Ariella will send a line of arcane force down her blade and then attack the remaining spider with a twirling assault.
Once again, the lightning fast reflexes of the rest of the group left Jonas feeling late to the party. The halls were so crowded that he couldn't even get in to take a swing.
Ariella combines with the others to take out the final spider.
Combat Over
There are two large cocoons in the room. Jokbur approaches them carefully and cut them open. When you do so, thousands of tiny spiders run away into cracks in the walls. No ill effects otherwise, and no treasure is found.
Confident there is nothing else here you go through the door to the west and it opens into another empty room. You do a quick search of the room and find three secret compartments in the floor. Jokbur searches for traps quickly and doesn't find one on any of them.
Opening them up reveals a leather bag in each compartment.
The first bag contains 200gp
The second bag contains a scroll and 15sp
The third bag has a small ivory figurine in it.
However after Jokbur opens the third bag to look at it he begins to feel sick.
Jokbur's excited exclamations turn to painful ones as he opens the last bag.
Fighting the pain, he looks OK after a few moments. "Add this to our treasure pile!"
"You alright, Jockbur?" Areilla asks concernedly. "Does anyone need healing?"
Edmund casts detect magic and examines the statue.
Qui looks at the figurine:
I think one the village elders had one of those. It would turn into a great ape to defend the tribe. I am sure that the Boggarts have it now, or more likely tossed it into the swamp not knowing what it was.
"Did something hurt you there?"
"Some sort of poison, but not enough to affect me."
Jokbur looks around and leads everyone to the next adventure. "A few more victories and we go back to defeat the spider nest the druidess told me about. I just don't think we are ready now, but when we are I'll let you know."
"What? Where from? Did something bite you?"
Jokbur looks carefully at the third bag and the ivory figurine.
"It happened when I opened this bag here and found this figurine."
Nothing but the scroll is magical. It is a scroll of [i]read magic[/i
Jokbur is not about appraising things, only what they can do for him. He shows the figuring to their sorcerer hoping he can find some magic in it and leads the group on.
"Hopefully we can find another cultist all by himself again. Much more fun than a hallway full of glue."
Jokbur shudders at thought of the glue trap.
He thinks for a second and smiles: "Maybe I need to make friends with an animal to impress the druidess. I probably should buy one already domesticated to save time."
"Somehow, I don't think that will work."
"I didn't think druids were all that keen on the idea of domestication..." Jonas said.
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"I don't know. I could see that druidess having Jokbur 'domesticated' in short order," Edmund chuckles.
Ariella joins Edmund in laughing. "Nice one, Edmund!"
"Well, I can make friends with animals, but I haven't been very good at it. Let me try to make a friend next time we see a wild animal. I agree buying a domesticated animal may send the wrong impression."
Jokbur points in the distance.
"Is this new? Have we been here before?"
Jokbur continues to look around cautiously. In the back of mind, he wonders if there was enough glue to completely coat another floor and door. He hoped not.