhere.
2. Goblin Blind
Vatanis Steps across stream eldritch blast 13+5 =18 hit Damage 8+5 = 13 Goblin dies BOOM
Folke moves over 25 feet and engages the second goblin
Longsword 14+ 3= 17 hit damage 5+1 =6
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| Made short work of these two |
Brother Hammond moves over uses his sling, misses
Swift shoots a crossbow bolt, misses
Grond moves over and gives it an unarmed strike. Wanting
to not kill him but knock him cold.
14+5...hit. 4 damage – KO’d
Heroes take a short rest in the blind area the goblin
sentries where using, tying the goblin up
Folke ranger who speaks goblin (the only one who
does)
Folke asks him the basics of whats inside. A Folke isnt a very charismatic guy at -1 but
I give persuasion check with advantage because Grond is pretty scary and I have
roll intimidation and he gets an 18 +1 or a 19
Folke gets Persuasion check with advantage nets a
15 which good enough for a moderate challenge so I would give the
Heroes Some basic info here.
Hes told over about a dozen goblins, about the Bugbear leader and wolves inside the entrance,
No Torches- Grond with his darkvision leading the way..Grond also has a +3 in Animal Handling he’s going to try to get the those wolves to be calm with some of his rations in his pack
3. The Kennel
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| Goblin on the bridge, sleeping maybe? he never saw the heros,, Grond feeds the wolves his rations in the Kennel |
Initiative is rolled
17 Vatanis
14 Folke
13 Goblin
9 Grond
6 Brother H
4 Swift
17 Darkvision
can see the Goblin about 30 feet away
and above him He fires and Eldritch blast
12+5 =17 hit and 9 damage kills bridge goblin, I’m not sure if Eldtrich Blast
makes any noise so I can ‘t judge if the spell or goblin gurp as he died would
alert anyone, since there are no other gobin within 50-60 feet of him, running
water the wolves making noise, I’d rule no.
Vatanis and Grond also see the Western passage and decide to check it
out.
Grond decides, (since he can see in the dark) to climb the western passage seeing the ledge about half way up the slope
This is a terrible idea as he is 300 Lbs and the thing collapses
as he reaches the mid point , he of course fails the Dex save (6) and tumbles
down bloody taking 6 damage...they decide to move on from the Western Passage
for now.
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| Climb up to the bridge |
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| Smelling Smoke heading that way |
6. The Goblin Den.
Confident, that they dealing with lowly goblins..the
heroes enter the room brazenly looking to fight
initiative is rolled
19 Grond
Immediately
bellows into the roll and attacked nearest Goblin (20- oof..Critical) does 10
damage to the goblin putting it down hard
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| Grond and Vatanis have already killed two goblins where Yeemik , the leader wants to parley |
14 Swift uses a “dodge “ on her turn moving past two goblins to the top of the stairs , she takes 2 attacks of oppurtunity at disadvatage and avoids both as the Goblins roll a ‘2’ and a “7”
14 Vatanis uses his Eldritch Blast hitting the goblin in
the center of the room and blowing him to little goblin pieces..with a 14+5 =
19 then a 9+3= 12 damage
14 Goblin bow
shoots at Brother Hammond whos standing in front of him rolling a 10 =4
=14 , ahit on the Cleric for 5 damage..
12 Yeemik , Goblin Boss action to grab the wounded prisoner Sildar Hallwinter, and put his knife to his throat and force a parley .
Combat Stops
When at Sildar weakened urging, Folke says “No deals”...and nocks and arrow
in his bow...
17 Folke throws
down his bow realizing he’s got no safe shot without hitting one of his
companions , he moves quickly up the stairs and engages a goblin with his longsowrd in two hands..(13+3) =16
Hit! Damage 7 +1 = 8 the goblin is
down..
17 Goblin attacks
Grond 13 +4 = 17 vs AC 19 miss!
Brother H,
tries to save the dying Sildar with a stablize medical check DC10, Roll 12 + 5 Medicine =17 Success.
12 Yeemik Charges Swift attacking with he’s got left
bleeding badly 17+4= 21 Hit Swift takes
5 damage...
10 Vatanis hit bow goblin 10 +5 \with blast but only 5
damage
9 Goblin killed by Folke
7 Goblin w/bow shoot back at Vatanis 9 +4 =13
Hit Vatanis takes 5 damage!
4 Grond Follows up the Goblin attacking him with his axe Roll 11+5 =16 hit damage 5+3=8 damage the goblin falls
Round 2.
18 Swift shoves her dagger into Yeemiks face
...14+5 = 19 , into his eye socket GoT style the result 3+3 =6 damage finishes
him..
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| Swift our rogue finishes off the Goblin thug with her dagger |
The Last wounded Goblin Throws down and surrenders as Folke
moves in to finish him.
7. Twin Pools Cave
Vantanis 12
Brother Hammond 18
Grond =4
Folke = 9
Combat begins
18 Folke Shoots at
the Gobin across the pond 1+5 miss, fitting I am forgetting it dark and he
really can see that far
15 Goblin A 6
Killed by Swift crossbow..
12 Grond Charges Goblin bowman B...5+5=10 Misses...
8 Goblin B Goblin tries to flee scary half orc to warn
his companions in Klarg’s Cave
Grond gets an attack of opportunity.. 3+5= 8 Miss
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| Goblin here ducks and evades running into Klargs Cave |
Goblin B scurry's up the stairs into darkness.
6 Brother Hammond Holds..
5 Goblin C shoots
and arrow at Grond...7+4 = 12miss
1 Vantanis From
Vantage point on bridge, Darkvision 55 feet away eldritch blast 11+5= 16 hit... Damage 9+3=
12....gobin is blasted against back wall KIA...
Just silence and the roaring waterfall
8. Klargs Cave.
Klarg and three goblins and his pet wolf, lie in wait to
ambush the heroes
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| Staring into a dark cave and they know the bad guys are in there |
I decide I’d roll hide on each of the cave dwellers and
check against a perception check of each
hero. I thought about giving them
advantage on the check, but since its unfamiliar and dark, just left as is..
Stealth check
Klarg 17
Goblin A 8
Goblin B 18
Goblin C 15
Wolf 14
The Heroes charge into the dark cave, Grond and Vatanis
leading the way looking for goblin with their darkvison
Folke lights torch in his off so they other can see..
Perception Checks
Vatanis 14
Swift 11
Folke 13
Brother H 11
So Klarg and Goblin B get a surprise attack round 1.
17 Vatanis
15 Klarg -Steps out of darkness and clobbers the surprised Grond. Roll 10+4 = 14 a miss..Gronds heavy armor saves him..
12 Goblin c
11 Goblin A
10 Wolf
6 Brother Hammond
5 Grond
3 Goblin B -Shoots and arrow point blank into Gronds back side.. 12+4 = 16 miss
Round 2
17 Vatanis uses
his action and a bonus action to throw a
hex on Klarg and tries to follow up with an eldritch blast but misses..
15 Klarg tries to hit Grond again..19 + 4 = 23 a hit… 11 damage puts Grond down to 5 hp…ouch
14 Folke moves in and joins the melee against Klarg with his longsword ..17+3 =20 a hit!.. but only 3 damage to the bugbear..
12 Goblin c Fires a bow and Vatanis 16+4= 20 a hit… Vatanis takes 5 damage,
dropping to 7
11 Goblin A moves into melee with Vatanis stabs him with
his spear misses (3)
10 Wolf the wolf
does the same coming around 7=4 =11 barely a miss on the warlock.
5 Grond lays into the Bugbear with his Battle Axe but the Bugbear easily blocks the attack (roll 3)
3 Goblin B drops back agains the wall and Shoot at Grond in melee and tries to bring him down 15 + 4 =19 a hit and the 5 damage pierces the Half Orcs armor and he falls to the ground with 0 hp
17 Vatanis dealing with being attacked by a goblin and
the wolf , gives the wolf a smack with his staff 17+3 =20 a hit and 6+1 =7
damage puts the wolf down..
15 Klarg follows up on Folke the Ranger since Grond in
down.. 6+4 =10 not enough he misses
Round 4
17 Vatanis needs to get this goblin off him and attacks with his Staff.. but just cant connect with a (9)
15 Klarg.. with his wolf dead, and and one goblin down , he's thinking of retreating can he risk a free strike from the ranger and escape to wolves via the chimney? He see’s the Warlock is hurt badly, the big half orc is down…, victory lies by taking this ranger out..one more- chance he thinks , attacking Folke in rage looking for blood.. 14+4=18 HIT
Folke is blindsided taking 11 damage but the Ranger still
stands with 9 hp left
14 Folke , attacks..14+3= 17 a hit..for 4 damage…Klarg is wavering and will flee if he gets to go again.
12 Goblin C already dead by Swifts Crossbow
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| Center two skull tokens are the fallen Vatanis and Grond, note the next photo. |
10 Wolf Killed by
Vatanis in round 3
6 Brother Hammond engaged Goblin C , he using his bonus action to throw
and healing word on Grond he gets a,lucky roll and brings him to his feet with
7 hp , he then smashes his staff in the goblins face..just hitting him with a
12+3=15
But only doing 2 damage
5 Grond revived by
the Cleric brings his axe down on the unspecting Klarg..with 11+5=16 its hit
and the shocked Klarg..takes 6 damage with drops him to his knees and 0 hp
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| Grond popping back up thank to the Clerics "healing word "(best new spell in my opinion) and finishing of the Bugbear. |
3 Goblin B sees
Klarg fall and jumps into the Chimney escaping….(he also frees the bound goblin the heroes left out side the cave entrance)
Round 5
Encounter Ends
This was fun little scenario, I was hoping to see the bugbear
flex his muscle a little more but he didn’t get the rolls..
In the end here the Heroes gather up Sildar Hallwinter , 1 goblin
prisoner while two other Goblins escape and will eventually get to Cragmaw Castle
and alert the occupants there. The heroes collect a variety of coin for loot
including 2 potions of healing and make their way back to their Ox Cart the road and on to the town of Phandalin.
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| Heading to Phandalin |
The actual session.
The kids, made friends with the Wolves, did at first avoid the flood trap…and convinced Yeemik that a gem they had was worth 500gp when its was but a bauble (natural 20 persuasion check ) and bought Sildar back….spotted on the way out ,the flood was released. One PC was taken out but quickly healed. Klarg and his goblins were alerted and chased them out of the Cave, they fought at cave entrance where it was fought to a draw with the characters offering a parley with Klarg at 5hp all him goblins dead and, his wolves from the kennel turned against him. All the PCs badly wounded but standing, Klarg agrees to let them leave, and fight another day, but then Yeemik and his gang of goblins show up and seeing Klarg weakened with no support , attack and kill him while the PC’s flee into the forest with Sildar saved and two of the kennel wolves as new pets.
A second session followed with the Kids PC’s in Phandalin
just exploring and meeting people.
Next up.
I am going to run the Redbrand Hideout encounter next with
my skirmish crew here and see how that plays out, before we get to it in the
actual game, which I have no idea when that will be.
Project info-The Cragmaw Hideout board is made from 5 layers of XPS insulation foam , I used two different hot foam knives to the cut shapes , both being wands of different lengths. I printed the map in a couple different pieces at full scale and cut out the interior and traced the interior for the cutouts, it was assembled after the foams cuts due to the varying elevations, then detailed after it was fully assembled and glue dry. The cavern bits are all Hirst Arts casts and the water effect is old school glue and tissue paper but since its 2020 I used modge podge. paints are all basic craft paints , some woodland scenics terrain pigment . It is unlikely I will ever use this board again, so if you are interested in buying it please email plastic.legions@protonmail.com...it will probably end up on ebay eventually.
