12th Arodus 18 - Ssshh!! We’re hunting Wabbit!

Vaneer again casts Commune and ascertains that the creatures that they would be facing would be Fey or Fey like creatures, in the numbers of between 10 and 20.

The group spread out in a dispersed line method to start exploring the area whilst Natalia and Otto take to the skies to do some scouting from above in attempts to finding any strange occurrences.

Natalia manages to spot some slight movement below in the dense forest but fails to notice what is causing the movement but she figures out that no matter its identity it was heading in an easterly direction.

Once updated the group instantly begin to move swiftly to intercept the unknown opponent(s) whilst under one of Otto’s invisibility spheres.

What will they encounter? Only fate knows………..(and the GM)

11th Arodus 18 - Wait! We're making a plan?

Vaneer decided to use his Commune spell to see if the group could get the drop on the next “incident”

Through the spell they discover that the next “bloom” is due to happen tomorrow, which would be west of the Wyverns Lair near Pitax.

Otto teleports the group to an area near the “intended” bloom where the group settle down for a nights rest before tracking down the event in the morning.

10th Arodus 18 - Bitten to Heck

Reports are returned that there are creatures to the forest in the North West that are “Nipping” at everyone and everything whilst Moss and Fungi seems to be growing rampart in the area.

Otto shortly teleports the group to the area near the statue to Erastil and the group prepares for any trouble where they meet up with Auch’s who sent the report to the capital.

As they arrive the instantly notice an odd noise almost that of a shrill in the air towards the west.

Wasting no time they move into the forest and not too long afterwards with the exception of the flying Otto the group begin to feel something is nibbling at their feet as they soon realise that they’ve wandered into multiple swarms of Mandragar totalling into the Thousands of Thousands.

Otto casts a quicken haste over the group and uses a sealed Force cube spell to contain half of the insect swarm,

Boss uses his special splinter arrows on the other swarm and manages to hit a number of critters,

Vaneer casts Flamestrike on the swarm,

Hugo throws a flask of alchemist’s fire at the swarm,

Miro also drops a flask of alchemist’s fire on the swarm,

The Caged critters emit an ear wrenching shriek which proves of no effect to the group,

Vaneer, Natalia, Hugo and Boss are swamped by the swarm and feel nauseous as the critters attempt to drain some of their blood,

Auchs picks up a large boulder and throws it at the swarm,

Natalia casts Fire storm,

Otto casts two fireballs,

Vaneer panics in the confusion and attacks Boss but misses his comrade,

Miro drinks a potion of fly and ascends into the air above the swarms,

Vaneer, Boss and Hugo are still swamped by the swarm and continue the blood loss,

Auch’s throws another boulder,

Natalia casts flamestrike,

Otto carefully descends so he is just above the swarms where he uses dimension door to transport Hugo and Boss away from the swarm,

Otto casts a quickened fireball at the swarm,

Vaneer vomits as he manages to crawl out of the swarms affect,

Hugo drinks a potion of cure serious wounds,

Miro throws down two flasks of alchemist’s fire,

The swarm moves to re-engulf Vaneer causing him to become nauseated again,

Auch’s running out of ideas decides to throw another large boulder into the swarm,

Natalia casts another flamestrike and kills off the remaining swarm,

Vaneer in the confusion attempts to attack Miro but fails to land a successful blow.

Whilst Otto and Natalia dispose of the caged swarms by use of multiple acid fog and flame spheres, Vaneer again sets about healing up the wounds sustained from the conflict.

As the last swarm stops twitching all of the carcasses suddenly explode into the air to form in to a single 35ft Mandagara which screeches at the group before moving to attack them.

Natalia casts command plants,

Bob rushes into attack the creature and hits,

Vaneer annoyed at the previous bout steps forward and casts harm on the creature which deals a chunk of damage,

The creature assaults Vaneer three times but misses the cleric each time,

Otto casts a finger of death but the spell misses,

Boss shoots and hits the creature four times dealing it enough injuries to kill it.

As the Mandagara thrashes about in its death thoes it suddenly emits a massive screech and then there is a sudden flash of green light as it explodes returning the area and atmosphere to normal.

The group head back to Wyvershore after saying farewell to Auch’s.

5th Arodus 18 - Splish, Splash, Splosh, Elemental's Galore!

Even before lunch reports has already started to come in of “weird” events and going-on’s in the south just beyond the kingdom’s largest lake (TuskWater).

The group instantly gather their equipment and head out to meet their local contact of the area, a blue Nixie by the name of Melianse whom Otto had been avoiding since their rather intimate encounter any moons previously.

With the rather awkward greetings exchanged Melianse brings the group up to speed of the recent events and directs them towards the commotion. They soon find themselves within the lakes edge where a single deaden tree was the only blip in the otherwise smooth landscape.

The area was darken as night even though the surrounding areas clearly showed that it was still at least mid-afternoon and the sound of some sort of roaring was permeating the air from an unknown source, on the water a collection of black swans could be seen struggling to swim in the water.

Natalia took to the air to aid the creatures to only discover that the low roaring was coming from a churning whirlpool about half a mile wide in the lake of which the swans had found themselves caught in.

What disturbed the druid more was that just under the surface of the whirlpool she could make out several black shapes swimming around under the water surface with ease.

Melianse attempts to aid the party by casting Prying eyes at the whirlpool as numerous orbs of light fly out over the water and hover,

Otto casts Overland flight upon himself in readiness of any unpleasant surprises,

The Orbs return and divulge to the Nixie that a number of large elementals are hiding beneath the water’s surface,

Otto instantly casts a chain lightening spell into the lake which forces four large water elementals of black/brackish water to emerge from the whirlpool as Otto follows up with a quickened Mirror Image at the sight of the groups opponents,

Vaneer attempts to use his wand of Dismissal but the spell fails to take effect,

Hugo wades into the water and attacks the nearest elemental managing to land a single blow that clearly dealt little damage to his opponent,

Miro follows Hugo’s lead and also manages to hit for a small pinch of damage,

The elementals turn their attentions to the group;

• Vaneer is hit critically sending the Cleric flying backwards
• Miro is effortlessly pummelled twice
• Hugo is slammed in chest the twice
• Boss is also slammed in the chest twice

Natalia summons her an Air Elemental

Meanwhile unbeknownst to the group storm clouds above them had formed into a being (Lightning Elemental) which sends bolts of electricity racing towards Otto only to hit one of his images.

Melianse casts a freezing sphere at the lake water which notably damages 3 of the water elementals,

Otto casts quickened haste over the group before using a cone of cold to further injure two of the already injured elementals,

Boss shoots at one of the elemental 5 times with 4 arrows striking true though again having little to no effect,

Natalia’s Air elemental attacks the lightening elemental,

Vaneer attempts to cast Dismissal on the lightening elemental but fails to banish the creature,

Miro continues his stabbing onslaught against his water elemental but again feels inadequate as each blow landed just seems to be absorbed into the elemental,

Hugo attacks with multiple success’ against the same elemental but again does little damage overall,

The Elementals resume their attacks;

• Miro is slammed again with the Halfling looking worried about his state of health
• Hugo by some miracle manages to avoid any blows landing against him
• Vaneer is again hit bring the Cleric to one knee
• Boss is slammed against again causing him to swagger

The lightning elemental sends his lightning bolt downward but strikes the deaden tree causing to it suddenly roar into life as it animates,

The Tree (Lightning Treant) casts chain lightning on all of the group only to miss striking Otto, Natalia, Boss and Bob.

Melianse casts another freezing sphere over the lake which destroys two of the four water elementals,

Otto casts a quickened Fireball on the Lightning Treant which deals it no visible damage, the King then fingers the lightning elemental with a finger of death causing the creature to instantly explode with shock!

Boss continues to shoot at one of the remaining water elementals but deals little damage,

The water elemental retaliates at Boss and lands a blow,

Natalia’s Air elemental attacks one of the water elementals,

Natalia summons an Earth Elemental which attacks the lightning treant,

A bloodied Vaneer casts a well anticipated healing burst to help start rejuvenating the group,

Hugo attacks his water elemental and with multiple hits manages to deal enough damage to take the creature down,

Miro attempts to hit the remaining water elemental but he barely lands a poke,

The water elemental attacks Boss and lands two hits almost dropping the fighter,

The lightning Treant attacks the earth elemental and hits it twice,

Melianse casts Disintegrate on the Lightning Treant which hits hard but the creature survives,

Otto also casts Disintegrate at the Lightning Treant which fails to effect followed by a quickened Fireball on the water elemental which seems to finish it off,

Boss shoots at the Lightning Treant, hits and returns it to an deanimated state.

As soon as the Treant returns to a deaden tree the water in the lake suddenly explodes into the air and then the area and air begin to settle into a sense of calm and peace.

Vaneer spends the next hour tending to all the wounds of the group before they begin their return to Wyvernshore where Otto instantly orders searches to be performed all over the kingdom for any further “weird” happenings.