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Gilley chuckles at Tomeal as he sights his arrow. "Maybe if someone had a spell to make you a better shot." He pauses for a second, having a thought. "Or me, for that matter. Might be better spent." He returns his focus to his aim, and lets the arrow fly.

Longbow Attack [1d20+5] = 19+5 = 24

Longbow Damage [1d8+4] = 3+4 = 7

EDIT: ((OOC - I'm getting my systems mixed up. That +4 doesn't belong in the damage. Silly me, looking in a 5th Ed. book for system, when we're playing 3.5.))

Jonath rushes away from the bridge toward the commotion, drawing his sling as he moves. Not the most effective of weapons, but he couldn't think of any way to get to the spider and there was little else he could do from down here. Stopping under the beast, he snatches a bullet and slips it into the sling pouch, then starts it whirling, but feeling rather helpless as he watches Mardak's lifeblood flow out of him. The man may be a bit...rough around the edges, but he was certainly not deserving of a fate such as this.

[OoC: Move to H6, drawing my sling as I move, then taking another move to load the sling.]

Betimi snarls in fury as she is trapped in the web. Bound as she is she can only attempt to struggle to to free herself.

[Full round to make an Escape artist check [1d20-2] = 14-2 = 12]

OOC - I meant I5. The pillar or whatever that is not marked as webbed.

Nacesh has two options. One, reload and fire again.
Two, try to escape the webbing. (OOC - with the reduced dex he has +1 for Str and Escape Artist alike. If he may know which one is easier he will choose that one. Either way, he fails big time.)
He decides to go that way; with a creature so large touch attacks must be the way to go and he has to get closer if he wants to do so.

Escape Artist (or Strength) [1d20+1] = 8+1 = 9

Unfortunately, his feeble attempt just makes his life harder.

[FYI: I'm giving you the following information because you all have had a chance to observe people getting tangled and breaking out of the webbing.  Attempts to escape or burst the webbing gain a +5 bonus if the trapped creature has something to walk on or grab while pulling free.  Also, unless you have an unusually high strength (at least 20 or above), escaping is usually the better option.  Either option is considered a Standard action.

Both sheet webs and single strands have the same hit points, with Sheet webbing also having a Damage Reduction.  You have also observed that to get rid of the web, breaking the sheet webbing (especially with the +5 bonus) will likely get you further than chopping due to that damage resistance.]

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As the battle continues, everyone can see [At I5] that someone has erected a tall, conical, cairn that rises 20' into the air.  On the side facing the bridge you spot what you believe to be a large Kobold hanging limply by his wrists from a rope that's wrapped around the cairn about 5' from the top.   Due to the terribly desiccated and skeletal shape of its remains, you can't be 100% sure it's a Kobold but if you were to guess, this is likely the leader of this tribe.  He's been sucked dry and pinned up for all the tribe to see what will happen if you resist the will of Unreth. 

Betimi and Nacesh tug and pull with their bodies until they both manage to wriggle free of the sticky mess that bound them... [You both still have a move action]

Mardak's only options are to try to break the grapple or attempt to pull out a light weapon.  With the sticky thread attached to his back he wasn't going to get far so he needed a weapon to cut the strand.  Mardak struggles with the creature but Unreth easily overpowers the man.  Exhausting his options, Mardak cries out, "Come on guys!  I know I'm not the most liked here but you can't let me die like this.  Not like this..."

Jonath scurries toward the creature [to H6] and loads his sling and prepares to fire...

Gilley takes aim at the Large spider grappling his companion and fires a shot into the beast.  Unreth shrieks in pain as the arrow punctures its bulbous abdomen.  "You're next," it hisses in its shrill, high pitched voice.  "Right after I finish with this one!!"

Unreth then bites for Mardak but the Hexblade move his head and is luckily only grazed by the creature's sharp fangs.  [Rolled a 20.  Failed the crit confirmation.  Then Unreth did minimum damage which is 4.  He made his save again (16)  Mardak has taken 13 damage.  He's getting a little woozy folks. ] 


[It's now Selina's and Tomeal's turns!  And Betimi and Nacesh still have move actions if they wish to take them.]


21: Betimi = Purple
17: Nacesh = Red
16: Mardak = Black [Taken 13/17]
10 : Jonath = Grey
9 : Gilley = Green
8 : Spiders = H5 [Taken 7/??]
7 : Selina = Blue
6 : Tomeal = Orange

Betimi will move cautiously to J8 (half speed again)

"You will have to get through me first, vermin.  Or perhaps you are far too cowardly to engage something that can spit in your disgusting countenance.  Come and face something that can fight back, or do you simply lack the capability.  Worm."

At the moment, Selina is absolutely furious at the revolting creature.  Hanging up there like a coward, she could have let Gilley rip it apart with his arrows, but she was feeling less and less useful by the moment.  If Gilley had to finish the creature off, Mardak would die.  Unless Gilley got very very lucky, that is.  All she can really do is taunt it in the hopes that it will drop to the ground and face off against her in melee.

((Is a taunt Intimidate, Diplomacy, or Bluff?  I'm not sure.  Her Diplo is +5, the other two are +3))

Gilley is about to make a clever retort at the creature, when Selina starts yelling at it. He gets a slightly hurt look on his face.

"Are you saying that you think I can't fight back?"

"What? No. I am saying that overgrown cockroach is useless in a head-on fight."

OOC - I thought I mentioned the ready action... or was it a previous round?
Nacesh considers what climbing high enough on the cairn would yield; getting within range for Ray of Frost or Grease would be much desirable.
Alternatively, he could reduce Mardak if that would surprise the beast and maybe he could escape, but how could he convince Mardak not to resist the spell without letting the beast know?

No time to ponder! better reload and fire as rapidly as he can.
Light crossbow AC [1d20+3] = 4+3 = 7 damage [1d8] = 8
well... maybe not that rapidly...