OOC

What's the lighting situation in here? I know the door will be letting in some light but I wasn't sure about the rest.

It's very dark.

The door opens into a big space, which is only lit by the two braziers on the end of the chasm. They give enough light to see the end of the bridge and two shadowy shapes standing there.

There's enough light coming through the door for Gyrmmal to see the near end of the bridge as well.

Assuming we all survive this encounter :-), should we designate a caller? (Party Organization)

That's probably a good idea!

Oops, I forgot to clear the dog before taking it! I've been rushed IRL, so that's my bad.

No worries, thanks for posting the stats. I'm going to treat the dog like a special type of retainer – it will generally do what you want but obvious ill-treatment or very frightening situations may pose problems.

I'll leave this for the players to work out. I don't think it's absolutely necessary, but if you all agree to have one that's completely fine.

If there's interest, I can setup a Discord server for the game which might be helpful for discussing things.

Alright so what are we planning. I was under the impression that there is basically just a bridge. Is there anything else on this side of the bridge? Does my lantern illuminate anything?

I felt like if we tried to spend time intricately investigating this room we would alert the humans anyway. Only the delvers have dark vision to search around without turning on a light source so the rest of us would still alert them if we tried.

The ledge by the doorway is about 10 feet long and extends to the side walls.

Then there is the bridge, about 30 feet long.

You can't see anything else that is significant.

So has Ghardak ignored the humans at this point? I think a little clarification on who is actually doing what would be helpful.

Yeah ignoring the humans to work on the door.

I think we let the humans walk out

Yep that message was from before!

Oh I didn’t see it until now

Who here has a halfway decent Charisma that might be able to calm him down? Or should we run/fight?

Sorry, but where is the iron door on the map? I am not sure where the ogre is and who is near him.

I prefer to try to fool the ogre first. What if someone tries to convince the Great Ulfe that the orcs were the problem and our party is taking care of them as a favor to him? Gromli's CHA is 8 so he's probably not the best spokesman.