D&D 5E OotA: Long rest in Grey Ghost alchemy lab?

[Werebat]

Running OotA. PCs killed/captured most of the Gray Ghosts in the hideout in the Whorlstone Tunnels. The alchemist got away up the ladder to Darklake District.

After ransacking the lab and fighting the water weird nearby, the party decided to long rest in the alchemy lab.

They took basic precautions -- closed and barred the door to the ladder, closed the other door, resting in watches. They do not know anything about the Grey Ghosts.

What will likely happen? I imagine the alchemist might run to the rest of the Ghosts and tell them about the lab being taken over. What happens then? How big an organization are the ghosts?

 

[Werebat]

No one? I'm stumped too!

I know there are some Grey Ghosts guarding the (living item) elsewhere in the dungeon.

 

[ninjayeti]

There is not a lot of info on the Grey Ghosts so I think you can run it however you think would suit your game best. There is no wrong answer.

Personally, I think I would allow the PCs the long rest, but maybe have the Grey Ghosts launch an attack on them later either in the tunnels or Gracklstugh proper (a group of surface worlders in the grey dwarf city likely sticks out just a bit). The Ghosts are potentially an organization that could continue to harry the party as long as they remain in Gracklstugh.

My biggest gripe about OotA is that there is not enough content to get the party to the intended levels, so I have been taking any excuse to add in my own material. I would use an escaped foe as a chance to expand the Grey Ghosts as antagonists, maybe add another Ghost base for the party to take on. For example, if the party has some of the NPCs from Ch. 1 accompanying them, maybe have the Ghosts kidnap an NPC so the party has to go after the Ghosts to rescue them.

 

[jodyjohnson]

They took basic precautions -- closed and barred the door to the ladder, closed the other door, resting in watches. They do not know anything about the Grey Ghosts.

What will likely happen?

They will get the benefits of a long rest. And still have some Gray Ghosts left to fight the next day.

 

[Motorskills]

My guys not only rested there, they fortified the place and used it for about a week IC. I was cool with that, worked great.