GM Dak - Shattered Star 2

Game Master Dakcenturi

Web monster ability works like a net I think, so there shouldn't be a problem moving towards the web shooters I think; just my 2 cents but I'll abide by GM call of course... that web ability has always been worded strangely I think

That was my thought as well. But if I am anchored, and Lady Dusk can't free me, I'll try to burst my bonds again.

Str check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

Seeing Adistan power free from the webbing, Lexi staggers through the stuff, trying to trap one spider near the corner. She stabs at it with her dagger while continuing her cheerleading.

Amelexis Dusk dagger: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 for piercing, slashing damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1 (19-20)

Snake eyes!

Verris grunts in annoyance as she is caught in webs again. She almost breaks free but the webs are thicker this time and snap back around her before she can free herself.

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Does Lexi's naturalist ability apply to this? The +1 would be ideal right now :-P

Starting to run low on spells, Bixby draws his wand of snapdragon fireworks and sends a snapping flame at the green spider.

snapdragon fireworks: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Does Lexi's naturalist ability apply to this? The +1 would be ideal right now :-P

Sorry, no. You'd get a +1 to your save against poison if bitten and get a +1 AC bonus against the web attacks, but once they snag you you're on your own!

ALSO...that leaves Lexi at 6/11 bardic performance rounds remaining.

Starting to run low on spells, Bixby draws his wand of snapdragon fireworks and sends a snapping flame at the green spider.

[dice=snapdragon fireworks]1d4

Ref save or dazed, too!

Bixby Copperpot wrote:

Starting to run low on spells, Bixby draws his wand of snapdragon fireworks and sends a snapping flame at the green spider.

[dice=snapdragon fireworks]1d4

Ref save or dazed, too!

Yes, forgot about that. DC 11 Refl?

Verris stuggles against the webs but can't get out. Bixby, still free casts a spell as a small explosion hits one of the spiders.

Ref: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

The explosion hits it right in the head and seems to daze it for a moment. Davor moves up and skewers the already injured spider.

Lexi waits and sees that Adistan is able to free himself, so she slowly moves up to the nearest spider and attacks, but the webbing all over her makes it difficult for her to stab and the spider moves before she can connect.

Gurk slips out of his webbing and moves up near Davor. The two cornered spiders strike out at the nearest enemy while the one in the back shots another web at Gurk.

Attack-Lexi: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Attack-Davor: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6
RT-Gurk: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

While the two spiders wildly miss Lexi and Davor, making it obvious why the prefer to trap their prey first. The other one covers Gurk in webbing once again.

Round 5
Gurk, Enemy, > Verris/Bixby/Davor/Lexi/Adistan
Round 6
Gurk, Enemy, Verris/Bixby/Davor/Lexi/Adistan

Finally free, Temmer closes in on the spider and brings his blade to bear -- only to miss horribly as one last sticky stretch of webbing throws off his aim.

"Your pardon, Lady Dusk."

Cutlass (power attack): 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 - 1 + 2 = 8
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 8

Davor goes for the blue-eyed spider!

MW Trident, entangled: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 2 = 26
piercing dmg: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

AC 22 with Lexi; dropping to AC 20 while entangled

Bixby, wand already in hand, keeps burning the one he's already hit.

"Feel free to run away!" he calls out, feeling slightly emboldened.

snapdragon: 1d4 ⇒ 3 DC 11 Refl or dazed

Gurk no like bugless strings! Quite frustrated, Gurk grabs the ramshackle bow off of his back and fires an arrow at the offender.

Move: Draw Bow
Standard: Attacking lone spider to the west of Gurk.

Shortbow: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 1 = 16
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Verris gives up trying to break free from the webbing and just tries to remove the cause of the webbing, said webbing make her shot more difficult.

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

She fires at the spider attacking Adistan and Lexi, trying to free them up to face the rest of the spiders.

Combat Notes: 21/21 hp; Lingering Performance (naturalist) for this round and one more).

Lexi stabs again at the giant spider. "I'm really bad at this whole combat stuff!" she announces unnecessarily.

Amelexis Dusk dagger (naturalist): 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 2 + 1 = 16 for piercing, slashing damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1 (19-20)

Verris gives up on trying to escape and instead help the others with the spiders. Even with the webs hindering her she lands a solid shot on the one near Adistan and Lexi. Bixby, turn his attention to the one long spider not currently being threatened by anyone else since the other one was dead. He hits it with his spell.

Ref: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

It manages to avoid being dazed by the spell however. Davor skewers the one nearest to him but doesn't kill it, instead wounding it pretty badly. Lexi manages to stab the one she is attacking but only barely damages it.

Adistan has no luck, the webbing still hampering his attacks and causing him to miss. Gurk, also gives up on trying to escape and instead launches an arrow at the one Bixby damaged, further injuring the large insect.

The further spider moves toward Gurk to attack while the others continue to focus on the nearest threat.

Attack-Gurk: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Attack-Lexi: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Attack-Davor: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Confirm: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Crit Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

All three bite into their targets injecting them with poison.

All three of you need to make a Fort save, DC14 to avoid: STR Damage: 1d2 ⇒ 1

Round 6
Gurk, Enemy, > Verris/Bixby/Davor/Lexi/Adistan
Round 7
Gurk, Enemy, Verris/Bixby/Davor/Lexi/Adistan

Fort DC 14: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Davor winces at the poison and continues his extermination of the blue-eyed spider!

MW Trident, entangled: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 9 - 2 = 12
piercing dmg: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

AC 22 with Lexi; dropping to AC 20 while entangled

"Get back, Lady Dusk," Temmer orders. "This is no place for you to risk yourself!"

He chops again at the spider, his protective instincts driving his blow.

Cutlass (power attack): 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 6 - 1 + 2 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 12

If that kills it, I'll move two squares south, one east.

Seeing Gurk under attack, Verris switches her aim to the spider attacking him and fires at it, still hampered by the webs stuck to her.

Attack(Longbow) Entangled: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Bixby gasps as three of his companions are bitten. "Yikes! That is likely to be lethal!"

He turns his wand on the one that seems most injured. Probably the one Davor hit.

dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 1

snapdragon fireworks, DC 11 Refl or dazed

Combat Notes: 19/21 hp; Condition: poisoned (DC 14), Str 9/10; last round of naturalist BP.

"Owie! The little nipper nipped me!"

"Lethal??!!" she squeaks, echoing Bixby's declaration. Certain that the poison's killing her, Lexi starts to sway in place.

If the spider survived Adistan's latest attack, Lexi will stab at it again. Otherwise, she'll retreat and recover her discarded crossbow.

Amelexis Dusk Fortitude Saving Throw: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

"Bad spidey!" Gurk yells as it bites into him. Pulling out his shiny knives, Gurk stabs into the beast.

Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Move: Draw both spare silver daggers
Standard: Attacking adjacent spider

Silver Dagger: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 1 = 26
Damage: 1d4 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 - 1 = 6

With the groups concerted effort on exterminating the spiders they manage to put an end to the threat and eventually free themselves from the sticky webbing. Quiet returns to halls around them.

Out of combat.

Checking the adjoining rooms you find little of interest beside the desiccated corpses of albino crickets the size of small dogs. You do not there is a hall leading south directly out of the room and one leading west out of the northwest room. There is also the hall you left unexplored earlier to the north that also headed west.

Which direction are you taking?

After freeing himself from the webbing, Gurk gathers his weapons and begins searching the hall to the south.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Bixby wipes any remaining webs off and runs over to Lexi. "It shouldn't be long--just close your eyes and accept your fate," he says.

When it becomes apparent she's not going to actually die, he says "Well--it must have been a different giant spider I was thinking of. I'm glad to be wrong this time."

His illusion nods emphatically.

Bixby puts his wand away and sets out after Gurk.

Davor follows, using the wand a little.

Wand of CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Verris follows behind, trying to keep an eye out for more spiders, paying more attention to the ceiling than she normally would.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Gurk leads the group forward down the southern hall. It opens into a small, but empty room with two more halls, one leading west and the other continuing to the south.

Well, I made the mistake of rolling the remaining saves Lexi had vs. the spider venom. It's true: No good deed goes unpunished.

Though she appreciates Bixby's concern, Lexi doesn't want to die just yet. She continually casts her new resistance spell on herself to help her weakling body fight off the spider venom.

"Lexi--be strong of mind and body! Ack! I feel weaker!"

"Lexi--be strong of mind and body! No! Weaker still!"

"Lexi--be strong of mind and body! Double Ack!! Oh no! Farewell Bixby! And Adistan...Veris,..Davor...Sure! I think I have enough life left to use the healing wand on you! Ta-da! And goodbye Gurk! Tell the Heidmarchs I fought to the very end...."

With that, Lexi sinks to the floor, curls up, and...doesn't die. But she looks awfully pale and is weak as a kitten. Eventually, she's convinced that the spider's venom isn't going to kill her so she gets up and tags along slowly at the back of the party.

Str now 4/10 (effective Str 5 with her mwk backpack). That puts her at carrying a heavy load: (Max Dex +1, Check Penalty –6, Speed 20 ft., Run x3).

Basically, Lexi's contributions are down to shooting her crossbow and shooting off her mouth (naturalist bardic performance).

Amelexis Dusk Fortitude Saving Throw (resistance): 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 + 1 = 12

Amelexis Dusk Fortitude Saving Throw (resistance): 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5

Amelexis Dusk Fortitude Saving Throw (resistance): 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 + 1 = 12

Total Str Damage (incl. 1 point from previous failed save): 3d2 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2, 1) + 1 = 6

UPDATE: wand of CLW charges now 46/50.

"Curious," Bixby says as Lexi seems to be dying after all. He scribbles furiously in his notebook and draws some arrows. He helps her to stand.

Delayed onset of mortality. Perhaps she has a day to live.

"Gurk, try the west hallway, will you?"

Forgot about the poison! @Dak: Can I use heal to help any poisoned PCs with the poison checks? Checks below, just in case.

Heal(Lexi 1): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Heal(Lexi 2): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

Heal(Davor 1): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Heal(Davor 2): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Heal(Davor 2): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Heal(Davor 3): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Heal(Davor 4): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Heal(Gurk 1): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Temmer offers to take Lady Dusk's backpack.

"You've been weakened, and shouldn't strain yourself. It may take some time to recover," he says gravely. "Hopefully it won't be as long as my own recent recuperation, though."

Once Gurk heads west, he takes up his guard position, back to holding his staff in hand.

You can but based off your rolls it doesn't help (Lexi at least). Beating the DC just provides a +4 bonus so Lexi's would have ran it's course. Davor still needs his remaining. Gurk needs his as well.

Fort DC 14, guidance: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 1 = 24

"Thanks for sucking the poison out Verris... however I'm not sure it's all out. Would you please keep at it for another minute or so?"

Forgot about the poison as well. And that's a large chuck of str lost here as well.

Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Once the group is finished tending to the wounds, Gurk heads west.

Verris folds her arms and glares at Davor, saying "Ha ha, very funny," before returning to help the others that are poisoned.

Yeah from those fort rolls her heal checks don't really help at all :P

Str-Dam, Gurk: 3d2 + 1 ⇒ (2, 1, 2) + 1 = 6

So Gurk and Lexi are both at -6 Str and Davor -1

Even sapped of strength from the posion Gurk presses onward. The hall heading west goes for about twenty feet before opening into a larger room. A damp natural grotto opens up in the earth here, its stone ceiling rising forty feet above. Fat columns of brick support the northern end of the room, and the floor of the southern end has been carved into a low dais upon which stands the moldslick statue of a beautiful woman wielding a ranseur. The room is so large that Gurk can't even see across to the other side through the darkness.

Temmer frowns at Riverside's gibe. He's tempted to say something -- such a gibe is hardly seemly, but especially in mixed company -- but resolutely keeps his mouth closed. It's clear that this group is hurting badly, and he can only assume the poison has sapped his wits somewhat.

He wonders whether they should rest again, but bites his tongue as Gurk heads out to the west.

Bixby follows Gurk toward the massive chamber but stops short of going in.

"Gurk--you're the best bait--I mean, scout. You should go in and look around."

perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Lexi merely looks at Adistan for several seconds with her big, inscrutable eyes. Then she nods, removes her backpack and slips her silver gladius (with autographed sheath) inside it, lengthening its straps before handing it to the Taldan sailor.

"Thank you. I'll make sure Lady Heidmarch hears of your gallantry in this matter."

Lexi shows solidarity with her aasimar kin by scowling briefly at Davor for his attempted joke before doing a quick mental inventory of what items she still carries. She gives Gurk a quick tap with the healing wand before the poisoned goblin again valiantly takes point. Then, loaded crossbow in hand, she takes rearguard with Verris, picking some stray bits of webbing off her friend and Adistan*.

wand of CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 (now 45/50 charges)

* Adistan's and Verris's Roll20 tokens still have the web icon on them.

Davor looks at everyone, and waves a hand dismissively, "Bah! you lot are too serious! my grand-dad used to say to me, 'If you ain't worth a laugh, ye're not worth anything!' Come on, admit it, it was a little funny... Verris being a noble paladin an all... the joke worked on many levels, well, at least two levels, due to the purity of her soul and all... no?"

Lexi looks from Davor to Verris and back again.

Verris...a noble paladin? Geez...I always thought of her as our archer and back-up healer. But to be able to heal with just a touch...maybe she IS a paladin! Cripes--for someone so smart I can be awfully dumb sometimes.

She reconsiders Davor's joke in the light of this revelation, but still no giggle fit rises up to claim her. She shakes her head at Davor but also gives him a smile, letting him know she holds no grudge.

Once she gets into position to see into the great hall, she stops a moment to try to take it all in.

Amelexis Dusk Perception Check: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Gurk silently makes his way into the chamber toward the other unseen side to see what he can find.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (20) + 16 = 36
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 +1 for traps

Well at least one in this party isn't dead yet... still... she's intimidated by the others. Too many folks on a government's payroll in this group. I wish for success and loot beyond belief so that they lapse on their job contracts...

Verris grunts at Davor's words but then grins and nods at him to let him know that no harm was done. She follows behind the group in her usual position seemingly deep in thought.

Noble Paladin? Is that what I am? I guess Davor's right. Erastil has granted me a portion of his power so that I can fight for his ideals. Although noble paladin might be a bit much!

"I wouldn't wish to cast aspersions on the lady, who doesn't deserve to be a target of anyone's gibes," Temmer says. "I'm sure there are jokes that might be worth laughing at, but I prefer that they not be at the expense of others."

He frowns, hoping he's not coming down too hard on the half-orc, even as he tries to maintain discipline among this undisciplined crew.

As the others chat near the entrance of the room Gruk slinks off ahead quietly, keeping to the northern wall. He gets to one of the first pillars when he see's something just at the edge of his sight in the darkness ahead. He can barely make it out but from what he can see it looks like a man-sized, crab-like monstrosity.

Either because he is naive or busy worrying about everything that could go wrong, Bixby misses most of the exchange between the other group members. Instead, he looks off into the darkness after Gurk.

Someday, I'll see a knife in my ribs from that one--that's almost a certainty.

"Gurk! What do you see?!" he whispers harshly.

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

"Ok, ok... I owe everyone a drink when we go back to town. Got it.
Temmer, I will buy you two or three at least. For training purposes. Bwahahahah!"

Davor follows the lead goblyn...

Gurk backs up to the others and reports. "Crabshank in dark place ahead. Look nasty. Almost as nasty as dog."