Hobgoblin War Camp
Vicious, warlike and mercenary hobgoblins set up their military-style camps almost anywhere. The camps are not just their home but also the springboard for their campaigns.
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Outside the Lair
Tracks leading off from the path have been deliberately blocked up.
Hundreds of tree stumps litter the area; the camp’s sentries have excellent fields of vision, and sneaking up on the camp is difficult without magical aid.
Tracks on the main trail leading to the camp show the hobgoblins marching in two files with perfect precision.
A cleverly concealed hide has been set up with a perfect view of the path. Any scouts posted here avoid a fight and instead retreat to warn the camp of intruders.
What’s Going On?
A black-armoured sergeant yells orders at a patrol as it prepares to leave the fort.
A hobgoblin scout, and his gangly apprentice, return to camp with a bundle of freshly skinned wolf pelts.
Hammering echoes through the air as an old guard puts rivets into a spare suit of armour.
A leatherworker prepares skinning solutions, stinking out the camp with the stench of hemlock and pine.
Major Lair Features
Hanging hides and barrels of soaking leathers fill a small wood and slate shelter.
Small-metal working tools and a wood-lit forge shows where the warriors repair their armour and weapons.
Sturdy low wooden walls interspersed with sharp stakes break up the interior of the fort in case attackers get inside. Each area has stores of spare weapons and ammunition ready for action.
Fenced off with wooden panels and staked chains is a large ordered area filled with tents set in ordered regimented lines.
Minor Lair Features
Leather dyes and preserves have formed a stinking pool surrounded by black toadstools.
Hanging carcasses of sheep and so on are littered around in various states of butchery and skinning. The stench of meat and blood fills the air.
Grindstones all around the camp see constant use by passing warriors and punished trainees.
Built on a wooden platform next to the soldiers’ tents, the sergeants’ hut overlooks their charges.
Hobgoblin’s Appearance
The captain of the camp towers over his charges, in red-enamelled plate armour and shield.
Wearing various shades of purple and red to define her rank the tribe’s shaman wanders the camp looking for weakness to punish.
This female warrior stands tall, her skin covered in scars gained fighting for her high status.
A large burn-scarred hobgoblin wearing leathers fusses at the straps of their armour.
Treasure
Dried ears and strings of finger bones adorn this bow of elven craft. The treated and tanned skin of an elven princess covers the bow’s matching quiver.
These two daggers are a matched pair designed to be wielded together. Each is plain, wholly without adornment and wickedly sharp.
This small collection of children’s toys depicts various types of siege engines; all work like their larger brethren.
This rare book of hobgoblin poetry describing honour in battle and the vileness of elves is worth a fortune to a collector or sage.
Trinkets & Trash
A short sword is wrapped in cloth and wedged into a hiding place.
Badges of human mercenary companies adorn the armour of some hobgoblins.
This hatchet has dozens of marks scratched into its hilt; perhaps each mark records a kill made by the owner.
This curved horn comes from some kind of strange beast. The horn is slightly cracked and produces an odd, slightly comical warbling sound.
Credit
This is a short system-neutral extract from Monstrous Lair #48: Hobgoblin War Camp by Steve Hood.
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