<strong>Eshalu - arachnid angst</strong><br/><br/>Eshalu gritted her teeth in frustration. Her piercing strike at the vast spider's abdomen had been deflected by the thick, grotesque layer of unnatural fungus covering its chitin. Even the tip of her spear, forged in ages past and handed down by countless generations of rangers to her, its inheritor for this cycle of its existence, proved insufficient to deal the killing blow.<br/><br/>Now, and very pressingly, the spider again brought its powerful bulk to bear, its blade-like mandibles streaked with viscous poison arched, ready to strike.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Comment: Defence roll against spider<br/>Result: 3, 2, 2, 1,<br/>Total: <strong>4</strong></div></div><br/><br/>Meeting the hideous arachnid's gaze head-on, her eyes blazing with defiant fury into the clusters of black, soulless orbs, Eshalu ducked out of the way of her opponent's lunge. She crouched low, whipping her spear to her side, readying it for a thrusting counterattack. The muscles of her thighs pulled taut, ready to spring, and her now exposed biceps strained, preparing to thrust her spear into the spider's mandibles.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll Result: Eshalu rolled: 4d3, adding -4to the total<br/>Comment: Attack roll against fungus spider<br/>Total: <strong>6</strong></div></div>