I continue to focus on the buzzing noise again trying to make out what it might be, if it is drawing closer/getting louder, and asking the others if they hear it now.
As you continue your journey forward, the buzzing grows steadily louder, easily audible over the light rain now. As you round every blind bend, both Violet and Tailine flinch a bit, before they realise nothing lurks behind the new set of trees or bushes.
As you enter a small clearing, you see off to one side a number of particularly large hives, with several overgrown wasps flying around. Near the base of one the hives is a body wearing what looks to be hide armour, made from wolf and bear fur. Beside the body is small backpack, a small messenger-like bag, and an assortment of scattered items you can't make out at this distance.
As you continue straight ahead a little, the wasps begin to get more restless. To avoid any confrontation, you'll need to travel through the uneven ground on the far side of the clearing to get past.
"Make no sudden movements. Let me see if I can calm the hives." I move a step toward the hives and use my speech of the woods to talk to the wasps. "I am safe. I just want to get that one away from your hive."
(Basically try to get across the simple concept that I won't hurt them and wan to get rid of the thing that bothered their hive)
Seeing them still angry I back off a few steps.To try and distract them I cast druid craft 30' away, back the way we came but on the same side of the road as their hives. Making flowers bloom that would attract them.
”Stop! These are not as easy to deal with as you think. I am quite familiar with them.” I hold up my shield which is the same shape as the abdomen section of the wasps’ carapace.
Tailine keeps her bow in one hand and looks over at Jartrin, "Why do I have a feeling this is going to end with all of us getting stung?" She's keeping a healthy distance from the furious insects.
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Current Characters: Tailine, Tiefling Rogue 2 - Zanoliv
The casting of druidcraft does little more than cause some daisies to bloom in the grass. Neither that nor the shield seem to calm or distract the huge wasps.
You can now see that there are 5 of these giant wasps, with uncountable smaller (normal-sized) wasps swarming about the area.
Estellen raises his staff and speaks a few charms quietly before speaking to Quilqwen, ”Your way has proven... ineffective. Let’s try an alternative approach.”
He raises a palm and exhales, casting sleep on the bees.
Several small wasps drop to floor on the casting of the spell, along with a single giant wasp. The remaining 4 giant wasps begin moving aggressively towards you.
Roll initiative! (the wasps vary from 80ft to 130ft from you at current. Quilqwen is 10ft closer than the rest of the party. The area is a grassland clearing with no cover.)
2 wasps, 1 of them being particularly large, fly towards the group at high speed. The smaller of the two ends up next to Quilqwen, the larger of the two ending up about 30ft away from the cart.
Violet, Jatrin, then Tailine before the next wasp.
Quilqwen
I continue to focus on the buzzing noise again trying to make out what it might be, if it is drawing closer/getting louder, and asking the others if they hear it now.
Tailine keeps her bow in her lap, sitting next to Jartin and keeping a sharp eye out. The buzzing is keeping her on edge.
Current Characters: Tailine, Tiefling Rogue 2 - Zanoliv
As you continue your journey forward, the buzzing grows steadily louder, easily audible over the light rain now. As you round every blind bend, both Violet and Tailine flinch a bit, before they realise nothing lurks behind the new set of trees or bushes.
As you enter a small clearing, you see off to one side a number of particularly large hives, with several overgrown wasps flying around. Near the base of one the hives is a body wearing what looks to be hide armour, made from wolf and bear fur. Beside the body is small backpack, a small messenger-like bag, and an assortment of scattered items you can't make out at this distance.
As you continue straight ahead a little, the wasps begin to get more restless. To avoid any confrontation, you'll need to travel through the uneven ground on the far side of the clearing to get past.
Quilqwen
"Make no sudden movements. Let me see if I can calm the hives." I move a step toward the hives and use my speech of the woods to talk to the wasps. "I am safe. I just want to get that one away from your hive."
(Basically try to get across the simple concept that I won't hurt them and wan to get rid of the thing that bothered their hive)
As you try and calm them with your words, they start to move towards you, still clearly agitated.
Quilqwen
Seeing them still angry I back off a few steps.To try and distract them I cast druid craft 30' away, back the way we came but on the same side of the road as their hives. Making flowers bloom that would attract them.
Estellen shifts uneasily as the swarm approaches,
”I say we should just burn the lot of them. They’re obviously hostile.”
Violet leans over and holds out a torch, "I've got torches. We can use them."
Quilqwen
”Stop! These are not as easy to deal with as you think. I am quite familiar with them.” I hold up my shield which is the same shape as the abdomen section of the wasps’ carapace.
Tailine keeps her bow in one hand and looks over at Jartrin, "Why do I have a feeling this is going to end with all of us getting stung?" She's keeping a healthy distance from the furious insects.
Current Characters: Tailine, Tiefling Rogue 2 - Zanoliv
The casting of druidcraft does little more than cause some daisies to bloom in the grass. Neither that nor the shield seem to calm or distract the huge wasps.
You can now see that there are 5 of these giant wasps, with uncountable smaller (normal-sized) wasps swarming about the area.
Estellen raises his staff and speaks a few charms quietly before speaking to Quilqwen, ”Your way has proven... ineffective. Let’s try an alternative approach.”
He raises a palm and exhales, casting sleep on the bees.
Sleep roll: 20
Several small wasps drop to floor on the casting of the spell, along with a single giant wasp. The remaining 4 giant wasps begin moving aggressively towards you.
Roll initiative! (the wasps vary from 80ft to 130ft from you at current. Quilqwen is 10ft closer than the rest of the party. The area is a grassland clearing with no cover.)
7 Wasp 1
15 Wasp 2
16 Wasp 3
18 Wasp 4
7 Wasp 5 (sleeping)
Jatrin Initiative 14
Nox - Adult Oblex - The Trials
Jartrin Ephok - Dragonborn - Zanoliv
Bunol - Grim Angel - The Floating Lands of Goriate
Initiative: 13
Current Characters: Tailine, Tiefling Rogue 2 - Zanoliv
Initiative (D&DBeyond notifs are borked): 9
Quilqwen
Initiative: 6
Initiative: 13
2 wasps, 1 of them being particularly large, fly towards the group at high speed. The smaller of the two ends up next to Quilqwen, the larger of the two ending up about 30ft away from the cart.
Violet, Jatrin, then Tailine before the next wasp.
Violet, seeing the wasps rushing at them, holds up a hand and (using her normal arcane crystal XD) casts Chromatic Orb at the larger wasp
Attack: 18 Damage: 14