Cover
To determine whether your target has cover from your ranged attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from this corner to any corner of the target's square passes through a square or border that blocks line of effect or provides cover, or through a square occupied by a creature, the target has cover (+4 to AC).
Um'bala's bolt hits the mite in the face, stunning it and knocking it over, where it lies unconscious.
Quintus tries to strike out at the spider behind the mite in front of Mach hoping to provoke it into moving to attack him and taking a lot of attacks from his allies, but his shot flies wide.
Milo is surprised by the Chelaxian's comments given the assumptions he has about the warrior's experience. He does not wish to further addle the poor fellow and with Um'Bala's move he now has easy access to the melee, so he uses it to move down the stairs and join the fight. He draws his sword as he does so.
Mach takes two swings at the mite in his face!
Mach cleanly stabs the mite in the chest, killing him instantly. Like his dying companion, the fey creature is strapped to the spider, and simply slumps over in its saddle.
The two remaining mites seem to decide that they do no wish to die at the hands of the invaders, and leave as quickly as they can.
One of the mites () can't quite run out of Petronicus' reach. With a swift swipe, the creature crumples on the ground. ,
The sole remaining mite runs as fast as it can out of the room, screaming in their language.
[dice=Percentile to see if Red spider attacks, low means "no"]1d100[/dice]
The spider next to Petronicus bites him hard in the arm, causing the fighter to cry out in pain as the venom courses through his system.
, , hit! , success!
The spider facing the Shoanti follows its master.
Milo lunges taking advantage of the opportunity the yellow spider offers in its retreat.
Petronicus grits his teeth as the spider moves away, slashing it with his polearm.
, hit!
Quintus tries to fire again with his ray at the spider in front of Mach.
Petronicus steps back behind Milo, slashing over his head at the giant spider in front of him, but the spider jumps out of the way. ,
Now safely behind the halfling, Petronicus smiles broadly. "He's all yours, Bandersnatch!"
Quintus tries to fire again with his ray at the spider in front of Mach.
Quintus can't quite get a bead on the spider, and his spell misses it by inches.
"Why thank you, Krupt!", says the Halfling monk, who slashes at the blue spider with his sword.
"Why thank you, Krupt!", says the Halfling monk, who slashes at the blue spider with his sword.
The halfling's temple sword bites deep.
Standing Bear steps up and brings his hammer down on the spider nearest him, nearly crushing it. It seems to be barely hanging on, but is not defeated. , hit!
Mach steps forward and starts stabbing once again, this time attacking Standing Bear's spider.
Mach's stab to the spider's head causes it it to crumple instantly.
The last remaining spider, still with a dead or dying mite on its back, backs up and scuttles away down the hallway to the west. Shrieks of mites can still be heard somewhere down that corridor, but for now the immediate threat seems to be over.
Milo takes a deep breath and centers himself, "This is not yet over."
Standing Bear walks over to Petronicus, touching him lightly with the healing wand as he momentarily concentrates on the magic.
He then looks to the other members of the party to see if they are wounded.
Milo takes a deep breath and centers himself, "This is not yet over."
Petronicus smiles in relief as the healing washes over him. He turns to Milo and shakes his head, responding, "No, it certainly isn't. Do we want to continue on, or do you want to check ahead first, Mach?"
Milo smiles and waves a hand in Standing Bear's direction, "I am willing to take healing if it is available."
In response to the Chelaxian he says, "There is no continuation without checking. 'Verify then verify, is wisdom, I think."
As they talk he looks over the corpses to find the bolts he fired and collects them if they are reusable.
As they talk he looks over the corpses to find the bolts he fired and collects them if they are reusable.
"...I can keep going." Mach twirls his blades in satisfaction.
Stupid spiders. Creepy bastards.
Quintus looks at all the destruction they cause a bit of bravado creeping into his voice to disguise his slight hesitation at fighting these monsters. "Well that was a bit touch and go there for a few moments. Luckily, those mites seem to be cowards so this might be easier than I thought it would be."
Having picked up the bolts he could find Milo stands wiping the blood and gore off of his hands, "Well, Petronicus is correct that if we are to move forward we will need to scout ahead as we do so. I might help in that, Mach, if you want it."
Using his unique (at least among the other people in the party) ability to see in the dark, Mach scouts ahead, and finds that the only corridor leading from the room leads to a circular stairwell that goes down to another level. Straining his ears, Mach thinks he can hear some movement coming from somewhere below, and guesses that it's probably the surviving mites. They seem to be trying to keep very quiet.
The only corridor you haven't explored on this level is the tunnel Milo crawled down earlier that led down through the ant hill.
Gripping his large weapon, he looks to the rest of the group and smiles, "Do we finish the small blue ones...or what?"
The large man's smile seems to grow as he takes a deep breath and he looks to his weapon, seeing the hand of his grandfather there with his, holding the weapon, knowing he will help guide the next blow he lands with the Earthbreaker.
Petronicus spits on the ground. "Those little blue-skinned bastards are not that tough, but they do know this place a lot better than we do."
He leans against his polearm and scratches his head. "One thing still puzzles me though. We know they probably didn't get through that big sparking door upstairs. Natalya would have mentioned something about that. That means they got here some other way, but which way? There must be a connection to the outside or maybe to the sewers. I don't know much about these fey, but I know they have to eat something."
"I'd be fine with finishing these small guys off. They don't seem to be very friendly and we would be doing a civic duty as well as making some money in the process."
"It would mean you lot crawling through, but you have a good point about the likelihood in taking the Mites by surprise. If we knew the layout here better and we were certain that doing this would give us the opportunity to flank them, if not take them by surprise, I'd suggest leaving one or two up here, so that we might get 'em from two sides."
Petronicus looks between Quintus and Milo. "So we split up and take them for both sides, is that it? What does everyone think of that?"
"If we split...and there is anything of a surprise in this nest...then we are separated and each fighting different battles."
Pausing for a moment, he nods, as if he is being spoken to. "It is unwise to fight a war on two fronts. That is what the Great Grandfather says."
"I'm inclined to agree with Standing Bear. I'd rather not have us split too far from each other. Let's scout out the tunnel and see where it leads and if it does lead to the mite's backside then a few of us will run over here and will get them in a pincer maneuver."
Petronicus shrugs. "I agree with SB and Quintus. Now let's get going!"
"I swear, the worst thing about being part of this damned Pathfinder Society is having to decide everything by committee. Sometimes I miss the simplicity of Cheliax!"
He heads off down the corridor back north, stopping 10' out to see if people are keeping up.
Mach wordlessly follows.
Whatever gets us closer to finding out what's going on down here.
The group makes its way back to the ant room and the tunnel Milo found that leads to another chamber.
"Why don't I run rear guard and I'll push through as soon as the rest of you get through. That way all of us aren't in those confines at the same time...just to be safe..."
Milo moves to the ant hill with the party, loads his crossbow with his retrieved bolt, "Right. I'll move ahead first and try to stake out a position to post watch from while you all crawl through."