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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5226365" data-attributes="member: 90804">Smoke Jaguar: I definitely want there to be consequences rather than perhaps randomly letting the players off the hook here.  There WILL be some type of battle for sure.DEFCON 1: Thanks for the well thought out reply!  I agree that my option 2 of having the hobgoblins waiting in ambush might be a little unrealistic; you bring up a good point.  I was thinking that I'd hand-wave that as coincidental timing - the hobgoblins had just gotten their attack prepared when the PCs woke up - but that might be TOO much of a coincidence!Now that you've helped describe how things could play out with hobgoblins raising the alarm and getting reinforcements, the tension of perhaps knowing that something is coming but not knowing what... I like it!  I'm not sure if I'll bring Splug back or not (I did play him as being a chicken before, so he probably isn't going to be looking to stick by the PCs as big, bad hobbos attack), but your suggestion about a possible way to use him is a good one.Actually, my party never did any battling in the excavation room - they alerted the excavators to their presence without going over there, so that battle actually took place in the hallway.  It seems like a nifty place to fight, so I might have Splug lead them there so that they can prepare for battle.Thanks!</blockquote>