Aria nodded almost imperceptibly at Rose's whisper, keeping her face placid for the elves, and managed to note the hanging creatures once they'd been pointed out.<br/><br/>The two elves didn't seem to notice any of this. One frowned at Rose's declining of the invitation, and the other let the wineskin go limp in his thin hand. Once Rose said 'man of arcane learnings' they swiftly looked at one another wide-eyed before looking back to the center of the druidic circle and attempting to smile pleasantly and nonchalantly.<br/><br/>"Why!" one called. "Let<em>us</em>be your tour guides!"<br/><br/>The other, shorter one laughed, rising and reaching for his bow. "And first let us impart you a lesson in the arcane!"<br/><br/>"...and manners!" the taller elf's featured sharpened, and he too went for his bow, sizing up Rose and Aria in his gaze; his eyes even glanced up a second, checking the wind. The shorter one whistled, and the spiders in the trees above their heads animated with a rustling of leaves and rattling of many long, thin legs.<br/><br/>Aria whispered to Rose, "If you choose to teleport anywhere, whether into their midst or further away, consider me along for the ride."<br/><br/><br/>Aria init 16<br/>Elves and spiders init 9<br/><br/>a = aria<br/>e = elves (spiders are 20' over their heads)<br/>r = rose<br/>x = stone ruins.<br/><br/>The innermost circle near Aria and Rose is 5' high, the middle circle is 10' high, and the outermost circle is 15' high. Each ring is 15' apart from the other ones.<br/><br/>The stones in each ring form alternating columns and grassy graps; they can easily be passed through at ground level, or relatively easily hopped between once upon them: the tops of the inner and middle rings have Balance DCs of 5. The outermost ring is wider (DC 0), and mostly consists of trilithon 'square arches' whereas the inner rings are mostly individual columns with no horizontal stones across them.<br/><br/>All the rings have Climb DCs of 20 from 'inside' or 'outside' of the ring, or DC 10 while standing 'among' the ring (from where the climber can brace against two opposing stones.)<br/><br/>(The arcs of each ring continue beyond the drawing, to full circles:)<br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">. . . . . . . . . . . . .<br/>. . . . x x x x x x x x x<br/>. x x x x x x e x e x x<br/>x x x x . . . . . . . .<br/>x x . . . . . . . . . .<br/>x . . . . . . . . . . .<br/>. . . . . x x x x x x x<br/>. . . x x . . . . . . .<br/>. . x . . . . . . . . . <br/>. x . . . . . . . . . .<br/>. x . . . . . x x x<br/>x . . . . . x . . . x  <br/>x . . . . x . . . . . x<br/>x . . . x . . r . . . . x<br/>x . . . x . . a x . . . x<br/>x . . . x . . . . . . . x<br/>            x . . . . . x<br/>               x . . . x <br/>                 x x x<br/></code></pre>