Q'Barra: Into the Emerald Forest - Part II

[Guest 11456]

Eff Flat : Male Warforged Bard 4

Eff Flat had been in the middle of a particularly difficult dance tune when it happened. The jungle floor pratically shallowed up Sanae and before he could react to that, someone was singing? He looks up just in time to see the singer emerge from the brush.

"Good day, sir. What is that tune you were just singing?"

Then he turns to the others.

"By the way, Sanae is down there."

He points down to where Sanae disappeared.

"Anyone have some rope?"

 

[Dayspire]

Erin

Erin reaches for Sanae a second too late as she tumbles down into the pit.

"Sanae!" She exclaims.

Dropping to her knees in the rain and mud, Erin is about to extend her hand to her fallen comrade when she hears the singing. Just as quickly she is on her feet, staring hard into the brush, hand on her morningstar. When the unusual man enters the scene, she relaxes not one whit.

"Sanae." Erin quietly says to her friend behind her, never taking her eyes off the newcomer. "Are you well?"

 

[SelcSilverhand]

Dargin starts forward with the others when Sanae disappears into the pit. He stops though at the sight of the being stepping out from the bushes. Seeing the other confront him though, he leaves the matter to them and urges Malk up closer to the pit so he can look down and check on her. As he manuevers, Grandfather Raven whispers in his ear. "Be ever aware, many types of predators use traps to catch their prey." Dargin can sense the ghostly form turns its head to watch the newcomer closely. Nearer to the edge, he leans over in his saddle and peers downward.

OOC: If I can see the spiders, I'd like to try to identify them to see if they're poisonous or a hazard. 17
Edit - wrong skill, actually 17 for Know. nature.

 

[Urko]

Pebele and Yeoman are not going to be able to post for a day or two, so there will be a brief (hopefully) hiatus. Game should resume soon - I'll keep everyone posted.

 

[Pebele]

ooc: First, I want to apologize for the game being on hold. Without going in to detail, I was hospitalized overnight on Thursday and I've been recovering. Yeoman has been taking care of me and has been understandably distracted by these events as well. But I'm doing much better and am anxious to get back in to the swing of things!

Sanae let out a sharp cry of pain as she landed hard on her side. She took a few deep breaths and cleared the debris off her face before noticing the spiders. Once they were noticed, she swallowed a scream and focused on getting to her feet.

Once she heard Erin's voice she looked up and raised her voice to be heard. "I'm here! I'm mostly unharmed, but I landed hard on my left side. I will heal quickly, so do not worry. I have rope here with me, but it will be of little use, what of everyone else?"

 

[Yeoman]

And the day goes from bad from to worse.

Peering down the hole, Matilda calls down. "How in the nine hells did you miss that hole Sanae? Great job little lady. I'm not carrying rope, but I'll get you out of there with yours." Preparing herself to jump down the hole after the wayward knight, Matilda shouts over to the rest of the group. "Someone deal with whoever that is, while I rescue our friend down there." Matilda then attempts a graceful jump down the hole, tucking and rolling at the last moment to escape injury.

Controlled Jump Down, 21

Soft Landing - Tumble, 21

 

[Urko]

Gathering round the pitfall

Welcome back! Glad you’re feeling better, Pebele!

While Eff Flat and Erin greet the stranger, Dargin and Matilda rush to Sanae’s aid. Dargin recognizes the spiders as corpse spiders – so named because of their propensity for breeding within dead bodies. They tend to bite when swarming, which is painful but usually not dangerous, although a small percentage of individuals have allergic reactions – occasionally lethal ones. A few of the spiders are swarming up out of the pit. Malk snaps at a couple before snorting in disgust and keeping his distance. ‘He has no name’ peers into the pit curiously, but does not comment.

Matilda makes it into the pit without injury, although it is rather a tight fit. The spiders, already covering the paladin, eagerly swarm over her as well. They seem to have a genius for finding their way through any gap in clothing and armor. In short order both women are finding their accommodations extremely inhospitable. I’ll need 2 Fort saves from both of you – one to avoid being nauseated by being covered with nasty arachnids and one (very easy) to see if you’re one of the few who are allergic.

The ragged man looks from one to the other of the party members with obvious alarm. He backs away, a crude stone cudgel raised in defense. His retreat is halted when he runs into a tree. ”’Scuse me, friend,” he says to it, tipping his leaf hat. ”Who are these folk? They aim to take my meal?” His eyes narrow in a look of feral cunning as he whispers to the tree. ”Mayhap they’ll find a surprise if’n they try.”

 

[Dayspire]

Erin

A cautious smile lights Erin's face, and she visibly relaxes.

"Hold, friend" She says. "We are travellers, trying to make our way through this gods-blasted jungle. We mean you no harm."

ooc: Erin tries to get a sense of the man. Sense Motive (1d20+0=2). She also tries diplomacy to calm him and perhaps to alleviate his fears. Diplomacy (1d20+3=21)

 

[Pebele]

"Little lady? That hardly seems like an appropriate title, I am neither little nor lady-like, thank you. As for getting down here, I was busy watching for danger, I forgot to pay attention to where I was stepping... Regardless, just get me out of here, we'll discuss this further once things are settled."

Sanae seemed to be babbling to keep her mind off the spiders that were swarming over her body. She wretched when they got near her nose and mouth, furiously wiping them away.

Once Matilda had jumped down, Sanae quickly searched her backpack to hand Matilda the rope. "Quickly, let's get this over with."

Sanae will hand Matilda her coil of silk rope.
Fortitude save to avoid being nauseated: 22
Fortitude save to check for allergic reaction: 11

 

[Yeoman]

"Oh, my apologies, Sanae. I forgot the younger generation is sensitive about such things, but regardless let me get you out of here. Now tie that rope around yourself, and I'll climb out and drag you up. Taking the end of the rope after Sanae ties herself in, Matilda begins the spider infested climb back to the surface.

Climb Check - 23
Fortitude Save (Nausea) - 26
Fortitude Save (Allergy) - 26

Wow, that's some good rolling! If Matilda makes it to the top, she'll drag Sanae to the surface with the rope. Sanae plus gear should be less than 400 Lbs, I hope