Tuck doesn't talk, instead rushing to Custodio's side. His claws already digging through his backpack, the kobold produces the cure potion he took from the assassin Akos, himself and that Relgar fellow fought back in the Silverbow Inn. He's not quite sure how powerful this concoction is, but it's the first useful thing he comes across in his bag.
"Drink," he instructs, guiding the man's hand if the man moves not quickly enough for the reptilian's taste.
"Thank you," Custodio replies. He quickly drinks down the potion and the wounds inflicted to his head, face, and upper torso fade. The bit on his face leaves a noticeable scar, however.
"Better... but I can still feel the poison."
"I have the anti-toxin." Akos steps closer and almost trips over his robes, his own strength sapped by the poison. "Uhhh..."
Laying the hands on Custodio he purges the worst effects of the poison, but not the substance itself. He offers the small vial to the cleric.
"This should help. But I have only this one."
"Titania, please keep this man for this world, don't let his time here be cut short."
Custodio feels the nausea leave him and he is able to stand. He gladly takes the anti-toxin and drinks it down... and just in time. The poison hits him again and he shudders. The anti-toxin gives the Vanquisher cleric a boost against the spider's venom and he manages to shrug off the worst of the poison's additional effects, but he will need time to recover, regardless. Or he'll need magic to purge his body.
"If I'd known we were going to have to deal with spider bites, I would have prayed to the Purifier for a spell to delay the effects of such bites."
As he prays, glow around his hands seeps into Big Tim and then settles back onto him(self).
He prays again, pulling Breva and Nathaniel closer, touching them as the glow follows his prayers.
"This should hold us for the moment in case of any more attacks."
The healing energy enters Akos' allies and the young guard and all of the groups wounds are healed.
A moment later, Akos can feel the poison surging in him as well. He fumbles for his healing belt as his eyes begin to swim. He can taste bile in his mouth and his legs feel like their going to give out on him. He takes out several herbs and mixes it in the potion bottle Custodio just drank from with a bit of water and some lemongrass growing at the edge of the road. He drinks its down just before he drops to his knees on the road. Somewhere deep inside him, his own fey heritage and the healing drink combine to purge the venom from his system. The pallor on his skin fades and poison doesn't hurt him again. The previous damage remains and he will be weak until he can rest.
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How hurt is everyone? And how long before poison stops?
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The secondary save against the spider's poison happens 1 minute after the bite's are inflicted. With the anti-toxin, Custodio gets a +5 alchemical bonus on his Fortitude saving throw and it lasts for one hour.
For your first healing blast, Custodio is already healed completely from the potion Tuck gives him, so I'd say Akos uses it on Big Tim, which heals the half-ogre knight completely. For the second healing blast, it would be best to target Breva, as he is the only other wounded character. None of Falen, Tuck, Mutt, and Vinny took any damage and neither did Nathaniel.
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Breva cleans the ichor from his blade before putting it away and joining with the others. "Tis only a minor wound and I think good Custodio's magic has helped me stave off the poison. Please worry about the others. Nathaniel is correct though. I do not think it would be wise to linger here."
"Agreed," Custodio says.
"Let's get to the carriage and get Nathaniel to his family before anything else crawls up out of the gorge."
Almost as an afterthought, Breva pulls a slim wand heavily inscribed with symbols of the Protector and healing. He uses the magic of the wand to provide some additional healing to the work Akos has done.
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cure light wounds wand: 1D8+1 = [5]+1 = 6
To either himself of Sir Tim as needed.
"I think we're all good," Falen says to Sir Breva.
OOC: The use of Breva's wand isn't required.
Heading down the road as quickly as you can all move, you reach the gates of the Temple District. There, you can see that the five Elites on duty had to deal with their own monstrous spider attack. Two more huge spiders and half-a-dozen large spiders lay dead on the ground in front of the gate.
"More spiders," Falen says with a worried look.
"Let's hope they didn't attack the carriage."
One of the Elite guards lays dead on the ground while two others are fighting off being bitten. One of them screams as the poison tears into him and he collapses. Several of the local healers of the district arrive soon after and they heal the worst of the guard's wounds and one healer casts a
neutralize poison spell on the guard who collapsed.
"That is all I can do for him," he says. He notes the Exemplars arrival and the damage to their clothing from the spiders that attacked them. "It seems there are even more of these damn beasts skulking about."
"Four of these larger ones attacked us, and there was an even larger one, but it fell into the gorge. Hopefully, it died."
Another cleric goes to the dead guard and says prayer to his god. From her vestments, Akos is fairly certain the woman is a cleric of Alurene, The Healer. He watches as the powerful cleric casts a
raise dead spell on the guard and then purges any poison from the man's body.
"Praise be to the Healer," she says to the man. "He has brought you back from the beyond. I hope you will come say a prayer of thanks to Her at the Holy Sanctuary."
"I will, thank you Mother Superior," the Elite guard says in reverence.
She smiles at the man as one of his fellow guards helps him to his feet. Then she notices the Exemplars and looks at them quizzically. "You don't look like guards. Travelers seeking solace in Bluffside, perhaps?"
"Mother, these are the Exemplars," the Elite who she raised from the dead say. "They are the ones dealing with the troubles in Old City. The Renegade and his Loyalists."
"Oh, I see now," she nods approving. "I rarely go into Old City." She notes Tim's size and Akos' garments. "The Tall Knight. And you must be the Loremaster I've heard about." She sees Custodio's new scar and the tears in clothing and the stains of spider ichor. "Ooh, it seems you had a run in with spiders too. I hope you didn't lose any friends? I cannot raise anyone else today."
"We did not," Custodio replies with a bow.
"I am Custodio Vecchi, d'Elite, Vanquisher of the Purifier. We are escorting this young man to his home out at the edge of the valley. He has offered his mother's cooking and a place outside of the city for us to rest and plan our next move against the Renegade."
Falen slips behind Big Tim. He doesn't need a powerful cleric to memorize his
true face.
"I hope you can bring that man to justice soon," she says. "His Loyalists are becoming a scourge. While we have managed to keep them out of the Temple District, wicked figures draped in shadows have been rumored to be seen skulking the Street of Sorrows. Of course, the Street is always filled with strange sights and sounds."
'The Dusk are in the Temple District too', Falen thinks.
OOC: While the raising of the dead is restricted for the Lands of Harqual, there is no such restriction in Bluffside or most of the western lands of Kanpur as different gods hold sway.
