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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 6378216" data-attributes="member: 2093">After running the scenario myself, the first encounter seemed pretty straightforward to me. It was once they got into the cave that things got dicier. Even though they had a L4 druid with them at that point (not during the first encounter), who scouted around and spotted the bugbear, that battle was TOUGH. They started with the three goblins in the pool cave, then the others in the bugbear cave joined in during the 2nd and 3rd rounds. THIS is when I thought a capture scenario was likely to occur; and yes, having them get bound and thrown into the "eating cave" with Sildar is what I would have done.I'd have had them all wake up after a "long rest". Give them half hp and restored HD. No armor or weapons - those would probably be divvied up between the goblins and the unusable stuff in the bugbear's treasure pile. No full spell recovery, either; let them decide if they want to take time to rest longer before attempting escape (with the likelihood that one of them will get eaten in the meantime!), or try without much in the way of resources. I'd probably give the spellcasters ONE recovered spell slot each. But I'd also make sure there were plenty of resources available - logs or branches for the fire that can be used as improvised weapons, maybe a chance to use a goblin as a hostage, etc... and of course the goblins' own armor and weapons if they can kill them.</blockquote>