DM Fang Dragon’s Ruins of Adventure (Inactive)

Game Master FangDragon

Nothing alive in here.

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

looks like there might be an alarm system in here. My detect magic isn't picking up any scrolls in the immediate vicinity, but maybe checking the rest of the rooms will find some. A scroll of dispel magic would be mighty handy, and seems like something they would have on hand in this place.

"S%+~, I didn't get anything." It seems clear to Ishta that the time spent in stress is taking its toll on her. "Excuse mmy dirty mouth."

She then recites the names of the doors. "Worlds Beyond Collection,
Chamber of Calling and Binding, Chamber of Creation, Chamber of Whispered Secrets... I don't see that the labels here correspond to such a spell we're looking for."

Kardas flashes Azarra his version of a smile: a serious face with furrowed brows and taut cheeks, eyes filled harsh determination. "Good thinking, Azarra. We should do just that. Automatons and constructs can be fearsome foes and if we can avoid one more lethal encounter, I'm all for it. We should check the outer hallway and its outward going corridors."

Was the library upstairs? I mean, technically this is all a library, but you know what I'm saying, ha! If not, we can go east from where we are and start checking the corridors there.

It also pings on Undead and Constructs.

You get: neither alive nor dead

Delenn chews her lip as she concentrates for a while, before suggesting, "Elder Lythiin's private study was to the south west. He had esoteric interests and may well have been a practitioner, perhaps we could try there?" She didn't sound terribly convinced by this idea...

Feeling rather out of his element in the library of arcane knowledge, Zane's lips pursed up in an amused smile at Ishta's uncharacteristic curse. Azarra's wisdom suggesting that there would be a means of removing the magical trap on hand somewhere made sense, and the priest was inclined to agree with Kardas that seeking out such a magic-nullifying item was prudent. When Delenn suggested searching the Elder's chambers, the cleric shrugged, having no better opinion. If no one else objected, the priest would lead them in the direction the elven woman determined.

The Paladin leads, along with Zane.

Which direction are you going? West then south or south then west?

If Delenn doesn't indicate a preferred direction, South, then West.

Sounds good to me.

Works for me!

Sounds fine to me.

The party venture south and then east along the grand outer corridor. The mist was ever present which made everything rather eerie, but you could just make out the vaulted 20' high ceiling. The walls where slick, made of polished stone seemingly cut out of the bedrock. So straight where the cuts and entirely absent the normal mark of tools and hammers, it was as if no mortal hands had worked the stone. Perhaps they had been excavated by magic?

Half way along the southern wall your musing were interrupted by a discovery. You find the skeletal decapitated body of a human. The torso legs and arms where there, along with the thin foot-square metal case this unfortunate had been carrying. As for the head there was no sign at all...

Azarra goes forward looking around for the head.

Perception (locate head): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19

She doesn't go too far, not wanting to get separated. If she doesn't find anything she comes back and investigates the metal case (or helps if someone else already started while she was looking).

Perception (metal case): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20

The Paladin ignores the corpse. He stands in front of its position, gold helmeted head looking forward.

Zane proceeded with Azarra as they searched for the rest of the unfortunate skele-corpse. He stood beside her, mace in hand, as she investigated the metal tube, keeping Ser Armithia company in acting as a deterrent to anything that might try to approach from in front of the group.

"I doubt his head is in there, Azarra," Kardas comments in a deadpan manner.

"Quite unlikely, I agree" Ishta coincides, "though there might be something interesting inside anyway."

She casts a spell to check the box for possible magic auras.

There's no head to be found.

Azarra's eyes spot a tell tale rune near the release catch on the shallow rectangular box (which is the right size and shape to hold a large bool). She's convinced it's a magical trap, which Delenn and Ishta quickly confirm.

Azarra laughs at Kardas' joke, and then tries to disable the trap.

Disable Device: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Amazingly, she does so.

Azarra seems a lot more talented than she is. Might have to throw some more points into that skill just to live up to the hype. :)

She then opens the box (unless it is also locked?).

Within Azarra finds a slim midnight blue leather bound book. The pages are extremely fine made of some unknown substance, all of which are blank. It's in excellent condition and it appears to be enchanted.

West next?

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

I have no idea what this is. A blank magic book?

Azarra gives it to Kardas to figure out.

"Hrm, this is a valuable book. It's been enchanted and, upon command, opens to any page you instruct it to. That, and it helps you prepare spells in a way no ordinary spellbook would let you. Ishta, you ought to study this spellbook further once we're out of here."

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

"Sure I'll have a look when we manage out of here."

Zane gives the book a cursory glance, then keeps his focus forward while the more learned members of the party figure out its utility and decide to investigate further after their foray into the Library. Once everyone was ready, the priest would begin to head to the west, towards the area Delenn had indicated, continuing to keep his eyes open for anything untoward.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

The Paly hangs with Zane.

Azarra follows Zane.

The door turns out to be locked, although as far as Zane can tell it's pretty ordinary albeit rather strong. It's made of good quality oak which looks to be several inches thick.

It has hardness 5, 20 hp, or a break DC of 22 or a disable device DC of 18.

Azarra tries to unlock it.

Disable Device: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

And succeeds! :)

Marvelling at Azarra's skill at lock-picking, Zane grinned at the woman before giving her time to get into her 'kick the door in' position. After getting the ready sign from the rest of the party, the priest opened the door in front of them, ready to confront whatever horror might await them inside.

The Paladin stays silent (although a smile appears on his face).

Ishta adopts a casting gesture, ready to hurl her signature cold bolt at a potential enemy.

Zane pushes the door open but he hears something scuttling, in fact two somethings scuttling! With a gasp Azarra and Delenn hear them too. Delenn curses "Aiee spiders!" She mutters a word of power and suddenly there are multiple Delenns!
Images: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Moments later a pair of giant spiders with blue abdomen markings that look like skulls phase into view and attack! The one in the room darts in to bite Zane deeply, injecting poison that causes his legs to feel week and his heart to race as it grabs hold of him with it's forelegs! The other one in the corridor behind goes for Delenn but it shatters an image rather than hitting the wizard!

Red bite vs Zane: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (6, 4) + 7 = 17 <--- HIT
Crit?: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 6) + 7 = 16
Grab?: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32 <--- YES
Zane Fort DC 18: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 <--- FAIL
Zane Con damage: 1d2 ⇒ 1

Green bite vs Delenn: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 2) + 7 = 12
Hit on a 5: 1d5 ⇒ 4 <--- MISS

Ser Armithia-Seendren Surprised

Delenn
Kardas Rasalas Surprised
Ishta Khosiv Surprised
Spiders
Azarra <----- WE ARE HERE
Zane Levallis

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Surprise round ----

Ser Armithia-Seendren Resist Fire (447 rounds)
Delenn Mirror Image (3)
Kardas Rasalas Heroism (450 rounds)
Ishta Khosiv
Spiders Grappled
Azarra
Zane Levallis Shield Other Ser, Poisoned (7 rounds), Grappled
---- Round 1 ----
Ser Armithia-Seendren Resist Fire (446 rounds), Shield Other
Delenn Mirror Image (3)
Kardas Rasalas Heroism (449 rounds)
Ishta Khosiv
Spiders Grappled
Azarra
Zane Levallis Shield Other Ser, Poisoned (6 rounds), Grappled

Azarra & Zane have surprise round actions, then Ser Armithia-Seendren, Delenn, Kardas Rasalas and Ishta Khosiv are up.

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Phase Spiders!

Azarra shares her knowledge.

Phase spiders are voracious predators from the Ethereal Plane who hunt on the Material Plane. When prey is located, the spider shifts to the Ethereal Plane to prepare an ambush. Against a lone victim, the spider shifts to the Material Plane, bites the victim, then retreats back to the Ethereal Plane to wait for the poison to take effect. Against multiple foes, a phase spider follows these same tactics, and on each round a foe remains in reach at the start of its turn, it repeats this gambit. If no foes are in reach, it moves while ethereal to prepare an attack on an available target, but unless it feels safe in spending an entire round on the Material, it won’t phase back to attack unless it can do so while saving a move action for an escape.

Assuming I can't shoot them, right? They always phase out at the end of their turn, so they are basically ethereal all the time that matters?

Azarra uses Wordstrike on the green spider, yelling at it in Elven. Her words seem strangely imbued with power.

Sonic Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 <--half of the result

Zane yelled out in surprise and pain as the spider suddenly appeared and sunk its fangs deeply into him, injecting the venom that started to sap his vitality as it coursed through him. Taken by surprise, he reacted by instinct and swung his mace at the spider holding onto him.

Heavy Mace: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 6 - 2 = 15Bleh...maybe with its own grappled condition that might hit
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Kardas screams and yells, "Cowardly tactics, wragh!" He charges the spider Delenn is dealing with and strikes with arcane fury.

Move action: move
Std action: attack (using Arcane Strike for +2 damage as a swift action)
Attack vs Green: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Damage vs Green: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Post after work.

Ishta decides to help Kardas and throws a blast of utter cold, trying to freeze the spider.

Frost Bolt vs Green, vs Melee: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 - 4 = 15
Damage: 1d3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Ser Armithia Readies to strike when the Phase Spider phases back in....
Melee +1 bastard sword: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 171d10 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Azarra cries out speaking in tongues, the verbal lashing cuts the spider in the corridor spraying strange translucent blue liquid on the floor!

Affected by the venom and the surprise of the sudden attack, Zane strikes wildly with his mace and misses.

They actually hadn't phased out which is sort of my bad, they where supposed to but I forgot :< Anyway that means you get a round of attacks in.
Since Zane missed I'm going to hand of GM say Ser 5' stepped into attack.
Hope that's OK!
Noble Ser Armithia stepped in front of the wounded cleric and had at the arachnid menace with his bastard sword. He noted with grin satisfaction that his blade parted their tough carapace well enough! Agitated the wounded spider hisses and chitters eerily.

Delenn grimaces at the horrid spider in front of her as she raises her wand and whispers the command word. A fat beam of fire leaps out and burns it horribly leaving more of the translucent liquid oozing out. The spider rears back and trills in pain!
Ranged touch: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18Fire Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 6, 2) = 14 <--- HIT

Kardas rushes in to strike but before his blade can connect the spider rears uup and uses it's superior reach to bite! Kardas tries to roll aside but it was too fast and suddenly he had venom pumping through his veins. This didn't stop his blade however and it leaf a deep cut along the spider's abdomen.
Green AOO: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (2, 5) + 7 = 14 <--- HIT
Kardas Fort DC 18 (with heroism): 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 2 = 16 <--- FAIL
Con damage: 1d2 ⇒ 1

Ishta sends a pencil thin beam of utter cold to strike the same spider, leaving a line of frost bitten flesh!

The spider tries to retaliate by biting the nearest tasty looking thing, but one of Delenn's images interposes itself and in frustration the spider seems to fade away as it retreats to the ethereal plane!
Green Bite vs Delenn: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 6) + 7 = 17 <--- HIT
Crit?: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 3) + 7 = 15 <--- Yes but...
Hit on a 4: 1d4 ⇒ 1

The other spider drops Zane and lunges at Ser Armithia with surprising speed! It lands a nasty blow, one that causes both Zane and Ser Armithia to cry out! It too then fades away...
Green Bite vs Ser Armithia: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 2) + 7 = 13 <--- HIT
Ser Armithia Fort DC 18: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25 <--- PASS

Ser Armithia-Seendren

Delenn
Kardas Rasalas
Ishta Khosiv
Spiders
Azarra <----- WE ARE HERE
Zane Levallis

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 1 ----

Ser Armithia-Seendren Resist Fire (446 rounds), Shield Other
Delenn Mirror Image (2)
Kardas Rasalas Poisoned (7 rounds), Heroism (449 rounds)
Ishta Khosiv
Spiders
Azarra
Zane Levallis Shield Other Ser, Poisoned (6 rounds)
---- Round 2 ----
Ser Armithia-Seendren Resist Fire (445 rounds), Shield Other
Delenn Mirror Image (2)
Kardas Rasalas Poisoned (6 rounds), Heroism (448 rounds)
Ishta Khosiv
Spiders
Azarra
Zane Levallis Shield Other Ser, Poisoned (5 rounds)

Azarra, Zane Levallis, Ser Armithia-Seendren, Delenn, Kardas Rasalas and Ishta Khosiv are up. Kardas and Zane please make DC 18 fort saves. You need to make two of these to stop the con damage.

Perfect!

Ser Armithia Readies to strike when the Phase Spider phases back in....
Melee +1 bastard sword: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 141d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Azarra readies another Wordstrike attack, coming up with some particularly stinging Elven insults, ready to hurl them as soon as the spider phases back in.

Sonic Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 <--half of the result

Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Taking advantage of the lull, the beleaguered priest reluctantly dropped the link between himself and Ser Armithia, the poison continuing to ripple throughout his body as he broke into a sweat.

Standard to drop Shield Other.

Fort save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 - fail
status: CON 13 - Fort +7 - max HP 50

The spider's blasted poison burns its way through the swordmage's veins, causing him to stagger. "The spawn has set my blood on fire! Auryl's blessed breath, I'm burning up!"

Std action: ready attack vs spider *if* it phases back in
Ready Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
Damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Ishta, same as most of her friends, readies for when the spider comes back out of phase.

Ray of Frost, vs melee (probably): 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 - 4 = 2
Damage: 1d3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Round 1 dmg.
The poison ravages Kardas and Zane causing them to double over with pain and pant, it was as if their blood was on fire. Wisely Zane dropped his link with Ser Armithia.
Kardas: Con Dmg: 1d2 ⇒ 1
Zane: Con Dmg: 1d2 ⇒ 1

Round 2 dmg.
Kardas Fort with Heroism: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 2 = 22 <--- PASS one save needed
Zane Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Kardas: Con Dmg: 1d2 ⇒ 2
Zane: Con Dmg: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Like the cowardly predators they are, the spiders don't come back immediately, but then suddenly they phase back in. But before the Watchers of Dawn where ready for them! Azarra welcomed them with some particularly vicious invective, which flecked off more crystalline blood from the one in the corridor. Ser Armithia's sword flashed but he misjudged his stroke, missing by a few inches. Delenn triggered her wand once more, but her aim was also off and the fiery ray missed by several feet.
Ranged touch: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7Fire Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 5, 4) = 17 <--- MISS

Kardas however was fighting for survival, and despite the pain his sword flashed up and through the spider which keeled over dead.

The other spider lunged at Ser Armithia one more, but the knight was able to block it's fangs with his pauldron and frustrated the spider phased away again.
Red Bite vs Ser Armithia: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (2, 2) + 7 = 11 <--- MISS

Ser Armithia-Seendren

Delenn
Kardas Rasalas
Ishta Khosiv
Spiders
Azarra <----- WE ARE HERE
Zane Levallis

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 3 ----

Ser Armithia-Seendren Resist Fire (444 rounds)
Delenn Mirror Image (2)
Kardas Rasalas Poisoned (1 save) (5 rounds), Heroism (447 rounds)
Ishta Khosiv
Spiders
Azarra
Zane Levallis Poisoned (4 rounds)
---- Round 4 ----
Ser Armithia-Seendren Resist Fire (443 rounds)
Delenn Mirror Image (2)
Kardas Rasalas Poisoned (1 save) (4 rounds), Heroism (446 rounds)
Ishta Khosiv
Spiders
Azarra
Zane Levallis Poisoned (3 rounds)

Azarra, Zane Levallis, Ser Armithia-Seendren, Delenn, Kardas Rasalas and Ishta Khosiv are up.

Zane felt the fire of the poison continuing to spread throughout his body, his face flushing uncomfortably as it coursed through him. Grasping his holy symbol, he mouthed a prayer to Lathander as he continued to try to calm his breathing and fight off the venom.

Use Touch of Good, +2 to most rolls for 1 round.

Fort Save, ToG: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 = 8 Yikes...Lathander's calling Zane home, maybe. LOL

Ser Armithia stands ready to return this spider to sender.
Melee +1 bastard sword: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 281d10 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Understanding that she's really bringing nothing at the moment and that the spider has its days already accounted for, Ishta decides to evade bigger damage.

Readying a 5-ft-step action to avoid the spider if it tries to bit her.