Dungeon of the Mad Mage (#9 PbP)

Alessandra takes a step back, definitely not wanting to get in the way of that. “Go ahead, soldier.” She quips.

(I had Wedge return as soon as joints started to hurt. Unless that /is/ the point he took damage?)

(*Medieval *****es)

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“He wasn’t able to get in further to see if going that way was even worth the time?” Alessandra questions, leaning against the wall while she watched everyone else do whatever it is they were doing. “It’s probably a trap of some sort; he must’ve set it off. Not a bad thing, though. Nice work.”

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 "Didn't feel like it. If I were a betting man, I would guess it to be some sort of extreme cold storage area. A rather extreme one, at that. Whoever designed this place sure like to keep you guessing to an extent." Biggs admits before taking a bite out of one his harvested spider legs. "Compliment'za 'preciated." He flashes a toothy grin messy with dried arachnid goo.  He sits down after to have himself a nice, short lunch break. 

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Alessandra sighs, turns around, and heads back to the group. “If anyone wants to help me play exterminator, we might find a few spiders north of here.”

 "Mm? *gulps* Eh, mmm...*sighs* I suppose so. Though I must admit, I was looking forward to a nice sit down for at least a moment or two. Don't usually get a lot of opportunities back where I'm from, so it's been hard to resist taking it easy." Mr. Biggs fall in behind OU812 on Alyssa's path with his Chip and Dale at the ready. As he gets closer to the corner near the end, he slows down to make his approach quieter.

Stealth: 25.

OU812 clears a path. You can see about 5 giant hairy spiders creeping towards you from further down the hall.

Ghosts of the recent past continue to haunt Evrik. Somewhere in his subconscious,  spiders begin to surface. His anger grows. That dammed warlock, Evrik thinks to himself. "You'll pay for Taevi you weak servant of darkness" he yells as flashes of a distant spellcaster ending a life rush through his thoughts. But the sound of his own voice jostles him back to the present. 

Looking around hesees the group split and hears the beautiful aasimir mention spiders as the robot begins clearing a path. Evrik catches up to her.  "Spiders eh? Count me in."

OU812 to Alessandra: "Spiders, ma'am!  Shall we attack, or RUN?!"

“To be fair, I don’t think we have a choice.” She says as she readies one of her blades. “We fight.”

((late edit cuz I’m dumb))

Initative: 16

Azrael had followed Aless, and Ou8. Seeign that Lythril had atleast a few of the group going with her. And knowing she could fully handle herself. Azrael did sigh at the groups split but it was inevitable, and .. ultimately faster. They were all roughly in range that should trouble befall them, they would all hear the shout.

Seeing the spiders coming Azrael would sigh, while he did not fear them, large spiders did still make him uncomfortable with their alien 'faces'

Azrael would place his hands on Aless' and Ou8's chests, pushing them back 'softly' as he made himself point. He would move up until he was near where the webs hadn't been entirely removed yet, and his form hummed and glowed with ionic energy, his mouth opening like godzilla, and electricity spewing forth at the webs themselves, as lightnign often produces fire on flammable materials, Azrael was hopign to light the webs on fire, and send the 'creeping' spiders a fiery welcome mat.

Breath Weapon (blue - Lightning) at the webbing 11

I’m going to bed, so in the instance where Ra’iik and Lyth hear the commotion and the crackle of lightning down the hall- Initiative: 17

on his turn, Ra’iik will rush up and help Lythril on her attack on a spooder before assuming a defensive stance with his reaction.. ”I think we’re missing the party!” He says with a wink at Lyth.

While Mr. Roboto asks for instructions,  Evrik wonders if he can tame one of the spiders.  His memory of his pet gives him a calmness he had not felt in what seemed like years. He knew it to be an unusual pet,  but at the time it was the hope that was needed. And now it was the memory of something other than the abandonment that relaxed him. Evrik slowly approached and carefully examined one of the spiders as he whispered softly to the beast, "My little friend, come and work with us instead of in this dark role." And he held out his hand to welcome one of the creatures as he asked his gods for guidance.

"What? A fight? Let's go!"

Lythril runs up the hall towards danger only to find Evrik making nicey nicey. "Awww look how cute!" 

"Well, that is one way to get things started." Mr. Biggs mutters to himself. Wedge is again called back to his shoulder for its, and Bearianna  When the time was right he'd summon another skeletal hand from the dust and webs to strangle a spider. 

Initiative: 13.

Dani gave the spiders a disgusted look but nevertheless readied herself for battle.

Initiative: 8

Alright! Update time.

Yikes. These spiders do NOT wanna be handled by Evrik, that's for sure, but the sight of them, for some reason, brings back flashbacks from another time, another place. You manage to hold yourself together. You're literally one Jenga piece from falling apart. just kidding, you're already gone.

Spider4(21), Spider1(19), Dani16, OU812(14), Spider2(13), Biggs13, Ra'iik11, Spider3(11), Spider5(11), Alessandra5, Lythril3

Spider1: 6
Spider2: 12
Spider3: 4
Spider4: 12
Spider5: 5

Spider4 chomps down on Evrik. Crikey! That's a big Spydah! 
Attack: 21 Damage: 7 If it's a hit, DC11 CON save vs poison or take 14 more damage, half if you make the save.

Spider1 chomps at Azrael. Yuk!
Attack: 19 Damage: 7 If it's a hit, DC11 CON save vs poison or take 9 more damage, half if you make the save.

Dani, will you please save these guys?

Squeezing OU812’s Initiative in: 14

Stop squeezin' mah juice. I got you in, you're after Dani, my robotic friend.

Grianne notices all this right? Probably, but spiders don't taste good. like sour milk mixed with butt. doesn't matter who's butt, they all taste bad. Hard to cook too. Maybe she should focus less on cooking butts and more on the spiders. Yes lets kill some spiders.

Griannes initiative is 5 because bears are slow.

Spider4(21), Spider1(19), Dani16, OU812(14), Spider2(13), Biggs13, Ra'iik11, Spider3(11), Spider5(11), Alessandra5, Grianne5, Lythril3

OOC: To keep the action moving, please insert the following AFTER Dani complete her move-

Execute Rage_v2.exe

Spider2 is caught creeping on OU812, so he quickly goes into a frenzied rage and attacks the furry beast with his axe before it gets a chance to get any closer.

Attack #1: 25 Damage: 7

Attack #2: 15 Damage: 11

Frenzy Attack: 17 Damage: 16

Attack hit.  CON ST: 15

Initiative 5

Evrik realizes that the spiders have no intention of being tamed. But all too late. As he jerks his hands back the spider jumps with the venom dripping from its fangs. It sinks its needle like weapons innovative Evrik's arm and delivers the deadly dose. Evrik, unable to defend himself takes the full force of the attack and stumbles back away from the beast. Luckily his dwarven body can handle the spiders lethal liquid better than some so he stays on his fee and steadies himself as he prepares to seek retribution food having been rebuffed from the act of kindness. 

Initiative 5

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