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<blockquote data-quote="Sniktch" data-source="post: 445633" data-attributes="member: 7704"><p><strong>Bebilith nest</strong></p><p></p><p>They stepped through the illusionary wall and found themselves in another large catacomb area, this one draped with thick layers of heavy webbing. Jack stepped into the chamber, his axe still crackling with blue arcs of electrical energy, and started into the room cautiously, the others trailing behind him. </p><p></p><p>Suddenly the fabric of space seemed to tear in front of him and a grotesque monster stepped through to the material plane. It resembled a huge, bloated spider with a mottled purple shell, its twisted abdomen curving in upon itself and ending in a pair of spinnerets that faced forward. The foremost pair of its legs ended in huge scythes of hardened exoskeleton. The fiend scuttled towards him, its razor sharp appendages raised to cut him down, while a second beast materialized in the webbing hanging from the ceiling and sprayed a sheet of web at Quinn, immobilizing her in a cocoon of dark silk.</p><p></p><p>Jack jumped forward and hacked at the creature but his axe bounced away with no effect! In response, it drove one of its claws into the seam at his shoulder, ripping a gaping wound across his chest and tearing his platemail off to fall bent and twisted to the floor, ruined. The naked dwarf staggered away bleeding, his shield raised to ward off any other incoming blows.</p><p></p><p>Malobar rolled under it and struck at the belly, hoping to find a weak point. His attack was rewarded when his short blade made a tiny crack in its shell and foul black liquid began oozing out. The magic of the sword should ensure that the wound did not cease bleeding until the creature was dead. In retaliation the creature bit into him, injecting viscous green venom that immediately began draining his constitution.</p><p></p><p>Welby and Grick also charged the monster on the floor, dodging through another spray of webs from the one above them. Grick pulled his butterfly swords as he rushed in and cut into it several times, while Welby rolled past into a flanking position and hacked the spinnerets from its abdomen with a well-placed blow, ensuring that this creature, at least, was unable to cocoon any more victims.</p><p></p><p>The beast whirled around in a rage, biting into the half-orc and injecting him with its deadly poison as well and ripping the shirt right off Welby’s body as a talon impaled the diminutive barbarian. Malobar lunged in and managed to open another small crack in the creature’s chitinous exoskeleton and another thin stream of black blood dripped from the wound, but the creature seemed to shrug off their combined efforts and appeared barely wounded.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Jack had retreated from the room, healed himself, and then chanted a prayer that made his armor whole again, although it could not restore the enchantment. He was now strapping it back on and it was clear his role would be limited in the rest of the fight. Quinn had activated her flaming weapon, hoping to burn herself free, but the webs proved surprisingly inflammable and it took almost thirty seconds before she could move again. She began praying as soon as she could move her hands, summoning a giant column of fire from the heavens that engulfed both of the monsters, her nimble friends easily evading the radius of effect. The monsters, like their webs, proved highly resistant to the flames, but they could not withstand the divine energy that imbued the attack.</p><p></p><p>Artimas had been kept busy dodging webs from the creature on the ceiling, but he did manage to cast his spell of vampiric touch, transferring it to his familiar Nibbler and sending the poor bat up to attack the fiendish spider. It nipped the small flyer with a mandible as it came in, but Nibbler proved to be made of sterner stuff than most bats and resisted the poison. It touched the beast and Artimas felt his wounds from the statue healing as his spell took effect. His poor familiar lapsed into unconsciousness from the exertion and the pain of its wound and spiraled earthward, but the necromancer ran underneath and caught the fuzzy body before it landed.</p><p></p><p>The second spider dropped from the ceiling to join in the melee and Quinn called a second flame strike that engulfed them both. Grick, Malobar, and Welby dodged and chopped at the beast they had been fighting furiously, and the demonic spider did bleed from many cuts, but it did not show any sign of relenting yet and the three friends appeared to be in much worse condition than their opponent. </p><p></p><p>Finally, Malobar slipped in a patch of his own blood and fell upon his back. He screamed and raised his sword to turn aside a blow he knew he could neither block nor survive, when suddenly the beast collapsed. The two small wounds he had inflicted upon it, the only damage he had been able to do in the battle, had taken their toll. Continuously bleeding due to the power of his wounding sword, these two tiny cracks in its massive bulk had proved its undoing, and now the companions had only one opponent to face.</p><p></p><p>Or would have, if not for Artimas. The wizard had healed Nibbler and ordered him to avoid the battle, then drawn some of his own life force into another ritual, creating a disembodied, spectral hand. Now he channeled that hand with the paralyzing touch of the ghoul and sent it to grasp the last monster. His signature spell proved as effective as always, and Welby easily dispatched the helpless creature while Quinn used prayers of restoration to cure the ravages the venom had inflicted upon the bodies of Grick and Malobar.</p><p></p><p>Next: First Drow contact</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sniktch, post: 445633, member: 7704"] [b]Bebilith nest[/b] They stepped through the illusionary wall and found themselves in another large catacomb area, this one draped with thick layers of heavy webbing. Jack stepped into the chamber, his axe still crackling with blue arcs of electrical energy, and started into the room cautiously, the others trailing behind him. Suddenly the fabric of space seemed to tear in front of him and a grotesque monster stepped through to the material plane. It resembled a huge, bloated spider with a mottled purple shell, its twisted abdomen curving in upon itself and ending in a pair of spinnerets that faced forward. The foremost pair of its legs ended in huge scythes of hardened exoskeleton. The fiend scuttled towards him, its razor sharp appendages raised to cut him down, while a second beast materialized in the webbing hanging from the ceiling and sprayed a sheet of web at Quinn, immobilizing her in a cocoon of dark silk. Jack jumped forward and hacked at the creature but his axe bounced away with no effect! In response, it drove one of its claws into the seam at his shoulder, ripping a gaping wound across his chest and tearing his platemail off to fall bent and twisted to the floor, ruined. The naked dwarf staggered away bleeding, his shield raised to ward off any other incoming blows. Malobar rolled under it and struck at the belly, hoping to find a weak point. His attack was rewarded when his short blade made a tiny crack in its shell and foul black liquid began oozing out. The magic of the sword should ensure that the wound did not cease bleeding until the creature was dead. In retaliation the creature bit into him, injecting viscous green venom that immediately began draining his constitution. Welby and Grick also charged the monster on the floor, dodging through another spray of webs from the one above them. Grick pulled his butterfly swords as he rushed in and cut into it several times, while Welby rolled past into a flanking position and hacked the spinnerets from its abdomen with a well-placed blow, ensuring that this creature, at least, was unable to cocoon any more victims. The beast whirled around in a rage, biting into the half-orc and injecting him with its deadly poison as well and ripping the shirt right off Welby’s body as a talon impaled the diminutive barbarian. Malobar lunged in and managed to open another small crack in the creature’s chitinous exoskeleton and another thin stream of black blood dripped from the wound, but the creature seemed to shrug off their combined efforts and appeared barely wounded. Meanwhile, Jack had retreated from the room, healed himself, and then chanted a prayer that made his armor whole again, although it could not restore the enchantment. He was now strapping it back on and it was clear his role would be limited in the rest of the fight. Quinn had activated her flaming weapon, hoping to burn herself free, but the webs proved surprisingly inflammable and it took almost thirty seconds before she could move again. She began praying as soon as she could move her hands, summoning a giant column of fire from the heavens that engulfed both of the monsters, her nimble friends easily evading the radius of effect. The monsters, like their webs, proved highly resistant to the flames, but they could not withstand the divine energy that imbued the attack. Artimas had been kept busy dodging webs from the creature on the ceiling, but he did manage to cast his spell of vampiric touch, transferring it to his familiar Nibbler and sending the poor bat up to attack the fiendish spider. It nipped the small flyer with a mandible as it came in, but Nibbler proved to be made of sterner stuff than most bats and resisted the poison. It touched the beast and Artimas felt his wounds from the statue healing as his spell took effect. His poor familiar lapsed into unconsciousness from the exertion and the pain of its wound and spiraled earthward, but the necromancer ran underneath and caught the fuzzy body before it landed. The second spider dropped from the ceiling to join in the melee and Quinn called a second flame strike that engulfed them both. Grick, Malobar, and Welby dodged and chopped at the beast they had been fighting furiously, and the demonic spider did bleed from many cuts, but it did not show any sign of relenting yet and the three friends appeared to be in much worse condition than their opponent. Finally, Malobar slipped in a patch of his own blood and fell upon his back. He screamed and raised his sword to turn aside a blow he knew he could neither block nor survive, when suddenly the beast collapsed. The two small wounds he had inflicted upon it, the only damage he had been able to do in the battle, had taken their toll. Continuously bleeding due to the power of his wounding sword, these two tiny cracks in its massive bulk had proved its undoing, and now the companions had only one opponent to face. Or would have, if not for Artimas. The wizard had healed Nibbler and ordered him to avoid the battle, then drawn some of his own life force into another ritual, creating a disembodied, spectral hand. Now he channeled that hand with the paralyzing touch of the ghoul and sent it to grasp the last monster. His signature spell proved as effective as always, and Welby easily dispatched the helpless creature while Quinn used prayers of restoration to cure the ravages the venom had inflicted upon the bodies of Grick and Malobar. Next: First Drow contact [/QUOTE]
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