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[I am Leo]

Tonight I'm starting a Dwarf Fortress inspired d&d mini-campaign.
The players are playing assorted goblins, kobolds and things of a similar bent, sent to ambush a dwarven fortress. Any suggestions for encounters I might throw in?
So far, they'll definately be turning up alongside an elven caravan, meet a huntsdwarf with his many hunting dogs, suffer a trap corridor, walk straight into the barracks, and it'll end with the goblins saving the world from the dwarves digging too deep.

[nbonaparte]

Something involving magma, of course. And maybe a tantrum spiral to dodge.

[Samohan25]

Forest fires, magma traps, angry overseers, wild animals, caravan guards, other traps, miners that can 1-hit KO enemies, moats, fortification towers, being dropped down into a gladiator pit, any other forseable deaths...

[Kav]

This sounds like a really good idea.

[mcdonaldjord]

dwarfs wielding thongs.

[nbonaparte]

They should probably end up fighting the clowns themselves, or maybe the dwarves will accept their help in disposing of them.

[Gatleos]

dwarfs wielding !!thongs!!

Much better.

[Gzalzi]

Generate a world, save the picture of the map ("p" at the end of map generation), and look at the histories, then use that as your D&D world.

Also, what version D&D are you using? I prefer to play v2 (AD&D).

[Mel_Vixen]

You could let them stumble into the Magma-smithy (which curiosly enough was closed with a floodgate) where they encounter a Magma-men. The smythy itself would be a good place to reward them with Armor and weapons. If they go through the caverns to get out of the fort you can lead them right into a underdark campaign - well after sending them though a complete snake-men tribe.

The plumbing system for the irrigation and indoor waterfall(s) as well as the obsidian/basalt farm could be a cool side-dungeon including a big mechanical calculators for timing of these contraptions.

[Untelligent]

You need a bear trap.


And by bear trap I mean a trap involving bears.

[nbonaparte]

A pressure plate releasing a whole zoo from one cage straight at the goblins. Bears, tigers, giant eagles, elephants, etc.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

And definitely a lever room.

[Cruxador]

They are all going to die. None will make it through the trap corridor.

To make things at least feasible, have a huge, partially constructed megaproject of some kind that they can enter through. One that would be impermeable if it were finished, but... it's not finished.

[Assassinfox]

That's the best idea ever.  I might have to yoink that the next time I run a game.

You should find some way to set a dwarf on fire and have him nonchalantly go get a drink at the booze stockpile.

To make things at least feasible, have a huge, partially constructed megaproject of some kind that they can enter through. One that would be impermeable if it were finished, but... it's not finished.

The Death Star? 

[Mel_Vixen]

MAke it an objective for rthe goblins in the group to liberate some children and the Cutebolds could steal an artefact.