The Isle of the Dark One ∙ [1] Island Rising

[Bitzeralisis]

Spider Battle — Round 1

The center and right spiders screech in annoyance from Kervil's freezing fog. They start pulling their way out of it, the right spider succeeding. Meanwhile, the left spider rushes to attack, but is interrupted by Robert throwing a bolt of fire.

Robert's initiative falls under the spiders'. He then draws his greataxe.

The archers open fire on the left spider, seeing how it is starting to lose strength. I'm too lazy to roll dice for all of them, so I calculated their average damage to the spider and they deal a total of 9 damage.

New Round.

Initiative Order:
Kervil
Julia
Spiders
Robert [Greater Invisibility]
Soldiers

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[Powerfamiliar]

Kevril

Pleased with slowing 2 of the creatures, Kevril tries to slow the third one's advance. He'll follow Robert's example and tries to burn the creature. The air around him becomes very dry and warm.

Kevril flies towards his companions, stops when he feels withing range. Takes a deep breath focuses on his burning spear, and fires a thin line of a thick, burning substance. Thanks to his expertise in aerial combat he then retreats closer to his original position.

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Swift Action: Activating aura of fire. +3 to the DC of all abilities with the fire descriptor, or that deal fire damage used by Kevril, and all allies withing 30 ft.
Using fly by attack.
Moving to (q,22) (40 ft).
Using entangling breath on a 60 ft line of fire, on the left spider.
Damage: half of (8d6)[25] fire damage. DC 33 reflex save for half (29 base +1 from belt +3 from aura). Anyone damaged (hoping no evasion on the spiders!) becomes entangled and takes (1d6)[3] extra points of damage at the beginning of my round for (1d4)[2] rounds.
Finally moving to (v,23) (30 ft)

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[Bitzeralisis]

Kervil's breath his the spider cleanly.

[oloknotwise]

Ricamros

Without a word, Ricamros turns to follow Leowil to the combat. Making a motion with his hands, and speaking a quick prayer to St. Cuthbert, Ricamros gets an extra jolt of speed.

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Ricamros will cast Footsteps of the Divine, choosing St. Cuthbert's option of +30'/round movement. While moving, he will also draw his heavy mace. The Cleric will move as fast as he can in the following rounds.

[ZeroNumerous]

Kirathon

The raven chants something again and blinks out of sight. Now invisible, he flies straight up to survey their surroundings(beyond the spiders, obviously).

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Standard: Invisibility at will SLA.
Move: Fly up 30ft.

Alia

"It might be prudent for me to leave. Close quarters combat is.. not my forte. Enjoy yourself, my friend."

With that, the wizardess abandons Robert and moves backwards 30ft. She then turns about and points toward a spot between both the middle and far left spiders. A pea-sized red dot shoots out from her finger toward that point and explodes in a burst of flame.

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Moving to I-30. Casting fireball on H-I;6-7, which catches both spiders. Cast with my Warmage slots(as I do not have it prepared). (10d6)[38]+11=49

[Bitzeralisis]

Spider Battle — Round 2

Both spiders are able to partially avoid the fireball, taking only 24 damage each.

The left spider is starting to look quite injured. (Colored outlines around spiders indicate general health status, with green being uninjured (~95%), yellow-green being slightly injured (~75%), yellow being injured (~50%), orange being severely injured (~25%), and red being critically injured (~5%).)

The left spider moves towards Julia with difficulty, completing ignoring the invisible Robert. The center spider finally escapes the freezing fog. The right spider makes its war around Kervil's freezing fog and proceeds to move towards him.

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Robert's turn.

[Bitzeralisis]

Spider Battle — Round 2 (Cont.)

Robert prepares to charge at the left spider, who apparently can't see him at the moment. However, as soon as Robert turns his body to get into a more favorable stance, the spider jolts its head in his direction and gives off a threatening hiss. Robert is thoroughly undaunted and charges anyways, strafing to the left and right to prevent himself from getting into a predictable position.

Robert's axe chops into the spider with a crunchy splatter, dealing 14 damage.

The archers in the back continue firing arrows at the spider that Robert just attacked. (9 damage.)

New Round — Round 3

Initiative Order:
Kervil
Julia
Spiders
Robert [Greater Invisibility]
Soldiers

Reinforcements arrive in 6 rounds.

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[Powerfamiliar]

Kevril

Kevril grunts annoyed as both spiders are free from his fog. With the spiders too far for any fancier breaths, Kevril breaths a long line of fire towards the rightmost spider, then continues his retreat closer to the soldiers.

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Using fly by attack.
Moved to (y,20) (20 ft)
Regular old 60 ft. line of fire on the right spider. (8d6)[23] fire damage, DC 33 reflex for half.
Moved back to (w,28) (50 ft)

[ZeroNumerous]

Alia

Julia makes some arcane gestures, and 2 chain devils appear some ways away.

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Casting Summon Monster VII, chosing to summon 1d3 chain devils from Summon Monster VI's list. They appear at the end of this round at N-18 and O-18.

[Bitzeralisis]

Spider Battle — Round 3

Kervil's breath hits the spider cleanly.

The left spider takes a bite at Robert. It deals 25 damage, but Robert shrugs off the poison. The center spider charges and bites Robert, dealing 24 damage. This time the poison takes effect and wracks Robert, taking away 9 strength. The right-most spider scutters towards Kervil with a hiss, throwing a web of sticky stuff at him (and hits). Kervil can escape with a DC 28 Escape Artist or DC 32 Strength check. He is entangled until he does so.

Robert is stunned by the poison, but nonetheless waves his hands wildly to cast Wall of Fire. He then takes a five-foot step backwards. The spiders are taken by surprise and begin to turn their attention to avoiding the wall of fire. The spider on the left starts to look in a dire condition.

The archers continue their attack.

Two chain devils appear. Both look annoyed to have been summoned into a burning wave of heat, but they're immune to that anyways. they have time to get out before taking any damage anyways.

New Round — Round 4

Initiative Order:
Kervil
Julia
Spiders
Robert [Greater Invisibility]
Soldiers

Reinforcements arrive in 5 rounds.

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[Powerfamiliar]

Kevril

Kevril grunts as he fails to escape the spider's web. "just what I needed.". Momentarily he thinks about flying high to escape the spider, but remembers the soldiers behind him. I can do it better" he yells rather pointlessly at the mindless creature. Unaffected by the webs he makes familiar hand motions. The fog behind the spiders disappears, a new one forms in front of the approaching spider. Kevril keeps retreating, hampered significantly by the web.

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Not rolling to break free, both DCs are impossible.
Taking 10 on the entangle concentration check thanks to steady concentration. DC 16, result: 30.
Chilling Fog centered on intersection (z-off the map, 20-21).Duration 15 minutes. Creatures inside are slowed as with solid fog, and take 2d6 points of damage at the beginning of their turn.
Moved to (R,33). (35 ft)

[ZeroNumerous]

Alia

The elf woman flies, quite literally, to B-26. An idea forms inside her head, and she grasps the longsword gathered back in the city. The weapon would prove to be her greatest asset at the moment! She chants several arcane words and gestures, then flings the blade out, diagonally, in a sixty foot line.

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Casting Whirling Blade with Warmage side and using the longsword as a focus. C-25, D-24, E-23, F-22, G-21, H-20, I-19, J-18, K-17, L-16, M-15 are all attacked by the blade with any allies excluded.

Attack roll: (1d20+18)[30](BAB+INT)
Damage roll: (1d8+22)[28](INT+Warmage Edge)

[Bitzeralisis]

Spider Battle — Round 4

At first, the web-shooting spider is quite pleased with itself. When Kervil creates a brand new fog cloud over it, however, the web-spinner twitches angrily and somehow, despite his mindlessness and incapability to make facial expressions, throws a glare at Kervil.

Both hunter-spiders get a sword slashed through their bodies, quite literally. A leg on the one getting itself burned is dismembered.

The chain devils flail away with their chains.

The spiders frantically scutter away from the burning heat. The web-spinner is in a strange predicament, as he is hampered, burning, and freezing all at once. One would think that the effects would cancel each other out.

Robert decides that the spiders are easy-to-hit targets and shoots Scorching Rays at them. He hits both unerringly.

The archers are daunted by the wall of fire but continue their attack.

New Round — Round 5

Initiative Order:
Kervil
Julia
Spiders
Robert [Greater Invisibility]
Soldiers

Reinforcements arrive in 4 rounds.

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[ZeroNumerous]

Alia

She concentrates for a second, then conjures up her own wall of flame. It appears quite literally under the spiders, and spreads out in a loud roar.

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Casting Wall of Fire with my last 4th level Warmage slot. It'll appear inbetween lines 2 and 3, stretching as far as it needs to. The result should catch all three spiders in the middle of it, dealing (2d6+11)[17] points of damage.

[Bitzeralisis]

[[ I think you mean lines 12 and 13. Dang spiders are getting in the way of the numbers. Another good reason to kill them. ]]

[Powerfamiliar]

Kevril

Kevril seems very annoyed at the webs covering him. he struggles forward as the spiders retreat, he thinks about continuing towards the fiery wall, but decides against it. Once near Robert, who he sensed with his blindsense, he stops. Out of range for any offensive move he shrugs, mutters to himself "why not", and goes invisible.

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Moved to (q,27}
Used walk unseen, once again steady concentration for casting while entangled. Gains invisibility as the spell.

[Bitzeralisis]

Spider Battle — Round 5

The spiders screech as they're burnt by Julia's Wall of Fire. The spider on the left looks nearly dead. The chain devils go for the near-dead one, charging. After a battering, the spider dies.

The other two spiders roar in anger and pain, attempting to escape everything that's hurting them.

Robert walks east and shoots a Orb of Fire at the spider there. It hits for 30 damage.

The soldiers open fire at the next closest spider, the one on the right.

New Round — Round 6

Initiative Order:
Kervil [Walk Unseen]
Julia
Spiders
Robert [Greater Invisibility]
Soldiers

Reinforcements arrive in 3 rounds.

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[ZeroNumerous]

Alia

The elf-woman shouts to both chain devils. "Use more chains! Stop that one from escaping!" She points toward the web-spinner.

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Oops. I forgot to include my +10 from caster level on the Wall of Fire It should be 27 instead of 17. Alia performs no other actions this round.

[Powerfamiliar]

Kevril

Kevril moves towards the right spider, and fire yet another line of fire in its direction, becoming clearly visible in the process.

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moved to (r,22) (30 ft)
Regular old 60 ft. line of fire on the right spider. (8d6)[30] fire damage, DC 33 reflex for half.
Lost invisibility. Its duration was 24hrs, not 15 round, but that hardly matters since it's not greater.

[Bitzeralisis]

Spider Battle — Round 6

The web-spinner somehow avoids the full blast of Kervil's breath.

The Kytons extend their chains and charge at the retreating spider. Both their attacks hit.

The hunter-spider takes a bite at one of the chain devils, dealing a large amount of damage. The Kyton's body collapses from the spider's poison, no longer able to support its own weight.

The web-spinner is still trapped, burning, and freezing, and begins edging closer to death.

Robert waits, unsure of what to do. [Suggestions?]

The archers continue their attack.

New Round — Round 7

Initiative Order:
Kervil
Julia
Spiders
Robert [Greater Invisibility]
Soldiers

Reinforcements arrive in 2 rounds.

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[Neftren]

To Bitz:

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Perhaps have one of the spiders roar in pain, and thus cause Robert to be paralyzed with fear? Would make good roleplaying applications... or you could have him cast some sort of spell, and have it backfire upon him... if this is not at all what you're looking for, then ignore it.

[Powerfamiliar]

Kevril

Shocked and angered by the spider's refusal to burn, fire shoots out of Kevril's nostrils as he yells at the spider: "Why won't you burn!" He then moves closer to use a different attack.

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Double moving.
25 ft straight up to avoid the wall. (uses up 50 ft of movement)
Then to (r,18) (20 ft)

[ZeroNumerous]

Bitz:

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Have him cast Melf's Acid Arrow. 2d4+Edge a round is a choice most warmages enjoy making. Also, since Devils are immune to poison, does that mean my other chain devil is still around?

Alia

(Infernal)"Stand back."

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She casts Glitterdust anywhere that will catch the giant spider and won't hit the chain devils. She has 290 feet to play with in that regard.

[Sornjss Lichdom]

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((00C- Just thought i'd let you guys know im still here.))

[Bitzeralisis]

Spider Battle — Round 7

The hunter-spider screeches at the Glitterdust spell, but doesn't seem to be affected by it in any apparent way. Silently, it swings its head down and devours the damaged chain devil, who disappears in a poof of smoke.

The web-spinner is almost dead now. It seems to have given up any hope of living and is shriveling to a crisp on the ground.

The other chain devil attacks the spider in front of him, hitting it once.

Robert shoots an Acid Arrow at the hunter-spider.

The soldiers barrage the escaping spider with arrows.

New Round — Round 8

Initiative Order:
Kervil
Julia
Spiders
Robert [Greater Invisibility]
Soldiers

Reinforcements arrive in 1 round.

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[ZeroNumerous]

Alia

The elven woman hurls a pea-sized red dot toward the hunter-spider. It blossoms into a ball of flame just behind it.

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Fireball in H-I 1-2

(10d6+11)[3][3][5][4][5][3][6][5][2][6](53)

The wall of fire continues to do damage to the webspinner.

(2d6+21)[3][1](25)

EDIT: To clarify, I'm using my Warmage slots for this(thus the +11 from Warmage Edge).

[Powerfamiliar]

Kevril

Kevril continues his entangled flight above the firewalls towards the fleeing spider. once within range he fires yet another line of fire.

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Moved to (l,16).
60 ft line of fire towards the left spider. (8d6)[23] DC33 reflex for half.

[Neftren]

Leowil

Calling out to Saltspray, Leowil informs Kervil, Alia and Robert that he and Ricamros are almost there, and that they'll be ready to aid them in battle, and then guide them back towards the main party.

[Bitzeralisis]

DM

At last, the final two spiders have died. Both of them suffer a fiery doom. As the spiders give their last twitches, Leowil and Ricamros arrive upon the morbid scene. Three giant corpses litter the sand, much of which is being burnt by walls of flame reaching up into the sky. And unlucky piece of shipwreck that may have been caught in the heat is already burning or has turned into a black ember. The formerly cowering soldiers cheer in triumph, congratulating the three spider-slayers, their morale augmented.

[[ 1125 XP to Julia, Kervil, and Robert. ]]

[ZeroNumerous]

Alia

With a sigh, Alia directs the Kyton still left to go about dismembering the corpses and feeding them into the fire of her wall of fire spell. She tells the devil to break up the body and burn all of it.

When(or if) the others approach, Alia turns and smiles. "Ah, the Better-Late-Than-Never cavalry. You're just in time for our delicious barbeque. Spider-leg?" She remarks with her normal dry wit, even going so far as to point toward one of the broken and burning legs of a spider.