The spiders shine a pale, blueish white in the light from Rip’s spell.

Crownsguard stabs the spider, the blade biting against the creature’s freezing carapace.

Ink’s thunderwave then blasts the same spider off of Marav’s hulking form and over Crownsguard and Flint’s heads, the monstrous arachnid crumpling with a sickening sound as it strikes the rock wall. Though it also hurts Marav, it does do the job of freeing him from the icy webbing of the spiders.

The other spider proves evasive, avoiding much damage from both Marav’s flaming sphere and Ink’s thunderwave as it hunkers against the rock wall.

Marav, in his large wolf form, is quite firmly wedged in place (squeezing in difficult terrain, so that every foot moved costs 3 feet of your movement) and presenting a large and tempting target for the spiders, who converge on him hungrily.

The ice spiders converge on Marav and Ink, climbing on the walls to reach their intended prey! Two of them attack Marav's wedged dire wolf form, trying to sink their fangs in... 

Bite Attack: 25 Damage: 12 piercing, and 12 poison damage or half with a DC 11 Constitution saving throw

Bite Attack: 18 Damage: 5 piercing, and 2 poison damage or half with a DC 11 Constitution saving throw

...while the third tries to do the same to Ink...

Bite Attack: 9 Damage: 8 piercing, and 9 poison damage or half with a DC 11 Constitution saving throw

// Marav please roll damage for the flaming sphere against the southernmost spider, then it's players up! //

Ink catches the spiders fangs with his sword and dances away. He repositions himself and casts THUNDERWAVE (3rd level) yet again, catching the three spiders while sparing the now half-orc Marav of direct damage....

18 thunder damage, DC 15 CON Save for half... 

Ink's spell sends one of the spiders flying straight up, which then comes crashing down! Ink, please make a DC 15 Dexterity Saving Throw (with disadvantage for the tunnel) or take 9 bludgeoning damage.

The other two spiders seem to resist the initial push of the thunderwave, but the damage is too much for the southermost spider, which expires under the extreme pressure of the magic.

DEX Save.... 7 + bless 3

(forgot to put disadvantage but it did not matter.... Lol)

Ink..... Looks up after the spell goes off and says, "Always mind your surroundings." He promptly gets squashed by the massive arachnid, gets up and squares off against the remaining bugs...

The spider that has fallen on Ink looks very hurt, as does the other remaining one.

Flint leans over and casts guiding bolt if he can get a clear shot he'll  target the one to the west.

Attack: 25 Damage: 12

Flint drops the westernmost spider with a glittering bolt of radiant energy! It dies shrieking, and falls into the narrow floor of the tunnel.

Crownsguard will charge to the only remaining spider and deliver two swift strikes!

Attack: 11 Damage: 9 slashing damage! Bless included. Again!

Attack: 19 Damage: 10 slashing damage! Bless included.

"...and thats how I became deputized! wonder how the others are doing? probably only spiders in that crevice thing, anyway where was I? Ah yes, deputized!..."

Kara asks, “Daddy, what does ‘deputized’ mean?”

—

Meanwhile, Crownsguard reaches around Marav and skewers the remaining ice spider. Ink is drenched in freezing spider guts as the spider collapses atop him!

"its when lawmen make you a lawman, this happens when they need help with things. things like dealing with a troublesome wizard!"

Kara and Rooney nod, eyes wide, listening intently to Rip.

—

Back in the ice tunnels, when the dust settles; Ink, Marav, Crownsguard, and Flint see that the branching path will either take them north or south.

Which way would you like to travel?

Ink says, "I've had lousy luck in this place heading either north or south, so I'm flipping a coin... Heads (1) I vote north, tails (2) I vote south."

2

... "South" 

Hearing no objection, Ink heads south.

The ten foot pole with the light leads the way, his scimitar held tightly in the other. He quietly creeps along...

Stealth 18 

Flint falls back a bit because he can't stealth. Stealth /w guidance: 7

Con Save 1: 22
Con Save 2: 7

Flaming Sphere Damage: 6

Concentration Check 1: 4
Concentration Check 2: 3

As Marav is hit hard the first hit hurts the wolf hard causing the half orc to lose his shape. The sphere of fire blinks out. As Marav looks up in his orc form he is hit again hard. He looks a the spider and spits out a bit of blood.

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Flint falls back a bit because he can't stealth. Stealth /w guidance: 7

 How far back are you staying from the rest of the group?

Marav casts [spell]Cure Wounds[/spell on himself as he walks muttering about spiders.

Healing: 5

In the freezing atmosphere and cramped space, it is still difficult to maneuver, but you feel like you're maybe getting the hang of navigating the sloping "ground" beneath your feet. The tunnel winds a bit until you come to another intersection. In the light from Rip's magic, you notice a long-handled axe lying on the uneven floor.

The path branches right and left, which way do you go?