Stanley looks over to see the rush of spiders pour forth, "By the divine! Focus on not getting hit, over hitting, they are likely easier to kill than the poison is to fight off." He rushes back to the others as best he can, fumbling at his bandolier to draw one of the few items he had stored in it.
Verrick moves toward the spiders to get a better angle , draws back his shortbow and fires at the rightmost spider.
Verrick moves toward the spiders to get a better angle , draws back his shortbow and fires at the rightmost spider.
[dice=Attack]1d20 + 3
[dice=Damage]1d6 + 1 + 1
Going to assume that is high enough to know that, as vermin, his Evil-eye won't work on them.
Stanley looks over to see the rush of spiders pour forth, "By the divine! Focus on not getting hit, over hitting, they are likely easier to kill than the poison is to fight off." He rushes back to the others as best he can, fumbling at his bandolier to draw one of the few items he had stored in it.
Adovan ignores Stanley, and rushes forward, muttering a spell as he goes.
A blinding flash of colour erupts from Adovan's outstretched hand and engulfs 4 of the spiders....
The spiders ignore the pattern of clashing colours that erupts in their midst and continue to scuttle mindlessly forward.
"Oh, *&*%! That should have knocked them out cold!"
"Huh, some wizard..." Dohrlok moves forwards and stamps at one of the spiders.
Verrick’s arrow skewers one of the spiders, but it drags itself on, trailing ichor .
Ellantera moves up to finish Verrik's target and remove the immediate threat to her recent watch partner.
~CRUNCH~ goes the spider under Ellantera’s over-sized meat tenderiser.
~CRUNCH~
"Ooooohhhh." Verrik grimaces theatrically as Ellantera splatters spider parts everywhere. "That must have hurt. Stanley is right, though - prioritise not getting poisoned."
Tyvall winds up and hurls his torch full force at one of the spiders coming at him then plants his feet and gets a solid grip on his staff. His expression is more aggravated than worried.
Tyvall is not completely sure what species of spider these are, or how potent their poison is, although he knows that spiders of this size often have poison that causes muscle cramps and weakness in humanoids.
The thrown torch flies wide and the spiders all scurry forward, leaping and biting at anything in front of them.
Tyvall swings his staff in a wide sweep trying to bat the spider scuttling past him but the damned thing is quick. The dwarf scowls then pivots while lifting the staff above his head and attempts to hammer the spider into the stone.
Ellantera, heartened by her initial success, dodges the bite if the spider that lunges at her and takes a swing at it in return.
Tyvall swings his staff in a wide sweep trying to bat the spider scuttling past him but the damned thing is quick. The dwarf scowls then pivots while lifting the staff above his head and attempts to hammer the spider into the stone.
[dice=AoO vs S1]1d20 + 1 [dice=Damage]1d6 + 1
[dice=Staff, flanking vs S1]1d20 + 1 + 2 [dice=Damage]1d6 + 1
Ellantera's earthbreaker smashes into the spider. She lifts it to see the half squashed arachnid still struggling weakly.
Adovan throws the spider that's attacking him off, and then takes a few steps back.
Adoven throws the spider away and slices it clean in half as it sails through the air.
Tyvall strikes the spider as it scuttles past him, then turns, steps, and squashes it under the butt of his staff.
Stanley growls a heavy grunt of irritation through pursed lips, "I thought I said defense was more important. You know, fighting more cautiously." Moving forward, he walks up to Tyvall and rests his hand on the dwarf's shoulder. Closing his eyes in concentration, he twitches slightly as his lids flutter. "Here, do you need an antitoxin?" He removes his hand and holds out the vial he had previously drawn.
"Huh. I thought smashing them all fast was pretty cautious."
Verrick slides over for a different angle and fires again.
Dohrlok times his approach, seeing Verrik draw back, and lets the arrow pass by before stepping forward to assist his student.
The remaining spiders surge forward, biting at the adventurers in front of them.
"Urgh, these things just DO. NOT. Stop!" Adoven shots as he againt brings his sword to bear.
Ellantera fails to avoid the bite this time, but only hisses at the sharp pain of the bite. The pain is sufficient to distract her from her stroke, however.
Similarly, Dohrlok attempts to reciprocate against the arachnid facing him.
Tyvall takes one end of his staff by both hands and tries to spike a spider to the ground with the other end.
As others of the group take hits from the spiders, Stanley gets worried, as he moves into a space between all three of the victims ready to absorb their affliction. He just needs to know which ones suffer from it.
Dohrlok shrugs off the effects of the spider's bite with nothing more than a grimace.