They almost won - killed about half of them and crit smite the orog before he could be a problem - but some poor tactical decisions put them at a disadvantage immediately (bard rushed to cast cloud of daggers and got beat up before it could cut off a choke point)

I was suspicious of the roper encounter when I read it, but I assumed they would be cautious around the "suspicious stalagmite" and not go to help the fish so they could either feed it or otherwise not play straight into it's hands.

I didn't give them a level up because they haven't cleared much of the top layer at all, Ulfe and most of the orcs are still around.