We really will protect the forest.
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Holly giggles a little to herself.
"As my friend Holly says, we have agreement from our village that we will NOT harm the forest. We would greatly appreciate having an agent of yours watching over us to make sure that we do, indeed, NOT harm the forest"
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"We'll be careful, honest!"
The elven leader seems unimpressed and unconvinced. Nevertheless, she speaks:
"I don't trust you," she says flatly. "At all. Even so, I will give you one chance to prove yourselves." She gestures upward toward the webs, then continues. "This isn't typical territory for giant spiders. My team, and some others, are looking into why they've spread through this area. There's probably a nest somewhere, and finding out where will likely shed some light on the situation, even if it just suggests a next step of investigation. Help us out with finding the next and exterminating spiders, and I might give your request a second thought. Understood?"
"Oh, we're happy to help the elves! Aren't we, Pavel?" Holly bounds over and extends her hand to the elven woman.
Corson shrugs, "Sure, like Holly, I'd be happy to help. What say you, friends?"
The prospective knight turns to his friends, a hopeful look on his face.
"Of course we'll help. But do we need to exterminate the spiders? Perhaps they can just be relocated?"
"Mayhap something is controlling them? Something sinister?"
I will make my way back up to see if the webs lead to a nearby nest, or some clue as to their origins.
Growling fiercely, smoke escaping from his mouth, spilling out between ivory teeth, "Aye, we can smash these spiders nests, no one'll miss 'em anyways,"
"No one but Pavel," Corson mumbles.
Calming down a bit, as he registers Corson's words, "Well, if something is controlling them we'll smash that too, but if we let them flee, they'll set up nests and come back,"
Corson smiles, "Aye, if something is manipulating them, we will indeed smash 'em. But spiders are part of the natural order of things, we just need to make sure that they nest somewhere where they will not be a threat to the villagers..."
He stops a second, then adds with a nod to the hunting band, "Or any of our elf friends."
"It appears our goals align regardless. Though I would of course be willing to aid our neighbors in the name of peaceful relations."
Narnel tightens his gloves and starts climbing up to find the nest.
Pavel, if you can revert to spider form, please join me, again. The rest can follow by ground in case we end up in a tussle.
"Of course we'll help. But do we need to exterminate the spiders? Perhaps they can just be relocated?"
The elven lady shakes her head. "I'm not talking about exterminating all the spiders in the whole forest," she says. "That would be disastrous, even if it were feasible. However, it's similarly dangerous for them to be in this region. It's disruptive to the harmony of the forest, and could have far-reaching consequences. Let me clarify: the goal is not to hunt down all the spiders. The goal is to find the nest. Along the way, dispatch any spiders which threaten you. If they decide this area is too dangerous to claim as their territory, they will move elsewhere; hopefully to prior territory, once we find out why they left in the first place."
She gives a little sigh of impatience at having to explain so much to outsiders, then says, "My team and I will head east. You go west. I'll make sure someone finds you before the day is out to see what you've uncovered, if anything. Now," she says, clearly trying hard to be patient, "Are there any other questions?"
To Narnel :
"I can only transform once more until we take a breather. I'd prefer to keep that in reserve for an emergency unless you really think that you need me?"
To the Elves, sheepishly
"No, no more questions here."
Cedany listens to the elf, but has little more to add, she's already noted her assent.
The skeptical elf and her entourage head off to the east, and you begin your search toward the west. Narnel keeps to the trees, checking the "cocoons" for survivors, but to no avail.
Knowing now that spiders could be lurking anywhere in preparation for an ambush, you all keep a sharp eye out, proceeding cautiously.
Cedany alone spots dark shapes ahead in time to react!
Cedany sees four smallish spiders (same kind as before) up in the webbed branches, and two much larger spiders (like, big enough to kill a horse) lurking on the ground, hidden among the trees and underbrush up ahead about 30ft.
or
hp blind for one round
Cedany shouts a warning to the others as she unleashes magic at the approaching spiders.
Cedany fires a bolt of magic at one of the bigger spiders, but misses!
The rest of you then see the spiders as they spring into action!
The four smaller spiders skitter toward you along the treetops, then drop down with ensnaring webs like before, though due to closing the distance they can only reach the front rank : one at Corson, two at Holly, and one at Narnel.
Only Narnel manages to evade!
The two larger spiders charge forward!
=22,
=16,
Corson is bitten hard, but Holly narrowly evades harm in spite of the webs' interference!
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Scowling at the ambush, Crax will weave a powerful spell that hopefully will give his group an advantage.
"Its an Ambush!! Look alive,"
One of the spiders in front of Holly goes limp, dangling from its silk strand like a pendulum!
Holly tries to break free.
Cedany will try and keep one of the creatures attacking Corson "distracted" by hitting it with a ray of Frost
Cedany will try and keep one of the creatures attacking Corson "distracted" by hitting it with a ray of Frost [dice=Attack]1d20+5 [dice=dmg]1d8
Narnel channels his Ki to send forth a fist of air at the larger undamaged spider.
Holly manages to pry the webbing off of herself!
Cedany sends a bolt of ice at one of the smaller spiders, barely managing a hit!
"Stop hitting my friends. I've had it with you lot!!!"
Putting some hit points back into Corson seems like a good idea.
Pavel will use another dose from the Healers kit on Corson
+ Corson's hit dice (I believe 3 )
Pavel does some emergency first-aid on his web-covered ally!
The smaller spiders (except the sleeping one) attack their prey!
=20,
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Corson and Holly are bitten!
The bigger spiders attack as well:
=20,
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Corson is bitten again, but Holly easily evades!
Narnel aims a blast of wind at the spider that's brutalizing Corson!
The spider goes tumbling through the air, skidding to a halt on its back, with its legs flailing in the air!
Cedany takes a deep breath, part of her wants to unleash some more magic, but she should really save it for the nest...
Corson rips free of the webbing, while Cedany narrowly misses her target with a spell!
Following Cedany's witch bolt lead, Crax will fire of a bolt of fire at the one of the large spiders.
Holly pulls out her nunchaku and bashes the spider who bit her.
She then punches it with her free hand.
Crax launches a spell, but misses his target!
Struggling against the poison in her system, Holly manages only one hit against the injured small spider attacking her.
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Is there an area where Pavel can cast Faerie fire and get 3 or more spiders without getting his friends> If there is, he does so
(Ref save DC 13 or attacks on them get advantage)
If not, Pavel will throw a sling stone at the small spider by Holly
for
Pavel casts a spell that spreads soft-glowing flames in the area, but the spiders all manage to keep from getting marked!
The spiders keep up their assault!
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Corson and Narnel suffer minor bites, but the team's defense is much more solid overall. Meanwhile, the wind-blasted spider scrambles to its feet and approaches.