<strong>Eshalu - confronting the fungal spider</strong><br/><br/>Though her attack had not visibly found purchase in the immense spider's fungus encrusted chitin, it did at least distract the creature's attention from Aeryn. Hopefully that would give the human sage enough time to free herself. Now that Aeryn was safe, it was the moment to focus on the adversary at hand. And the spider obliged her. It careened towards her with animalistic fury. Eshalu sized it up, seeking desperately to free her mind of the residual echoes of the flock's maddening cawing. She knew it would soon be upon her.<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: Defending against the spiders attack<br/>Total: <strong>4</strong><br/><br/>With the net of +4 in favour of the spider, I will take a <strong>mild consequence</strong>: <em>bloodied</em> and an additional <strong>2 physical stress</strong><br/><br/>For reference, Eshalu's status is now:<br/><br/>Physical stress: 4 [X] 3 [ ] 2 [X] 1 [X]<br/><br/>Mild Consequence: <em>Bloodied</em><br/><br/>Fate points: 0<br/></div></div><br/>The momentum of the great arachnid's charge was irresistible. Eshalu could smell the sharp, acidic scent of its poison and hear the now thundering clacking of its mandibles. She sidestepped just in time, raising the point of her spear to parry the incoming blow from the creature's vicious bite. Elven starmetal clashed with the unnatural fangs. Her biceps strained and gave way under the spider's weight, bringing a mandible down to slash open her leather jerkin at the shoulder, drawing a fresh welling of blood. Eshalu grimaced. The mandible was sharp enough that the cut was almost painless. Thankfully, she estimated it wasn't too deep, though a strap of her ancestral armour now hung loose, revealing the hard, tan musculature beneath.<br/><br/>Sensing the spider's rush would cause it to unbalance itself, leaving the softer parts of its abdomen exposed to a counterattack, Eshalu lunged. Wheeling to the spider's flank with a quick whirl, she struck again, bringing her spear to bear on her opponent's abdomen.<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: Counterattack against the spider<br/>Result: 2, 2, 3, 1,<br/>Total: 4, invoking the <em>Careless</em> aspect to exploit its vulnerability following the attack, for a total of <strong>6</strong></div></div>