Difference between revisions of "Lady Melisande"

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Lady Melisande was once a dryad devoted to a powerful tree in Yew. The swamps destroyed her tree and her lands, cursing her in the process. Her touch upon the land now taints and corrupts.

While Lady Melisande may have lost all her beauty, she is nonetheless extremely formidable. Her power, once used for the good of nature, is now entrenched in the evil that causes her immortal pain. Her spindly fingers clutch at the souls of humans and Elves venturing in her path.

Lady Melisande is the Peerless of the Blighted Grove dungeon. Her lair can be entered by completing the Frightened Dryad's quest.

She is vulnerable to the Fey Slayer type weapons, currently of which the only ones available are Pixie Swatter, Ironwood Composite Bow, and Fallen Mystic's Spellbook.

She is vulnerable to physical and fire damage.

She is not an easy fight.

Statistics

Lady Melisande Statistics
Spawn Locations	Blighted Grove
Fame	Level 5	Slayer Vulnerability	Fey
Karma	Level 5	Alignment	Evil
First Seen	Mondain's Legacy	Pack Instinct	None
Loot
Gold		Magic Items	16
Special	Eternally Corrupt Tree, Crimson Cincture	Cut Up	None
Attributes
Strength	472	Hit Points	100,000
Dexterity	343	Stamina	343
Intelligence	1,680	Mana	1,680
Barding Difficulty	155	Taming Difficulty	N/A
Base Damage	11-18	Preferred Foods	None
Skills
Wrestling	99.7	Poisoning	None
Tactics	99.4	Magery	117.3
Resisting Spells	117.3	Evaluating Intelligence	117.3
Anatomy	21.2	Meditation	117.3
Detecting Hidden		Hiding
Parrying		Healing
Necromancy		Spirit Speak
Mysticism		Focus
Spellweaving		Discordance
Bushido		Ninjitsu
Chivalry		Special Abilities
Resists and Damage

Types	Physical	Fire	Cold	Poison	Energy
Resistances	43	39	55	69	77
Damage	50%				50%

Abilities

Has an area effect spell which makes her difficult to fight with a melee fighter(i.e Swordsman, Macer, Fencer). This "putrid nausea" attack slows down swing speed and casting time, so mages and archers should definitely stand at a distance.

Uses Necromancy spells, including revenant.

Has a retinue of several (5) evil satyrs.

Talks a scary smack talk.

Strategy

The Satyrs' discordance ability can severely weaken players, so at the beginning attack cautiously and control the situation. Using Energy Fields in the right places will help keep Lady Melisande at a distance, and allow the satyrs to be killed one by one. In a party with no mages, use other luring techniques.

BEST TACTIC: Have a Tamer wearing high resist armour with a Cu Sidhe taking damage and Mages try to keep the tamer alive and dispel the revenant if it is summoned. With this tactic she can be defeated by 3 players.

RICHWARF TACTIC: Use a Tamer(s) with a Greater Dragon(s) as they have a lot more HP. This works better with a tamer mage so s/he can heal with the mage as well. This tactic can be done solo but is harder. It is also thought 3+ tamers will make light work, just remember the more dragons present in the party, the faster Melisande can be defeated.

Keys

Requires a blessing from the Frightened Dryad to enter.
The Frightened Dryad will ask you to kill 12 Insane Dryads and 1 Saliva.
Insane Dryads will suddenly appear when you walk close to certain trees in Blighted Grove. It is always the same trees, but it seems to take quite a long time for the Insane Dryads to respawn.
Saliva is a blue named harpy, hidden inside a 'cave' inside the great tree.
Do it. She will give you a "Dryad's Blessing," which can be exchanged for the "Dryad's Curse" via the wicker basket near the Frightened Dryad.
The Dryad's Curse is your main key. Double click it to get you and your party into the Peerless Room and fight Lady Melisande.

Loot

Name	Description	Frequency of Drop
Melisandes Fermented Wine	Decorative / explosive (like Greater Exploding Potions)	Very Common, 8 colors
Eternally Corrupt Tree	Decorative. Comes in 24 colors	Common
Hair Dye	Dyes your hair colors that can not be obtained anywhere else. Needs ML to use Additional information here. Can somebody contact the author to see if we can copy the information?	Uncommon
An albino squirrel imprisoned in a crystal	Pure white Squirrel	Uncommon
Melisande's Corroded Hatchet	+5 Lumberjacking (no bonus over 100)	Rare
Diseased Bark	Ingredient for Craftable Artifacts	Common

Each ML peerless will drop 8 mixed items (total) from the following group:

Corruption	Taint	Blight
Putrefaction	Muculent	Scourge

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 Lady Melisande is the [[Peerless]] of the [[Blighted Grove]] dungeon.  Her lair can be entered by completing the [[Bound to the Land|Frightened Dryad's quest]].
-She is vulnerable to the [[Fey Slayer]] type weapons, currently of which the only one available is the [[Pixie Swatter]] [[artifact]].
+She is vulnerable to the [[Fey Slayer]] type weapons, currently of which the only ones available are [[Pixie Swatter]], [[Ironwood Composite Bow]], and [[Fallen Mystic's Spellbook]].
 She is vulnerable to physical and fire damage.