The Hatchery

After defeating Jorus Eyebiter and his wretches, the Adventurers freed Aevaron the Wild-Elf. As we began session 2 of the Frostholm Campaign, Aevaron became a PC, played by E (my sister), and was fleshed out as a Shaman (using Priestly Magic) of Galana. Bjorn was retconned as Rhoda Red-Tress, and was played by (A), my mother. Her sex change appears to be incomplete, as my mother's sketch of her character appears to have a beard. With Klimt Bluestone and Snaggletooth, played by my wife and my brother, we now have a fair sized AFF2e party.

The Adventurers pushed deeper into the forest... 

12. The Hatchery

The forest floor falls away into a broad shallow sinkhole. This area of the forest is damp and dark, with the leaf litter a boggy mulch crawling his worms and centipedes. The sinkhole grows gradually more and more cobwebbed as the Adventurers move towards the centre, beginning with the think, glistening filaments of ordinary forest spiders until the trees are draped with the rope-like webs of GIANT SPIDERS. In the middle of this depression there are many tens of Giant Spider eggs, and hanging from the trees are the missing woodsmen, wrapped in thick spider silk cocoons. They will be the first warm dinner for the newly hatched Spiders.

As they approach the hatchery, the Adventurers will hear a tuneless signing in a curiously small but deep voice. This is the lullaby of the SPIDER-MAN, a grotesque hybrid – the head of a man and the body of a spider – just a foot or so in size. He is GAVRON, a worshipper of Arhallogen whose hate of Humanity only grew after he received Arhallogen’s curse. He will be furious if he spots the Adventurers intruding, screaming obscenities and making terrible threats. If the Adventurers attack he will attempt to scuttle away, singing a keening song in a forbidden tongue. This song will attract 1d6+2 Giant Spiders, who will defend the eggs at Gavron’s (barely) musical direction.

GAVRON THE SPIDER-MAN

SKILL 7 STAMINA⑤④③②①             

Gravron will only cause one point of STAMINA damage on a successful attack, but opponents must TEST THEIR LUCK or die from his venomous bite.

GIANT SPIDER

SKILL 7 STAMINA⑧⑦⑥⑤④③②①

Weapon	1	2	3	4	5	6	7+
Bite	2	3	3	3	4	4	5

Giant Spiders can make 2 Attacks.

Armour	1	2	3	4	5	6	7+
Bristly Hair	0	0	0	1	1	1	2

While the Adventurers were discussing their course of action, Snaggletooth and Rhoda decided to take ACTION!, charging the cluster of eggs and hacking away with their axes. There they disturbed Gavron the Spider-Man, who scuttled, screaming and cursing, into the trees chased by Snaggletooth. While the Adventurers debated whether they could get at Gavron, he summoned four Giant Spiders with his song. Aevaron invoked Galana to have the trees seize one, and the party chopped and skewered the Spiders in pretty short order. Snaggletooth took the head of a Giant Spider, with the idea that from it a hat could be fashioned...