Chapter 2: Into Darkness

Your night passes without incident. Each of you rotate through your watch shifts with ease. The only thing striking is the silence. Aside from your compatriots, there is no sound in this chamber.

As you get up for the morning, you begin to make your preparations for setting out. One small problem from your normal days: Sarith is ill. Something he ate or something with the way he slept. He is no longer in a decent position to effectively navigate. Someone else needs to take the lead for the day (though they can make their check at advantage, as Sarith will still give them some assistance).

Foragers, make your 2 survival checks and a single d100 check. Scouts, 2 perception. Additionally, I assume you all travel at a normal pace and in your same order. If you want to change that, please let me know.

Additionally, everyone please make a Wisdom saving throw.

RE: Navigation
For those of you PCs that are NOT Bildaweer, you would also navigate at a -10 modifier because the Underdark is a completely foreign and hostile land.

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DM Notes

Bildaweer sets you out on your path for the day, leading you through the twisted tunnels and caverns. Sarith does his best to provide you with some additional input, but on the whole, you make decent progress. That is, you were making decent progress until you reached the tunnel.

We will pause here until Cemos/BFM makes his WIS check. In the meantime, I will need your exact marching order for this next bit. Here's my current thought, confirm if it makes sense or if you would prefer something else. The tunnel you are in is 10 feet across, so it's a 2 abreast area:
Front
Bildaweer - Sarith
Dustin - Everytt
Francis - Derendil
Georges - Jimjar
Topsy - Turvy
Eldreth - Buppido
Stool - Shuushar
Fang - Cemos



Finally, Dexterity Saves from everyone!

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DM Notes

You had been walking most of the day, foragers successfully gathering up food and herbs, when you found the tunnel. Sarith indicated it was the most direct route, and Bildaweer took him at his word. The entire thing, like much of your path today, glowed with the essence of Faerzress. As you walked down the seemingly endless shaft, nearly two hours into the tunnel, two abreast you all notice some peculiar things. There were faint vibrations throughout the tunnel, shaking loose little bits of rock here and there. Loathe to turn back toward the looming threat of Ilvara and her hunters, the group presses on.

This next bit will be interesting, timing wise. It will encompass ~10 minutes, total. As such, we're going to use some modified combat rules to avoid this taking for freaking ever to accomplish. Some of the effects call for things to happen every round. We're going to change that to an every minute trigger for this little bit. As each "round" is longer than normal, at each minute, you'll each be given the chance to take 2 turns worth of actions. Once everyone posts their actions for a given minute, I'll summarize and describe the next minute of activity. There may be some minutes where you are unable to act, I will let you know in the minute description who can take an action at that time.

MINUTE 1
Suddenly, Francis stops dead in his tracks and begins to scream uncontrollably, NO! NO!!!! NOT THE BARRELS! BAT HOUSE AND COBBLES! BLUE LIZARD LIGHTNING SEAS! EAGLES FLY WHERE MAN DOTH DEIGN TO WALK! He sits on the ground and begins bobbing back and forth. As he does so, Derendil turns to his side and swings at the screaming man, a growl caught in his throat. Two massive clawed hands rend at the merchant's chest, slicing through what rags he wore. Great weals of blood stain his shirt as the screaming continues. The party stops in their tracks, heads turning, eyes going wide at the sudden violence and interruption. In stunned confusion, the other members of your retinue do nothing but stare. However, you are all seasoned adventurers. You know the truth of combat and the rapidness of response. You do not stand meekly by, you take action.
Can Act (Post 2 rounds worth of actions, please): Bildaweer, Cemos, Fang, Dustin

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DM Notes