Yirrik settles back on his heels in a crouch, frowning at the closed pit, and comments "Get ready...." .
He stands quickly, and sways a moment, the venom in his arm still affecting him , then he pulls his 10ft pole from where it was tied to his pack.
Taking a few steps back, he raises the pole and brings it down sharply onto the top of the pit...
Lilika backs up to a safe distance with the others, at Yirrik's command.
Wymond watches, his mustache twitching a bit.
"I could have done that fer ye, ye know. I've got a stronger arm from cuttin' wood and reapin' fields."
A 10' section of the floor drops away, revealing a bit lined with cobwebs and old human bones. There is a small alcove at the bottom you can't see into.
Wymond gives a small "Hmmm," as he leans his bardiche against the wall and strings his bow.
"Prob'ly another one of them spiders in that alcove. This time, let's get the drop on HIM!"
He approaches the pit, nocks an arrow and shoots into the dark alcove.
;
Lilika holds her short sword out and ready, moving to stand hear the edge of the pit.
Perfire loads his sling and begins twirling it above his head.
Yirrik goes up to the edge of the pit and waits to see if another spider lurks below...
The alcove is obscured by the depth of the pit and its own low opening. Wymond's arrow cracks off the ground, caroming harmlessly away. But moments later, another nightmarish mist blossoms into existence, filling the pit and billowing out into the hallway.
What do you do?
Lilika holds her breath before the mist reaches her and steps back, out of its way, waiting to see if it's toxic or harmful.
"Magic!" Lilika tells her companions quietly, no longer worrying about holding her breath. "The mist won't harm us. It's meant to hide and obscure vision. I'm not sure if it's a trap or there's a spell caster down there, though..."
Holding her short sword in hand Lilika calls out in common, "We know you're down there! Speak up!" Then she listens to see if anyone replies.
Wymond unstrings his bow and grabs his bardiche off the wall.
"Come on out, friend or foe!"
'I could chuck another one of these in there.' Perfire says fishing out and holding up another alchemist's fire.
Yirrik looks down into the pit and opines, "Looks like the mist the other spider conjured up. Yeah, Perfire....burn it." he says aside to the halfling.
Just then, a big shape is seen moving in the mist... and the spider attacks!
Initiative Order
Yirrik
Moon Spider
Lilika
Wymond
Perfire
"We're finding more spiders down 'ere than we're findin' undead! Don't know why Grulk couldn't do this himself," Wymond says in an annoyed tone.
"The spiders down here cast spells?" Lilika asks in surprise. Interesting..."
'It seems that way. These are far bigger than any spider I've seen before.' Perfire seems blasé about the whole affair.
"Ordinarily, I would try to calm them down, but they're quite aggressive!" Yirrik exclaims as the spider rushes out...
He sword and axe come to bear...
Yirrik attacks the spider with a flurrying two-handed style that is hard for the eye to follow, slashing a serious wound across the spider's thorax. Wailing, it strikes out at him as it scuttles up the wall past Wymond, but the ranger easily parries the stroke.
[dice=Yirrik Initiative]1d20+7
[dice=Lilika Initiative]1d20+4
[dice=Wymond Initiative]1d20+0
[dice=Perfire Initiative]1d20+5
[dice=Moon Spider Initiative]1d20+6
Initiative Order
Yirrik
Moon Spider (6 damage)
Lilika
Wymond
Perfire
Lilika moves forward and swings her short sword at the spider.
Perfire steps forward and places a hand on Wymond's back He channels his will, through his hand, into Wymond's body. He's hoping he has imbued his friend with a little extra defense against the spider's abilities.
Wymond stabs up at the spider.
"Get down here!"
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Wymond and Lilika attack and the Moon Spider moves with blinding swiftness to block Lilika's blow. Wymond's bardiche crashes into its legs, causing it to whistle in pain.
Initiative Order
Yirrik
Moon Spider (16 damage)
Lilika
Wymond
Perfire
Yirrik tracks the spider's movement and as Wymond withdraws his bardiche, leaps forward, blades whistling through the air...
"Yeh've always had a thing for flashy fighting, Yirrik," Wymond says, clearly not impressed.
Yirrik attacks, slashing with each hand, but the spider scuttles away with ease, the leaps back to attack.
Initiative Order
Yirrik
Moon Spider (16 damage)
Lilika (5 damage) (poisoned?)
Wymond
Perfire
Yirrik attacks, slashing with each hand, but the spider scuttles away with ease, the leaps back to attack, biting into Lilika's sword arm.
[dice=Target]1d4
[dice=Bite + Higher Ground v. Lilika]1d20+4+1;1d6+1Initiative Order
Yirrik
Moon Spider (16 damage)
Lilika (5 damage) (poisoned?)
Wymond
Perfire
Lilika grunts in pain. She feels a slight burning sensation in the wound that seem surprisingly... familiar. Interesting. With no time to contemplate the sensation, she lunges at the spider with her short sword.
Yirrik glances over at Wymonds, smiles,and clashes the blades of his weapons together , then attacks the spider again...
Lilika and Yirrik swiftly put down the spider, hacking it from the wall and watching it plunge into the mist. The fog disperses over the next thirty seconds or so, revealing the lifeless body of the huge spider at the bottom of the pit!
COMBAT OVER!
Lilika watches the misty pit until the fog disperses. As it clears she spares only a glance for the spider's corpse, before wiping her short sword clean on her pant leg, then sheathing it.
Seeing nothing of interest she looks across the pit.
Lilika begins to climb down into the pit.
Lilika lowers herself down into the pit, showing her skill as a druid by moving almost with the assurance of a spider herself. Besides the spider corpse, the only thing down here is a layer of long-dead humanoid bones.
Lilika sifts through the bones, looking for anything worth salvaging.
Finding nothing else of interest she moves across the pit and begins to climb back out on the other side.
Perfire moves cautiously to the edge and watches Lilika's progress down and across the pit. He shifts from foot to foot anxiously fearing his own turn across the hazard.
'Careful!'
Lilika notices that the floor is also covered in dangerous spikes. She carefully makes her way past them and begins to climb. She slips and almost falls, catching herself by her fingertips! She's still dangling there.
"Careful of the spikes." she tells the others.
Lilika is overcome with the feeling that this wall should not be this difficult to climb for her... Perhaps she was once a talented spelunker, but alas! Her recent memory loss has wreaked havoc on her talents...
Lilika falls, impaling herself on a pair of old iron spikes! She is barely conscious!
STATUS
Yirrik
Lilika (17 damage)(DISABLED]
Wymond
Perfire