Spider Assault

28 November, 595

The next day, after some healing, Salla is able to rejoin the party down in the ruins. The first stop is revisiting the halfling's quarters, where they discover an arcane scroll, and remove some valuable books. Alastriel also takes some old scrolls describing the history of the ruins, which she intends to review later.

Braving the spiders' lair, the party is beset upon by strange apelike creatures with long claws. The members of the party find themselves getting stuck in the webbing about the room while they are fighting, but the monsters aren't affected. The creatures seem to be fond of grabbing hold of our heroes and tearing into them with their claws, and even are able to shoot out webbing to ensnare various members of the party.

In the next cavern Sonja and Alastriel find themselves cut off from the rest of the party after another one of these creatures threw a web between them. Meanwhile, a huge spider with shooting harpoons attacks the rest of the group. Baxtor and Kyladrian are speared, but they manage to avoid being dragged toward the foul beast. After a long battle, Kyladrian finds the underbelly of the spider, while Serro finishes off the other creature. Baxtor feels a bit sluggish after being bit. Searching the cave, they find a webbed sac full of money and other goodies, including one of the water control wands.

While they are searching 4 medium-sized spiders sneak into the room and attack the party. Kyladrian is paralyzed by a poisonous bite, but otherwise the spiders are burnt or skewered. Moving out of the room, they are met by 2 more larger spiders. A volley of magic missles from Alastriel's super-scroll slays one instantly, and the other is taken care of by the rest of the party, and finished off by a stab from Sonja's blade.

In another cavern the party finds yet another hidden sac with even more treasure. At this point it is decided to return to the surface to recover. Kyladrian is cured and Baxtor is told that a good night's rest should help him. The discovered wand is handed over to the High Priestess. A visit is paid to Skie's and she is excited to break the news that the Lords of Chaos are now among her "premium" customers. She shows them a magic rune with their name that has been added to her storefront, and offers an additional 10% discount on items bought and sold. She agrees to identify the magic items that are brought to her.