Road to Phandalin

Zurzg cocks his head to the side and appeared confused at first. Although memories were fuzzy these days, there were some there regarding the many, many, many times Margaret at least had been wary of even letting others be in the lead by no more than ten feet of the party, paranoid of danger, and rather keen to voice it. Or perhaps she didn't want him to lead by that far ahead still?

After scratching his head at that he just shrugged, gave a two fingered salute, and press on further down the channel for the forge room itself. He tries to keep an eye out for both danger and dastardly webbing in need of a good burn. But still not fully understanding or caring too much. If its possible for his small bodied figure to slip past and keep ahead quietly, then he did so trusting the others to handle most of the burning.

And when its possible only THEN did he break out his own torch again to start carefully cooking the webbing as before.

Stealth: 17.
Perception: 19.

(To be clear, unless called back, Zurzg is keeping at least 8 to 10ft ahead of the party.

Zurzg, you carefully approach the corner of the channel from time to time burning strands of spider-silk where necessary. When you look around the corner, you see a giant spider on the ceiling above the funrnace, 3 bugbears who took cover behind corners and the waterwheel, as well as Nobody, who is restrained, gaged and held at knifepoint by one of the drow, who looks expectingly in your direction. It doesn‘t seam as if he saw Zurzg yet, but because of the torch and the glowing piton, you are sure he knows your group is there.

(Sorry for delays. I've been exceptionally busy today.)

Zurzg does as quick a headcount as he can, nods to himself, and quietly motions for the others to stop before scrabbling back to the others. In a surprisingly and in someways disturbing non-Zurzg way, he whispers concise details on the location of enemies and their numbers. He only hesitates at the Nobody party, and appeared to be weighing the pros and cons of his next words before finally coming out and admitting the tiefling's condition.

He can only shrug at any further inquiry about Nobody's condition, and would plainly shake his head at any hope of being able to sneak around to help there. "Maybe snake have chance to? If close enough, maybe wizard do something? But they have good idea we're coming this way. May suspect if take too long." He adds at a whisper and nods sagely. "If only Zurzg could get close. He could easily smash elfie dead."

Margret thinks somethings odd she puts her finger up in a wait a minute gesture then points towards the Tiethling

sending a message she asks "Tell me who you are by what you left us!" 

You get the reply: „Margaret, is that you? Careful they are expecting you.“

Also, Kai offers to cast Bless on three of you and she got a spell to protect Nobody to a certain degree (sanctuary)

whispering "Hold your actions friends" She looks at Karasym and sends a message to Karasym "Is that your master?"  she gives him a feeling of where Nobody may be 

A voice, that you heared yesterday echos through the tunnel: „You can come out now, i know you are there. I wanted to thank you for getting rid of all the zombies and the guardian for me yesterday. I found what i was looking for and that put me in a good mood. Take your friend and be gone, No one needs to die here today.“

Otrov

Unable to restrain herself, Otrov piped up, “What do you want it for anyways, and who are you?” Other than a giant pain, she think to herself....

To Margey she whispers, “What? Why do you think that? “

[Otrov wants to get a better vantage point and will try to quietly get to a position from where she could shoot.  Stealth - 14
She will ready an action with her Prick, if the drow does anything hostile or looks like a spell is being cast, or Margret gives the go-ahead, she will shoot the drow]

Margret simply says whispering "Shut up"

Message "Doppelganger damnit" 

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whispering "Hold your actions friends" She looks at Karasym and sends a message to Karasym "Is that your master?"  she gives him a feeling of where Nobody may be 

Karasym just looks at you confused.

(Familiars are feys/fiends or celestials, but they have the stats of creatures, i can‘t find anywhere that they gain speach or higher inteligence, so i will rule that a 1 Int snake does not understand a telepathic message from someone beside its master. Unless someone has a better argument i will say that it requires either a shared language or at least an intelligence of 6 to have some kind of communication with the message cantrip.)

"Tell Karasym to squeeze my arm if that's you"   sent to Nobody

Roll initiative!

Zurzg Initiative: 14!

Otrov initiative - 28

Initiative: 7

Kai: 16

Dain: 4

Initiativ:

1. You
2. You
3. Bugbear 2
4. Bugbear 3
5. You
6. Bugbear 5
7. You
8. Bugbear 4
9. Bugbear 1
10. You
11. Neznar
12. Nobody
13. Spider

Your turn.

Map:

 You are in a 20 ft long and 10ft wide tunnel, that leads east and then turns south into the furnace chamber. Behind you is a 20 ft deep drop back into the ravine and the northern part of the furnace chamber is around 35 ft wide and it is about 50 ft to the furnace from the exit of your tunnel.

Kai hears the approaching footsteps first and quickly casts Bless on Dain, Otrov and herself, before she raises her shield and goes around the corner. „There are a few more“, she shouts,“Eight or nine!“