Beregost

Upon seeing the spiders come crawling out I too begin smashing them with my hammer.

HP:28
AC:18

4 Damage to Swarm 1

Sheemish eyes widen with surprise as the door might not be the shield he was hoping for. But it might be a decent conduit. His gauntlets spark with electrical charge as pulse of electricity passes through them and into the door and spider swarm. A good number of the little things erupt into whisks of smoke.

Swarm 4 takes 6 lightning damage

Round 1 Summary

The heroes let loose with skills and spells as spiders erupt from the doorway. Dieter and Runeson slash and smash away with their weapons, but for every skittering critter they kill, it seems that 10 more take its place. One swarm climbs up and into Runeson's armor, and he feels tiny mandibles sink into his flesh in a dozen places (Runeson takes 13 piercing damage). A bigger one starts climbing up the outside of his helmet, looking for a way inside, but is skewered by an arrow from Imoen.

Stella's ice knife flicks through the doorway and erupts into cold that freezes dozens of the spiderlings trying to make their way outside. Their tiny corpses then shatter as Aiwe delivers a concussive burst of bardic magic. Runeson discovers that the spells, while not harming him, have skewed just close enough to make those pinching spiders in his armor perish (Swarm 1 dies).

Another swarm tries to climb up Dieter's legs, but he manages to quickstep his way out of their reach. A cat-sized spider leaps for Aiwe's face, but Dieter's shield slams it out of the air before it can find its mark.

Meanwhile, Sheemish sends a bolt of electricity through the door he's holding, frying a good portion of spiders off of it. But many more climb up his gauntlets and start to bite his arms (Sheemish takes 14 piercing damage).

The crowd watches, entranced, as the fight goes on, calling out unhelpful pieces of advice like "Smash that big 'un!" or "Try not ta git bit!"

Shattering glass joins the cacophony of noise as three monstrous spiders (Giant Wolf Spiders 1-3) burst through the house's windows. One makes its way towards Dieter, as the other two each stalk around the sides of the battle, going for Calliope and Stella respectively.

"Oh ho! Didja see that one? I think I'm gonna make good on my bets tonight!"

Round 2 Player Phase!!

Seeing the low impact that my hammer made to the swarm of spiders I decide to try again.

HP: 28/28
AC: 18

15 damage to swarm 4

Gritting his teeth from the pain, Sheemish manages to Utilize the door once more. He plants it in the dirt before him and then presses his knuckles against it. A concussing boom echoes throughout the village as what is left of the door erupts at the two flanking spiders. Despite the ingenuity of the tactic, the spiders easily side step the flying shards of destruction

Ac 17[/
Hp 1

Hopefully the shards don’t hit anything after that

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Round 2 Summary

Dieter charges one of the big spiders head on, just as it leaps for him. He skewers the beast out of the air, slams it to the ground and finishes it off with a well-placed slice.

Nearby, Runeson and Sheemish face the swarm on the door. They crawl all over Sheemish, skittering and biting, and the blacksmith falls to one knee (Sheemish takes 21 piercing damage). He puts his last strength into a spell to fling the door away, smashing the remaining spiders on it against the cursed house. Then he collapses, overcome by numerous stinging bites. Runeson's shining hammer comes down on a spider close by, and the divine energy racing through the hammer sends the spiderlings covering Sheemish flying off as golden, burning motes.

In an impressive display of fiery power, Calliope absolutely incinerates the wolf spider coming for her. The flaming bird she summoned looks for another target to burn.

The last wolf spider, about as large as Stella herself, scrambles towards the druid as she lifts her dagger. But then Aiwe is there, shield keeping the nasty creature away as she pours encouraging magic into her friend.

Meanwhile, the stream of spiderlings from the doorway slows to a trickle, and then stops. A moment later there's a hissing snarl, and out from the doorway squeezes a spider the size of an ox, ripping the doorframe free with its bulk as it passes. This truly monstrous spider (Sword Spider) has hardened chitin over it, providing natural armor at least as strong as chainmail. All of its legs are covered in barbed spikes, but its front two legs are curved like scythe blades - and look to be just as deadly!

As the crowd pulls away in fear, the sword spider scuttles toward its closest target: Dieter.

Round 3 Player Phase!!!

Amongst the chaos a little form goes unnoticed. A small and inconspicuous fluttering is heard around Sheemish as Stitch bobs about his masters unconscious body, bumping softly against the young man’s head. It pauses waiting for a reply which doesn’t come. The soft hum becomes an angry buzzing whir. Stitch darts at the nearby swarm and emits her own blast of angry wrath. The air pulses around her as she lets out a high pitched grind.

Stitch can act on its own even with owner unconscious. It can do 1d4+1 thunder attack.

Swarm 3 takes either full or half damage as a con 14 save or takes thunder damage. As it only has 1 hp left it dies either way