D&D: Spiders!

[canyonwalker]

After my D&D group fought the harpsichord in the ballroom they headed upstairs in the mansion. But not before they found a secret door behind a drape in the Ballroom that transported them to the Library. Yes, it was all the way on the other wing of the mansion. Yes, I put that in because it's a Clue trope to have secret doors that lead straight across the map. 😂

Then, while trying to leave the library, the group spent a long time cracking up laughing about a trap on the way out. I mean, it was supposed to protect the lord's library from intruders coming in, but this group's trap-finding ability that excelled on finding the secret door failed them when it came to the trap in the narrow corridor. The floor dropped away, plunging two of the characters to the basement level below. Upon that they started coming up with increasingly Rube Goldberg-like ways to try to rescue those down below. Several times I pointed out, "You've been in the basement before. You know where you are. There are stairs less than 50' away from you." 🤣

Only then— well, after that plus investigating the Dining Room because, why not— did they head upstairs. And upstairs they found... spiders!



The main corridors upstairs was full of spider webs. Two of the party members got stuck in the strands. As they struggled to free themselves, the monstrous spider who spun the webs approached and webbed-up the space around the remaining PCs.

It was a tough battle because of the stickiness of the webs. The group kept struggling to get free. Fortunately for them, the spider didn't manage to bite them. I rolled lots of crap attack rolls. 🤷

What I should have done, now that I reflect on it, was have the second Large Monstrous Spider come around at them from behind while they were mostly stuck. That would've made the combat even more challenging. Instead, I had the second spider kind of hiding at the far end of the corridor. By the time the group entered its range they had their plan for "How to fight a Large Monstrous Spider that shoots sticky webs" locked in.

And then they reached the boss. Lord Eito Asano.

To be continued....

Comments

[some_other_dave]

The last time I played "Clue", I used one of the secret passages to advantage. It basically became clear to everyone what the proper solution was, and my opponents were puzzled because I went the wrong way to get to the appropriate room to reveal it. But the secret passage went straight to the correct room, so I got there and produced the solution, winning the game.

That was ... uhh, more decades ago than I really want to think about now.