North by Northwest, Chapter 3: The Winter of Our Discontent

[Scotley]

Cian

Cian cannot help but have a sharp intake of breath at the sight of the dipping fangs of the spiders. He recovers quickly and fires his crossbow at the lead spider. "Easy Keita, stay with me. Stay calm girl," he says in a surprizingly calm steady voice that is out of step with the fear he feels. That voice continues to sing out a rousing song of inspiration to the others. He plants his feet wide apart and takes a firm grip on the rope hopeful that his meager strength will be enough if his fellows begin to tumble.

[sblock]+5 Ranged, Heavy Crossbow, 1d10+0 pierce, 19-20/x2, 120'r
Inspire Courage-An affected ally receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 morale bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.[/sblock]

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Cole Braddock

"Incoming!", Shouts Cole as grabs his sword in one hand and the rope in the other. "Hold the line!" He calls back as shifts his wieght into a defensive fighting stance.

OCC: Full Defense

 

[Old Fezziwig]

[sblock=OOC for Fenris]Actions, please. I'll move combat along once you've posted or tomorrow night, whichever comes first.[/sblock][sblock=OOC for Everyone]If you did not roll initiative or your actions using Invisible Castle, now's a good time to rectify the situation.

Apologies for the delay. I would have checked in and posted last night, but I spent the evening moving furniture, and I was less than coherent when I was done. [/sblock]

 

[Fenris]

KJ
[sblock] Sorry, busy week.

Ghur Stairs Init (1d20+3=23)

(I am assuming from your post that we are in an area where Ghur can stand)

Ghur will draw his bow and fire an arrow at the closest spider, second round he will use rapid fire and fire two arrows at an unengaged spider.
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[Scotley]

Cian

[sblock]Initiative (1d20+3=22) [/sblock]

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Initiative
Ghur 23
Cian 22a
Keita 22b
Spiders 21
Zeegra 18a
Zottel 18b
Herev 16
Cole 13
Manakar 11
Cellan 6

Round 1
Ghur draws his bow and fires at the nearest spider, hitting — the arrow lodges in the spider's abdomen, and a black ichor oozes out [4 hp dmg]. It doesn't seem particularly badly hurt. Shortly after this, Cian lands a bolt just to the side of it; you can almost make out the creature's heartbeat based on the rhythm of blood oozing from the wound [4 hp dmg]. Then, the spiders attack. Two of the spiders leap forward towards the back of your ranks, attacking Herev and Ghur on their way up the mountain. Surprisingly, they both miss, but the party is now surrounded. The other spider pounces on Cellan, ripping at the druid's neck with its mandibles [8 hp dmg]; Cellan feels a bit sluggish suddenly [1 Dex dmg].

Zeegra takes a moment to cast glitterdust on the spider closest to Cellan, covering the arachnid with a light coating of golden motes. Herev and Cole stand at the ready. Cellan starts to chant, invoking the elders of the earth.

Conditions
Cellan 17/25 hp, Dex 14/15
Spider A, blinded

Spoiler

18/26 hp

Spider B, uninjured

Spoiler

26/26 hp

Spider C, uninjured

Spoiler

26/26 hp

[sblock=OOC]I'd say that circumstances have changed sufficiently to justify a new set of actions for the next round. If you're happy with your old action for round 2, just repost it.

Side note: I realized that I've been misinterpreting the rules for summoning creatures — because it has a casting time of 1 round, a summon spell won't take effect until just before the caster's next action. I think I'd been just doing it as a full-round action. Not quite the same thing.[/sblock]

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Herev

Realizing the immediate threat the spider impose, Herev release the straps of his warhammer, leans back on the stairs, wield his weapon in the air and Strikes the spider in triumph (Attack=25 Dmg=9)

Hold your ground!
he shouts to his companions
do not move too much unless it's necessary

 

[Scotley]

Cian

"Down Keita, don't move girl." The Dark elf begins his encouraging tune, while doing his best to act as a base for the others, by hanging on tight.

[sblock]Bardic Music as planned above.[/sblock]

 

[Starman]

Manakar continues to hold his ground in front of his master, viciously snapping at any spiders in reach. Cellan stabs at the spider next to him with his spear without much success. The earth elemental continues to pound its target.

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Pleased that his feet are with him this time, Cole sees an opening within the spiders defenses. Without hesitation he blunges his sword deep into the very heart of the attacking spider next to Cellan. Not today vermin!

OOC: First roll balance check, second roll critical, third roll confirm critical and damage. Strad's dice God's took pitty on me