The Saviors of Phandalin get back on track, or at least back on script.

The continuing saga of the learning module that wouldn’t die

When last we left or heroes, they had just saved to village of Phandalin from a horrific goblin invasion. Through grit and determination, and very little leniency on my part, the players prevailed. The goblin horde was routed, sending them scurrying back to whatever hole they crawled from.

That hole is Cragmaw Castle, and the party has been trying to find this ruin for weeks now. Way back in Chapter 1, the party was hired by a dwarf named Gundren McGuffin, er, Gundren Rockseeker. This dwarf was kidnapped by the Cragmaw goblins and the party believes that the dwarf was taken there.

The morning after the invasion the group wakes to find that the tavern they’ve been staying in has become a shrine to the…