WotBS Hobgoblins outside Innenotdar

[VicsHacienda]

Why are there hobgoblins outside of Innenotdar on the way to Cornerwood? My party just captured a couple and I'm not sure I have a good reason... I'd like to give them some foreshadowing but I didn't know the adventure path we'll enough...

 

[Tormyr]

They are just thugs, possibly from Cornerwood. Times are tough with the loss of trade from Gate Pass for the last 40 years.

 

[Oginme]

I explained them as tribes which moved down from the mountains (away from the fires) and finding the route from Innenotdar to Dassen pretty much traffic free, settled in that region.

 

[RangerWickett]

This must've been something added in the 4e version. I don't recall them in the 3e version.

 

[Tormyr]

This must've been something added in the 4e version. I don't recall them in the 3e version.

Yes, the 4e version added a large number of encounters between Innenotdar and Seaquen which foreshadowed many of the events in later adventures. I included additions from the 4e adventures which enhanced the existing material from the 3.5 version but skipped the portions that were entirely new content.