Wow, thank you. I am seriously impressed that you guys turned this out so fast. We were just talking about this on what, the 22nd? Very nice.

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Markat says, "Pleasant people without moral faults, going to church every week and abstaining from sins such as vanity and zombies. Feh...."

Man, that's awesomely cool.

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Adding nothing to the conversation since 1834.

awesome!

An arisen dummy zombie bellows, "You will all be ssslaughtered!"
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and - copied! :-) and now, something i'd never do in the live game, but it was fun!

>cast
You gesture.
Small streams of viridian and copper leap from your outstretched hand, coalescing around the dobek moruryn's body and exploiting the thanatological link. The streams flare a sanguine red, devouring the dobek moruryn's corpse as your own body is mended. You are wracked with pain as your flesh writhes and knits, the crude pattern eradicating each wound and blemish with savage efficiency.
Your body is completely healed.
"Burn her! Burn her!" You hear the cries echo around you as everyone in the vicinity suddenly moves away, giving you a wide berth! It goes without saying you'll be wanted for forbidden practices in Upper Ratha now.
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You feel fully rested.
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A torrent of sizzling, bile-green acid sprays outward from you!
"Burn her! Burn her!" You hear the cries echo around you as everyone in the vicinity suddenly moves away, giving you a wide berth! It goes without saying you'll be wanted for forbidden practices in Upper Ratha now.
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A torrent of sizzling, bile-green acid sprays outward from you!
"Burn her! Burn her!" You hear the cries echo around you as everyone in the vicinity suddenly moves away, giving you a wide berth! It goes without saying you'll be wanted for forbidden practices in Upper Ratha now.
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The dobek moruryn crumbles apart.
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The hiss of bile-green droplets drowns out nearly all other sound as acidic showers erupting from around you soak everything in sizzling wetness!
"Burn her! Burn her!" You hear the cries echo around you as everyone in the vicinity suddenly moves away, giving you a wide berth! It goes without saying you'll be wanted for forbidden practices in Upper Ratha now.
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Alternating waves of hot and cold swirl through the area in abnormal patterns as greenish acid falls in a horizontal rain all around you!
"Burn her! Burn her!" You hear the cries echo around you as everyone in the vicinity suddenly moves away, giving you a wide berth! It goes without saying you'll be wanted for forbidden practices in Upper Ratha now.


sweet usol + devour :-)
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An arisen dummy zombie bellows, "You will all be ssslaughtered!"
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Because I personally hate gnomes.

-Raesh

"Ever notice that B.A.'s flavor text swells in direct proportion to how much one of our characters is getting screwed?" - Brian Van Hoose

>>Because I personally hate gnomes.

>>Sounds legit. :(

Yes it does. :D (<-- Very happy face)

Also, messaging is wonky;

You gesture.
Moderate streams of viridian and copper leap from your outstretched hand, coalescing around the critter body and exploiting the thanatological link. The streams flare a sanguine red, devouring the critter corpse as your own body is mended. You are wracked with pain as your flesh writhes and knits, the crude pattern eradicating each wound and blemish with savage efficiency.
A critter nips at the missing limb with its beak. (ok, it's obviously a gryphon)
A critter nips at the missing limb with its beak.
A critter nips at the missing limb with its beak.
A critter nips at the missing limb with its beak.
The external scars on your left leg appear completely healed.
The internal scars on your right hand appear considerably better.

So, that was a 40 mana cast, and I have other injuries remaining; I know individual CF casts are supposed to be more effective, but comon, 40 mana to cure two scratches while leaving some behind...

Before cast:
You have some minor abrasions to the right leg, some minor abrasions to the left leg, minor scarring along the left leg, a few nearly invisible scars along the right hand.

After 40 mana cast;
You have some minor abrasions to the right leg, some minor abrasions to the left leg, a few nearly invisible scars along the right hand.


So... Uptweak on it's efficacy a bit...?

45 mana cast, with ~400 magic nets the partial healing of three scrapes.
I know it's supposed to be less effective than individual casts of CF, but someone with higher magic chime in with more impressive results from the spell? Is this like a FoC level spell? My Empath with ~150 in PM gets better use out of FoC than I anticipate Devour being for my Necromancer with ~400 PM.

>>Am I understanding this right; the spell is effectively the empath spell Heal?

Yes, it uses pretty much the exact same mechanics.

>>I know it's supposed to be less effective than individual casts of CF, but someone with higher magic chime in with more impressive results from the spell? Is this like a FoC level spell? My Empath with ~150 in PM gets better use out of FoC than I anticipate Devour being for my Necromancer with ~400 PM.

I tuned it a little higher just now.

But I feel like I must say: there isn't going to be a Necromancer version of FoC or Regen. If that is your yardstick then your expectations are too high. This spell gives Necromancers the exact same healing tools as a permashocked Empath, which seems thematically appropriate to me. Devour isn't designed to make Necromancers beastly at self-healing. It came about in response to the the new combat changes which make getting lots of small wounds more likely, the tedium of having to heal each wound individually, and the fact that you have to cast high to learn in the new model which means that you might have to pack CF with more mana than you need to learn from healing yourself.

It also lets you know if you're fully healed or not, which is another thing we were seeing people have concerns about.

Melete

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Seyalle: It does involve the beard integer.
Melete: THE BEARD INTEGER??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw
<to be continued...>

>>Devour isn't designed to make Necromancers beastly at self-healing. It came about in response to the the new combat changes which make getting lots of small wounds more likely

This is why I was hoping for something like it, so thanks :)

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Yeah, I certainly don't expect it to heal as well as an Empath, but I am glad to see it bumped up, thanks Melete.

Out of curiosity, since it will be useful for healing unseen wounds and lots of little scratches, will this be applicable to infection? I haven't had to deal with a bad infection, but I wager this will be an effective way of quickly and effectively curing all wounds on a body and riding it out?

>>effective way of quickly and effectively curing all wounds on a body and riding it out?

It will at least let you know when you're fully healed so that you don't think you're done only to have that slightly tender internal arm wound suddenly causing your arm to fall into the punchbowl at Xerasyth's evil tea party.

Melete

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Seyalle: It does involve the beard integer.
Melete: THE BEARD INTEGER??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw
<to be continued...>

We need a spell called Xerasyth's Evil Tea Party. Like Glythtide's Gift, only it summons evil tea and evil cucumber sandwiches.

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Markat says, "Pleasant people without moral faults, going to church every week and abstaining from sins such as vanity and zombies. Feh...."

But where are we on the spell? You guys are churning em out pretty fast, so we can expect to be summoning evil tea in what... An hour? Two?

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Markat says, "Pleasant people without moral faults, going to church every week and abstaining from sins such as vanity and zombies. Feh...."

That depends. What exactly does this tea party do? And, sure, 1-2 hours... given that I have to leave for work in a little under two hours, if I skip breakfast... sure.

Sounds like a plan.

-Raesh

"Ever notice that B.A.'s flavor text swells in direct proportion to how much one of our characters is getting screwed?" - Brian Van Hoose

>Well, if we're getting creative...

Xerasyth's Evil Tea Party could produce a number of delightful effects for the casting necromancer. Such as:

- Fragrant teas that restore mana and come in collectible china cups decorated with frolicking zombie bunnies
- Elegant "finger" sandwiches that restore vitality, but only when nibbled daintily
- 5% chance that the caster will receive a fancy hat that blocks mental attacks, which are quite uncouth in the presence of fine company, for the duration of the tea party. The hat would, of course, be very tiny.

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>> This. With no longer being able to use ROC to have an empath see your wounds, this is going to make Devour incredibly useful.

My 2.0 necro is around 15th circle now. I've gotten a couple of infections and using CF to cure 5 abrasions has been tedious at best. I haven't even been into a position with hidden wounds where I had to cast at every body part, so I consider myself lucky.

I'm REALLY excited for the devour spell.

Color me surprised! I was not expecting anything that would make Necro Healing easier, but this is certainly nice.

Elusive
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