Phyrric Legacy - Shackled City IC Thread

Whizbang Dustyboots said:

Arak points at the beheaded skulk with the tip of his sword.

"He was outraged, wanted us to leave. Had he understood why we were here, there would have been no outrage. Even the basest creature will defend its young; surely they would understand that. Perhaps some of these creatures are involved, but I suspect most are caught between hammer and anvil. But our first responsibility is to recover the children, so hammer we must."

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"Really? Its clear they see us as intruders.....but like any rational being would have warned us to leave before engaging in hostilities......unless of course they have something to hide, and blackmailing Master Ghelve and skulking about town like that, no pun intended, they clearly do. At the very least they are up to something."

Whizbang Dustyboots said:

"Can anyone safely make out what's suspended from the ceiling? In this place, I half-expect it to be a pot of boiling oil."

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"I almost expect it to be some kind of light source.......that isnt functioning at this moment. Lets take a closer look at the room first before going in though."

OOC : Do you guys want to take 20 for spot?

Remen takes the pair of rapiers, just in case

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"Really? Its clear they see us as intruders.....but like any rational being would have warned us to leave before engaging in hostilities......unless of course they have something to hide, and blackmailing Master Ghelve and skulking about town like that, no pun intended, they clearly do. At the very least they are up to something."

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Remen lets out short laugther "So, if some six armed individuals entered a place you're guarding you would warn them off, eh?"

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"I can't see what's hanging up there... But... if the children are behind that door..." he points at the door they just passed by

From down the hall and around the corner, safely between Remen and Arak, Jon curses. "Now we must fine this 'N' key. Looks like we will be here longer than we thought. We either find this 'N' key, or we have to find the tunnels they used to get in."

Looking down the hall, Jon comments, "We can always starting looking in there---or the accessible doors in the last room."

We either find this 'N' key, or we have to find the tunnels they used to get in."

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"Tunnels. We already found it, but the passage was blocked... we must give it a try"

Dowlee furrows her brow and shakes her head, "Did we find the right tunnel, though? This is a different story from the previous tunnels. We haven't had to take stairs yet."

Flannad firstly checks for traps on the 'N' door (take 20). Then he'll scout the next room with the suspended object.

Not surprisingly, Flannad discovers that the north-leading 'N' door is indeed trapped. It looks like a mechanical trap of some sort.

With this knowledge, Flannad leads the way to explore further the room to the south.

Turquoise ceramic tiles adorn the walls and floor of this room, in the middle of which rests a large octagonal bathing pool with a two-foot tall raised lip. Pristine water pours into the pool from a smiling stone face carved into an overhanging wall. The water exits through a small circualr drain at the east end of the pool. A narrow stone ledge encircles the ceiling, which is hidden behind a tangled mass of thick webs. Suspended from the webs by ropy filaments is a cocooned humanoid corpse that dangles five feet above the pool's glossy surface.

(Flannad Spot: 5+8=13, Failed)

As Flannad approaches, a spider the size of a goat leaps forth from the water of the pool, mandibles clacking hungrily!

SURPRISE ROUND

The spider is quicker than Flannad, and he feels its mandibles bite him painfully on the leg! What's worse, Flannad immediately feels weakness flooding through his limbs as the creature's venom begins to work through his system.

END SURPRISE ROUND
ACTIONS FOR ROUND 1?


ROUND 1 INITIATIVE

1. Arak
2. Jon
3. Liracor
4. Flannad
5. Remen
6. Dowlee
?? Medium Monstrous Spider

STATUS UPDATE

Arak 13/19 hp; Jon 5/10 hp; Liracor 16/16 hp; Flannad 11/13 hp (2 STR damage); Remen 15/18 hp; Dowlee 11/14 hp.
Monstrous Spider: Unharmed.
Jon: Inertial Armor (7/12 pp)

SURPRISE ROUND SUMMARY
[sblock]
1. Monstrous Spider attacks Flannad, rolls 17, hits with bite for 2 damage. Flannad makes FORT save, rolls 4, failed. Flannad takes intitial 2 STR damage from poison.[/sblock]

Seeing his friend in trouble, and cursing the spider's lack of brain, Jon angles his way around the pool for a clear shot, and with a sudden burst of sound, a ray of bright fire shoots from the scholar's hand at the beast!

OOC: energy ray for 1pp, 1d6 damage, ranged touch attack +0. He tries to avoid the humanoid as well.

Land Outcast said:

Remen lets out short laugther "So, if some six armed individuals entered a place you're guarding you would warn them off, eh?"

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"Hmm if the place i was guarding was some kind of secret hideout for a criminal organziation up to no good......probably not. The whole secrecy thing and all."

After Flaanad gets attacked by the spider, Liracor shouts "Flaanad get backk before it strikes again!" as he tries to get through the bottleneck to the spider.

(Moving to square NW of the spider, attacking)

"Is there no end to the madness of this place?" Arak roars as he charges the spider.