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Sarith, Surana and Eldeth are all wounded (Sarith and Eldeth are both down 6). Orsik still has 3 spell slots left and Bertram has good berry handy. Let me know if you want to do any healing.
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You begin to move on. This whole accursed chasm has become an oppressive reminder of your predicament. Trapped, lost, pursued by predators, besieged by unknown perils. The weight of it all pressing down on you.
Shuushar and Eldeth agree you should climb higher and into the thicker webs. The threat of falling to your deaths is higher where you are now because there isn't enough webbing below you to catch you. So you slowly make your way up, up, up, probably a hundred feet or so until the space below you is blanketed by silvery webbing rather than empty void over unforgiving stone.
Your way becomes more obvious as you go on. A hundred feet, two hundred, five hundred. Nothing seems to be molesting you and nothing following. Finally you begin to see (those of you with darkvision, at least) the webbing in front of you give way to dark stone! You are almost there! The blackness becomes a light at the end of the tunnel.
You begin to feel spirits rise. A companion or two even smiles a bit. Shuushar points to a large black opening in the chasm wall below you. "There! The exit!"
But then your heart sinks. Sarith spots them first. Spiders...
Two large black specimens with exceedingly long legs and bulbous abdomins rest above and on either side of the opening, waiting in ambush for anything that enters or exits the cavern. They are likely aware of your presence due to your light, but they are remaining still, their instincts telling them not to move until the prey is within striking distance.
Two large web cables stretch down to a ledge just in front of the opening. The opening itself is probably about 15' high by 10' wide. The ledge is just a bit wider than the opening and maybe 5' deep.