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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 1083883" data-attributes="member: 224">Whew!  Summer!  Ya gotta love it.  As a college prof., I get summers off...if I'd like.  And this summer: I opted for work.  "What's up with that?", you may ask.  Hint: I have an old house with termite damage.  I'll let you fill in the rest.Anyway, I haven't updated in a while, so:Session #9: "Big Barn = Big Spider?"(Session of RL June 3rd, 2003)(Recap)  The adventurers had gone to the nearby town of Three Oaks, to consult with Moira, the "Sage of the Ruins", a well-known (if not well-respected) source of information about artifacts found in the local ruins.  They had brought to her a golden death mask, taken from an orcish restless dead, and wished to know it's source and history.  They had learned it had probably come from the barrows beneath Alderslook.  This set of ruins was, incidentally, the same one the kobolds had claimed to have been chased out from by the "strange light".  (They had fled to the Smitson farm, carrying their dragon idol.)  Moira was interested in the party's story of adventure, especially when Rowan talked of the dragon idol "that we've heard about...  ..somewhere......".The adventurers were returning home, when they were ambushed by giant spiders.  The spiders had "taken over" a nearby farm, owned by the family of Lissia Longwoods (whom they had met along the road, pleading for help).  They were now in the process of clearing the farm of the over-grown 8-legged vermin.The adventurers had re-grouped at one of the Longwood's houses after rescueing most, but not all of the farming family.  Several family members remained unaccounted for: two sons, and the father.  Only the barn remained unexplored, and it was covered with stronger webs than they had seen so far.  Whatever spider was in there was really big, and really well defended.******The party was tired and wounded, weakened by spider venom from previous battles that day.  Thaile, the cleric, and Rowan, the Druid, were nearly out of healing magicks.   All needed rest and tending.  Yet there were people yet to be saved, and the longer the rescuers waited, the less likely those missing would be found alive.There was only one thing to do.  As the sun set, the party readied their battle gear and advanced on the barn.The adventurers retired for the night to one of the houses with the survivors of the Longwoods family.  They shuttered the windows and bolted the doors, tended their wounded, and went to sleep.End of Session #9</blockquote>

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