After Action Report; Blacktooth Session 4

The party descends to the lower level of the temple in search of Gritznak... The group decide to leave Phlox guarding the stairs. Tenkar, Kurgan, Camlin and Cadfan press on. The party enter the first room they come to. The dwarves notice that something's wrong with the south wall. They can tell that the water from above has washed away the mortar. This wall is mainly a pile of bricks. When listening through the wall, they can hear some kind of singing on the other side. It sounds like a large group. Kurgan borrows Camlin's staff and applies pressure to the wall bringing down a large section. ...revealing a room full of goblins! It looks like the goblins have been feasting and drinking. There are a couple of fire pit in the sunken floor in the middle of the room. The leader of these goblins, a gnoll, is in the room, too. Once everyone has recovered from their shock, the gnoll waves the goblins on to attack. The party, sensing that things will end badly in a toe-to-toe fight with the goblin horde, retreat through the room to the hallway beyond channeling the attack. Camlin is able to call for Phlox's assistance and the adventurers kill most of the goblins. The gnoll leaves the scene and the adventurers pursue. There are still goblins in the cooking area including the fat goblin cook. The party kill the remaining goblins and Camlin questions the cook. The cook points out which way the gnoll went and talks about the evil in the temple to the east. The party leave the fat cook to his roasting pigs and go off in search of the gnoll. They come to an archway that makes them feel uneasy. Somehow, the wizard is able to discern that the gnoll may have taken a passageway heading north. The passageway ends in a door. The door is locked. Kurgan bashes it open and the adventurers see the gnoll at the other end of the room. Oblivious to his personal safety, the wizard rushes into the room first where kobolds pop up from out of the shadows and from behind tables to attack the youngster. The shock of seeing such a brave spellcaster causes one kobold to drop its spear and the other kobold misses with a crossbow bolt. Encouraged by the wizard's audacity the rest of the party rushes into the room only to be surprised by more kobolds and spiders. After initially looking to put up a fight, the party decides to retreat. Tenkar uses his last healing spell on Cadfan before they leave the room, which is fortunate as the kobolds manage to hit the fighter before his exit. They would surely have killed him otherwise. A less than successful encounter, but our group of adventurers lives to fight another day....