"I don't like this," mutters Iago.
"The further we go in, the harder it will be to get out if the spiders swarm."
He eyes the alcove to their left.
"If you call Boots back, I can make sure we are not attacked by spiders from there." His tone is still the clinical scholar, but his eye glint with satisfaction at the thought.
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Not posting an action yet, want some discussion.
If we keep advancing, and spiders swarm out of the alcoves, we're going to be surrounded. It might be worth nuking alcoves as we go to make sure we don't get overwhelmed later.
On the other hand, we don't want to find ourselves without a good way to fight these suckers if we do end up facing a big set of swarms all at once. Other than the acid/alchemist's fire that Iago passed out, does anyone have anything particularly good against swarms? Good spells? Flasks of oil? Maybe Tanglefoot bags (dont' know if that would work, but it would be a cool thing to try

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Iago
Initiative: +2
AC: 16 (14 flat-footed, 12 Touch)
HP: 34 Current: 34
CMB: +5 CMD: 17
Fort: +6* Reflex: +6 Will: +1; *-+2 vs. Poisons
PER Roll: +7/+9 (bonus for searching for objects or judging spoiled food)
Current Weapon in Hand: Greataxe
Extracts prepared:
Level 1: Shield, Targeted Bomb Admixture, *expended*, *unassigned*
Level 2: Bull’s Strength, Bull’s Strength
Mutagen prepared:
Strength: +2 Natural Armor Bonus, +4 STR, -2 INT
Weapons:
MW Greataxe: Attack: +6 = [BAB(3) + STR(2) + Misc(0) + MWK(1)]
Damage: 1d12+3, S, Crit: 20/x3
Bomb: Attack: +6 = [BAB(3) + DEX(2) + Misc(1**) + Magic(0)]
Damage: 2d6+5*, Fire, Crit: 20/x2 (only 1d6 multiplied); Rng: 20'
Special: Make 9 bombs/day
*+1 to-hit, +1 dmg w/in 30’
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