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He flings one torch to each side and the highly flammable web ignites quickly. Megala and Dryshik have been up with the other group and pushing them from the edge. Alzar casts Searing Serpent in front of the Ettercap and adds another source of fire.
The Ettercap has screamed and clicks at the same time and other spiders and Ettercaps are moving about. Alzar sees some move quickly. In just three rounds, half of the web is on fire, and of course, Alzar is immune to the fire. The spiders are not, and many are being crisped and attacked by the fire. Their home and maze and trap is completely going up.
The brides and walkways are beginning to collapse, and the Natural bridge above is actually hardened webbing and the flames are licking it too. Flaming webbing is falling into the gulley, and its stream, below. The walkway below Alzar loosens, and he activates the belt.
It falls, and spiders and ettercaps are dying, but a couple are fleeing up the gully side, and Alzar cannot have that. He flies up to a giant spider, and casts Skulltrap and kills it. Blastbones damage another one even more than the smoke did, and Alzar flies up and twacks it for 6 damage and kills it.
Then Alzar hears a tremendous screech and looks. There is a gargantuan spider much much larger than a Giant one. He’s never seen one that big. The fire has caused it to fall and its bulk is unable to stop the tremendous crash from it hitting the ground and dying.
The Ettercap that was once human is no where to be seen. Did it die? Did it survive? Alzar can’t tell, but there’s no more movement anywhere, and the web is destroyed or still burning on the ground. A few trees in the gully have caught on fire, but it won’t spread. Alzar has Dryshik and Megala and himself fly around and search for spider-y life or treasure that might have been on there. Alzar spies a metallic glint and swings down. It’s a silver rod. Alzar grabs it. He can tell is a Rod of Terror. Identify will be used later for the number of charges (8).
They fly back up, rejoin the group, and continue back and eventually find the right path to get out of this area.
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