OOC: As I seem to recall, there was a rather long passageway where you ended up in the spider cave/trapper lair, after proceeding through a room or two off of the UnderDark thoroughfare. Sound about right? How far back are you going now?
OOC: I think we left the main road for a side road to bypass the orc teritory. We then tried to use the side passage that turned out to be a dead end. We would just go back to the side road and work our way around to where we are going.
Underdark - after the Spiders' Lair - Your Guide - Simeon Longknife
OOC: 's close enough!
[OOC: Fair Warning!! I'm deviating significantly from the module -- still using it, but swapping stuff around and moving stuff to suit, you guessed it, MOI.]
Simeon continues to lead the wizards down a smaller passage of the Underdark, away from the Crushed Skull Orcs. After several miles of trekking, you come to a passageway that branches off to your right (generally north). The passage that you are in continues on, but begins to slope steeply downward. The side passage seemed to be roughly level. Up ahead, you see that this passage opens into a very large chamber. Those gifted with sight in unlighted areas can tell that a ledge works its way around the northern edge of the chamber, and seems to disappear into a separate passage that leads back toward the way you came. It does not take too great a leap of logic to surmise that the side passage you recently passed may well provide easy access to this ledge.
Simeon obvserves, "Mmm, me betcha that side passage comes out on yonder ledge." [Dam*! Does he have a gift for the obvious, or what? ]