The adventurers set off from the town out through the small forest and into the valley.
Around the entrance to the valley were dead trees, with half-bodies hanging from them. The party, curious as to why they were moving inspected them further.
The party; believing they were a trap, cut them down and disposed of them in the brook.
But they weren't fast enough. The necromantic bodies had already alerted something; a group of zombies and a goblin necromancer.
After defeating the zombies and beating the goblin to a pulp; the adventurers offer the goblin it's life in return for information. The goblin, Gumbo - scared by the trickery of Heider and his ghost sound of Orcus, the god whom the goblin worhsipped - and by the intimidation and trickery of Danetrix and Baz, agrees and offers to serve the party on their quest in exchange for his life.
When the party reached the well they realised that there used to be a town there. What is left of it now, is but broken buildings and stashes of goblin loot. The party filled up their bottles with the water from the well after using Gumbo to check the water. He insists, in poor common that there are many goblins, and that they know the adventurers are here.
Baz spied a chest offshore in the beach off the edge of the mountains, which the party barely manages to drag ashore as a horde of goblins poured down from the peaks.
A group of archers, a powerful bard and a goblin fighter begin to unleash havoc on the party. Slowly but surely the group disptached with the goblins.
Whilst all of the fighting was happening, Baz tied Gumbo off to the tallest building he could find, but had to abandon the post when the goblins opened fire.
Heider and Maphitical, pre-occupied with dispatching with Gumbo manage to force him off the building, slowly hanging the goblin.
When all is said and done - the adventurers scour the bodies for loot, regroup and begin their small treck back to the town after smashing the chest open.
The spoils of the encounter:
Experience:
- 750 XP each
Currency:
- 44gp
- "Gumbo's Staff"
- Level 1 Magic Longsword
- Level 1 Magic Mace
- Level 1 Magic Orb
- Level 1 Magic Chainmail
- Level 1 Magic Horn
- 5 x Bottles of Old Eastbrook Well Water
Labels: Encounters