Pathfinder: Temple of the Whispering Spider, Part 3

Spider Eater

No More Spiders?

The party descended to the second level of the Temple of the Whispering Spider in order to find a way to cure Kaliara.

They entered a room and found a Spider Eater, a predator of spiders lurking in a corner. With quick attacks they were able to defeat it without it doing much damage.

In another room they found a treasure chest but after Rook flipped a hidden switch in a barrel, a pit appeared beneath the chest. Luckily, Erynor's reflexes saved him from the fall.

Jergling smelled the scent of garbage, and the party noticed two barrels filled with some kind of creature. Rook does an acrobatic movement to hurl one of the barrels and jump back, unleashing 1000s of the cockroaches. Erynor's bombs decimated the swarm, while the rest of the party's attacks seemed to do no damage.

Cockroach Swarm

They found a shrine maiden named Mei Yu trapped in a room, legs chained to a chair. She said that she was sent as a sacrifice to the spider temple and was dying of hunger. Blood stained her waist. Magical moonlight cascaded down from the ceiling. Varis switched a trigger that was supposed to free her, but instead caused the moonlight to shine upon the woman. Her flesh decayed and aged, and her torso ripped free as she transformed into a Manananngal. The undead creature resisted their attacks and grappled with Rook stealing away his constitution. Eventually, they were able to defeat the monster.

Finally, in the last room of the temple, a portal appeared revealing a Mercane, an extraplanar merchant willing to sell them goods. They refused to purchase his goods, but caved in to buy a heart shaped vial filled with red liquid, something the Mercane promised would heal the affliction placed on Kaliara.

Manananngal

Treasures:
Potion of Darkvision
2000 silver coins
Red Heart Vial


Monsters:
Spider Eater (CR5)
Cockroach Swarm x2 (CR3)
Manananngal (CR7)


NPC:
Mer'i'dun the Mercane