!!Lost Mine of Phandelver Campaign Thread!!

Lyngheid peers down the shaft, " Something large and explosive would be good to have right now....."

She waited at the top of the stairs for Nyx to report back.

Baeshra turns to face Lyngheid for a moment, then shifts his gaze to the ceiling and back shaking his serpentine head.

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Nyx disappears to everyone and takes a quick spin around the hole in the center of the cavern.  The cavern has a 50 foot high ceiling, with a deep hole that is 80 feet in diameter.  You can't see the bottom.  On the northeast wall of the room is a rectangular metal plate with a 3 foot long iron lever mounted 10 feet above the floor.

Coming around to area #10, you find a featureless room, and in the mostly darkness you can see a 10 foot wide spiral staircase descending into the darkness.

How far down do you go, and what are you doing for light?

Nyx puts her hand on the side of the staircase and slowly creeps on down making sure she is taking it slow and is careful of her footing.

OCC: Remind me to never make a rouge without darkvision again. Ever again.

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Baeshra turns to face Lyngheid for a moment, then shifts his gaze to the ceiling and back shaking his serpentine head.

 " To drop down the shaft I mean.", she grinned.

Nyx, with one hand on the wall, you cautiously walk down into the darkness, one step at a time, with your lead foot tapping the next step each time to be sure it exists.  Eventually you are able to determine that the staircase is spiraling around in a circle as it descends.

After about 25 feet down, you sense a change in the air around you, and then your hand finds a gap in the wall.  The stairs keep going down, but it seems as if there is a tunnel extending horizontally.  Shuffling slowly along, you are able to determine it is about 20 feet wide, and there are a set of rail tracks in the center of this tunnel. 

OCC: Is there any hint of light in this room or is it just as dark as the staircase?

If she can't spot anything interesting she will continue down the staircase.

Perception 9 Disadvantage if needed 11

Still no light.

Nyx continues down, slowly. 

It's been about 10 minutes, is everyone else waiting for Nyx to come back?

Umbriel whispers a Message to Nyx: "How's it going? You can reply to this message."

Nyx is still within range of the message spell due to the spiral staircase going straight down beneath the party.

Baeshra begins to quietly follow behind her, tasting the air around him to find his way.

No darkvision, but 10' blindsight at least.

Stealth: 11

The 10' of blindsight allows you to quickly catch up with Nyx, who even at disadvantage perceives your approach.

Seeing Baeshra head down Lyngheid turns to the others, " Do we follow?"

"Baeshra is that you?"

"Trust me to suggest something foolish."

When she hears Umbriel's message, "Its pitch dark. Stairs going down, mine passage to right. Come down"

By this time Nyx and Baeshra have  made it far enough down to find another tunnel branching off.  This one is the same dimension as the last, and Baeshra can see the iron tracks on the floor leading into the tunnel as it slopes slightly downward.

Everyone who is going down after Nyx and Baeshra make a Perception check.  If you are using light, or have darkvision, it's a straight roll, if not, it is at Disadvantage().

Ireniana is also going to follow Ny and Baeshra

Perception - 19

Umbriel relays Nyx's message to the group, and then heads down as well. 

Perception: 10 

Ireniana and Umbriel, with their darkvision quickly catch up to Nyx and Baeshra-Snake, leading the way for Whistler who is still in the dark.

The party continues winding down the spiral staircase, descending deeper and deeper into the mountain, with the occasional mining tunnel peeling off horizontally from the staircase.

After another 1/2 hour of climbing down the stairs, Umbriel spots a random ball-bearing in the corner of one of the stairs.  Shortly after that, another mining tunnel leads off of the stairwell.  Against the downhill side wall, about 10 feet from the stairs, is a leather satchel lying on the ground.  Scattered around it are bloodied bandage wrappings and an empty potion bottle.

Baeshra moves quietly into the opening of that tunnel, trying to see what might be hiding inside.

Stealth: 9
Perception: 20 (disadvantage from lack of darkvision, but still the blindsight if anything is close.)

Lyngheid brings up the rear as they descend.

Perception: 21

Baeshra and Lyngheid see the same thing as the rest of the party in https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/play-by-post/60066-lost-mine-of-phandelver-campaign-thread?comment=8357