Berghawk Play Report: 09/09/2026 (A Greyhawk campaign set in Berghof)

 

A new adventurer who had been camped on the bridge last night, Duskven, joined us.

 

After recollecting Mads’ Braveheart impersonation of the night before, we concluded the gnolls knew we were on our way.

We hid outside the town and watched to scout it out. Two bands of hyenas (6 & 3) approached us and we attacked and killed them with surprise.

After a while it seemed like they were not coming out

200 corpses left in the street.

Elderly man’s head on a spear in the middle of the town.

Around 15 dead gnolls, and some dead hyenas.

 

Barking coming from inside one of the brick buildings – sounds like a hyena.

Found an injured gnoll with a hyena protecting him. Mads cured it and it told us Sarkasa was in the hills to the south. Also told us that an Ogrillion with the Gauntlet was behind the raising of the Evil forces, including Fire Giants.

Returned to the bridge with the guardsmen, and told them of what we had learned.

The Guards told us that in the past the humans had succeeded in stopping a band of giants. A group of kobolds apparently are inhabiting the area. There were rumours of a protective magic item in the possession of a group of kobolds – perhaps the same group…

Overnight, we saw more cackling with red eyes to the East.


10th of Planting – Hot, dry day

We travelled towards the kobold lair (as there were rumours that their chieftain uses a magical defensive item), which was an uneventful day.

 

11th of Planting – Rainy day

We reached an old site with rocky outcrops. A decomposing kobold was on the ground about 50’ away from the 2 stone mounds. Looking at it, it seemed to have been chewed on by hyenas.

 

Duskven asked his crow to scout out the area. A tall tower with a creature was on one rocky outcrop, the other outcrop had some large bird like creatures.

 

We scaled the outcrop with the tower. Mads got out in front and found a piss-bottle throwing, dog-headed kobold. He charged up the outcrop and ladder and threw the kobold off the edge. Mads found a stash of iron rations up there. Looking to the other outcrop, he could see 3 large hawks.

The new druid got fascinated with the jars of piss. Weirdly tasting them, he seemed to get edgy (with a potion of Speed).

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