Well you are correct Lorin, we may lose someone. We almost lost someone during the last encounter. (two in fact) But that is a given for all encounters.
I just want to make sure we have found out all we can on this like recon by force exercise. So far what have we learned....Hobgobins have camped out at the temple... Ok not that big a deal. We have found an operational "hell mouth" portal....this is very important. Anything else?
Now for some unanswered questions. Is anyone from the other side of the portal camped on this side? Who? Is anyone but a band of Hobgoblins working the area? Are there a 100 or a 100,000 Hobgoblins? Is the temple being re-activated? And by who? Is the cult of the Dragon (or its break off group) here?
I'm sure we can think of some more and I am sure we can't answer all of these questions, but we should try.