Elena thinks hard about the creature Bibi is describing.
Elena knows such creatures as an ettercap, but most people just call them "web lurkers" for some weird reason. She knows that they are extremely devious webspinners, capable of making well hidden nooses out of webs which ensnare the unobservant.
Elena shares what she knows. "It will be dangerous, and likely won't be interested in parlay. Though I suppose we can try if we have something to offer it. But if we mean to stay here I think we'll need it to leave."
”I know Desna wants me to make friends with unlikely creatures, but I cannot imagine this creature will do anything less than eat me. Do you think all of us could take it down?” Carrufikus whispers.
"Though I suppose we can try if we have something to offer it. But if we mean to stay here I think we'll need it to leave."
Then let's kick this things butt.
Peldur kicks open the door and steps in.
Peldur!
Peldur kicks in the door. This large, low-ceiling room has a cross-shaped table at its center. Ten chairs stand around the table. The walls, floors, and ceilings of the chamber are completely covered with thick layers of webbing. There's a horrid creature squatting atop the table. The hideous purple creature walks upright like a man, but its face is that of a spider, and its hands are sickle-shaped claws.
Peldur's snap on the kick alerts the denizen within. It turns to attack! It starts by shooting a glob of web at Peldur! The web immediately glues Peldur's legs to the the floor. [ooc]DC 20 Acrobratics to Escape (1 Action.)
Round 1:
Web Lurker: ATK
Carrufikus: Go
Bibi: Go
Peldur: Go
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Go
Elana: Go
Ettercap
Initiative assumes Talborel is Scouting
Avoid Notice (T)
Detect Magic (A: +1 (U), N: +8 (T), O: +1 (U) , R: +8 (T))
Investigate (A: +8 (T), C: +8 (T) M: +1 (U) N: +5 (T), O: +7 (T) , R: +5 (T), S: +8 (T))
Search (E)
Avoid Notice (E)
Scout
After the glob of web strikes Peldur, Carrufikus moves in to help his companions.
He casts electric arc on the creature!
The creature avoids the worst of it. It then turns and shouts in a rumbling, consonant-heavy voice.
"Bow down before the King of the Ghost City and present your offerings, or my subjects will end you!"
Round 1:
Web Lurker: ATK
Carrufikus: Arc
Bibi: Go
Peldur: Go
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Go
Elana: Go
Ettercap: 2
I'll go in to fight...but not first!! she pulls out her bow and fires off a couple shots
kill it with fire!!!
Bibi strikes from the shadows, scoring a hit by virtue of her preperation!
Round 1:
Web Lurker: ATK
Carrufikus: Arc
Bibi: Hit
Peldur: Go
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Go
Elana: Go
Ettercap: 7
Action 1: Stride
Action 2-3: Produce Flame
Elena moves closer, weaving an incantation as she steps forward. The arcane sigils resolve into a ball of fire that she flings towards the lurker!
I don't know what it said, Noroc says. Does anyone know what it said?
Cryptic utterances aside, Noroc reasons that it's unfriendly as well as unpleasant, so her steps forward to deliver his "walking stick" in an equally unfriendly manner.
He them moves further into the room to try and give Bibi some advantage.
Peldur struggles to free himself from the webbing.
Pulling his leg free, Peldur rushes in, rolling over the table to land in from of the spiderbeast. He strikes out at the thing in a series of punches.
Peldur frees himself with ease and returns with a pair of well placed strikes! Unfortunately, Elena's spell is really wide.
Noroc slides into the room, and his leg sets off a tripwire! A noose of webbing closes in and it closes around his throat!
Round 1:
Web Lurker: ATK
Carrufikus: Arc
Bibi: Hit
Peldur: Hits
Talborel: Go
Noroc: 2 actions
Elana: Go
Ettercap: 20
Round 1:
Round 1:
Web Lurker: ATK
Carrufikus: Arc
Bibi: Hit
Peldur: Hits
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Dying 2
Elana: Miss
Ettercap: 20
Tal rushes in and skirts the room, heading to Noroc. He works to stabilize Noroc, and save him from death.
Medicine to Stabilize:
But he can't help his friend!
Talborel rushes in, but can't get the blood flowing back into Noroc's lungs.
From underneath the table a pair of spiders emerge. These children-sized spiders' blue-and-yellow-striped abdomen shimmer as they scuttle along. A drop of thick purple venom drips from their mandibles. There's something emitting light from under the table, but the scene is far too chaotic to investigate.
The lurker tries to bite Peldur's neck!
for and
MISS
MISS
The two new spiders go after smaller targets:
for
for
Round 2:
Web Lurker: ATK
Spiders: ATK
Carrufikus: Go
Bibi: Go
Peldur: Go
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Dying 2
Elana: Go
Ettercap: 20
Action 1: Recall Knowledge
Action 2-3: Electric Arc
With the two spiders appearing Elena is reminded of a book she read while at the Acadamae: Venom and the Various Sources. She tries to remember something useful.
She then launches into a spell, creating arcane sigils in the air that resolve an manifest an arc of electricity that flies out towards the two spiders!
Carrufikus sees boric go down and casts Heal on him.
”Desna, let your good luck wash over him!”
Finally, he casts Guidance on Tal.
Elena knows EXACTLY what these are. She read about them in a letter from Morkeleb. These colorful spiders are known in Korvosa as "dream spiders," a more poetic name than they warrant. It comes from the mildly halluncinogenic quality of their poison. The spiders are not overly dangerous, though a bite can leave you stupified for a bit, likely less than a minute. Like most spiders, their reflexes are pretty good.
Elena then lets go with an arc:
Carrufikus finds out about the poison first hand and it clearly affects his medicinal skills.
Round 2:
Web Lurker: ATK
Spiders: ATK
Carrufikus: Heal
Bibi: Go
Peldur: Go
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Dying 2
Elana: Arc
Ettercap: 20
Yellow: 3
Green: 6
"The spider venom isn't lethal, but it is hallucinogenic! Be wary!"
Carrufikus brings Noroc back into the fight, albeit wounded.
Round 2:
Web Lurker: ATK
Spiders: ATK
Carrufikus: Heal
Bibi: Go
Peldur: Go
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Go (Wounded 2)
Elana: Arc
Ettercap: 20
Yellow: 3
Green: 6
Peldur lowers his stance and continues punching the bigger spider thing.
Coughing up a bit of blood, Noroc's eyes open and he instinctively gropes along the floor for his walking stick. Getting it back in hand, he struggles to his feet and chops at the spider man thingie for all he's worth.
Alas, it is not worth all that much.
Peldur has now problem resisting, and responds from the low tiger stance. His first strike and the kick are barely glancing blows, but his follow up straight on the hand strikes hard.
Unfortunately, the returned Noroc can't connect with his own attack.
Round 2:
Web Lurker: ATK
Spiders: ATK
Carrufikus: Heal
Bibi: Go
Peldur: Hit
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Miss (Wounded 2)
Elana: Arc
Ettercap: 20
Yellow: 9
Green: 6
POINT OF ORDER: Bibi's Nimble Dodge feat should negate the spider bite
also, will complete post shortly, have to review movement rules first
Bibi does a quick battlefield calculation. Could tumble in and flank the big guy--but he's flanking Peldur with this little bugger. Best to take him out...
She drops her bow and draws her rapier, stabbing quickly at the flanked spider (yellow)
IF/THEN
If that takes the spider out, then stride to flank ettercap w/Peldur.
If not, stab it again
Everyone thought the spider bot Bibi, but she dodged it, nimbly, at the last second. It takes two thrusts, but she drops the dream spider!
Round 2:
Web Lurker: ATK
Spiders: ATK
Carrufikus: Heal
Bibi: Kill
Peldur: Hit
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Miss (Wounded 2)
Elana: Arc
Ettercap: 20
Green: 6
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Tal is emotionless and cold at Noroc suddenly awake. He nods quickly, stands from a kneeling position and in a flash his bow is out and drawn. He hunts the disgusting Atterfolk...
Hunt Prey, Pull Bow, Strike!
, Damage on Hit:
Talborel continues to be stuck in a rut as his arrow goes astray.
The web lurker pulls back away from Peldur, then launches a web at him to keep him away:
the nearby spider continues its press against the poisoned Carrufikus,
for
MISS
MISS
Round 3:
Web Lurker: Web
Spiders: ATK
Carrufikus: Go + FORT
Bibi: Go
Peldur: Go
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Go (Wounded 2)
Elana: Go
Ettercap: 20
Green: 6
"Achhh!" Carrufikus exclaims as the spider bites him. "Get away, you foul beast! I am a servant of Desna and with a little luck you will be destroyed before you cause any more harm to my companions and this world!"
The priest quickly retreats to relative safety and casts Heal on Noroc once again, trying to get his companions back to full health.
Bibi drops back into the hallway a bit, out of sight of the enemies. She then quickly & quietly sneaks back into the room, using the furniture and the daichinis as cover, to find a hidden spot from which to strike next.
She then throws a wink back to the rest of the group.
Peldur pulls himself free of the webbing again. He rolls across the table to land in front of the dream spider and strikes out at it.
Bibi quickly vanishes behind the human-sized furniture. Meanwhile Peldur lands a solid blow! The punch destroys the arachnid, leaving only the lurker!
Round 3:
Web Lurker: Web
Spiders: ATK
Carrufikus: Go + FORT
Bibi: Sneak
Peldur: Crit
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Go (Wounded 2)
Elena: Go
Ettercap: 20
Action 1: Stride
Action 2-3: Produce Flame
Elena strides confidently into the room, speaking the words to an incantation. A ball of flame appears in her hand, which she hurls into the face of the lurker!
x2 plus 1d4 persistent fire damage.
Elena's flames engulf the web lurker who screeches in the same strange tongue it started speaking. The flames burn and scorch, but the creature hasn't fallen.... yet.
Carrufikus continues to mend wounds as the poison courses through his veins
Round 3:
Web Lurker: Web
Spiders: ATK
Carrufikus: Heal
Bibi: Sneak
Peldur: Crit
Talborel: Go
Noroc: Go (Wounded 2)
Elena: Burn
Carru: Round 2 of poison.
Ettercap: 28 (1d4 persistent fire.)
Stride, then he shoots...
, Damage on Hit:
...He scores?
If this doesn't drop the Lurker, I'll take another shot.
Ha! Lazy lob!!
Noroc eyes the beast move away and almost follows, before remembering what felled him in the first place. Cursing, he carefully picks his way closer near his friends. Fury welling within him, he raises his left palm at the fleeing creature, and a shaft of light the color of the pale moon emits from it.
Talborel finally lands an arrow and it's a good shot. Noroc adds a even more fire to the mix, a beam of moonlight strikes true.
The fires are too much, and the web lurker collapses in flame. It burns out soon, leaving an awful stench in the room.
Ha!! Well fought everyone! . She looks at Carrufikus and clucks her tongue a couple times. Sir… I know how devoted you are to keeping the party patched up and standing, but if YOU fall, WE’RE all in trouble! You have to take care of yourself, too!!
She starts hunting for treasures or secrets in this now-stinky lair
The web lurker has gathered a fairly large stash of “treasure” that he kept in a bundle of webbing affixed under the table. Most of these valuables are worthless trinkets that appealed to his strange sense of aesthetics, like rusty arrowheads, shiny rocks, bits of glass worn smooth by the surf, or neat seashells. Among the clutter is an opal (which radiates magic according to Carrufikus), five glowing sling bullets (also magic), a necklace of hemp string adorned with 3 red gemstones (also magic).
Avoid Notice (T)
Detect Magic (A: +1 (U), N: +8 (T), O: +1 (U) , R: +8 (T))
Investigate (A: +8 (T), C: +8 (T) M: +1 (U) N: +5 (T), O: +7 (T) , R: +5 (T), S: +8 (T))
Search (E)
Avoid Notice (E)
Scout
"May I?" Elena asks, reaching a hand out to take an examine each item. She studies each, hoping to quickly identify its magical properties.
Elena identifies the opal as a potency crystal. she can't get a lock on the glowing sling stones The final treasure is a treasure indeed, it's a Type I Necklace of Fireballs
"Ha!! Well fought everyone! . She looks at Carrufikus and clucks her tongue a couple times. Sir… I know how devoted you are to keeping the party patched up and standing, but if YOU fall, WE’RE all in trouble! You have to take care of yourself, too!!"
"Bibi, dear. You are so brilliant with that blade of yours and I feel like I will never be as graceful and brave as you unless I at least try and overcome my fear and get involved in facing these creatures. I mean, I do want to get better with this star knife that I own. Maybe you could at least give me a lesson on fighting some time?"
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As Elena busies herself with examining the shinies, Pelder wanders back down the hall to the privy to take care of some business.
"Ha!! Well fought everyone! . She looks at Carrufikus and clucks her tongue a couple times. Sir… I know how devoted you are to keeping the party patched up and standing, but if YOU fall, WE’RE all in trouble! You have to take care of yourself, too!!""Bibi, dear. You are so brilliant with that blade of yours and I feel like I will never be as graceful and brave as you unless I at least try and overcome my fear and get involved in facing these creatures. I mean, I do want to get better with this star knife that I own. Maybe you could at least give me a lesson on fighting some time?"
I don't see you using my style. You're too kind-hearted to fight dirty like me. Maybe you should concentrate on throwing that knife. Tal might give you some good advice. But my point was, sometimes you need to heal YOURSELF in a fight!
While Peldur's blowing it up--but before he gasses the area completely--Bibi hustles to check the door near the privy.
Bibi checks the door, and finds it to be safe with no clue what's on the other side. Turns out it's simply a short hallway.
Elena holds the necklace, seeming almost uncomfortable with its power. "If no one minds, I will keep this safe. It's bears some truly destructive power that... I can only hope we'll never need to use."
"As for this crystal, I think you should use it Talborel. I doubt you need me to explain the magic, but know that it will instill potency and power to your weapon. Just time it right, as it will only last a few seconds."
She then hands the sling stones to Carrufikus, almost dismissively. "I'm not sure what magic they contain. But I'm sure it's underwhelming."
Excellent. I shall wait for the right time.