Part 5: Return to the Moathouse Ruins

@dominion451: You didn't have to roll vs Poison; the spider missed Mal. With an AC1, it needed to roll a 18 or better to hit you. So her shield and armor held off the attack.

Also, @nezzaraj: I was supposed to mention this to you after your first defense against the Giant Tick and forgot, so we'll throw it in now before I forget again.

As DM, unless a spell has been cast to identify "magic" items, or an object has been brought to someone with those skills, I shouldn't reveal any such properties unless a PC uses it. In that case, the DM should tell the players of any such "magical" properties.
Sometimes the results of using an item without the player's knowing are bad (it's cursed in some way, for example). Other times the outcome is good. In this case, the shield that Gilly cut from the Giant Lizard's stomach and which she has given to Bors is a Shield +1. By my calculations this brings Bors down from AC3 to AC2.

Good Question... 1-3=large book will not quite fit, 4-6=a large book will fit snuggly.

Unfortunately, the text on the module states:

This would suggest that a large book likely wouldn't fit within the inside dimensions of the box. I thought maybe I'd let the dice decide, because it's a cool idea, but the dice say "no" as well.

But, I mean, Eltrezar only has one spell he never uses, so just jot it down in little notebook or on a napkin or something. What does he even need a whole large book for even? What, is he gonna hollow it out and hide all his daggers inside it?