Knightfall's Aerie of the Crow God [Kulan/v3.5] (IC)

[Knightfall]

Originally Posted by Voda Vosa

"Seems so!" the gladiator rushes outside, wielding his spiked chain, ready to strike at the nearest foe.

The sounds and sight of battle greet your eyes as you exit the stone house.

Lorien sings next to you, his voice an inspiration. Halmar stands over the remains of a spiderbeast, which he's deftly cut in half. Sheyla pulls her sword from the corpse of another dead spider-like thing. Another one of the beasts stalks Reneg at the far end of the pier, well beyond your reach. Gareth seems to be frozen in fear.

You know there is another beast above you somewhere, on the top of the house. Your heard its monstrous footfalls but you aren't certain where it is. You do not see it above you but you know it's there just beyond the netting and fishing gear hanging on the house's wall.

[Voda Vosa]

The gladiator moves out, and waits next to Lorien, like a snake waiting to strike his prey, his chains clinks as the man searches with his eyes for the foul arachnid.

[Dog Moon]

Reneg grits his teeth as the spider bites into him. He wonders briefly if he should let a summoned ally deal with the threat, but then decides that's even more trouble than merely attacking and he swings his weapon at the annoying spider.

[Knightfall]

Originally Posted by Dog Moon

Reneg grits his teeth as the spider bites into him. He wonders briefly if he should let a summoned ally deal with the threat, but then decides that's even more trouble than merely attacking and he swings his weapon at the annoying spider.

Your staff cracks one of the spider-thing's hard spines. However, the creature hisses at you, holding its ground.

OOC

These aren't the simple cliff spiders that the Lady warned you about. The vermin are known as a giant sand spiders. The creatures' poisonous bites causes paralysis (and damage) and their spines can inflict damage, including a dose of posion, to those that get to close. The creatures can pick up helpless foes and impale them on their spines. The creatures don't climb as quickly as monstrous spiders do but they're tougher to hit.

Knowledge (nature) Check 23

[Knightfall]

Originally Posted by Voda Vosa

The gladiator moves out, and waits next to Lorien, like a snake waiting to strike his prey, his chains clinks as the man searches with his eyes for the foul arachnid.

You do not have to wait long. Another of the beasts appears directly above you, chittering madly. And it is not alone. Another one of the beasts appears directly above Halmar, seemingly ready to pounce on the big barbarian.

[Voda Vosa]

Quinn manoeuvres to cover Halmar, and uses his prepared attack to cover him from the spider ready to attack.

[Blackrat]

Lorien keeps up the battlesong of the northern barbarians and smiles as it brings back fond memories of the time spent with them. How lucky he's travelling with one.

[Knightfall]

Originally Posted by Blackrat

Lorien keeps up the battlesong of the northern barbarians and smiles as it brings back fond memories of the time spent with them. How lucky he's travelling with one.

You watch as two more of the creatures appear above you, Quinn, and Halmar, on the roof of the stone house. The two spider-things seem posed on the ledge, ready to jump on anyone who moves.

Originally Posted by Voda Vosa

Quinn manoeuvres to cover Halmar, and uses his prepared attack to cover him from the spider ready to attack.

The spider motions to jump from roof onto your barbarian friend. You whip your spiked chain through the air and hit the beast on its soft underbelly. The strike hurst it badly as a huge gash appears just before it jumps towards Halmar with poisoned jaws ready to strike.

The spiderbeast above you does the same. It aims for your chest as it jumps down toward you, its venomous maw wide open. You have only moments to react before it comes down on you.

OOC: Quinn, Halmar, and Lorien can all take an AoO against one of the spider-beasts. Quinn and Lorien can attack either spider-beast while Halmar can only attack the one jumping down on him. I've rolled the attacks for the spiders already (see OOC), so if the two monsters survive the AoOs, both Quinn and Halmar are hit (both saved vs. the poison, however).

[Knightfall]

For Dog Moon:

The beast lungs at you once more, trying to bite you a second time. Its gait is clumsy as it seems to be suffering from the blow you inflicted on it. Its maw doesn't even come close.

[Knightfall]

For renau1g:
Your greataxe tears into in the spider-beast just before it strikes you. The life goes out of its multifaceted eyes as its ichor splashes across you and Lorien, next to you. The beast crashes down onto the beachhead beyond the edge of the pier.

For Voda Vosa (and Blackrat):
You reacts intinctively to the spider-beast's attack from above. Your spiked chain lashes out but fails to penetrate the beast's hard exterior. It crashes into you and bites down clumsily on your arm. The wound isn't severe, however. The creature's venom fails to affect you.

Next to you, Lorien tries to aid you as the spider-beast slams into you. His longsword fails to find a soft spot on the creature's body, however. The blade hits solid chitin, which sounds like metal on stone.

The spider pulls itself off you, backing up into the doorway of the stone house. It turns its jaws towards Lorien in front of it.

OOC: The creature is now in square D4. It has partial cover against Quinn and Halmar but not versus Lorien.

[renau1g]

Halmar will wait a moment for Lorien to maneuver

OOC

Delay until after Lorien

[Blackrat]

Lorien notices the sign his barbarian friend gives, slashes at the spider and steps back to let Halmar take his place, all the while keeping their spirits up with the battlesong.

OOC

Attack and 5ft step back. 1d20+8=14, 1d8+3=4

[renau1g]

With Lorien out of the way, the large warrior Halmar steps into his place and swings his axe in rapid succession at the remaining enemy. The song of Lorien flows through the northern barbarian and he embraces the epic tones of the song. It spurs him onto a ferocious swing as he recalls the glories of his people and the reason for his adventuring. With a wild cry of abandonment he unleashes a pair of devastating blows.

OOC

Wow! Crit!
Atk 1; dmg 1; atk 2; dmg 2 (1d20+12=32, 1d12+8=18, 1d20+7=23, 1d12+8=16)
Critical hit confirm; extra damage (1d20+12=30, 1d12+8=12, 1d12+8=18) *IC Love Halmar!

Crits for 48 damage + hits AC 23 for 16 more....

[Knightfall]

Originally Posted by renau1g

Halmar will wait a moment for Lorien to maneuver

Originally Posted by Blackrat

Lorien notices the sign his barbarian friend gives, slashes at the spider and steps back to let Halmar take his place, all the while keeping their spirits up with the battlesong.

While your longsword once again fails to damage the creature, you easily exchange places with the big barbarian, allowing him to reach the spiderbeast.

Originally Posted by renau1g

With Lorien out of the way, the large warrior Halmar steps into his place and swings his axe in rapid succession at the remaining enemy. The song of Lorien flows through the northern barbarian and he embraces the epic tones of the song. It spurs him onto a ferocious swing as he recalls the glories of his people and the reason for his adventuring. With a wild cry of abandonment he unleashes a pair of devastating blows.

Lorien's song and your skill make quick work of the beast. Your axe bites deep into the creature with the first blow, and it dies in a bloody mess. You swing again and gore soon covers the floor and doorframe of the stone house.

You can hear the voices of your tribe's ancestors in your ears, singing along with Lorien's song. They sing of battle. They sing of honor. They sing of glory.

[Thanee]

Sheyla considers her longbow, but knowing, that she is not trained in using it at these close quarters, she decides against it. Instead, she waits for an opening to attack the spiders.

OOC: Delay until she can get a spider in melee, or one of her companions requires healing.

[Knightfall]

Gareth rushes forward past Reneg as he tries to slip by the spiderbeast attacking the druid in order to hit the beast from behind. He feints but the beast isn't misled.

The creature bites him hard on the side just below the big man's right arm. He winces in pain and then his eyes rool back and he falls from the pier on to the sand below. He doesn't move.

[Voda Vosa]

"Gareth! NO!" The gladiator shouts "Someone help him!" he says, as he tries to kill the remaining vermins.

[Dog Moon]

Reneg grimaces as the other man falls. Although it seemed a long way to the sand without any stairs, Reneg could definitely see himself the type to help the other man... if only this cursed vermin wasn't trying to kill and eat him.

Soon, he murmurs as he swings his staff in an attempt to club the vermin over its ugly little head.

1d20+7=15

[Knightfall]

Originally Posted by Dog Moon

Reneg grimaces as the other man falls. Although it seemed a long way to the sand without any stairs, Reneg could definitely see himself the type to help the other man... if only this cursed vermin wasn't trying to kill and eat him.

Soon, he murmurs as he swings his staff in an attempt to club the vermin over its ugly little head.

The spiderbeast twists its body out of the way. Your blow narrowly misses its central mass, coming down against the boards of the pier.

[Thanee]

Seeing Gareth fall prey to the spider's poison, Sheyla speaks a short prayer to get him moving again. Looking around, she sees no enemy, she can easily reach, so the cleric stays where she is for now.


OOC: Remove Paralysis on Gareth.