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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7881611" data-attributes="member: 6801845">What makes a shield wall impossible other than you saying it is?  They are something that existed in the real world, but D&D doesn't model military unit tactics.  So I improvised. It's a very situational tactic, if there were a similar situation for the PCs they would be free to use it.As far as what the hobgoblins were going to do, they never got that far.  Plan was to block line of sight for one direction then start digging.  Well, bring in the half dragon half giant lizard mount* and have it dig.  Once there was a hole, breath fire.  Unless of course the PCs swarmed out to counter attack, which they did.The gallons of paint could have been used back at the castle.  More likely a few gallons of some type of sticky flammable substance that would block line of sight and cover people when they left the hut or the spell expired.  Have some guards at the ready with some sort of fire based attack to take advantage that the PCs are covered in pitch.*No I didn't mention the half-dragon half-giant lizard mount before.  There's a great deal about the scenario that wasn't particularly important.  Half dragons were a big part of this arc of the campaign.</blockquote>