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"Well, good cleric, I am from Taldan. I was traveling through this area, before the... the... the events of the other night. I've always been good with animals. That is why I was traveling here. I am, I mean, I was, looking for particularly good breeding animals to buy and bring back to sell in Taldan."Edran pivots the conversation, turning inquisitive and questioning Father Emil. "So, tell me. Do you know if other groups escaped Phaendar or are we the only one? After we find some form of refuge, are you planning a counter attack against the hobgoblins?"...
Emil gives the young man a stern, searching look. "I'm just a humble cleric of Erastil, not a general nor an oracle. Right now, I just want ta git my friends ta safety. Why? Ya want ta settle here an' throw in yer lot with us country bumpkins?"
Emil is familiar with giant spiders, but he's never heard of anything like a human spider hybrid. He hustles around the edge of the web until he can attack the monster menacing Caspan.
"What the f%+* is an ettercap," Caspan yells back. "You know what, who cares? Get it away from me!"
Both Selde and Father Emil land their attacks on their enemies, drawing first blood.
Thael knows that Ettercaps have no special defense abilities to be concerned about, but their poison is notorious for lasting so long that it is not uncommon for their victims to become immobilized quickly. Regardless, he blasts them with his magic and manages to blind and stun one of them. The other one however resists its spell and plans to retaliate.
The ettercap attempts to claw Caspan twice, but luckily for the webbed brawler both attacks missed as does his bite attack.
Two of the spiders land their webs, casting Wren and Selde in their webbing. The third spider is stunned and the fourth spider's web flies past Jillian, missing.
Web spinners can create sheets of sticky webbing up to three times their size. They usually position these sheets to snare flying creatures but can also try to trap prey on the ground. Approaching creatures must succeed on a DC 20 Perception check to notice a web; otherwise they stumble into it and become trapped as though by a successful web attack. Attempts to escape or burst the webbing gain a +5 bonus if the trapped creature has something to walk on or grab while pulling free. Each 5-foot-square section of web has a number of hit points equal to the Hit Dice of the creature that created it and DR 5/—.
A creature can move across its own web at its climb speed and can pinpoint the location of any creature touching its web.
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R:10
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HP 21/21
AC 17, touch 12, flat-footed 15, CMD 19
Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +0 (+2 resistance bonus to recover from a continuing effect)
Unbreakable Survivor 0/1
Martial Flexibility: 1/4
Effects: Entangled (-2), Power Attack
"You're a deadercap, you stupid spider-man," Caspan tells the creature that's trying to kill him.
Pushing his way through the web, he puts the creature between him and Emil and lets loose with a punishing blow.
Reflex
Wren avoids most of the webbing,:moving 5’ south to the area still smouldering from Thael’s fiery blast. Shen then begins casting a sleep spell on the surviving spiders.
Seeing Emil and Caspan seem to have things in hand with the Ettercap she moves to help the others with the spiders once they get in range or someone uses magic to assist her reach.
Caspan lands a solid blow on the ettercap, scaring the crap out of the creature. Clearly it thought he wouldn't be moving when it moved up here to attack him. The combination of Caspan and Father Emil flanking him seem to really bother him as he looks back and forth.
Thael's fire roasts the two spiders, but one of them manages to avoid the majority of the damage.
E:18
R:10
P: 13, Stunned+Blinded
Y: 6
Strength
The little halfling was held tight by the webbing. She delayed her action to see if her friends could take care of the spiders and help her out.
By the time Emil has pulled his scythe back to make another attack, Caspan has escaped the web and is flanking the ettercap. Emil makes eye contact with Caspan when he senses Caspan is ready, he times his attack to coincide with the brawler's, making it harder for the beast to dodge.
Unfortunately, the ettercap zigged when Emil thought he would zag and his scythe cut through the humid swamp air instead of the monster.
Nur is startled by the web entangling Selde. Luckily she is able to keep the elk steady as she unraveled herself from the sticky strings. Seeing Jillian engage from the left and Thael's flames from the right, Selde took aim at the orange spider.
Selde lands another solid arrow, inflicting major damage to one of the spiders.
The ettercap, now fearing for its life, unleashes a vicious set of attacks against caspan. First it leans forward and bites his neck, ripping a chunk of flesh out and sending blood spraying everywhere. Next it embeds a claw into his belly, critically striking his internal organs. By the time the Ettercap's attacks are done, Caspan is feeling a bit woozy. The spider-man moves southwest with a quick five foot step.
Two spiders collapse on wren, the small webbed halfling proving too appetizing a meal to ignore. The first giant spider tries to bite her, but she leans far enough away to avoid it. This however, puts her directly in the path of the second spider who sinks its poisonous mandibles into her skin. .
The spider in front of Jillian tries to bite her, but misses. The fourth spider is still out of comission due to Thael's spell.
E:18
R:10
O:11
P: 13, Stunned+Blinded
Y: 6
HP 6/21
AC 17, touch 12, flat-footed 15, CMD 19
Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +0 (+2 resistance bonus to recover from a continuing effect)
Unbreakable Survivor 0/1
Martial Flexibility: 1/4
Effects: Entangled (-2), Power Attack
Caspan's toughness keeps him on his feet despite the near beheading and disemboweling, the poison not seeming to affect him at all.
He lashes out in rage and fear, kicking and punching at the ettercap, but it's for naught as his injuries have clearly taken a serious toll.
"Don't feel so good..." he groans.
Selde was quick to act as the spiders closed in on Wren. With a sharp whistle, Nur lashed out at one of the monstrosities with his hooves and horns.
Meanwhile Selde drew her sword, timing her attack between Nur's thrashing to make sure she avoiding harming the elk.
Thael's magic missile finished off the blinded and stunned spider to the south while Selde's sword strike is enough to finish the spider adjacent to her and Wren. With a few brilliantly executed attacks, the party has halved the number of spiders facing them.
Fort
Strength to break free
Things were looking really bad for Wren. It’d been great if she still had a wand to blast these things, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. She decided to cast defensively and pick up a branch, tossing it at the Spider.
Caster level check for zero Level Spell is 15
Rnadged attack with tk projectile
Damage
Emil continues his attack with his scythe, hoping for another decisive wound such as finished the hobgoblin in the bar and the wolverine in its den.
After the curved blade of the scythe cuts the ettercap again, Emil tries to entice him away from the striken Caspan so the brawler can get clear of the web and perhaps flank the ugly critter.
"Yer too ugly ta live. Come an' git me!" Emil steps back along the boardwalk as he taunts it.
Jillian swings at the oversized spider that just tried to bite her.
However, her foot slips a bit in the muck and she swings wide.
Father Emil’s scythe finds its mark and cuts into the ettercap, though it still manages to stay on its feet. The ettercap tries to take another bite of Caspan, but misses. He buries his claws in the brawler’s chest however, punching holes in Caspan’s body . After the attack, the ettercap moves southwest 5’.
The spider in front of Jillian misses biting her again, but the one in front of Wren once more takes a bite out of her thigh.
Father Emil puts himself between the ettercap and Caspan and takes another swipe at the creature.
"Git, six-eyes!"
Selde nudges Nur closer to the yellow spider still attacking Wren. With another loud whistle, Selde set Nur on the attack while she waited for an opening for her longsword.
Fort
Wren cries out as she gets bitten again. She takes a total defensive action, trying to make it harder for the awful spider to get her again!
HP -4/21
AC 17, touch 12, flat-footed 15, CMD 19
Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +0 (+2 resistance bonus to recover from a continuing effect)
Unbreakable Survivor 0/1
Martial Flexibility: 1/4
Effects: Entangled (-2), Power Attack
Caspan collapses, the pain turning his entire world dark.
Jillian adjusts her footing, hearing Wren cry out. She grits her teeth and swings her greatsword at the spider again.
With more solid footing she slashes into the spider.
Thael's missing explode on the ettercap, inflicting minor damage to its body
Jillian's solid swing carves the giant spider before her into two halves, killing the creature.
Selde's blow to the spider does injure it, but it was the least injured spider and thus still remains standing when her strike is complete. Though well intentioned, all of Nur's attacks can't keep up with the quick and agile spider.
The spider-man that just took down Caspan now gets its hands on Father Emil. It slashes across the cleric's chest with razor sharp claws and then leans forward and takes a bite out of his neck, tearing away flesh and injecting poison into his body (
The spider that had been attacking Wren gets fed up with Selde attacking it and spins on the half-elf. It lunges forward and bites her ankle, inflicting only a minor injury but sending its poison into her body.
E:20
O:11
Y: 11
After Jillian closes with the spider that Wren and Selde were dealing with she attempts to help them put the insect down.
Finally in a grove with her attacks she brings the blade down on the spider.
Wren delays for Selde’s attack, her strength waning.
Fort
Jillian cuts down the last remaining spider with a mighty swing of her greatsword. With all of the giant spiders taken care of, only the ettercap facing Father Emil remains while Caspan lays unconscious on the ground a bloody mess.
Escape artist
Wren tried to struggle free to no avail.
DC 15
Emil bleeds and staggers a bit, the poison burning in his blood and making it harder for him to defend himself. But he knows just one more good chunk removed with his harvesting blade will end the fight.
"I'm not too proud ta ask fer a bit o' help," the good father calls out.
The spider's bite was minor, but a deep burn began to spread from the wound to the rest of her muscles. Thankfully Jillian was able to slay the foul creature. Spurring Nur forward, she moved to assist Father Emil and Caspan.
Wren's body finally fights off the spiders venomous bite, but not before it has taken a toll on her.
Father Emil's poison along with his injuries make his swing pull up just a little bit short. Selde tries to land an arrow on the ettercap, but the spiders poison was affecting her concentration as well. Both attacks miss.
Capsan lays on the ground unconscious while Wren tries to break free from that blasted webbing. Thael knows he needs to help quickly before things continue to sour and blasts the ettercap with his magic missile wand.
The ettercap manages to stick one claw into Father Emil, slowly ripping the life away from him. .
E:25
Rushing over to assist Emil Jillian swings her greatsword at the spider-man creature.
The burn in her limbs was beginning to cause them to stiffen, but Selde pushed forward. Guiding Nur in to a flanking position with Father Emil, Selde swung her blade in a wide arc, putting all the effort she could in to the blow.
Both Jillian and Selde's attacks come very close to striking the ettercap, but it proves quite adept at dodging their bladed strikes and causing them to whiff harmlessly in the air. With malice in its eyes, the ettercap plans on striking down the good father with its next set of attacks.
Thael's stone smacks into the right shoulder of the ettercap, but it looks like all that was accomplished was giving the spider-man a big bruise.
DC 15
Emil's reflexes slow more as the poison spreads through another wound. As others come to his aid, he forgets about wounding the creature and just tries to fend off his attacks.
"Erastil preserve us," he gasps out, holding his scythe in between him and the ettercap.
Wren finally escapes the nastiness of the webbing and moves north to help her companions with the ettercap.
The ettercap shows no mercy on Emil and goes for the kill. First he bites a hold of Emil once more on the other side of his neck, ripping away a piece of flesh that causes blood to spurt all down his clothes. This is too much for the farmer and he drops his scythe as he falls to the ground.
Turning towards the new half-elf that just arrived, it slashes both of its claws across her lower body.
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As Emil falls, Thael could hear the voice of his his Aduadar--his elven grandfather--verbally chastising him in his mind. He could feel the disapproving looks of the elven students, most of whom had never considered him a peer.
My willpower has faltered... the mind, compromised...focus! It is not the time to conserve spells when a life is on the line!
He had hoped his companions would finish the ettercap off, but instead it had gravely wounded Emil.
Mentally cursing himself, he points his wand and fires it again.
"Die!" he says, losing control.
Free of the webbing, Wren moves to Jillian’s right and bends over the fallen Caspan. She uses her ability to cure, giving up a first Level spell slot to try to heal his wounds the best she could. ”Please get up and help us kill this thing,” she called out.
Clw
Thael's missiles definitely do damage to the ettercap, just not enough to send it to the ground. Scorched, bleeding and barely standing, it looks on at Selde with a ravenous hunger.
Jillian squares her stance, and swings at the Ettercaps legs, hoping it is too distracted with Selde to notice.