They're all Third Level

Except for the new PC, they're all third level now - which means time to subtly encourage a downward migration.  A random encounter on the way to the dungeon resulted in "human traders" - heading down from the mountain? Why?  Oh, the mok war band needs supplies for their dungeoneering.  They visited the entrance and thought better of it (probably due to my hectoring on how they ignore past mysteries they've discovered), so the third level remains unexplored.  It's coming though...

Fun facts from the last expedition:

a. Gutboy is incensed that his former henchman, Slezgar, has the temerity to go in the dungeon on his own.  I suppose it's like putting two bettas in one fish tank?  He's got murder on his mind...

b. The abolitionist Society of the Luminous Spark has left yet another brain as a warning.  I haven't really figured out why they leave the brains, but as far as a "signature" goes it's pretty effective.

c. The medusa head had been rotting in a sack for two weeks, so I gave it a 50/50 chance of still being potent.  Gutboy rolled, and it was!  Then they wanted it stuffed rather than dumped back into formaldehyde - another 50/50 roll - whoops, that messed it up.  Sorry fellas, no easy victories for you.  If they had succeeded, they might have gone to watch the show and take out the allosaurus pictured on the cover...

d. They got very lucky with their roll on the Dr. Giggles table.  Still, whenever Netal takes a breathe, he wheezes out circus music now...

e. They're remembering their once-per-session d30 rolls now, so Mongo took out a 6 HD gladiatorial automaton with one hit (he rolled a 28).  On the other hand, Netal's saving throw against yellow mold on a d30 netted him a life-threatening 6... only Gutboy's rules-bending saved him ("oh I hadn't picked spells yet, how about delay poison").  Yeah I'm too soft... but it was funny watching them scramble to get to Dr. Giggles in time.