Valeros shoots an arrow into the spider's abdomen. Ghik's icicle lands above the creature's head.
Merisiel?
(creature now at -7 HP, Raz's readied attack still to be resolved)
Merisiel moves up behind Ezren and throws a dagger.
Merisiel throws a dagger which embeds itself deeply into the creature's head.
The angry spider then rushes forward and skewers itself on Raz's lance.
Valeros gently pokes the spider a few times with the arrow in his hand, just to check that it's not getting up again. "Good eyes, Ghik. I didn't even see that thing hiding there," he says. Peering into the cobwebs, he adds, "Are we sure that was the only one?"
Valeros finds nothing but normal spiders in the webs.
The party carefully moves forward. The find most of the next room also impassible due to rubble, but there is a narrow area they can move carefully through. They find a doorway to a spiral staircase in the middle of the tower, but the stairway is also completely clogged with rubble.
|
Ghik smiles in acknowledgement at Valeros and thinks of teasing him Well apart from those three behind you - No if I teach him to ignore my teasing warnings he will take no notice of a genuine one
"Let us see if this spider has fed on any humanoids lately or if we can learn of other denizens of this tower"
excellent job everyone! says Merisiel as she tries to recover her dagger.
She moves into the room that has a doorway to a spiral staircase. "Perhaps this is a time for some climbing?" Merisiel says thinking out loud.
She looks at the staircase and surrounding area to see if there is any place that can be climbed or where a grappling hook might be useful.
There seems to be no way up the stairs.
Merisiel returns to the group.
"The staircase is clogged with rubble, but I think there is a way to climb the tower where it caved in. Anyone ready for some climbing? says Merisiel. I sure hope this works out. I'm not used to working in groups and having others watch my failures, she thinks to herself.
You make your way back to the entrance, and do indeed find climbable stuff, namely the remains of the parts of the wall that fell down. It looks like a somewhat difficult climb to get into the second floor this way.
Could be worse. At least we don't have to hoist up Valeros, right? Merisiel thinks to herself.
"I'm sure we could get Zora up. I think I could make the climb, but I'm not sure how great my silk rope would hold up if anyone else is needing a hoist." I can make that climb, right? ... Sure, Meris. You've done more difficult ascents in the past...without an audience.
"Anything else we can use?"
Valeros looks up the side of the tower, at Merisel, and then back up at the tower. "I think I could get up that.", he boasts, more competitive than arrogant. And then, before anyone can respond, he rushes to the wall and starts searching for handholds in the wall.
Valeros finds his hand slipping when he's barely off the ground and falls gently back to the surface.
Valeros looks around sheepishly, not quite looking anyone else in the eye. "My rope might be better suited to helping the rest of us up," he says to Meri while digging through his pack for it. "Here ya go.", he adds as he passes her the hemp rope.
Merisiel lets out a slight chuckle at Valeros' attempt. "Happens to the best of us!" she says as she recovers her breath. Now let's hope I can do better.
Merisiel takes the rope and then attempts to climb
Merisiel finds herself in the crumbling remains of a room that now serves as an open landing for doors in the northwest and southwest walls. She does not see any threats.
Merisiel looks around and evaluates the area to be safe. Phew! embarassment saved! She then glances down at the rest of the group, "That's how you do it, Valeros!" she mocks.
She then finds some larger pieces of rubble to tie the hemp rope around, and then throws the rope down to the rest of the group. She grabs onto the rope to support it and calls out "Whose next?"
Valeros grabs for the rope, and misses as its jerked up out of reach. He looks up sharply at Meri, who taunts him and lowers the rope again, only to yank it away again. He feels a brief flash of annoyance, but then manages to find the humor in the situation. "Do that again, Meri, and once I get up there, you'll be needing to climb back up again!", he jokes.
Finally able to grab the rope, he makes a second, hopefully easier, attempt to climb up.
Valeros, Ezren, and Raz make it up the rope.
Ghik barely makes it up the rope, but finally succeeds.
Listening at the doors fails to reveal anything. Detect magic also seems silent.
You move cautiously through the southern door, Merisiel leading the way and keeping a careful eye out for traps.
+1 v. traps
There is a trap that would send darts shooting at someone who entered this room. You also can see reptilian footprints in the dust in front of the far door to the room.
"Yes, I see some kind of dart trap! Let's see if we can make quick work of it!"
Merisiel positions herself near the door and attempts to disable the launching mechanism without triggering the trap. You can do it Meris she reassures herself.
Merisiel is confident she has taken care of the trap.
"Easy enough!" she exclaims. Told ya you had it! she silently mocks herself.
"Now that that's all sorted, are we all ready to enter?" she inquiries. Directing her gaz towards Raz and Zora, "Maybe send the 4-legger to scout it out incase I missed something, yeah?" she jests
You make it carefully through the room. You do not see anything else of interest.
You walk over to the door at the other side of the room. Merisiel carefully checks it for traps, but does not find anything. As she carefully opens the door, a wave of nauseating stench washes over you.
You can not yet see into the room.
"Ugh! What is that?"
"what in the..."
Those who failed the save are sickened for 10 rounds. (about a minute and a half) (DC was 11)
Merisiel did not open the door very far, and you're not sure if any of the creatures in the room noticed.
Looking at the others, some of them look like they're going to be sick. "I don't know what you're all complaining about. It's not that bad - I've definitely smelled worse than this before."
"Okay guys, I'm ready...I think." she says. She then directs her attention towards Ghik and Ezren "I think it is pretty obvious why Valeros is used that that foul smell, but what's your stories? It it all those sniffing doors you've been doing?"