Inwardly cringing with the not quite silent movement from Jon, Herschel puts arrow to string and holds it there: not drawn but held in place. He will scan step scan, looking 180 left to right then back to center with each scan. Every 4th step he will check his 6 as well as the L/R/C. 

Quietly moving up to the cocoons, I slice open more of the pods, hoping some of the victims may have survived. Sword still ready for the expected spiders. 

Slicing into the cocoon you reveal another Orc that has been drained of fluid.  The dry skin of it tightly covering its bones.  You do however spot a coin pouch on its side.

Ignoring the purse and the obviously dead victim, I move on whispering to whomever is close "I wonder why they keep the empty bodies? Once drained, do they eat the meat afterwards? Maybe I'll ask them." And I pull out the item that holds the Comprehend Languages matrix, tucking it into my pocket for possible need later. 

Never one to pass up an unattended coin purse, Myth will pause a minute to add it to his saddlebag then resume his watchful pacing.

"Lets move up further." I say quietly. "Be ready

I nod as we slowly move further, weapons at the ready.

Continuing the advance…

You continue to push forward around the bend and onward to a fork in the road.  Left or right is your choice and listening to either passage you can here that the chittering of the spiders is just as loud from either path. 

Silently curse then look to the others.

Nodding to the left, I get ready to follow. 

Seeing the nod, I advance step by step shield and sword ready keeping an eye out for the buggers.

Shrugging, I decide that Grant's hunch was as good as any, so knee my horse to the left along with the others. Meanwhile I prepare a fireball spell, figuring it would soon come in handy.

Pausing just long enough to take a couple deep breaths to see if there’s any scent I can pick up, then continue to advance with arrow to string.

You all take the left path and follow it.  Soon it starts to curve to the right as Jonathan starts to more to the right with the path he sees some huge spiders coming at him and the party. 

OOC:  I will need initiative rolls along with any attack /damage rolls for the first round.  Time for battle

Surging forward with the magic at my command, I leap onto an available foe, crashing down with my Great sword leading!

OOC: Int on Roll 20 

Noticing Daishain preparing his fireball spell, Vickie holds off on using her energy ray. If a spider heads towards her she will hit if with here mace. 

Initiative: 8; 20; 8; 6; 22; 20; 18; 17; 12; 

11; 11; 7

Attacks: 15; 28; 27; 16; 25

Damage for successful hits: 10; 16; 9; 15; 16   Also poisonous

Deciding this was exactly what we needed the fireball for, I launch it right into the pack, careful to avoid my friends.

Init 10

att 12

dam 11