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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wraithdrit" data-source="post: 1113669" data-attributes="member: 10820">UnderdarkSouth of Dagger Falls and About 200 feet downMarpenoth 4, 1372, Early EveningTanerus bolted to the edge of the chasm and stared down at his companions as they rocketed down the chasm. Mytrym was flying arcing around and through the massive webs at the dangling mage. Delorian seemed to be just free falling. Delorian lashed out with out hand some ten feet above the spellguard. He snatched the ladder like web and slid down at the spellguard, feet first. Mytrym was faster though, his shining blade arcing through the darkness. He cut deep into the spellguard impaling him into the thick web. Delorians feet smashed down on the mage's head and he went limp under the twin assaults. From above Tanerus shouted down, "Look out!" Arrows started to whip past the two heroes as they grabbed the mage's form and began to haul him up. Mytrym grabbed the unconscious drow and threw him over one shoulder and began to fly back upward. Delorian glanced to the side where the arrows were coming from. There were a pair of drow, darting onto a ledge, firing and darting back. The shade shook his head and was about to shadow step toward the fools when Tanerus's frantic call got his attention. The monk looked up and gasped when he saw the massive bloated form of a spider crawling along the wall toward the opening. The thing had to be forty feet across. Its thick hairy legs propelled it along the wall and webbing with ease. Its mandibles snapped the air in front of it, and its fiery eyes glowed with an unnatural light. Mytrym easily made the ledge and tossed the mages body onto the stone. He spun back to see the spider trying to cut Delorian off from the ledge. The monk pulled up the ladder with unnatural speed, zipping up the ladder. He would easily outpace the spider and make the ledge first.Amador decided to give him a bit of a hand. Just below and wrapping to beside the monk, in front of the spider, whirling blades materialized and began cutting everything in their path. Delorian grinned and reached for the last of the ladder's rungs. The blades never slowed the spider. As it burst through, blood running in rivulets from various holes in its carapace it stopped and shudder a bit before spitting a thick glob of webbing. Delorian was helpless, clinging to the ladder and the thick web slapped around around him, pinning him easily to the ladder and wall beyond. He tried to reach for the shadows, but he could not move enough to draw himself into the shadows. He was trapped, and the spider was closing the distance fast.Tanerus pulled his wand and let loose with a fireball that lit up the cavern. The spider did not even seem to notice. The flames just peeled away from it, licking at the webs around it, but not harming the spider in the slightest. The halfling cursed softly and backpedaled as the spider lurched toward the ledge and Delorian beyond. The spider started as the flying form of Mytrym flew in front of it. He hacked once and then a second time, not at the spider, but at the webbing holding Delorian to the wall. The spider lurched forward and slammed its mandibles around the paladin. It pierced his armor easily. The paladin shrugged the attack off, wrenching free of the mandibles and cutting at the monk's bounds yet again. Delorian ripped free and shoved up and rolled past the edge of the ledge to the safety of the stone beyond. Mytrym turned to face the monstrous foe, but flew backwards trying to get out of reach. He landed on the platform and dropped to one knee, hurting badly. Amador slipped in behind the paladin and cast a powerful healing spell as the paladin used his goddess' blessing to heal himself as well. Strong once again he lurched forward at the monstrous spider.The spider was just to one side of the ledge and down beneath the edge by about five feet. Delorian peered at it a moment, seeming to calculate the distances. Finally he took a few steps then leapt forward, arms in front of him, diving at the spider. At the last moment his arms went to either side, outstretched wide. He tucked his head and rolled in mid air, coming down with both feet hard on the spider's thick hide. His bracers glowed as he reared back and slammed a fist hard into the beast. The carapace cracked beneath his hands and he shoved up off the beast, flipping backwards and landing back atop the ledge, much to the surprise of everyone watching.Plickit had tried to jump back up the shaft, carrying a rope with him. He lost his footing and came back down into the chamber, cursing in a serious of strange clicks and hums. He joined Tanerus and Naria, backing away from the opening as the massive spider lurched up and snapped forward toward Amador.Mytrym was not about to let the spider get to the cleric though, he threw himself at the creature hacking at the mandibles with his sword, slamming his shield into one. The spider seemed to take offense at the intrusion on its plans and reared back. As it came toward the paladin its eyes glowed dark and its mandibles seemed to drip with an otherworldly darkness, an evil that was perceptible. Mytrym stiffened as the mandibles again pierced his armor. This time his form shuddered as the spider seemed to pulse and poison filled the aasimar's veins, overcoming him with its deadly toxin. The paladin cried out and went limp, his sword was too heavy to lift, his armor was too much to bear, and his shield fell to his side, unable to be lifted. The mandibles opened and he dropped to his knees in front of the monster. It reared up its huge form and let out an unearthly howl, preparing to devour its latest victim.</blockquote>

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