DMs who drop unexpected monsters on unassuming adventurers and give em a good thrill make the game so much more fun. Especially when it takes them right to the brink of disaster, but not over that edge. Fun fun!
Jimmie and Vindir were in the goblin lands and there were lizard men, hobgoblin mages, bugbear warriors, etc.... it was exciting.
Thanks.
(Thus ends my shameless DM ass-kissing for a day.)