Episode 262 - Too Many Legs In This Feywild

Turns out those spiders actually do want to hurt us. What a shame, you think that maybe just once a spider will ask how your day is and maybe chat a bit about the weather but nope. They come down out of trees and through bushes and try to bite you really hard. With poison, no less. But we knew fighting was inevitable on our journey to find and save Thom Harper. We will show these spiders who is the boss. It is us.

## **Story**

### Long Story

The Tower of Grey party has just been attacked by spiders, in the middle of a scary, dark Feywild! There are ten of them about the size of ponies, and they are currently surrounding our heroes. During the fight, everyone but Lahni gets wrapped up in icky sticky spider webs. The body that was wrapped up in webs falls to the ground, and Toby frees himself and goes over to the body, freeing him as well. It is Nook Nimmlock! They are able to kill some spiders, but more appear, and then a female Drow arrives, all in armor, along with a lithe Drowish man, and a massive spider, which changes its form into a third Drow!

### Short

All that stuff happens. They fight spiders, find Nook and are attacked by three Drow, at least one of whom is a shape changer.

## **Trivia**

* Michael makes a joke about some of the spiders' ichor landing on Tum Darkblade. This is a reference to the earliest episodes when Tum would get splashed by the remains of the enemies they fought
* Bachmann thought it would be funny to have one of his skeletons walk into the webbing and be caught last episode, so Michael grants him Inspiration now

## **In This Episode...**

### **Cast and Player Characters**

* Michael DiMauro - *Dungeon Master*
* Tim Lanning - Toby Treacletart
* Jennifer Cheek - Rowan Grey
* Mike Bachmann - Skud Derringer
* Nika Howard - Lahnik "Lahni" Caplain

### **Non-Player Characters**

* Nook Nimmlock
* Three Drow

### **Quest Log Updates**

* [Active] - Find Thom Harper
	+ [Active] - Search the Feywild for clues
	+ [NEW][Active] - Survive the terrors of the Feywild
* [On Hold] - Find Lannie Caplain
	+ [On Hold] - Investigate Galanthis
* [Optional] - Find a way to pay back the Ferrim Pecunia bank of Pelor's Hope
* [Active][Jaeludra] - Investigate the Great Colosseum in Caer

## **Rolls**

* Recap
	+ Tim - 12
	+ Bachmann - 7
	+ Jennifer - 8
	+ **Nika - 14**

*Combat Begins vs 10 Giant Spiders*

* **Initiative**
	+ Rowan - Nat20+4
	+ Lahni - 12+5
	+ Skud - 13
	+ Toby - Nat1+2

*Round One*

* **Rowan**
	+ Casts *Conjure Barrage* on 4 spiders, requiring a DC 16 DEX saving throw - ?x4
		- Hit, Miss, Miss, Miss - 22 damage to the first, 11 to the other three
	+ Also uses her Dancing Rapier on the hurt most one - 21
		- Hit - 10 damage - kills it

* **Spider**
	+ Shoots web at Rowan - 18
		- Hit - She is restrained

* **Spider**
	+ Shoots web at Skud - 9
		- Miss

* **Lahni**
	+ Monk punches a Spider - 6+10, 14+10, 12+10, Nat20+10
		- Hit, Hit, Hit, Hit - 41 damage - kills it

* **Spider**
	+ Shoots web at Lahni - 20
		- Miss!

* **Spider**
	+ Shoots web at Toby - 13
		- Miss

* **Spider**
	+ Shoots web at Toby - 25
		- ~~Hit - He is restrained~~
		- Toby casts *Illusory Self* to have it miss

* **Skud**
	+ Casts *Word of Radiance* on three of them, requiring CON saving throws - 11x3
		- Fail, Fail, Fail - 14 damage

* **Spider**
	+ Shoots web at Skud - 21
		- Hit - He is restrained

* **Spider**
	+ Shoots web at someone
		- Miss

* **Spider**
	+ Shoots web at someone
		- Miss

* **Spider**
	+ Shoots web at Toby - 20
		- Hit - He is restrained

* **Toby**
	+ Casts *Fear* from his ring on 3 Spiders, requiring DC 13 WIS saving throws
		- One Spider holds its ground, two others flee

*Six more spiders enter the fray*

*There are now 12 spiders (10 initially, 2 died, 2 fled, 6 arrived)*

*The wriggling body in the web falls to the ground*

*Round Two*

* ~~**Rowan**~~
* Toby
	+ Rolls *Investigation* to see what the shape of the wriggling figure is - 27
		- It is the shape of a humanoid
			* It has a thicc booty
				+ It is probably not human

* **Rowan**
	+ Attacks the webbing to escape - 23
		- Hit - 9 damage - she is freed
	+ Ranged attack with the Oathbow - 15
		- Hit - 10 damage - kills it
	+ Melee attack with the Dancing Rapier - 12
		- Miss

* **Spider**
	+ Bites Toby - 10
		- Miss

* **Spider**
	+ Shoots web at Lahni
		- Miss

* **Lahni**
	+ Monk Punch - 8+10, 10+10, 16+10, 10+10
		- Hit, Hit, Hit, Hit - 49 damage - kills it

* **Spider**
	+ Bites Toby - 22
		- Hit - 7 piercing damage, and requires a CON saving throw - 12, (uses Luck point) 12
			* Fails - 5 poison damage

* **Spider x2**
	+ Bites Skud x2 - 21, 23
		- Hit, Hit - 14 piercing damage, and must make 2 CON saving throws - 10, 15
			* Fail, Fail(?) - 15 poison damage

* **Skud**
	+ Casts *Word of Radiance* on 4 of them, requiring CON saving throws
		- One of them beats it, three fail - 15 to the three, nothing to the one - kills two of them
	+ Casts *Sanctuary* on Toby

* **Spider**
	+ Lunges at Rowan
		- Miss

* **Spider**
	+ Shoots web at Rowan - 21
		- Hit - She is restrained

* **Spider**
	+ Bites Rowan - 17
		- Hit - 7 piercing damage, also requires CON saving throw - 13
			* Fail - 5 poison damage

* **Spider**
	+ Bites Lahni - 5
		- Miss

* **Toby**
	+ Casts *Misty Step* as a bonus action
	+ Opens the web sack thing (attacks with advantage) - 11+7
		- Hit - Success

*Inside the sack is **Nook Nimmlock!***

*A female Drow, a male Drow, and a massive spider, that changes form to a Drow appears*

*Episode Ends mid-combat*