Honorbound: Episode 01

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==Recap==
Our three players and our DM make their first appearance and fiddle around with the starter package for D&D 5th edition.
The adventure starts with the party escorting a cart south of Neverwinter along the Sword Coast.  Motton immediately bums a handaxe off Peter so that he has a second weapon. As they come around the bend, they come across two dead horses, killed by arrows. As they observe the horses, several arrows fly out of the woods from either side of the road, striking Fenrick and Peter.  The party rushes in and drops two goblins, while Peter takes another arrow from the other goblins. The goblins try to run away, but the party brings them down as Fenrick shouts "Halt and face your justice!". Just past the goblins, Fenrick finds a small footpath through the forest. Motton loots the goblins, finding a schmitar to use. The party discovers that the horses belonged to Peter's cousin Grunden and his protector Silbar Hallwinter, and decide to hide the cart on the side of the road. They proceed down the footpath in hopes of coming across a sign of Peter's cousin. Peter comes across a snare in the road, and the party moves around it. Motton moves stealthily ahead of the party, and comes across a pit trap, which the party jumps over. A short while later, the party moves out of the forest to find a stream coming out of a cave.
The party moves towards the cave entrance and encounters two goblins in a lookout post. Two arrows drop Fenrick to the ground. Peter heals Fenrick as Motton rushes to the goblins, and then Fenric cuts one down. The second goblin surrenders, and informs the party there are 20 goblins in the cave as well as a boss. The goblin tells them that Grunden is no longer there, but Silbar Hallwinter is still in the cave. Motton cuts off one of the goblins fingers to see if he's lying, and the goblin says there are 10 goblins. Motton cuts off a second finger, and the goblin admits to lying, saying there ARE actually 20 goblins in the cave. Motton executes the goblin, and drops him into the stream. The party rests and then enters the cave.
Motton sneaks into the cave, finding three wolves in an alcove chained to a stalagmite. Motton fails in his attempt to sneak up on the wolves, and then moves out of the cave to get the rest of the party. They go to the entrance of the alcove and fire missile weapons at the wolves. The wolves pull at their chains and try to get to the party. One of the wolves is killed as the other two break their chains and charge the party, but the party makes short work of them. The party starts to rest again, and then hear something approaching them. Nothing happens for a while, and the rest is complete. The party debates for a while on their course of action, and then Peter casts Light on Fenrick's axe and the party advances forward to the right. They move under a small bridge connecting passageways, and defeat a goblin that was hiding on the bridge. Immediately after dropping the goblin, a surge of water rushes through the cave and knocks both Fenrick and Peter to the entrance of the cave. The party moves to the side passage on the left, moving left at the next T intersection. They find a room with a cooking fire, a tent, and 6 goblins that immediately join into battle. A badly wounded human is in chains in the back corner of the room. The party drops a few goblins when a larger goblin approaches the wounded human, and tells the party to lay down their weapons or the human dies. Fenrick runs right to the larger goblin, decapitates him with one blow, and intimidates the remaining goblins into surrendering. Sildar informs them that there is a bugbear in the cave with a half dozen more goblins, and that Thorin's three (the party thought there was only one) cousins have been removed by the other half dozen goblins. The party decides to retreat to the cart, but runs into the bugbear and several goblins on the bridge. The bugbear jumps off the bridge and attacks Fenrick while the goblins pepper the group with arrows from the bridge. The bugbear lands a strong blow on Fenrick, but a few arrow shots from Motton weaken him and Fenrick finishes him off. Peter moves up to engage a wolf, which Motton shoots and kills, and the goblins bring Peter down. Fenrick drags Peter into a hallway and stabilizes him while the goblins leave the bridge to pursue. The party meets them at the corner and takes some hits, but finishes off the goblins. The party, severely wounded, takes a rest to recover. They then search the rest of the cave while Sildar guards Peter. They find a chest, which Motton opens. Inside is a large amount of coins, 2 potions, and a jade statuette that Motton quickly hides from the party. They taste test the potions, and discover they are potions of healing. The party grabs a few torches, waits for Peter to wake up, and then leave the cave. They return to the cart and continue on to Phandalin. Sildar lets the party know that Gundren has likely been taken to Cragmaw castle. He lets them know that they can obtain more information in Phandolan. 
The party settles in at the Stonehill inn and eats dinner. The party gains enough experience to achieve Level 2.
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