Tests and Trials Game Thread

Kroshav points up the stairs, hollering back down the hallway, "Drider's down!"

Hearing Kroshav's yell, he asks Joe to drop the fog cloud so that they can get over to the others.

Jaq will then head/dash towards the others.  He will skip the dash if he sees an enemy to fire at.

The fog cloud lifts and... Jaq sees a wall of darkness.

Kroshav and Cladmir chase after the Drow that has a headstart and is running like, well, his life depends on it. He exits the stairs and the pair see him shoot off the the right where the tunnel in from the natural caves is.

With a reminder to Sword that he can't see like she can, and to let him know if there are any more drow, Kroshav sprints in pursuit.

Lurn sprints on after Jaq - Can Joe keep up with out sprints?  He can scoop her up if need be - just hoping the darkness will end before they reach a corner.

"Where are you all?" Jaq yells.   As he moves into the darkness.  his bow held in front of him as a feeling stick of sorts.

The three backliners start running after their meat-shields but don't get any response as they close in on the blackness. Joe puffs to keep up but is gradually falling behind so Lurn scoops her into his arm while Mikram hangs from his back. If anyone was looking at him they'd probably find it a humorous sight, but fortunately the only other person nearby is focused on the wall of darkness. Slowly the four of them approach the darkness and are surprised by the disturbing sight of the drider's upper elf half hanging out of darkness while the rest of its bulk is obscured by magical darkness.

Using his bow to guide them, Jaq leads them around the drider and into the corridor beyond. They see no signs of their companions to the east or south and the stairs are empty.

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Above Kroshav charges on after the drow into the tunnel out of the library. Turning the corner he is able to just see the drow disappear into the darkness beyond the light granted by his sword.

((Perception checks from Kroshav and Cladmir if he is following.

Also perception checks from Lurn and Jaq as well to determine where the other two took off to.))

Kroshav, realizing his light will go out soon, holds out an arm to Clad. "Best we get Lurn up here."

He'll back to where Sword would be able to see the drow trying to slip back out, and have cover from bolts, and puts a bit of healing into himself.

((Depending on where they are, he'll call out.))

Cladmir nods in agreement with the Dragonborn and forms up nearby, pulling out the crossbow by force of habit as the battle seemed to have shifted to a ranged one.  He immediately felt relief and realized that it was because someone else was taking charge of the situation.

Perception: 15

Standing at the mouth of the tunnel into who knows how much darkness, Kroshav decides to wait for Lurn. He moves a bit to the east so he can keep an eye on the mouth of the tunnel as well as the stairs.

At the bottom of the stairs Jaq can make out a faint glimmer of light up the stairs and suspects that might be from his team. After half a minute the team is reunited on the fourth floor, which is fortunate because Sword blinks out soon after.

((Where to? Lay of the land is you are close to the tunnel into the underdark where the drow ran in. The fourth itself floor remains, largely, unsearched by the party. The third floor is spider time.))

((This is different from the tunnel we collapsed earlier? I still have only the vaguest concept of where anything is. Are you counting 3rd and 4th from surface level, or from lowest level?))

"Got the drider, but the the drow that made things dark ran off this way, couldn't catch up to him though."

((Where you entered I have been calling 1st, 2nd had the remains of the duergar camp, 3rd had spiders and who knows what else, 4th has the tunnel to the underdark that you tried to collapse but didn't stick around to check if it had collapsed, 5th is where you were kept prisoners and the 6th floor is the Librarian's.

You've seen maps of all the levels except the 6th and have a pretty good idea of the layouts. You've completely searched the 1st, 2nd and 5th floors, though the 1st and 2nd could have changed since you were there. The 4th floor you've not search for anything at all and the 3rd...well you know there are rooms filled with spiders there.))

((So this is the same tunnel, we just weren't able to confirm collapse due to dust. Yeah, I've know you've show maps of them all, they're all just so similar and we've been here long enough real time that it's all blurred together for me, but that overview helps. So we left Ealu and Charlie on 1st, which was kind of an empty library space, we descended to the 2nd and searched, then 3rd where we got into a tussle with spiders and knocked out, taken prisoner and taken past 4th to the 5th. We broke out, grabbed some stuff before dropping down to the 6th to get away from drow, met the librarian, and have made excursions back to the 5th, where we also found Clad and Mikram, coming up to the 4th to collapse the tunnel, which we tried to drop, before retreating back to the 6th level, then back to the 5th where we just fought the drider, then chased the drow back up to the 4th?  How far from where we are now is where we attempted to cause the collapse? Lurn or Joe might be able to something to let us get eyes on the possible collapse and perhaps our drow friend? If he casts light on a javelin, Kroshav could chuck it down the straight away, with Jaq on hand to put an arrow in the drow if he shows? Or at least getting Jaq or Mikram to peer down and see what can be seen?))

((Exactly the order of events, yes!

The tunnel goes a little more than 100' before it intersects with the larger tunnel. Lets call it 25' to the tunnel mouth and another 125' to reach the cavern you tried to collapse. The tunnel is straight and descends so hucking a javelin with light wouldn't be tricky. Mikram can see almost to the end of the tunnel as it stands if you just want to hang him around the edge!))

((How far were the three of us before dropping back to wait for the others?))

"Can one of you that can see in the dark take a peek down there and see if the drow's there?"

Jaq nods and says, "Sure, but Mikram can see further than me."   

But he will peek around and be the first to take a look.

((You'd just gotten to the mouth of the tunnel and heard the Drow running ahead in the darkness beyond Sword's light.))

Once Lurn catches up he'll let Joe down and recast Light on his shield, "With the drider dead it makes sense that the few drow left would lose hope.  For the one fleeing...  Well, if it escapes then there's still a path we have to collapse, that's all.  Jaq, you're probably our best for this, think the settled dust will be enough to follow footprints?"

At the mention of footprints everyone looks at the dusty covered floor leading up to the tunnel mouth.

Numerous tracks head into and look to head out of the tunnel. The drow don't seem have avoided the tunnel while the party was down recovering with the Librarian.

((Whomever goes into the tunnel can give me a perception check.))