Having told the rest he would draw a few goblins out from their cover, whilst Faweh could use the distraction to close to the rocks hopefully unseen, Varis used his druid powers to change into bear form and ran out into the dell towards the goblin position.
As he approached, the goblins let loose with bows and spears, but did not leave their cover, so he charged forward and closed with the nearest opponents. Faweh had made it unseen to the closest rocks and slipped through to catch the goblins from behind - the others ran forward to close the distance and engage the rest of the goblin group. Closer now, they recognised that they fought hobgoblins and once engaged, they took formation to better protect themselves from the party's assault.
It proved a hard fight and Faweh having moved to the rear, was able to make the tunnel mouth behind the hobgoblin position, to prevent any from leaving to raise the alarm. Finally beating all the hobgoblins, the party took a rest before plunging into the next tunnel, one that appeared far longer this time and led gently upwards through the hill.
Pressing on they made their way through a twisty rock passage until it widened out into a larger chamber, dotted with several stalagmites & stalactites of varying size. Faweh slid round the left side of the chamber, moving from cover to cover, whilst the rest moved carefully forward. Once deep into the chamber, lashing tentacles struck from behind the party and they turned to see a particularly large stalagmite had opened an eye and large fanged mouth, whilst whipping its numerous tentacled arms at them.
Occasionally grasping a party member the Roper, dragged them towards its gaping mouth, occasionally able to inflict nasty bites on the unfortunate soul. Faweh had continued on and as he approached where the chamber started to narrow again, he too was struck by tentacles as a second Roper showed itself. With their rocky hide and long reaching tentacles, the pair of Ropers proved tough opponents for the Party and only by being able to gang up on the first Roper before taking on the second did they overcome them both.
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