Galonor follows closely behind Uhvat. "I suppose you can never be too careful. This place looks like it's about to fall apart!" The half orc exclaims grimly.
Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +9; +2 vs. death effects, negative energy effects, negative level Samsaran shaman (speaker for the past) 4 Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +8 | AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 15 (+4 armor, +1 Dex) hp 27/27
"I don't mind some caution. It can keep us alive." Zifan follows along at the tail end of the row of adventurers.
|AC 20, T 15, FF 16|HP: 57/57 (12 nl)|F +9, R +9, W 0 (+2 vs shadow/MA/emotion, +1 vs reptilian EX abilities)|Init +4, Perc +8|CMB +1 CMD 15|Burn 2/7, Buffer 1, Light and Dark 1/1, Voices Say 1/1, Shadow Speaker 4/4
Petromyscus "Chinchi" Spalaxchi wrote:
"You sure are thorough. Are you always so careful? You can't spend your whole day looking at every nook and crannie - you would have no time for games!"
Please don't forget to move your tokens to reflect your posts..
Uhvat steps out of the room, and in the midst of the others cajoling him about his caution, he grimly points out that the caution was warranted! He finds an entire section of floor before the next door to be a trap. Any hapless adventurer unlucky enough to have stepped there would have been dropped into gods only knows what!
Gadrielle: The architecture is extremely old.. I suppose that you would know from your trip here or from the townsfolk that the tower is believed to have been built by the Azlanti long before Starfall and has somewhat survived the intervening millennia.
Sorry for the short post yesterday and the sudden trip. I am back in town now. Unfortunately more trips will be necessary, but those will be scheduled and we will all have more heads up and a better idea of timeframes for possible GM blackouts.
Gadrielle, at Uhvat's warning, sighs and fishes from her backback a plank that seems like it can unfold. And unfold it does, until it reaches a length of ten feet.
"If you and your gear weigh more than 250 lbs, do not step on it" she calls out, motioning towards the other side to the people she knows to be more perceptive: Uhvat, Black Sun and Chinchi.
If one were to have two planks, could one distribute the weight across the two? I mean, IRL, physics tells me yes, but we're abstracting a lot of thing in this d20 ruleset so I cannot make that call, at least not here.
"Extremely old..." Galonor points out in reference to Gadrielle's question of the age of this establishment. "And what is that foldable plank for?"The half orc enquires curiously.
Which two squares would you try to distribute the weight upon? If you are distributing it across a trapped square and a not trapped squared, it would likely be disproportionally be distributed since they have different possible elevations.
Gadrielle: Thank you for your concern. My wife basically had her knee rebuilt this past Aug, but she fell down some stairs this week and hurt that same knee. Made an emergency trip to her surgeon to find she has torn one of her new tendons. Bunch of hoops to jump through, then she gets surgery number 8 to repair/replace the tendon sometime this coming Aug. Complicating this is the fact that her doctors are 4 hours away, so a simple doctors visit turns into a two day affair since she can't stand to be in the car both ways on the same day.
Re Planks: Yea, I'll buy that. Two planks for half the weight at 1/4 speed to denote the care being taken. Sound fair? Both planks will go in the same square to mimic normal movement.
Gadrielle folds out her extendable planks, trying to make it easier for the team to cross while Galonor looks on with bemused uncertainty.
Uhvat uses the planks to safely cross the trap and inspects the door. He doesn't believe the door to be trapped, so he carefully opens it and peers within.
The walls and ceiling of this room are hidden behind a thick, gray-white forest of spider webs that blocks all vision beyond ten feet. Webs are everywhere, creating a maze of vertical sheets. Gray, furry dust clings to the sticky, white webs. The desiccated, shriveled corpse of a long-dead man hangs spread-eagle across one of these layers of webbing, and rusty swords, daggers, and axes hang securely from others.
GM:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Everyone except Galonor:
You see a large spider in the mess of webbing, trying to hide up near the ceiling (Ceiling is 10ft up).
Pale and round-bodied, this giant spider is the size of a large dog.
Its crimson eyes glitter with malign intelligence.
Everyone except Galonor, DC 12 K. Arcana:
This spider is a Moon Spider, a magical beast native to the area. These creatures, although not as intelligent as humans, possess a sly cunning that makes them significantly more dangerous than their arachnid cousins. More based upon your roll!
Galonor tries to move into the room and finds that the webbing is much thicker and stronger than he thought it was!
I will need a DC 13 Reflex save or be Entangled please!
Anyone moving into a square of webbing will need to make a DC 13 Reflex save or be Entangled. If you are already entangled when you move into the square, you then become Grappled!
Ways to get through the room:
DC 19 Strength check to break the webbing covering you if you are entangled, two checks if you are grappled.
Attacking the webs: Auto hit, 10 hp and DR/5 Slashing. This will clear one five foot section of webbing.
Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +9; +2 vs. death effects, negative energy effects, negative level Samsaran shaman (speaker for the past) 4 Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +8 | AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 15 (+4 armor, +1 Dex) hp 27/27
"Galonor did you notice the spider on the ceiling? I believe the webs are the leas of your worries."
"Does anyone have fire? It might work on the webs." Zifan asks the group.
"Seems that whoever's here don't really want us around..."
"Not necessarily. It could want us around; it might not care if we are living or dead though" comments the woman-at-arms wryly as the door is opened and Galonor walks on through. "Mind the... Webs. Galonor, move back to us slowly. If someone can talk to this spider, now is a good time to speak up. Or if you mind us setting fire to the webbing."
Male Gnome Animal Speaker Bard 4 | 28/28 HP | AC: 16 T:11 FF:15 | F+3 R+5 W+6 | CMB +3 CMD 14 | SP 20 FT | INIT +1 | Perc +7 | Disable Device +8 | Darkvision 60'
Knowledge, arcana:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
"Speak with a spider? Bleh! Not me." Chinchi looks in. "Yah, but that's not a spider. That's a moon spider, which technically isn't an arachnid, cause it just ain't natural. Probably some loony wizard created that beast. Watch out for those webs, they are incredibly strong!"
With 5 more than the roll, I would like to know about any special attacks.
The Moon spider has an ability to throw balls of webbing to snare and entangle its prey, as well as a poisonous bite to help defeat its next meal. In addition, it has several spell like abilities that it can use defensively.
Seeing that some prey has ensnared itself in its web, the spider works its back legs, creating a ball of webbing it effortlessly throws through the web choked room!
Web ranged Touch:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22 Galonor, you are now grappled in place pending strength check or weapon damage to release you.
|AC 20, T 15, FF 16|HP: 57/57 (12 nl)|F +9, R +9, W 0 (+2 vs shadow/MA/emotion, +1 vs reptilian EX abilities)|Init +4, Perc +8|CMB +1 CMD 15|Burn 2/7, Buffer 1, Light and Dark 1/1, Voices Say 1/1, Shadow Speaker 4/4
Black Sun suddenly freezes, as if expecting something more to happen.
Holding my action until after Gadrielle (if that's even necessary, given how PbP initiative is done - I just want her to move first).
Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +9; +2 vs. death effects, negative energy effects, negative level Samsaran shaman (speaker for the past) 4 Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +8 | AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 15 (+4 armor, +1 Dex) hp 27/27
Zifan stays on the other side of the trap, and pulls out her sling. She fires it at the spider.
Black Sun: If you want to go ahead and post your actions in the future, I will place them in the order they need to be. (I wait until x, then do Y)
Zifan draws and loads her sling, then fires off a quick shot. Unfortunately, firing around the press at the door prevents her from landing a good blow.
Partial cover
Gadrielle steps in with her weapons ready for the spider if it should charge in on the struggling Galonor.
The spider hisses menacingly at the invasion of its territory, and fires another ball of webbing across the room at the companions standing in the doorway.
1d2 ⇒ 1 Web ranged touch:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
The ball of webbing smacks Uhvat right in the middle of his chest, enveloping him!
"Bold May Post"
Black Sun
Zifan
Gadrielle
Spider
Uhvat- Entangled
Chinchi
Galonor- Grappled
DC 19 Strength check to break the webbing covering you if you are entangled, two checks if you are grappled.
Attacking the webs: Auto hit, 10 hp and DR/5 Slashing. This will clear one five foot section of webbing.
|AC 20, T 15, FF 16|HP: 57/57 (12 nl)|F +9, R +9, W 0 (+2 vs shadow/MA/emotion, +1 vs reptilian EX abilities)|Init +4, Perc +8|CMB +1 CMD 15|Burn 2/7, Buffer 1, Light and Dark 1/1, Voices Say 1/1, Shadow Speaker 4/4
Black Sun scampers forward, and seeing the monster, waits for it to come closer. The soles of her shoes begin to lose contact with the floor as gravity twists around her in directions it was never meant to twist....
readied gravity blast for when it comes within 30 feet:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16+/- any pertinent modifiers bludgeoning damage:1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Black sun charges up a blast of gravity for when the spider comes near!
"Bold May Post"
Black Sun
Zifan
Gadrielle
Spider
Uhvat- Entangled
Chinchi
Galonor- Grappled
DC 19 Strength check to break the webbing covering you if you are entangled, two checks if you are grappled.
Attacking the webs: Auto hit, 10 hp and DR/5 Slashing. This will clear one five foot section of webbing.
The muscular half-orc flails around in attempt to remove the webbing around him. "Grraaaooooaaaahh" He makes progress as he is able break apart some, but is unable to completely remove the bindings the hold him down.
So to clarify, Uhvat is entangled but not held in place. Only if he becomes grappled is he held in place, right?
Uhvat tries to spit out the web that is covering his mouth but to no avail. Ignoring it for now, he brings his lash down on the web in front of him, cursing under his breath at the ineffectual bludgeoning weapon vs the web. It is nonetheless sufficient to clear the space in front of him, so he presses forward, webbed and all.
dmg:2d6 + 7 ⇒ (6, 3) + 7 = 16
My idea is to try to bash through to it, while those with ranges attacks try to whittle it down. Just in case it is not enough, hopefully Uhvat will get there in time...
Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +9; +2 vs. death effects, negative energy effects, negative level Samsaran shaman (speaker for the past) 4 Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +8 | AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 15 (+4 armor, +1 Dex) hp 27/27
Zifan fires a sling bullet at the creature again. "I'm not planning on getting near that thing."
Galonor: Usually a strength check is a standard action. However, the text here is rather duplicitous about the saves and constraints. Due to this, I will allow both saves to be made in one turn.
Uhvat: When hit by the webbing, you are indeed held in place per: "The spider also holds a trailing tether that prevents an entangled creature from moving away from the spider until it gets free." I apologize for not stipulating this earlier.
Gadrielle: Thank you!
With a mighty heave and hulk flex, Galonor manages to break through both the webbing constricting him and break free from the wall of webbing he walked into!
Uhvat manages to clear the web that ensnared him, while Chinchi begins a song to try and encourage her allies.
Meanwhile, Zifan loads and fires another sling bullet from the hallway. This one just barely manages to hit the spider from behind her allies.
"Bold May Post"
Black Sun
Zifan
Gadrielle
Spider- 4 dmg
Uhvat-
Chinchi
Galonor-
|AC 20, T 15, FF 16|HP: 57/57 (12 nl)|F +9, R +9, W 0 (+2 vs shadow/MA/emotion, +1 vs reptilian EX abilities)|Init +4, Perc +8|CMB +1 CMD 15|Burn 2/7, Buffer 1, Light and Dark 1/1, Voices Say 1/1, Shadow Speaker 4/4
Black Sun advances, seems to have more convulsions...
Black Sun moves closer to the spider dangling from the ceiling and releases another blast, but the creature is shielded by her companions!
As the party groups up in the door shredding the spiders webs, a dark mist begins emanating from the spider! It very quickly grows to fill the whole room, blocking all vision and shielding the spider from sight!
DC 16 Spellcraft or DC 21 K. Arcana:
The spider seems to have cast Obscuring Mist on itself.
"Bold May Post"
Black Sun
Zifan
Gadrielle
Spider- 4 dmg
Uhvat- Entangled
Chinchi
Galonor-
Active Conditions:
Inspire Courage +1/+1
No visibility >5'= 50% miss chance, @5' 20% miss chance
|AC 20, T 15, FF 16|HP: 57/57 (12 nl)|F +9, R +9, W 0 (+2 vs shadow/MA/emotion, +1 vs reptilian EX abilities)|Init +4, Perc +8|CMB +1 CMD 15|Burn 2/7, Buffer 1, Light and Dark 1/1, Voices Say 1/1, Shadow Speaker 4/4
Black Sun creeps forward until she sees an unfamiliar form in the haze, which suddenly convulses in strange patterns as unnatural energy charges through it....
gravity blast, courage:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 bludgeoning damage:1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 50% miss chance, even is good:1d100 ⇒ 84
Sorry, can I confirm if Uhvat is still entangled? You mentioned in the text that he cleared the webs ensnaring him, but he is still listed as entangled.
Uhvat calms his beating heart, despite not being able to see where the spider is. He stands his ground to not let the creature reach the more vulnerable members of his group, ready to bring his heavy lash onto the creature should it approach him.
Sorry, can I confirm if Uhvat is still entangled? You mentioned in the text that he cleared the webs ensnaring him, but he is still listed as entangled.
Uhvat cleared the ball of webbing that nailed him last round, then got hit with another one this round.. so he was entangled, then not, then again entangled.
Black sun shoots a ray of gravity into the room, managing to catch the spider by chance.
Chinchi finishes her song and pulls back and Uhvat stands firm to try and cover the retreat.
[ooc]Gadrielle: Galonor is able to move freely and is neither entangled nor grappled. If you like you can change your post.
"Bold May Post"
Black Sun
Zifan
Gadrielle
Spider- 14 dmg
Uhvat- Entangled
Chinchi
Galonor-]
Active Conditions:
Inspire Courage +1/+1 x2 rnds
No visibility >5'= 50% miss chance, @5' 20% miss chance
Galonor agrees to a temporary retreat, he is a fighter but not a stupid one. "Let me give you a hand Uhvat!" He whispers back as he tries to pull the human out from his entanglement.
"Black, get back out. I'm not fighting it in it's own domain. If it wants us, it can come into this hallway. Or it can burn when we set it's web on fire" says Gadrielle as she moves on back to allow her allies to retreat.
Was there anything in the other room that looked flammable?
"Thank you, Friend Galonor, for that save." Then turning to the party, he shares, "My only weapon of flame is this vial of alchemist's fire. When we enter again, I'll attempt to throw this at the spider. With luck, it would clear some of the web around it. Of course, I'll defer this to someone else with better aim."
Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +9; +2 vs. death effects, negative energy effects, negative level Samsaran shaman (speaker for the past) 4 Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +8 | AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 15 (+4 armor, +1 Dex) hp 27/27
"I have one." Zifan pulls out a bottle of Alchemists Fire. "Please go ahead." she hands it to Gadrielle.
The team backs out and discusses an entry plan and prepares to reenter the room. As Galonor moves inward, he easily slashes through the webbing blocking his path. With great swings, he clears clump after clump of webbing, eventually clearing the room with no sight of that damned spider!
As the webbing gets torn and slashed, various trinkets fall to the floor, clattering and ringing on the flagstones. Two longswords, five daggers, and one hand axe, all rusty but still usable now litter the floor along with a purse containing 42 copper pieces.
A body lies towards the back of the room, spread eagle and desiccated from the feeding spider. There are two doors revealed by the removal of the webs, one to the north, and one to the south and both stand ajar with chunks of rock or masonry blocking the jamb.
"Well, that was unexpected. Where did it go?" Uhvat searches the room carefully for where the spider might have gone.
perception:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
If he finds nothing, he looks worried but puts it out of his mind. Moving to the northern door, he looks to his teammates to see if they're ready. He examines the door carefully and also listens to see if he can hear anything beyond.
perception:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
"Indeed, seems like the critter has fled. A wise move for it's own survival." Galonor states as he hacks away the webbings. He finds himself right against the door as Uhvat examines it, ready with his great sword should there be dangers beyond.
