Knightfall
World of Kulan DM
Litrix nods to Quinn "Thanks!"
And then starts a cadence of orders, counting steps for everyone to retreat in orderly fashion.
"Come on then! Orderly retreat in step in three, two, one...Phar, Caerth, Aureus go! Quinn, three, two, one, follow! Maur, Angus, all together now, go!"
"Mak' a break fur it 'n' ah will cover ye!" Angus shouts. The centaur seems unwilling to give up his advantageous position versus the smaller spiders.Maur is used to commanders yelling and he has to give the boy credit, he knows how to hold the line. Still, he would prefer killing the pest in front of him before retreating. The webs make things difficult and this will buy them some time. He's not convinced of wisdom of getting into small space with only one entrance, but open space in front will enable Phar and Caerth more freedom with spell use.
Steeling himself for potential retaliation, he steps backward as Angus starts moving, keeping centaurs front hooves in his peripheral vision.
Angus hesitates for another second, but he decided the tactic is good. He steps back and stays in line with Maur.Seeing Angus hesitate, noticing he can see the ranger in full instead of only his front, Maur calls out "Angus, we need to work together to keep the line! You can run circles around me, follow my speed so we keep casters safe and attack surface low. We're outnumbered, no one doubts your courage, this is tactical to let fireballs work for us!"
"I see the ones on the roof," Aurues says after she scrambles up on the roof next to Shouzas. "There! And there!" she points southeast, then southwest.Phar listens to Litrix and moves back towards the tomb. "Featar says there are two more on the roof and others outside on the ground. Angus join us and I will do my best to cover our retreat and, perhaps, give us a moment of reprieve."
In the language that only the two of them share, Phar chirps to Featar, "Come back friend, we may need your speed!"
"I'm coming," Featar replies to Phar. The hawk silent swoops back to Phar and lands on the corner of the roof of Stratesus' Chamber right above the elf paragon.
Caerth-as-lizard moves to stand next to Phar and Litrix. Quinn moves backs and stands on the other side of the dragonblooded knight.Just as he was about to dive into the mass of spiders, Caerth-as-lizard hears Litrix call out for a retreat. Reluctantly the druid decides to follow the man's tactical orders, not yet seeing how it may help them against this hive but understanding strength in numbers goes both ways.
Instead of climbing over the buildings, he jumps off the wall and dashes over the table and rubble in the courtyard.
The Nightshade makes another strange shriek-like roaring sound and the smaller monstrous spiders stop swaying. They bristle and shriek and scatter away from the Nightshade and ooze. They don't move towards you. Three rush into the old armoury. The others either rushe away into the hollowed out areas or out into the courtyard along its southern wall.
A moment later, the two larger spiders in the armoury rush out into the courtyard. One climbs over the broken wagon and anvil to menace Angus while the other rushes onto the roof towards Shouzas.
"Oh, no you don't," Aureus says as she takes aim and fires at the spider menacing the magical beast. Her aim is good and the two arrows bury deep into the spiders head and thorax. The spider drops dead on the roof.
Shouzas chitters to the hutaakan. It is a happy sound.
Aureus swishes her tail but keeps her focus on the other spiders. "Another one down."