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<blockquote data-quote="Sic_Pixie" data-source="post: 5900735" data-attributes="member: 52403"><p><strong>Spider squish</strong></p><p></p><p>Finding them in the library they exchange information on the current events; they all look at Grembor strangely as he seems unusually joyful. After hearing the updated information they now have another place to investigate; they are looking to break into the tower tonight to see if they can find anything in his office as he seems not entirely honest; though to be honest there are many reasons he would not want adventures rampaging around his quiet office so his reluctance is understandable.</p><p></p><p>The group relax for the evening having had a busy day running around the Lodge; they have a pleasant dinner then afterwards they sit around while Ostovach tells a traditional Ustalavic ghost story. Grembor who is sitting towards the back of the group hears a worrying sound; it’s almost as if the huge spider they fought in the forest is back as he can hear the tip tapping sounds of many large feet on the wooden floorboards. Peering round the corner into the Grand Ballroom he spy’s the huge figure of a tarantula easing its way through the doorway. </p><p></p><p>Screaming the alarm he jumps to his feet and scoops up his ever present bow loosing a pair of arrows towards the beast. Both arrows seem to bounce off the spider’s hard carapace very much to Grembor’s disgust; Zordlan moves to a better position and draws back his bow and lets an arrow loose which buries itself up to the fletching into one of the spiders eyes. With a squeal and a spurt of ichor the huge spider advances and from a surprising distance away lunges forward and spears Grembor’s thigh on its mandibles. He feels himself go weak as the poison runs rampant throughout his system; his knees feel a little wobbly. Sayuri fires off a torrent of force missile which impact with a soggy squelching sound which makes the spider rear back in pain; Jah advances on the spider and starts circling the creature trying to find a good vantage point to attack from while Pringle dithers for a moment considering the space and damage a fireball would cause and decides on a lesser spell as a bar of flame shoots from his palm and misses the huge spider that is literally the size of the side of a barn. </p><p></p><p>Grembor retreats firing his bow which causes the spider to try biting him again but thankfully this time it misses and it looks to have pulled some kind of tendon by over extending itself. Grembor retreats out of range of its immediate reach thanking his lucky stars that its bite missed and that one of his arrows found its mark; Jah finding his opening screams as his eyes turn blood red and froth starts dripping from his chin. Greataxe held high he charges into the tangle of legs and begins hewing away at the hairy forest; Sayuri starts summoning something from some plane to help out while Zordlan calmly fits another arrow to his bow and lets an arrow fly; the arrow sinks into the spider’s side causing some damage while Pringle summons forth another bar of flame which is timed exactly right as it strikes the spider in it’s face as its mouth gapes open. Choking on the flames there is a sudden rent in space and from the bar of flame steps out a fire elemental which immediately starts trying to pummel the spider into submission. The spider in confusion strikes out at Jah scoring a minor hit that almost rips his arm out of its socket but the poison misses its mark as it seems there is insufficient poison pumped into the wound to cause a problem.</p><p></p><p>Grembor standing back finds plenty of room on the spider to aim at and unleashes a volley of arrows which many find it’s mark; one flies perilously close to Jah’s face though and the whole party wince but Jah declines to notice in his blood frenzy. Jah continues to carve his name into the spiders flank as blow after blow falls true; each blow opening a large rent in the spider’s side. Sayuri finishes summoning and opens up three glowing red portals out of which step three fire elementals; they all appear opposite Jah granting him some distraction on the spider’s part and the fiery creatures try repeatedly to set the flammable spider alight; Sayuri noticing how effective they are and starts summoning some more. Zordlan fires another arrow which strikes the spider in a knee joint while Pringle starts summoning more fire elementals. The spider is getting a little worried; well the spider would be getting worried if it had anything like a brain but no; the floor is very slippery due to the ichor of the spider being spread over the immediate area mixed in with blood from Grembor and Jah. The spider not being the most intelligent of creatures tries eviscerating one of the fire elementals with success but in the process burns its mandibles. </p><p></p><p>More arrows are launched from Grembors bow some even hit while others go wide; he winces and massages his shoulder as the last arrow seems to have torn something there. More Elementals appear which causes some confusion on the spider’s part as it thinks it’s seeing double; repeated smackdowns by elementals, Jah and the occasional arrow soon reduce the spider into a steaming and very smelly pile of discarded spiderparts. Jah comes out of his rage and is feeling very tired; Sayuri sends all her summons home before they can burn down the place while Zordlan and Grembor grab some water to douse the small flames licking at the dead spider. The smell of scorched spider is bad enough but burnt spider would be worse. The other guests start cheering and clapping very happy that they did not have to fight off the monstrously huge spider themselves.</p><p></p><p>Out of the corner of his eye Grembor notices the footprints of the spider as it came in through the double doors from the patio; noticing that these footprints are red with blood he hastens to the doorway to make sure no-one has been killed by the wandering spider. Outside he notices what looks to be an artificial trail that has been laid to the patio doors; a trail that has been made from fresh blood. Following this trail they find it leads to the strange little hut they discovered on the grounds with the large re-enforced doors. The entranceway beyond the doors looks to be carved from the natural stone as it descends sharply for a ways before opening up into a large cavern which looks to be partially natural. They follow the trail down and find it leads to a large cage where there is evidence a very large spider used to reside; checking the other cages they find a variety of other creatures there all set to be the basis for a hunt to entertain the patrons of the Lodge. The current collection boasts a grizzly bear, a juvenile dire boar, a dire wolverine, an elderly and arthritic dire wolf, a lobotomized ettercap with its web glands removed, and four large wolves. The party leaves this how they find it. </p><p></p><p>Heading back to the Lodge they find everyone in the main room examining the dead spider. It is an impressive specimen fully 15ft across when alive; now closer to 20ft across when dead; 30 if you include the gore splattered walls and the odd leg that was cut off and ended up in the corner of the room. Estovion is there overseeing the operation and congratulates the party on saving his lodge and guests from the monster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sic_Pixie, post: 5900735, member: 52403"] [b]Spider squish[/b] Finding them in the library they exchange information on the current events; they all look at Grembor strangely as he seems unusually joyful. After hearing the updated information they now have another place to investigate; they are looking to break into the tower tonight to see if they can find anything in his office as he seems not entirely honest; though to be honest there are many reasons he would not want adventures rampaging around his quiet office so his reluctance is understandable. The group relax for the evening having had a busy day running around the Lodge; they have a pleasant dinner then afterwards they sit around while Ostovach tells a traditional Ustalavic ghost story. Grembor who is sitting towards the back of the group hears a worrying sound; it’s almost as if the huge spider they fought in the forest is back as he can hear the tip tapping sounds of many large feet on the wooden floorboards. Peering round the corner into the Grand Ballroom he spy’s the huge figure of a tarantula easing its way through the doorway. Screaming the alarm he jumps to his feet and scoops up his ever present bow loosing a pair of arrows towards the beast. Both arrows seem to bounce off the spider’s hard carapace very much to Grembor’s disgust; Zordlan moves to a better position and draws back his bow and lets an arrow loose which buries itself up to the fletching into one of the spiders eyes. With a squeal and a spurt of ichor the huge spider advances and from a surprising distance away lunges forward and spears Grembor’s thigh on its mandibles. He feels himself go weak as the poison runs rampant throughout his system; his knees feel a little wobbly. Sayuri fires off a torrent of force missile which impact with a soggy squelching sound which makes the spider rear back in pain; Jah advances on the spider and starts circling the creature trying to find a good vantage point to attack from while Pringle dithers for a moment considering the space and damage a fireball would cause and decides on a lesser spell as a bar of flame shoots from his palm and misses the huge spider that is literally the size of the side of a barn. Grembor retreats firing his bow which causes the spider to try biting him again but thankfully this time it misses and it looks to have pulled some kind of tendon by over extending itself. Grembor retreats out of range of its immediate reach thanking his lucky stars that its bite missed and that one of his arrows found its mark; Jah finding his opening screams as his eyes turn blood red and froth starts dripping from his chin. Greataxe held high he charges into the tangle of legs and begins hewing away at the hairy forest; Sayuri starts summoning something from some plane to help out while Zordlan calmly fits another arrow to his bow and lets an arrow fly; the arrow sinks into the spider’s side causing some damage while Pringle summons forth another bar of flame which is timed exactly right as it strikes the spider in it’s face as its mouth gapes open. Choking on the flames there is a sudden rent in space and from the bar of flame steps out a fire elemental which immediately starts trying to pummel the spider into submission. The spider in confusion strikes out at Jah scoring a minor hit that almost rips his arm out of its socket but the poison misses its mark as it seems there is insufficient poison pumped into the wound to cause a problem. Grembor standing back finds plenty of room on the spider to aim at and unleashes a volley of arrows which many find it’s mark; one flies perilously close to Jah’s face though and the whole party wince but Jah declines to notice in his blood frenzy. Jah continues to carve his name into the spiders flank as blow after blow falls true; each blow opening a large rent in the spider’s side. Sayuri finishes summoning and opens up three glowing red portals out of which step three fire elementals; they all appear opposite Jah granting him some distraction on the spider’s part and the fiery creatures try repeatedly to set the flammable spider alight; Sayuri noticing how effective they are and starts summoning some more. Zordlan fires another arrow which strikes the spider in a knee joint while Pringle starts summoning more fire elementals. The spider is getting a little worried; well the spider would be getting worried if it had anything like a brain but no; the floor is very slippery due to the ichor of the spider being spread over the immediate area mixed in with blood from Grembor and Jah. The spider not being the most intelligent of creatures tries eviscerating one of the fire elementals with success but in the process burns its mandibles. More arrows are launched from Grembors bow some even hit while others go wide; he winces and massages his shoulder as the last arrow seems to have torn something there. More Elementals appear which causes some confusion on the spider’s part as it thinks it’s seeing double; repeated smackdowns by elementals, Jah and the occasional arrow soon reduce the spider into a steaming and very smelly pile of discarded spiderparts. Jah comes out of his rage and is feeling very tired; Sayuri sends all her summons home before they can burn down the place while Zordlan and Grembor grab some water to douse the small flames licking at the dead spider. The smell of scorched spider is bad enough but burnt spider would be worse. The other guests start cheering and clapping very happy that they did not have to fight off the monstrously huge spider themselves. Out of the corner of his eye Grembor notices the footprints of the spider as it came in through the double doors from the patio; noticing that these footprints are red with blood he hastens to the doorway to make sure no-one has been killed by the wandering spider. Outside he notices what looks to be an artificial trail that has been laid to the patio doors; a trail that has been made from fresh blood. Following this trail they find it leads to the strange little hut they discovered on the grounds with the large re-enforced doors. The entranceway beyond the doors looks to be carved from the natural stone as it descends sharply for a ways before opening up into a large cavern which looks to be partially natural. They follow the trail down and find it leads to a large cage where there is evidence a very large spider used to reside; checking the other cages they find a variety of other creatures there all set to be the basis for a hunt to entertain the patrons of the Lodge. The current collection boasts a grizzly bear, a juvenile dire boar, a dire wolverine, an elderly and arthritic dire wolf, a lobotomized ettercap with its web glands removed, and four large wolves. The party leaves this how they find it. Heading back to the Lodge they find everyone in the main room examining the dead spider. It is an impressive specimen fully 15ft across when alive; now closer to 20ft across when dead; 30 if you include the gore splattered walls and the odd leg that was cut off and ended up in the corner of the room. Estovion is there overseeing the operation and congratulates the party on saving his lodge and guests from the monster. [/QUOTE]
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