#evil-one

Enemy: The Wasp Queen

Initiative: Wasp Queen, Ai, Ikki, Taras, Balasar, Lyrica, Lenna, Marsque, Specters, Elodie, Charra

The Queen took her first round to call two specters to her aid, former subjects in their lives.  Ai was able to attack the one that spawned near Ikki and myself, though it was slightly resistant.  Ikki passed her a silver short sword, before attacking that same ghost.  Taras used a Spiritual weapon to attack, and another spell.  I'm unsure if he hit, however.  Balasar and Charra teamed up to do some nasty damage to the Wasp Queen, dropping Charra into a Rage.  I reminded Elodie about her wand, before killing the specter near me and inspiring Charra.  Lenna Sacred Flamed on the queen, before Marque attacked the other ghost.  He also ordered the other rats to get clear of the fight.  One of the Spectre’s made a run for it for some reason, taking damage from Marsque before dispersing into the queen and healing her.  Elodie was able to Hex the Queen, before she had her fireball dispelled.  Shit.  Charra was unable to do any damage, but did prevent the queen from being able to effectively attack anyone but her.

The queen poisoned Charra with her attack, before Ai tossed a pot of oil at the Queen that missed.  Ikki got close enough to toss a dart, before Taras’s Guiding Bolt missed her.  His Spiritual weapon, which seemed to just be a pair of crashing waves did.  Balasar did manage to do some damage with their weapons, and another specter appeared.  I dropped a Cloud of Daggers on the queen, before inspiring Taras.  Lenna sent the spectre running, and Marsque moved into attack.  ELodie’s Fireball did hit, but not as strongly as it did against us.  The Chamberlain’s Ghost tried to run, but took some damage from Balasar.  Another Specter rose, and Charra hit the queen.

With that, she turned into a bunch of blobs like the Viscount once had done.  Ai was able to hit one of them, before Ikki went after another.  Taras’ Turn Undead sent one specter running, before his spiritual weapon missed a different one.  Balasar damaged yet another one, while my Dissonant Whispers killed another.  Lenna was able to aid us, before Marsque made a blob explode.  The specter ran from Taras, but turned back upon being hit.  Another attacked Taras, causing some nasty damage.  Elodie missed one of the blobs, and the Chamberlain hit Taras as well.  The blobs moved, but none attacked.  Charra was able to hit the Chamberlain.

Ai was able to heal Taras with a potion, before Ikki attacked the Chamberlain.  Taras cast another spell before healing himself.  Balasar killed another blob because of some spell, before using their mace to attack another blob.  I healed Taras a bit more, before attacking the Specter.  Lenna killed the Chamberlain with Guiding Bolt, before Marsque killed a specter.  Another reunited with two of the blobs, before causing damage to a large portion of the party.  She then cast some bastardized version of magic missile.  Elodie downed two health potions to heal up, before Charra closed in to heal with a potion as well.

We chose to, at least temporarily, work for the queen.  The chamberlain offered us the use of a teleportation circle we weren’t completely sure of.  After one of the wasps proved it was safe, however, we decided to take it, feeling it would be quicker.  Something went wrong, however.  Instead of being deposited near the nests we had been asked to protect, we were dumped out in an abandoned cavern.  Apparently, long before Newgar fell circles had been placed down to prevent non-residents from traversing the kingdom via teleportation circle.  Would have loved it if people had remembered this.  We were able to get a general idea of which way we needed to go between Ikki knowing North and Elodie knowing the direction we were being sent.  So we started exploring.

After finding a flooded cavern, then finding an area where we all had to squeeze threw a very thin tunnel, we ended up in a cavern where we encountered three other guilds members.  The first was a Drider.  A giant spider body with the torso and head of a Drow.  I hate spiders, but she seems interesting?  The next was Balasar.  We’ve met them before, actually.  I could have sworn it was simply a dream, our entire adventure where we explored the stars and encountered them.  But, apparently all of us but Ikki did go on that adventure.  I remember fighting beasts I’ve never seen before, and seeing beings I’d never even heard of.  That was, definitely something crazy.  But it made us friends with this elderly green dragonborn, so it worked out well in the end.  Their third party member was a High Elf, Lenna.  She’s a cleric just like Taras, but she’s more interested in healing than combat.  We discussed what we should do back and forth for a while, be hearing some sort of commotion.  Running in that direction, we found the nests we’d been sent to defend, and the others had been sent to help destroy.

We chose to just join in on the fight, taking out whoever we could.  There were initally a number of giant wasps, werewasps, and wasp swarms, as well as giant rats, wererats, and rat swarms.  Eventually some reinforcements came in on both side.  A few more of both enemies of both the giant and were varieties appeared.  A chancellor for the wasps, and someone I didn’t know for the rats also came in and joined the fight.

After we ended the fight, deciding to help the rats and focusing on the wasps, their queen appeared.  She was bound at wrists and ankles, and escorted by someone I didn’t know.  He also had three of those magical rats with him.  He told us that “fighting and killing is pointless, as the Lady of Death will rein supreme across all the planes.”  After giving that strange statement, he stabbed a dagger into the queen’s back.  Pulling a charm much like the one the Viscount used to get out of Ikki’s silence out, he and the rats disappeared.  As he did so, the queen began to mutate into something much like the Viscount.

Pope Francis has warned against conversing with the devil, as the Evil One is an incredibly intelligent being who often appears "disguised as an angel."

Pope Francis has warned against conversing with the devil, as the Evil One is an incredibly intelligent being who often appears "disguised as an angel."

Enemy: The Viscount Polheimen

Initiative: Ikki, Lyrica, Elodie, Taras, The Viscount, Charra

Ikki began the fight by flying into the air, tossing her vial of alchemist’s fire at the Viscount.  It caught him on fire, and I flew up as well to Mock him.  I then turned to Elodie, offering her inspiration.  She Hexed the beast, before Blasting him.  Taras tried to Shatter him, but it withstood the worst of the damage.  It began to move closer to us, and a puslating started beneath its hide.  A series of swarms escaped its skin, and its wings began to beat causing an eerie noise.  Ikki was able to withstand it, but Charra found herself unable to do anything.

Initiative Change:  Ikki, Lyrica, Elodie, The Viscount, Taras, Charra

Ikki managed to withstand the whispers and ramblings coming from its many mouths, disengaging it to get further away before tossing a dart at its back.  I cast Cloud of Daggers on it, and passed Ikki inspiration.  One of the swarms attempted to attack Charra, but missed, while the other struck Ikki.  Elodie was able to use a spell I’ve never seen to destroy the swarm that attacked Ikki.  The Viscount took damage from both the Alchemist’s Fire and my Cloud, before trying to shoot stingers at Charra and Taras.  She knocked them into the ground, and he dodged to let them hit the door behind him.  Taras was able to cast Guiding Bolt on the beast, breaking it into six pieces.  The swarms faded as it happened.  No longer affected by the buzzing, Charra was able to attack one of the blobs.

Initiative Change:  Ikki, Lyrica, The Viscount’s Body Pieces, Elodie, Taras, Charra

Ikki was able to attack another blob, while I went after the same one that Charra had attacked and inspiring Taras.  I am out for the day now.  I need to learn how to recover them more easily, and use them more often.  I also stopped concentrating on Cloud of Daggers, as it was only a danger to us.  One blob was killed by Ikki when trying to escape, while the one Charra and I have attacked missed her.  The other four all began to close in.  Elodie kills one, and Taras another, though Charra missed the one she went after.

Ikki was able to damage one of the remaining blobs, then I went after another.  I also tossed some healing Ikki’s way, seeing she was getting hurt.  The remaining blobs reconvened, showing us the Viscount.  He speaks in Elvish, and while I don’t know most of he and Elodie’s conversation, I did hear the insult he cast at Charra’s mother before casting a spell at Taras.  Elodie recognized it as Crown of Madness, letting us know that we need to break his concentration even as he broke her Eldritch Blast apart.  Taras failed to hit Charra and broke free of the crown, though Charra’s attempt to grapple the Viscount failed.

Ikki somehow laid a Silence around the Viscount, and I stepped far enough away I was able to cast Cloud of Daggers again on him.  Of course, something on his belt was a charm that allowed him to Misty Step away before casting a fucking fireball at us.  I was sent unconscious, and don’t know what else happened before Taras revived me with a spell.  I was able to see Charra grapple the Viscount.

Ikki attacked him with her spear after using a healing potion, then I took one as well.  Sadly, my Mockery failed me again.  Ikki was able to knock the wand away from him, and Elodie destroyed him with Eldritch Blast before something strange happens because of her bond to her patron.

Kills:

Enemies: 2 wererats

Initiative: Charra, Taras, Lyrica, Ikki, Wererats, Elodie

As always, Charra is the first in the combat.  She attacked one of the wererats, slamming it with her hammer, before Taras’ Toll the Dead failed to damage the other.  I and Ikki took the the air, deciding to take advantage of the higher ceiling in the room to give ourselves some height advantage.  My Vicious Mockery hit the wererat Charra had attacked, while Ikki attacked the other.  The first failed to harm Charra, though the other managed to harm Taras.  Elodie brought out a new spell on the second of the beings, before throwing an Eldritch Blast in its face.

Charra never seems to have much luck hitting her opponents?  She once again missed, though this time Taras did injure his opponent.  I tossed Charra some inspiration before attacking my target with my shortsword.  Ikki manages to get the other, and both fail to hit either of us.  Once again, Elodie blasted the same monster. This time, it died!

Charra did manage to hit her target, then shifted around it to stand closer to me.  Taras’s Toll the Dead proved successful, especially when it seemed my one shortsword that hit caused absolutely no damage.  Ikki did harm it, however.  It went after me, though Charra’s shield got between us to prevent its attack.  Elodie missed her attack, sadly, though Charra then brought her hammer down one last time to kill the beast.

Kills

Ikki: 1 Wererat