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Ugh, spiders everywhere! Reminds me too much of home! Schaka shouts as he blunders out of the swarm. He pulls one of his Alchemist's fires when he is free and throws it at the back of the sawrm, hoping to catch as many spiders as possible with the splash. Sorry, Madam Janira!
5ft Step
Move Draw Flask
Standard Throw Flask
Distraction (Ex)
A creature with this ability can nauseate the creatures that it damages. Any living creature that takes damage from a creature with the distraction ability is nauseated for 1 round; a Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 creature's HD + creature's Con modifier) negates the effect.
Format: distraction (DC 14); Location: Special Attacks.
Nauseated
Creatures with the nauseated condition experience stomach distress. Nauseated creatures are unable to attack, cast spells, concentrate on spells, or do anything else requiring attention. The only action such a character can take is a single move action per turn.
Miklos manages to strike with his flask, making many of the spiders sizzle with the action.
Schaka's apology is more poignant as the flask skips off the top of one of the surging waves of spiders and splashes right onto Janira as she steps out of the way.
"That stings!" she yelps as she tisks her teeth seeing people were less than prepared for these things and draws a wand out, waiting for just the right moment, seeming to ready the wand to see what her companions do.
Robyyn up
With Mateo out of the way, Janira flicks the wand and a gout of flames flick forward scorching the spiders, though just barely missing the second group.
And the spiders erupt in the flames, leaving a few that disperse into the brush.
The other swarm moves from Janira and her scary flames, while attempting to destroy three of the soon-to-be Pathfinders.
Ravoon, Schaka, and Miklos make two fort, poison then distraction and take 6 damage.
Steinfaust manages to hit the swarm firmly and the flask sends sizzles through the spiders, and then Schaka's flask missed...but the splash from the flames lick up and disperse the swarm. Leaving it a pile of smoking bugs.
Janira slips her wand away and gives a smile as she drops her backpack to the ground and begins rummaging through it. "That was quite quick. I'm impressed with how well you listened! So many of you were prepared. If there had only been one group of them, you would have smoked them." Janira says with a loud laugh.
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Robyyn approaches both Ravoon and Schaka, attempting to heal them both of their poisoning. Using his heritage's connection to elemental air, he tries to draw in certain pollens that may help counteract the spider bites.
"We may have been lucky. I'd heard that a simple milkweed thistle pollen can counteract some spider venoms; it seems this species of milkweed seems to be nearby, as I found some of the pollen in the air. It remains to be seen if it will take effect, but I have confidence."
Both of the inflicted are relieved by the careful ministrations of the witch and as such, the lasting effects of the attack are not carried on.
"I...if you folks don't have any healing to help yourselves, just say, and I can probably pass off some of mine to you!"
Janira says happily.
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I do have some minor healing, but I cannot use it very many times per day, so unless we are going to rest here for another day... Schaka says with a chuckle, resting on his bear. I'm not oppposed to using it though, if you feel we should use it instead. And I shall be picking up some sort of wand once I have the funds or pull to.
Janira shakes her head, "I do not believe rest is an option at this point...however..." With a few quick movies, the small halfling pulls out another wand and then goes toe ach of the injured, removing the wear on their bodies. "There we are...all healed up. Let's be on our way..."
With that she begins to lead the group through the countryside and into the brush and trees.
The going is not easy and it seems to be...that the eyes of a skilled tracker would be appreciated.
Janira watches the Pathfinder's-to-be and how much they work together and nods with excitement. "Wonderful! You are showing great cooperation!" and due to said cooperation, they are able to find the cave without losing any time getting there.
Coming out of the dense forest where it opens to a wide clearing at the base of a sheer cliff. Thick vines cover the surface of the cliff stretching 30 feet overhead. “Here! The cave entrance is behind those vines,” Janira says with a broad smile as she walks to the cliff’s face. She pulls back several layers of vegetation to reveal a narrow crack in the cliff’s surface. “This is where I saw the gillmen enter.”
As she motions toward the aperture, the surrounding woods come alive with the sound of small animals fleeing some unseen danger and a large creature crashing through the undergrowth. The halfling worriedly remarks, “Quick, take cover before whatever it is spots us!” As if she’d summoned the creature with her words, a massive horned monstrosity emerges from the trees. Standing eight feet tall on a pair of cloven hooves and wielding a tremendous axe, the bull-headed creature roars with unbridled anger when it spots the group. Wisely assessing that a minotaur is beyond her charges’ capabilities, Janira screams, “A minotaur! There’s little chance we can stand against it. Take this bag,” she continues, pulling off her backpack, “and head deeper into the caves. Finish your mission. I’ll lead it away from the caves, lose it in the forest, and join you as soon as I can. Now go! GO!” She heaves her backpack into the cave, casts a spell, and darts off toward the minotaur before turning to lure it away.
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Matéo, never one to back down, from anyone , doesn't even have time to respond to question as Janira runs off after ditching her bag. Once inside the cave, he opens up the bag and starts to empty its contents and take stock of what they were given.
I would have fought the overgrown swine, but our guide didn't even give us an option
The group finds themselves in a cave that the minotaur is unlikely to be able to get into, especially when he is following the sounds of a jeering halfling running off.
The caves range from two to seven feet wide in this area, the walls covered sparsely with a fungi that glows with blue-green luminescence.
Within the bag are several items, each labeled meticulously, even the wands having ink on the wood to show how many charges are left.
potion of barkskin
potions of cure light wounds (2)
potion of feather step
potion of vanish
scroll of entangle
scroll of gust of wind
scroll of identify
scroll of mage armor (CL 6)
scroll of obscuring mist
wand of burning hands (CL 3rd, 3 charges)
wand of cure light wounds (CL 3rd, 6 charges)
acid
alchemist’s fire (2)
holy water
smokestick
tanglefoot bags (2)
thunderstone
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Robyyn peers over Matéo's shoulder as he empties the bag to examine the contents.
"Some of these spells are known to me; I should be able to use the scrolls and wands utilizing identify, mage armor, obscuring mist, burning hands, and cure light wounds with ease. I may also be able to use the others; I have some training in activating items with spells that are unknown to me."
"I should also like to carry some of the alchemical weapons; they certainly proved useful out there.
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So many scrolls... so many scrolls! Schaka says, looking through the wands and scrolls as Robyyn does while trying to pay attention to other people's lips as they speak. I can use the obscuring mist, burning hands, and gust of wind items with ease, and I am also relatively skilled with using magic items. Though, I also have enough power to cast cure light wounds, burning hands, and bless, but only four times in any combination, Schaka list off the different spells on his fingers as he speaks, his attention drifting from the others.
He then appears to get distracted by the burns on his fingers, tracing the scars with his other equally burned hand and following the whorls and spirals of them, lost in his own world before being nudged by Zaheilu and brought back to the task at hand. Oh, right, yes, Confirmation. Onward?
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Matéo keeps a close on down the tunnel as the others look over and cclaim some of the contents of Janira's pack.
So, who would benefit from the barkskin potion the most? I hear will harden your skin, to be more resilient to physical attacks. Miklos, do like to get up in the nitty-gritty or hang back? Me, I like being near the front of the action.
He looks over and sees a vial of red viscous liquid, and sees it labeled as alchemist fire.
I will take that if nobody objects
Matéo will take the alchemist fire, and if Miklos doesn't want the barkskin, he will take that too.
With most of the bag sorted out, the group heads following the cave in the only direction available...
The narrow tunnel twists and turns for several hundred feet before slowly opening to a wider passage. A large hole spans the cave’s width and stretches ten feet down the path. At the bottom of the pit lies a small bundle of cloth.
The hole is 10' wide and 10' deep.
This hole is definitely artificial.
The hole is at least a year old.
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Robyyn looks into the hole at the cloth down below. "I will trust you on that Matéo." He looks at the edges of the pit, judging distances. "I would be able to get down there easily enough; I cannot fall. Climbing out on the other side will be harder; that's not a strong point of mine. I think we will need to work together to find a way to get across, as the caves continue beyond. Does anyone have some rope?"