Chapter 3: Thistletop

Grimwulf rushes forward and demolishes the druid’s animal companion. The hammer hitting it over the back so hard, that it splits in two from the force.

Chigaru can barely see a few more goblin dogs through the small openings in the wall of tangles.

Once the animal companion is taken care of, the freed goblin dogs are easy to deal with. And the chained up ones are even easier.

Looking over the goblin corpse you find that his leather armor is magical. You also find a couple of potions of minor healing and a wand of bolt with 15 charges left.

Spying to the north, they don't seem to have picked up on the noise. They are two squads of 2 goblins and 2 goblin dogs patrolling. Though there is hard to tell any sytem to it. They are chaotic and easily distracted. At one point the team on the front of the building starts playing fetch with the dogs. Eventually the team on the back of the keep arrives in a huff, irritated that they are taking too long and it is time to switch position.

Ironically both squads goes towards the back until they realize no one is guarding the front. The original squad returns to the front, changing nothing. A couple of minutes they grow bored and head to the back, leaving the front open. But for how long this time?