D&D 5E one shot collection - Danger at Blire Manor, part 5

The adventurers wrapped up their search of the manor by checking out the rest of the room on the top floor. Wizzik and Ulfgar disturbed a wasp nest in the library, but they walked out and shut the door. Danger averted.

There was also another statue of Lord Blire, which Dace got bored of and took a dump right next to. Needless to say, Bernie did not investigate this statue at all.

The party then descended to the bottom floor, with Dace taking a shortcut through some broken floorboards. First!

They went down into the basement, discovering only cobwebs and dust. Bernie got to work looking for hidden doors, and soon found out by sound that the wall is made of wood in some places. With that, he was able to see through the illusion, and discovered 6 doors. The rest of the party tried, but failed, to understand what is up, with Wizzik suffering a brain hemorrhage and sitting down with a nosebleed. Dace sat down to do his Detect Magic ritual, during which his mates investigated around, to no avail. Of course, you can only see magic items that are visible to you[1], so Dace saw no other choice but to charge the wall right where Bernice indicated something was amiss. A critical fail later, he smashed Wizzik aside and knocked on the door head first.

Just as Ulfgar prepared to charge the minotaur[2], the entire cellar was engulfed in heavy fog and thick spiderwebs. The adventurers fumbled their way through, with some getting stuck, and Bernie setting it on fire with his torch. Oops. At this point, orcs and hobgoblins charged through from the side chambers, red lights flashing in the background.

We had a prolonged combat, with the adventurers battling the goblinoids, the webs, the spreading fire, and fatigue.[3] 

Dace finally got some good rolls, downing 3 orcs in 3 swings and breaking through into their room.

Ulfgar and Bernie doused themselves in water, fought the goblins and retreated into a side chamber.

Wizzik got stuck multiple times. He peppered the monsters with holy flames, and healed up the gravely wounded Bernie and Groot with Channel Divinity.

Groot downed a goblin, then mostly fumbled around the webs due to being tired.

Ulfgar made all his DEX saves to escape the webs, but could not roll a STR check to save his buddies. At least they got some pleasant shoulder rubs.

In the end, the monsters were defeated, Groot fell unconscious but was saved with a quick Spare the Dying, and the players breathed easy after a tough fight.

[1] Duh.

[2] Last session, Dace assaulted an unarmed bandit who had surrendered, and chopped off his arm. Today, he harmed Wizzik. The paladin could take no more.

[3] Groot was suffering from two levels of exhaustion from all the frenzying.