Dain swipes at the bug
Dain't axe connects but the hardness and weirdness of this Dragon Fly prevent it from biting in as he wished it did.
No more Hiding for you!
Lanneth moves forward behind Yorikata and casts Glitterdust on the creature.
Go if you can, that will not last long!
Lanneth's spell explodes in a spray of sparkles, the giant Dragon Fly avoids being blinded on its many faceted eyes and clings on to William.
Hoping the beast would take any damage, Yorikata shoots with the short bow.
William tries to break free from the large bug.
Still grappled, he says "I got it!"
He throws a punch at the thing.
Both William and Yorikata land blows upon the hardened carapace of this creature neither damaging it as much as they had wished.
The Large Dragon fly bites into William.
Dain attacks the nasty
This thing seems to be immune to my magic! Lanneth growls in frustration.
Seeing the thing seems to be occupied with William she poses a moment before flying half way across the pit and calling down a slumber hex on the creature.
Night Faries! We need you!
Dain's axe finds it's mark but fails to penetrate the hardened hide of this creature.
Lanneth's hex fails to affect the insect at all as she realizes she is a rather delicate target in the air.
The Giant Dragon Fly falls asleep on top of William pinning him to the ground.
William does not move, afraid he might awaken the nasty.
Dain skips out of the entangle and prepares to smooch the bug all over William.
Finally!!! That's won't last long, so someone hurry up and kill it.
Dain bashes the bug, sending goop all over people.
The Giant Dragon fly continues to snore on William.
William remains still waiting for Yori to CdG the nasty.
CDG
Dain kills the beast while it sleeps, how does everyone cross?
"I do not trust the lily pads. Nor do I trust whatever may be below them." William takes his rope from his backpack. Looking at Dain he says "Age before beauty." He looks over the edge.
Ewigga seeing you dispatch the dragon fly hops over to the far side. "The bottom is just mulch if I recall" She shouts over.
William has lots of yelow bug goop all over his face
My beard!
Lanneth flies back over and lands.
Mulch? I would worry about where those vines that are trying to trip them up are coming from. They could grow in that mulch.
DO we really need to go down? Where does that passage across the room lead?
Yorikata hurries down the stairs to check.
She takes a quick peak through the door to see if her calculations from all the turns and going down stairs are correct. But as she stares into a wall she gives up. She runs back to Lanneth and stands in silence.
I guess we could tie a rope to the balcony here, and one to the other balcony and the two of you could use that to help getting across the lilly pads.
Lanneth starts looking around to see if she can find a place to tie the rope.
"They are coming from the platfrom, that creature summoned them, they didn't come from below." Ewigga says. "You could all try jumping across if you want or just drop down like I said."
Very well, let us go down. Dain ties a rope and starts shimmying down. Lanneth could geta rope across so we can climb up
Lanneth looks in her backpack.... then looks up at Yorikata.
Umm. Do you have a rope? I took it out as I never need one.
...
Yori moves back to the edge of the drop off, pulling out some rope and tying it off to a firm looking branch on her side. "Climb down then Climb back up." She calls out.
...
"Mine is already hanging there." Yorikata tells pointing to it.
After a few seconds the spell the giant Dragon fly cast fades and William is able to stand and tie his rope off. Looking down you can see the fall is about 50' but the ground is soft so you should be able to drop the final bit without incident. On the far side Yori's rope is dangling low enough that you can grasp it.
"There once where two royal children
Whose love was like none ever seen
But they couldn't come together
To deep was the abyss between,
To deep was the abyss between."
William begins his descent.
William is impressed with Dain's performance on the rope. "I believe you could have just walked across had we strung it from end to end."
He takes a gander at their surroundings.
William is in agreement with Ewiggas assessment that this is just a giant compost area as all the plant matter down here is rotting and turning into soil. The ground is spongy and walking isn't difficult but slow so that you don't sink in. Both of the men make their ways back up to the far side and join the ladies.
A short tunnel leads north before descending to the west.
From what you can tell you are entering back into the room with the Lurkers in the light but well under the bridge with no handles.
"Does anyone else need any healing before we move forward?"
I have some scratches but am fine. You look horrible
"I feel horrible. How is my beard? How does it look?"
Lots of dragonfly gunk on it
"You could definitely use a bath." Yorikata comments as she turns up her nose at Willian.
The Iron Wood bridge above you is about 80; and the ceiling bringing forth the sun is 160'
William replies to the lycanthrope "I agree. Feeling kind of ripe at the moment. And unhealed."
Noticing the bridge above him William says "This is where those invisible grabbby things were. Is it not?"
He backs up into the corridor.