Radomir will purchase an anti-toxin too
Soran purchases an anti toxin and an alchemists fire as well, and inquires about the alchemical ingredients he needs to make certain arrows. Namely, holy water, fine bone fragments, and small vials.
Soren, Bokkan will tell you that any materials he cannot gather/produce himself, he must order through Oleg. Such as the holy water and glass vials and flasks.
Well, if everyone has what they want, we can carry on with our work and stop bothering this good man, Alexander says with a smile. It was a pleasure to meet you, Bokken. We'll stop in again and let you know how things went. And if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask. You can tell Oleg and he'll pass it on if we're out in the field.
He looks around at the others, I suggest we carry on with our mapping and when we come near this nest of spiders we remain especially alert. I suppose we should keep an eye out for acorns as well.
Andrea nods. It seems a glint of light flashes off her eyes, making her look cunning as her gaze flicks over everyone. Is her mouth twitching into a knowing smile?
Or is Thaliar just being paranoid again. ;)
Thaliar spent most of his time looking around Bokken's abode, seeing what the old man had on his shelves.
As the others prepare to depart he turns to Bokken, "This may sound odd, but could I buy some empty flasks from you? If we are off to kill spiders I can't let that venom go to waste you know. It could be turned into a nasty surprise for some bandit."
Eduard looks up from his curiosity to look at Thaliar as he speaks. "I believe that Bokken has said that his flasks come from Oleg. We would need to purchase such things back at the trading post I imagine."
Since the way back to Oleg's is bandit free, Bokken is willing to sell you two empty flasks.
After saying goodbye to Bokken, you follow the general directions he gave while you explore. The area here is sparsely wooded and the ground rather uneven and rocky. Here and there you see large boulders dotting the landscape.
Alexander looks around as they ride, keeping an eye out for spiders and flying acorns.
Andrea is far to busy practicing her sneers and suspicous looks to notice anything.
Radomir also keeps his eyes open as they ride. He tries to stay to the front of the group, so he can have a free path to charge down with his lance.
Thaliar gives the man the coin for his two flasks and then moves on after the others.
You guess that you are closing in upon the central area of the nest when you walk into a clearing that is strewn to a radius of nearly 200 feet with the skeletons of boars, deer, bears, and a few humans. Your horses crunch through the skeletal remains. There seems to be an absence of any living wildlife in this area, perhaps the spiders have hunted here for too long?
How could spiders do this?
Alexander rides his horse into the clearing wondering at the size of the creature that managed to kill all these animals and people. Still working it out in his head, he's caught completely unaware.
Soran keeps his bow drawn, and waits for the enemy to reveal itself.
Andrea is very wary after seeing such a circle. What could have caused this? She places her hand on her crossbow.
Eduard tries to stay in the middle of the group and frowns a bit.
"This does not look promising..." he mutters to himself.
A rattling of bones is all the warning anyone gets when a pony sized spider jumps out of a conceal hole in the ground, attempts and fails to bite Eduard's horse and then springs back into it's hole.
Andrea jerks. Spiders get that big? We should burn them out! Don't forget your antidotes!
Radomir readies his lance. Aye. Does anyone have fire?
Soran keeps his bow nocked.
I don't, but if it shows its face again, I'll make sure it regrets it.
Alexander shakes off the shock of seeing such a large spider spring from its hole. Spiders of unusual size? I feel like I've heard this story before.
He draws an arrow from his quiver and lays it across his bow as he says, There may be more... with a quick look around, Hell, that may be the baby. Eyes open.
Like Alexander, Thaliar draws his bow and then shoots. The mounted charges were best left to Radomir. "If we can leave it's fangs intact that would be great. I really want to harvest this bastard once we're done with him."
Eduard will draw and load his crossbow.
Andrea willd raw and load her crossbow
Radomir grits his teeth and readies himself to attack when the spider emerges once more
The spider springs from his hidey-hole and this time lands half on half off Andreas mount and it sinks its fangs into the mounts rump.
Before it can spring back, your readied actions go off and you are able to get in some shots at it.
Alexander readies his bow to shoot when the spider comes back out. Steady. He guides his horse with his knees to keep it from moving too much. Radomir, let's block off that exit. If it comes out again, we won't let it get far.
Soren watches the spider come out, and fires two arrows at it as soon as it appears.
Radomir draws his bardiche and positions himself and Czernabog to attack when the spider comes back out.
[damage=bite]1d6+5[/dice]
[damage=Hoof 1]1d6+2[/dice]
[damage=Hoof 2]1d6+2[/dice]
After Czernabog attacks, Radomir guides his steed back a pace and then swings with his bardiche.
Andrea gets off her horse(move) and readies an attack if the spider attacks again
Eduard will ready a shot for when the spider is visible again.
The spider leaps out again, but fails to get a grip on the backside of Soren's mount and slides back off while everyone's readied attacks put down the spider.
Eight legs flail in the air as a hoof comes down on it's body and then the giant spider lays still. The boneyard clearing is still again, for now, and with the spider's trapdoor still open, you can see that it was emerging from some kind of a tunnel rather than just a hole in the ground.
Andrea tries to tend to her horse's wound
With the spider dead Thaliar dismounts and moves over to it, empty flask in hand. "Now lets see if this bad boy is willing to part with some of it's venom." He kneels down next to the corpse and tries to find the fangs in the tangle of limbs before him.
Alexander dismounts and approaches the hole, bow and arrow ready. Keep an eye out for others while Thaliar does his work. I'd hate to be surprised by a group of them. He looks over towards Andrea and her horse, Everyone alright? How's your horse doing?
If things stay quiet, Alexander stows his bow and readies his shield. Shall we explore this tunnel, then? Seems this thing has collected quite a number of bodies.
Radomir nods and grips h is bardiche tightly. "Aye, my Lord. He dismounts, knowing there is no way he could fit Czernabog down that tunnel. I should go first, my Lord.
Soren dismounts, and keeps his bow drawn.
I have a bad feeling about that tunnel...