[SBLOCK="Possibly Extraneous Dialogue"]Kerlan steps up from the back of the group. He looks around at the others incredulously. "Wait, wait, hold on a minute. Why exactly are we going to climb down into the big hole filled with monsters that will be very hard to get out of? Can't we just stand up here where it's safe and shoot at them? We can take care of the dark with a cantrip and focus fire on each in turn. The Red we just saw would laugh at fire but I'm sure these things wouldn't. Worst case scenario they come up after us, but I'd rather fight them up here in the open than trapped in a pit with them."[/SBLOCK]