The cloud moves forward along the ground toward the kitchen, not getting too close. "Ready?" calls a high-pitched voice. "Yep!" and "Ready!" answer a chorus of others. "Kannimurka!" yells another.
Suddenly the ground under the spiders is covered in a thick, viscous oil that looks flammable.
Max keeps following the talking blue gas ball toward the kitchen, seeing the swarm of spiders he stops.
Combat Start!
The creatures, as everyone already knows, skitter out of the kitchen and into view to find where their new meals might be only to be partially blocked by the creatures only the mindless vermin can see clearly.
Said conglomeration fights back by coating the ground in viscous oil.
Lupi just backs away slowly.
Max tries to go up and whack the creatures he can get at (that aren't currently a floating blue thing) only to realize... his weapon just slips right through them!
It is, however, coated in oil now.
A weapon on fire does damage like fire. :)
Holds Action
"Guys I don't know how to fight things this small..."
Max says a command word and as he pulls a blunt arrow out of his quiver, the end begins glowing.
The arrow streaks toward the oil covered floor and as right before the arrow reaches the target the end of the arrow bursts into flame.
Xarl sniffs at the spider swarm.
"Well can't kill those things with a sword, so...."
The cloud hems and haws for a few seconds before moving back to engulf the halfling girl.
The creatures part around the blue cube that they see as the writhing creatures they are and move directly towards Max, bit of their numbers whittling away.
Max becomes covered in their number.
Lupi dips her weapon into the flaming pitch, getting a little singed for her efforts. However, she does have a small flame on her weapon now.
Max realizes the bugs have to be in the fire to kill them, so he walks back into the flaming pitch.
"Guys I have an idea though it will take me a while to implement it."
He starts looking through his pack for a bar of soap.
"By all that is holy BURN FOUL CREATURES!"
Xarl then steps forwards towards the swarm and prepares himself for a fight.
The cloud moves clear of the halfling girl, then waits.
The swarm heard noise after the dwarf begins his soapy plan and the other paladin steps forward. Niulamayu moves away from the weakest member of the party and waits to see what occurs.
Despite Max's move into the fire, he is ignored for the newer, louder enemy. He is, however, singed by the fire he has walked into.
While they distinctly avoid his weapon because it's hot, the swarm move over Xarl with a vengeance, moving through his visor to bite at his unfortunate and lovely face.
Lupi casts a quick spell on herself and runs to hide behind a crumbling table.
Max steps out of the flames since his great idea was thwarted by ADD spiders.
Kennith continues scrubbing. His shield is starting to take on the lumpy sheen of his personal hygiene supplies.
Xarl moves back and takes a swing at the swarm.
"THAT'S RIGHT STAY FOCUSED ON ME YOU RUNTS"
The cloud holds position, silently watching.
1=Lupi, 2=Max, 3=Xarl, 4=Kenith
The swarm with attention span problems moves away from Xarl because he hurts and moves to the soap-smelling, shield-toating dwarf.
Lupi tries to come in and swipe at the creatures before her burning pitch goes out.
The fire from the pitch starts to spread in the building.
Max turns and pulls another blunt arrow from his quiver, muttering to himself as he aims directly at the swarm and Kenith.
"Sorry about this Kenith"
And quickly sends it to it's target, followed by another arrow the two arrows flying from his bow in the blink of an eye.
"FOUL CREATURES DO NOT RUN FROM MY HOLY FLAME! EMBRACE YOUR DOOM!"
With these words Xarl walks up to the swarm and swing at them.
Niulamaylu puts out out some of the expanding fires and Max takes out a few of the creatures' numbers by using more fire shortly before Xarl's attack sets a few more ablaze. Kenith would have done something, surely, if he hadn't been trying so hard to get the blasted things out of his ears!
Xarl, being really loud and whatnot, attracts their attention again. This time they somehow sneak into his breastplate.
Lupi smacks the swarm again to negligible effect... and her dagger goes out.
"Stand still you stupid spiders.
Max fires two arrows so close together they almost seem to be one really long arrow.
Kenith dips what part of his shield he had soaped up into whatever fire is closest to him.
