The Manor

With a little more resolution, and once everyone is healed and recovered from their poisoning, Skeeve says, "Well, we did whittle them down from three to two. So, let's get back in there and try again, but this time we will be better prepared.

"Blornvid, you still have two anti-toxin potions, correct? If you and Ealdwig take them, then you two will have a better chance to get through the fight unscathed. I will use my shielding ability to try and avoid getting hit. The three of us will encircle Kaarik, hopefully allowing you to take pot-shots with your bow while we keep you from getting bitten.

"How does that sound?"

Holding the anti-toxin potion out in front of himself, you take this before being bitten? Does it keep the venom from taking effect or help to heal you after you are poisoned?

Sorry, I've never had the need to take one of these before.

Looking at Skeeve a little dubiously, is that the best plan we've got?

"Don't take it yet! The potion does one of two things. If you are already poisoned, it will eliminate the poison and be done. If you are not yet poisoned, it makes you resistant (but not immune) for a minute."

Skeeve chuckles at the last question. "It's the best plan I've got. I am completely open to a better plan!"

Thinking for a moment, he then adds, "Actually, I have another idea. I haven't done this before, but I can try to put up a force wall to mess with their phasing. I don't have complete control over it yet, but maybe I can delay their retreat for a moment, giving us a better chance to hit them. Regardless, that's just a modification of the idea I stated before. The base idea is to keep Kaarik clean for his arrows, and us to hit them as they appear."

Kaarik seems to be much better thanks to Skeeve's help.

I agree with Skeeve's plan. They will not have the advantage of surprise anymore.
We can do it.

Laughing a little, sorry Skeeve, didn't mean to be rude. Just a little stressed.

Looking through is bag, I have the homunculus. He pulls it out. I can send this in to survey the place. Frowning. Not sure how that could help, we know they are coming at us through the walls. And too many doors are closed to try and find there nest.

Yeah sorry, I've got nothing better. Ealdwig puts the homunculus away.

"Correct."
"It's a better plan than the one we had. Let's do it."

Skeeve pats Ealdwig on the back and says, "We'll live. We might have to retreat a second time and come back to finish the job, but we'll live."

Skeeve thinks for a moment, then adds, "We probably ought to focus on one spider at a time, as one will be easier to handle while damaged, instead of two."

Blornvid answers Ealdwig, "The original plan was just to go room by room, searching the house. It wasn't much of a plan, so that's why you may have missed it." He adds a wink.

Ealdwig giggles. Yeah, not much as far as plans go.

We'll try to go in with our formation in mind, and get back to the room that triggered them. Skeeve will then toss small puffs of flame into the webs. It should be enough to burn the webs some, but not enough to set the room or building on fire. Blornvid and Ealdwig will have to state the timing of their potion consumption. Skeeve will have his shield up the entire time, only dropping it when either the fight is over or we have to run away again.

Since we only have a minute, Blornvid will use a combat action to drink the potion after he fails a poison save.

Ealdwig being young and inexperienced will follow Blornvid's lead.

Skeeve wants to project a 10x10 square plane behind the spiders. They seem to be emerging, attacking, the retreating. If Skeeve can create the wall behind them, that will prevent them from being able to immediately leave. Of course, they can quickly knock it down, but that takes an extra turn, giving us another attack. Assuming Skeeve successfully invokes it, of course. Everyone else should just attack.

Skeeve has his Shield up and thus just gets one Standard Test to invoke the square plane.

Well, here it goes ...

Oh well, no plan works if the dice don't cooperate. :-(

Adding the Save Test ...

Well, hopefully others roll better.

Skeeve is down three HP and is poisoned. Bummer.

Ealdwig flinches when the spiders attack. It's like they were waiting for us to come back! We barely got into the room.Ealdwig swings wildly after being surprised by the spiders. Stupid things! Hells!

Kaarik, I hope you get a good shot!

In the rear, well protected by the others, and feeling a bit bad about that, Kaarik shoots an arrow at the spider.