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Can we web them in the corner of the room? Or are they already all the way into a room?

Would Pendleton have had a chance to cast Web when the door opened?

Just in case you missed it, this was the action I had posted for Pendleton:

Zhym wrote:Pendleton stays behind the templars, hoping that between them, his protection from the infernal, and his invisibility, something will keep him from being attacked.

He holds a web spell ready to delay the eyes and/or sniffers from pursuing the group's retreat—if they can get the monsters on the right side of the retreat, that is.

I'm not seeing any other good options, given the constraints as you've laid them out (running away and webbing Able and Idriss into the room with the sniffers and the eyes doesn't count as a good option).

Also, I'd gotten kind of used to the more relaxed pace of decision-making when Marullus posted just once per week. Not that I mind the quicker updates. It's just surprising now when I'm holding things up.

So, anyway, I'm at a loss. Pendleton can't web the sniffers, his protection from the infernal never seems to work the way I expect it to, and he can't fight them. Rusty, any ideas? 'Cause I'm plumb out, other than what I posted above, which is to hope that the protection Pendleton and the Templars get keeps the sniffers from doing anything while Able and Idriss work their way through the maze.

Zhym wrote:..I wonder if a pool of holy water on the floor would act as a barrier. Something that the sniffers wouldn't cross but Idriss and Able could? What do you think?

You already tried that - not effective.

Zhym wrote:Oh, right. I forgot about them. They're with Pendleton and the Templars, right?

Correct.

Pendleton retreats to the next room, taking the thieves with him. The Templars follow, covering their flank. The group makes for the room with the headless statues.

The idea is to lead the sniffers to a room where Pendleton can web a doorway (and as many sniffers as he can catch in the process) without also blocking Idriss's and Able's exit path. The room with the headless statues is the first room in our retreat with multiple explored exits.

Are we fast enough to stay ahead of the sniffers without going into a full-on run?

Initiative: [1d6] = 1

No. No, I did not. No roll to see here.

I'm guessing Rusty will want to re-roll that one.

Good guess.
Initiative [1d6] = 5

If the creatures have to follow a maze route to attack us then maybe we have to 'Pac-man' another route to mislead or escape them. Alternatively if the maze is just a pretty pattern then run for it while the Protection holds.

Thought in the size of room the Web spell could be targeted as we are not all in the same cubic space.

Anyway, Idriss cast light as his action and walks a retreating route to the door.

Web spell: Idriss sumons a flare of light which blinds the five eye balls, turning them into glowy will o' wisps. They smack against the invisible walls of the floor-maze, unable to cross them or find their way out. Ablesforth begins walking the floor maze carefully (round 1 of 10).

Pendleton invisibily barks directions to the Templars, who hurry to fall back, going through the throne room to the room where the tentacular eyeballs we're slain and array d around Dolph's corpse. Pendleton invokes the large mass of webbing just before the halfheads arrival - seven of them tangle themselves helplessly in their blind rage, three hang back, snarling on the other side of it from them.


Actions!

Date: 02 September 2021, 4:16pm
Light: Rhe's Torch (until 4:50pm)
Effects: Protection from Evil (Able, Pendleton, Idriss, Dolph, Jacques, Molay); Invisibility (Pendleton); Idriss' mirror image (until 4:30pm)
Injuries: Dolph (Dead); Ablesforth (minorly injured); Jacques (superficially injured)

Pendleton waits for Able and Idriss to catch up. He asks the Templars to kill any of the sniffers that threaten the party or get loose.