Hayeth breaks her silent thought "Yuan-Ti... the masters are Yuan-Ti, we might be in trouble here"

Once the party is on the move again (after Noell asks any further questions if she wants) she will keep to the back of the party and draw the light stone from her pouch again but cover it slightly to dim the light

Noting the man's anger, Noell frowns, thinking quickly.  She pretends to address Vahorn, though she makes sure the man hears clearly every word, hoping to tempt him into spilling that anger and sharing what he knows of the girl.  "That Aleesa... always trying to prove herself by doing things she knew her father wouldn't approve of.  Typical teenager, wasn't she?  I'd sure like to know what happened to her.  Like most spoiled children, she always was rushing forward a little too quickly to meet her fate.  It'd be fitting if whatever befell her was the result of that haste..."

Persuasion: 7

(the dice gods just hate Noell, I'm sorry guys XD)

Oblivious to Noell’s insights, and her ruse, Vahorn just shrugs, “She’s just a foolish child, no more important than the priest and old Joe. I’d bet you anything that the under mayor wouldn’t have bat an eyelid if it had just been old Joe and the priest missing. That’s the mistake these lizard worshipping fools made, taking the girl, they probably thought it would be easy, but they underestimated how far the rich and powerful will go to protect their own.” 

“Unless she wasn’t taken. Never underestimate the draw of a charismatic cult leader on the young.”

Hayeth nods "Thats exactly what we're dealing with here, evil and charismatic, and if the undermayor and hid daughter truly parted on bad terms I would expect a spark of rebellion"

The man does not spill any additional information without prompting.  [[Yes I said I wasn't posting, so I'm a big fat liar.]]

The tunnel slopes downward and makes a few left turns.  Can I get a Perception and Stealth check for the lead characters?

Perception 21

Stealth 7

Vahorn slowly creeps down the tunnel, beckoning to Lia to follow. Sniffing the air as he peeks around each corner, longbow at the ready, he treads carefully, making as little sound as possible as if hunting.

Hayeth keeps to the back quietly mumbling to herself and recounting what she knows about Yuan-Ti and quietly whispers to Fay who then flies to Lia's shoulder if she approaches the front of the group

"I could make some anti-toxin if we had the ingredients, although I could also maybe make an antidote with the actual poison"

Once everyone has gotten their final questions in and Lia knocks the man out again, she drags both his body and the woman's to the side of the room where they won't be in the way if they need to make a quick exit and (hopefully) won't be immediately obvious to somebody looking in from either tunnel. Then, she follows after Vahorn, giving Fay a few scratches on the head as she lands on her shoulder.

Stealth: 17

Perception: 25

Dumasz moves along with Hayeth, after giving the scouts a chance to sneak ahead.

The tunnel begins descending slowly, curving around to the right. After about 100 feet, you peer into the next chamber. In the torchlight, you see three humanoid figures, and two snakes.

Two are cultists, wearing the same robes the ones in the previous room were. The third stands in the back, he is a short, squat human man at first glance, tattoos of snakeskin pattern covering his bald head and shoulders. He turns slightly and you realize, those aren't tattoos. Two six foot long snakes are the closest thing to you, and their patterns look like oversized versions of local poisonous snakes.

They do not seem to notice you peering in yet.

Before leaving, Noell makes sure to bind the cultist who is still alive, just to ensure that if he wakes, he can't give chase... or escape.

"Yuan-ti?" she asks, feeling some dread in the pit of her stomach.  She's only ever hear vague tales of such creatures, but to have to face them here, in her home... it leaves her throat dry and her heart pulsing nervously.  Trying to sneak after the others, she makes her footsteps light and sticks to the shadows.

Stealth: 26

Bringing pinaka to bear, Noell makes herself ready to fire her crossbow at the first signs of aggression on any cultist or creature visible from where she stands near the back.

As Noell asks Hayeth nods and whispers at the start of walking down the tunnel (I assume this would be where Noell asked) "Indeed, they are first and foremost snake people and have a few forms, most common are the purebloods which almost will look human at first glance, other forms will be more obvious"

Ooc: Careth knows quite a bit about Yuan-Ti but I won't assume Hayeth knows as much, feel free to let me know if she's overstepping what she'd know but I'll keep it limited :)

Vahorn looks back over his shoulder, gesturing at the others to come over. He holds out two fingers, and wobbles his arm in a representation of a snake. He holds out another two fingers and points at Noell. He then holds out one finger and pauses for a second before shrugging.

Peeking around the corner still, he gestures for everyone to move in as he [action] ready [action] s his bow to fire at the snake skinned man as they run in. Attack: 15 Damage: 7 

If he hits, he will apply Favoured foe for a further 3 damage (all damage piercing)

Initiative 20 (ooc - I did have the shot readied, just had the roll in there for expediency)

Hayeth will approach the others as slowly as she can, knowing she isn't the quietest among the group she will stop 10ft away from Vahorn and look through the eyes of Fay into the room to get an idea of the enemy positions.

Stealth: 16 (rolled in campaign, not sure why it didn't add her bonus)

She will look to the others and wait for them to move aiming to burst into action with a spell should the enemies be caught by surprise

OOC: Assuming the enemies are caught unaware and stay where they are, how many could she catch in a 30ft line, if possible including the Yuan-Ti and how much movement would she need to use to do it?

On hearing the sounds of Vahorn's attack, Noell lets her prepared bolt fly:

Surprise Round:
Attack: 28
Damage: 12

Initiative: 20

Dumasz will move to the front and take a deep breath that builds impossibly large like a frog’s throat before expelling an icy cold wind aimed at the snakes

breath weapon Dc 12 con save for half of 6 cold damage

initiative 22 

Initiative: 4

Hayeth starts running down the tunnel coming to a skidding halt between Vahorn and Noell While speaking in similar arcane words to earlier she brings a piece of rot from her pouch clapping her hands together in front of her with it in between, her right arm can then be seen shifting and turning slightly green and translucent as she slams it's open palm into the floor and a burst of acidic liquid emenates from the ground in front of her and her arm returns to normal.

She will cast Tasha's Caustic Brew getting as many of the creatures in the room as she can in it's 30ft line preferably with the Yuan-Ti at the back included if her movement allows (so DC 13 Dex Saves obviously also avoiding any party members) 

She then will retreat back around the corner to get cover from the room "That should help the fight! I'd just rather not look at them once it's done if possible"

Lia waits for the room to clear from the sudden bursts of icy wind and acid, then rushes into the room towards one of the robed cultists. She follows a crack of her staff to their ribs with a knee to the stomach, then circles around so the cultist is between her and the other enemies, staying in close quarters the whole time.

Attack: 18 Damage: 10

Attack: 23 Damage: 5

Initiative: 20