Difficulty has been set to 20 in this area.

A day or two, but not longer, has passed. And now there are folks returning to the hospital, down to the basement to that door that was slammed shut.

"It's kind of creepy," Amy says. She has rope and some lanterns with her, thinking they'll need them. Also a broom, in hopes of removing spider webs from the path. "I am not quite sure if we need bug killer or a huge dusting, but i guess we'll find out," she says with a nod as she pauses in the basement, hands on hips, glaring at the door in question.

Kynan says, "Considering that I do not know what is otherwise in the room, fire is probably not a good idea, unless necessary. Which is a shame really... it would be the fastest way to clear it out."

Danielle looks at the door, reaching out wit magic sense becoming as habitual as looking about these days, though much like actual sight sometimes it yields and sometimes it does not and sensing no danger doesn't mean there isn't any. nonetheless...

Danielle rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using occult,magic sense.
The result is a success.

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Gavin had opted to be the strong silent type for this mission. He'd come prepared for battle but wasn't saying anything at the moment.

Amy looks over at Kynan and nods her head. "Right," she says easily. "I am sure fire would burn the webs but - like you, I don't know what else it would burn." She moves to the door, takes a breath and then opens the door, jumping back quickly like shes's expecting to be jumped by ... something.

It remains quiet, the webs still there, ceiling to floor, but nothing moving, no sounds to be heard. It smells of old dust.

Danielle wears a light frown as she waits a beat

Mortimer shakes his head at the scene as if he's been here though in a daze while trying to determine what is behind the door, only to be confronted by cobwebs, dark, and the unknown.

Kynan approaches the doorway carefully. "I imagine it will be neither be easy nor safe to clear these webs. Not to mention the magic I sense within." Nevertheless, he reaches forward with his staff, catching some of the webs on the scythe blade of his staff, and pulling some of it out.

Amethyst takes a 50:50 chance. The result is: Pass

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Gavin looks at the spider webs through the door and back at the others. He raises his eyebrow at Amy, "I dunno. If we let Kynan burn it. There's no getting spider web in our mouth." He gives a smile, "I really hate getting spider web in my mouth."

Mortimer looks at the group and smiles at Gavin. "I just need a stick or something to tug at the webs, and here's hoping whatever left the webs is gone now?"

As Kynan reaches out to use his staff, the web is cut, and some of it brought out. It's not magical, not special - just old thick spider web. The floor beyond the door is flattened rock, like it's inside a cave. Amy looks to Gavin, and then she says, "Can you imagine getting spider web out of my hair?" She shudders a bit, quietly, and then lets out her breath. "So far as I know, we're not in too much of a rush, so we can clear out the webs well. At least I think?" She reaches with a broom to follow up behind Kynan, trying to knock down webs. They float gently to the ground, with no obvious impacts to anything, clearing the doorway, providing the ability to take a step inside. Amy then pauses, and turns to hand the broom over to Mortimer.

Danielle says to Mortimer find my something too" even as she herself is searching for something to take out webs with as well as something to prop open the finicky door. no entrance without means of exit

Danielle rolls with advantage -1 at difficulty 20, using no talents or gifts.
The result is a failure.

Kynan rolls with advantage -1 at difficulty 20, using no talents or gifts.
The result is a success.

Mortimer rolls with advantage -1 at difficulty 20, using no talents or gifts.
The result is a failure.

Kynan shrugs. "Fire is a specialty of mine.... Well, it used to be one of a number of specialties, for that matter. Hopefully that will be true once again, someday." He touches his scythe with a gloved finger, examining the webs he gathered.

Kynan rubs some of the webs between his fingers, then reaches a bit further into the room with his scythe blade. Examining the webs again, he remarks. "The webbing seems... stronger?... the further in I probe. I wonder if the broom will be sufficient. Web flambe may well be the best approach."

Gavin rolls with advantage 0 at difficulty 20, using notice.
The result is a failure.

Danielle finds absolutely nothing of use and with a long suffering sigh moves further in after the others

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Gavin reaches up to pluck some webbing down with his hand. He finds it sticking like sticky putty. He snarls at it trying to wipe it off the wall. "No. I refuse to image that. Lets not get it in your hair." He chuckles at Kynan wanting to Web Flambe. "But Flambe is your answer to everything. including that drake."

Kynan says, "As the saying goes, 'if all you have is a torch, then everything looks like an explosive...' or something like that at least. It looks like it will be a sticky mess to clear by hand."

Mortimer looks to Kynan and Gavin as if he believes wholeheartedly in what they offer towards burning the webs sounds like the best idea.

As Kynan reaches further in, the web shakes, but not from his touching it.

As Kynan's scythe blade cuts one of the stronger webs, he can see it go taut.

Amy isn't noticing whatever Kynan is seeing. Instead, she's laughing at Gavin's answer. "Seems good to me," is her reply about not getting web in her - well anywhere, but specifically not in her hair. "You have the broom, Mortimer, feel free!"

Kynan stiffens and pulls his staff out, holding it horizontally. "Did anyone else notice that? The web moved, I think."

Danielle shakes her head and says "I didn't but i trust you" which means in this case she immediately stills and stiffens

Mortimer shrugs to the group, "Notice what?" He then takes the broom and looks at the corridor, "Right. Moving webs and not using fire. What could make this more interesting?"

Gavin draws his blade and gets ready to strike out at any spiders that appear ready to be on the attack, especially spiders of unusual size. "Careful wishing for intresting."

About now, from inside whatever is there through the door comes a soft chittering sound and then a stream of small spiders comes racing out towards the door, running for the hills. Erm. Exit. The web is still shaking.

Amy turns to look at Gavin, and then Mortimer, a brow arching. She also looks at Kynan, eyes widening. "Did you say the web mo- Oh my god, it's spiders!" Yes, she manages to sound surprised.

Kynan starts to back away from the door. "I don't think those itsy-bitsy spiders are likely the architects of this web, or at least, the larger parts of the web. Would not be the first time we have encountered a daddy long legs..."

Danielle looks back at mortimer "I wonder if your my brother or something?

Gavin rolls with advantage 0 at difficulty 20, using notice.
The result is a success.

Gavin watches the little spiders run and moves to stand between Amy and the spiders. Sorry he does play favorites. " Are they running from something?"

The sound of footsteps comes tip-a-tapping down the stairs into the basement. Maggie makes her way to the doorway where her friends are. She takes note of the small spiders scurrying hither and yon and a frown begins. Pausing near one wall she sets down a pail of water, a mop, a broom and stands again. Walking closer, careful not to step on any of the little guys, she peers at the webbing that everyone is near, "Oh, man. That is either a joint effort or something bigger than these guys made it." Like the others, she has extended her magical senses to see if she can determine what is up.

Maggie rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using sorcery, occult.
The result is a success.

Mortimer was looking at the end of the broom and trying to determine the best direction in which to hack or pull at the webs in the corridor. And with a solid chop at the top corner of the web he looks to be quite happy with himself in the first piece to be pulled down. Then there's the skittering of a thousand little legs flowing down the hallway, and it's dark, thus Mortimer is a little distracted by the noise, "Is...is that from the webs or something else?" He turns back to those still looking at the corridor, then back towards the noise that is growing. Mortimer gives the broom a little shake, "I think I got some of it down..."

The little spiders start to get a little bigger, but they're all still running out of hte hall. There's a sort of creaking sound, and then a voice can be heard from far in behind the door. "Huuuunnnnnnggggggrrrrryyyy." It's a raspy slithery voice, not quite serpentine but not human sounding either.

The growing spiders continue to exit as quick as they can.

"Maggie. We found a secret door - it was hidden behind boxes and boxes. But it seems to somehow be a spider den. Look at all these things! They'd be cute if they weren't so creepy - and Uhm, Spiders suck blood don't they?"

Kynan says, "Well, that is not very promising... I might suggest a retreat, but this *is* a hospital with patients..."

Maggie pauses as the small spiders grow larger. Tracking their path back the way they came, she pauses, one hand lifting, "Wait. There is ancient magic here. Traces of it. It was powerful, once but has faded over the ages." Her gaze shifts left, then right. Taking a step forward, she adds, "And something else. Something..." The word coming from farther in completes her sentence, "Yeah. Something hungry." Squaring her shoulders, she glances at Kynan, then looks to each of the others, "Go, if you want to. No one will blame you. But I am going to make sure that whatever that is does not hurt anyone above. Though maybe if we offer it a nice fish fry that will sate it." Nah, she does not really believe that... does she?

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Gavin's blade points out that the webs near the ground are shaking, "Look. It's large. Perhaps Fire is a good idea. That and Mortimer pulling back cause well I don't think the broom will be much use unless it's set on fire."

Danielle hms "not food" she she shouts back trying to sond convincing. she puts her hand simply makes a forword motion as if giving a shove

Turning his back to the webs to try and get a better view of what the noise is connected to, Mortimer sees the many spiders and stops. He just stops where he is standing and looks out towards everyone else. "Um, guys?" Then as the ancient voice purrs behind him, he comments along in agreement with Danielle, "I am not food."

Danielle rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using occult, sorcery.
The result is a success.

The large spider creature continues to come, despite being told there's no food out there. It doesn't follow up with more words, but the webs are now all shaking, as it moves out like shelob. The little spiders eventually come to an end, the last one skittering through the door. Someone upstairs is freaking out because there's an invasion of spiders circling around until someone opens a door, and they get shooed out. were there spiders in this city before? There are now.

Amy look sto Kynan and nods. "Right. I'd prefer to keep the patients alive." Yeah, she's not running, any more than Maggie is. "Mortimer, get out of the way," she calls, since he's standing there. She backs up, swallowing. "Be careful!"

Danielle's shoving motion manages to send the webs that are there flying backwards, and there's a very loud THUD as something hits the ground. The webs shakeshakeshake and then stop. Everything goes eeerily quiet.

Mortimer dives out from the corridor. "Am I out of the way enough?"

Amethyst takes a 50:50 chance. The result is: Pass

Kynan stands his ground, and pulses jets of flame towards the large spider, more as a discouragement than an attack, though of course the latter would be nice as well. "Amy, how flammable is this building?"

Gavin rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using Combat, combat trained and spending will.
The result is a success.

\

Gavin seeing the beast and knowing of the patients. He finds his steel and put out the jokes of webbing asside. Gavin rushes forward as his blade slashing as he goes on the attack. "No meal for you, foul fiend. Only the taste of my blade." The blade digs deep into of the spider's front legs but the creature is still coming.

Maggie rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using sorcery, occult.
The result is a success.

Maggie steps forward just after Gavin races in to attack the spider. She lifts her hands, the motions affecting the flames that Kynan sends into the fray. They gather to her silent command, leaving the building merely scorched. The flames dance and grow a bit, then, skirting Gavin, flicker in to singe sensitive hairs and sizzle over the spider's form. A smell of burning something adds a reek to the air and the spider is damaged. Struggling to move, it still fills the door, pushing through with no room to spare. Damaged by Gavin, burned a bit by Maggie and kynan's fire, it still comes.

Amy steps back again, towards the steps. "I have no idea," she replies to Kynan. "Probably too flammable for much fire." She looks both worried and proud as Gavin jumps into the fray.

Maggie and Kynan's work slows the big spider down some more. It keeps coming though, large pincers aiming at whoever is nearest. Whoever it can see, as it's intending to catch its prey very singlemindedly. Big multifaceted spider eyes take in the room, as it hisses, the first sound from the hallway in a while.

Amethyst rolls with advantage 0 at difficulty 20, using athletics.
The result is a success.

Mortimer rolls with advantage -1 at difficulty 2, using no talents or gifts.
The result is a success.

Mortimer rolls with advantage -1 at difficulty 20, using no talents or gifts.
The result is a failure.

Gavin rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using Athletics, Combat trained.
The result is a success.

Danielle rolls with advantage 0 at difficulty 20, using no talents or gifts and spending will.
The result is a success.

Maggie rolls with advantage 0 at difficulty 20, using no talents or gifts and spending will.
The result is a failure.

Kynan rolls with advantage -1 at difficulty 20, using no talents or gifts.
The result is a failure.

Amethyst takes a 50:50 chance. The result is: Fail

Mortimer looks happy to have gotten out of the way of the spiders, then is, well... he didn't get out of the way of all of them. Just not fast enough. As he's trying to get up and get out the way he looks like he's hoping, well, he is. There's new webbing wrapping around his feet slowing him down.

Danielle just dives to the side as quicklly as is possible managing to to avoid getting snared

Kynan looks to get out of the way, but the spider seems to be making a bee, err, spider-line towards him. So, maybe dodging is not really an option. Instead he turns to the side, and muttering words in a long-forgotten language, the scythe blade of his staff is coated in white-hot fire. No fireballs this time... he winds up, and swings a vicious uppercut at its head. "Fore!" he yells.

Kynan rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using combat, fire mage.
The result is a success.

Amy dodges to one side out of the way of the door, out of sight, anyway.

Meanwhile that spider barrels through, leaving crispy spider gunk on the door. The good news for it is that it's not on fire any more. The bad news for everyone else is that it smells of burning spider. And there's a soft keening sound as it continues forward towards Kynan.

Alas, right behind it, there's another spider that spews web at Mortimer, and then comes out the door, rising up over him with clack clack clacky mandibles. Eeek,

Behind that spider, a third one pushes out the door, all three of them big. Just barely fitting through the door. This one aims its way at Maggie.

Mortimer rolls over in his crawling to get away, slow to kick free from the web to only watch much too close to see a spider barbecue.

Gavin rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using Combat, combat trained.
The result is a success.

Maggie rolls with advantage 0 at difficulty 20, using combat and spending will.
The result is a failure.

\

Jax watches Kynan take out the one that he and the fire couldn't do. He looks over at Amy, "Sweet heart, You really got to stop finding mystery doors and opening them." He says as he attacks the spider threatening Mortimer.

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Gavin watches Kynan take out the one that he and the fire couldn't do. He looks over at Amy, "Sweet heart, You really got to stop finding mystery doors and opening them." He says as he attacks the spider threatening Mortimer.

One, two and three. Three? Concerned first by the number of terrifyingly large spiders in the basement of the hospital, Maggie stands poised to try and reach the door to slam it shut in case there are others heading their way. The third spider has other plans and aims itself at Maggie, sending a thick tendril of webbing out toward her with a softly scibilant thwip. Maggie hesitates for an unfortunate moment, torn between objectives. Self-preservation wins, but a fraction of a second too late. She jumps back, trying to avoid the webbing while calling a blade of fire to her hand. The silvery-grey sticky threads catches her, stops her motion mid-leap and she falls to the floor with a hard thud. The blade she was forming flickers, then fades out with the scent of ashy lilacs and toasted cinnimon.

Danielle is under cover, out of sight, and for the moment safe, as is Amy. The two have definitely gotten themselves out of harm's way, at least for now. Kynan's swing sends the spider head flying into the wall over by the door, and the spider topples over. Gavin's attack turns the spider's attention from Mortimer to him, freeing Mortimer to escape to safety.

"But imagine if they got out on their own! We wouldn't have even known, and the poor patients!" Amy says, replying to Gavin. She picks up a rock and flings it at one of the spiders, though she does not do a good job of hitting anything. The rock lands with a thunk.

Two big spiders still to go. One of them injured by Gavin's attack, one menacing a bewebbed Maggie. One dead one toppled over.

Gavin rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using Combat, combat trained.
The result is a success.

Maggie rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using combat, occult, sorcery and spending will.
The result is a success.

Kynan's spider is still bearing down on him, so with his staff high in the air from his swing, he rotates it halfway, and puts his weight into a lumberman chop. "Take that, you overgrown arachnid!"

Kynan rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using combat, combat trained.
The result is a success.

Gavin contines to fight the spider that had turned from Mort to him. He dances out of the way of mandibles as he strike. "Why you got to use reason?" He says dancing back and forth striking at the beast.

One spider down. Two to go. Both remaining spiders are injured, the one Gavin is facing hurting badly, while the one Maggie is facing is only hurt a little bit.

The spiders are making a wounded sort of keening sound that echoes out through the room. Amy covers her ears. "That's a horrible sound," she mutters. The spiders ocntinue their attacks, trying desperately to get to the yummy food that is right in front of them.

The spider's mandibles chitter and clack expectantly as it reels in Maggie on a line. She twists, trying to pull free but is drawn inexorably toward the beast. Again she calls a sword of fire from the air, the blade curved and wicked to look at. The flicker of fire so close to its face may have distracted the spider, for its aim is off and Maggie is able to twist out of the way of its attempted bite. Bringing the sword to bear, Maggie slashes the spider across the face, then attempts to impale the creature through the eye. The keening is awful, especially this close. "They might be calling... Ugh... for help."

Gavin rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using Combat, combat trained.
The result is a success.

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"If it's coming, It's coming! We might as well try to drive it back and make a stand!" Gavin calls out as his blade cut deep in the one he's been cutting to ribons. The spider falls back dead. He turns to the remaining spider. "I think this was all in once we comitted."

Maggie rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using combat, occult, sorcery.
The result is a failure.

Kynan is leaning on his staff, huffing a bit. "Got to exercise more..." Seeing Maggie's problem, he mutters again, and a small fireball flies off toward's it. "Be dead already..."

Kynan rolls with advantage 1 at difficulty 20, using occult, fire mage.
The result is a success.

Gavin's finished off the second spider, and between them, Maggie and Kynan manage to fricasee the third spider. This leaves three spider corpses to deal with, but that can certainly be dealt with later, if it makes sense. The entry way past the door is now cleared of webs, all the way down as far as can be seen.

"That - wow, good job, everyone," Amy says. "Does anyone need medical attention? Anyone hurt?" She quiets after that's said, to hear their answer.

In the silence after Amy speaks, from down the hallway, far deep in, there's a sound of something shifting, and then the same voice crying out with a "So Hungry!"

But whatever that is, it's not heading this way. For now.

Kynan looks over towards the voice. "Could someone maybe close that door for now?"

Amy has eyes wider than any puppy dog. She gulps once, and then moves to slam the door shut. Kerthud. "I think that's the best idea I've heard all day."