46. Goblin Barracks
This chamber has no luminous fungi, leaving it dark.
Characters
without infravision
cannot see in here without supplemental
light. The
embers in chamber’s fire pit shed light
in a 5-foot radius <small fire?>
around the pit, revealing the scene below.
The walls spread out into a mostly lightless
space. A few dying
embers from an ash-filled pit in the floor
cast a red glow.
The ruddy light reveals several smoke-blackened
tin pots lying
in heaps and a collection of metal skewers,
some still wrapped
with charred meat, sticking out of the
ash. The air is filled with
the sharp odors of burned food and unwashed
bodies. |
Nearly 50 goblins call this chamber home.
Fortunately for the
PCs, no more than 10 are ever here at once.
When
it’s daylight outside, 6 goblins sleep
here while 4 more keep
watch. At night, only 4 goblins are here.
The others are out
working the quarry or patrolling the area
around it.
Goblins (4 or 10): AC 6; MV 6”; HD 1–1;
hp 3 <2> each; #AT 1; D 2–5
(horseman’s
pick), 1–6 (short sword),
or 1–4 (sling). <-1 damage>
<short sword, gladius, xiphos, baselard>
<cinquedea, katzbalger, model 1832 foot artillery sword, short sword,
cinquedea, model 1832 foot artillery sword>
<THACO 20>
<XP, 4: 48>
<XP, 10: 120>
The goblins attack any nongoblins who enter
the chamber except
for the <evil priests> or anyone accompanied
by Brubgrok or
Glyrthiel. In the latter case, the goblins
are uneasy and suspicious
because legitimate visitors to the quarry
are seldom brought to this
room. In a fight, a few goblins try to
pin down enemies with melee
attacks while the others use their slings
or maneuver to the flanks.
If some of the goblins are asleep when
trouble starts, it takes the
sleepers 2 rounds to awaken and gather
their gear.
Noise from area 47
keeps the goblins from noticing what’s happening
elsewhere on this level, but they quickly
hear any trouble
occuring in area 47.
Goblins who are awake immediately join any
fight there, and sleeping goblins follow
2 rounds later.
The goblins keep their treasures hidden
in clay pots buried in the
fire pit. 12 pots hold a total of 900
sp, 250 gp, and 23 quartz
crystals (worth 10 gp each).
<10, 10, 20>
<50, 50, 20, 20, 14, 11, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9,
6, 5, 10>
<total quartz value: 235>
<total treasure XP: 575>
>>47.