oxford ♔ crawling out of my own skin

[valdrin]

WHO || Marty, Matthew, Nels, Miles, Val'drin, Mr. Broggon
WHAT || The Knights investigate a mysterious package sent to a shop owner
WHERE || Sword & Sorcery, in Oxford, England
WHEN || Wed April 16th, about 8pm
HOW || Actionspam

Sword & Sorcery:  Old Books for a New Age is located in a strip mall in a relatively nice part of the city of Oxford.  A scattering of other cars fill parts of the parking lot, with most of the vehicles congregated to the side nearest the Teriyaki Rok'n'Wok, a rock and roll themed teriyaki restaurant.  The bookstore sits farther down the line of shops, in the more deserted section of the strip mall.  Val'drin raises an eyebrow at the Rok'n'Wok, slipping one hand into his pocket as he surveys the others.  

"Everyone's at least armed, I do hope."  

Comments

[cuivre]

Shit!

[He's not sure which is worse, dinosaurs or spiders.

Who cares, though. They both suck.

He tries to wrench free of the webbing as well, because this is the literal worst (swaps out that 4 with an action point for a 16 for a str check of 20 total).

Fortunately, it's enough to get him out of the hold of that webbing and he'll start moving toward Bambi. Sorry dude, he's helping the lady out first.]

[valdrin]

[ assuming that it's likely to chase after miles and maybe prevent him from freeing bambi, val'drin shoots at the spider that had bit him. his attack of 11 isn't doing him any favors tho. THEY'RE SMALL OK, IT'S HARD TO HIT LITTLE SPIDERS. ]

[theshameofcain]

[Bambi saw what Val'drin and Miles did to escape and decides to apply it to her situation. (int 15) So she puts a little dexterity into it (escape artist 17) instead of screaming girly force.]

Screw this. I'm not getting eaten by freakin' Joy, Aranea, and Nellie today.

[valdrin]

[ she almost makes it, but ... not quite. the spider val'drin shot at turns to scurry towards him, leaping at him with a nat 20 bite check (2 dmg). right in the neck. mmm.

the other spider goes after bambi (atk 19, 1 dmg), but she luckily... resists being poisoned. ]

[zwy_il]

[Nels will keep trying to tear out, with a Strength of 10. This is a sad day, indeed.]

Damn these webs!

[cuivre]

[Miles reaches into the webbing to try and help free Bambi, grabbing her shoulders and trying to tug her out of its grip (str 19)]

[valdrin]

[ val'drin scrabbles for the spider on his neck (melee 16), and flings it at the wall, which is enough to knock it out. ] They're almost certainly poisonous. [ he pads at his neck with a grimace ]

[theshameofcain]

WELL, THAT'S NICE TO KNOW. [Thank you, Miles. She gives him a grateful look as she wriggles free. And I think that's her entire move action for this round, so she prepares to assault the next spider that comes anywhere near her. BATTER UP, BITCHES.]

Here's a tip- don't get bitten.

[valdrin]

[ this spider isn't done with your life bambi x( it follows after her, biting again (atk 14, dmg 1 again... roll a fort save dc 11 vs poison) ]

[zwy_il]

[Now is the time to break free from the webs: Strength check... fucking 7. Action point into a Crit fail. This is the end for Nels Llendo.]

[cuivre]

[And now that Bambi is out, Miles will try to save Nels' ass too, grabbing an arm and giving it a yank.(str...19 again jfc)]

[valdrin]

[ val'drin shoots at the little spider again (atk 28, dmg 11), which is enough to fucking explode it, just as miles rips nels free from where he was fucking choking on spiderwebs that'd gotten in his mouth. yaaaay.

/init ]

[theshameofcain]

[Bambi passed her save SO SHE'S NOT POISONED, YAY, but she still got bitten by a spider.]

Whose cornflakes did this guy piss in to deserve this? [whiiine.]

[cuivre]

Let's keep moving so we can...get the hell out of here.

[Fuck spiders, man. Seriously.]

[valdrin]

[ val'drin sighs, and heads back out to the hall they first entered, glancing left and right. ] Either we keep going further down, or we head back to that hallway we passed earlier.

[theshameofcain]

[Bambi wrinkles her nose.] If there's nothing back there, we'll just end up back here anyway- it's better to just keep going and then turn around.

[valdrin]

Good point. [ he doesn't look pleased about advancing down that gross tunnel, but WHAT DO YOU DO. THEY ARE ALL GROSS TUNNELS.

this one leads to an irregularly shaped corridor. another patch of webbing stretches across the floor at the narrow section in the middle of the chamber. this time val'drin actually fucking notices it and stops, raising a hand, to point it out. ] More of them.

[cuivre]

Fun.

[He looks around, trying to find the actual spiders so they can kill them with fire. (spot 15)]

[zwy_il]

This is just... deeply disappointing.

[Nels' blades are ready. Fuck webs. Fuck webs so much.]

[valdrin]

[ as soon as miles turns around, the spider strikes. this one is considerably larger, about the size of a very large dog, about four feet across. the fucking st. bernard of spiders. luckily miles is fucking prepared, because it only got an 11 attack as it hisses and comes jumping down at him.

val'drin is ready for this shit and fires twice (atk 30, atk 19, 16 dmg total, which actually... sends horrible spider blood everywhere holy shit). but it's still moving... slightly. ]

[zwy_il]

[Not again. Never Again. Nels charges and lashes out, shouting "Dead Spider" in Drow]

Elghinyrr orbb!! [Striking the spider with a total atk of 26, dealing 10 Damage (3 die + 3 str + 4 inspiration)... Our lovely GM has informed me that will slay the spider. /End init. This went fast. That's what she said.]

[theshameofcain]

[Bambi barely has time to shriek and hold up her bat before it's all over. She looks from Nels to Val'drin and huffs.]

Damn. I'm glad we brought the drow with us.

[valdrin]

[ Val'drin looks mildly irritated by Bambi's casual racism, ok. ] Nels is free to take the killing blow on any of them. The Spider Queen has a special hatred for the death of her little pets, and I greatly prefer to live my life without drawing Her attention in any way. [ he looks down at the web stuck to his shoe with a sigh, trying in vain to delicately scrape it off, and ignoring the shape half-buried in webs at the back of this dead-end chamber. anyone who makes a spot of 15+ can see it, however. ]

[zwy_il]

[Nels glares, and reflexively rubs his crazy prosthetic hand. He's had more than enough interaction with the queen bitch of spiders for an elven lifetime.]

She's free to claw her fat ass up here and face me herself whenever she likes. [And he spits on the spider.]

[cabot]

Good, you're free to keep her busy then while I make a life-preserving break for it. [ grumble, grumble. he surveys the dead-end with a frown, and then wheels back towards the tunnel. ] Let me hazard a guess about what awaits us down the other way.