(Common)"Aye, death to the last one," Drogen calls out as he attempts to bath the last spider in holy fire (dex save dc 13, 8 damage) and swats at it with his spiritual hammer: to hit 7, damage: 7

Giant Spider dex save: 16. The spider dodges the spiritual hammer and its erratic movements make Drogen's holy fire miss its target.

Jimjar keeps moving toward the goblin guides not wanting to be left behind. Derendil easily moves on the spiderweb and slashes his claws at the monster (to hit: 25[crit], 23. Damage: 8, 6) mauling the large beast. The spider looks ready to fall at the next attack.

Initiative order:
22 Eldeth
18 Spiderbait
17 Thunk (11)
17 Sarith
13 Giant Spiders (26) (21) (30) (30)
12 Drogen
12 Jimjar
11 Stool
10 Derendil
  9 Arokas
  8 Turvy
  7 Tanis
  6 Yuk Yuk
  5 Mimic (57)

Arokas goes next.

Arokas, catching some of what Sarith says, asks in Elvish, “What are you doing? It’s trying to kill us!” He hurls a Fire Bolt at the last remaining spider.

To hit: Natural 20, Damage: 10 fire damage

Arokas' fire bolt burns the last spider, making it fall in a blaze to the lower levels, breaking web strands on its way down. Yuk Yuk looks at Arokas and reprimands him (common) "no fire! most webs are old and burn too easy."

OOC: combat is over, we are out of initiative order.

Tanis keeps concentration on his Hunter's Mark (duration one hour) and scans the darkness for more enemies or hazards.

"Well fought.  We came out of that fairly well, considering we were ambushed by a mimic and then by giant spiders in spider webs.  Still, we should keep moving.  The less time we spend treading upon these so-called Silken Paths, the better."

He notices that some in the group did not help during the combat, but says nothing about that for now.

(common) "Yes keep moving. I'll feel better when my feet are on solid ground." Drogen remarks.

     Thunk thunks on in direction Thunk's friends point Thunk.

“Let’s keep moving, then,”Arokas says. He sides next to Tanis, whispering in Elvish, “Something feels off about Sarith. He said something about a name, and wasn’t attacking the spiders. Ever heard of ‘Lolth’?”

Tanis stiffens.  He whispers back to Arokas in Elvish uncomfortably.

"The demonic spider demigoddess of the dark elves?  I know little of her except our former captors worshipped her.  I had hoped that Sarith might not."

He adjusts and tightens the harness he is using to secure Stool as he thinks.

"Sarith has never fought when we do.  Not against the drow or spiders certainly, but also not against the lurking monsters in the cave either, nor against Buppido.  Not because of fear - he just stares into the distance.  There is something wrong with him and his vacant expression and desire to go to Neverlight Grove, but I do not know if that means he worships Lolth as other drow do."

Seeing that the immediate danger is over, Yuk Yuk addresses the group (common) "too much noise, too much light. We must move now away from here before something bigger and hungrier comes." He turns to his comrade and adds (goblin) "keep the rear position to make sure nothing follows us." Spiderbait nods and goes around the group until he reaches Turvy and gently helps her get on her feet and start moving. As you move away from the fight location you hear the fluttering of wings going down, following the direction the spiders fell.

The remaining trek is arduous and tense. Yuk Yuk stays alert at the front of the group, often sliding away on crossing webs and swfitly coming back to keep leading the group, shushing anyone that tries to speak louder than a whisper. Spiderbait spends most of his time making sure that Turvy keeps moving and throwing backward glances at the darkness.

After what feels like an eternity you reach the other edge of the chasm, arriving at a rocky outcrop with enough space for everyone to fit with room to spare. (common) "This area looks safe to rest, we are halfway to the tunnel that leads to the Darklake" announces Yuk Yuk.

The outcrop has no tunnel entrances that you can see from your position. But you can see two other similar platforms near you at different elevations.

(common) "Finally, solid ground. Praise Moradin." Drogen remarks with a sigh of relief.

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(common) "Finally, solid ground. Praise Moradin." Drogen remarks with a sigh of relief.

(common) "Prase Him and his Hammer." replies Eldeth. She takes a quick look around and continues in a lower voice (dwarvish) "I don't see anything edible here, nor any obvious exit. Do you think we can trust the goblins?"

(dwarvish) "I never trust goblins. We should remain alert." Drogen whispers back.

Arokas collapses to the ground next to Derendil, tired from the fight and the traveling. “I need some rest, could you watch over us?” he asks in Undercommon.

Unstrapping Stool and setting the small myconoid down gently at the center of the outcropping, Tanis remains gazing out into the darkness.

"I will take first watch," he murmurs to Arokas and the others as he closes his eyes and concentrates for a moment.  There is a shadowy shimmer in his hand, coalescing into ten midnight blue berries (casting Goodberry).  Looking down almost as if he is surprised, he pops one into his mouth.

"These can serve as a meal for any who wish, or can serve as very minor healing for now or the next day."  He offers a goodberry to any who wish.

He speaks in Undercommon, but repeats himself in Dwarvish, Elvish and Gnomish so all can understand... he tries to recall if he has ever heard Arokas speak Undercommon before and finds he cannot remember.  Too long down here in the darkness and I will surely go mad.  And yet it... calls to me...

     Thunk pops a goodberry into his mouth and smile as he chews it.  Goodberry good!  Just a few moments later Thunk lets out a thunderous belch and then smiles sheepishly before he settles down to doze off, since it seems we are taking a rest...

Drogen won’t turn food and takes the offered berry. He  then finds spot to try and get some rest.

Arokas looks at the berries for a moment before taking one. He stares at it, twirling his dark blue hair while he does so, before putting it in his mouth.

Spiderbait lights up a hooded lantern, takes a glance at the berries on Tanis' hands and shrugs. He takes a few steps away from the main group and digs into his satchel until he gets out something edible and starts to eat some old jerky. The other ex-prisoners take one berry each, disappointed and hungry looks on their faces. After eating his one, Derendil looks at Tanis with admiration (elvish) "this sure is more nutritious that it looks!"

Turvy takes some convincing from Jimjar before she also eats a berry. The light on her eyes is gone, you can tell that she is only moving because someone has been prodding her, but her brother's death is still heavy in her heart.

Yuk Yuk nervously glances all around before announcing (common) "I want to check the area, don't get too comfortable yet." The goblin takes a different silk strand that the one you used to arrive and slides away in the darkness. Around half an hour later he comes back from the opposite side of the platform with a smile on his face (common) "nothing close that will bother us, we can sleep here." He takes a tattered blanket from his satchel and goes to the end near the cavern wall to doze off.

“I’ll take the second watch,” Arokas says before he gets to a spot to settle in, not really wanting to be around anyone. He dozes off fairly quickly.