((Did Archuther's equipment also degrade and disappear with him? I'm going to guess yes, since handing off a +2 chainsword to a 2nd level party is a bit nuts, but... worth asking.))
"Gentlemen, less snarking at each other about who compensates the most for their limitations, and more finding a way out. Weston, can you send Nimue down those holes quickly and see if any of them have offer any chance of escape? If she needs a light source, maybe she can carry an active sunrod in her talons?"
Archuther, and his gear, are gone. There is no trace of him save the scorch marks of his explosive item.
Look for an escape route.
(?) no matter how hard you try, there is no way out.
As you head back into the cave, behind Grot's wall of oil, the wall seems to fluxuate and then bodies pop out. HUMANOID bodies. They fall down and slowly get up. There is hate in their eyes and you can tell from the height and the beards that these were dwarves once. You're not too sure about them now, since their bodies are black like those shadow creatures and have red eyes like theirs. They also appear to be carrying axes that are very brutal looking with spikes and a hook coming off of the top.
Six of these dwarves walk out, but one more, shorter then a dwarf but much more powerful from what you see, walks out. He holds a dagger in one hand and a crossbow in the other. Sparks of shadow "shock" the ground as if some deep power radiated in him. A second look at the face as he grins makes you recognize this shadow creature;
Bouchart has returned from death as a creature of shadow.
He shouts something in a language you cannot understand and then speaks in common.
"Kill them all. The Dark One will relish in new bodies!"((I need mastacheese's character's feat and utility please))