Selena chuckles at Blienka's joke, offering her hand, then bluntly says, "Selena. We have a charter to explore for the lords of Restov, but keep getting side tracked by interesting and dangerous sites. Krazok will be along shortly he is finishing the threat above first, which the spiders are now in a natural state of chaos rather than working together to eat us. Where did the man in armor get off to, you know the 'king'."
Arvangail, same situation for you as I just told Bienka. DC 20 to climb on the stoneworked walls, now that the webs have been burned away to simply climb across to where the huge spider lays dead.
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Climb down 40 feet, DC 5 with rope, to another flat surface of webs that Calathes already walked on. Then climb up webs to the giant spider DC 10 or squeeze through a small hole, Calathes took that hole.
and I am Fizzwiddle Glockenfleffor XXII and this is the Fuzz, first of his name.. Fizzy says with his colorful scarf flapping in an unfelt breeze with the fuzz's scarf doing the same.
would you like some pie?
"I think we need to find the armored and monk like men who joined us before we eat Fizzy. Got any tricks up your sleeve to get us up there easily?" Selena asks then she looks at her black cloak, "Perhaps I can try something, Blienka, do you have any rope?"
I haven't seen them for the moment Selena. I think the armored guy went down then up into the rabbit hole. If we Climb down 40 feet with rope. Then climb up webs to the giant spider squeeze through a small hole, we should find him
here. Want it to dance?
Fizzy hands over his rope.
"If this doesn't work then yes," she kindly says and pats him on the head once before jumping off the edge of cliff. She travels about nine feet before she starts to drop, then a wisp of shadow appears to swallow her whole. A moment later she appears on the other edge and ties the rope to a rock outcropping.
"Climb over and see if it will hold your weight. I am so glad that it worked." She yells at the three of you.
She dodges the huge spiders legs, body and barbs and moves into the room.
Wheezing from the damn poison Calathes speaks but barely moves, he is fast on his way to complete paralysis.
The Spider Queen was a difficult enemy, unfortunately her cursed poison now runs through my veins. I can barely move at this point, I need to see a healer skilled in the treatment of poison...
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Blienka smiles at Fizz and he makes his offer.
A Beautiful pie would be great. But, for now I must decline until all here are safe from these strangely overgrown spiders.
With that she looks at the rope now tied across the chasm and shrugs. Without a pause, she grabs onto the rope and begins to pull herself across.
Climb: <-- not sure how many rolls I need. Hopefully with that roll I can get most of the way across.
I can slow your poison...would that help? . Fizzy mutters and hops then says Fuzz you may do the honors. The fuzz waddles to cal and rubs his tail on his nose and releases the spell
The rope will require a DC 15 climb check, there is 50 feet to climb.
Arvangail will store his weapon and will take the rope to go across.
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With the risk of falling, Blienka will continue to climb at speed and go down the rope to the bottom, hustle across the webbing, and then climb back up.
Climb: <-- from above vs DC10 -- 15' down (Round 1)
Climb: vs DC10 (DC5 + 5 for climbing at speed) -- 30' down (Round 1)
Climb: -- at bottom (Round 2)
Move across (Round 2 and part of Round 3)
Climb: FAIL, no fall(and already at bottom)-- (Round 3)
Climb: vs DC15 -- 15' up (Round 4)
Climb: vs DC15 -- 30' up (Round 4)
Climb: vs DC15 -- at spider (1/2 of Round 5)
It helps but I still feel as weak as a newborn...
Two ropes both vertical on either side of the chasm.
Arvangail and Blienka quickly make it down and up the ropes to get to the room with the huge spider.
As long as you take your time when passing by the giant spider there is no chance of the barbs hitting you.
"Anyone got some lesser restorations or the like to help fix what the poison has done to him?" She calls out as she continues to circle around him.
"Fizzy I don't like how there are spiders in this room still. It is strange that they don't move and seem to have the green look in their eyes still. What is up with the glowing runes on the floor? How about the scepter?"
Well I can't heal the damage sadly, but I can help with your other wounds! Fizzy gets excited. Healing Hex
Off to the left a large throne is surrounded by a pile of coins and chests. A skeleton resides on the throne. A glowing scepter of the same green glow as the runes and the spider's eyes is in the skeleton's hand. A line of glowing runes are on the floor that go from Calathes body to stairs across the room.
At the base of the stairs there is a large doorway and another tunnel, two other options.
Several small and medium sized spiders are standing on the ceiling and in webs above. They don't appear to be moving. Piles of stone appear to be piled at the base of the walls of the room.
OO shiny! Fizzy hops from one foot to the other.
I don't know why. I don't study magic...I just do it. OOO I know! I will sing the skeleton man a song.
The foot bone is connected to the shin bone. The shin bone is connected to the leg bone.. and so on. He dances as he sings.
sing
dance
With the spiders still not moving and the other two arriving she moves towards the throne but then stops seeing the runes glowing on the ground where ever she steps. The runes spread from her for about a foot or more.
She smiles at the group then charges towards the throne. She deftly moves up the pile of coins and grabs the scepter. She seems to stagger for a moment then she smiles again. She opens up a few chests looking for something, she finally finds it and brings back several potion vials.
If no one stops her she sits down and puts Calathes' head in her lap allowing her to easily feed the potions to him.
I guess you could have done it that way. Fizzy says sadly.
Arvangail lets Selena do her thing
So what did you find among all of this? Is the threat taken care off ?
"Thanks Fizzy for your attempt but I decided to take the direct approach since it did not seem to react to your show." Selena says as she begins pouring potion into Calathes mouth.
6 back in total...
"It seems we should clear out the spiders above, what do you think? They don't pose a threat immediately but likely will be a problem once they wake up." She responds to Arvangail's question.
Why not just leave, is there any real danger left. Fizzy says still pouting slightly.
Calathes clambers up from the ground and from Selena's lap, his limbs are still weary but he can now move...
Thank you, the skeleton on the throne is strange... How did he die with that scepter in his hand?
"Magic can be a strange thing, how can magic force you to not hurt someone, or how can it weave such a web to ensnare the spiders to its own will with the wielder long dead? Some things may never be known, but I don't like the spiders above and want to clear out the rest of the place properly. These runes seem to spread where ever Calathes or I step." She thinks out loud continuing to be Calathes pillow until he gets up.
The stairs lead down to something though with only the light of the runes it is hard to see. The runes seem to give off a light that is just under a candle.
A total of four passages lead out of this room, the way most of you came in, the stairs and two other tunnel passages. Even with all the webbing above and on the walls you can see the well made craftsmanship of the walls sporadically.
Fizzy brightens up and creates some lights spinning around Blienka
There you go! I made them blue like your hair!
oooo purple hair. Maybe I will have purple hair tomorrow!
Selena walks around the room investigating the room fully before going down any of the tunnels. This includes checking out the chests, throne, and pile of coins. The scepter still in one hand she twirls it around as she looks at everything in the room, rubbing it once in a while as she looks up at the frozen spiders.
The runes glow and burn the webs where ever Selena steps. She touches the walls and the same happens.
If Blienka or Fizzy step on some of the runes they will follow them as well. Burning away webs and revealing well masoned stone walls.
The spiders begin to move. Slowly at first and just to the North West corner of the room. The closest spider to the corner climbs down just as the others soon will follow.
arcana
Fizzy dances after selena and starts making new piles of gold
"I think I can control the spider's movements with the scepter, I thought it and it seems like they are following my directions. Any suggestions, I don't think we need to kill them as long as one of us holds the scepter." She says slightly questioning herself at the same time.
. Give it to me! I am friend to all animals!. Fizzy bounces up and down
I would not be so certain that they have free will even without the magic, these creatures are enslaved to instinct. If vermin such as spiders could be trained every nation would have giant wasp calvary...
Selena offers the scepter to Fizzy. She asks Blienka quietly, "would you prefer us to kill the spiders, keep them controlled or attempt to take them out of here?"
It may be wiser to find a way to imprison these spiders if possible and study the effects of the scepter upon them. This device has potential, it could make aerial calvary more then a pipe dream...
Aerial means "airborne", I trust you get the idea?
maybe we should have let the spider eat you. You should be nice.. Fizzy says with a reprimand.
Calathes turned to Fizz arms crossed...
I am being nice gnome, in certain military academies a cadet who failed to get that "idea" would be promptly beaten with a mallet...
Selena nods and seems to agree with what Blienka says. She has a bit of a quizzical look at Calathes suggestions but seems to understand what he is saying. She continues to look around and begins to sort the coins, gems, and items that are piled around the throne.
She pulls the skeleton off the throne and pulls off anything that is detecting as magical or glittering. She fills one chest with gems, one with equipment, and leaves the third alone since it is full of items already. Happy to do as she is asked.
The roars of the dragonkin can be heard from above, though there is lots of laughter with it. Then it seems to be coming down the North tunnel, strange as the group came from the Eastern tunnel.
The elf just stands to the side ready to act if needed but sees no threats.
The seven or so spiders are all over in the North Western corner sitting still.
you may call me Fizzwiddle. And we are not cassettes or whatever you call them. We are the ones that saved your life.
Fizzwiddle... I have much work to do, much... Let us while we have the time fill in the gaps of knowledge all of us have.
Turning to Blienka Calathes speaks.
How new our you to the Stolen Lands and to their politics? If you are not familiar we will fill the gaps for you, ignorance concerning the greater scheme of things can be fatal...