Journal Entry - 03/31/20

Oh yea...they went through the grinder. The bandits on the road barely even injured the party after Hal and Rhak went beast mode. Two of them scattered for the hills...but it was ineffectual under the watchful eye of Mishal who picked off one with a long shot from her bow and another with a hatchet throw to the face. One survivor escaped to tell the locals about our impressive feats.

Screech goes to find us a camp right next to a giant spider nest which was pretty curious, I guess he wanted to snack on some of them maybe?? The second guard watch finds the giant spider nest and wakes up the group to kill all the spiders for a pre-emptive strike. These spiders would have attacked, we just did it first! honest...

Mishal and Rhak start shooting arrows at the first spider they see to attempt to incite a fight or flight response. Fortunately this was a success and the spider chose to fight! Unfortunately, we found ourselves completely surrounded by spiders akin to the the Aragog scene from Harry Potter...the only thing missing is a magical self-driving car to save our brave heroes. Oh boy...

A swarm of normal spiders start eating Hal's flesh inflicting massive damage which lead to Rhak and Hal beating the swarm to death. heh heh...stupid spiders. While the battle for the territory of the spider's lair rages on, Hal and Rhak easily capture the objective. Realizing there is no hope of reclaiming their home, the spiders look to spite our party and set out to attack our women and children, the dastardly fiends! Akmenos and Sabine both receive severe wounds and Sabine was knocked unconscious EDIT: SHE WAS FINE. Mishal looks to pick up the slack once again by back flipping onto a spiders back, stabbing through her eye to the brain. The spider starts writhing in agony skittering back and forth until frantically skittering into Akmenos' range and where he struck a fatal blow. R.I.P. orange spider ? - 2020. Mishal lithely jumps off the back of the spider landing on one knee and making people ooh and ahh at how smooth her moves were. Hal then rushes in from the flank to block off the path to the weaker team members and tackles the closest spider onto her back. As the battle raged on, Hal rolled 2 or 3 too low to hit the spider like 5 times in a row...if only he had some way to add a small bonus to his attack modifier, but alas. It worked out though because the swarm of spiders got so bored they fell asleep. Into a deep magical sleep that would last the rest of their pathetic lives. As Akmenos began collecting poison from the fangs of the spiders, Hal remembered he could have communicated with these spiders and pondered whether there could have been a peaceful resolution.

\*\*\* 6 DAYS UNTIL ARMY INVASION!!! \*\*\* (in Montmouth...)

We all silently enjoy each others company in silence until Akmenos decides to drink some poison and starts violently vomiting blood and bile all over. Mishal concernedly asks whether he's okay and Akmenos insists he's fine and that he hit his second wind as he straightens up for a second...before he continues wretching and develops a cold sweat. He won't be walking again anytime soon. Hal asks for Rhak's help to create an antivenom for Akmenos and he seems to be feeling better.

Now that the self-inflicted damage has passed Avarra and Rhak start to celebrate with a hit? dose? fix? of wyrmwood??? They get high and Avarra tries to charm Rhak with her magical wiles but gets denied.

We get to Regnum from the Eastern Gate.The outer lying houses are dilapidated slums with poor residents not welcome in the city. Upon entering the city, the guards appear to be dressed extravagantly and remind us of the attire guards donned in Montmouth.