Smirky took team 1 to level 2.
In the next valley they encountered another new character Grimaldine, a powerful, unaligned mage, who offered to help if they brought him information.
(Twice already this episode Treguard has advised the team to consider
politeness.
)
Next up was the level 2 clue-room. They took a long time before choosing the green gem and a Sidriss-in-a-bottle.
Were given a hurry-up on the way out. I assumed the exit was over to the left, where the other advisor wanted to move Simon.
Entered the Crazed Heifer Inn. After her initial suspicion was allayed, new bar-maid Marta was
very friendly and traded a spyglass for the green gem.
How many times did they change their minds about whether to take some bread?
Eventually Simon got fed-up and announced: "C'mon, I'm going now!" This reminded me a bit of legendary dungeoneer Martin (S3 T11) when he got impatient.
Used the spyglass to learn the info which Grimaldine required. Summoned him (as Grimaldi
) and received a "LOOK" spell.
Yes, lead advisor Nick just stopped himself from saying something impolite when they were given the hurry-up again.
Encountered the brollachan, and much indecision about how to reply, before
finally answering honestly.
They panicked a bit in the fireball challenge and it seemed that they got thru more by luck than judgment. Simon ran straight into the far wall.
Not sure why they really needed a spell for this. In earlier series the advisors would have guided a dungeoneer across this sort of challenge.
Encountered Hordriss, badly disguised as a tortoise, just before time-out.