As usual, the players found a way to divert from my very narrow plan. This time they did it by being exceedingly patient: unusual. Now how will things go, I don't know. I put them to level 2 so I can throw some of those encounters I had prepped at them while they wait.
https://mindweaverpg.wordpress.com/2020/10/23/rise-of-lolith-s1-beast-hunt/
The party ended up getting a little sidetracked by a whole nest of ogres.
#playreport
https://mindweaverpg.wordpress.com/2023/06/30/play-report-kotb-barrier-march-session-52-surprise-ogres/
Searching for more information about the lay of the land around the bugbear crag, the party ends up ambushing a patrol, but when the ambush doesn't get surprise, the battle is far more even than intended.