Stonehell: Lost Level: Hobgoblins!

Session 181 was played on 9/12

Morgana, Mage 8 (Reggie)
Karl, Dwarf 8 (Julia)
Darryl, Cleric (NPC)
Biffin, Fighter 6 (NPC)
Lada, Thief (Robbie)
Borumar, Thief 9 (Josh)
Gimble, Mage (Scott)

After spending some time in the rooms beyond the floating door, they descend back into the lost level, and continue to explore the blank spots on the map. Along the way they stumble into a barrel trap. Lada, Darryl, and Biffin all fail to avoid the rolling barrels, and get smacked pretty hard. Borumar gets past the trigger mechanism, and disables it.

Passing through the giant snake statue room, they come to a locked door. Borumar hears goblin being spoken on the other side. The party preps to open the door, but then 4 hobgoblins spot them coming up the corridor from behind the paty. Karl rushes toward them, trips and falls.Morgana casts sleep, dropping the 4 in the corridor. Within the room more hobgoblins prep for battle, but are quickly killed. The 4 sleeping hobgoblins are taken prisoner, stripped of anything valuable, and tied up. Under questioning, they reveal that they’re part of a scouting unit sent to discover what happened to the previous occupational army that had been sent into Stonehell.

The surviving hobgoblins are locked in a small chamber. If they can escape, good for them, and if not… it isn’t the party’s problem.

Past the hobgoblin camp, they find a dusty room with a lectern at one end. On it is a fancy book. Morgana and Gimble are thrilled, and they carefully pack it away. They also discover a button. Karl wants to push the button, no one else wants Karl to push the button. Karl writes “Only Karl gets to push the button” on the wall over the button, and “Don’t push the button!” under it

They swing through Kobold Korners, Karl get some candy. On the way back to town a group of angry and soggy berzerkers tries to get at the party. Gimble webs them, and they’re left to get themselves free.

Gains: Magic Book
Kills: Hobgoblins
Losses: