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Cave of the spiders - Newbie PbP GM
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Lord_Raven88
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Cutting himself free from the spiders webs, Lucas looks at the gore covered Sirius and can't help but grimace "You're really going to need a bath after this my friend" motioning for all of his friends to join him, speaking in a whisper "I will go see if there is anyone alive in the fort over the pit, if not I'll attempt to enspell one of the Bugbears below in the shaft and proceed with our plan"
Lucas moves over to where Ery was standing when she was first spotted by the spellcasting spiders he then activates his boots and levitates to the ceiling of the cave complex and begins moving towards the fort.
OOC: Lucas will stop before the Bugbears in the shaft can see him, and look for any signs of other creatures over in the fort
Lucas moves over to where Ery was standing when she was first spotted by the spellcasting spiders he then activates his boots and levitates to the ceiling of the cave complex and begins moving towards the fort.
OOC: Lucas will stop before the Bugbears in the shaft can see him, and look for any signs of other creatures over in the fort
Sirius shoves the spider off of him, "eight-legged freaks, I be tellin' ya, they dun' know what's comin fer 'em now. I'm pissed!" He flicks a great swathe of ichor from an arm, then decides it's just easier to shake it off, which he proceeds to do like a dog shaking off water, ichor flying everywhere.
JimAde
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If you are at the cavern ceiling, you can't see the bugbears down the shaft. They are more than 60 feet away (barely). You don't see any climbing up or anything. The fortified platform has two corpses on it, but is otherwise empty. All this dealing with spiders and their ilk easily brings to Lucas's mind what these things are once he gets a good look at them. Spoiler for Lord Raven.Lord_Raven88 said:
[sblock]They are, as you have probably surmised, Aranea. Knowledge check roll 12 + 17 (Dungeoneering or Arcana would both apply) means you can feel free to basically say you know everything in the MM/SRD about them.[/sblock]
Jdvn1
Hanging in there. Better than the alternative.
Girble shields himself from Sirius's flying goo and then watches Lucas and shakes his head. "Y'know, for the bugbears and the other creatures in this cave, there has got to be another way down. Maybe we could search for hidden doors or maybe another entrance entirely?"
JimAde
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Ery and Lucas both quickly realize that the ladders on the far side of the shaft allow easy access down if you can get across. They both also see that the lower plaftorm across the way has a very tall "wall" along one side that can actually be lowered as a drawbridge.
Ery finds that there is a knotted rope along one wall secured at the top of the slope. This would probably allow someone to climb or descend the slope without slipping if they take their time. And even if you did slip, if the drawbridge were down you would just slide onto it.
Ery finds that there is a knotted rope along one wall secured at the top of the slope. This would probably allow someone to climb or descend the slope without slipping if they take their time. And even if you did slip, if the drawbridge were down you would just slide onto it.
Lord_Raven88
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Seeing Ery's pantomine If I lower the drawbridge, then we definatly won't follow through with my plan, I could always pretend that I don't understand what he means Lucas begins to wave and smile goodnaturedly at Ery then points at one of the Aranea's corpse then holds his nose and pantomines waving the smell away.D20Dazza said:
Catching sight of Sirius determined glare, On second thoughts I'd better behave myself Lucas hurries over to the drawbridge mechanism and lowers the drawbridge across the shaft, walking onto the bridge Lucas looks down the shaft in the hopes of spotting a Bugbear.
JimAde
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Lucas lowers the drawbridge as carefully as he can, but the mechanism makes a fair amount of noise. Once the bridge drops into place with a muffled whump of wood on stone, Lucas steps out onto it.
From this lower vantage, he peers down. Lucas and a very alert bugbear some 40 feet down on another platform spot each other simultaneously. Lucas knows from his earlier scouting that the platform on which the bugbear stands is level with a side passage containing a small barracks, in which several other bugbears were waiting. The bugbear raises his bow.
Initiative rolls.
Lucas 12 + 6 = 18
Bugbear 15 + 1 = 16
Let's hear it for Improved Initiative!
Lucas acts first, everyone else can act in the next round (if there is one).
From this lower vantage, he peers down. Lucas and a very alert bugbear some 40 feet down on another platform spot each other simultaneously. Lucas knows from his earlier scouting that the platform on which the bugbear stands is level with a side passage containing a small barracks, in which several other bugbears were waiting. The bugbear raises his bow.
Initiative rolls.
Lucas 12 + 6 = 18
Bugbear 15 + 1 = 16
Let's hear it for Improved Initiative!
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