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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 4955912" data-attributes="member: 386">"Lolth will devour your eyeballs," the drow archanomancer says as she points her rod at the PCs.  Invoking words of abyssal power, a tiny portal opens to the abyss for a mere instant; this is enough time for dark, spectral webs and a swarm of tiny spiders to explore out.  The webs, strong as steel, wrap and bind everyone save Shamon who hides behind Aiden.Shamon springs at the drow, forcing his way through the webs as he is being devoured by the abyssal spiders.  Outside of the web, they collapse off of him and retreat back; Shamon lunges at the drow and stabs at her, his sword turned aside by a last-minute dodge.Umar roars, overcome by primal fury, and appears next to the drow in a thunderclap.  The drow is dazed by the thunder and a drop of blood trickles from her ear.Kiva, being eaten in the web but trapped and unable to move, spots the only space free from spiders that she can teleport to: just above a curtained area.  She teleports there and falls on her face, but the spiders don't come with her.Theron fires his bow at the drow but misses as she dodges the arrows with inhuman agility.  The spiders feast on his elf-flesh, burrowing deep into him, and he cries in pain.Aiden does not try to escape the spiders, as his armour is keeping the worst of them at bay; he looses a pair of arrows; one glances off the drow's arm, leaving a minor scratch.  She responds by casting a spell, the most she can do while shaking off the effects of Umar's dazing thunder.  A cloud of darkness rolls out from her spider rod, completely obscuring her, Theron, and Shamon.Hidden in the darkness, no one is able to strike true.  Aiden is able to break free from the webs tying him down, but Theron is not.  The elf cries in pain as the spiders burrow through his flesh towards his organs.The darkness disappears as the drow steps out, heading towards the stairs, where she points her rod at the party.  A gout of poison covers everyone save Kiva, who is out of range.  The poison burns and Theron falls to the ground.  The drow smiles and turns to flee up a set of stairs.Shamon tries to cut her escape off, but she hits him with her spider rod and webs tie him to the ground; this momentary distraction allows Umar to stomp on the ground, throwing the drow a few feet away from the stairs.  Shamon and Umar attack the drow bu she's far too fast, moving with speed they did not think possible.  Kiva, however, aims a shot and an eldritch blast of infernal energy strikes the dark elven witch, searing her flesh."Curse you!" she screams.Aiden looks at Theron, who is on the ground and being devoured from the inside out by the abyssal spiders.  He springs at the drow, moving through the webs with elven grace and draws his blades.  The drow, harried from all angles, cannot dodge; Aiden plunges his twin blades into her chest.  She lets out a gurgled curse as Aiden kicks her corpse away; her still beating heart rips free, impaled on his scimitar.And that was it for the night.  Pretty cool session.  We ran the talk with the banshee as a normal combat, not a skill challenge, though in retrospect I probably would have done that instead.  It worked out well in any case.The fight with both those high-level normal monsters was fun.  The drow battle was tense as the PCs were low on surges (Aiden spent his last one during the fight, I think), it was really hard for the PCs to hit, and its web spell did a lot of damage.  It only took a few good hits to bring her down; the last attack from Aiden included a critical and his total damage was 55.Lots of loot, but the drow had some guards up the stairs who are going to come by pretty soon (after the PCs get a short rest).  Things could still go bad for them; we'll see what they decide to do.</blockquote>

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