Portal to D&D IC - Evoker #2

[Rizban]

You note that many of the nearby webs are empty; however, you eventually find a small grouping of (2d3)[6] tiny monstrous spiders.

[Evoker]

Hmp. That's not ideal. Oh well.
I'll cast my Force Screen spell. If that doesn't catch the spider's attention after one round, then I'll yell at the spiders to get their attention, and start rapidly backing off. Ideally, I'll make it so that precisely one spider is possibly in range to charge me.

[Rizban]

The spiders hiss, but they don't engage, seemingly content to remain in their webs, waiting for prey to venture within their reach.

[Evoker]

I'll grab a stone or fallen branch, and throw it at the spiders, hoping to catch their attention. If they don't react, I'll repeat that until I hit one, and see if that prompts any different response. I'll do this throwing from 10 feet away from the nearest spider, a position that I will slowly approach in case I trigger the spiders before reaching it, so that I can back away if I need to,

[Rizban]

As soon as you approach to within 10 feet of the nearest spider, it jumps at you!

Jump - (1d20-4)[2]

But it falls short and runs towards you.

The rest of the spiders leave their webs to head towards you as well.

You know from experience, that you are a good bit faster than they are.

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Spiders are grouped approximately 5 feet, 20 feet, and 30 feet from you.

[Evoker]

I'll attack the spider that is presumably next to me but not yet sharing my space, with distracting ember to provide flanking: (d20+3)[22] (d6)[4]
Then I'll back up 30 ft.

[Rizban]

You kill the one spider and back up.

One of the spiders charges at you!
(1d20+7)[10] - [1]+poison - (1d2)[2] Str damage (Fort DC 10 negates)

The remaining spiders run as fast as they can, coming within 5 feet of you, but not entering your space.

[Evoker]

AoO: (d20+1)[5](d6)[3]

If AoO fails: Counter Charge as Immediate action. (d20+4)[10] #opposed str or be shifted 10 ft back.

On my turn if there's no spider in my square, I'll attack with Shadow Blade Technique (d20+1)[5](d20+1)[9] (d6)[3] Bonus damage (d6)[2] and move back 30 feet, putting a tree between me and as many spiders within range to charge as possible.

If there is a spider in my square, I'll Withdraw back exactly 40 feet.

[Rizban]

Opposed check
Str - (1d20-4)[6]

You shift the spider back before it can attack you, fail to kill another spider, and then flee to behind a tree.

The five surviving spiders follow and surround you but don't enter your square.

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Double move gets them 40 feet of movement vs your 30 feet but no attacks.

[Evoker]

"Nope. This isn't going to work out. Damn."

I'll move 60 ft away, at the risk of provoking an AoO (as it's kinda unclear if tiny creatures actually threaten the square they are in.) I'll the continue to run until I reach the point where they stop following me.

[Rizban]

Encounter Notice
Enemies Defeated: Enemies Avoided: Experience Gained:	1 5 262.5

[Evoker]

Let's see what it is I can do with this 1000 XP.

I'll open my sheet.

[Rizban]

Experience Notice
You have earned enough experience to level up. Begin Character Advancement?
Yes No

[Evoker]

Yes.

Ten Characters

[Rizban]

Character Advancement
You have 1,084.275 experience.
Select an option
Advance Primary Class Slot Advance Secondary Class Slot Unlock Tertiary Class Slot

[Evoker]

Well, I might as well advance my Manifesting, I suppose.

Advance secondary class slot.

[Rizban]

When you select "Advance Secondary Class Slot," your experience total rapidly ticks down.

Character Advancement
You have 84.275 experience.
You gain one [1] Ability Point
You gain one [1] Adaptation Point
Select a Secondary Class

You have the same class options as before—Ardent, Divine Mind, Incarnate, Monk, Mystic, Ranger, and Totemist.

[Evoker]

Do I have to spend the ability point at this moment? If I don't, I'll hold onto it for now. I'll advance Ardent as my class of choice, and within that advancement, choose the Freedom mantle and learn the Dimension Hop power.

[Rizban]

Spoiler: DM

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I gave it some thought, and yes, I'm going to require you to spend the Ability Point now. Neither those nor Adaptation Points can be saved for later.

Character Advancement
You have 84.275 experience.
You gain one [1] Ability Point
You gain one [1] Adaptation Point
Select a Secondary Class

[Evoker]

Alright: Ability point into Wisdom, Adaptation point into Intelligence, and I'll advance Ardent as my class of choice, and within that advancement, choose the Freedom mantle and learn the Dimension Hop power.

[Rizban]

Character Advancement
You gain one [1] Skill Point

Ardent class skills.

[Evoker]

I'll put the rank into Concentration, to add to the 4 ranks I already had in it.

[Rizban]

With nothing left to update, Character Advancement ends.

[Evoker]

Alright. Huh. That's odd. My maximum power points and manifester level didn't update. I wonder if that's because this is a secondary class?

I'll go looking for more spiders, hopefully a smaller group. Running away might be a good strategy, but I won't know until I can figure out how much XP killing a spider gets me as opposed to just running away.

[Rizban]

You soon spot a small monstrous spider hanging in a web. It is clearly aware of you.

Initiative
Ks'kilith - (1d20+5)[16]
Spider - (1d20+3)[19]

[Rizban]

The spider hunches down and seems to be waiting to see how you act...

You're currently 30ish feet away.

[Evoker]

I'll look at the trees around the spider to see if I notice more webs than usual or any other signs that there are spiders there.

Survival for signs of spider inhabitation (d20+6)[18]

[Rizban]

You spot a couple of other nearby webs, but you don't immediately spot their residents.

[Evoker]

In that case, I'll approach slowly until the spider reacts or I'm closer than 10 feet away from it.

EDIT: I'll also cast my Shield buff.

[Rizban]

When you get to within 10 feet, the spider jumps.
(1d20)[16]