Tag: Dungeons and Dragons

Being from the Fey Wild, Paupricosh’s emotions tend to be grand and dynamic, and never subtle.
This is what she appear like when she switched to being fully vindictive and cruel. Usually she’s sweet as candy, until she’s pushed.

The Diaries of Riolu Ungart: Part 9.3; Sunshadow’s Plan

Another week passed and we made our way to Sunshadow’s church in town. We are now in the presence of a half dozen priests and exorcists of various races.

Sunshadow,”All right friends, I’ve been working with my church over the last couple of weeks to get this Balor purged. We found a small lake in the middle of nowhere that we’ve been converting into holy water, and it’s finally done.”

A Bronze Dragonborn cleric (named Tazvroth Dawnbreak) stepped forward. She began putting us through the plan. ”That’s right. At the bottom of the lake we’ve placed a symbol to summon the Balor. When it is, it’ll be burned and weakened in the lake. When it rises up, that’s when you warriors need to put on the pressure.”

A dark blue, almost purple, Tiefling male (Warlock/Cleric multiclass named Amon Incubane) takes his turn. “We’ll aid in the summon and provide some support you, but we won’t do any battling ourselves. That responsibility will lie with you.”

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We rest for 3 more days while our troops are rallied. Sunshadow, Staab, Destin, Crudelia, Vanta, the priests and exorcists, and myself made our way to the lake in the early dawn, ready as we’ll ever be to put down that Balor and end that chapter of our lives.

The Diaries of Riolu Ungart: Part 9.2; Dream Man Resurgence

The Dream Man briefly looks up from his book and takes a sip from his glass,”Yes? Can I help you?”

I take a step closer and tell him my reasoning for being here. “We’ll be facing a mighty foe in the near future, as you probably already know. I would like your help in summoning Crudelia, Vanta, and Destin to aid our efforts.”

The Dream Man closes his book, stands up, finishes his glass, and begins to pour another. “And if I were to do this, what shall I earn in return? I have money, concubines, and don’t care for glory.”

I ponder the type of person he is for a moment and remember his vanity. “How about I offer you the taxidermied head of a Balor for your wall? I see that you like stuffed trophies, and you don’t already have one.”

The Dream Man’s eyes light up, if only for a moment. He swirls the contents of his glass and hides his excitement very well. “Tell you what, I’ll bring the likes of Vanta, Crudelia, and Destin to your aid. But in return, I want the head of the beast above my fireplace.”

I realize that this is exactly what I just said, but I agree all the same. We shake hands once more, sending a surge of an electrical sensation up my arm and through my body.

I awaken in the tree and tell the others we will have help in this fight from our former Weird Ones.

The Diaries of Riolu Ungart: Part 9.1; What now?

Since we were hired by Decambria and her husband, several weeks have passed. In that time, Sunshadow has been comuning with his religious order and working on a secret project, Staab has been fighting in the arenas for fun and for money, and I have been working with Rosa. I took her shopping for new equipment, I made an offer on the former “Slave Trader Joe’s” building and it went through, and we have been working on converting it into a keep for us to live in. We cleaned out the place, turned the dungeon area into a series of bedrooms, converted the lobby into a common room, and installed a kitchen. I’ve focused on the backyard area and making a lovely garden. I cobbled a pathway around the area and center fountain, planted some of the herbs I got from the Eccentric Herbalist, placed strawberry beds around the entire area, Finally, I finished the garden by caring for the lone tree and made it my sleeping quarters.

We’ve worked a few jobs for our new employers to pay them back for the start-up funds they gave us to purchase and renovate the building, and by now have broke even. However, trouble was brewing once more as reports of a powerful demon has been sighted in the surrounding areas. Further investigation has proved that this demon is a Balor, the very same as the one that attacked the king all that time ago when we first met.

Staab didn’t know nor did he care about the beast, as he felt no obligation to take care of it. However, Sunshadow and I both knew that we couldn’t let the Balor harm anyone else, and we began making preparations for how to deal with it.

Rosa stepped forward to us and spoke to the group for the first time. She revealed that she is what’s known as a Mystic (Awakened), and is willing to fight the beast with us. However, the 3 of us would still be no match for the beast. Sunshadow remembered that there were 3 more people we haven’t considered in quite some time. Vanta Nailo the Half-Elf Monk, Credelia the Tiefling Warlock, and Destin the ??? Blademage. However, we weren’t sure how to contact them and summon them. Or at least, as far as they knew.

That night while in my tree, I took off my glove and uncovered my dark vein. With my other hand, I clutched my veined wrist and began meditating. As my meditation reached its peak, my mind was transported to the Realm of Dreams, and I found myself in the same Sailor Moon transforming state I was the last time, only this time I found myself in the reading room of The Dream Man.

He sat in his luxurious chair by the fireplace with beautiful book in one hand and glass of Rose Wine in the other, with the bottle sitting on an end table next to him just to the right of a cheese platter.