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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daztur" data-source="post: 6070517" data-attributes="member: 55680">Helged BolgerAdditional information about Hex 29.14Helged Bolger is the smallest vampire in these lands. Her small form consists of nothing more than a halfling head and some trailing acid-dripping viscera. Unlike many of her kind, she cannot fly and can only move slowly without the help of her troop of enthralled monkeys.She attacks foreigners (she scrupulously avoids preying on citizens of Shuttered) by either squirming her way into her bed chambers through any small opening she can be found or by dropping down from above. After biting her prey, or lashing at them with her guts, her monkeys will toss her head in order to get it safely out of line of sight as quickly as possible. Would-be vampire hunters will find cornering Helged exceptionally frustrating as no matter what they do her monkeys will toss her out of range, only to have her make hit and run attacks as soon as their backs are turned.Connections:-Bogarus Bolger (30.15) does not care for the activities of his cousin but has not yet raised a hand against her.-Helged is behind the theft of one of the Lamplighters' posts (17.06). She believes that the enchantment that has been laid upon it can be reversed and produce darkness if properly fueled with ice. She has not been able to accomplish this yet, largely because she finds the light painful (not having hands doesn't help either).Hooks:-Why is Helged only a head? What happened?-Where did she get her troop of monkeys.What I'm basically thinking here is that Helged and her monkeys have very high initiative. After winning initiative Helged will attack (by being tossed by monkeys or swung in the direction of her foes at them) and then have a monkey toss her to another monkey and then that monkey dive out of line of sight. This means that unless the PCs can beat her on initiative or be smart about readied actions (depending on edition) they'll have a hard to making attack rolls against her when its their turn. They can kill a few monkeys and drive her off, but she'll always be back if she wants to.</blockquote>

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