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Message: <blockquote data-quote="redkobold" data-source="post: 1880702" data-attributes="member: 2585">Well, we played this past Saturday and things went a lot easier for the pc's than I had imagined and some of you had reported for your players.I let the players generate their characters with the 4d6 drop method.  Get 7 rolls and drop the lowest also then arrange.  Two of the three players had really high rolls.  The half-orc fighter ended up with a 20 Strength and the kobold rogue had a 20 Dexterity.  The other character was a human druid.  If they won initiative, the half-orc made the party nigh unstoppable.They roleplayed and negotiated with the kobolds incredibly, passed into the back of the goblin held portion of the dungeon and proceeded to rout the goblins.  I began doubling the number of goblins and hobgoblins encountered to slow them down.  They were repelled from the goblin kings throne room and a little awed at the number of opponents (since I had double them).  Without the doubling the opponents, I think they would have had Belaks head on a stick by the end of the evening.  Even with the doubling, I think they had a better than average chance of taking out the goblin king.Their actions have led to some interesting options for the second session.  With the kobold PC and Meepo in tow, the goblins see this as an attack by the kobolds.  The half-orc just looked like a mercenary.  The druid will raise Belak interest and get him on board to fully assist the goblins in driving out the kobolds.I am seeing Belak and the goblins having the twig blights and skeletons attack in waves with goblins and hobgoblins shoot/throw missile weapons before any of them engage in melee with the deadly party.  The questions is where this will occur.  It needs to be a large space, perhaps one of the halls.  The goblins still control the bypassed front route to the goblin enclave and may also attack from the rear with Balsag the hunter leading.  The old hammer and anvil strategy.  Moo Haaa Haaa.I am also condisering the goblins promising Erky Timers his freedom if he fights with them (on or near the front lines of course) against the kobolds.  Any thoughts on that?  I will also make him entirely an illusionist magic user.  I probably need to key out the path to underdark that the kobolds used to enter the Sunless Citadel in case everyone retreats that way (as the kobolds will almost surely do automatically).   Any comments or suggestions welcome.</blockquote>

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