Anyway, they are trapped in the dungeon. However 13th level and they have a psion. He needs no spel components and so uses his telekinteic control to force the guard to open the gate. This allows them to murder their guards and escape the prison:
They then travelled up the stairs - thinking that with the guards out of the way they had a chance at freedom. However the passageway opened onto a large cavern filled with webs. They were assaulted by spider swarms, and a colossal spider. The cleric shot it with his bow, but suffered an attack for doing so within it's enormous reach. The poison of the bite paralysed him and suddenly the party concentrated on flight. They torched the webs it was climbing on, dropping it into the chasm and buying themselves time. They managed to pull the paralysed cleric out of the way before the spider was able to climb back to the ledge and narrowly avoided being eaten as they fled out the other side of the cavern:
They crept up the stairs, but soon realised the mistake of carrying lights in a drow stronghold. They are desperately searching for anything to counteract the spider poison as the only person that can cure the poison is the cleric.... They are now fighting a hit and run skirmish in the tunnels while the invisible psion depserately searches for their kit. In the distance they can hear sounds of battle...
All in all a good game. It's fun to see panic in a group of 13th level characters but a colossal spider does the trick every time. Thanks for the great tool. I'll upgrade to b27 for the next game, probably next week.
I love how big the spider is in contrast to the players.