So after we finished off the gnolls I was feeling energized, and felt like it was time to do some more exploring. There's three exits from here, counting the big hall that looks like it surely leads to that crater we looked at earlier. There's also a small tunnel that looks muddy and wet, and a bigger tunnel that looks like it leads into the Temple that's sinking into the swamp.
We go with the muddy tunnel, which the Water Elf Fish Girl was all for at first...
Sgt. Shintauro took the lead with the Water Elf Fish Girl following him, but she can't read the military signals, so I have to come around the corner and interpret.
He messages back "Skittering"..."webs"..."around the corner"...
Probably spiders. This is all fine and good for me, but Water Elf Fish Girl apparently has a thing about spiders because she's now freaking out and wants to go back. I tell her spiders are delicious and stop being silly.
Further down the tunnel we find the spider's lair. Its covered in webs, cocoons, bones of humanoid creatures. And egg sacs. Wriggling, delicious egg sacs full of spiders. Sarge bull rushes the big spider we see hanging on the wall, and I go over to deal with the babies. It seems to end pretty quickly, but then more babies start falling from the ceiling, along with two more giant spiders.
Overall they weren't too much trouble, but the Water Elf Fish Girl didn't think those spiders were ever going to stop dropping from above. There wasn't much else in that tunnel, aside from a little treasure, so we backtracked and headed for the Temple.
Much better stonework here, things look like they were carved on purpose, but the floor was shifting due to the entire place sinking into the swamp. The hallway opened up and got brighter, since there were torches on all the walls.
For some reason the Water Elf Fish Girl decided to look for secret doors, and wandered into the middle of the hallway where she stepped on a string that no one noticed and apparently set off a warning bell.
That's when the Gnolls showed up. Eight, maybe ten of them, and the first set started tossing javelins at us. I dropped a vial of darkness to give us some cover, and the crew spread out and got ready to fight.
*Things to remember for later: Look up tactics and how to use them. We have none. Tactics that is. We tend to fight as a disorganized mob, with little care given to what's going on around us. I had to burn through some of my more powerful magic, and still took a pretty good beating.
The gnolls were much better organized, though fighting in a tight group like that did leave them vulnerable to some of our more potent area attacks. Fish Girl did well, hitting a lot more than I think she did in the first fight. The Half Ogre held his own, as did the Plant Guy and his Panther, though Plant Guy did get netted for a while. So did Frazzle, for that matter, but again, he held his own in the healing department. Sgt. Shintauro did what he usually does, which us bull rush things and hit them. No complaints on that front.
But now we're in the middle of the Temple Hallway, we've made Gods know how much noise, and anything could be coming towards us. And after that fight we need some serious rest, but I'm not sure where or how we're going to get it...
NIFTY QUOTES FROM THIS SESSION
Travis: We both have the same magic bag.
Farone: Well get your own bag!
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Renee: Can I perception stuff?
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Renee: I'm gonna sneak out there and look for secret doors.
Eli: She steps on a rope and a bell starts ringing...
Travis: You suck! This is why we let the cows sneak!
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Eli: Javelin for 21 points of damage!
Group: Ooh! Aah!
Renee: Do not Ooh and Aah for him!
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Tony: Wow, that's 27 damage you just took!
Renee: Did you just do math for him? Don't do that!
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Renee: One of the gnolls critted on it's initiative?
Eli: Four of them, actually.
Renee: What?! You can't roll once for four of them!
Eli: I'm the DM! I can do whatever I want! You now have syphilis and can't fire your bow!
Todd: Wow. That's a very specific form of syphilis.
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Todd: Is that guy a bad guy?
Farone: No. That's Travis. So, kind of.
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Todd: I'm gonna drop this vial of darkness, so now we're obscured and they can't see us.
Renee: Thanks! If the healer's not going to help it's good to know someone is.
Farone: You're making me less and less inclined to help you.
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Travis: If she got together with the Half-Ogre and the kid was a male that had Tony's prowess he'd be a quarter pounder!
Group: <Groan!>
Travis: I just did two points of damage to the entire party.
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Travis: So you'd be half elf, half kracken, half ogre, and half something else.
Todd: So, quarter elf, quarter kracken, quarter ogre...
Dave: You're much better at math than he is.
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Renee: Can you heal poison?
Travis: I don't know. How much damage has the poison taken?
Farone: I can't heal poison, but I can give it temporary hit points.
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Todd: We're not scared of spiders! I'm a goblin. We ride giant spiders around like horses! Are you scared of horses?
Renee: Yes!
Travis: Do horses have fangs and poisonous bites?
Todd: Yes. Well, the ones I've seen have...I've never seen a horse. Except in goblin paintings. So, yes.
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Eli: The spider leaps onto this column and spits webs out it's butt covering Tony and Travis!
Renee: See? I told you butts were important.
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Travis: Do you have two of those?
Renee: I have three...
Farone: Let's say four.
Todd: So...seven?
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Eli: Who's keeping up with all the treasure?
Travis: Me! I'm the rogue. I keep the treasure.
Renee: I'm the rogue!
Todd: You're a ranger.
Renee: Rogue!
Travis: Ranger!
Renee: On my character sheet it says I'm a rogue.
Farone: She has selective classing...
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Travis: How are you not immune to poison?
Farone: Shut up! I am immune to poison. As far as Eli knows.
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Travis: I enjoy being hit on.
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Renee: Did my charisma go away when you made me a rogue?
Farone: It went away when you opened your mouth.
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