This FanFiction is using DnD 5e rules, I will be using information from rulebooks that I have bought, and I do not claim the game system as my own. Please note that I am prone to make mistakes for rules and spelling/ punctuation so feel free to pull me up. For anything DnD related I will use dice to see what happens so, this will be interesting for me as well as you. I cannot post on a set schedule but will try to post at least once a month. This is my first FanFiction so I hope it goes well. The party is 5th level and are human spellcasters. A wizard, a sorcerer and a warlock. I won't post character sheets. Let's begin! Oh, and the Wizard is Zyan Grenwerth, the Sorcerer is Ergo Harthern, and the Warlock is Shaun Ingreth.

Chapter 1 - The Village

The next morning with health and spells restored they ate the leftovers from the venison they had last night. With a round of casting of prestidigitation, they were all clean. Zyan cast Galder's Tower twice using the same configuration as the towers that were already there, this gave the towers an extra 24 hours till they would disappear again, if this happened once every day for 365 days it would become permanent. "You know we should try and get to the town soon."

"First we would need away across the sea to get the other island. Although at the moment we should get some barricades up. Let's grab some wood to make a barricade and a fence, make this place more defensible." Ergo discussed,

"Great, so I will start cutting trees with acid splash, I will also conjure a small shovel for you so that you can dig posts Ergo, and Shaun you can take the wood from me and put it in the holes that Ergo digs'' commanded Zyan. Zyan was the impromptu leader of this group. Acid Splash cast Zyan and as it hit the tree a howling sound sprang up around them as a dryad appeared from the tree. "You dare defile me for this you must pay!" as the dryad finishes 5 more come out of the trees and head towards them. "You do realize that we killed a group of blights that are an offence to nature and all that is natural," Zyan persuaded, "Surely you must realize this,"

"You still hit my tree with acid and you," she says pointing at Shaun "you made this cold, acidic nightmare appear in the forest that has undoubtedly created more blights than you destroyed! Enough! PUNISH THEM!"

So the dryads were evenly spaced around the clearing one every 60 degrees, with Zyan standing in front of one. From the centre of the clearing to the closest dryad would have been about 100ft. The sorcerer reacting quickly cast Ray of Sickness at the 2nd clockwise dryad, a bolt of sickening green energy sprang between Ergo's open hand and the dryad's chest connecting even as the dryad tried to jump away. Because of her natural form, she managed to shrug off the worst of the poison. The wizard preparing to be hit by the dryad soon cast Mage Armour on himself and a translucent force field surrounded him. Shaun cast Mind Spike targeting the second dryad counterclockwise. She repulsed the try on her mind but couldn't get rid of all the damaging effects dropping her to her knees. The dryad facing Zyan muttered a spell and enchanted her club then swung twice at Zyan the first missing but the second passed completely through his mage armour like it wasn't there and slammed into his side winding him. Going clockwise the next dryad grabbed a vine off of a tree and moved forward 20ft and made the grass grow into a massive 20ft square centred on the sorcerer, it didn't even affect him he ripped out the plants around him before they got too big to be a problem then the plants stopped growing. The next dryad did the same thing but closer to her but the overgrown part is now 40ft by 20ft. All the dryads created spots of difficult terrain and massive plants until the one hit by the mind spike which moved an additional 30ft then cast the spell centred on the warlock, the warlock not having the burst of strength that Ergo had struggled in vain to pull the plants out and ends up restrained and tied up from the vines and long grass. The sorcerer quickly cast Firebolt twice at the dryad only 30ft away then he closes the distance to 10ft. Both firebolts hit and slam into both arms. The dryad is on its last legs and if anything else touches it looks like it would die. The wizard after being hit muttered some arcane words and cast Shadow Blade, the shadows all around the clearing combined to form a dark black solid mass of shadow in the form of a sword, the wizard swung the blade at the dryad hoping to kill it as he feared that if he didn't kill her he would die. The blade cut into her head but didn't mark the physical body she flickered then came back clearly in pain. Shaun draws his crossbow and fires at the dryad facing him, missing as the dryad ducks, the warlock feels a soothing presence on his mind that the dryad is good and why should he be attacking her? Shaking his head he clears that thought as the dryad snarls and leaps forward shortening the gap and using her natural magic to enhance the wooden club. She then swings and collides with Shaun's arm but didn't hurt much. The dryad in front of Zyan charmed him with her nature magic, "Could you pass me your rope?" she asked sweetly,

"Sure thing here it is," Zyan said as he handed his 50ft of hempen rope over to the dryad he then used it to tie him to her tree so he couldn't move. "Ah! thank you I did need a rest and to sit down."

The dryad who was near Ergo also managed to charm him and promptly turned her skin into something that has a semblance to bark. The other dryads who nothing had attacked disappeared into the trees muttering, "They have done nothing to offend me and this is too much for wanting to cut down trees here." The sorcerer took a stance of protection in front of the dryad. The wizard just sat there and asked "Why am I tied up?" to which the dryad didn't respond and the warlock fired two beams of crackling light at the dryad facing him both which missed. Then the dryad facing the warlock swung her club and missed. The one near Zyan bashed him in the head with her club hoping to knock him out but missed and hit the tree instead of at the sign of aggression the wizard woke up from his charmed state and with his shadow blade attacked the dryad missing and instead of cutting through the rope and freeing him. After he was freed by his miss he instantly stood up. The dryad behind the sorcerer used her club to knock him out the first swing missed but the second hit but it hit his shoulder and not the head only jarring it. After this attempt, the sorcerer's head cleared and he spun around and slams a dagger into where her heart would be twisting the blade as he pulled it out, the dryad dropped to the ground motionless as the other two screamed in agony at the sight of their fallen brethren. The warlock tried again to kill the dryad facing him with the same two beams of crackling energy, the first which was rushed missed hitting a tree branch and dropping it to the ground the second though was on target and took the dryad in the face killing it instantly. The last dryad screamed and swung at the wizard 3 times but in her rage she only hit once nearly downing him, the wizard reticulated by swinging his sword of shadow at her again scratching her but she didn't react at all. The sorcerer fires off another bolt from his crossbow and hits in the head killing her. All the bodies of the dead dryads fade away as the xp comes in. "Geese that encounter was hard, I didn't realize that dryads could attack 3 times in 1 turn?" Questioned Ergo turning to face the wounded wizard limping towards them as they walked in the door to the dining room. "They can't!" gasped Zyan "at least not on Faerun they can't. I think I will cast the ritual version of unseen servant to conserve spell slots."

"You do that and I will look for something to eat out there," Shaun replied. So he left with his familiar in tow. Zyan leaning back in his chair grabbed his spellbook and started turning through the pages absorbing in some of the magical energy from his book. As he did this he also got his health back so he would be ready for another encounter. Shaun looking for something to eat found some vegetables and herbs when he returned to base Zyan conjured a shovel so that Shaun could plant the vegetables and herbs then conjured a bucket so that they could water them. The planting was successful as the water came in and all the chores were done for the day.

Next Day

Waking up early they gathered their gear and after a 20 minute session of Casting Galder's Tower again they were ready to go. As the party was leaving, Ergo looked up into the sky and said "Smoke! Wood Smoke coming from over there, looks like it might be close to the edge of the island."

"You sure? But I mean we don't have a direction to go might as well there."

Heading off down the hill the others could start to see the smoke and it started to smell acidic. The party now hurrying along but being cautious started to hear yelling. As they burst out of the trees they saw the beach and sea with an island in the distance. Screams came from what appears to be a small village laid out in front of them, houses were burning and people running around and that was when they saw goblins running after villagers. On the other island there was a large town borderline city.

Hope you enjoyed it.