The Temple Ruins, the Dead City of Thracia, Pictland, the World of Hyboria
Day Eight. Nightfall. 18th day of the month of Qrot, 1280th year of the Age of Aquilonia
Partly cloudy, cool
Light returns to Thracia for the first time in centuries untold.
In the ruins of a civilization destroyed by the gods for its hubris, the explorers learn not the lessons of the ancients.
"If these gods had any power, they'd have prevented the desecration of their holy places, yes?" smiles Iago as the adventurers violate the sanctity of a sacred temple, rubbing salt in the open wound of its defilement. There, they brush back the cobwebs and succumb to exhaustion.
It is the witching hour when Amethu is plagued by nightmares of ominous portent.
His subliminal mind spinning with the murals of lost antiquity, he dreams of ancient Atlantis:
A talented mortal named Arachne challenges Athena, Atlantean goddess of wisdom, craft and war, to a weaving contest. When Athena can find no flaws in Arachne's tapestry, the goddess becomes enraged and transforms Arachne into a spider for presuming to place herself on a level equal with the gods.
The adventurers sleep among the ghosts of those gods. In the lonely hours before dawn, Grigor and his faithful hound stand watch.
In the shadows high above them crawls the shape of fear!
Three gigantic horrors descend on webbing, silent and unseen; the very symbols of hubris seemingly sent to exact revenge against the explorers' prideful transgressions!
Unsuspecting Gnasher is stung by a frightful, gargantuan arachnid
(7hp damage!) and injected with a burning venom!
(Save vs Poison to act!)
Two more immense spiders catch Grigor unawares but the gypsy's luck saves his life! Neither of the hideous monsters' spear-like stingers can pierce his armor!
Actions, Grigor and Gnasher only!
Map:
Spiders 1 and 2 are above Grigor. One square = 10 feet
Behind the DM Screen:
PC Status:
Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 3/2: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 13/14, Spells: 4/7 1st lvl, 3/3 2nd lvl
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 3: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 41/45
Dahinna: Zamoran Southwoman Thief 4: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 15/19
Grigor: Zamoran Nomad Cleric/Fighter 3/3: Move: 9", AC: 1, HP: 29/29, Spells: 1/4 1st lvl, 2/2 2nd lvl
Iago: Zingaran Southman Fighter 4: Move: 12", AC: 2, HP: 28/32
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 3/2: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 18/19, Spells: 1/3 1st lvl
Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 4: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 24/29
Gnasher: Grigor's Hound: Move: 12", AC: 5, HD: 2+2, HP: 4/11, AT: 1, D: 1-4
PC Magic:
None currently.
Player Resources: