Vertielle tries her best to aid Gkirkhan, deflecting any attacks that look as though they may break his guard.
Wood manages to open a dimensional portal to another dimension. He places the portal in the midst of the spiders so his companions can easily flank the forward spiders.
Riding Dog CR 1
XP 400
N Medium Animal
Init +2; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +8
Defense
AC 13, touch 12, flat-footed 11 (+2 Dex, +1 natural)
hp 17 (2d8+8)
Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +1
Offense
Speed 40 ft.
Melee bite +5 (1d6+5 plus trip)
Statistics
Str 19, Dex 15, Con 19, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
Base Atk +1; CMB +5; CMD 15 (19 vs. trip)
Que is is feinting an attack to the righ side of the spider, to move to a more advantagous position and attacks the spider from behind
FORT: 1d20+4
Initiative Order:
Gkirkhan (21)
Evangline (18)
Spiders (15)
Wood (9)
Vertielle (9)
Que (8)
Que finishes hers off, there seems to be only one left.
Evangline, I think we're missing your action.
Yes. Remember the squares on the map are 10' squares not 5'.
she does a kick attack at a spider
Seeing the bug-a-phobic cleric/monk lash out at the remaining spider, but missing, Gkirkhan decides he wants in on the fun too.
"This is how you squash a bug!"
The spider gleefully dances away from your attacks.
With everyone in the room, and finding itself cornered, the spider attacks Que.
And I'll need a fort save.
Hp: 22/23
Saves: 0/6/1
Que: Just missed it. -1 Str/round for 4 rounds; you can try to save again each round.
With those bonuses, Gkirkhan hits (and splatters the thing) and Que saves.
A quick search confirms that those were all the spiders in this room.
You also locate a web-covered cabinet containing the following:
5 vials of holy water
a scroll of lesser restoration
an unlabled wand
Where to next? You have the warped door oposite this room, and a T corridor to investigate. You could also head back up the way you came in.
Let's go across the hall, then clear these in a clockwise manner. That'll make it easier for me to finish this new map.
Vertielle hands each person a holy water, and gives the scroll to Eva.
Here, this looks divine.
Her eyes grow green as she insects the wand.
With Gkirkan pushing and the rest of you aiding, you can force that door open, revealing the irregularly-shaped chamber beyond. This room is in shambles. Old wooden benches lie in ruins along the walls, while rusty chains and bits of rotten rope lie scattered on the floor.
Perception checks, please.
"I think the prisoners had some weird hobbies."
"I don't want to know."
Vertielle, as you enter the room you hear a faint sobbing and the clinking rattle of chains. You find yourself filled with hopelessness and the sensation of heavy manacles being clamped onto your wrists.
Her sword flies into her hand, a single tear rolling down her cheek. Between jaws clenched in sorrow to stay their trembling, she hisses There is a budding darkness here.
Perception
"Vertielle? You okay?"
Gkirkhan looks concerned for the bard. He tilts his hat up to get a better look at Vertielle and make sure she's okay. There also seems to be something else in his bearing and something else is in his eyes.
Somebody made her cry, somebody is about to learn what pain handed down from a half-orc feels like.
I'm... I'm okay. She rubs her hand over her wrist, still gripping her sword with white knuckles. There, along her wrist, a thin white scar twists across the wrist.
We'll have to have a word with the sheriff, she growls.
As everyone gathers around Vertielle the clinking sound becomes real as a set of manacles rises from the floor and attacks Que!
Initiatives, please.
"Is it because his stuff keeps trying to kill us?"
Wood tries to see what is causing the manacles to animate, has no idea. Attempts to cast a spell and stops.
It is not one of the mage's finer moments.
Que sees the manacles flying towards her and in her shock tries to catch them out of the air before they can attack her or worse before they cuff her.
Gkirkhan swings wildly while Que, though startled, still manages to grapple the flying manacles.
Initiative order:
Gkirkhan (21)
Que (20)
Wood (18)
manacles (3)
Vertielle (2)
need Eva's initiative.
OK, current intitiative order:
Evangline (22)
Gkirkhan (21)
Que (20)
Wood (18)
manacles (3)
Vertielle (2)
Actions, please. If it's still up when it's Que's turn, she will grab it out of the air.
Actions so far:
Gkirkhan; swing and a miss
Que; snatch and grapple
Wood; dither a bit
Eva attacks it
Eva's attack hits, but doesn't seem to damage it.
Vertielle, you learn nothing from your religious knowledge about this object.
Gkirkhan's eyes seem a little wild as he brings his hammer down in a mighty two handed swing.
"Hold still! I don't wanna smash your hands!"
Next round Que tries to Pin the animated manacles if they are still acting
@Vertielle:
This time Gkirkhan's mighty swing connects...but does conciderably less damage than it should.
Que barely manages to pin the squirming thing, which then attempts to break away.
It manages, but has no further action at this time.
@Vertielle: sorry I misread your post and didn't realize that was for arcana. Yes, it's sufficient.
This is an animated object, not a haunt,though the fact that this place is haunted may be the cause rather than a deliberate animation. As a metal object it has hardness, but it may be vulnerable to changes in temperature -hot or cold- or some other form of magical attack.
As much as physical activity is not Wood's strong point, he attempts to aid Gkirkan get a solid hit on it as much as he can. For a studious wizard that never exercises, he manages to be a little more effective than you would think.
With the time-honored cry of a fencer, Vertielle doubles the manacles upon themselves, presenting a wider and more impactable target for the hammer-toting half-Orc.