The Reaping Stone (Cassomir) Table 2

Game Master Karmic Knight

Innis should be part way down already as she needs to stay within 25ft. of Him for her blessing to keep working I believe. Merelda wanted to go last, I suspect the order does not matter too much otherwise.

"No, I mean, how deep is the... what you're standing in." she finishes with a shaky voice.

LOL, in that case I will get back to you once I know OOC Lililinda :)

Merelda looks at the hole in the ground with disgust.

"I understand your revulsion little Lililinda, but we are dying now, and that hole in the ground represents our
one chance at a cure. Why do you hesitate? Think of all the designer clothes you have yet to invent that will
never be if you can't manage to save yourself first!"

Diplomacy('We're all in this together' speech!): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Dropping down below Him you find yourself in a chamber with murky puddles dotting the stone floor. As your eyes adjust to the light given off by the coin you notice thick, sticky webs cover most of the corners of the room, and several large vermin appear to be caught in the webs. The sound of running water can be heard to the north.

From out of the webs you watch as two human sized spiders emerge from the webs and quickly begin to crawl towards you.

ROUND 1
Initiative Order:
Innis, Him, Kirzon, Nicias, Lililinda and Merelda (Your Turn)
Spiders
Boros

@GM Aumakura, the map seens to be set on view only so I cannot move Him, but he moves to G2. Can I ask if the floor counts as difficult terrain?

"Spider's big as men!" Him calls, stepping forward and kicking up a spray of water into the spider's eyes even as he spins to slash from an unexpected angle with Nipple Taker.

The cold iron blade bites home sending forth a spray of arachnid ichor, "you picked the wrong hole web spinner!" Him calls, his blade now weaving in front of him ready to fend off the creatures attacks.

Scimitar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19 Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8 1 from sharpened with whetstone, having only stuck with flat of blade
previously.

Him will parry if the spiders flank him, but otherwise save his panache.
Parry: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Reposte: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Dang it! Merelda's spell won't help unless the creatures are evil or are summoned, which I doubt they are.

Merelda will curse, put her whip away, and load her hand crossbow to wait for a clear shot.

"By the triple sting Innis! Clear the passage! Lililinda, can you help Him from here with a spell at all?"

Him moved your token and floor doesn't count as difficult terrain. Reloaded map so everyone should be able to move tokens. Please remember the only person who can see the spiders is Him and Boros everyone is either moving down shaft or outside.

Innis moves cautiously down the rope and moves her protective aura to Boros Him - 2 AC, Boros + 2 AC

Kirzon moves down after Innis. Making it to the bottom, he helps steady the rope for the next people to go. "Git down 'ere so we c'n fight tha crawlies!" Assuming he was halfway down at the "ladder" portion when Him and Boros hit bottom, he sould be able to make it with a double-move at half speed.

I am assuming that we will be appearing 1/round so that Nicias will appear next round, Lililinda the round after, etc.

That sounds about right Nicias

I feel like I missed something here...did the spiders go yet?

Lililinda's turn but I know she is at the top with Merelda. Will take my action later tonight to move things along.

Lililinda can't really see any of what's going on below, and she's stuck in line.

The spider stumbles as Him's blade cuts deeply into one of its legs. It quickly retaliates attempting to bite Him.

bite attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

At the last second Him twists his body away from the attack causing the spider to barely miss.

The second spider sensing more in the chamber moves cautiously forward and then shoots a web at Innis who watches it fly pass her.
Web attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Boros. Your Turn.

The snake slithers up toward the spider fighting with Him and attempts to bite it!

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8; Damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

But Boros's attack only finds air.

Are we keeping the same initiative for the whole fight or rerolling each round? My action is the same either way, but it's good to know for future reference.

Nicias reaches the bottom and holds the rope steady for Lililinda, letting Kirzon join the fray.

"Best be careful, milady, we have company down here."

Actually a hit if the spider is not evil, which it probably isn't, GM Infinity as protect evil does not work and Innis moved her protection to Boros, and I specified I would only parry if flanked.

Him hisses as the spider's bite hits home and he feels the creatures poison act upon his already feeble frame. He draws and drops his spare scimitar, arm spasoming and with gritted teeth slashes at his arachnid foe.

Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 Str: 1d2 ⇒ 2 Assuming standard med giant spider for swiftness happy to correct.
Scimitar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Innis gives Him'Wazir a kiss for good luck. next time he would roll a d20 he rolls twice and takes the most favorable result.

Innis' Blessing of the Faithful manifests offensively on Boros no more ac bonus, +2 on Attack, saves, ability & skill checks 1 round

Sadly I think that would have expired since Him had to climb down which would have taken a couple of rounds. Its all good, being a dex to damage type he does not loose anything really other than needing to drop some weight, and Str 4 is pretty amusing :).

Him readies himself to parry the injured spider's attack, not wishing to get another dose of the weakening poison.

Parry: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Reposte: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Him: if that is the case you'll need to make another fort save at end of each of your turns as the poison is still coursing through your body. Thanks for being honest.
Nicias:Yup we keep same initiative for entire combat

Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 Phew, I think that ought to do it as I believe it is a cure 1 save deal? And no problem, not much point playing if you don't play fair, otherwise you might as well just write a story about how you are awesome *yawn*

Did you want me to roll damage? I only rolled the Str damage to speed things along because it would effect my turn, but presumably there is HP damage to.

Him:oh true for damage please take 1d6 ⇒ 6. And yes the poison quickly subsides following your save.

Kirzon. Your action.

...And no problem, not much point playing if you don't play fair, otherwise you might as well just write a story about how you are awesome *yawn*

Well, I am awesome, so that wouldn't be a problem for me, lol

Well, if you really want to talk about awesome...

As Merelda waits her turn down the rope, she aims her hand crossbow down the shaft for now just in case she gets a chance to hit one of the spiders.

"I told you guys we should have dumped the body down the shaft first!But NO! Nobody listens to Merelda when she's may be right..."

Holding action to fire if the small chance presents itself. Otherwise she will just wait.

Kirzon draws his axe and shield and moves toward a corner.

"Nicias, git down 'ere and bomb tha blasted spider!"

The spider's mandibles attempt to clamp down on Him, but Him is prepared and easily moves out of harm's way.

Spider attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

The other spider now engaged with Boros attacks the snake with frightening speed, but Boros is quicker than the spider and darts out of the way.

Spider attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

Boros. Your Turn.

@GM Aumakua - Boros engaged the same spider as Him. The other spider is currently not engaged, though Kirzon is just a 5-foot step away. Did you mean to attack him?

Boros tries to grab hold of the menacing spider once more! Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14; Damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Grab if he hits: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10;

Actually as specified above, 2 of my posts back.

Him's blade deflects the spider's mandibles and as it reels back he takes advantage of its flinch to skewer it burying his blade into the creature's abdomen and killing it!

This is the parry and reposte deed, which costs me 1 panache, but I regain 1 panache for killing the spider - back up to 2.

double argh: thanks for the listing the parry and riposte Him. Does Boros move to attack spider 2?

ADDENDUM
The first spider drops as a result of Him's riposte.

Innis Blesses Him'Wazir enhancing his natural skills +2 on Attack, saves, ability & skill checks 1 round

Yes, Boros moves and attacks. I moved him over to the other spider. In case the spider is in a different square, Boros can and will engage in melee regardless. He'll also try to flank for a +2 to attack/grab if possible.

if boros moved and attacked spider 2 in the previous round the attack roll should be 16 not 14, Kirzon didn't add my buff

Boros hits and sinks its teeth into the remaining spider. The spider is however able to outmaneuver Boros's grab.

ROUND 3
Innis, Him, Kirzon, Nicias, Lililinda and Merelda. Your Turn.

Dropping a bomb into his bombchucker, Nicias lobs a deadly missile at the hairy arachnid.

Ranged Touch Attack, bomb: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Damage if hits: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

using precise bombs to prevent Splash damage to Boros and anyone else adjacent

The bomb explodes on the spider's abdomen as Nicias hurls the bomb. The spider stumbles and is barely able to maintain standing.

Lililinda reaches the end of the ladder, and carefully transitions to the rope.
Climb: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2 And almost falls! She clings to the rope, feet dangling. "AAIE! I'm ok!" She looks down, "Oh, this will take forever! Nicias dear, catch me!" and lets go of the rope.
I checked the climb rules, and it would take a minimum of two rounds of double moves for Lililinda to reach the bottom(quarter speed). This is faster! XD

Him races around to flank the spider with Boros, perfoming a triple aerial flip to easily avoid leaving an opening for the spider, and kicking off the wall to launch himself at the arachnid!

Powered by the momentum of his assault, and bolstered by Innis's blessing, Nipple Taker carves the spider neatly in two, bursting into flame as it does so! And Him wipes his blade off on one of the arachnid halves, looking a little too nonchalant.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (15) + 9 + 2 + (6) + (4) = 36 Using a point of panache for the darring do deed hence the 1d6, you get to roll another on a 6 :)
Scimitar: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 2 + 2 = 30
Crit Conf: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 2 + 2 = 30 Damage: 2d6 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (5, 4) + 8 + 2 = 19

Merelda will curse as she sees the gnome fall from the rope. Putting the crossbow away, Merelda will drag the dead
man over to the edge of the hole in the ground and will wait for the shaft to clear before dropping (pushing)
him down below. Hopefully with no harm to anybody below.

"Ware below!?"

The spider dies in a combustion of flame as you hear the sounds of Lililinda falling towards the stone floor.

Nicias make a str check (DC11 no taking 10 obviously hehe)

Merelda Perception check (DC15) please

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Multiple curses in elven will echo down the alley at Merelda's frustration of this impossible situation she has been left in.

"Is the shaft clear or not!?!"

"Come on down, lass. Him skewered them spiders good, he did." With the coast clear, Kirzon pulls up the map, attempting to orient himself. "Lemme see, where ta go next..."

Take 10 on Survival to figure out where the party is and where we need to go.
Survival, Guidance, Inspiration: 10 + 9 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ 10 + 9 + 1 + (5) = 25

I need to see if Nicias catches Lilinda first. If I drop this guy on top of her after she takes a fall...I just don't want that to happen.

Str Check: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (2) + 0 = 2 Oops

Nicias reaches out to grab the little gnome, but he is too late, his fingers brushing her as she falls past him.

Strength checks, why did it have to be strength checks...

Innis let's out a sharp gasp as Nicias fumbles catching the gnome and winces as she makes a hard landing.