Part 5: Return to the Moathouse Ruins

Despite having a chance to get the drop on the party on a 1-5 of a d6 roll, I rolled a 6. No surprise round for the spider, though this tower's door frame does create dome problematic close quarters.
Round 1 begins! Turn order is as follows:
--> 1. Gilly (8)
2. Bors (5)
3. Eltrezar (4)
4. Maloria, Man-at-Arms, Huge Spider (3)
5. Angel (2)

I'm at the brewery having a couple of alcohol servings, and roll20 is crap on mobile devices, but let's go ahead and put Gilly on square I28. Seems where she would naturally go, unless @KCC69 has a different spot they would rather she be.
Also, don't forget that you apply Strength Modifiers to both your To-Hit rolls, and your Damage rolls when making melee attacks in B/X, so that should be 6 damage rather than 5.

Round 1 continues! Turn order is as follows:
1. Gilly (8)
--> 2. Bors (5)
3. Eltrezar (4)
4. Maloria, Man-at-Arms, Huge Spider (3)
5. Angel (2)

I suspected, but just went by damage in the equipment book, just in case! That positioning is fine.

Gilly can’t be killed, in any case. :D

Round 1 continues! While Maloria, the Man-at-Arms, and the spider all act simultaneously, I'm going to let the Huge Spider make their attack roll "last". I do know that the Man-at-Arms is going to engage in melee this round, so I'll roll for that, and I do know that the spider is going to attack someone withing melee distance and I will roll randomly to select it's target, but since I don't know if Maloria is going to jump into the melee as well, I don't know if the spider is going to roll a d3 or a d4 to select it's target. Mechanically, B/X rules as written state that it's assumed all three characters take their actions at the exact same time, so rolling order doesn't make a difference even if one or more characters get killed because they still got to take their Actions at the same time they were dealt said killing blow. It's just a matter of whether the spider has thre or four targets to choose between for its attack...
Turn order is as follows:
1. Gilly (8)
2. Bors (5)
3. Eltrezar (4)
--> 4. Maloria, Man-at-Arms, Huge Spider (3)
5. Angel (2)

Perhaps we ought to put a reasonable time limit on turn taking.

As frustrating as it is during combat, the weekends are a time when plenty of people are busy.

That being said, posting intentions is a good idea. Especially at these early levels when we have only the option "hit it with hammer bruh".

I agree that a lot of players are often away from the keyboard on weekends taking care of stuff irl, hiking in the woods, etc. I myself am often out of town/state for my daughter's wrestling endeavors. But I also like @cowleyc's suggestion that maybe we include posting instructions for the PCs if we think we're going to be away from the keyboard for a while, in order to keep things moving.
That said, I figured if Mal didn't act by the time I logged in this morning I'd make an executive decision to have her step forward and engage in melee with the spider, despite it putting her at potential risk of getting hit by the spider, but it looks like we're back on track.

The Huge Spider attacks at the same moment Mal and the Man-at-Arms does. Target Selection will be a d4 roll as follows: 1-Man-at-Arms, 2-Bors, 3-Gilly, 4-Maloria