To the standing stones!

[Prince Herb]

The creature giggles and scuttles in the mist.   For a moment, the adventurers see a small dark shape in the mist head of them, then it skips off to the side.

It mutters something in a language none of the group understand.

Seraya rolls 10+7=17 for diplomacy

The creature lunges from the mist, red eyes staring wildly.   It is manlike, but short, less than 4 feet in height, and very pale.   It has spider-like fangs extending from its otherwise humanoid looking mouth, and four long spindly arms with too many joints.   The ragged clothes it wears seem to have been woven from spider's web, as does the shield it carries on one arm.   In another hand, it carries a bone knife which it waves at Hannah menacingly.

[Robbie]

Caflice promptly pulls back an arrow, aiming at the man-spider. "This thing doesn't look friendly..." He keeps his aim on the thing in front of him.

[Prince Herb]

Hannah looks at Caflice and back at the creature, and delays her own attack.

Awa stabs Hannah 16+3=19 for a hit!   Hannah takes 1d6+1 damage = 2

"Goddess!" Hannah cries, involuntarily and tries to fend the creature off with her own blade.

Hannah rolls 10+0; a miss

The creature dodges and shrieks triumphantly.

[Seraya]

Taking a stab is a good sign of someone that needs to be defeated. Wishing she were in open air, Seraya swings with her sword at the creature.

[Prince Herb]

Seraya rolls 16+4=20, a success, and rolls 1d8+2=4 for damage

The creature shrieks in outrage and pain as Serayas sword cuts a deep wound in one of its flailing arms.

Caflice moves round to shoot the creature in its exposed flank while remaining out of its range.

Caflice rolls 14+2-4=12, a miss

The arrow flies off into the mist and shatters unseen against a stone wall.   Caflice hears a click underneath his foot as a section of the floor drops away beneath him.

Caflice rolls 15+3=18 for a reflex save and succeeds

Caflice leaps free just in time.   The rusty spikes in the pit below look ancient but still deadly - a fresh looking corpse is still impaled on them.

Awa strikes at Hannah, cackling and shrieking as it does so.
Awa rolls 4+3=7, for a miss

The strike goes wide.

Order of action is now - Awa, Caflice, Seraya/Hannah, so Caflice to act next

[Robbie]

Caflice forgets the arrows for a second, and draws his sword to lunge at the creature, intent on attacking the side or the back.

[Prince Herb]

Caflice steps forwards, drops his bow and draws his short sword instead.   He sees an opening and goes for it, but the creature is too fast and the blade catches only air.

Caflice rolls 12+1=13, a miss

Hannah tries to cut the creature's belly open with her dagger, but the blow goes wide.

Hannah rolls 2+0=2, a miss

[Seraya]

Careful to avoid the trapped floor, Seraya moves to get between the beast and Hannah before taking another swing. If anything that would give it another target.

[Prince Herb]

Seraya rolls 17+4=21, a hit.   Awa takes 3+2 damage

The beautiful paladin aims a careful blow at the head and neck of the creature, and manages to land a blow on one of the creature's shoulders, spilling more blood on the floor.

The creature thrusts its bone knife at Hannah again, and manages to hurt her.

Awa rolls 17+3=20, a hit.   Hannah takes 1d6+1 damage=2

[Robbie]

Caflice moves around the thing as it strikes Hannah, and swings at it again, if not striking it, then hoping to push it into the spiked pit.

[Prince Herb]

Caflice rolls 20+1=21, a critical hit.   He rolls 3d6+1=16 damage

Caflice, on the creature's blind side, lets go a mighty blow, piercing its side and freeing bright bubbly blood from its lungs.   As Caflice pulls out his blade, the creature collapses, and stumbles into the pit, falling onto the spikes below.   It quivers a little, but is clearly no longer a threat to anyone.

[Seraya]

Glancing down at the grisly sight of their defeated opponent, Seraya catches her breath. Then she turns to examine Hannah for how severe her injuries might be. "How do you feel?"

[Prince Herb]

"A bit shaky," the druidess admits,"but I can draw upon the powers of the earth to heal myself."

"Spirits of the earth!   Hear the pleas of your sister, and heal her wounds!" she calls, and the spirits answer her.

Hannah casts Cure Light Wounds for 5+1=6 points

The knife wounds heal and Hannah's skin is whole again, as if no wound had ever been there.

[Robbie]

Caflice looks down at the creature in the pit, mentally scouring his mind for an appropriate spike-related wisecrack. "I think we should watch our step, ladies. This... thing already got the points..."

[Seraya]

Seraya gives Caflice a cool look for the pun, then restarts their journey deeper into the cave. "I'll need another light spell for my shield," she notes over her shoulder to Hannah.