Saturday, June 15, 2024

Monsters I have encountered thus far

If I'm going to be an adventurer I feel that I should document the monsters, animals, and other beings I meet. 

When I have a chance I'm going to go to a nice library and do some reading on each of these creatures. Especially the Fey creatures.

Where to start...

OK, obviously kobolds. I learned that there are flying kobolds. I had no idea. I also had no idea how devious they are. Not to stereotype, but yeah, tricky little bastards. Some of them even use spells. 

Also met thus far...

A Hag. Not trying to be insulting. I think that's what they are called. Kinda like a witch. Had a cauldron and some evil little servants and everything. Used invisibility and magic. 

Faeries: Sprites and Pixies. Some Dryads. A Satyr. A Faerie Dragon. None of them seemed evil, but they were quite weird and hedonistic. Derrick killed some of them, and later the hag "bound" one of them, named Karen, to be Derrick's companion until we can return some magic apple from the such-n-such forest to her. Considering that she's proven quite untrustworthy, we are making no effort with regards to the apple. Karen is kind of grumpy, but handy to have around. Overall these Fey beings, who inhabit the Myrthwood, have some good magic. I'm trying to learn a bit more about them. You have to be very patient with them. I mean, they turned Joe into a cat. Or was it a rabbit, and Wendrey squirrel? Obviously they turned back.

Ogre. Yes, we fought an ogre, who was working for a kobold shaman. I used a mental illusion to keep him busy, but eventually we had to kill him. He was just not settling down. Witchbolt to the noggin put him out of our misery. I don't really like to resort to violent spells, but sometimes someone insists on having their brains vaporized by electricity.  And who am I to argue?

Mimic. We've fought a couple of these. Tricky. 

Gelatinous Cube. Again - tricky dweller in dungeons and sewers. You can see through them, and they can attack by engulfing you or by extruding pseudopods to hit you and drag you in. Barf. 

Carrion Crawler. Not an easy kill. Hey, I get that they are an important part of their ecosystems, but you really have to stay out of their way. One carried Wendrey off down the sewer. He got loose, but was paralyzed in its tentacles for a bit. Nearly lost him. 

A dragon. No one believes us, but we did in fact see a Dragon. That was close enough.

Dragonborn. We encountered a Dragonborn scholar. I'm not sure he wasn't working against us. 

Kenku: We encountered a Kenku bard in a tavern. SQUAWK!!!

Well, I think that's if for now. Wish I could go to the Kings Bridge library and learn a bit more, but I'll keep taking notes in the meantime. 

Oh, kinda unrelated, but if you are ON the magic path through Myrthwood, DO NOT get off the path. You won't be able to find it again. 


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