Close Encounters of the Kobold Kind - 10/8 session recap

The party headed into the temple of Ul-Barat. A swarm of needlefang drakes knocked Boreas down and started ripping him apart. A combination of attacks and several rounds finished the swarm, but not before several wounds were received. Thoric moved forward and was assaulted by the swarm's handlers and a larger guard drake. After an initial bottleneck, the party pushed forward and gave the kobolds what for. Xakoraki went down under the assault, but was brought back to consciousness by Thoric. The party regained it's composure and finished off the attackers. Ander knocked one unconscious, carved the symbol in his face, and interrogated him before setting him free.

There was a bed of silver and gold in the temple's offering basin that the party confiscated, as well as three gems on the three kobolds.

Three exits were available, but only one led downward immediately. The party decided to take it. Ander started to lead, but couldn't see anything. Boreas ended up taking the point with his elven vision. After several downward twistings, the stairs turned sharply into a large, low natural cavern with about a dozen kobolds.

One of the kobolds was a caster of some sort, and another seemed to be a better fighter than usual. Ander tossed a shuriken at the latter, but the fighter interposed one of his companions. Boreas threw two spells in quick succession at the caster, hurting him pretty badly. Thoric ran forward into the semi-circle of his enemies and immediately became the target of their javelins. The rest of the party moved up, and the kobolds closed in around them. The fighter gave his caster a potion, which healed him a bit, and then started looking for combat advantage. This never happened, however, as Xakoraki took the opportunity to breathe a massive cloud of acid over the grouped kobolds (and party). As nasty as it was for her companions, it finished off about a half-dozen kobolds. Boreas killed kobolds in pairs with blasts of thunder while the party finished off the caster and surrounded the remaining fighter. Ander was hoping to take him alive, but Xakoraki's axe took off his head in a final blow.

The stolen casks of liquor appear to be in this cave, and there are piles of equipment and bedding lying around in various places. The kobold fighter's leather armor seems much nicer than average, and there is some other treasure here too. We'll get to that next week.