Cave of the spiders - Newbie PbP GM

[JimAde]

Ok, I'm forging on again. If we don't hear from Ranger Rick over the week-end I'll consider an alternate. Although the four of you might do OK anyway. As a reminder, the initiatives are:

Lucas 14 + 6 = 20
Ery 12 + 4 = 16
Sirius 11 + 1 = 12, modified to 13 to break the tie
Enemies 12
Girble 5 + 5 = 10
Donnybrook 3 + 4 = 7

Lucas levels his wand at the spellcaster, only to see it go down with an arrow in its throat before he can fire (see last round's post). So he swivels slightly and attacks the other creature instead. He is joined by Erethinol and the two of them send a hail of bolts at the hideous thing, rending it to smoking pieces before anyone else can even react.
[sblock]UMD roll 12+10=22 success. Total damage from all NINE magic missiles is 33 points, dropping the monster instantly.[/sblock]
A little license here. Let me know if it's OK, Ferrix.
Sirius, seeing the web-throwing creature vanish in a literal puff of smoke scans for a target just in time to see another of the great spiders rise up from the slope before him. He fires off his readied arrows, striking the creature solidly with both, but it charges him nonetheless.
[sblock]Attack rolls 14+11=25, hit and 18+6=24, hit. Damage rolls 4+5=9, 6+5=11, total damage 20.[/sblock] He drops his bow as the thing crawls right over the mighty dwarf and tries to crush him under its immense weight.

Spider has successfully started a grapple (made the touch attack and beat Sirius' grapple check handily (bad dice, they actually have the same grapple mod at the moment). Sirius is grappled but not yet pinned.

jdvn1, do you want to fire into the grapple or drop your crossbow and make a charge attack with a melee weapon? In fact everyone can post their next action and I'll just pick up with yours.

 

[Ferrix]

Sirius growls and pummels at the creatures belly with his adamantine gauntlets.

OOC: Attacking in a grapple, penalty already figured in; Gauntlets +10/+5 (1d3+4)

 

[Jdvn1]

After his spell, Girble bounds toward his friend, "C'mon, you can take him!"

ooc: Assuming I can get everyone in range (which I think I don't even have to move for), I'll stick with the Bless as my standard action and use my move action to move toward the spider while drawing my morningstar

 

[D20Dazza]

Seeing the new threat Ery reacts quickly, pointing her recently fired wand at the nasty beast she waves it desperately hoping to send another spray of missiles at another enemy.

OOC: UMD +10 - pc sheet updated to account for last rounds success with the wand

 

[JimAde]

Just a quick OOC note to let you know I'm crushed at work today. I probably won't get the next round posted until tomorrow. Jdvn1: you can definitely get the Bless spell off and it will affect everybody (except the spider ). Ferrix, I believe you do a higher die (1d4 maybe) because of the Enlarge Person, right? My apologies for the delay and Happy Halloween for those of you who aren't already done with it.

 

[Ferrix]

Just a quick OOC note to let you know I'm crushed at work today. I probably won't get the next round posted until tomorrow. Jdvn1: you can definitely get the Bless spell off and it will affect everybody (except the spider ). Ferrix, I believe you do a higher die (1d4 maybe) because of the Enlarge Person, right? My apologies for the delay and Happy Halloween for those of you who aren't already done with it.

OOC: Forgot about those modifiers. It should be then: Attacking in a grapple, penalty already figured in; Gauntlets +12/+7 (1d4+6). I also forgot about the Bull's Strength. The bonus from bless from Jdvn is not included.

 

[JimAde]

Girble intones a prayer to Yondalla, and all the companions feel her presence guiding and protecting them. He then rushes toward the immense spider, drawing his morningstar and voicing a fierce snarl.

Donnybrook looses another barrage of arrows at the spider, but his usually flawless aim seems off. Only one arrow strikes true, drawing dark ichor from the spider's side.
[sblock] Attack rolls 16+14=30, hit. 1, auto-miss. Damage 3+4=7. Creature has taken 27 damage so far.[/sblock]
Lucas turns his wand on the spider, blasting great chunks from it, but it is still moving.
[sblock]Damage rolls 2,4,2,1,3 + 5 = 17. Spider has taken 44 damage and doesn't look at all well.[/sblock]
Ery tries to blast the spider as well, but the fickle finger of fate is not pointing her way. The wand produces nothing more than a trickle of purple smoke and a sound reminiscent of a rockslide.
[sblock]UMD roll 8+10=18.[/sblock]
Sirius curls up his massive fists and pounds the spider's lower carapace. The gleaming armor breaks open, spilling gore onto Sirius and the spider lies still atop him.
[sblock]Attack rolls 9+13=21, Hit and 8+8=16, hit (barely). Damage rolls "boxcars". 4+6=10 and 4+6=10 for 20 points total![/sblock]
Everyone draws a deep breath and all is quiet again.

 

[Jdvn1]

Girble takes a couple of swings at the spider--just to make sure it is down--and then a look comes to his face. "Oh, Sirius!" Girble pulls at the spider, trying to let Sirius stand.

 

[D20Dazza]

"Damn thing, I think I purchased a broken one" she mutters as she shakes the wand.

Seeing the eight legged freak taken down Ery moves over to the drop in the floor and, using her magically enhanced sight, attempts to see whether anything from below has been disturbed by the rukus.

 

[JimAde]

"Damn thing, I think I purchased a broken one" she mutters as she shakes the wand.

Seeing the eight legged freak taken down Ery moves over to the drop in the floor and, using her magically enhanced sight, attempts to see whether anything from below has been disturbed by the rukus.

Ery sees nothing while standing at the top of the slope. In order to see down the shaft proper she'd have to be at the bottom of the slope. The rogue's practiced eye tells her that while she might be able to get down without falling off the edge, the slope is too steep and slippery for most of the others to negotiate.