Umbriel sees the caster go down, and turns his attention to the last enemy in the room. Two eldritch blasts:

Attack: 21 Damage: 8

Attack: 13 Damage: 5

Ireniana will slash her sword at the last hobgoblin.

Attack: 18 Damage: 9

Attack: 15 Damage: 14

Umbriel's first Eldritch blast smashes into the Hobgoblin, but the second misses.  The hobgoblin dips and ducks, avoiding the worst of Ireniana's blows and absorbing the rest with it's armor.

Nyx, Lyngheid!  It's up to you to take out the nasty hobgoblin!

Nyx slipping another bolt into her crossbow on the way, runs over to the hobgoblin, darting in where she can to attack him.

OCC: Advantage due to all the peeps?

Rapier  Attack: 7 Damage: 11

Hand Crossbow   Attack: 18 Damage: 5

Sneak Attack Damage 7

The combined onslaught of the party finally manages to take down the Hobgoblin Captain.

Searching the bodies, you don't find much.  There's 2 gold pieces, 8 silver and 34 copper pieces.  The hobgoblin caster, however, had a diamond worth about 100GP, it definitely looks like a spell ingredient.

What does the party do now?

There are a pile of crates and boxes barricaded against the eastern-most door that will take a couple of minutes to clear.  You figure that anything on the other side has heard the battle and knows something is happening.

" Why didn't they take the deal?  Stupid...so stupid."

Whistler pants, covered in his own blood.

Baeshra is still in dino form and just claws at the barricade ineffectively, and looks plaintively at Whistler.

Whistler helps move the crates.

You move the crates. It's not hard, just a hassle. 

Now what?

"Let's check the door, open it slowly and carefully - I think we're close to the room with the flameskull in it, and I'd rather not get blown up again."

You peek through the crack in the door and see a 30 foot hallway extending into what looks like the cavern where the flameskull was.  Ten feet into the hallway, a set of stairs goes down to the south.

Lyngheid moved forward and looked down the stairs.

Perception: 20

Nyx moves quietly into the hallway, sticking to the shadows. She moves past Lyngheid and looks out into the chamber, trying to spot Flameskull.

OCC:

Stealth 23

Perception 19

Lyngheid, you see the stairs go down about ten feet, and then the hallway continues and opens into a wider room that seems to keep going, to the limits of your darkvision.

Nyx, you are able to spot the Flameskull, floating to the north about 20 feet off the ground.  For a moment you think it spots you, but then you realize that it is watching the hallway you are in, waiting for something to appear.  It doesn't give any sign of having seen you.

OCC:

Is there enough shadows for Nyx to be able to make it over to the forge equipment without being seen?

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OCC:

Is there enough shadows for Nyx to be able to make it over to the forge equipment without being seen?

 It's completely dark, except for the 15 feet of dim light the flameskull gives off.  You can't see the equipment, but you remember about where it is.

While they are waiting, Droop turns to Ireniana and asks her again: "Reena, do you have arrows for Droop?  I trade you!" And holds out 6 ball bearings.

Umbriel, did you identify that wand at the last rest?

(Yes, sorry, it was hard to keep track of everything that required identifying)

It is a Wand of Magic Missiles, fully charged.

Nyx moves back to the group and let's them know what she could see.

"It's still in there, about 40 to 50 feet to the left" she whispers.

Then she heads back towards the room and creeps across the gap towards the equipment, taking it slow and navigating the long way around by heading down south and then back up.