Bibi scrunches her nose a bit. That's kind of odd, innit? To board up a door *inside* the house??
she sneaks up to it and takes a listen, putting her ear against the boarded door.
"That's kind of odd, innit? To board up a door *inside* the house??"
"You've got that right, Bibi. Unless there is something inside that they don't want to escape. There is only one way to find out."
Carrufikus watches as they remove the boards and prepare to enter.
The cobwebs are so dusty that they're not really sticky anymore, but they are a nuisance.
As Bibi traverses the room, two spiders, each twice her size, emerge from the webs! They seem to not sense her directly, but know there's an intruder in their space. Carrufikus also notices that there's a third foe in the room, but can't tell where!
ROUND 1:
Bibi: Go
Carrufikus: Go
Peldur: Go
Tal: Go
Spiders!: TBD
Noroc (44/44): TBD
Elena: TBD
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Location: The Fishery
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
Carrufikus steps back into the corner of the room and casts the tried and true gnomish magic of Electric Arc!
"Zapplearkem!" he declares after moving his hands in somatic gestures that bring forth an electric current that strikes red and black!
PASS
PASS
Carrufikus sticks with his favorite spell and lightly zaps the two.
ROUND 1:
Bibi: Go
Carrufikus: Zap
Peldur: Go
Tal: Go
Spiders!: TBD
Noroc (44/44): TBD
Elena: TBD
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Location: The Fishery
Black: 3
Red: 3
Glancing about quickly, Bibi rips out her weapons, stumbles over to the corner, and makes a stab, while muttering crap crap crap crap crap!!
Bibi nearly kills the spider with her blade!
ROUND 1:
Bibi: Hit!
Carrufikus: Zap
Peldur: Go
Tal: Go
Spiders!: TBD
Noroc (44/44): TBD
Elena: TBD
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Location: The Fishery
Black: 15
Red: 3
Sensing the spider nearby, Tal draws his sword and lights it aflame!
He strides into the room and slashes at the spider.
, + on Hit.
Tal's blade connects with the spider, lightly wounding.
ROUND 1:
Bibi: Hit!
Carrufikus: Zap
Peldur: Go
Tal: Hit
Spiders!: TBD
Noroc (44/44): TBD
Elena: TBD
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Location: The Fishery
Black: 15
Red: 10
Peldur rushes in, leaping up over Noroc to the wall above him, bouncing over to the opposite wall above the creature, to land behind it, flanking with Noroc.
He then delivers several blows to its bulbous abdomen.
Peldur punches the abdomen so hard that ichor and innards cover Bibi in a macabre slime! .
The remaining spider bites at Tal:
for
and it continues to mow down on his arm:
MISS
MISS
Suddenly a new foe emerges from the webs!
ROUND 1:
Bibi: Hit!
Carrufikus: Zap
Peldur: Crit Kill
Tal (27/39: Hit FORT
Enemies: ATK
Noroc (44/44): Go
Elena: Go
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Location: The Fishery
Red: 10
Noroc steps forward and does his best to whack-a-spider around the door frame.
Noroc slices off the spider's head! His victory is cut short; the horripilation on his neck tells him this fight isn't over...
ROUND 1:
Bibi: Hit!
Carrufikus: Zap
Peldur: Crit Kill
Tal (27/39: Hit FORT
Enemies: ATK
Noroc (44/44): 1 Action
Elena: Go
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Location: The Fishery
Elena takes a breath, still on high alert but uncertain whether the danger has passed yet.
Looks pretty good!
Noroc will try to Seek.
Noroc looks about him, but doesn't find the cause of his tension...
Tal shakes off the bite before the venom can sink in. Suddenly a web flies out from the shadows. All eyes turn as a web lurker makes its move!
It drops down from the ceiling near Bibi and shoots a web at Peldur:
It then tries to bite the lone halfling:
Tal shakes off the bite before the venom can sink in. Suddenly a web flies out from the shadows. All eyes turn as a web lurker makes its move!
It drops down from the ceiling near Bibi and shoots a web at Peldur:
Miss
It then tries to bite the lone halfling:
Miss
ROUND 2:
Bibi: Go
Carrufikus: Go
Peldur: Go
Tal (27/39: Go
Noroc (44/44): Go
Elena: Go
Enemies: TBD
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Location: The Fishery
Bibi wipes spider muck out of her eyes, just in time to swing her arm out of the way of the lurker's bite.
Peldur, I'll forgive you for making a meanine on me, if help me flank this bugger!!
Elena twirls her left hand as she intones a simple, fire-based evocation spell. A small ball of fire appears in her hand, which she hurls at the web lurker.
Peldur crouches down, enters Khan Stalks His Prey. He leaps forward, heeding Bibi's call, and strikes out at the beast.
Elena burns the nasty creature with magical fire. A split second later, Peldur opens up a freely bleeding wound with his bare hand!
ROUND 2:
Carrufikus: Go
Peldur: Crit
Tal (27/39: Go
Noroc (44/44): Go
Bibi: Go
Elena: Fire
Enemies: TBD
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Location: The Fishery
Lurker: 22 (Bleed 1d4)
"Begone you vile spider beast! No butterflies are going to get caught in your web this day!"
Carrufikus unleashes a beam of divine energy as he casts Divine Lance at the Web Lurker.
The gnome tries to recall what he knows about Web Lurkers.
Tal sheathes his blade, the flames extinguishing. He draws a bead on the Web Lurker and Hunts Prey... Then strikes!
,
The arrow comically falls flat to the ground.
Bibi: Go
See Delayed Actions spoiler above. MAYBE one hit.
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Noroc moves in on the web lurker.
Attercop! Attercop! Won't you stop! Stop your spinning and look for me!
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Ooooooo next he's gonna call you lazy lob!!!
Carrufikus shoots first and asks questions later. Fortunately, while he can't remember what this is, he knows that the holy power works. It's evil.
A split second later, Noroc takes its head with a single swipe!
Bibi wipes some of the goo off her, then chuffs out a frustrated breath. Gross. Neither of you magical folk can prestidigidate this ick off me, can you?? She looks at Peldur with an exaggerated furrowed brow. I suppose I should thank you, ya great lunk!!
Anyone mind if I rinse myself off before we continue? If this stuff dries on me I won't be able to move--besides, it's just NASTY.
Once she's reasonably clean, she carefully checks the spiders' room, sweeping away what webs she can with a big ol' stick or something.
"Certainly we want you looking your best, Bibi. When we are done here, we are going to need to clean up this entire place, especially if we want to cook in here."
At the back of the dish cabinet, among the assorted tin cups, is a matched pair of tarnished silver goblets, worth 20 gp as a set.
"Should we keep this cups for drinking out of, or should we just sell them at market and build up our savings?"
Carrufikus moves over to the door on the eastern side of the room. "Bibi, my dear. Would you be willing to check this door for traps and the like? After seeing what lives in this room, I'm hesitant to barge into any of the other rooms."
The remaining door should be the one that was barred from this side, and we unbarred it.
Tal looks at Carrufikus with a raised eyebrow and opens the door.
Wooden doors line each side of this U-shaped hallway. The largest of these stands in an alcove along the eastern wall, flanked by hooks and benches. Cobwebs hang thick in the southwestern portion of the hallway.
Tal looks at Carrufikus with a raised eyebrow and opens the door.
"I know. I know. You are thinking that I should show a little more grit. I confess. I really hate spiders and webs. Maybe we should check that door on the left and clear out the middle of this building."
Tal looks at Carrufikus with a raised eyebrow and opens the door."I know. I know. You are thinking that I should show a little more grit. I confess. I really hate spiders and webs. Maybe we should check that door on the left and clear out the middle of this building."
OK, I'd rather check a door that's not trapped, than not check a door that is. You keep suggesting being safe, Rufi! Don't let Tal bein' grumpy bother you.
"Why would anyone trap a door and then nail boards over it?"
Tal follows close behind, weapons in easy reach.
Bibi finds nothing on the door, so she opens it.
A tangle of cobwebs fills this room, obscuring the details of the bed and table within.
Before anyone steps in, she notices a strand of web stretched across the threshold of the door. Following it up, she sees that it's tied to a noose trap! It'd take an expert in traps to undo it, but it's a common method of trapping prey, so any well trained survivalist could likely do it too.
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
"OK, I'd rather check a door that's not trapped, than not check a door that is. You keep suggesting being safe, Rufi! Don't let Tal bein' grumpy bother you."
A smile lights up Carrufikus' face at the nickname, Rufi.
"I'm trying to decide what room we should turn this one into. It can sometimes be hard to imagine what a place will look like when it is all cleaned up and all the traps are removed. That was a good eye to notice that one, Bibi."
"Why would anyone trap a door and then nail boards over it?"
...maybe they nailed boards over it BECAUSE it was trapped!!
She narrows her eyes at the noose trap, then smiles and nods.
Tal cannot hold back the light groan and roll of the eyes. But kneels down to see if he can disable the trap.
Bibi, with oversight from Tal, easily manages to disable the trap,
No more spiders, 'kay? Noroc says when the door opens. Just a normal, non-spider-infested hallway.
Tal belly laughs.
"Not bloody likely! Ha ha!"
Through the left door as soon as Bibi clears it.
.zzzz...SNORT..um, what? Oh, yes, sorry. Woolgathering...
Opting to skip whatever is in the central room beyond the trap, Bibi gives the clear on the other door.
Thick cobwebs fill this long room, making it difficult to see the details of the room’s furnishings. Along the south wall is a round table surrounded by wooden chairs. Sturdy wicker chairs gather in a loose circle in the western half of the room. One door stands in the eastern wall, while another stands to the north. A sconce along the wall over the table is partially covered with a dark cloth. There's light peaking out from behind it.
Opting to skip whatever is in the central room beyond the trap,
'OLD IT 'OLD IT 'OOOOOLLLLLD IIIIIIIT!! wats all dis den???
thanks for the reminder, we aint' skippin NUFFIN. SEARCH that room!!!
The table in this room has a small drawer, which contains a number of small, harmless spiders and a mummified elf hand on a golden chain that Elena reports is magical.
"These spiderwebs seem awfully big considering the size of those spiders. There must be something else in here."
Carrufikus follows the others as they begin searching the central room.
Carrufikus doesn't find anything else in his search
The table in this room has a small drawer, which contains a number of small, harmless spiders and a mummified elf hand on a golden chain that Elena reports is magical.
I'll bet this is a handy item!