"Messa and Bell helped me with the tree, you withered old sack of skin." Camilla says, an amused look on her face, "Or did your investigation skills miss that."

You can detect no foul play from the elf and the living trees. Apparently, you passed a test with flying colors.

NERONVAIN'S STRONGHOLD

AREA 1 - THE POOL (TOP LEFT)

The pool at the foot of the waterfall is 20 feet deep at its center, its surface obscured by an emerald haze that marks this place as a green dragon’s lair. The air is thick, and tainted, poisonous.

A steep slope descends from the cave behind the waterfall to the entrance to area 2 deeper in the cave, its surface slick from billowing mist. You must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check or a DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check to climb or crawl down the slope. Failure indicates that you tumble 40 feet down the slope, taking 8 bludgeoning damage.

(I'll put up numbers on the map when I get home, hard to do from work)

Astrid’s bright pink hair and gaudy grandma makeup DC12 Acrobatics check: 31

Which becomes a 10+12=22 check due to Astrid’s Reliable Talent skill.

OOC: See Mer, told you it wasn't too hard to remember

Li'riya makes her way cautiously down the slope: 7

But trips and falls down the hillside.

Acrobatics: 14

Aflecktiks: 20

WhoAoaA!!: 10

"Waa!" Camilla slips and slides down the tunnel. She lays there for a few moments face down, as she landed, waiting for her anger to simmer down.

She perks her head up, and in the next cavern are four armored elves with swords, startled, looking at the group. They draw their weapons.

"Who are you?" one of them demands, as if surprised you made it past some sort of defense. "Where did you come from?"

"We come from up there, obviously." Said Messalina with a smirk, as she gave what she knew was a smart ass answer.

One of the elven guards looks at the other elven guard as if he just asked a stupid question, but the real question was:

"What are you doing here?"

One of the elves is slowly backing up, as if he's about to bolt and run away.

"We're here for the Dragonspeaker. What are you here for?"

Astrid will attempt to hide (Stealth: 13).

 Haha...make that 10+12=22 because of Reliable Talent. 

A horrible deep rumbling sound can be heard from the end of the cavern all the way from the back.

"HERE FOR THE DRAGONSPEAKER. I WONDER...WHAT BUSINESS WOULD YOU HAVE WITH HIM?"

3 Ettins emerge from the cavern on the right. 10 Dragonclaws and 2 Dragonfang Cultists emerge from the left. They impatiently await for your next move.

"YOU CANNOT STOP HER RETURN. WHY DO YOU RESIST?"

I can make a map when I get home for enemy placement.

"Because your kind kills people for fun."

"A TYPICAL ANSWER FOR SUCH AN IGNORANT, INSIGNIFICANT WORM. PROTECT THE WYRMSPEAKER!"

The enemies engage you all.

Ettin1: 10
Ettin2: 5
Ettin3: 1
Dragonclaw1: 14
Dragonclaw2: 22
Dragonclaw3: 9
Dragonclaw4: 4
Dragonclaw5: 4
Dragonclaw6: 11
Dragonclaw7: 17
Dragonclaw8: 19
Dragonclaw9: 14
Dragonclaw10: 19
Dragonfang1: 19
Dragonfang2: 23
Elvenknight1: 18
Elvenknight2: 19
Elvenknight3: 18
Elvenknight4: 1

"Why."

Initiative: 17

Messalina: 17

Dragonclaw1(20), Dragonclaw10(19), Dragonclaw7(18), Elvenknight1(18), Bell18, Messa17, Dragonfang1(16), Dragonclaw4(15), Elvenknight4(15), Ettin2(15), Dragonclaw6(13), Elvenknight3(13), Dragonclaw3(12), Dragonclaw5(11), Dragonclaw2(10), Dragonfang2(9), Elvenknight2(5), Ettin1(3), Ettin3(2), Dragonclaw8(1)

Whew. Just for sake of simplicity since there's a mob of enemies, I'm going to have this combat like when you guys fought the Druids in Strahd - in groups per PC. I'll assign the clusters when we all roll for initiative.

Astrid’s Lack of Initiative: 22

Li'riya sighs. "Dammit."

Initiative: 22

Athletics: 15

Initative: 8

Astrid22, Li'riya22, Dragonclaw1(20), Dragonclaw10(19), Dragonclaw7(18), Elvenknight1(18), Bell18, Messa17, Dragonfang1(16), Dragonclaw4(15), Elvenknight4(15), Ettin2(15), Dragonclaw6(13), Elvenknight3(13), Dragonclaw3(12), Dragonclaw5(11), Dragonclaw2(10), Camilla10,  Dragonfang2(9), Edward9, Elvenknight2(5), Ettin1(3), Ettin3(2), Dragonclaw8(1)

Camilla: 14