The Canterbury Tales- Chapter 4: Dead Drunk

[perrinmiller]

Borric nods a greeting to the short man, known as Krindorf, "Funny meeting you here. I'd be happy to give you poke to make sure you are awake." Though Krindorf has probably seen Borric around the caravan playing his mandolin for a certain young lady, they probably have never spoken before.

Having spent much of his life aboard ship, crawly creatures are not among his favorite things. He would rather face a grumpy dwarf instead.

While looking around the chamber, he wonders out loud, "Where do you suppose that blighter Varath is hiding?"

 

[ethandrew]

Francis keeps his hands empty, but ready, eager to strike or draw a weapon. He retreats backwards in slow circles, looking up and around the massive room, "This is all Varath, this whole place, and he will appear when we are at our weakest, when our minds are ready to crack. Stay strong, my friends, and keep your wits about you."

 

[Voda Vosa]

The nordic man draws his weapon. "Show yerself evildoer!" he proclaims eager to confront the unseen threat.

 

[HolyMan]

Looking about the ceilng, where it looks like the torchlight doesn't reach to, the Professor looks to be close to his wits end. He uses his other hand to hold both his suitcase and hatbox and walks along with the pthers silently.

The Norseman's presence doesn't stir a reaction from the learned man as he beileves that impossible things can't accur so Krindrof must not be real.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

As the stout nord shouts his challenge, a trickle of black spiders follows from the ceiling to land and bite onto his shoulders, crawling in between the spaces in his armor to attack his flesh. As the nord shouts the trickle becomes a flood as an entire swarm lands upon him. (-3 hps to Krindorf).

OOC: Krindorf needs to roll a DC 12 against poison.

The second swarm also falls near Duncan, but fails to connect with the warrior as he swats the first few spiders off his shoulders and rolls out of the way.

The two swarms and Krindorf stands in the middle of the party, as the other party members spread out and circled during the attack.

 

[perrinmiller]

Borric exclaims, "Camel dung! We need more torches to burn them." He runs back the way they came to retrieve two more, putting his bow away in the process.

 

[Voda Vosa]

"Ah! get off of me!" shouts Krindorf, as he steps out of the shambling swarm of spiders. The poison in his veins finds a strong resistance, and is fought back.
"Odin, protect di servant from dis chaospawns!"
Krindorf calls upon the protective power of his deity, and back-pedals to a safer position.

[sblock=Actions]
Fort save: 17
Casting protection from evil defensively: 16
Move away from the swarm[/sblock]

 

[HolyMan]

Stepping up to help the Professor tries to get the spiders to swarm away from Duncan and Krindrof.

[sblock=OOC] Not sure if it's an attack a touch attack or what so wwill give you the numbers and you can make any rolls you wish.
STR +0 BAB +0 DEX +3 so I guess he would have been better off throwing th etorch at them LOL oh well [/sblock]

 

[GandalfMithrandir]

Sir Richard looks back and forth from the swarms to Borric, and decides to help retrieve more torches.

[sblock=OOC]assuming that the torches are not too far away for that to be reasonable (as it is) otherwise he will try to be helpful however he can given the circumstances. STR: 17, DEX: 12, Fort: +3, Ref: +1 AC: 18, Touch: 11, Flat footed: 17[/sblock]

 

[Deuce Traveler]

The party flees back towards the wall near the tunnel, picking up torches as they go. The Professor covers their escape with his own torch, his arm sweeping back and forth in a long arc.

The swarms are unable to get to the nimble Professor as he expertly dances out of their reach, but you can see it will be only a matter of time before they trap him into a corner of the room. The Professor attacks in turn, burning the nearest swarm slightly. Krindorf yells a prayer to his deity, which seems to embolden his will against the near evil. Borric grabs two torches, then hands one to Krindorf once the Nord finishes his action. Francis and Sir Richard were nearest to the wall and were able to move, remove a torch each, and move back to flank the Professor, though neither is able to attack before the end of the round.