5 Spiders Down, 9,995 To Go

After battling the drow, SWAG gained hit points for their new 4th level but put off training until more of the evil could be purged from the area. The group also welcomed newcomer Thelonious (a monk/sorcerer) who stumbled upon the band of adventurers.

SWAG rested overnight in the drow barracks and awoke the next morning on Planting 18 for some good ole fashioned zombie killin'. One zombie got the jump on Petra with a critical hit, but SWAG then dispatched the two drow zombies and ventured toward the huge fiendish spider for a rematch.

At the entrance room, SWAG encountered a quaggoth who defended the room (to his death). SWAG then went on toward the spider's lair.

In the hallway near the spider lair, the group was surprised by a sudden onslight of thousands of spiders dropping from the dark ceiling overhead. The swarms crawled all over the group, scurrying under armor and clothes and biting repeatedly with poison. Quintavian and Erlwyn succumbed to the poision, while Thelonius was overwhelmed with nausea from the spider swarm in his undergarments.

Carrack threw oil, and later wine, on the spiders and set them aflame, while Quintavian threw acid splashes and Petra and Thelonius also tried to burn them. Red hacked at the spiders, killing 5 or 6 of the 10,000 spiders each turn. After a lengthy, pitched battle, the spider swarms were finally destroyed.

The group then prepared for battle and stormed the lair of the huge fiendish spider. It tried web and bite attacks, but SWAG was ready. With magic missiles penetrating its spell resistance 1/2 the time and Red hacking away, the spider fell. Now what lies on the mysterious, green glowing altar at the other end of the spider's lair?