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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7346584" data-attributes="member: 6777052"><p>neither of them had taken much care to watch on their watch through the night.... </p><p></p><p>... a lapse that the DM gleefully took advantage of. With Nord up a tree <em>outside</em> the tower, and the others asleep <em>inside</em> the tower, he carefully placed two of his shiniest minis in a hidden cellar <em>underneath</em> the tower but with no trapdoor or stairway connecting the two, so the PCs would not have been aware of it.</p><p></p><p>With an evil cackle, the DM put on some scary music and announced <span style="color: blue">While Nord is on watch in his tree and the others are asleep, you are surprised. Please roll for Initiative.</span></p><p></p><p>There was consternation around the table as various PCs claimed they were immune to surprise on the grounds of ... not wanting to be surprised is what it boiled down to, basically, and the DM listened carefully before saying no.</p><p></p><p>Two hairy great spiders that had been holed up in the cellar appeared suddenly out of nowhere half way up the inside walls of the tower, dropped onto the sleeping forms of Od and Herewulf, made <em>Bite</em> attacks at +4 then vanished into the Ethereal Plane before anyone could react. Herewulf was protected by his armour but Od took the full force of a poisonous bite and lasped into rigid unconsciousness.</p><p></p><p>"Phase Spiders!" cried Jeli, "This is a *quickly calculating in her head* <em>Deadly</em> encounter !"</p><p></p><p>Rapiers were drawn or, in the case of Snappy, jaws were opened, but there was nothing to attack for no-one had vision that extended into the ethereal. Hearing Jeli's shout, Nord came running in and spied Herewulf bending over Od's paralysed form where he was attempting to <em>Lay on Hands</em> and doing it correctly for the first time ever. Working quickly, Herewulf counteracted the poison that had flooded Od's bloodstream and the little bard slowly began to recover from his paralysis and start breathing again.</p><p></p><p>Just as the two spiders phased back in for another attack ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 7346584, member: 6777052"] neither of them had taken much care to watch on their watch through the night.... ... a lapse that the DM gleefully took advantage of. With Nord up a tree [i]outside[/i] the tower, and the others asleep [i]inside[/i] the tower, he carefully placed two of his shiniest minis in a hidden cellar [i]underneath[/i] the tower but with no trapdoor or stairway connecting the two, so the PCs would not have been aware of it. With an evil cackle, the DM put on some scary music and announced [color=blue]While Nord is on watch in his tree and the others are asleep, you are surprised. Please roll for Initiative.[/color] There was consternation around the table as various PCs claimed they were immune to surprise on the grounds of ... not wanting to be surprised is what it boiled down to, basically, and the DM listened carefully before saying no. Two hairy great spiders that had been holed up in the cellar appeared suddenly out of nowhere half way up the inside walls of the tower, dropped onto the sleeping forms of Od and Herewulf, made [i]Bite[/i] attacks at +4 then vanished into the Ethereal Plane before anyone could react. Herewulf was protected by his armour but Od took the full force of a poisonous bite and lasped into rigid unconsciousness. "Phase Spiders!" cried Jeli, "This is a *quickly calculating in her head* [i]Deadly[/i] encounter !" Rapiers were drawn or, in the case of Snappy, jaws were opened, but there was nothing to attack for no-one had vision that extended into the ethereal. Hearing Jeli's shout, Nord came running in and spied Herewulf bending over Od's paralysed form where he was attempting to [i]Lay on Hands[/i] and doing it correctly for the first time ever. Working quickly, Herewulf counteracted the poison that had flooded Od's bloodstream and the little bard slowly began to recover from his paralysis and start breathing again. Just as the two spiders phased back in for another attack ... [/QUOTE]
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