The Spider's many limbs and spiny hairs frustrate Guido's attempt to incapacitate it.
The spider snaps at Drogan as he exposes himself to it.
...and does little more than gnaw on his armor.
Drogan's massive swing chops the spider in half, adding its guts to the coating on his blade!
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Fedorean, disgusted at himself for not landing a single blow so far on this trip hangs his head in shame..after a minute of sulking he shakes it off and sits down to take a look at the spider bite, realizing its only a small flesh wound, reminds himself to get it looked at next time hes in town or comes across a healer. He then listens to the others talking about checking out the cocoons and agrees:
"I agree, lets look through the cocoons and see whats in them, maybe one of you can tell what kind of creatures they are?..then I think we should go back and try that door do you guys agree?"
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"I was thinking we should explore each room as we come to it so we don't have to backtrack, who knows if that door we left behind leads to a single room or another hallway?..don't think it will hurt to take a quick look and see will it?, if its a hallway, we can come back here and continue on, if its just a room then we can search it and be done with it no?..what do you think?..if you guys don't want to go back, I could just go real quick and check it out and come back to let you know..isn't that what scouts are good for?" Fedorean chuckles a little bit at the last part of his statement.
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Drogan helps clear the webs looking for any other creature caught up in them. "I think that since the door is closed and has been probably since the palace was discovered that we probably won't have any problems that way. I vote to keep heading in this direction." Drogan points towards the opening opposite of where everyone came in the room. Once the room is cleared, Drogan heads that way and looks in the opening.
After clearing the webs, two corpses are discovered. They aren't all that fresh and both appear to be Kobolds. A small pouch is found by one of the bodies containing 30 gold coins and an average-sized pearl.
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At the other end of the webbed room is another closed door.
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Fedorean try's the door again
Failing that he try's one more time
feeling it moving a little bit he try's one more time
Fedorean whispers to himself "Damn, that is one stubborn door"
Thinking to himself that his time is running out to do this unnoticed he try's one last time!
Fedorean feels the door finally slide free and open.
Counting heads, Drogan notes that Fedorean is not in the room.
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Everyone hears a door open back the way you came from.
No traps are located by Guido, Anya or Abasi. The door appears to be stuck.
The door gives way to Abasi's efforts once he takes the time to wedge the crowbar in and get the proper leverage. The door swings freely again, probably for the first time in a while. On the other side is a large room. The stale air puffs out on the sound of a faint wail.
Scattered amid the compromised shelving are damaged scrolls, and a number of still-sealed scroll tubes. A glimmering trickle of water seeps down from the ceiling in the northwest corner of the room.
On the North wall is a section of wall that has collapsed into another chamber beyond, but you cannot see what's in there from your position at the doorway.
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Fedorean, Quickly and Stealthily moves around the room looking through the scrolls,Mindful that there may be creatures lurking and not wishing to disturb them and thinking that some of the scrolls may be spells his companions could use or the trade agreements hes been looking for. He starts grabbing any that look important or that still look intact and the still sealed scroll tubes and puts them in his backpack, Not wanting to venture any farther inwards over the rubble without his companions after collecting the scrolls, he returns back through the door he came in and starts to head back to web room rejoin his companions.
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There are probably more than a dozen scrolls that might be what you are looking for. All are written in Kelish, so you cannot be certain that they are trade agreements or magical scrolls. You take a couple minutes sorting through them and grabbing ones you judge to be well-preserved.
You hear something moving in the next room. Glancing behind you, you see a frog-like creature the size of a short-stocky humanoid come peering through the hole in the wall looking for the source of the light it perceived.
Abasi enters the room. There is a stillness in the air.
A mournful howl comes from a stone well in the room’s center. This large chamber’s walls, once painted with vermilion and gilded with gold leaf, are now splotched and crumbling. Unlike the walls, however, the tiles that decorate the well are untouched by the ages and gleam as if recently polished.
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Anya follows in after Abasi (and presumably Drogan). "Interesting," she murmurs, starting at the chamber's walls in awe. She shivers at the wail that drifts up from the well. "And disturbing."
Murmuring a cantrip (), her eyes take on a faint blue glow and she sweeps her gaze throughout the room, paying particular attention to the well even as she keeps her distance. "That well is awfully well-preserved...."
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Fedorean Shows back up just as his companions are starting to enter the next room.
"Sorry, bout that guys just did a bit of solo exploration for a minute, that room behind that door is full of scrolls, and some kind of frog monster, I took some of the scrolls, let me see if I still have them"
Fedorean starts to fumble through his backpack
.. "maybe they will be useful, but unfortunately they were all written in Kelish and I don't know how to read them,maybe one of you can read them?.. but i also think if we wanted some action we should go in there and Kill that thing!"..Fedorean says in a excitedly fast out of breath pace..
"And What the heck is that Wailing Noise?"
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Abasi turns at Fedorean's interruption, and takes the proffered scrolls, tucking them into his pack. "Welcome back. I'll read them, but it may have to wait. It seems we have trouble on two fronts now, presuming that frog monster was curious enough to chase after you. We still don't know the cause of the wailing noise, but it seems to be emanating from that well."
"Halkale, make sure you keep a close eye on where we came from. Fedorean, if you could take a look for any traps or oddities I'd be quite indebted to you."
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Elian looks at the strange well and comes to the same conclusion as the rest... there is obviously something strange with the well. His curiously detached gaze sweeps over the rest of the room, but then he turna when Fedorean returns. "So you're not dead then."
Elian's voice sounded curious as if spotting a curious fleeting fancy. He then returned his attention to the well.
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Drogan assumes position near the door just in case that frog decides to pay the party a visit. He lets the more sneaky and magically attuned folks deal with the moaning well. Staying in place, Drogan looks around the room to see if there are any other exits other than the door from which they entered.