Commander Caine ignores the poison coursing through his body and the weight of his muscles to land a substantial blow on the spider.
Struggling with the sticky mess of spider web impairs Leo's aim considerably. Calling on Kelemvor to divinely challenge the chittering ettercap, he swings his longsword and misses. Flurried by his own failure, he somehow cannot muster the strength to break free of his bonds.
Leo v Divinely challenged E2 (1d20 8=13, 1d8 5=7)
Leo save v immobilisation (1d20=2)
The webspinner raises its mandibles once more and lets fly with a gout of sticky web, aiming at Brujo. The stuff wraps itself around the hapless swordmage, restraining him. The clicking and chittering rise in pitch as the ettercaps converge on the party, screeching horribly in humanoid ears as the echoes bounce around the basement.
Sure of a comfortable meal, the webspinner moves towards Brujo, fangs dropping into its mouth as it prepares to bite.
Web Net (Ref) v Brujo (1d20 9=20).
Spider Bite (AC). On hit, Webspinner makes a secondary attack (v Fort) to deliver 5 ongoing poison damage (save ends). (1d20 10=30, 1d6 3=4).
Spider Bite Secondary attack (Fort). On hit 5 ongoing poison (1d20 8=16).
The spiders move in to the attack. The two already in view are abruptly joined by two more, leaping from the ceiling in response to the Webspinner's clicks.
S1 attacks Snaggletooth, sinking long fangs easily past the kobold's defenses.
Bite (AC). On hit 5 ongoing poison and slowed (save ends both) (1d20 6=18, 2d6 3=10).
S2 tries to take advantage of Brujo's temporary restraint, but its own wounds are too distracting and it misses.
S3 lands next to Fairwind and before she can do anything sensible about it, the ranger is knocked flat and injected with spider venom.
Death from Above (AC). On hit does an extra 1d6 damage and target is knocked prone, along with 5 ongoing poison and slowed (save ends both) v Fairwind (1d20 6=26, 3d6 3=12).
S4 drops beside Cronin, startling the cleric and allowing the arachnid to push him over.
Death from Above (AC). On hit does an extra 1d6 damage and target is knocked prone, along with 5 ongoing poison and slowed (save ends both) v Cronin (1d20 6=21, 3d6 3=16).
Commander Caine ignores the poison coursing through his body and the weight of his muscles to land a substantial blow on the spider.
Leo breaks free of the webbing and strikes at the bloodied spider.
Snaggletooth desparately stabs at the spider as it approachs and misses. He snarls as the poison seeps thru his body. "Not good enough, eightlegs, I am stronger than you!"
Without being able to move effectively, Snaggle still focuses on the spider in front of him. He lashes out and draws blood and again waits for a response.
Snaggletooth stays calm and stabs efficiently at the spider looming over him. He forces himself to throw off the effects of the poison and prepares himself to stab again if the spider shows the least sign of attacking.
"Gorram Spiders!" Fairwind curses, before slashing her way through the webs to slice up the arachnid foe.
Fairwind's second attack deals some satisfying damage to S3.
Perigia's trademark lance of cold stops the spider in its tracks.
Brujo swings at the nearest spider, the webbing doing its best to hinder him.
Greenflame blade on S2 [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1963027/ ]1d20+8=24 (the -2 for being restrained is negated by +2 Leo gives for flanking); Damage 1d8+5=6 cold/fire damage; E1 and W both take 2 fire damage.[/ooc]
With a might effort of will, Brujo forces the effects of the poison from his body, even as his blade flames and sears into the flesh of S2. Surely the hideous creature cannot survive much longer.
Cronin, the poison pulsing through his veins, shifts and pulls himself to his feet, the white light of Selune protecting him.
The ettercap clicking rises again as E1 stands up and hacks wildly at Brujo, slicing easily into the restrained swordmage.
Greataxe v Brujo (1d20 11=27, 1d12 7=12).
E2 attacks Leo in the same way, taking advantage of the paladin's momentary distraction.
Greataxe v Leo (1d20 11=24, 1d12 5=11).
E3 shifts and opens its jaws again, delivering a vicious bite. Its attempt to inject the open wound with poison is mercifully a failure.
Spider bite v Brujo (Ref) - on hit allows secondary attack v Fort (1d20 11=20, 1d6 6=10).
To his horror, Snaggletooth's heightened senses alert him to the arrival of yet another ettercap.
Under Commander Caine's assault, S2 collapses into a pile of legs and eyes. {ooc]S2 is dead.[/ooc]
Under Commander Caine's assault, S2 collapses into a pile of legs and eyes. {ooc]S2 is dead.[/ooc]
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"Back off I have enough problems with spiders already!" Leo grimaces as he cuts loose on the nearest foe to him and Brujo.
"And as for you, consider yourself challenged!" Leo taunts one of the remaining ettercaps surrounding Brujo.
A surge of energy flows throught the moon elf, as Caine speaks. He nods to the human and changes his grip on his blade as he prepares for his next attack.
Leo flails wildly with his sword, missing the Webspinner, but successfully challenging E4.
The Webspinner moves in to attack the courageous paladin, long fangs seeking to inflict further wounds and inject poison into them. The initial bite is only small, but Leo flinches as cold poison slides down the fangs and into his bloodstream.
Spider Bite. On hit makes secondary attack v Fort to inflict ongoing 5 poison and slowing to target. (1d20 10=23, 1d6 3=4). Secondary attack (Fort). (1d20 10=23).
The spiders are urged on by the high pitched clicking of the ettercaps, undeterred by the fall of their packmate. Bounding like strange puppets off the walls, they reposition themselves, dropping down on the companions in an eerie parody of a child's playground toy.
S1, slowed by Perigia's timely ray of frost, lunges at Snaggletooth once more, but misses the kobold. S3 jumps towards him, joining its kin and has better fortune.
Death from Above. On hit target takes 5 ongoing poison and is slowed and knocked prone. (1d20 6=26, 2d6 3=9, 1d6=2).
S4 attempts to take Commander Caine by surprise, but the warlord is too old a hand to be fooled by mere arachnids and the attack misses.
While pulling himself together after that terrible attack, Snaggletooth shouts to others, "One eightlegs I can handle, two is too many! Someone help me!"
There is a sudden eruption of movement from the corner where Snaggletooth is trapped with two spiders. Almost before you can register what happens, S1 falls in a pile of furry legs, unable to withstand the kobold's vicious attacks. For all his words about not being able to deal with eightlegs, it looks as if Snaggletooth just found a few vulnerable spots.
Looking around at the ettercaps and the webspinner, Brujo weighs his actions and wonders the best way for the others to escape. A smile appears on his face and he turn his head toward Caine. "If this doesn't work make sure to get the others out of here."
Brujo takes his sword and drops it blade first infront of him. He turns back toward the ettercaps, "This may hurt a bit"
The sword impacts the ground and erupts into a roaring inferno
Brujo stands singed, the blade now reforming in his hand. With all his stregnth takes another swing the ettercap.
Fairwind steels herself and glares at the spider, "Bring it."
[ooc]So as I spend my action point I get save thanks to inspired recovery [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1966643/ ]1d20+3=17, no longer restrained.[/ooc]
Perigia's magic missile blasts into S3, and an eye swivels to look at the mage, possibly sizing up her as its next target.
Brujo's attack, meanwhile is a veritable explosion as his sword takes on a life of its own and blasts arcane fury at the surrounding foes. E1 and E3 take solid hits, but the Webspinner ducks easily away from the force of the blast. His follow up attempt is also successful, the blade finding an unexpected opening in the chitinous covering of E1. The creature has clearly sustained severe damage.
Leo flails wildly with his sword, missing the Webspinner, but successfully challenging E4.
The Webspinner moves in to attack the courageous paladin, long fangs seeking to inflict further wounds and inject poison into them. The initial bite is only small, but Leo flinches as cold poison slides down the fangs and into his bloodstream.
Spider Bite. On hit makes secondary attack v Fort to inflict ongoing 5 poison and slowing to target. (1d20 10=23, 1d6 3=4). Secondary attack (Fort). (1d20 10=23).
"In Kelemvor's name!" Leo mutters as his holy symbol resting upon his chest bursts into light in response.
Seeing his small companion besieged by the arachnids, Cronin stands and growls through his elongated "muzzle," "This shall not be." A silver glow expands out from him, engulfing Snaggletooth and Perigia, as well as E4 and S3. Cronin looks physically more powerful as well, as the power of his goddess heals him and purges his body of the poison.
Divine Glow vs Ref, E4, S3 (1d20+6=26, 1d20+6=20, 1d8+5=11)
Crit damage; Healing Word; Save vs poison/slow; Save vs Immobil (1d6=3, 1d6+4=8, 1d20=18, 1d20=1)
A fierce glow streams from Cronin's holy symbol, casting strange shadows on the walls and bringing outraged clicks from E4 and a visible wince from S3. Both Snaggletooth and Perigia realise that the power of Selune has strengthened them and the shifter cleric stands taller, suffused with the power of his goddess. For all that he cannot yet seem to leave this spot, Cronin remains formidable.
With a renewed frenzy of clicking, the ettercaps attack, focussing their attention on the swordmage for the most part. Enraged, they make no attempt at subtlety, but just try to hack him apart with their greataxes.
E1 v Brujo (1d20 9=26, 1d12 5=8).
E3 v Brujo (1d20 9=23, 1d12 5=17).
E2 takes a leaf from the same book and hacks eagerly at Leo, but misses completely, almost overbalancing in the process.
E4 advancing clicking wildly on Snaggletooth, and swings hard at the kobold. The blow is assured and Snaggletooth slumps under the impact. Even as it strikes, the ettercap clicks in agony as the power of Leo's divine challenge hits it.
E4 v Snaggletooth (1d20 9=23, 1d12 5=12).
As the painfully high clicking reaches a crescendo, a fifth ettercap emerges from behind the boxes where it has been lurking since the start of the battle. It heads purposefully towards Fairwind.