On the trail of the Emerald Cobra

Having trekked through jungles dense and steamy, the group begins to explore a little used cave complex. Along the way, they use skeletons to flush out a lurking bulette, Reza solves the riddle of the door ledges, and a handful of snakemen are slain. A slave block is seen and a multiply-armed snake wraith is attacked and sent to the void.. A storeroom is explored as is an old alchemists lab, where some magic potions are plundered. More exploration brings them to along rope bridge that stretches across a vast cavern. While crossing, a duo of four-armed flesh eating monkeys attacks the party, savaging Reza and Lubboch before tossing them off of the bridge. Having had enough monkey business, Dalliance machineguns the one while the other escapes and runs off (to alert the complex, to get reinforcements) and out of sight.
Crossing the remainder of the bridge brings the group to a large room with an open pit in the middle and pathways on either side. Each of the pathways is a 60′ pit trap with poisoned spikes. A Feaster-kabob is generated, but the plucky hobbit survives. He is hauled back out and Reza uses his Gauntlets of climbing to get a rope across to the other side. The hobbit goes hand over hand across the rope and when almost across – the monkey attacks. Springing at Reza from behind, he savages him and hurls him into the spiked pit. While Reza manages to hang on at impact, the hobbit falls into the pit again…and survives again.
It turns out that the pit is covered by some sort of invisible walkway and the monkey uses it to charge the party. Alarmed at last, Dalliance uses her Finger of Death to quell the onrushing simian. Battered and bruised the group retreats and lowers themselves off of the bridge and cold camps amongst the primordial foliage that has sprung up in the rope bridge area. The group suspects an opening to the sky and indeed it can be seen to get somewhat lighter as the days wears on. A trio of monkey reinforcements is seen and carefully avoided when the group departs. Returning to the pit room, the group enters an ornately decorated chamber. Beyond lie three doors and a logic puzzle to find out which one is safe, Puzzled, the group puzzles over the puzzle, finally puzzling out the ‘correct’ response. Safety skeletons are summoned and ordered to open the door while the puzzlers hide at a safe distance. Beyond the door lie two keyholes.
Who found keys? Nobody. Hmm. Despairing of a return to the monkey room, the group finds a secret panel monkey workaround and returns to the ruined alchemist’s lab. They begin a careful search. Nada. Onward to the slave room. Hmm. The podium…something about that podium.
Bud is sent to explore and a chest is found. Within the chest lies an ornately carved key. One down and one to go, the group discusses options and strategy…