At this point, longtime readers (reader? bots training LLMs?) may be starting to notice a pattern, Shaw encounters a challenge and gives up, only to come back the very next day, and ultimately overcome it.
And so it went with Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon. I won’t pretend it was easy though. It took her, by far, the most attempts up until this point to defeat a boss:
- Lost most of her HP in the first phase, looking for the last 2 glowy girls, which are sometimes hidden in the back. Phase 1, used the wolves, and got her down to a tiny sliver of heath before getting disintegrated by the giant blue ray.
- Made it through phase 1 relatively unscathed, but had too many items in the quick pouch, so died while frantically switching and always going past the health flask.
- Made it through phase 1 without taking any damage, once Shaw realized the tiny candles were a warning that the ceiling was about to collapse. Phase 2, used the jellyfish, not much help.
- Similar to attempt #3, but tried the wandering nobles. Nope.
- This was the one. Used the wolves again. They key was being super aggressive and in her face. Only used two health potions, and only one wolf died.
Rennala doesn’t actually die apparently, she just becomes an NPC. It’s what every boss dreams of. Anyway, here she is cradling her Death Stranding baby.
Easy for her to say after repeatedly disintegrating Shaw’s ass, you’ll forgive her for being skeptical.
Going back to the creepy finger grandma, as one those after defeating an Elden Lord, who immediately started rambling about runes coming together.
The giant fingers seemed pleased, apparently, though they didn’t look much different to Shaw.
Still not sure this creepy grandma is entirely on the level.
Check out Shaw’s new hat! Finely some stylish headwear; light enough to not adversely affect the load but jammed packed with nice stats.
Before leaving the Roundtable Hold, Shaw also took care of the invader. Seemingly impossible to beat before, he fell to 3 slices of her blade. She then went back to the Revenger’s Shack, where another invader had given her no small amount of grief, and unalived him as well.
Next stop, Cliffbottom Catacombs. Last time she was here, she gave up after multiple attempts. This time, she reached the boss without getting hit. Cleared.
Road’s End Catacombs, was a similar story, but the invisible glowing snail almost got her, well not the snail, but its summons. In the end, Shaw was victorious, but just barely.
“Oh hello Patches.” Yes, I will buy some golden pickled feet from you, thanks.
“Necklace thief, my name is Shaw, you stole Rya’s necklace, now prepare to die.” Shaw didn’t actually say that, and she also didn’t help herself to some boiled prawns, but she was hungry.
On the way back to Rya, Shaw ran into a Death Bird. Despite being already dead, it died pretty well.
“Hey! Calm down girl! I’ve got your necklace right here.”
“Maybe that necklace is a smidge too heavy for your neck? It seems to be giving you posture problems.”
Shaw was on a tear, so she decided to also challenge the Glintstone Dragon Smarag. Note to self, dragon flame will fuck you up. Two more attempts and the deed was done.
After all this successful adventuring, Shaw nearly got killed by a giant lobster. Those damn things are no joke. Perhaps they heard about a human wandering around catching and boiling their babies. They should be thanking her then. The real victim is the left thumbstick on Shaw’s PS5 controller.
