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<blockquote data-quote="kensanata" data-source="post: 3323389" data-attributes="member: 47845">Slave Riders of RockwallWhen I ran <a href="http://wiki.greywulf.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Macropedia/SlaveRaidersOfRockwall" target="_blank">Slave Riders of Rockwall</a> by Bert the Ogre at a Con, there were about 20 adventurers present in the hall where the baron announced the prize, and the baron’s hunter offered a little map showing the are north of the Rinau river with of the four farms and two lodges burnt. While travelling, getting lost, fighting woodland creatures, and trying to storm the castle, the other adventurers offered a convenient means of getting help &amp; healing.My three level 1 players (two fighters and a mage) finally found the help of another party of four including a cleric, but even with their help, fighting stick-men in the forest, dire rats, and small monstrous spiders proved to be too much. When the goblins finally fought back, throwing javelins from the walls and with a sortie on wolf-back, the party managed to shoot down a wolf rider, fight back the others, bandage the fallen goblin, and retreat back into the forest. When threatened, the goblin mentioned the drow hiding beneath the castle, and access to a large city underground.At this point, my party had been hit too hard, and felt their doom approaching in large strides. They returned to the baron, told him what they knew, handed over the goblin, got a reward of 50gp for their pains, and gave up.I think the straw that broke their back was the goblin cook evading all attacks and striking them with his pan while calling for help…</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kensanata, post: 3323389, member: 47845"] [b]Slave Riders of Rockwall[/b] When I ran [URL=http://wiki.greywulf.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Macropedia/SlaveRaidersOfRockwall]Slave Riders of Rockwall[/URL] by [u]Bert the Ogre[/u] at a Con, there were about 20 adventurers present in the hall where the baron announced the prize, and the baron’s hunter offered a little map showing the are north of the Rinau river with of the four farms and two lodges burnt. While travelling, getting lost, fighting woodland creatures, and trying to storm the castle, the other adventurers offered a convenient means of getting help & healing. My three level 1 players (two fighters and a mage) finally found the help of another party of four including a cleric, but even with their help, fighting stick-men in the forest, dire rats, and small monstrous spiders proved to be too much. When the goblins finally fought back, throwing javelins from the walls and with a sortie on wolf-back, the party managed to shoot down a wolf rider, fight back the others, bandage the fallen goblin, and retreat back into the forest. When threatened, the goblin mentioned the drow hiding beneath the castle, and access to a large city underground. At this point, my party had been hit too hard, and felt their doom approaching in large strides. They returned to the baron, told him what they knew, handed over the goblin, got a reward of 50gp for their pains, and gave up. I think the straw that broke their back was the goblin cook evading all attacks and striking them with his pan while calling for help… [/QUOTE]

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