The cavern floor is littered with brittle chitin and the cooling husk of the Brood Horror. A low, rhythmic hum vibrates through the damp stone.
Nogandar
The hunger of the earth still gnaws at me, yet the air grows foul with a new, unwelcome scent. Something approaches from the dark.
A lithe figure drops from the ceiling, landing with unsettling grace. The Spider Scout clicks its mandibles, its multifaceted eyes burning with necrotic green light.
Spider Scout
Your filth reeks of an old curse, gargoyle. The Queen demands the head of the interloper who dares defile her brood.
Nogandar
The Queen is a scavenger. Tell her that her death approaches on heavy wings, and I am merely the harbinger.
Spider Scout
Bold words for one so diminished. Your arrogance will serve as a fine feast for the hive.
+ Scene Quest Added
Defeat the Spider Scout
“I cast "Cogitationem praecelerare"”
SUCCESS (Legendary Arcana, rolled +0)
Nogandar
The air tastes of ozone and spider musk. I must peel back the layers of this illusion before they swarm.
Nogandar
Cogitationem praecelerare.
The cavern walls pulse with violet light as Nogandar forces his mind beyond the mortal coil. Time slows to a glacial crawl.
Nogandar
There. Her movements are predictable, a stutter in the weave of shadows. She plans to strike from the left flank.
Spider Scout
You stop moving, monster. Is fear finally rooting you to the stone?
Nogandar
She leaves her thorax exposed. One move, and this pathetic scout becomes a corpse.
“I use an ancient pin target spell on it”
SUCCESS (Legendary Arcana, rolled -2)
Nogandar
The magic of this wretched queen clings to the stone like cobwebs. I need to weave a snare of my own.
Nogandar
Your queen serves a shadow of true power. Witness how the masters of old bind their prey.
Nogandar begins the incantation, his claws tracing complex, glowing geometries in the stagnant air.
Spider Scout
What are you doing? Stop that chanting, you stone relic!
Nogandar
The ley lines ripple. The spell is locked. She is already a prisoner of my will.
A jagged bolt of violet energy leaps from Nogandar's palm, pinning the scout mid-leap to the cavern wall with invisible, searing force.
Quest Complete
Defeat the Spider Scout
New Gift: Web-Sensing Tremors