The darkmantle crashes to the ground as John's attack tears through it. Still standing next to the portal for so long, John feels himself being pulled. The portal yanks John inside and he vanishes from sight. The others completely lose their
this will happen before Guan's turn, so I need to check his attack roll. See if it still hits.
light source. A few seconds later John materializes again. He expects to see Jared, but that is not the case. An unpleasant odor hits him as soon as he takes a breath. The smell, combined with the trash-covered floor make it clear that the swarm of rats that they fought earlier had certainly stayed in this room for a while. There is only one door leading from this room. It is open and it exits to the east.
Standing in the darkness, the heroes in the hallway notice a light turn on suddenly in the room on the left side of the hallway at the far end. It isn't enough to illuminate the hallway at all. The light source is too obscured. They are stuck fighting in the dark for the moment.
Corax, is your damage right? You listed it as 1d10+5+4. That seems high, what are you getting the extra bonus from? It should just be your Charisma modifier from what I can see.
Vicky and the Situation will have to make their attacks with darkness penalties unless one or the other ignites a light source.