suicidal witch kills hunting party 11/20/2016 01:32 PM CST
I'm not sure how me and my brother managed to be caught up in such a comedy of errors, but somehow we were killed instantly, when a witch blew its nerves out while standing in water, I'm really not sure how else everything in this room got electrocuted.


[Ruined Temple, Second Floor]
A series of marble pillars runs the length of the hall, offering support to both ceiling and wall. Elaborately designed archways are open between the pillars, allowing a clear view of the southern hall, and each is carved with intricate wavy patterns and designs. You also see some muck.
Also here: XXX
Obvious exits: east, south, west
A Grimswarm giant elementalist strides in, glowering upon the scene.
A Grimswarm giant wizard strides in, glowering upon the scene.
A Grimswarm giant witch strides in, glowering upon the scene.
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Your disk arrives, following you dutifully.
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XXX searches around in the muck but comes up empty.
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XXX changes his tune, adding a new element to his song...
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XXX skillfully begins to weave another verse into his harmony.
XXX sings a harmony of depression and lethargy.
A Grimswarm giant witch appears to be struggling with the debilitating force!
CS: +456 - TD: +364 + CvA: +11 + d100: +23 == +126
Warding failed!
A Grimswarm giant witch appears slower and looks depressed.
A Grimswarm giant wizard appears to be struggling with the debilitating force!
CS: +456 - TD: +372 + CvA: +11 + d100: +55 == +150
Warding failed!
A Grimswarm giant wizard appears slower and looks depressed.
A Grimswarm giant elementalist appears to be struggling with the debilitating force!
The air around a Grimswarm giant elementalist glimmers briefly and she appears somehow changed.
CS: +456 - TD: +445 + CvA: +11 + d100: +55 == +77
>inc 410
Warded off!
A Grimswarm giant elementalist is unaffected.
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You quietly utter an incantation as you prepare the Elemental Wave spell...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a Grimswarm giant elementalist.
A sphere of dark ethereal ripples expands outward from you.
A Grimswarm giant witch is buffeted by the dark ethereal sphere and is knocked to the ground.
A Grimswarm giant wizard is buffeted by the dark ethereal sphere and is knocked to the ground.
A Grimswarm giant elementalist is buffeted by the dark ethereal sphere and is knocked to the ground.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
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A triton executioner stalks in silently, her cold eyes gleaming with hatred.
>stance off
You are now in an offensive stance.
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XXX changes his tune, adding a new element to his song...
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XXX skillfully begins to weave another verse into his harmony.
CS: +456 - TD: +331 + CvA: +20 + d100: +29 == +174
Warding failed!
A triton executioner reels under the force of the sonic vibrations!
Sound waves disrupt for 80 damage!
... 80 points of damage!
The triton executioner's eye explodes shattering the skull into a thousand pieces.
The triton executioner collapses to the floor with a splash, gurgling once with a wrathful look on her face before expiring.

CS: +456 - TD: +332 + CvA: +11 + d100: +35 == +170
Warding failed!
A Grimswarm giant witch reels under the force of the sonic vibrations!
Sound waves disrupt for 78 damage!
... 65 points of damage!
The giant witch's right leg crumbles briefly and explodes in a shower of gore.
The giant witch is stunned!

CS: +456 - TD: +340 + CvA: +11 + d100: +45 == +172
Warding failed!
A Grimswarm giant wizard reels under the force of the sonic vibrations!
Sound waves disrupt for 79 damage!
... 70 points of damage!
The giant wizard's left leg crumbles briefly and explodes in a shower of gore.
The giant wizard is stunned!

CS: +456 - TD: +425 + CvA: +11 + d100: +13 == +55
Warded off!
A Grimswarm giant elementalist is unaffected.

You sling a wyrwood composite bow over your shoulder.

You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies.
With instinctive motions, you weave to and fro striking with deliberate and unrelenting fury!
You attempt to jab a Grimswarm giant witch!
You have decent positioning against a Grimswarm giant witch.
UAF: 726 vs UDF: 581 = 1.249 * MM: 98 + d100: 7 = 129
... and hit for 2 points of damage!
Deft jab to neck.
Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup kick attack!
A dark shadowy tendril rises up from a Grimswarm giant witch, writhes its way towards you and lashes out malevolently...
Your eyesight becomes blurred slightly.
You attempt to kick a Grimswarm giant witch!
You have good positioning against a Grimswarm giant witch.
UAF: 701 vs UDF: 581 = 1.206 * MM: 103 + d100: 74 = 198
... and hit for 69 points of damage!
Low axe kick drives into side of left knee, shattering the joint!
The giant witch starts to favor her wounded leg!
Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup kick attack!

Your golvern-toed boots release a twisted tendril of force!

... 15 points of damage!
Loose wrist lock.
A dark shadowy tendril rises up from a Grimswarm giant witch, writhes its way towards you and lashes out malevolently...
Your eyesight becomes blurred slightly.

You hear a crackling sound from a Grimswarm giant witch as shadowy ether begins swirling wildly around him.

A Grimswarm giant witch appears to have sustained massive amounts of system shock!
... 540 points of damage!
Powerful blast reduces the giant witch to a smoldering pile of ash!

[You have 15 kills remaining for your current society task.]
[You have earned 60 prestige points.]
The giant witch rolls over and dies.
The light blue glow leaves a Grimswarm giant witch.
The powerful look leaves a Grimswarm giant witch.
A shadow seems to detach itself from a Grimswarm giant witch, swiftly dissipating into the air.
The very powerful look leaves a Grimswarm giant witch.
The white light leaves a Grimswarm giant witch.
The electricity carries itself through a Grimswarm giant witch and surges through the water!

The powerful jolt electrocutes a Grimswarm giant wizard!
... 510 points of damage!
Massive electrical bolt burns a hole through the back and kidneys

[You have 14 kills remaining for your current society task.]
[You have earned 45 prestige points.]
The giant wizard rolls over and dies.
A Grimswarm giant wizard seems a bit less imposing.
The brilliant luminescence fades from around a Grimswarm giant wizard.
The electricity carries itself through a Grimswarm giant wizard and surges through the water!

The powerful jolt electrocutes a Grimswarm giant elementalist!
... 475 points of damage!
Massive electrical bolt burns a hole through the back and kidneys

[You have 13 kills remaining for your current society task.]
[You have earned 65 prestige points.]
The giant elementalist rolls over and dies.
A Grimswarm giant elementalist appears somehow different.
The brilliant luminescence fades from around a Grimswarm giant elementalist.
The layer of raw elemental energy surrounding a Grimswarm giant elementalist dissipates.
A Grimswarm giant elementalist glances around, looking a bit less confident.
The tingling sensation and sense of security leaves a Grimswarm giant elementalist.
The electricity carries itself through a Grimswarm giant elementalist and surges through the water!

As the crackling energy strikes, you feel an agonizing sensation! The powerful current carries through the water surrounding you, blasting you with an intense shock!
Some lacquered chainmail partially deflects the onslaught of the shocking attack.
... 335 points of damage!
Hideously bright electrical bolt sends left leg into another universe. Happy traveling.
You fall screaming to the ground grasping your mangled left leg!

It seems you have died, my friend. Although you cannot do anything, you are keenly aware of what is going on around you...

You mentally give a sigh of relief as you remember that the Goddess Lorminstra owes you a favor.

...departing in 10 mins...
The electricity carries itself through you and surges through the water!

XXX's body suddenly arches as he is electrocuted in the surrounding water!
... 300 points of damage!
Hideously bright electrical bolt sends right leg into another universe. Happy traveling.
XXX screams and falls to the ground grasping his mangled right leg!

* XXX drops dead at your feet!

Fin, so ends an ill-fated hunting trip in Nelemar
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Re: suicidal witch kills hunting party 11/20/2016 02:11 PM CST
It was a 712 backlash, which the water transmitted to everyone else as well as the sorcerer whose cloak failed.
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Re: suicidal witch kills hunting party 11/20/2016 03:50 PM CST


awesome
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Re: suicidal witch kills hunting party 11/22/2016 04:05 AM CST
It actually looks like the cloak was successful, just that the critter didn't have the mana to pay for the weapon deflection and took nerve damage which the game took as electric damage and transmitted through the water.




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