"Uarrgh!" Omari groans as the poison takes him. He retreats to the edge of the window, and in the sunlight, casts bless.
The spider falls off the ceiling as Roryx makes it slippery. It lands on its back and flails around with its legs.
Does involuntary movement draw AoO's? I know getting up does...
vs prone (-4 to AC) spider
It's also probably flanked, to boot...
-2 str
As the spider went splat on the ground, Heshan made sure not to suffer a similar fate and moved between two of the legs in a flourish. It was a proud moment for him.
Given that the spider spent it's time attacking Ohrmizd, he decides to spend his own time dealing some guaranteed damage of his own. A hand is pointed at the spider and two balls of force strike it.
He then retreats back next to Ohrmizd.
Ohrmizd smile for taking the attention of the spider disappears as the poison takes hold of his muscles. Due to the sudden weakness he barely manages to escape the falling star of the show "Ah, good hunt Roryx!"
Although the spider did not came in the expected way, come it did, and so the Keleshite attempts to strike at it with his scimitar.
The spider gets up and gets punished for that by Ohrmizd and Omari. But the spider turns to Heshan for shooting magic missiles at it.
When the spider stands up from prone, Ohrmizd profits the opportunity to slash at her once more.
"Look at me kitty!" then, he dashes through the likely already broken web strands to flank the spider to attack again at the spider this turn.
Ohrmizd offers the spider another bite, before taking it down with a mighty blow.
"Damn thing was supposed to be asleep! This poison needs treating." Omari digs out his healer's kit. "Ohrmzid, come help me."
I'm assuming Ohrmizd will make his aid another checks... If he doesn't these results will need to be modified
2 ranks +3 trained +2 wis +2 Circumstance (healer's kit) +1 competence (guidance) +2 (Aid Another)
Ohrmizd quickly removes the scimitar from the fallen spider "Quite smart and well done Roryx. That spider would have been nasty if she managed to stay there on top"
Turning to Omari, the Keleshite nods "Sure, let's be quick, I can already feel the poison weakening me"
"Sarenrae, tend to those in need" Ohrmizd casts guidance all the times needed and aids with the heal as suggested by Omari.
Ohrmizd quickly takes Omari's arm and tries to suck the poison out of the wound, spiting it afterwards. He repeats this treatment for Heshan "My master did this to me once to save me from a serpent's poison. I think it helped"
"Do spiders actually sleep Omari?"
Ohrmizd quickly removes the scimitar from the fallen spider "Quite smart and well done Roryx. That spider would have been nasty if she managed to stay there on top"
"No problem. Magic always has a way" - as Omari and Ohrmizd tend to the poison, Roryx puts Swiper on the ground, and they keep watch over any exit from the room.
Between all the webs Roryx finds a flight of stairs that lead down.
"Do spiders actually sleep Omari?"
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Omari replies without looking up from his work, "Gotta admit, I assumed they did... They're alive after all"
+7 base +4 successful Heal check
"Well, this one is now sleeping and that is all I need to know" Ohrmizd chuckles while padding both men.
Ohrmizd searches the tower in case the victims of the spider left any valuable items.
"I feel quite weakened, but I think I can continue a bit if we do it with care" Ohrmizd comments, then looking at the group's wounds "A channel might be of help as there are many of us wounded, but if you prefer to preserve your god's blessings I can ask Serenrae for a bit of healing"
"Yes, Erastil's blessing will do us much good." Omari channels to heal...
Feeling his wounds closing, Ohrmizd smiles back at the cleric "Thanks for that. Almost like new"
Advancing himself to see where the stairs down lead Ohrmizd asks "What have you found there Roryx?"
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His hubris was rewarded with a retaliation from the spider, he hisses as the creature pierced his shoulder, but he was able to push the head away before it could inject the venom on him. Still, it was a grievous puncture wound as he was glad that Omari was able to heal away the worst of it.
"We better leave before the mother finds out what happened."
"I can endure it, but I can rest likewise if you do prefer" Ohrmizd face changes to real worry "You are sure joking isn't it, there cannot be something larger and uglier than that" he points to the fallen arachnid with his scimitar.
Heshan stuck a thumb up in agreement of Manuun.
"Again, I would rather not stick around be proven right for once," Heshan replied.
While Ohrmizd and Heshan discuss what to do, Roryx found that the stairs lead underground to a door. And they lead further down, but the passage is blocked by thick spider webs.
”I was able to see a door, and the stairs then wind further down” - Roryx commented with the others - ”But the path is filled with thick spiderwebs” - he added.
"Fire will probably mean we will quickly be suffocating in smoke I think Manuun... Maybe we should try to just hack through it like you are doing" - Roryx nods, and follows his companion's example with his own dagger.
"Despite it would make for a great demonstration to Sarenrae, I agree we are all too covered in webs already for this to be safe" Ohrmizd says just ripping apart the strands with his blade and shield.
The Keleshite advances forward, casting guidance "Sarenrae, lead us to a safe place on this tower" he opens a door after Manuun and himself check it out, if he finds one.
To remove the spider's web is annoyingly timeconsuming but easy enough to do. The stairs lead further down to another door.
Meanwhile Ohrmizd opens the first door. It leads through a short corridor into a twenty-foot-wide hall. The walls of this hall are completely obscured by thick sheets of webbing, transforming it into a cloying, musty tube where sounds are eerily muffled. To the south, the web tube cinches down to a ten-foot-wide tunnel. Here and there, large shapes encased in thick webs hang from the walls.
Most of the web-wrapped meals are animals, but one of them near the northern end of the hall is a desiccated human bandit still wearing his chain shirt.
Roryx examines the chain shirt for any signs of magic.
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"These are both magical" - Roryx informs his companions, passing the items for their perusal.
"Are we pressing ahead to that door?"
5 ranks +2 wis +2 racial
"Manuun do you know if spider lay eggs or some such? Do we need to burn this web-nest thing?"
"Is that a shirt of armor? I could actually use this one." Heshan grabs the shirt to see if it would fit him.
At Omari's question, he merely shook his head as he shrugged his shoulders.
While Ohrmizd and Heshan discuss what to do, Roryx found that the stairs lead underground to a door. And they lead further down, but the passage is blocked by thick spider webs.
To remove the spider's web is annoyingly timeconsuming but easy enough to do. The stairs lead further down to another door.
Ohrmizd arches an eyebrow as Heshan starts to don the chain shirt "It seems some heroics are sticking into you Heshan. Are you sure you know how to properly move on one of those?"
The Keleshite nods appreciating both magical items "Good finding. I have my own amulet already though. Maybe someone else should take it" he looks at Heshan "Wouldn't this amulet make you more tougher than that armor?"
"It seems there is nothing else in here" Ohrmizd looks around "It will require a bit of cleaning, but it might do for a good base of operations. I doubt any gnoll will come around in a good time"
"Ok everybody, stop. We've cleared the spider and found another entry into the underground portion of this complex, which clearly, no one has used in a long time. This is good, it gives us an alternative to leading any gnoll pursuit directly back to the escaped slaves (by using the other stairs). But we weren't going to rush into the gnoll complex this morning. So we're not going any further."
Omari pauses to wipe his face and continues:
"The next step in the plan was the "the lopsided tower over there, with horrible looking stonestatues that come to life." , provided we can get to said tower without being spotted by the gnolls. But first, on the way back up this tower (to where we got in), we need to search for secret doors - nobody builds a solid tower 40' high and 25' across..."
It did not fit him after all. With a sigh, he took off the shirt and gave it to Manuun before turning towards the others.
"Let us leave that to the two who have been poisoned. With that said, I would rather that we clear the place sooner rather than later. Both for the refugees and to not get spotted."
”I was under the impression we were trying to find an ‘off the way’ route to access the complex, and this could be it” - Roryx comments to Omari - ”Could it not?”
”I was under the impression we were trying to find an ‘off the way’ route to access the complex, and this could be it” - Roryx comments to Omari - ”Could it not?”
[b]"Yes, that's what I said. But we are not rushing down there right now. We've got 2 of us seriously poisoned...And we also wanted to try to get the troglodytes to work with us. So we have other stuff to do before we charge ahead."[b]