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Ancients Legacy / Tactical Assessments of Milara
« on: July 11, 2015, 08:34:01 pm »
*Kurn sends copies of a letter to all those members involved in the final battle and previous installments*Well done and a hard fought battle!  We sent that cowardly bugger running and thwarted his godhood in one fell swoop.  We learned some very important things that day.  One, that when we put our skills and abilities together, we can move mountains and shake the foundations of one of the most powerful men to walk the world of Layonara.  Two, that he can bleed.  And three, that he fears us.  He fled and escaped despite his fine showing.  But the battle is not over.  While Milara still breathes, he will try his mad plans again.  His Pet in ashes and his Triumph stolen from him, he is weaker than before.  But he will rebuild.What now then?  I say we prepare quickly and press forward.  If he is ever to be stopped once and for all, we need to destroy him utterly and make for darned certain he finally breathes his last.  And we should do so quickly before he musters enough forces to get his revenge; and believe me, for we thwarted his plans and he fears us, we are in more danger than ever before.  Each of us is now marked by him and, unopposed, he WILL try to take us out before we take the fight to him.  Death is certain, life is not.Having stood toe to toe with the bugger and landing a good volley of blows, I'd like to share with ye all what I have learned of his strengths and his weaknesses.  Of course you know well his tactics and that of his dark elven henchmen... dispelling magic blasts quickly followed by death magics and swarms of undead using the same.  Disjunction and greater dispelling appeared to be at work in the deaths sustained on our side leading up to the battle.  Second most he appears to have a great love of the greatest evocation, Hellball.  I noticed many of ye blasted with it, while I myself managed to evade most of its effects.  This was in part to a combination of me quick feet and reflexes, evading the epicenter of the blasts to avoid the brunt of impact.  That which was not dodged was warded by the constant effect of the resistanced placed on me amulet, rings and helm... greater resistances against each element on each piece of jewelry.  What little remained of the hellballs he laid upon me were negligable.  While not all of you are as quick to dodge such a blast, I highly be recommending investing in such protections on all of yer equipment, and boilstering the effects with means to help increase ye reflexes.In melee with him, though I hit him many many times, he withstood the brunt of the damage.  He did not appear to have the skin of stone, so likely it was absorbed by some of his equipment or even perhaps supernatural abilities.  As I glimpsed him up close, I witnessed me blades many times appearing to land as sure strikes only to pass through the image with a whoosh of air, indicating that he had some magic of the displacer beast at work, which could explain some of his purplish hue.  Perhaps even a ghostly armor.  I could have sword I had me truesight spell active, but it is possible that it had faded or been dispelled in the heat of battle. For those blows which hit him solidly, I noted the following.  Despite many attempts to knock him over, he resisted them without fail, and despite his having much natural strength of his own.  Though me blade easily swatted aside his meager and flimsy arms many times as he cast spells, the strikes to his legs did not fell him over.  I can assume therefore that this ability is not through training or opposed strength, but rather some form of persistant immunity against attempts to take the feet from under him.  Some magical items such as the dragonslayer sword or turtle shield have such effects, so I suspect something he wore has a similar ability.Also to note was that many blows which should have been cheap shots or devastating in nature, such as me patented gut-twister and cross the neck gashing combo, were dealt with only the basic severity of a regular blow.  In this manner twas much like battling one of his many undead minions.  Not many magical items that I have seen can do something of this nature, so the nature of Milara himself have been weighing heavily upon me mind.  I be thinkin that he is not entirely mortal, or has at least enhanced his body and abilities into some supernatural form.  Tis possible he be of undead necromantic material, or even a Pale Master, though I did not get a close enough look at his arms to determine if one of them had been grafted bone or not.  More likely is that he either holds some magical items we do not typically have access to, or that he may have enhanced his form beyond the mortal coil of dark elves and into something of stronger ilk.  Thus I consider his nature to be not that of standard dark elven, but of an abberational quality.  His vital organs did not appear vulnerable, nor did well placed blows across the neck.  I doubt that he breathes or feels pain as most mortal men.  he also did not burn from the bite of me blades' magics.In any case, we have therefore learned tactics that will not win a battle with him.  Backstabbing, knocking him over and anything but the heaviest and surest sighted blows will deflect right off him.  He is however not that difficult to hit when compared to many heavily armored foes, and relies on his magical and supernatural resistances to sustaining damage itself.  The question then, past nullifying the effects of his offense, is how to get past his defense.  I'm thinking that any future battle with him should begin with a barrage of dispelling magics of the highest power to breach his defenses.  While the disjunction and standard dispels might be problematic fer the frontline, perhaps the greater spell breaches designed to combat mages might be most useful.  Beyond that, blade enhancements might need more power to them to break his skin more reliably.  While Daniel's is formidable, I have felt some priests and mages cast even stronger ones, such as Sala Stonehill's blade blessings.  Rather than attempt to knock him over, frontline fighters should utilize the strongest possible blows they can.  I think had Grogmegor not been busy with Milara's Pet and Triumph and put his back into it, some devastating blows indeed could have breached the skin.  And perhaps we should look outside the conventional elements, such as the thundering blast of a barbarian's strike, spells which mimic thunder or perhaps even acids.  And of course, the smite of divine wrath might make the most powerful dent in his dark hide.This is all well and good to say how to strike at him from educated preparation, but also to prepare for his hoardes and tactics.  He uses masses of undead as fodder reinforced by mages who tactfully dispell our wards and weaken us.  For the final push, divine magics and displays of faith might be best served.  Turning those bodaks to ash quickly and arching the mages with zinging shots to make them fumble their spellcasting.  Breaching mages and routing the fodder to strike at them quickly with cheap shots and quick, brutal strikes.  The fodder is nothing but a distraction with our wards intact.  And with spells such as Stygian's massive undead slayer and Foresta and Daniel's massive healing circles they be dust in the breeze.I hope this letter serves to better prepare us when we face Milara in the future.  And we WILL face him soon.  Whether we take the battle to him while he is weakened, or allow him to sit back and lick his wound, grow in power and exact his revenge.  Either we finish the job, or he will.  There is no avoiding the battle to come.-Kurn Blackwater, stabber of would-be gods P.S.- I be also sending a copy of this to our gnomish friends who have dismantled the conduit.  It is possible that his supernatural abilities stemmed from whatever rituals he performed to drain those poor sods in the cages appended to that machine.  Perhaps in understanding the nature of what he was doing, we can unravel some mysteries as to how he was empowering himself in preparation for godhood.

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Ancients Legacy / Sindolin's Remains Salvaged
« on: July 11, 2015, 05:33:21 pm »
After the battle the smoke began to clear and the adventurers stood dumbfounded.  They were alive.  And what more than that, they had faced down Milara and won, making him run with his dark tail between his accursed legs.  While Milara got away, his two bodyguards were not so fortunate.  Kurn and Tyra lamented over the bones of Milara's Pet, for Plen's mighty blow utterly shattered its skull into dust and nary a skull or even a salvageable tooth remained.  Then, digging through the rubble, they found it.  The remains of Milara's Triumph.  The one formerly known as Sindolin.  The dessicated corpse whithered and lifeless, free of the curse on undead at last, resting peacefully."Oi, this un should have a proper burial, lest we'd never hear the end of it from Bumblefeet!"  So Kurn and the adventurers gathered his remains and carefully placed them in a series of boxes to be later purified and interred for a proper burial.  Penning a message to Acacea and the other friends of the late Sindolin, he asks who would like to do the honors and where to deliver the body of the late hero for his final rest.
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Rumour Has It / Hammer Bock Brewery Explodes!
« on: April 28, 2015, 08:44:02 pm »
Hammer Bock Brewery in flames!  A brewery in Kartharien exploded not long ago due to negligence of the town guard.  It seems the idiot had been smoking near a batch of volatile spirits.  I guess it's true what the Aeridenties say, smoking kills if the bottle don't get you first!
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Ask A Gamemaster / Bird Messages: Free for Rangers/Druids?
« on: March 14, 2015, 05:26:56 pm »
Even though the paltry sum of 25gp is hardly bank busting for bird messages, I was wondering if it would be an appropriate nod to rangers, druids and clerics with animal domains to be able to send these for free and if it would be too much trouble coding for the system to check that.  I could imagine specifically the Bird Lord being exempt from paying the falconeer prices for birds.  Maybe though this true could be RPed as donations to the Layonara Bird Preservation Fund or some nature instead of to the Falconeer.
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Just for Fun / Magnar's Latest Attempt at Baking
« on: February 25, 2015, 10:05:59 pm »
"Hmmm, they came out better than I expected!"
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General Discussion / Gone for a few weeks
« on: November 10, 2014, 07:26:56 pm »
Hey folks!   Going to be knee deep in finals and projects until early December, so apologies in advance if my inbox starts piling up.  Should be back around the 1st weekof December.-Brewmaster

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Long-running Quests / Mean Streets
« on: September 02, 2014, 05:46:52 pm »
Forum thread created for the Mean Streets series!
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General Discussion / Quest tonight!
« on: September 01, 2014, 08:15:47 pm »
For those confused about the calendar.  Mean Streets: Alleys of Blood is open tonight at 8PM EST!  Still plenty of room to join.
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General Discussion / QUEST STARTING!
« on: March 26, 2014, 08:16:22 pm »
8PM EST!  Quest underway in Audria!
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General Discussion / Two Heavy Hitters in Miritrix!
« on: February 12, 2014, 12:15:53 am »
We huntin giants!  Wanna come along?  Come on and step on up!  Grogmegor and Kurn be huntin giants in the great forest.  Out near Miritrix.  Come on and join us if ye dare! 2/12/14 12am-4am est
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General Discussion / Gobbo Nights?
« on: November 08, 2013, 10:01:07 pm »
For those of us with goblins, orcs and evils PCs... I just spoke to Nonac and am walking him through getting his gaming computer in order.  Gobbo Nights may soon be a regular thing.  Anybody wanting to make a goblin, playing a goblin, eager to lspread their evil or monstrous PC wings?  Chime in here.  Gobbo nights are coming!  If it only means Grovel logged in for now, I aim to get this much loved and yearned for faction back in the main swing of things.  In a major way!
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Just for Fun / Silver Dust Blue Man Died!
« on: September 26, 2013, 01:10:07 am »
Those of you on my Sons of Strife series last week might remember when Agent Nose made a suggestion to the water-breathing potion containing powdered silver and a catalyst to make the "cultists" turn their skin blue alchemically.  When I thought that up, I was making a reference about this man.... http://gma.yahoo.com/internet-sensation-papa-smurf-dies-other-blue-people-153011987--abc-news-health.html .  So while your characters may enjoy a blue pallor on this quest, I highly suggest not ingesting silver dust much longer in Layo or real life after the quest is completed!
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Just for Fun / Keys and Lockpicking
« on: January 22, 2013, 11:03:10 am »
Two images I stumbled across online.

Keys



Lockpicking

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General Discussion / Back to School Bonanza
« on: January 10, 2013, 05:39:24 pm »
A heads up to all that I will have limited internet & game time this month due to back to school rush.  Should die down in the month, but until then I will be working 10 hour shifts and passing out after work in an exhausted heap.  Seeya soon!
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Just for Fun / When you fail your climbing check...
« on: December 12, 2012, 11:11:48 pm »
Snow and ice make China's Mount Hua pilgrimage especially dangerous

The pictures from this hermit's pilgrimmage remind me of the Deadman's Pass obstacle course.
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General Discussion / Heads up: Razorback Questers
« on: November 08, 2012, 01:22:19 am »
Those "plague victims" were stock mobs that I didn't intend to shift. Please doublecheck your current alignment against your lore-page entries and make certain that your alignment is where it should be and was prior to the quest. The noblemen vs plague victims part was a scene from the psyche of the gnome, and not real plague victims, so they shouldnt have been shifting the party alignment. I hope I fixed everybody when we had the wrap up. Let us know if I missed anybody and we will get things back to moral normal. And please, don't remain silent if you simply WANTED to be more evil. For alignment shifts, we need actual RP, not opportunistic mechanic mistakes at work.

My apologies for the alignment strangeness that night.  Hopefully we have it all fixed up and back to normal.  Tune in next week for the grand finale!
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Just for Fun / Copious Druid Levels
« on: October 12, 2012, 12:20:03 pm »
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General Discussion / Out until October
« on: September 19, 2012, 10:14:38 am »
Sorry folks, RL is kicking hard and if the heavier work schedule wasn't bad enough, I'm scrambling to move into a new place by the end of the month.  As my current roommate is moving to another city at the last minute, I need to find someplace affordable and fast.  For better or for worse, this should be resolved by October 1st.  Apologies to leave you hanging on the quest series.  For now I frantically pack boxes and compare rental rates.

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Just for Fun / Baby Wizard Conjures Cats!
« on: September 18, 2012, 11:27:50 am »
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General Discussion / Razorbacks: Postponed 1 week
« on: August 15, 2012, 04:02:57 pm »
Sorry folks, Back to school is hitting us hard today and need to postpone this event until next week.  Not likely to get home tonight until 8-9pm, at which time I will be passing out after a 12 hour shift. I will also be working Saturday this week... :(
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