Heading out the door but here's Yeemik's save! 20

When hit with Krikket's attack Yeemik screams "OWWWWWW, what was that?!"  He pulls a tiny arrow out of his neck and both goblins suddenly start looking around in a bit of a panic.

(OOC Is Krikket hiding/stealthed in any way once the attack breaks his invisibility?  For now I'm leaning towards them not seeing him and his tiny size and +8 stealth, but should probably roll for it.  If he's hiding in the rocks we can give him cover and/or add Advantage/Disadvantage as appropriate.)

Krikket Stealth: 14

"Drat. Fire two, Krikket. Let's see if we can drop one of these buggers."

Hearing the scream from the first goblin, Zeke slips his Glaive into a likely looking spot along the barricade - ready to pry loose the bodies to let the rest of the party surge forth and take out the Goblins if need be.

Ethan is holding the large spider up as Fae is in the process of attempting to collect some poison from its fangs. (This is taking 3 min, so still in the process right now)

Looking through the control-device viewfinder for his Eldritch Canon, Ethan sees what Zeke is preparing to do.

Ethan directs the small Canon to carefully climb the interior of the cave until it is hanging from the roof, ready to shoot out from any hole that Zeke is readying to make.

While Fae focuses on (mis)handling the venom extraction, she’ll whisper to Edgar to help Zeke. 

Krikket lands another excellent shot and before the second goblin can do more than let out a quick yelp he is unconscious on the rough ground in the middle of the spider infested canyon.

Yeemik watches his companion fall and turns to spot the flying sprite.  Drawing his shortbow only about halfway and with it still pointed at the ground he yells "hey, who are you?!"  "You weren't with these intruders last time I saw them.  What are you doing?"

At Arvel's command, Krikket waves roguishly at Yeemik and fades away.

"Open the door, Zeke."

Yeemik looks angrily at where Krikket had been and then turns to his fallen companion.  "Get up!"  He goes over and riffles through the clothing of the previously cocooned goblin and pulls something off of his hand, stuffing it in a pocket.  He then turns back to his unconscious companion again and angrily yells "get up, let's go!"  Yeemik is about to kick him when he is struck with another arrow from Krikket.

Yeemik save: 9

(Will allow time for Zeke's athletic check at this point either way, but perhaps Yeemik will be asleep based on the roll...)

Yeemik will take a second point of damage and become poisoned, but not fall unconscious.

You're up, Zeke!

Wedging the glaive into the pile of spiders, the barbarian heaves open a gap in the barricade.

Zeke heaves and the big spider atop the corpse pile tumbles back out into the rocky canyon.  The tiefling sees one unconscious dwarf and Yeemik scrambling about grabbing something from the dead 'priest' goblin, yelling at his downed friend and looking like he's about to make a break for it.

Arvel's disguise fades away and his golden-eyed visage is restored.

"Yeemik's already afraid of me, plus Kirkket's poison is coursing through his veins. I've got one last ace up my sleeve. Wish me luck."

The charlatan gives Zeke a quick salute as he passes through the new entrance to the cave.

"Ah! Yeemik! How lovely to see you again! So nice of you to come down and escort us the rest of the way to the castle! Perhaps once we're there, we can help you out with your little...impostor problem?"

Yeemik starts backing away from Arvel and the cave.  With hatred in his voice he says to Arvel "you should be dead!"  The other goblin just lies motionless on the ground next to the corpse they just cut free.  Still backing up, Yeemik adds "you will be soon!"  The goblin looks up at the rock walls and trees all around them.

"Ah! You think if the spiders attack again that you'll be left alone? Your friend with the mask there begs to differ. Why not do the smart thing and save your own skin by saving ours? Lead us to the castle and we'll let you leave unharmed. You're getting good at that, after all."

**Get another arrow ready, Krikket.**

OOC: Go ahead and give me a DC12 Persuasion check to fully convince him that what you suggest is a better option than running from you at this very moment.

Persuasion: 18

Yeemik stares at Arvel with disdain and starts to take half a step away.  Just at that moment Arvel can't help but notice more of the medium sized spiders creeping closer from the shadows of the webs and trees.  Yeemik pictures the various deadly magics he's already seen the group display and gives up, telling Arvel "fine, fine, then come here quickly before they eat you."  "They won't touch me."

"Oh, I think we both doubt that. Anyway, smart move Yeemik. Lead the way. Let's go everyone! We're getting out of here! Zeke? Be a dear and scoop up Yeemik's friend here, won't you? He'll be waking up in a moment and we wouldn't want him doing anything...disruptive."

Spiders converge on Arvel and Yeemik but draw no closer than 15 feet.  The same is true for the unconscious goblin as other party members (potentially) exit the cave.  Despite one very dead goblin, Yeemik's words that the spiders won't touch the goblins seems to generally hold true.  It's not long before the spiders lose interest after sniffing goblin and retire back to their hidden positions, resting and awaiting their next meal.

Yeemik remarks "you sure you want to go the the castle, boss?"  "Doesn't seem very smart.  Why don't we just forget this ever happened?  Why does everyone care about that dwarf so much anyway?  Go home."