32. Bugbears

Three large, hairy goblin-like humanoids sprawl on the floor of this room. Upon seeing you they growl menacingly and reach out to pick up the huge axes which lie beside them. Roll for surprise as normal; if the bugbears have surprise they will be able to stand up before the adventurers approach, but will not be able to actually advance on the party. These bugbears have been stealing from the orcs, and have collected 30 gp so far. They have just arrived in this room from room 30, and have discovered the other secret door (to room 33) but have not gone through it yet. They do not know about the tentacle worms; if the worms appear here (for example, while seeking another way around to attack the player characters) the bugbears will flee through whichever secret door the worms did not come through. This might result in a surprise meeting with the player characters. The bugbears also do not know about the secret door into room 14 from 33. 3 Bugbears: AC 15, HD 3+1, #At 1 great axe, Dam 1d10+1, Mv 30', Sv F3, ML 9, XP 145 ea.