Wave 3 rnd 1 Yurk misses; Rnd 2 Yurk misses and GS misses with web

Yurk Initiative: 11 (AC 19, HP 28/28); Vision Initiative: 11 AC 13 HP 5/5; GS1 Initiative: 7  Speed 30/30 AC 14 HP 26/26

Wave 3 rnd 3

GS Web recharge roll 3 vs Recharge on 5 or 6. Bonus Action: Drink antitoxin potion now adv for poison dmg. Action: Scimitar Attack #1 (nick): 15 Damage: 8 (piercing damage) or half (4); Action: Scimitar Attack #2 (nick): 19 Damage: 4 (piercing damage) or half (2); DC 11 con save Yurk 19

Wave 3 rnd 3 GS web does not recharge; 

GS1 Bite Attack: 19 Damage: 6 (piercing damage) + 4 (poison vs DC 11 con save) = 10 or half (5); Yurk rolled 18 if needed.

Yurk does 5 dmg to the spider and the spider does 6 dmg to Yurk

Yurk Initiative: 11 (AC 19, HP 22/28); Vision Initiative: 11 AC 13 HP 5/5; GS1 Initiative: 7  Speed 30/30 AC 14 HP 21/26

Wave 3 Rnd 4

TWF Bonus Action: Scimitar Attack #3 (nick): 18 Damage: 7 (piercing damage) or half (14); Action: Scimitar Attack #1 (nick): 13 Damage: 6 (piercing damage) or half (10); Action: Scimitar Attack #2 (nick): 23 Damage: 5 (piercing damage) or half (2); Vision helps. GS1 Bite Attack: 19 Damage: 11 (piercing damage) + 8 (poison vs DC 11 con save) = 19 or half (9); DC 11 con save Yurk 12

Yurk does 12 dmg to the spider and the spider misses.

Yurk Initiative: 11 (AC 19, HP 22/28); Vision Initiative: 11 AC 13 HP 5/5; GS1 Initiative: 7  Speed 30/30 AC 14 HP 9/26

Wave 3 rnd 5

TWF Bonus Action: Scimitar Attack #3 (nick): 18 Damage: 9 (piercing damage) or half (4); Action: Scimitar Attack #1 (nick): 20 Damage: 9 (piercing damage) or half (4); Action: Scimitar Attack #2 (nick): 24 Damage: 6 (piercing damage) or half (Unable to parse dice roll.); Vision helps. GS1 Bite Attack: 13 Damage: 10 (piercing damage) + 12 (poison vs DC 11 con save) = 22 or half (11); DC 11 con save Yurk 15

Yurk kills the spider before it can act.  yay.

Spider Swarm Rewards (400 XP, coin stash 100 gp)

Yurk heads up top and he does a long rest before going back down.

Yurk will do the piercers and darkmantle  tomorrow  night.

Xi Chi receives the summons and the news with equanimity. After all, she has received these sort of requests before, just that the method of carrying them out was different and the amount of payment much less than what this job would grant. She therefore rapidly accepts and gets going in case there is a competitor for the jewel. After descending in the lift, she encounters the violet fungi. It notices her and she certainly notices them and stays 30' away. With her new crossbow, she methodically shoots each wiggling mushroom, using 12 bolts in the process. "Dammit, I should have bought more of these," she says as she finishes the last fungus. 

Xi Chi doesn't have much metal on her but apparently her weapons were enough to attract the rust monster. The two become obvious to each other 60'. Initiative Xi 21, Rust 10

R1

Xi sends a crossbow bolt in its direction (attack 10) but it misses wide right

Rustee moves scuttles 40' closer. 

R2

Xi decides that it it time to close the distance so moves closer to attack with her short sword (attack 16, damage 6) then swings with the scimitar (with ADV from sword success) (attack 17, damage 7+ 3 sneak attack=10) (remaining hp 11) (each weapon takes -1)

Rustee attacks with its bite (attack 15, damage 5)

R3

Xi resumes with the short sword (attack 21, damage 10) and kills it with the scimitar (attack 18, damage 7). (each weapon takes another -1)

She shakes her head at the damaged weapons and says, upon finding the 75gp, "I know what I will spend this on."

Xi continues down the path and soon enough (too soon in her opinion) faces the spider swarm. 

Initiative Xi 23, Swarm 18

R1

Xi reacts instinctively by quickly throwing a flask of oil and a torch ahead of her where many of the spiders are coming from. (attack 12, damage 5)

The swarm moves closer but does not reach her

R2

Xi successfully attacks with her short sword (attack 21, damage 6) but misses with her scimitar (attack 10). The fire continues to burn (damage 5). (remaining hp 6)

The swarm reaches her (attack 16, damage 5), causing her great discomfort. 

R3

"I don't like spiders!" she yells as she defends herself. Fire damage 5, and kills it with her short sword (attack 14 , damage 6). 

She swigs one of her potions of healing and feels almost whole (+9hp) before the next wave of spiders shows up. 

Initiative Xi 18 Swarm 16

R1

The stench of burnt arachnids remains but the flames are gone, so Xi resumes her two weapon attacks on the swarm with her short sword (attack 16, damage 10) (also damage 3 for sneak attack +3 for assassinate) and scimitar (attack 10). (remaining hp 6)

The swarm does not yet make it to Xi

R2

Xi kills the swarm with her short sword (attack 15, damage 10)

"Where there are little spiders, there is usually a large spider," she thinks ominously and sure enough, one lumbers into view .

Initiative Xi 18, Spider 17

R1

Xi attacks with her crossbow (attack 20, damage 7) since the spider remains on a wall. 

The spider shoots its web (attack 15) successfully restraining Xi

R2

Xi cannot escape (STR save 5)

The spider moves half way to Xi 

R3

Xi cannot escape (STR save 6)

The spider attacks with ADV (10, 7) but misses

R4

Xi cannot escape (STR save 3) 

The spider attacks with ADV (20, 15) and hits (damage 7 piercing + 9 poison since CON save 4)

(ooc OMG, not even double digits on four straight saves!??! 

R5

Xi cannot escape (STR save 4) (ooc wtf did I ever do to Beyond DnD???)

The spider attacks with ADV (8, 14) but somehow misses

R6

Xi cannot escape (STR save 4) (ooc: okay, I get the hint, Beyond does not like this PC)

The spider somehow misses again (6, 10)

R7

Xi finally realizes that she is in peril and musters up the strength to break the web (STR save 19) and comes out chugging a healing potion (+5hp)

The spider gets serious as well and kills her (attack nat 20, damage 14 piercing)

OOC, well, that was ridiculously bad rolling. Although this should be doable by a single PC (particularly one that is already Lv3), having a second PC in case one is tied up is probably a good idea. 

So Dealu and Zoinks get the message and introduce themselves to the mayor:

Dealu, gnome, ranger. He was sent by his village to be a slave for goblins and rather upset about that experience. He currently looks pretty beat up after having been killed several times in the past few days and is sporting several new marks from the poisoned bear that will likely turn into obvious scars. 

Zoinks, human, wizard. He is just happy to be out of his temple and on an adventure, even though he has little idea about the wild wide world. 

Zoinks look around at the mayor's office and eyes grow wide when shown the topaz. The mayor, noticing his reaction, toys with him by swaying the gemstone and watching his entire body move with its movements. "Why yes, of course we will defeat whatever is in the mines for you!" Dealu glares at Zoinks but does not contradict him so off they go. 

The two adventurers descend on the well-made dwarven contraption with no fear of the device but some reticence about what they will face. They received little useful information from the mayor and her helpers. They quickly come upon four violet fungi. 

Distance 30, Initiative D14, Z21, VF12

R1

Zoinks sends a Ray of Frost to VF1 (attack 23, damage 4), stopping it in its tracks

Dealu hits VF2 with his short bow (attack 5, damage 7)

VF2-4 move to 25'

R2

Zoinks sends another Ray of Frost, this time to VF2 (attack 9, damage 3) to stop its movements

Dealu targets VF1 with his short bow (attack 11, damage 5).

VF3 & 4 are 20', VF1&2 are 25'

R3

Zoinks uses his crossbow on VF1 (attack nat 20, crit damage 15) killing it

Dealu closes the distance to VF3 to attack with his two short swords (attack 13, 18) (damage 8, 6)

VF3 lashes out wildly at Dealu but misses (7, 3) VF4 succeeds with one attack (13, 16) (damage 4). VF2 also misses (13, 10) and closes to be the same distance as the other to Violet Fungi. 

R4

Zoinks kills VF2 with his crossbow (attack 11, damage 8)

Dealu finishes off VF3 with his first short sword (attack 7, damage 4) and turns to the last VF with his other short sword (attack 10, damage 5)

VF4 misses with its two tentacles (12, 12)

R5

Zoinks keeps his distance and puts a crossbow bolt into the beast (attack 21, damage 5)

Dealu uses his two short swords (14, 18) (damage 4, 7) to seriously wound it

VF4 connects with one of its two tentacles (17, 9) (damage 4)

R6

Zoinks kills it with one last bolt (attack 11, damage 3). 

Dealu drinks one of his potions of healing and feels almost back to normal

The rust monster appears but does not yet smell the metal swords

Distance 60, Initiative D7, Z22, RM17

R1

Zoinks reacts quickly with a Ray of Frost (attack 11) but misses

The RM skuttles 40' toward the source of the attack

Dealu moves forward 20' to attack with his two short swords (6, 17) (damage 5) missing with one but hitting with his second. 

R2

Zoinks uses Toll the Dead (WIS save 3, damage 8) (RM hp 14)

The RM attacks Dealu with its bite (attack 22, damage 5) and corrodes Dealu's main sword (DEX save 11, rolled 8, failed)

Dealu resumes attacking with his two swords (6, 10) but for better or worse, misses with both

R3

Zoinks remains out of reach of the beast and attacks with Toll the Dead but this time it fails (save 19)

RM attacks Dealu (attack 17, damage 5) but cannot connect with its antennae (DEX Save 11, success)

Dealu continues with his two swords (8, 10) but cannot connect

R4

Zoinks tries Toll the Dead again but the beast defends against it (WIS save 14)

RM attacks Dealu but misses with its bite (attack 4) but connects with its antennae (failed, 4) causing his main sword to further deteriorate

Dealu looks at his two swords, both of which are damaged but one worse than the other, and decides to try a different approach. However, his attempt at Poison Spray is yields similarly useless results (attack 6). He retreats 30' so he is now behind Zoink

R5

Zoink sees Dealu speed by him and decides to cast False Life on himself

RM is rather disappointed by the lack of metal smell coming from the wizard but takes the opportunity to attempt to bite him anyway (attack 11) but misses

Dealu succeeds with his Poison Spray this time (attack 20, damage 5) (RM hp 9)

R6

Zoink gets it in his head that using weapons would be fun so misses with his quarter staff (attack 8) but connects with his dagger (attack 16, damage 3)

RM failed to bite the wizard (attack 10) and was unimpressed by the dagger but still touched it with its antennae (dex save 7, failed) 

Dealu kills it with Poison Spray (attack 20, damage 9)

(Zoink dagger -2, Dealu short sword 1 -2, Dealu short sword 2 -1) 

The two exchange glances at their obviously wounded weapons, not pleased with that outcome. However, they find the coin stash of 75gp that will help replace those items and both get 150xp. They take a short break, with Dealu focusing on healing. 

Having rested, the two continue into the mine. The first cobwebs quickly become a swarm of spiders, much to the displeasure of Dealu and Zoinks. 

Initiative D 17, Z 3, Spiders 19

R1

The spider swarm moves from 40 to 20

Dealu sends a Poison Spray but misses (8)

Zoink, who seems quite nervous about the spiders, casts a Sleep spell that Incapacitates the swarm (WIS save 14, rolled 9)

R2

Dealu casts Poison Spray (attack 19, damage 8)

Zoink uses his crossbow but misses (7)

Swarm fails the WIS Save (rolled 5) and is now unconscious

R3

Dealu casts Poison Spray with ADV (23, nat 20+5=25) (crit damage 10)

Zoink tries his crossbow again (9, 10) but misses even with ADV

Swarm wakes up and breaks the sleep spell (roll 21)

R4

Dealu casts Poison Spray (21, damage 6) that kills the swarm

They have a brief respite before another swarm pours out of the same cracks. "Oh, great," mutters Zoinks. 

Initiative D6, Z14, S17

R1

Once again, the swarm moves from 40 to 20 feet. 

Zoinks casts Ray of Frost (attack 22, damage 1, slows speed to 10')

Dealu blasts it with Poison Spray (nat 20, crit damage 14)

R2

Swarm moves to 10'

Zoinks tries the Sleep spell that worked so well on the other swarm, but does not succeed on this swarm (rolled 19) and steps back 10'

Dealu moves forward 10' and attacks with his unharmed dagger (15, damage 6) and misses with his damaged shortsword (12) (swarm hp 2) 

R3

Swarm attacks Dealu but misses (attack 6)

Zoinks casts Toll the Dead but the swarm saves itself (rolled 16)

Dealu kills it with his dagger (attack 17, damage 5)

The take another pause, with Zoinks saying, "I hope we don't have to deal with any more of those spider swarms." Upon seeing the giant spider emerge, he adds, "I take that back."

Dealu 14, Zoinks 20, GS 3, distance = 40

R1

Zoinks casts the Sleep spell and incapacitates the GS (roll 14)

Dealu casts Poison Spray (attack 20, damage 4)

The spider snoozes

R2

Zoinks clangs a crossbow bolt off the beast's exoskeleton (attack 10) for no damage

Dealu casts Poison Spray (attack 22, damage 2) (GS hp 20)

The GS wakes up (rolled 16) and moves 30'

R3

Zoinks moves back 10', shoots his crossbow (attack 23, damage 4) and casts Shield on Dealu

Dealu closes to melee distance for his dagger (attack 23, damage 6) and handaxe (attack 8) (GS hp 10)

The GS attempts to bite Dealu but fails (5)

R4

Zoinks shoots his crossbow again (attack 16, damage 6)

Dealu continues with his dagger (attack 16, damage 3) and handaxe (attack 18, damage 8) which finishes off the giant spider. 

They each claim 200xp and take 50gp. 

Dealu enters a trance-like state and starts muttering some strange words that do not make sense. He collapses but a Giant Wolf Spider scuttles over. Before Zoinks reacts, the spider appears to lick Dealu and he awakens.  Even stranger is that Dealu hugs the arachnoid before explaining to Zoinks that the spider is now their companion. Zoinks is not thrilled with this, recalling their misadventures earlier, but is reluctantly convinced that a spider on their side is a good thing. The three move further into the cave with the spider cruising up and down the sides of the tunnels in addition to periodically walking near Dealu to be petted.

The first Piercer pays no attention to the spider but targets and misses Dealu. (attack 13) 

Dealu responds by swinging his short sword (attack 22, damage 6) and ordering the spider to attack. The spider quickly interposes itself between Dealu and the piercer and attacks (18, damage 6) (poison save 2 so 7hp damage from poison) 

Zoinks recovers from this surprise to send in a Ray of Frost that unfortunately misses (14) (piercer HP 3)

The piercer oozes back towards the wall just out of reach of Dealu's shortsword (attack 8) but dies to the spider (attack 17, damage 10)

Zoinks is now much more favorable towards the spider so gives it a tentative pat on the body. He only slightly shivers after doing so. 

The group all grouped together spurs two more piercers to attack with the first successful against Dealu (attack 16, damage 6) but not Zoinks (attack 10)

Dealu swings his sword (attack 17, damage 8) and orders his spider in (attack 17, damage 12) (poison save 17, so half damage = 3) which kills it. 

Zoinks targets the piercer nearest him with his dagger (attack 23, damage 4) and quarterstaff (attack 13) (p2 hp18)

The piercer starts its slimy movement back to the ceiling. Dealu resumes his short sword attack (attack 18 damage 4) and the spider also attacks (attack 12). Zoinks Tolls the Dead (WIS save 12, failed, so damage 7). 

The piercer continues its slow crawl but Delau goes after it with both of his swords (attack 15, damage 7) (attack 23, damage 3) before Zoinks casts Toll that it resists (WIS save 17) (p2 hp7)

It has made the wall but that does not result in safety for the piercer. Dealu kills it with his sword (attack 20, damage 8)

They decide a bit of separation would be best so Dealu walks a few feet ahea of Zoinks with the giant wolf spider on the right wall in case something else falls from the ceiling. And indeed, something does fall from the ceiling. The Darkmantle falls onto Dealu (attack 19, damage 6)

Dealu swings wildly with his two swords with DIS (10/12, 6/22) so misses both times. Dealu does throw it off (STR check 21)

Zoinks sends a Ray of Frost but misses (attack 8)

The darkmantle attempts to fly at Dealu but misses (attack 10)

Dealu takes a deep breath before sending in a Poison Spray (attack nat 20, crit damage 20) and calling on his spider for assistance (attack 23, damage 12) for another kill.  

The humans, with one eye towards the ceiling, find 100gp that they split and each gain 200xp. 

They take a short rest, during which time Zoinks realizes he can read a few more pages of his spell book (leveled up to lv3). He flips back and forth between the spells he previously knew and the new spells, periodically exclaiming, "I didn't know that!" or "That's so cool!" or something along those lines. So when they started walking and Dealu noticed an obvious hazard (perception check: nat 20), Zoinks did not register Dealu pointing out where not to step so stepped right in it (perception check 4). Zoinks fails the constitution check (12) so takes 12 damage when the poison blooms up. Dealu shakes his head but casts Cure Wounds and touches Zoinks (+9hp). Zoinks takes another 3 damage and fails another check (14) so Dealu repeats his spell (+14hp). Zoinks takes another 1hp damage before shaking the poison (20). Zoinks thanks Dealu and promises to pay attention in the future, to which Dealu just laughs. They do decide to return to the surface for a good long rest. 

After a good night rest on the surface, they return and resume their quest. They soon come to the tunnel where their vision appears distorted. Both Dealu and Zoinks determine there is something amiss but neither understands what it is (both get 10 perception check). They slow down and Dealu casts Minor Illusion of a dog 30' away. Sure enough, transparent film engulfs the illusion and it is Zoinks who identifies it as a Gelatinous Cube (Nature check 23). 

Dealu 17, Zoinks 19, cube 4

R1

Zoinks decides to blast it with a Chromatic Orb (fire) (attack 23, damage 4 - pathetic) and back away 10"

Dealu uses his shortbow (attack 21, damage 5) and backs away 10'. He instructs his giant wolf spider to stay near but out of reach of the cube. 

The cube moves forward 15' so is now 25" from the party (hp 75)

R2

Zoinks uses Chromatic Orb again (attack 8, damage 18 - that's better!) and retreats 10'

Dealu uses his shortbow (attack 15, damage 3), backs away 10' and repeats his instructions

The cube moves forward 15' so is now 20 from the party (hp54)

R3

Zoinks uses Toll the Dead which does nothing but create a loud noise (WIS save, 18) and retreats 10'

Dealu uses his short bow (attack 10, damage 4) but only retreats 5'. He tells his familiar to attack once he has completed his attack. 

The cube moves forward so is now 10' from Dealu and 20' from Zoinks (hp50)

R4

Zoinks uses Toll the Dead (WIS save 13, damage 1) and retreats 10' to the edge of the room

Dealu attacks moves 5' forward to attack with his two short swords (attack nat 20, damage 7 and attack 10, damage 5) then retreats 20' 

the spider bites down (attack 7, damage 4) Cube makes CONS save against poison (18) then retreats up the wall

The cube moves forward another 15' until it is 10' from the party (HP 33)

R5

Zoinks uses Toll the Dead (WIS save 5, damage 9) Since he has run out of room, he decides to risk the opportunity attack by running past the cube (attack 22, damage 10) but he gets 20' from the cube

Dealu attacks uses Poison Spray (attack 8, damage 3) while also running 20' past (cube opportunity attack 7) and yelling at his spider to attack 

The spider darts down for another bite (attack 22, damage 4) Cube makes CONS save against poison (18) then the spider retreats up the wall. 

The cube reverses course and gets to within 5' of the party. It attacks Dealu with its pseudopod (attack 20, damage 10). (hp17)

R6

Zoinks slaps his head and says, "Why didn't I use this before?!" and casts Ray of Frost (attack 7, damage 3, 10' slower) then retreats 20'

Dealu silently agrees then attacks with his two short swords (attack 21, damage 3 and attack 5) before retreating 20'. The spider stays out of reach of the cube, not having been given a command.  

The chilled cube moves only 5' (hp11)

R7

Zoinks casts Ray of Frost (attack 8, damage 2) to keep the cube on ice

Dealu shots his short bow (attack 16, damage 8) and orders the spider to attack

The giant wolf spider kills the cube with its bite (attack nat 20, crit damage 7)

The party takes a short rest and collects the scattered 112gp coins before moving along. 

The come to the scaping sound and Dealu realizes the situation the hook horror is in (insight 15, perception 11). Feeling bad for the beast, he helps guide it to the Underdark. They then return to the surface to claim their reward of the 500gp topaz, which they split the value once they sell it. They go to the comfortable inn (8sp) and have comfortable meal (5sp) and a gallon of ale (2sp).