The doors are 50 feet high so the room is plenty high enough for the party to wait on the stairs while Ulthok runs the cloud kill for several rounds. The gas will stay down at ground level and flow into the den and rooms through the openings in the rotten doors.

If things get dicey then we can start the bar-b-que. But if Ulthok can clear the floor we can more safely check the rooms before we advance to the next level. There may be stuff in there we can use. What do you say? Are you game to try the poison gas first?

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After Ulthok casts Cloud Kill he will pull out his wand of light to help the others to see. He can use his infravision to see enough for the spell casting.

... flame or gas... either or... why not a little of both... use a wall of flame to set up a wall inbetween us and the stairs to give us time to get to it... and then cast the cloudkill beyond the wall of flame atop the bugs...

Just my thoughts ...

Well the fire will stir the air that will cause the cloud to breakup and ending it's affect. So gas first, then if that doesn't work then toast'em.

Also the spell spreads out from caster, it can be thrown over the fire wall. Area of Effect: 40 x 20 x 20 ft. The room is 150 x 100 so it will only cover a section.

Tann, can Ulthok cast a spell and enable his wand of light in the action? How close are we to the den?

.. or that could work too... as I said.. either or... lets see what others say...

I will go with either gas or fire but in character only fire has been discussed so no way to make a character choice.

This is Cor's first time using the demon fire axe so not sure how it works. With our luck it will summon a fire demon to attack us!

This is what the axe does Keeper...

+2 Battle Axe of Demon's Fire SM/Med: 1d8+6 LG: 1d8+6 (when used in combat vs. undead or the like on a successful hit of 16-20 will cause said creature to burst into flames taking an additional 1D10 points of damage each round and cannot cast spells or use any special abilities such as drain life. The flames cannot be put out by normal means only magical, even holy water has no effect.)

Are you sure they are not undead cockroaches???

If they are, then the protection from evil aura of myself and Conall should keep them at bay long enough for us to act against them.

... don't you know? nothing can kill a cockroach.... we are doomed!

Well since the gassing won't cover the whole room, should we go ahead and toast them?

or freeze them?

Several of us can cast burning spells so we can target a larger area.

I have a can of +4 Raid

Tann,
Could we have a map or more info of how far away we are from the den and swarm.

I'm looking at area effect spells so I'm trying figure which will cover the area best.

Picture a Triangle the den is to the left/West side of the main doors on the pointed end and your in the southeastern corner of the base. Between you and the Den is roughly 80% of the distence of the 150x100 span.
So if your gonna use Wall of Fire, Cloudkill, or some other type of area effect spell go for it as there is enough space to do so.

Well never mind, I just went back to check my spell list and Ulthok doesn't have Cloud Kill ready.

So it's char and choke time. So let's go big. how about a good old "Lightening Bolt" to the nest. That should shock the swarm.

... and bring the place down on our heads maybe... dont forget the Kaboom... the earthshattering Kaboom....

We just got out of tight confined spaces... I think we might want to pass on that again... how about just the fire... make a wall or a couple and use them to get to our way out...

Now if the ones with the spells could actually post to that effect... maybe we can get out of here this round... who has fire spells again?