Valar will climb up: Athletics: 13

Valar climbs to the top of the shaft with the lift controls. He swings at the goblin about to pull the lever, but misses as Amiz' handaxe lodges into the goblin and throws it backwards, dead. Draíocht is able to secure the rope and the bottom, pulling it taught and easily navigable. The last goblin snarls, pushed into a corner with nowhere to go, it slashes at Thelanis.

Scimitar against Thelanis Attack: 12 Damage: 5 Slashing.

You all are up, the last goblin is slashing feverishly at Thelanis.

Amiz strikes at the last goblin

Battleaxe

Attack: 18 Damage: 10

[[ Guessing that killed it. ]]

Draíocht calls up, "Shall I untie the rope if you're coming down to here?"

Amiz certainly does put an end to the last goblin. You now control of the elevator. Valar sees goblin writing written on the controls of the lift.

Amiz calls up to Valar "Can you return to me my hand axe. It may probably still be stuck into the dead hobgoblin. I think we should head up unless someone wants to face the leader Wrorak first down below."

"Heading up was my intention"

Amiz then says to Draiocht "Untie the rope and climb on up to the platform" 

Draíocht shrugs. "Very well."

Athletics: 15+1+2 = 18

You head to the higher of the two offshoots from the shaft. Valar is able to work out the controls after a few jerky shifts of the lift and get's you all in line with the tunnel you know the dwarves to be held down. 

Is Thelanis in front scouting? If so, Perception and Stealth rolls if she's trying to be sneaky.

Thelanis tries to take point but despite her darkvision, stumbles over a brightly colored rock that would have been obvious by torchlight.

Perception 7, Stealth 6.

You head down the tunnel. You come to a fork, one tunnel leading upwards while another goes down. Dedear mentions, "Down is where they're holding Yuddic and the others. The prison warden and his goons are up. I think his name was Chop, a bugbear." Then Thelanis kicks the rock and you hear someone yell from the tunnel leading up, Chop has heard you.

"Shall we make our stand here?" asks Draíocht. "I could modify the terrain to give them a nasty surprise."

[[ Possibility of doing Spike Growth to cover some of the tunnel they'd have to come through. ]]

He dons his shield, readying for battle.

Edit: And he does have 60 goodberries left over from yesterday if any of your characters wanted to eat some to recover hit points.

"That sounds like a good plan Draiocht and I'll take 4 berries" says Amiz as he pops the berries into his mouth. He gets into a battle-ready stance and waits for Chop to come down.

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Amiz calls up to Valar "Can you return to me my hand axe. It may probably still be stuck into the dead hobgoblin. I think we should head up unless someone wants to face the leader Wrorak first down below."

 He will go fetch the hand axe, and hand it down to Amiz

Draíocht takes his staff in hand and chants, connecting with the caves to cause thorns to sprout from the ground of the tunnel from spike growth.

Valar focuses himself, preparing for the coming action, sword at the ready

The harsh goblin voice from up above yells something again. When it hears no response, the creature above comes stomping down the tunnel. From around the corner comes the biggest Bugbear any of you would have ever seen, with a scar down it's face and a giant butcher's knife in it's hands. The bugbear is surprised for a moment seeing you all, then a giant smile forms on his face. He speaks in a low growl, "Welcome to Chop's Shop my beauties. I don't know why you're hear and I don't care, your heads are now forfeit to me. They will make fine adornments to my collection." He growls something back behind him and two goblin's with crossbows come and stand behind him, ready to back him up.

Perception check for Chop: 8

Chop runs towards you, headless of the Spike Growth that grows around him.

Initiative:

Group 1: Chop and his Goblin Scouts

Group 2: You all