”) and normal screwing around (Sindawe convincing Klangin that Wogan needed a kiss a day to avoid death) and they were actually getting pretty upset. And the cold locker looking like a hellscape is because that true seeing lens Serpent found was cursed...
they can encounter signs that are passing into goblin territory or cursed land or something and they can make a decision then and there about whether to press through the new territory or whether to try to go around or even retreat and try a different route. Those sorts of surprises...