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

[Old Fezziwig]

[sblock=Assumption]Ghur acts as previously stated. Zeegra acts as previously stated, as per Thanee's post in the OOC thread.[/sblock]Initiative
Ghur 23
Cian 22a
Keita 22b
Spiders 21
Zeegra 18a
Zottel 18b
Herev 16
Cole 13
Manakar 11
Small Earth Elemental 7
Cellan 6

Round 2
Ghur pulls out two arrows, peppering the nearest spider's immediate vicinity but missing twice. Cian starts singing while Keita holds fast at his side.

Meanwhile, the spiders pounce — Herev and Cellan are able to fend their attackers off, but Ghur is broadsided by his spider, which bites deep into his shoulder [11 hp damage]. Fortunately, the dwarf's superior constitution allows him to fight off the arachnid's venom and keep his wits about him. Zeegra takes advantage of the spiders' preoccupation with her companions to load her crossbow, while her bobtail, Zottel, stands his ground.

Bracing himself against the stairs cleverly, Herev swings his warhammer into the side of the spider in front of him, creating a satisfying squishing noise. On the other end of the line, Cole has similar luck with the spider in front of Cellan, which is finished off by Cellan's earth elemental shortly thereafter.

Conditions
Party: Inspire Courage (+1 morale bonus on attack, damage, saves against fear/charm)
Cellan 17/25 hp, Dex 14/15
Ghur 6/17 hp
Spider A, dead
Spider B, wounded

Spoiler

17/26 hp

Spider C, uninjured

Spoiler

26/26 hp

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Herev

Satisfying with the results of his previous attack, Herev is encouraged to strike the spider once more, he leans back again and wield his warhammer, Bits of the Earth itself flies in the air as his massive warhammer strikes the rocks

Natural 1

 

[Thanee]

Zeegra

Zeegra aims her crossbow at the wounded spider and fires a bolt into the arachnid's direction, while Zottel remains at her side, ready to defend against any attackers, that dare to come closer.

 

[Scotley]

Cian Dark Elf Bard

Cian continues his song of encouragement and holds his place carefully in case someone falls.

[sblock]Can Cian reach out to cast a cure on Ghur without moving from his place?[/sblock]

 

[Fenris]

Ghur drops his bow and draws his sword making a vicious stab at the spider that bit him.

 

[Bloodweaver1]

One down... Cole quickly sizes up the remaining spiders and waits for the prime moment to make his attack.

OOC: Not too sure where the spiders are in relations to Cole's position on the stairs. If Cole can make an attack without moving he will, if not he will aid someone who can.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

[sblock=OOC]I'll give Starman a few more hours to reply before I run the next round of combat.

As a side note, I told my other group this, and I'll tell y'all, too — I'm still having some Internet troubles. If I disappear, that's why.[/sblock]

 

[Old Fezziwig]

[sblock=OOC for Bloodweaver1]It's going to be hard for Cole to move and attack, as he's on one end of the line, the two spiders are on the other, and you're all tied together with rope. It'd look something like this (with the dashes representing rope):

Ce/Ma--Co--Ze/Zo--Ci/Ke--Gh/Spider--He/Spider

Hope that makes sense. Side note: the stairs are ~5 ft. wide.[/sblock][sblock=OOC for Scotley]Yes, he can.[/sblock][sblock=OOC for Everyone]Just a reminder that melee combat will require, unless you have your PC do something inventive, like Herev, and lay back against the stairs, DC 13 Balance or Dex checks. Note that Bloodweaver1 did make a Balance check last round.[/sblock]Initiative
Ghur 23
Cian 22a
Keita 22b
Spiders 21
Zeegra 18a
Zottel 18b
Herev 16
Cole 13
Manakar 11
Small Earth Elemental 7
Cellan 6

Round 3
Ghur drops his bow and draws his sword, but slips on the stairs before he can finish his attack. Cian continues singing, while Keita holds her ground. The two spiders attack Herev and Ghur again, oblivious to the fact that their packmate has fallen. Herev, again, fends off the attack, but Ghur is bitten again, slightly below the wound on his shoulder [4 hp damage]. Again, he shakes off the poison, but he's substantially worse for the wear nonetheless.

Zeegra quickly takes advantage of the wounded spider's exposed flank (left open while it attacks Herev), firing a bolt at it. She misses wide, and the bolt flies off the side of the mountain. Herev quickly attempts to attack the spider, too, but misses, striking the rocks full on with the head of the hammer. The resultant vibrations are too much for the warrior to handle, and the hammer slips from his grasp and skitters down the mountain stairs a little bit, coming to rest at the feet of Ghur.

Cole delays. Cellan holds his ground, while his earth elemental moves up the line towards Ghur's spider.[sblock=OOC for Bloodweaver1]Let me know when and how you'd like to act.[/sblock][sblock=OOC for Starman]I just picked the most logical action I could for your elemental. IIRC, he still has another round left at least.[/sblock]Conditions
Party: Inspire Courage (+1 morale bonus on attack, damage, saves against fear/charm)
Cellan 17/25 hp, Dex 14/15
Ghur 2/17 hp
Spider A, dead
Spider B, wounded

Spoiler

17/26 hp

Spider C, uninjured

Spoiler

26/26 hp

 

[Scotley]

Cian

The bard changes his song and calls upon his magic to heal. He reaches out to Ghur both to http://invisiblecastle.com/rolldice.py?u=Cian&r=1&d=1d8+3&n=cure&a=Roll+the+dice him and to steady him.

[sblock]Cure light wounds on Ghur. Note the effects of his inspire courage bardic music will continue for 3 rounds.[/sblock]

 

[Starman]

Manakar stays by Cellan's side, only attacking if any of the spider's is within reach. Cellan drops spider climb to cast summon nature's ally II again, this time calling an air elemental and placing directly behind one of the spiders. The earth elemental moves toward its target and swings its mighty fists of rock at it.