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    The tunnel is a narrow, dank cavern. Its ceilings are far too low, forcing you to stoop and shuffle awkwardly. Roots have pushed in clumps through the earth above you, forming sheets than hang down onto you. The entire passageway has a moist, earthy smell to it, growing stronger as the tunnel slopes downwards. Clay and rocks protrude from the rounded walls, and, ahead, you can hear the pair of fleeing, shrieking mites.

    Suddenly, ahead of you, emerging rapidly from the darkness, a chasm splits the passage. It is perhaps ten feet wide, and its depths are black enough that determining just how deep it is becomes impossible without more light. Thick ropes of tangled roots fill the entire area, ceiling and chasm walls alike. The passage continues on the far side, and between the two ledges, numerous loops have been tied into the roots to serve as hand- and footholds.

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    Zinovia leans heavily on her staff. The journey has not been easy: her wracked body is in pain from the cramped space. She moves towards the chasm, eying it. "We shall have to cross, it would seem. The mites have made handholds, which we should make us of. But I will not cross without seeing my fate should I fall."

    She picks up a pebble, making it glow with light. She drops it down the chasm.

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    "Sure you're up for climbing?" asks Tireas, looking over the wizard. "You seem a bit... winded."
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    "The wizardess, Zinovia, should not be the first to cross," Viktor says, replying to Tireas. "One better suited to climbing should go first, to determine the difficulty. The progress of the rest of us will also be aided by having a rope on the other side."
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    "Oh fine," Tireas says with a smile, "I suppose you mean me, then. No need to take off that heavy armor just yet."

    Tireas looks down at the pit to make sure nothing sinister is below, then grabs for the first looped root he can find, making his descent to the bottom.
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    Tireas looks down into the pit, searching for anything sinister...

    He sees nothing but rough grey rocks that sit motionless at the bottom of the chasm, perhaps twenty feet down from the tunnel in which the party stands. But then, the rocks begin to move, illuminated by Zinovia's light. They glint in the golden light of the spell, black and grey, with a sheen to them. They seem to unfurl, dozens of skittering legs appearing as what seemed to be rocks becomes a massive wave of chitin, rising up from the chasm's bottom.

    An aggressive hissing fills the tunnel as the creature rises, its many legs clinging to the walls of its den as it ascends the wall towards you. It is an enormous centipede, with reddish eyes and a hulking, black-armoured body that is almost as wide as the tunnel.

    With its barbed, whip-like tail still at the bottom of its lair, the centipede's jaws reach the top of the chasm. It launches two spearing lunges at Viktor. The first is narrowly avoided, but the second hits home with a sickening crunch.

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    Ilya jumps backwards, shock etched on his princely features as the huge centipede crawls up and bites Viktor. "Gah!" He fires his bow, recovering from his initial surprise.

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    Ilya will take a 5 foot step away from the centipede to get out of its reach. Then he'll rapid shot.

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    Zinovia backpedals, her face growing paler than normal for a moment. "Of course," she says savagely; "but stand in my way, creature, and you die."

    She waves her hands, raising them above her as her dark magic infiltrates the insect's mind. She closes her hands into fists, triggering a wave of pain.

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    "Argh!" Viktor curses, his vision clouding with pain and the red of blood. The vermin's bite is deep, and he can feel his strength ebbing rapidly. Abadar, this can't be the end - not here, not this damn cave, he thinks. A gold light washes over his wound, closing some of the damage. Partially restored, the paladin heaves his blade at the centipede.

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    Estanos is entirely flabbergasted by the abrupt and extreme violence that occurs, and if it weren't for the fact that he is being counted on to ensure that Viktor does not fall, he would likely just stand there with his jaw down. As it is, clutching his holy symbol and chanting," Sarenrae, Sarenrae, Sarenrae," is the extent of his eloquence at the moment. He's definitely starting to miss civilization...

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    Channeling positive energy, exempting the terrifying dragon insect. Channeling instead of CLW because the odds on casting defensively are not nearly good enough, imo. Let me know if anyone disagrees and I'll try the other way next action.

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    "That's... a big bug," is all Tireas manages to say right before it lashes out at Viktor with impressive force. Seeing it's strength that close, the tiefling reasons the most efficient course of actions is a swift offense, rather than trying to avoid the attacks. Heedless to caution, he steps forward, swinging at the oversized insect with as much speed as possible.

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    5 foot step forward, and using 1 Ki point to do an extra attack.

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    Both of Ilya's arrows break off on the centipede's armour, unable to pierce it. Zinovia's spell finds more purchase, rendering the monstrous insect inert and unmoving.

    Viktor and Tireas exploit the opening to hack away at the centipede. Both of the swordsmen get a good hit in on it.

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    Ilya lets out a hiss of frustration as his arrows clatter away into the chasm, having failed to penetrate the tough chitin. The bard refocuses and fires again, hoping for better luck.

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    Zinovia fires a ray of frost towards the centipede. She doesn't want to waste her more powerful spells when, she is aware, she has so few left.

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    Once more Estanos applies the healing arts of his faith to Viktor, this time in a bit more direct a fashion. " Good never falls!" he proclaims as a further sense of righteous power fills Viktor.

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    Surprised their assault hasn't killed off the creature yet, Tireas continues his attacks.

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    Under the onslaught of attacks, the monstrous centipede buckles, its hundred long legs twitching and writhing as it squirms. Its long body contorts into a dying ball, which falls with a loud crunch to the bottom of the chasm from whence the beast emerged.

    Now all the remains is to get across the cleft in the tunnel. Roots, tied into knot-handholds, hang from the ceiling. Below, the centipede's massive corpse provides a disgusting sort of cushion. The fall will still hurt, but less than falling onto rock. Though perhaps equally unpleasant...

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    Estanos shudders. Something that massive should never, ever, -ever- have that many legs. It was positively obscene.

    " I don't suppose anyone has a length of rope about them?," the priest inquires in a speculative tone as he looks at the handholds with a distrusting eye. Handholds they most certainly were, but created by ( and for ) creatures that were quite literally tiny. " I would feel better crossing with a stout safety line. "
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    "I do not," Viktor says responding to Estanos. The paladin's handsome faces flashes with momentary anger at his own lapse in preparations before he continues. "I am sorry. I am willing to make the climb first, though I admit that I am not the most... adept of climbers, and I will be encumbered by my armor."
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    "No need," says Tireas, as he opens his pack, pulling out a tightly coiled length of hemp rope. "I shall climb down first; do not fret Sir Viktor." He secures the end of the rope to his body, and hands the rest to Viktor. Normally he wouldn't bother with such convenient hand-holds, but Estanos did make a good point. They were meant for much smaller creatures.
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    Zinovia wave a hand in the direction of the opposite side of the rift. "I see no reason to hesitate. Die today or die tomorrow." Her impassive face leaves it unclear whether she is joking at Tireas' expense. "And good luck." Her cold, sickly features remain equally inscrutable.
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    " One rather hopes that there is a third option, dear Zinovia. To die a very, very, very long time from now in the comfort of one's own bed, surrounded by loved ones," is Estanos' puckish interjection.
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    Tireas easily uses the roots and the rope tied to him to climb across the pit. Nothing gives way; evidently, the ancient tree above produces strong tendrils. The tiefling figures, based on his experience, that everyone else should be able to climb safely across.

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    "It's safe enough," Tireas says, walking over the giant insect corpse as if it were nothing out of the ordinary. "It seems we lost the mites though. I do hope these tunnels aren't too complex."
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    "Well done!" Viktor says, smiling and clapping his gaunlets together as Tireas succeeds in his climb. The paladin makes to follow the tiefling, clambering over with much less grace and much more clanking.

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    "Excellent, Tireas," Ilya says, standing lazily upon the edge of the pit. Making to cross second, the bard gives a mock bow to his companions. "If this is my end, then it has been an honour to know each of you," he says with a laugh, before grasping the rope.

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    " If you say so...," Estanos says, sounding uncertain as he follows the path that Tireas took as best he can.


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    Zinovia steadies her quivering hands, reaching determinedly for the roots as she slowly makes her way across the chasm.

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    Estanos reaches out and offers a steadying hand for the sorceress as she reaches the edge. " Now that that's done.. let's see what's further in..," he says.
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    The narrow, cramped passage leads further on, illuminated by your magical light. Up ahead, you hear a shriek of pain, definitely not human, but not far off either.

    Rounding a bend in the tunnel, you enter a low, roughly-circular chamber. Wicker and bramble bars have been crafted into a primitive cage in the room's centre, while, around it, in jumbled piles, are assortments of crude knives, wooden shields, and a few scavenged scraps of armour and weaponry from the surface world.

    In the cage, a small, reptilian creature cries in pain, bleeding from a wound to its scaly stomach. It has black skin and a lizard-like face. As it sees you, it becomes frantic, shaking the bars of its cage, trying to get free. You realize that this creature is a kobold.

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