Varisia Campaign

The heroes shackled the goblin bard, who agreed to give them any information she knows, including the fact that both Nualia and Tsuto were in the dungeons below. The heroes then continued their exploration. Barracks. Six poorly constructed bunk beds, little more than hammocks slung from rickety frames, stood along the walls of this room. Each was heaped with a vermin-infested blanket and a lump of straw that served as a frustrating pillow. Each of these bunk beds slept three goblins - the Thistletop tribe numbered 18 in all (not counting Warchief Ripnugget, his wives, or Gogmurt), although none of them were here. Eastern Guard Tower. An open flight of wooden stairs wound up to a trap door in the ceiling, thirty feet above. This open air tower gave a great view of the surrounding area. Two goblin corpses that the heroes killed during their initial assault on Thistletop were on these towers. Food Storage. The door to this room was locked; the key was carried by Chief Ripnugg

Giant gecko lizards are animals. An animal is a living, nonhuman creature, usually a vertebrate with no magical abilities and no innate capacity for language or culture. Animals have low-light vision. Animals breathe, eat, and sleep. These lizards are mostly docile and shy away from attacking creatures larger than a cat or dog. Despite their shyness, they are ultimately curious creatures, and often approach bigger creatures simply to investigate. Of course, a giant gecko is more than capable of defending itself, biting creatures that react violently to the lizard when fleeing is not an option. Some humanoids train giant geckos as bestial guardians. Smaller humanoids (in particular, goblins) can even use the creatures as mounts, taking advantage of their superior climbing skills to attack from seemingly impossible positions and angles. A giant gecko measures 8 feet from nose to tail and weighs 120 pounds. Coloration among giant geckos can vary widely, though most

The heroes continued their exploration of Thistletop. Trophy Hall. The floor of this room was hard-packed soil, as if the builders ran out of lumber after building the walls and roof, or as if they simply never thought about building a floor. A number of poorly prepared horse and dog heads were mounted along the eastern wall, while along the southern wall hung a pair of large black-feathered wings tacked to the wall with daggers. The feathered wings once belonged to a harpy. One of the daggers used to display the harpy's wings had a pearl handle, and was worth 50 gp according to Tsela. The other six daggers were mundane. The alarm had been raised, so six goblins were found here, ready to defend the room from any intruders. The heroes killed them all. Throne Room. The alarm had been raised, so the door into this room was closed tightly and locked. Urtrigor picked the door. This large throne room was decorated with hanging furs along its walls, mostly black-and-r

The heroes killed the remaining goblin dogs and Urtrigor tied off the trapped bridge so that it could support the heroes' weight in case of a retreat. Then they started their exploration of the stockade. Thistletop.  The stockade was made of thick wood. Closer inspection revealed that most of the wood seemed to have been scavenged from ships - a few nameplates remained affixed to some of the beams, while other timbers looked like they might have once been masts. The front door leading into the stockade was barred from the inside. The heroes scaled the walls of the stockade itself and entered the complex from the exercise yard. While the stockade was made of wood, the damp sea air and thick layers of soggy moss and linen that grew here and there made it difficult to burn without significant work. Exercise Yard.  This large courtyard was open to the sky. Tenacious clumps of partially trampled grass grew fitfully here and there in the hard-packed earth, in places stained