When the party ascends the ladder up into the darkness the other guests do as they have done before when the party has done something untoward, they avert their eyes and pretend you don't exist. After climbing about 60ft you ascend into the darkness, though you can't see you feel strands of thick webbing stick to you as you climb. After you reach the top of the stairs you manage to climb onto a swaying catwalk, the sound of chittering surrounds you. Light cantrips do nothing to dispel the darkness but something more powerful might.
Half-Orc Heavens Shaman 16 (Speaker for the Past) | HP: 150/ 159 4 con damage Init 8 (roll three times) Per: 29 (See Invisibility)| CMB: +13 CMD: 30 | AC:30 T:17 F:26|Saves F:15 R:15 W: 26 (27 aberrations)
Hexes Used:
Fortune:
Healing:
Heaven's Leap: Dervak
Time Flicker:
Speed or Slow Time: 0/2
When her light cantrip proved incapable of piercing the darkness, Mara called on the heaven's spirits to light the way, causing her axe to glow brightly.
Casting Daylight on the head of her axe (3rd lvl spirit spell). She hasn't climbed into, or reacted to the webbing yet.
Mara's spell causes the darkness to retreat around her. The party doesn't see much more from the ladder, the thick sheets of webbing blanket the ceiling and the catwalk above.
Heroism, Perceive Cues, Heightened Awareness, See Invisibility, Barkskin, Freedom of Movement, Echolocation
AC 23 T 13 FF 22| Current HP 39/83| F +10 R +14(trap sense +3) W +11(see profile for conditional modifier)| Init +1| Perc +27 (+32 vs traps, trap spotter, smog sight) Sense Motive:+29+1d6 |Inspiration 10/10
Kat will happily take the lead since we have light. She can check for traps along the way and take AoOs with her reach weapon
She will use her usual long-term buffs: barkskin, perceive cues, see invisibility, and heightened awareness
Rowan suspects that it is some sort of acid and that the viscount might not be entirely human.
another week from hell at work, I might not feel up to making a post tonight but if I do I'm going to assume you finishef the climb and are up on the web covered catwalk. Apologies in advance if I decide to turn in early.
Tearing through the thick sheets of webbing takes some time but you are able to do it. You find yourself on a catwalk that spans the length of the ballroom below. A large bundle of spider silk lays on the platform struggling weakly. Skittering in the webbing surrounding the catwalk are hideous purple humanoids in the vague shape of a bloated human. They turn and look at you with compound eyes. An extra arm sprouting out the middle of their chest ending in wicked sickle-like claws. Giant spiders scurry around the ettercaps.
Heroism, Perceive Cues, Heightened Awareness, See Invisibility, Barkskin, Freedom of Movement, Echolocation
AC 23 T 13 FF 22| Current HP 39/83| F +10 R +14(trap sense +3) W +11(see profile for conditional modifier)| Init +1| Perc +27 (+32 vs traps, trap spotter, smog sight) Sense Motive:+29+1d6 |Inspiration 10/10
Kat also has combat reflexes. She has a reach weapon and improved unarmed strike so she threatens everything within 10 ft
Kat knows that the spider like humanoids are ettercaps, hideous aberrations that share many traits with spiders. She further deduces that they have been corrupted by the dark corners of the Dimension of Dreams. They are able to instill fear into those that draw near. Fear aura 60ft causes shaken and frightful presence 30ft. They are also allergic to silver.
Kat and Theo know that the spiders are your garden variety giant spider that most adventurers encounter sooner or later on their travels. They are drawn to ettercaps much like dogs are drawn to many humanoid races. The vermin are mindless and their poison will cause paralysis if not treated. Immune to mind-affecting and poison does 1d2 Str damage, 1/rd for 4 rds
Everyone can hear whispers amidst the webs. They worm their way into your ears and make you feel uneasy, the words start to get to Dervak and Theo but everyone else can shake it off. Dervak is shaken within 60ft of the red ettercap, and Theo is shaken while within 60ft of the yellow ettercap.
Two of the visible ettercaps say to Theo and Dervak in a low sinister tone, "Flee or be eaten."
Dervak failed a save vs a suggestion spell-like ability, which I feel is reasonable considering his shaken condition. But feel free to justify otherwise.
The two spiders not stuck in Theo's web traverse their webs and approach the party within 10ft. One of the spiders begins to pull silk from its spinneret leaving it momentarily defenseless, Kat takes the opportunity and knocks the spider unconscious before it can do anything else.
Round 1 Theo Ettercaps Giant Spiders Rowan <------- Kat <------- Dervak <------- Mara <-------
Round 2 Theo <------- Ettercaps Giant Spiders Rowan Kat Dervak Mara
Heroism, Perceive Cues, Heightened Awareness, See Invisibility, Barkskin, Freedom of Movement, Echolocation
AC 23 T 13 FF 22| Current HP 39/83| F +10 R +14(trap sense +3) W +11(see profile for conditional modifier)| Init +1| Perc +27 (+32 vs traps, trap spotter, smog sight) Sense Motive:+29+1d6 |Inspiration 10/10
Kat flicks spider guts off her spear as she enters her fighting stance, then takes advantage of her increased speed to step forward and attack the nearest spider twice.
M Human Destined Urban Bloodrager 16 | HP 102/148 (118/164) | AC 54 (T31, FF54, CMD60) | F+26/R+28/W+30 (+2 vs fear, +5 vs mind-affecting) | Mv 40' | Init +9 | Per +24| Rage 30/36 | Spells 4/2/1/0 (6/4/3/2) | Active: Heroism, Barkskin, See Invis, Shield, FoM, Long Arm, Dance, Vigor, Tactical, BoF, Legendary
If Dervak were not under a fear effect, then I think he would consider "Flee or be eaten" an entirely unreasonable request. He has faced far more dangerous foes and never willingly left his friends behind. So while I am not trying to gain an unfair advantage here, I do think the Suggestion would not work. Presuming that is acceptable...
Dervak glares at the red ettercap, Rages (+4 Str, free action), takes a 5' step (free), draws a javelin with his free hand (move), empowers it with Arcane Strike (swift), uses Destined Strike (free), and throws it (standard).
Monk 7 | AC 23 T 23 FF 18 | HP 67/67 | F +8 R +11 W +8 | Init +5 | Perc +13 | CMB +13, +15 to trip, +17 to trip with kama | CMD 27, 29 vs trip
[ooc]Is the slide accurate with everyone’s position? If Kat moved up, Rowan will also move up and attack. He doesn’t want to be up there without support.
Dervak tosses his javelin and lands it deeply into the ettercap's leg. It must have hit an artery as the wound spurts blood on the nearby webbing. But Dervak suspects that the wound should have done more. DR 5/??? not beaten
Rowan yes the map is accurate, the nearby giant spiders were killed because they only have 16 HP. You can try to leave the catwalk and move along the webbing. Treat it as a web spell DC 15
One of the ettercaps emerges from the webbing Theo conjured. The visible ettercaps present their spinnerets tossing thick sheets of webbing in the direction of the party. Kat seeing the attack coming manages to maneuver around the first shot but the second shot drapes her in thick sticky strands. Rowan is similarly tangled up. Entangled standard action to try to escape with either a strength check or escape artist. If you use strength and are caught by the web you suffer a -4 penalty. DC 15
With Kat's spear glued to the floor she can't bring it to bear on the advancing giant spider. Luckily the spider's bite doesn't penetrate the webbing covering Kat.
Round 2 Theo Ettercaps Giant Spiders Rowan <------- Kat <------- Dervak <------- Mara <-------
Round 3 Theo <------- Ettercaps Giant Spiders Rowan Kat Dervak Mara
Half-Orc Heavens Shaman 16 (Speaker for the Past) | HP: 150/ 159 4 con damage Init 8 (roll three times) Per: 29 (See Invisibility)| CMB: +13 CMD: 30 | AC:30 T:17 F:26|Saves F:15 R:15 W: 26 (27 aberrations)
Hexes Used:
Fortune:
Healing:
Heaven's Leap: Dervak
Time Flicker:
Speed or Slow Time: 0/2
Is Theo using Fortune, or Misfortune on the enemy?
Mara spoke a command word, loosening the webs on Rowan momentarily.
Casting Liberating Command on Rowan. He may make an Escape Artist check as an immediate action with a +14 competence bonus.
She concentrated, intervening with the heaven's spirits to give Kat good fortune, and then started to chant.
Using her Fortune hex on Kat. She can call upon this good luck once per round, allowing her to reroll any ability check, attack roll, saving throw, or skill check, taking the better result. She must decide to use this ability before the first roll is made. Chant extends the Fortune hex one round.
Swift action: Liberating Command, Standard action: Fortune hex, Move action: Chant
Male +4 circumstance (Blindness/Deafness/Curse) Human(Varisian) Witch 16 Hp 160/98 AC 27 Initiative +13 Fort +15 Ref +13, Will +15 Perception +26
Standing in shock; attention back to the here and now, the Witch shakes his head--as if, clearing internal mental cobwebbing.
That could escalate rather quickly!
Theo's summoned air elemental slams into the humanoid spider leaving a heavy bruise on the already purple skin. Mara commands Rowan to escape and he does so with ease. And Dervak cuts the spider threatening Kat in two large chunks leaving little doubt that it's dead.
Round 2 Theo Ettercaps Giant Spiders Rowan <------- Kat <------- Dervak Mara
Round 3 Theo Ettercaps Giant Spiders Rowan Kat Dervak Mara
Heroism, Perceive Cues, Heightened Awareness, See Invisibility, Barkskin, Freedom of Movement, Echolocation
AC 23 T 13 FF 22| Current HP 39/83| F +10 R +14(trap sense +3) W +11(see profile for conditional modifier)| Init +1| Perc +27 (+32 vs traps, trap spotter, smog sight) Sense Motive:+29+1d6 |Inspiration 10/10
Rowan tries to tear his way through the magical webbing only to get caught in it stymieing his progress. One of the ettercaps perhaps sensing easy prey approaches Rowan but Dervak with his unusually long arms is able to strike at the creature, his scimitar goes snicker-snack and the ettercap’s head comes clean off. Even still the the body twitches and the bloody stump sends out tendrils of ragged meat, growing. Definitely regeneration
The other two ettercaps swipe their claws and bite at the air elemental causing only minimal damage. While the only spider left struggles against the webbing.
Round 3 Theo Ettercaps Giant Spiders Rowan <------- Kat <------- Dervak <------- Mara <-------
Round 4 Theo (dismissed web and cackled) Ettercaps Giant Spiders Rowan Kat Dervak Mara
M Human Destined Urban Bloodrager 16 | HP 102/148 (118/164) | AC 54 (T31, FF54, CMD60) | F+26/R+28/W+30 (+2 vs fear, +5 vs mind-affecting) | Mv 40' | Init +9 | Per +24| Rage 30/36 | Spells 4/2/1/0 (6/4/3/2) | Active: Heroism, Barkskin, See Invis, Shield, FoM, Long Arm, Dance, Vigor, Tactical, BoF, Legendary
Yay Vorpal!
Dervak keeps his position and unloads on the Blue Ettercap. Using Pugnacious for +5' reach, making his reach 15' and able to strike it. That does require a swift action so no Arcane Strike this round.
