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Kaleidoscopic spiders (S18 - 14/07/2024)

  • to outside of the city
    • 2nd hour
      • shadow encounter
      • fighting script
        • Paracelsus exclaims his surprise to the sudden attack

          oh... alright...

        • Quest ignores the exclamation and carries forward
        • caring shadow misses Paracelsus
        • Paracelsus is surprised and calls for help again

          some help please !

        • edgy and hopeful shadow misses
        • Quake
          • climbs on the roof
          • slaps caring shadow
            • giving it disadvantage to attack Quake
            • no damage
        • amiable shadow hits Paracelsus
          • draining strength again now at 7
        • Baz
          • casts shield of faith on Paracelsus
          • moves to the shadows
          • stabs amicable shadow
        • Herton
          • moves to the shadows
          • kills amiable shadow
        • Quest
          • finally realizes what is happening
          • moves back around
          • blasts caring shadow off
        • Paracelsus
          • casts Pestilence on edgy and hopeful shadow
          • they don't have a reaction anymore
          • moves away
        • edgy shadow chases after Paracelsus and drains him
          • 4 strength left
        • hopeful shadow chases after Paracelsus and misses
        • Quake slaps to no avail hopeful shadow
        • Baz
          • moves after the shadows
          • kills edgy shadow
        • Herton
          • moves after the shadows
          • kills the last shadow
      • Paracelsus is sitting on the ground exhausted
      • Herton tries to remove the drain with a lesser restoration but it doesn't work
      • Paracelsus needs to take of some equipment so he can move out of the city
      • he hands his bags to various members of the party
        • Baz gets the doctor's bag
        • Herton gets the "samples" bag
        • the rest is given indiscriminately
    • 3rd hour nothing happens
  • outside of the city
    • party finds a way out of the city
    • party settles for a long rest
      • first watch
        • Baz
        • sees 3 travelers going into town
        • it's Veo, Sebastien and Pluto
        • Baz move to the middle of the road in front of them

          going to the city in the middle of the night ? bold move...

          • Pluto is completely surprised
          • Pluto asks what Baz is doing here alone
          • Veo facepalms
          • Baz asks if they have tips t get to the other side of the wall into Queen's Park Garden
          • Veo asks why
          • Baz mention it is for a flower that a potion maker need to make a protection potion
          • Veo mentions a large number of gnolls at Temple Gate
          • Veo's group is here to see what the paladins are up to in the city
            • Baz mentions the party has some bad blood with them
            • Veo offers to share their findings once back
          • Veo mentions that the party should just move the camp a bit back to not be seen
          • Baz asks where to get tents
          • Veo just takes hers from Eckerman Mill
      • nothing else happens during the night
      • Paracelsus recovers his strength again
    • next day
      • Baz mentions the encounter to everyone
      • Paracelsus gives everyone the meds
      • party thinks about where to go
        • College Gate
          • not a lot known
          • closest gate
        • Shepherd's Gate
          • a bit further
          • guarded by the Hooded Lanterns
          • Ansom gave the Party the passphrase for the week

            when the shadows dance, the lanterns light the way

        • go towards College Gate
        • if it is not good
        • continue down the wall if not safe an use Shepherd's Gate
  • to College gate
    • nothing happens on the way
  • College Gate
    • desc
      • very open place
      • acrid air
      • charred wood
      • graveyard of ruins
      • ash and dust on the ground and in the air
      • most building are rubble to the foundations
      • shimmering spiderwebs on the gate
    • Quake offers to knock on the door
    • party approaches the door closer
    • the webs are humming a low melodic vibration
    • peering through the webbed cracks the reality warps
      • in one the city is butling with a merchant street
      • in another a demonic scene with humans pleading for their life
      • in a third one Drakkenheim is overgrown and a ruin
    • Quake sees another vision
      • a harmonious society
      • glowing people
      • kaleidoscopic colors
      • looks very tempting it her
      • the vision fades
      • the ruins of Drakkenheim can be seen behind now
      • she feels the impulse to join the vibrant world
    • everyone but Baz looks at the webs
      • Quake fails the save
        • incapacitated
        • 6 psychic damage
        • REDACTED
        • goes still and collapses
      • Quest goes to her sister and shakes her awake
      • Quake is fine
    • after some discussion Quake tries to open the door
    • the door just opens
    • Paracelsus takes a closer look at the webs
      • fails the intelligence save
        • 20 psychic damage
        • falls unconscious
      • they are other worlds but also potential futures
      • REDACTED
      • Herton wakes up Paracelsus
      • Paracelsus starts scribbling what he saw while eating an entire ration
      • Herton tries to look what Paracelsus wrote
        • it is in Old Median
        • not a language that Herton understands
        • Herton garbs Paracelsus' should to get his attention ruining a page being written
        • Paracelsus looks at him tares the page, ignores him and continues writing
    • Lump looks inside
      • Lump sees a creature inside
      • it is a phase spider
      • Quest recognizes it
      • Paracelsus turns on the spectral lantern
      • there are 4 spiders outside
      • they are for now immobile
    • party starts to back away
      • Paracelsus gets is foot caught in a web
      • the phase spiders wake up
      • fighting script
        • Quake
          • pulls Quest away
          • slaps evil phase spider
        • Baz banes unflappable, belligerent and evil phase spider
        • neckbeard phase spider
          • moves through the wall
          • dashes to Paracelsus
        • untidy phase spider moves to the gate
        • unflappable phase spider
          • moves to Paracelsus
          • misses a bite attack thanks to bane
        • Quest
          • casts spirit guardian
          • unflappable and neckbeard fail
          • moves in the middle of teh spiders
        • impotent phase spider
          • goes to Paracelsus
          • misses a bite attack
        • Herton
          • moves to Paracelsus
          • quickens enhance ability strength
          • wrestles impotent phase spider into the spirit guardian
        • Paracelsus
          • blows a crushed vial and casts pestilence on neckbeard, unflappable and impotent phase spider
          • they all are dizzy and lose their reaction
          • moves away
        • belligerent phase spider
          • runs to Quest
          • misses with a bite
        • Quake punches impotent phase spider
        • Baz
          • stabs impotent phase spider and kills it
          • moves near Quest
          • tries to taunt some of them
        • neckbeard phase spider dies from the pestilence
        • untidy phase spider moves back through the wall
        • unflappable phase spider dies from the spirit guardians
        • Quest point blank eldritch and misses
        • Herton tries to wrestle evil phase spider but it dodges
        • Paracelsus poison needles belligerent phase spider it is unconscious
        • spirit guardian finishes the unconscious belligerent phase spider
        • evil phase spider bites Quest who drops the spirit guardian
        • Quake finishes evil phase spider
        • Baz
          • picks up the torch
          • throws the torch on the webs on the door
          • the kaleidoscopic visions start to fade
        • Quest moves towards the door
        • Herton
          • moves towards the door
          • fans the flames with control flames
          • the illusions now shatters
        • Paracelsus
          • moves to the door
          • inspects the phase spider cadavers
          • some are usable
          • asks to leave the last one alive to study and harvest
        • Baz
          • moves near Paracelsus
          • holds an attack
        • Quest
          • moves through the door
          • readies an eldritch blast
        • Herton
          • moves closer to the door
          • readies a gust
        • Paracelsus
          • moves inside
          • no spider is seen through the lantern
          • holds a needle
        • Quake
          • moves through the door
          • opens the other door
          • it nearly falls on Paracelsus
          • there is more webs and the city on the other side
          • Lump moves on the other side
        • Baz
          • lights up another torch
          • throws it on the webs
        • the spider is nowhere to be see
    • Paracelsus goes back to the dead phase spiders
      • starts harvesting for the poison
      • 1 leg
      • 1 bag of eyes
      • 2 fangs
        • might be used during downtime to craft a powerful poison
    • party goes through
  • inner city
    • desc
      • pocket of thicker haze
      • wrapping around all the buildings
      • very hard to see far here
    • party is worried about the sight
      • Paracelsus dons his plague doctor mask
      • party creates masks with some rags
      • Quest tries to blow the haze with her wings to no avail
        • it is a fluid that's why...
      • Baz throws a torch in it
        • it refracts the light
        • nothing more happens
        • not explosive
    • party moves in at a fast pace to minimize duration inside
      • 1st hour
        • Paracelsus and Quest
          • take 10 necrotic damage
          • both gain a level of contamination
        • desc
          • labyrinth of footpaths
          • flowerpots
          • buildings everywhere
        • the path comes across a garden
          • desc
            • lush and green garden
            • most vibrant grass seen for a long time
            • fluorescent purple flowers with yellow and green accents
            • at the end of the floral beds there are gardening gnome statues
          • party is not sure they are the eldritch lilly
          • Herton steps on the grass

            don't step on the grass !

            • Herton steps of it
            • there were multiple voice sources delayed
          • Quake asks the voices if there is a chance to pick the flowers
            • no answer
            • Quake mage hand plucks a flower
            • the purple leaf fall off and turns into dust
            • the flower is spiky and not the one we want
            • the voices boom again

              Leave the flowers alone, get of the grass !

          • fighting script
            • Quake
              • starts moving along the path
            • unassuming garden gnome
              • starts animating
              • swings recklessly as Quake and hits
            • Herton
              • moves to unassuming garden gnome
              • grabs it
            • Paracelsus throws a potion at Quake and casts Haste
            • dowdy garden gnome recklessly misses Herton
            • Quest blasts back dowdy garden gnome
            • Baz moves to unassuming garden gnome and stabs it
            • Jealous garden gnome recklessly attacks Herton
            • belligerent garden gnome recklessly attacks Quake but it misses due to haste
            • Quake hastly slashes twice at unassuming garden gnome
            • Herton suplexes unassuming garden gnome and punts him in a bush
            • Paracelsus needles jealous garden gnome
            • dowdy garden gnome swings at Herton who shields
            • Quest blasts back dowdy garden gnome again
            • Baz steady aims at jealous garden gnome
            • jealous garden gnome hits Baz
            • belligerent garden gnome misses Quest
            • Quest haste slashes belligerent garden gnome twice
            • unassuming garden gnome
              • runs back to Herton
              • recklessly headbuts Herton as a revenge for being thrown
            • Herton grabs unassuming garden gnome again
            • Paracelsus
              • needles unassuming garden gnome
              • asks Quake for feedback onthe haste "potion"
            • dowdy garden gnome ruins at Quest and hits her
            • Quest
              • drinks the greater healing potion Baz gave her
              • misty steps out
            • Baz
              • stabs jealous garden gnome
              • wails from the graves dowdy gnome
            • jealous garden gnome hits Baz with his hoe
            • belligerent garden gnome
              • gets away from Quake
              • Quake hits with he ropportunity attack
              • runs to Paracelsus
              • hits him
              • Paracelsus maintains haste
            • unassuming garden gnome fails to slip out of Herton's grasps
            • Herton throws unassuming garden gnome on jealous garden gnome killing him
            • Paracelsus
              • shocking grasps belligerent garden gnome
              • gets away
              • asks for backup
            • dowdy garden gnome
              • runs to Quest
              • crits her
            • Quest double taps and kills dowdy garden gnome
            • Baz
              • moves to Quest
              • cure wounds her
            • jealous garden gnome runs to Baz and hits him
            • belligerent garden gnome
              • runs to Paracelsus
              • Baz gets an attack on the way
              • downs Paracelsus
              • Quake seeing that experiences a sugar crash
            • Herton
              • moves to belligerent garden gnome
              • slashes at it
            • Quest double taps belligerent garden gnome
            • Baz
              • crits the last garden gnome to death
              • runs to Paracelsus
            • Quake
              • is no longer experiencing withdrawal
              • runs to Paracelsus
              • presents a potion
            • Herton grabs the potion and feeds it to Paracelsus