“Could be worse.”

That made them pause for a moment.

“On the way down I discovered a massive spider took over my cave, and the adventurers who probably went there to **** and kill me got caught and killed by it. I killed the spider and got the loot bags from the adventurers. Sadly the spider’s loot bag is at the bottom of the cliff.

“The area at the bottom has been claimed by a Treant and he was a large following of minions already. That cuts off that escape route. Luckily none of them seem able to climb the cliff.”

There was swearing.

You tell them “If we use Claimant Crystals to have people claim the fields we can and into the woods, we may be able to secure a supply route and passage there.

“Other than them, I’ll see if there is anything useful here.”