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Quartes once again stands back from the first line of defense, more than happy to let his valiant companions prove said valor. Even though; he stays close enough to the archway to provide backup should it be needed. He keeps his sword at hand and ready, while his other hand remains open to work whatever magic may be needed.
Yup, good to ge here.
As Noran watches the spider, only he can see that it remains motionless as everyone else takes their positions. Once everyone is ready, Noran takes aim at the huge vermin and lets loose an arrow. It slams into the side of the spider's abdomen , and it screeches in pain! Losing the element of surprise, it drops its net and scurries down its web and across the floor towards you!
Jareth
Beckett 11
Quartes
Noran
Filios
Spider --> 8 after delaying in the surprise round
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Pthft!
Quartes shakes his head in aggravation at his botched attempt at a whistle. Others make it look so easy... Instead, he yells out at the charging spider, jumping about and making a general spectacle of himself.
Here kitty kitty! Got your man meat right here; come and get it!
Misc roll (bluff?)
The spider continues across the room, its sharp fangs dripping with poison as it moves towards the dwarf. As it passes through the doorway, both Filios and Jareth swing their weapons at the arachnid, catching it by surprise! The spider dodges out of the way avoiding Filios's attack, but Jareth's scimitar connects with the spider's body , causing the creature to shriek in pain! Black ichor oozes from its wounds.
Turning to this new threat, the spider lunges at the half-orc and attempts to sink its fangs into his flesh, but Jareth easily avoids the attack.
Noran fires two arrows at the creature, but one clatters against the wall next to Filios, and the other passes over the spider into the room behind it.
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I'll hit everyone with a Bless spell (+1 Att and Save vs Fear, 1 Min), and then advance slowly into melee range.
"Seed of Hope, light our darkest hour. . ."
HP 8/8, AC 16, T 12, FF 14, Fort +3, Refl +3, Will +6, +2 vs Enchantment, Immune to Sleep, Elf Blood, Low-Light Vision
Currently Stealthed with a "Stealth: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22"
Bless Spell: 10 Rounds remaining.
With Jareth drawing the spider's attention, Filios watches for an opening to attack. Seeing one, he brings his curve blade down again, this time managing to make contact with the giant spider's body. His powerful blow tears through the spider's flesh, and the creature falls to the ground, its legs curling up beneath it.
You notice no further signs of movement within the dim room, and everything is quiet once more. Cocoons of various shapes line the northern walls, and an archway leading further into the tower stands in the southwest wall of the chamber.
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Noran looks around quickly for his arrows that missed their targets, to retrieve the ones that did not break.
The dwarf follows Filios into the northern room, searching carefully for any traps or hidden enemies.
Noran peers through the next doorway carefully, to see the layout of the next area and see if he can spot any threats again.
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Quartes follows along behind, staying close to Beckett's light as they move deeper into the darkess of the enclosed structure. He scans about, paying close attention to the cocoons. So...think those are the unfortunate adventurers who came before us?. He seems unperturbed by the notion, but merely shrugs and continues to scan for more potential enemies, his dueling sword at the ready, and his off-hand empty.
perception
Something in one of the small cocoons catches your eye as you look over the northern room. On closer inspection, you recognize the familiar shape of a canine. However, unlike the feral dogs you encountered minutes earlier, it looks like this one belonged to someone. The desiccated carcass is still wearing its leather collar, which is studded with lapis lazuli stones and has a silver tag reading "Kita."
The western room is almost completely choked with impassable rubble. However, a clear area leads to a wooden door set in the eastern wall of the chamber.
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Quartes looks at the collar with interest, then frowns at the canine corpse. Indeed. Someone obviously loved the poor mutt. Well, they'd undoubtedly want to have the collar back, in any event.. He reaches down and tries to pull the collar off of the animal.
You see nothing of note in the western room or when you examine the door. It has no locking mechanism, just a simple handle used to open it. The only sounds you hear are those you make which reverberate off the walls of the chamber.
It would take much more manpower than what you have to excavate the southern room. It's completely filled with large pieces of rubble from the collapse after the earthquake.
Through the doorway, you can make out what was once a spiral staircase leading both up and down. However, the room is filled with large pieces of debris and the staircase has collapsed, preventing further progress. You will have to find another way to explore the upper floors of the fortress.
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Seeing that there doesn't seem to be anywhere else we can get to on the inside, Noran goes back outside, and walks around the entire tower, looking for climbable areas, and locating the openings on upper floors we could climb to with or without using a grappling hook.
He also checks the surrounding area for any other possible entrances to the underground area.
Noran and Filios examine the outside of the fortress, circling around the three in-tact wings. No other entrances are apparent, and a thorough search doesn't turns up any hidden methods of entry. It seems like the only way further into the tower is by scaling the ruined walls of the eastern wing. The rest of the tower's walls are amazingly smooth, but the ragged remains of the eastern walls provide hand- and footholds allowing access to the second floor 15 feet above. It also looks like you could climb up to the third and fourth floors as well, each another 15 feet higher.
Unfortunately, from where you're standing it doesn't look like there's anything that a grappling hook could catch on.