Galingal watches the other talk, while looking back at the hut where the dragonborn came from. Not seeing anyone coming out, nor seeing any urgency in Stena, Galingal unties the boat/barge/wreck and pushes off from the dock once everyone is back on board.
"If want to ambush someone, do so on most likely path, so make sense," Galingal says but then looks at Buppido for a long moment. "But if want to lead someone to trap, do it where no one else see."
He eventually shrugs.
"So far Buppido not kill us. I say go his route. If trouble, we kill him."
With her lyre back, Lia offers, “I trust the Dragonborn. He gains nothing by leading us astray”. She nods noncommittally, seeming happy just to have her lyre back and be on their way.
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Galingal watches the interaction between Neth and Stena with curiosity.
While Neth responds to Stena, Galingal looks at Neth more closely, looking for any sign of bite marks or parasites clinging to him; anything that might be affecting how he thinks.
He can't shake the feeling that something happened in the water when they were attacked with the KT first arrived and it changed Neth.
You continue on, in the direction Buppido guides you, the soft swishing of water under the hull in between the gentle splash of oars providing a now familiar backdrop to your travels. You pass through into a brilliantly lit cavern, the glow of fungus and moss glistening and refracting off glowing crystal. You continue onward, passing through the twisting tunnels, a few times reaching branchpoints that after a moment's consideration, Buppido seems confident in his eventual choice. The boat travels on, Buppido confers with Jimjar on directions before giving up the wheel.
You are heading onward, into a gradually darker and darker section, when Jimjar calls out for you to hold oars, and the boat drifts forward on the current and remaining momentum. After a few moments, those of you not born to the Underdark see what he made out, stretched across the way forward is a thick tangle of webbing. It looks like the tunnel continues onward, water is flowing under the lower edge of the web, but it is a haphazard web that spans the forty feet width of the tunnel, and extends up thirty feet or so to the ceiling. It's hard to tell how far deep it goes.
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
"Well, if you'd have come up to me when we set out today and said 'Jimjar, I bet ten gold we're gonna run into a big spiderweb that blocks our path today', I'd have taken you up on that bet, so yeah, unexpected in that sense, but also not unexpected in that there are big spiders down here, and big spiders spin big webs to catch prey. Which I have no interest in becoming, for the record. How we want to deal with it?"
Galingal watches the other talk, while looking back at the hut where the dragonborn came from. Not seeing anyone coming out, nor seeing any urgency in Stena, Galingal unties the boat/barge/wreck and pushes off from the dock once everyone is back on board.
"Aye put no coin on his word, aye don't know him. Have ye heard of problems before?"
"It's the Underdark. Problems are a way of life. Regardless of what you think of him, we either take it or avoid it..."
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Stena looks into the darkness ahead before addressing Galingal, and incidentally Lia,
"Dragonborn said there is trouble at the main path into Gracklstugh. Buppido has an alternate path. What are her thoughts on a path?"
Galingal thinks for a moment before answering.
"If want to ambush someone, do so on most likely path, so make sense," Galingal says but then looks at Buppido for a long moment. "But if want to lead someone to trap, do it where no one else see."
He eventually shrugs.
"So far Buppido not kill us. I say go his route. If trouble, we kill him."
Stena spares Lia a glance, pausing only the briefest of moments to give her a chance to interject.
With her lyre back, Lia offers, “I trust the Dragonborn. He gains nothing by leading us astray”. She nods noncommittally, seeming happy just to have her lyre back and be on their way.
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
Neth listens to the pack debate the best course of action, thinking that it all seems so simple.
"What could go wrong?" he joyfully offers.
"No one ask ye."
Stena mutters at Neth before letting Buppy and Jimmy know they'll be taking the alternate route.
Perhaps misreading the situation, or otherwise in too good of a mood to read it correctly, Neth warmly responds:
”And you’ll never have to!”
Galingal watches the interaction between Neth and Stena with curiosity.
While Neth responds to Stena, Galingal looks at Neth more closely, looking for any sign of bite marks or parasites clinging to him; anything that might be affecting how he thinks.
He can't shake the feeling that something happened in the water when they were attacked with the KT first arrived and it changed Neth.
Perception: 14
Galingal sees no outward signs of infection.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Galingal stares at Neth for a moment longer before shaking his head and going back to helping move the boat along in the direction Buppido suggested.
Lia helps with the poles and oars as needed.
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
You continue on, in the direction Buppido guides you, the soft swishing of water under the hull in between the gentle splash of oars providing a now familiar backdrop to your travels. You pass through into a brilliantly lit cavern, the glow of fungus and moss glistening and refracting off glowing crystal. You continue onward, passing through the twisting tunnels, a few times reaching branchpoints that after a moment's consideration, Buppido seems confident in his eventual choice. The boat travels on, Buppido confers with Jimjar on directions before giving up the wheel.
You are heading onward, into a gradually darker and darker section, when Jimjar calls out for you to hold oars, and the boat drifts forward on the current and remaining momentum. After a few moments, those of you not born to the Underdark see what he made out, stretched across the way forward is a thick tangle of webbing. It looks like the tunnel continues onward, water is flowing under the lower edge of the web, but it is a haphazard web that spans the forty feet width of the tunnel, and extends up thirty feet or so to the ceiling. It's hard to tell how far deep it goes.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Stena moves up from checking on Ranador.
"That is unexpected, I'm guessing."
Galingal moves to join Stena and Ranador.
"Big webs come from big spiders," Galingal suggests. "Should set on fire from here."
"Well, if you'd have come up to me when we set out today and said 'Jimjar, I bet ten gold we're gonna run into a big spiderweb that blocks our path today', I'd have taken you up on that bet, so yeah, unexpected in that sense, but also not unexpected in that there are big spiders down here, and big spiders spin big webs to catch prey. Which I have no interest in becoming, for the record. How we want to deal with it?"
When Galingal weighs in, Jimjar nods.
"Fire works for me. Whose got the fire?"
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Stena looks to Lia.
Lia shrugs… “I can just about light a candle or a campfire… But nothing like this. You need some kind of arcane pyromancer….”.
”If you have a torch or some kindling, I can provide ‘a spark’…”.
((OOC: just prestidigitation ))
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss