((The gray area is where Stena and Jimjar cut through, so the edge of the gray near you represents the edge of the silk.))

Lia is pleased to see Thom come around, and then he looks a lot better when he gets his own breath back. <Come on… Let’s get out of here…>. She heaves with all her might and tries to break free from the web…

STR check: 6 

Try as she might, she struggles against the web, but to no avail.

Stena sends,

<Everyone okay here? Where's Eldath? The twins? Stool, are you okay?>

<Ope, I'm here!> Eldeth sends, surfacing nearby. <The cold water sucks, but it feels good where I got clawed.>

No answer from Stool.

<The little, hurt is. I think should be okay...>, Shuushar waddles over. <Gagliginggaal can help, maybe?>

Those in the water make their way to shore.

Lia does a rather adorable wiggle.

Sarith Dex Check: 6
Sarith Dex Check: 20

 Sarith manages to not get snared, and extends a hand down for Thom or Lia to grab. <We need to go, before the demons or our captors take interest in us.>

Prince Derendil turns and sprints away from the drow. <I'm coming Thom! Your Prince is on his way!>

Drow Opportunity Attack: Attack: 9 Damage: 7

He leaps from the ledge, skipping the bridge entirely, and lands on the webbing beside Thom, the silk bouncing and swaying under his impact. You see arachnid eyes peering around the stalactites reflecting the light from Lia's halo as they respond to the disturbance in the web.

Derendil reaches down and grabs Thom by the belt, attempting to haul him free.

STR: 16

The strands stretch and then give as the Prince holds Thom a few feet off the silk by his belt. 

<Ah, good to see you in perfect health Thom! I'm assuming you've exerted yourself quite a bit, to be lying face down. Never fear, our escape is imminent!>

((Thom currently not restrained as he's being held above the webbing by Prince Derendil.))

Thom > Galingal > Stena > Jimjar > Shuushar > Giant Spider > Topsy >  Lia > Sarith > Lex/Stool > Eldeth > Drow > Turvy > Buppido > Prince > 

<Eldeth, good you made it. Shuushar, please help Stool if you can. Anyone seen the twins?

Topsy? Turvy?>

Then,

"Topsy? Turvy?"

<Little one is still alive... resting.>

Stena, you hear a commotion farther down river, angry yelling. It sounds like it might be Turvy. It's a bit hard to make out over the pounding of the waterfall hitting the pool. You can't even hear the droning of those creatures flying about above you.

"Turvy went that way," Galingal says, pointing along the river bank. "Looking for his sister."

He then looks over at Stool and shakes his head.

"There was large creature in water," he says. "Drained most of my power killing it."

He glances back at the surface of the water, making sure there aren't more of the gelatinous creatures.

"Can keep him from dying, but not heal."

Galingal then scans the cavern again for danger.

@DM…

<I hear fighting downstream and Turvy. I'm going to check it out. Do what you can for Stool. Eldath, Jimjar do you want to come with me?>

Regardless of who comes with her Stena will drunkenly stumble out of the water and head towards the yelling, bow readied.

Thom was going to respond to Lia and then sees the Prince drop down beside them. Thom feels the strength of the quaggoth 'prince' as he rips him out of the webbing and holds him up.

<Ah! My great Prince Derendil! Thank you for your prompt service yeah? It seems I will have some great stories to tell about you once we get you back to your people, yeah?! HEY! There's more spiders! Hold here until Lia, Sarith and I jump and then follow us! Please Prince! We need you as the last anchor, yeah?!>

<Put me down close to the hole, yeah!?>

Thom then thinks to Lia <Lia, listen to me. I will explain about the prince later. Let's get out of here. You first. I owe you, yeah?>

And Thom would pull back an arrow ready to fire the moment he sees a spider come out after reacting to the prince falling on the web.

He's not going to drop through that hole in the webbing before Lia after what she did for him.

((If the prince puts Thom down, will he be stuck again? Even if the prince just gently drops him down? If so, then Thom would not order the prince to attack the spiders but to just hold position at the hole until the others, especially Lia, have jumped. Thom will still ready the attack for the spider though.))

((The webs seem pretty sticky, if he were to set you down, you might very well get stuck again.))

The reflected spider eyes shift, their attention split between the prey in web and the demons buzzing and screeching above.

Lia tries to take Sarith's arm and pull free, but she doesn't manage it, the silk has her caught tight!

Sarith tries to avoid getting stuck himself, and to pull her upright, but isn't able to pull her loose.

DEX: 18
STR: 8

The Prince swings Thom to the side and sets him down before trying to yank himself free, but is caught fast in the silk.

STR: 9

Thom >  Giant Spider >  Lia > Sarith >  Prince > 

Below...

<I... I'll come.>, Eldeth drags herself from the water, shivering, her hand clamped to the slash across her side that is weeping pink blood after being diluted by the water.

<Lex doesn't look like she's feeling good, why don't you stay here and help keep an eye on Stool, Eldeth?>, Jimjar adds, not attempting to place a wager for once.

Stena and Jimjar head down stream, and find Turvy standing over Topsy's limp form, angrily waving a dagger at Buppido, who has retreated to on top of a rock, hands held out as he tries to reason with the angry deep gnome in Undercommon.

Thom is going to now try and get out of the webbing now that he's put down. 

STR: 5

If he succeeds or fails, he's going to keep that readied attack if the spider comes near until Lia is free and has jumped. 

He then says to the prince <help them then I'll go then you follow!>

((STR check will take your Action, so aren't able to hold the attack.))

One of the spiders starts to skitter towards you, but pulls back as a pair of fighting demons swoops near.

Lia > Sarith >  Prince > Thom >  Giant Spider >  

With the monsters fighting and swooping overhead, and the spider looming nearby, Lia is getting desperate! She considers prestidigitat-ing herself rid of the webs, but suspects it would be futile. Besides, she’s panicking and can only manage to kick, and pull free. She grabs Sarith’s hands even tighter, and tries to get out again…

STR check (w/ help): 9 

<Ugh!… This is impossible!…>. She draws her dagger, ready to try and cut herself free, or to defend herself in this precarious position.

’Just leave me!’, she thinks to herself, but then desperately hopes that thought doesn’t leak out to the others through the spore network…

((Ah, he's restrained, I just forgot to put it in. Also, I had Sarith try to pull you free with his action so he wasn't helping, but you rolled the same for both.))

Sarith tries to yank Lia free again after trying to keep from getting stuck himself. He's not able to get the angle to put the force in required.

DEX: 22
STR:5

The Prince tries to free himself, and manages to pull loose and make his way over to where Lia and Sarith are.

STR: 22

Thom >  Giant Spider >  Lia > Sarith >  Prince > 

((oops that's right, sorry! so no readied attack.))

Thom yells (not thinks) to Lia "TRY AGAIN! YOU GOT THIS LIA!"

Thom thinks to the prince <yes excellent prince! Now help them and then help me!>

Thom tries yet again to get out of the webs. STR: 21

((Moving, or staying  put Thom?))

A spider approaches from the stalactite to the north.

((Thom is under the bridge, if that wasn't clear.))

((Realized I've been underselling the spiders, they are large creatures, not medium! Makes the whole Thom getting bit that much more tense in retrospect!))

 Lia > Sarith >  Prince > Thom >  Giant Spider > 

((oh heck yeah I was envisioning them large for sure! I just used them in Marshswamp so they are fresh for me! Yes Thom under the bridge understood.))

Thom is staying put.

Lia sees a flash of movement behind her, from the spider’s approach, and a chill goes through her heart! Damn, these things sure look bigger up close! She tries desperately now to tear herself free again…

STR check: 0 

The spider, looming, was perhaps all the motivation she needed. And with a herculean effort, she breaks free from the webbing.

Is she able to rush to Thom (he’s free now, right?), and grab him (?! free object interaction? uncontested grab/shove?) and topple them both over the edge together??!… If so, that’s what she’ll do, to plummet, entwined together, into the pool below!…

If not, she’ll simply dive off… and for a split second, with her halo of glowing moss, her lyre, and tatters of vest and strands of web flowing out behind her…like wings… she looks almost like an angel, and like she might.. fly!… but then she drops like a stone, like a glowing meteor plunging through the darkness…

Galingal helps Lex, Stool and Eldeth out of the water and checks on Stool. There's not much he can do for the, the, whatever his species is. They still need Stool to help with communication and the others seem attached to the little creature as well.

He places a hand on Stool, and speaks quietly "Cruță pe muribund".

Casts: Spare the Dying - I don't think Stool needs it, but just in case.

Then Galingal, buckles on the rest of the gear he has, slipping the shield into place, draping the rope over his shoulder and securing the daggers and rapier at his side.