Russet slowly lurches forward...
The giant spiders bite just deflected off his armor, but he heard the yipe from Sebastion and his blood ran cold.
"you are going to regret that you big ugly thing!"
He growled out, As he hacked at the giant spider trying to eat him. He took a step closer to his friend and mount.
Arlen breathes a sigh of relief at landing on the bank. He braces himself for an attack from the ettercaps and spiders.
Round 1
Round 1 complete________________________________
Faerieth 5ft step. draw concoction of Ice Armor. Drink. The water within the quicksand beginning to flow up her body, wrapping around her and thickening into a breastplate of solid ice.
Yaron won't move, but starting performance to inspire everyone.
Arlen tries to pull himself into the bank, then breathes a sigh of relief at finally pulling himself onto the bank. He braces himself for an attack from the ettercaps and spiders.
Russet slowly lurches forward ...
Darry heard the yipe from Sebastion and his blood ran cold. He took a step closer to his friend and mount. They both missed their attacks.
(npc) Big John stopped fighting the quicksand to utterly obliterate the spider that was attacking him.
(npc) Sor wounded his spider opponent.
The Ettercap, still grappling Sebastion, bit down at Darry’s mount again.
for a possible piercing damage plus poison 1d2 Dex Fort DC15 neg.
for a possible piercing damage plus poison 1d2 str damage Fort save DC14 neg.
for a possible piercing damage plus poison 1d2 str damage Fort save DC14 neg.
for a possible piercing damage plus poison 1d2 str damage Fort save DC14 neg.
for a possible piercing damage plus poison 1d2 str damage Fort save DC14 neg.
for a possible piercing damage plus poison 1d2 str damage Fort save DC14 neg.
Round 2_____________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Yaron is providing Bardic Inspiration for his teammates.
Arlen stands up and punches the spider beside him with his cestus.
Yaron continues his ridiculous poetry and steps back, snapping off a shot at the spider that attacked him.
for
Faerieth, strikes at the spider with her staff, glad for the buoyancy of her newly formed armor.
Russet clambers ashore and then stands up.
Arlen breathes a sigh of relief as he sees Russet get free of the quicksand, and he shouts at Big John "Get out of the quicksand before you drown, John!"
Round 2 completed_____________________
Yaron is providing Bardic Inspiration for his teammates.
Arlen stands up and punches the spider beside him with his cestus. Inflicting moderate damage.
Yaron continues his ridiculous poetry and steps back, snapping off a shot at the spider that attacked him. The shot hit dead center killing it. It flopped down with its legs curled up.
Faerieth, strikes at the spider with her staff, glad for the buoyancy of her newly formed armor.
She struck it, dealing modest damage, she is also easily able to keep from sinking into the quicksand with her ice armor.
Russet clambers ashore and then stands up.
Arlen breathes a sigh of relief as he sees Russet get free of the quicksand, and he shouts at Big John "Get out of the quicksand before you drown, John!"
(npc) John struggled mightily, and despite the sucking of the quicksand, he is able to finally crawl onto solid ground.
(npc) Darry hacked at the spider next to him, damaging it.
(npc) Sor slashed at the spider next to him, killing it.
(npc) Sebastion is unable wiggle free of the Ettercap.
The Ettercap managed to pin Sebastion in webbing, making him helpless.
”Yess, yess, struggle more delicious one!” It hissed gleefully as it dragged Sebastion back another step.
Round 3_____________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Yaron is providing Bardic Inspiration for his teammates.
"HELP! WE NEED HELP WITH THE BIG ONE!"
He called out a tiny bit of fear leaking through his voice as the large spiderman monster began to drag is best friend away.
He swung at the spider harrying him once more before he closed with the big one. Sebastian did his best to struggle free though it was clear there wasnt much he could do.
Yaron's head snaps up at Darry's call, and he continues his comedic doggerel, even as his mind sees the danger. The bard's tone doesn't change even as he quickly readies an arrow, a fires a shot over the halfling's head.
for
"I'll be there when I can, Darry!" Arlen says, drawing his battleaxe and swinging it at the spider beside him
Russet charges at the spider by Faerith
Faerieth continues to tread water, striking out with her staff again.
Round 3 completed_____________________
Darry swung at the spider harrying him once more before he closed with the big one. He hit the thing hard, horribly injuring it and lopping off several legs.
Sebastian did his best to struggle free though it was clear there wasnt much he could do.
Yaron's head snaps up at Darry's call, and he continues his comedic doggerel, even as his mind sees the danger. The bard's tone doesn't change even as he quickly readies an arrow, a fires a shot over the halfling's head. The shot lands in the Ettercap’s torso, doing serious damage.
"I'll be there when I can, Darry!" Arlen says, drawing his battleaxe and swinging it at the spider beside him, but he missed.
Russet charges at the spider by Faerith, but he missed and plunged up to his hocks again in the quicksand.
Faerieth continues to tread water, striking out with her staff again. She hit the spider solidly, dealing serious damage while bobbing easily in the quicksand.
(npc) Sor turned his longbow against the Ettercap, but missed. He started moving around
(npc) Big John levered himself to his feet, grasped his sword and lumbered around the quicksand heading to support Derry.
The spider hit by Derry scuttled clumsily off into the depths of the webs, retreating in fear for its life.
for a possible piercing damage plus poison 1d2 str damage Fort save DC14 neg.
Hits! for piercing damage plus poison 1d2 str damage Fort save DC14 neg.
for a possible extra piercing damage plus poison 1d2 str damage Fort save DC14 neg.
The Ettercap hissed with annoyance at the damage taken from the arrow.
Its eyes glittered with evil glee as it scuttled backwards, dragging Sebastion with it.
(Darry can have an AoO if he likes).
Round 4_____________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Yaron is providing Bardic Inspiration for his teammates.
Yaron continues mocking the spiders, despite their inability to understand and be properly affronted, while drawing another arrow to fire into the Ettercap.
for
With panic setting in, he swung at the fleeing ettercap before setting himself and charging after it.
"Get off em bastard!"
He cried out as he savagely hacked at the ettercap.
Russet tries to gore the adjacent spdier
Arlen tries to cut down the spider beside him
and then steps around it.
Faerieth keeps treading water as she brings her staff around in another solid strike with her staff.
Round 4 completed______________________
Yaron continues mocking the spiders, while drawing another arrow to fire into the Ettercap. The shot flew true and lost only a little force when it sank into the Ettercaps body doing serious damage.
With panic setting in, he swung at the fleeing ettercap (hitting but doing little damage) before setting himself and charging after it. He caught up and lashed out, striking it for modest damage. It hissed in rage again. Sebastion whimpered, but is unable to move now.
Russet tries to gore the adjacent spider, and hits for modest damage.
Arlen tries to cut down the spider beside him, but missed wildly, almost hitting Russet.
Tthen he steps around it.
Faerieth keeps treading water as she brings her staff around in another solid strike with her staff, splattering the bug.
(npc) Big John charges across the bridge and overhand chops the Ettercap, dealing significant damage.
(npc) Sor stepped forward and shot the Ettercap, dealing modest damage.
The combined damage from Yaron, Darry, Big John and Sor is enough to kill the Ettercap, which drops Sebastion as it falls to the ground, its legs shuddering.
The last of its associate spiders scuttle away.
The battle is over.
The Ettercap and its allies have eaten all threats within a day's travel, so you are able to rest without interruption.
When you investigate, you find the spiders’ nests are 15 feet up in the trees, and contain the remains of previous victims in webbing sacks. Most of the remains are of squirrels, rabbits, and birds, but there are also two humanoid corpses.
One is still dressed in a +1 chain shirt and a cloak of resistance +1,
and carries a masterwork shortbow with 15 +1 arrows and a single sleep arrow.
A masterwork light mace, a holy symbol of Erastil, and a scroll tube (containing scrolls of charm animal, cure light wounds, lesser restoration, and plant growth) are sealed in with the second body.
Several gemstones are scattered among the nests, fallen from the pocket of a previous victim. In total, there are three agates (worth 10 gp each), one star rose quartz (worth 55 gp), and four amethysts (worth 110 gp each).
When you look at the concealed fortifications that make up the Chernasardo Rangers redoubt, you find nobody there.
"Come here buddy..... can anyone help him? Please?"
He asked and pled as he pulled his large furred companion closer to him. His voice was cracking and it was very apparent he was a hair away from breaking. He did manage to get up and moving helping the others search the remains ...eventually
"They're not here, and haven't been for two weeks. But then where did they go?" he looks around for anything that might indicate where they went.
Sebastion whimpered slightly, still limp as a dishrag.
Would you consider a human shortbow usable by a small creature like a longbow or no? asking for a height challenged friend
However, it is an easy Craft:Weapon check (DC10) to turn a medium shortbow into a small longbow.
Swimming back to solid land and climbing out, Faerin quickly makes her way over to help Darry with Sebastion, explaining the effect of the poison and the timeframe it would take to wear off.
"We have a few doses of anti-toxin!"
The anti-toxin is successful, and Sebastion begins to recover quickly; though it will take a full rest to completely restore his Dex damage.
Poking through a fireplace, Sor pulls out a scorched and half-burned letter recalling all Chernasardo Rangers to Fort Trevalay, though it gives no indication of what or where Fort Trevalay is.
Faerieth considers what she knows of the area, hoping for some clue as to the Fort's location.
"Fort Trevalay..." Arlen mutters to himself. "Where is that?"
He also looks around for any sign of tracks or other indications of which way the rangers went.
"So it doesn't look like there's any sign of them. I guess the best we can hope for is to see if there and any supplies we can get back to our camp, and refocus on where to head next. Maybe Aubrin, or one of the others has heard of the Fort Trevalay." Faerieth says, as she looks around the encampment.
Yaron nods, "I think you're right... though I wish you weren't."
Arlen sighs heavily and shakes his head, his shoulders slumped. He opens his mouth as if to speak and then closes it. Several times. Finally he just nods, "Yes, let's see if we can find anything useful,"
And begins searching the area.
As they search, Arlen asks the others "What should we do if we can't find any hints about Fort Trevalay?"
"Take anything of use here and get it back to our camp, then make a decision on where best to mover everyone until we have something more secure." Faerin says, after a bit of thought.
"That's sensible." Arlen says, but inside he thinks we're on our own, aren't we?
Yaron says, "Can't say that the thought that even the famed Rangers have pulled back in the face of the Hobbies is a terribly reassuring one." He then shrugs, "Still, Faerieth's right. I mean, it's not like we have a better choice."
"They've been gone for over two weeks. It hasn't been that long since the hobbies struck. I don't think this is related."
Yaron considers that for a moment, then nods, "You're probably right. If the hobgoblins had tried to strike here first, there'd be signs of that. ..." He trails off, a puzzled expression on his face, before saying, "...pretty convenient for the Hobbies, though. Wonder if they timed their attack for a time when the Rangers weren't home."
"Or coordinated with whatever caused them to withdraw, leaving everyone vulnerable. Their attack has been extremely tactical and well organized." Faerieth points out.