Tests and Trials Game Thread

Cladmir can also hear the slight scraping sounds and sort of sense the Kroshav getting antsy, so he is also getting a little antsy.

The scuffing sounds continue as the spiders move about outside the doors.

Sword sends to Kroshav,

<It's doing something with the door now? I can't...>

She's quiet for another half minute as the sounds continue.

<It's started making a web out there!>

(we have a +spiderwrangler+ on the team, he should know how to deal with this!)

((Clearly if anyone is an expert on this it should be the Wrangler.))

((The Wrangler would want to befriend the spiders, but don't think the Cap'n would like that.))

<Wonder if it knows we're here and it's sealing us in? I still want to wait for the blasted drow...>

<It's just moving around out there, but waiting for the drow is good!>

After a couple minutes another spider moves up and Sword informs Kroshav it has went to Lurn's room's west door and is starting to make a web as well. Joe is getting ansy though. Muttered, barely audible incoherent curses reach Lurn's sensitive ears.

Lurn and Jaq hear the spiders and the north door and west doors scratching around but see nothing. They certainly aren't trying to get in.

((Are you just going to hang tight and see where this goes?))

(Just waiting here may be bad  These spiders seem to make pretty solid webs, so if we just let them web us in the drow will probably come through and hit us while we're separated...  Question.  Spirit Guardians doesn't work through walls, does it?  It just says "Around you at a distance of 15 feet," but passing the effect through walls may be a bit too powerful.

((Based on my googling it appears the effects don't pass through walls and I would also be concerned about 'When you cast this spell, you can designate any number of creatures you can see to be unaffected by it.' since you can't see anyone! You could always light up first though.))

((Kroshav's trying to hold to the plan of being able to take some of the drow from behind, but perhaps there are no drow coming, in which case just waiting isn't helping.))

Sword keeps Kroshav updated on the spider's progress and, if allowed to continue,  it will finish and move back to the south without a drow entering her vision.

Lurn and Jaq hear the spiders skittering around but don't know what they are doing.

((Let me know if at any point you'd intercede, otherwise...well the next thing will happen. ))

Kroshav will see if the door budges, or if it's firmly webbed down.

((No light?  Wasn't the plan to have Lurn shining a little light out the door to basically be declaring "We're trying to hide over here" and lure the drow in?  But you're right, I forgot it's who you can see when you start the spell, Kroshav and Clad would be targets still.

I don't particularly like the idea of letting the drow lock us down in separate rooms.  I vote we try busting out while the spider's still working on the west door.  Jaq got any opinion?))

((Yes, plan was for Lurn to lure them to him with his light, so would have visual on his room full of folks, Kroshav and Clad can't see each other until he lights up Sword though. If he takes the time to do that and cast bless on Clad and himself, he's looking at 3-4 turns before he can get out of the room.))

((Ah, my bad. You did say there was some light coming from under the door! It wouldn't change what the spiders are doing. From your encounters with them they don't seem to mind the dark or be attracted to the light. The drow are still not in evidence.))

Kroshav give the door a gentle push and there is some give but not a lot.

Sword does say when Kroshav pushes,

<It just stopped.  Its holding super still now...>

If Kroshav doesn't push again it returns to its work.

Kroshav will reach for Clad in the dark, whispering to him.

"Just one spider, sealing us in, no drow. We want to go for it now?"

((If Clad says yes, Kroshav will fumble about and light a torch, thrusting it through to burn the web away.))

If there's no response from Row in the next couple of days, I'm gonna go with Lurn casting bless on himself, Jaq, and Joe, then trying to open the door.

((Joe would be glad to burn off the webbing and to kill any spiders.))

Jaq quietly says, "Yeah, we weren't the ones doing the ambush, so let's take out this spider.  Better than being stuck in here.  Ready your fire, Joe."

((Which door, north or west?))

Kroshav gets pinged by Sword,

<Oh, your friends are moving around the room.>

Cladmir doesn’t like the idea of being stuck and separated so he would agree if making a move now rather than later.