Pondering the words from the tablet...
...the party descends the stair.
They traverse a long flight of 900 steps, each step about 3' broad and 1' high. At last they reach the bottom. The GREATER CAVERNS are not so much larger than the ones above, although they are higher. Their name seems to come from the oppressive sense of depth and alien quality of these stone chambers. The party of explorers can now go in any one of four directions.
Actions?
Hit points and marching order
Grimes 26/58
--Dandy 33/33 < Bless, Hold Person, Find Traps, Silence 15'r, Glyph of Warding, Remove Curse, Dispel Magic, Speak With the Dead, Protection from Evil 10' radius, Lower water >
Castinus 34/34
--Furuk 48/59
Dieter 31/31 < Magic Missile x 3, Sleep, Levitate, Phantasmal force, Stinking cloud, Lightning bolt x 2, Water breathing, Evard's black tentacles, Dimension door >
--Acquaire