(Eldeth's turn.)

Eldeth, brandishing both shortswords, steps toward the giant spider and makes two quick attacks...

• Shortsword attack 1: 16 | Piercing damage: 6
• Shortsword attack 2: 7 | Piercing damage: 6

...before jumping off the landing and into the water below. 

Eldeth takes a couple of swipes at the giant spider, one hitting the mark, as she leaps off the platform to the waters below.

The giant spider attempts to bite at Tozer...

Bite Attack: 6 Damage: 5

… and chomps down on his maul, poison leaking out of the fangs to the webs and water below.

Derendil remains unconscious.  (8 - 1 fail, 1 save)

(Sarith, Beegred, Buppido, Tozer, Narstin, Ferriman and Valthana can act)

Sarith: Still too crowded on that platform, so he will move to O7 to be ready next round. (He could make it to the platform, but wouldn't have enough movement to dive in the water.) Shoots at the poisoned spider.

Hand crossbow attack: 11 Damage: 3

Beegred: Moves to N1, and swings his sword at the spider.

Attack: 15 Damage: 11 (the damage includes Hunter's Mark)

Sarith moves forward onto the stairs, eyeing the slick patch and judging the distance he'll need to make a running jump.  In the meantime he shoots his hand crossbow at the spider confronting Tozer, but misses.

Beegred moves forward and hacks his sword deep into the spiders head.  It shudders and is obviously dead as foul liquids seep out of the wounds, maw and abdomen in spurts, which decrease in intensity and frequency.

The two other spiders turn and race to the south around the guard tower, at high speed.

Combat ends.  Everyone involved in the combat get 130 xp (NPC's take a share, but they don't level up.)

Roll perception checks.

"Come on, prince, we'll get through this!" Narstin mutters under his breath as he continues to try to stabilize the quaggoth.

Medicine: 12

Perception: 6

Narstin continues to apply pressure and bits of material as bandages until Derendil is no longer in danger of dying from his wounds.  

(4 … Derendil is still unconscious for 4 hours.)

Has Ferriman been stabilized? Medicine: 16

Perception: 10

Tozer trusts that Narstin will eventually stabilize Derendil; so, the barbarian steps toward Ferriman and, recalling the bit of wound care he learned from his clan, does his best to prevent death from claiming the halfling...

• Medicine: 9

"You'll enjoy the jump into the water a great deal more if you're alive, lad."

Perception check for Tozer: 8

Tozer manages to stop Ferriman's bleeding and is fairly certain he will live.  (Ferriman will wake up in 1 hours.)

(I will proceed with the perception checks once everyone rolls.)

Perception: Eldeth 20 | Jimjar 14

Buppido is not thrilled with the idea of taking a swim, however, he realizes the most likely escape will be in the water. He takes a few steps back and jumps over the muck on the stairs, continues onto the platform, and in an awkward leap goes headlong into the waters below.

Buppido Perception Check: 15

Xilyrah Perception Check: 14

Valthana arrives at the bottom landing with Sarith, Shuushar and Stool.  She immediately unslings her coil of rope and begins to anchor one end, muttering, "I am not letting the little one jump from this height."  As soon as the rope is anchored and thrown over the edge, Sarith grabs a hold of it and lowers himself.  Soon after, the dancing lights wink out and the only light remaining is the bioluminescent glow emanating from the quaggoth lair.

Valthana urges Shuushar to go next, communicating "If we must fall, you can swim and make sure the little one makes it to shore."  Once Shuushar is below, she lifts the rope and wraps it around her arm, around her torso and around a leg.  Only then does she lower herself over the side and reach out for Stool.  Once she has him, she slides down the rope in a controlled manner, wincing in pain as the rope burns where it is wrapped.

Tozer is the only member of the escapees that notices faint lights emanating from the north, west and south, far below.

Speaking to the others that are still on the landing, Tozer points out the strange lights that he notices. "A rescue party, perhaps?" he asks sarcastically. 

Looking at Narstin, Tozer says, "Time to lower the prince." 

Narstin nods and helps tie the rope around the quaggoth, then grabs onto it and waits for Tozer to indicate he's ready as well.  "Shall we?" he says.

Tozer yells down to Xilyrah, "Untie the Prince! He's on his way!"

As quickly and safely as possible, the two dwarves lower the quaggoth to the water below.

Tozer and Narstin easily lower Derendil down to the water below.

"Guess that leaves us," Narstin says to Tozer, then swings over the side and uses the rope to climb down.

(Just kidding!)

Once Derendil is untied from the rope, Narstin pulls it back up and ties it around Ferriman, then he and Tozer lower him down as well.

(I guess Beegred is still up there.) After Narstin and Tozer climb down, Beegred will untie all the ropes, then jump to the water. (He does have a hold on one of the ropes, which he will coil up when he reaches the shore below.)