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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5759042" data-attributes="member: 2710">[sblock=Qik]From What Quioan knows of your schedules, he would have had time to eke out spell prep tomorrow if he'd gone to sleep at their normal hour. Sneaking out in the middle of the night, however, means he won't have a full 8 hours of sleep before his experience would suggest he'll be awakened[/sblock]The secret door swings slowly shut on its own after Elenka has entered the tunnel and no one is there to hold it open. She tests it to make sure they're not locked out, and though the stone door is heavy, it's not locked on either side, apparently.The now-glowing monk leads the way down the tunnel, a murky affair. Mucky puddles slurp and splish underfoot periodically. It's unpleasant, but nothing worse than some of the less hygenic cultists or a rank swamp. By the time they've gone about fifty feet down the tunnel, everyone is tense in the gloom and echoing darkness, only Yoshiki's magically-lit vestment illuminating the way. The skittering sounds from the ceiling, then, put almost everyone on their guard.The roiling mass of spiders is impossible to miss as it descends to cover the floor and walls in front of the party, then starts to undulate toward them....[sblock=Quioan & Elenka] Even in this light, you can tell the spider swarm is made of a species which overwhelms its prey and uses venom to weaken potential meals.[/sblock][sblock=Elenka]The swarm's constituent creatures are too small to be reduced in any effective number by direct weapon (natural or otherwise), though the roiling clumping of them does make them more susceptible to any area damage the party might be able to generate.[/sblock][GM]Everyone but Anna made their Perception checks, so she's the only one who can't act in the surprise round.Initiatives: Swarm:<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314555/" target="_blank">Spider initiative (1d20+3=19)</a>Party:<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3314556/" target="_blank">Elenka, Quioan, Anna, Yoshiki initiatives (1d20+2=21, 1d20+5=13, 1d20=18, 1d20+4=18)</a>Average: 17Elenka can act before the swarm in the surprise roundThe area in red is the swarm.[/gm]</blockquote>

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