So, are we planning to continue on the upper level or follow Tanthalus? We can easily use some ropes to pull Tanthalus up, or likewise, use said rope to descend. Shandien will naturally do the former, unless anyone happens to think otherwise.
Instead of just moving the edge of the pit, I decided it's more efficient to just make my jump across the pit now. But alas, the goddess of misfortune happens to find me her favorite and chooses to plague me with a horrible horrible role. So yeah, I'm down there now too.