Fire Bird Northern Hambridge Goblin Cave Hunting

You know Lextine is precise with her knives. You watch Frednic pull his shield back to examine what had struck it, and you and him could see it was some sort of Blow Dart, most likely coated in some sort of poison. Frednic immediately returned to his defensive stance and you get behind him, then get Lextines attention and pointed to the location from behind Frednic, unseen. Lextine focuses on the area you pointed out, but keeps her head scanning but eyes never leaving the tree. Soon another dart got launched, Frednic blocked it as Lextines Knife skewered the second goblin. Lextine relaxes somewhat so you seem out of danger. You and Frednic congratulate her on her accuracy, as she retrieves her knives and cuts off the left ear of each the goblins, then wrapping them up and putting them in your bag. But you don’t mind because goblin ears are worth 1 Silver as proof of a kill. You guys then restart your steady pace of tracking Barth, before long you hear what sounds like some type of chant. You slow down and sneak up on the culprits of the chanting. Sure enough it was goblins, but it looked like a few of them were carrying something heavy on a stretcher. After closer examination you realize it to be Barth. You can’t tell if he’s dead or asleep from this distance but he’s not moving. You can either ambush them now, or follow them. You decide to...