D&D 5E [IC] Uller's Out of the Abyss

[DMAesh]

OOC: Stupid Num Lock! [roll0]

 

[Uller]

OOC: I hate to see such a good roll go to waste but with the arrow slits and what not it's pretty easy to tell what his happening out there...How about this?

As you get close to the door you feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. The spider from the upper chamber, perhaps sensing it's prey is about to escape, is moving down the stairs into Ilvara's quarters.

Outside there is own final BANG! followed by a cacophony of roars. The quaggoth pen is open. The last blow was struck so hard that pieces of the gate flew over the ledge. The spiders all become more alert but stick to their cliff side refuges. Within moments nearly a dozen of the beasts are running along the ledge toward the door.

They are enormously fast. Within seconds the first two are on the bridge. Derendil scrambles to pull one of the pins before they can attack the door. Sarith will aid Surana. (assuming you have readied an action to pull the pins when they are on the bridge)

[roll0]

The quaggoth still has trouble wrapping his fingers around the pin!

OOC: @itcomeswithamap You could always throw your inspiration Derendil's way, looks like he could use something to help!...If you get at least one pin out the bridge will partially collapse and at least force them to make a dex save to avoid falling

 

[SunGold]

OOC: Could Sarith scramble to aid Derendil instead, once he sees him fail? That way I could burn a Rage instead to give myself advantage.

 

[Uller]

sure

[roll0]

umm.....the dice roller must have just lit on fire....

 

[Uller]

 

[SunGold]

OOC: You couldn't have saved those for when we're being attacked?! Ok...burning a Rage...hopefully I'll have better luck... [roll0] [roll1]

 

[DMAesh]

Ezraen pulls the bar and throws it behind them, moving through the door.

OOC: Hopefully the spider will be stymied by the door.

 

[JustinCase]

Ereven moves along with Ezraen, holding the dagger so he can defend himself if need be. However, his plan is to avoid outright combat if at all possible, so when both he and the half-drow are outside, Erevan closes the door to avoid being attacked by the spider. Then the elf looks if there are obvious threats outside, moving with the others to escape this horrid place.

 

[Uller]

Erevan and Ezraen exit the tower and close the door behind them just as the spider launches another stream of gooey webs at them. To their right they can see...nothing. A barrier of darkness that even their fey vision can't pierce covers the area around the main hall. The drow must have retreated into the caves there to wait out the chaos outside.

Where both bridges they see the gnomes and one of the dwarves working to secure two ropes to the bridge head and are beginning to lower gear down through a large hole that has been cut in the webs. To the left, the nearest door in the guard tower is open. A pack of 10 or so quaggoths is swarming along the far ledge and a couple have started across the bridge. Inside they can see Derendil, Sarith and Surana struggling to pull the bottom two pins to drop the bridge but are having a difficult time of it. Sarith starts swearing at Derendil. Derendil starts crying. Surana curses some more, screams in anger and yanks one of the pins, dropping one side of the bridge.

[roll0]
[roll1]

The first quaggoth is taken by surprise and drops onto the webbing below and is instantly restrained. Immediately three spiders are upon it!

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showth...-Dice-Thread&p=6819076&viewfull=1#post6819076

Two sink their mandibles into him and he shrieks more in anger than in pain. The other quaggoth staggers along the collapsing bridge. He has to steady himself with one hand so can only attempt to slam the door with the other.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showth...-Dice-Thread&p=6819080&viewfull=1#post6819080

His fist slams the door. The occupants of the tower are startled to see the bar splinter a bit from the blow.

Sarith: "One of you two best pull that pin or we're not going to make it."

 

[Uller]

OOC: the bar gives the door double hp so it has 20...well, no it has 15. Sarith is readying darkness for if the door breaks. Orsik or Klep can lend aid if you want.