The party splits to clear the dungeon:

Group 1 - Alora and V to the WereRat

• Can’t see the rat from through the gap in the wall.
• They shove a goblin corpse through the gap in the wall.
  • They hear it fall to the ground.
• It takes a minute, but this rat comes up to it, sniffs it, looks down the passageway. It sees the two of them and growls at them. It’s not interested in the goblin corpse.
• They attempt to speak to it from the hallway.
  • “I don’t want to hurt you”
    • Roll persuasion with disadvantage.
  • “We’ve done so much fighting, I don’t want to fight. What are you guarding?”
    • Defensive, doesn’t reveal any information.
    • Why are you so curious? It doesn’t concern you.
• V casts “starry whisp” to illuminate the target for Alora. Does 3 radiant damage.
• Roll initiative
  • Alora 14
  • V 4
• Alora casts toll of the dead. Wis 12 save, save fails. 1d8 necrotic damage, hits for 4.* If missing any HP it’s 1d12 damage, does 6 damage.
• The warerat can’t fit through the thing
• V says “are you done now?”
  • Roll persuasion, it works. he replies… “yeah.” lol
• He says, “I’m dead either way. I’m guarding my crew’s spoils.”
• V - your crew doesn’t need them anymore…
• WR - it won’t fit through the crack
• V - how did they get it in there?
• WR - there’s another door.
• V - is it locked?
• WR - no.
• V - Offers to allow it to flee. Roll persuasion, 18, works. Sits in the corner docily.

They go through the crack in the wall to enter the room.