Candlekeep Mysteries Group 2

Still showing her nerves, Hino swings her gargantuan blade a few times through the air, making swooshing noises.

"Sorry, my nerves are getting the best of me.  Lead on, Master Barbär!  Besides, I like the view from back here..." she winks, trying to break the obvious tension in the air.

Before proceeding into M5, Hino peers around the corner into M5 (Perception @ DisAdv: 7).

M5

The opening of this tunnel is nearly circular. Black moss covers the walls, floor, and ceiling of the tunnel as far as you can see. Within this tunnel are several branches, all of them covered in the same black moss. 

DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana or Nature): ?!?!?!

Derp- cana? 4

Nature or nurture?  7

Arcana:  11

Emporious peruses the moss covered walls as he mumbles through an unintelligible list of names.

Nature: 16

Boom. The tunnels here at this part of the mine were not created by hand, claw, or tool, but rather by magic or another strange effect - the meenlocks created the moss-covered tunnels.

‘These tunnels were not made by the hand of man or dwarf. This is the area where this world touches that of the shadow fey. We must be cautious, but here we will start to deal with the fey that blighted the poor inhabitants of Vermeillon.’

Orvok leads the way through the tunnel, pausing where it branches out. He sniffs the air, looking around… ‘I’m thinking left, but…’

Perception: 20

Hino looks at Orvok with a mild hint of curiosity..."Why does Master Orvok sniff?  Does Hino smell?"

Trusting his perception implicitly, she tosses all caution to the wind and proceeds left down the tunnel, as Orvok suggested.

As Isa passes Mav in to the tunnel he will place a hand on her shoulder and whisper "Do not fear what you see, I will be right behind....." and with a few arcane words disappears before her eyes, but she feels his hand still on her shoulder give a gently squeeze before he removes it.

Using one of my Legacy of Malbolge spells - Invisibility and will lead up the back of the party.

the air smells less foul here. When in doubt Lady Hino, always follow your nose! Barbär will try to keep everyone together

Isa looks back at Mav as he places his hand on her shoulder "Oh, OK" suddenly he disappears right before her eyes "OH... I see... or don't see as it may be."  She was mostly thankful that he didn't give that big toothy grin of his... although he seems nice enough and ultimately does the right thing.  She shuffles a bit closer to the edge of the tunnel and looks closely at the black mossy stuff on the walls "What is this stuff?  I'm guessing it's from the Fey world?"  Her nerves start to get the best of her again as Orvok mentions that these tunnels were not made by the miners but rather by those vile creatures that have plagued Vermeillon.  She watches as Orvok sniffs the air and says to go left.... she sniffs the air, taking in a deep breath of the dank musty mud filled air... "It just smells gross to me... almost like... like death" she says in a small shaky voice.

"I don't know that I'd breath too deeply.  Underdark dwelling plants often release spores that can be detrimental to ones health." Says Emporious as he follows Orvok to M6. 

M6

Thick, velvety black moss covers every surface of this eight-foot-high chamber. Set into the far wall is a deep alcove. Your detect magic is going off.

‘No fey here. Can you check out the alcove for traps, Mav?’ Orvok says, looking for anything out of place…

Perception: 10

In your ear Orvok, Mav whispers "I already am"

But you don't see him....

[Investigation: 21] 

You can see evidence that the moss is moving, like it's alive.

I sense something, in the back. Move forward, slowly everyone. Mav, thake this guidance and be our eyes, please. He suggests as he pats Mav's shoulder casting guidance (1d4 on ability checks, con, 1 minute)

"Hold on I'll just move the moss from here." Says Emporious. He pulls out his spell book and while cutching his staff in the crook of his left arm, spell book in the left hand, he holds our his right hand palm up. He utters "Mano assistio" casting mage hand and a glow forms around his outstretched hand. The glow retains the shape of his hand as it moves l forward. It mimics the movements of Emporious' own hand as it clears the moss 25feet away.

The moss creates extremely fast tentacles of strangling vines(?) that attempt to violently grab the hand when it gets about a half inch to them. If you move the moss away, it simply regrows.