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  • lockmundlockmund Member Posts: 354
    Garrick is.
  • Fenris308Fenris308 Member Posts: 118
    Minsc stands ready wielding his largest weapon. His eyes narrow as he squints, looking into the webbing for signs of movment.
  • Fenris308Fenris308 Member Posts: 118
    Did Minsc break the forum?
  • MalicronMalicron Member Posts: 629
    Perhaps Strahd snuck up on you, and @LadyRhian doesn't have the heart to tell you about the total party kill? :P
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    No, sorry. I have been too busy trying to get help for my Dad. I have been having a mental breakdown cleaning up... stuff. My house smells like the men's bathroom. :P But, anyhow....
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    As Garrick sets the webs on fire he hears a clicking noise that sounds almost... angry. Five of the largest, ugliest spiders he has ever seen come down from the ceiling on strands of silk, their limbs clicking together as they move to attack.
  • lockmundlockmund Member Posts: 354
    Garrick drops the torch and retreats to the previous room. "Lets not fight them near the webs". He picks up his saving throw song once more.
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    I was beside Garrick so I step in place and stand in the way of the spiders to allow the others to retreat.
  • Awong124Awong124 Member Posts: 2,642
    Skie will back away and shoot arrows at the spiders.
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    OOC

    Skie will back away and shoot arrows at Ajantis.

    @Awong124 Corrected it for you :P
  • DelvarianDelvarian Member Posts: 1,232
    Mazzy pulls out her sword and says a quick prayer to Avoreen. She then stands beside Ajantis and awaits the spiders.

    "If any of you have slow poison spells, you may wish to ready them."
  • Fenris308Fenris308 Member Posts: 118
    Minsc aids Garrick's retreat and forms up ranks next to Mazzy and Ajantis.
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    Three more Spiders emerge from the webs. chittering and clicking their mandibles. The smell of mold and desiccating flesh hangs over the party, coming from the webs. (anybody else want to defend themselves?)
  • EdwinEdwin Member Posts: 480
    edited July 2013
    Smaller, cuter and much less menacing spider scurries by...You can tell he's not with those other guys.
  • Fighting_FerretFighting_Ferret Member Posts: 229
    Imoen will retreat behind Garrick and Skie and try to hide.
  • Fenris308Fenris308 Member Posts: 118
    Minsc grabs Edwin and throws him too the spiders as a tasty distraction. Well... he imagines it anyways
  • lockmundlockmund Member Posts: 354
    Once Garrick is in the other room he will drop his crossbow and some bolts to the ground for Imoen to pick up. That is as long as it doesn't interfere with his singing.

    occ It may be time to kill off Montaron. @Darth_Skippy hasn't been logged on since May. :(
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    Okay, the party wins initiative and mostly retreats, falling back to set up a defensive line composed of mainly Minsc, Ajantis, Montaron, Garrick, Mazzy and Sarevok. These spiders look larger and deadlier than any you have faced so far in the Realms. These have red eyes, black bodies and two gray stripes across their abdomen, and their fangs literally drip with venom. They swarm on you and Montaron is hit. He fails his save vs. Poison and goes down, paralyzed. A second bites Minsc, but doesn't get through his armor. Reddish black venom splatters over the metal. Sarevok's armor also protects him. Minsc is bitten again, and once again his armor comes to his rescue. A spider scuttles through the place where Montaron was and bites Skie. Sadly, she isn't as lucky when it comes to armor, and she is bitten on the foot. Her foot throbs (she takes 7 points damage), and is poisoned. Thankfully, her system is able to overcome it, and aside from her vision blurring and false colors at the edges of her vision, she's fine. (for now). Sarevok is bitten again, and this time, the Spider hits him in a less-armored place. He also takes 7 and makes his poison save. Leading to the same blurred vision and false colors. And he gets bitten again, for 8 this time, and once again makes his save, although the massive amount of poison in his system is making him feel awfully... queasy. Ajantis takes the worst, with a bite for 16. He also makes his save (barely) and feels drunk and giddy.

    Sarevok misses the Spiders, thrown off by the venom in his body. Minsc misses also. Skie is forced to drop her bow and draw her. Ajantis completely misses and nearly cuts Sarevok's foot off. Garrick is also forced to drop his harp and draw a sword. He deals one of the spiders a glancing blow (4 damage, total). Mazzy misses.

    ROUND 2 Spiders win initiative. One misses Garrick. Skie takes another hit for 6 and feels a slow paralysis creeping through her muscles, locking her in place. Minsc is once again saved by his armor. Garrick dodges another spider most nimbly. Sarevok is hit again for 5 and once again, his heroic constitution saves his bacon. He is feeling distinctly unwell, however, and the site of his injuries are swollen black-red with venom. Mazzy is hit for 8, but makes her save. Blurriness and colors infect her sight. Ajantis takes a hit for 6 and nails his save exactly. Nonetheless, he feels stiffness in his muscles. Sarevok takes another hit for another 5, and vomits out the contents of his stomach onto everything around him. His body is starting to resemble the Michelin Man, only with lumps of venom. He continues to save, but these heroic amounts of venom in his body is having an effect nonetheless.

    Actions?
  • lockmundlockmund Member Posts: 354
    "Sorry about the hair everyone!" Garrick tries to use his wand.
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    REALLY RANDOM ROLLS...

    Garrick finds his armor growing tight in the chest and looser elsewhere, and his voice rises by a full two octaves. At the same time, the wand goes limp and droopy.
  • Awong124Awong124 Member Posts: 2,642
    Skie would assume that Garrick's 'wand' is always limp and droopy.

    I guess there's not much Skie can do since she's paralyzed.
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    Nah, just lie there and look pretty. ;)
  • MalicronMalicron Member Posts: 629
    Awong124 said:

    Skie would assume that Garrick's 'wand' is always limp and droopy.

    I would assume, given his armor growing tighter and such, that his "wand" is no longer there. What is it with @LadyRhian's games and sex changes?
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    OOC My luck blade must be the unluckiest sword in this realm :)
  • Fenris308Fenris308 Member Posts: 118
    Minsc sees his friends and companions dropping left and right. He shakes his head and continues to rely on his strength to carry him through this ordeal. He addresses the members in the back "Perhaps some help with this?"

  • lockmundlockmund Member Posts: 354
    "A mirror! Anyone got a mirror?"
  • lockmundlockmund Member Posts: 354
    @LadyRhian and @Knoland. Garrick gave Sarevok the periapt of proof against poison at page 58. (Doesn't look that crappy an item now, does it?).
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    And that's why he's been making all his saves and having another experience from the others. ;)
  • DelvarianDelvarian Member Posts: 1,232
    "Can no one cure this wretched poison?! By Arvoreen my vision is cursed by these miserable beasts!"

    Mazzy continues to fight with her sword.
  • lockmundlockmund Member Posts: 354
    edited July 2013
    Maybe Garrick has used his action this turn becoming female, but if not, then he uses a scroll to create an eight-legged tap-dancer.

    occ I'm also taking suggestions for a new name for the bard formerly known as Garrick.
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