Crystalbarrow Catacombs OOC Thread

[Metal Gear Rex]

Damn, I'm been DYING to try out some of these characters I have from my book...

Damn it...

I know who to kill, Eartle, Limflu, or Suria... (Since the former two I feel fufilled their purpose, the latter I don't like very much) but even if I do, these two characters can't be used in the RPG!


God moding is completely out of the question.

In order to fully appriciate these characters and to satisfy my desire to use them I would be using their full potential and power... but alas, that would be considered godmodding... *Sniffle*

Well I'll let those two live a little longer, I don't feel a need for Eartle nor Limflu any more. At least it'll be until I've thought of someone new who I feel I need...

Good news Searing, with this realm being the most high tech Realm in rooms, and Northland, Crystalbarrow's only worthy competition, is full of my two creatures, whoever I decide to add will go to Crystalbarrow! :)

[Searingflame2]

*Pyramid fingers*
Yes, yes. This is good.

[Searingflame2]

FINALLY got Necrotyc into the fray. I'm going to have fun having these two contrasting characters interacting :D

[Mothrayas]

Right behind the secret door would be the perfect place for a hero ambush.

Anybody know what would be a good hero party to have there?

[Metal Gear Rex]

Right behind the secret door would be the perfect place for a hero ambush.

Anybody know what would be a good hero party to have there?

2 Thieves, Levels 2/3
1 Archer, Level 3
3 Dwarfs, all level 1?

[Searingflame2]

It is my personal opinion that it wouldn't be, because the heroes aren't telepathic. They don't know that Christopher is escaping just yet, and so they haven't had the time to prepare an ambush.

That said, I've effectively given Duke quarter of ambushes (because i'm terribad at balancing) so what he says, goes.

(Haven't read recent CB affairs, i'll do so now. Just logged on.)

[Evi]

By the time Val'Kaz and Necrotyc had reached the workshop, they noticed a Black Knight disregard a large portion of caution (zing) and break down the Secret Door.

lol.

Wheres the millions of rabid dwarfs Rob was promised in the tunnel? :D

[Searingflame2]

Not directly behind the secret door, obviously :P

Read the post directly above you in this thread.

Me = terribad at balancing. Me no wantey post ambush sizes.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Damn, I'm impatient as hell.. I wanna kill those two now and make two more! MAOR!!

i need different creatures, I'm not getting much out of these two as they're as developed as I can get them in this world.

I might just put down some strange message getting them to leave or something.

LIMFLU AND EARTLE HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED FROM YOUR DUNGEON BY THE COMMANDO KITTIES!!!

I dunno, probably will snap their necks as soon as I get the other profiles running. I'm looking into Frozengard, it is the only realm that needs me now. :D

I'll bring back Northland when I feel like it. Possibly after Tesonu finishes his fudge cake.

[Searingflame2]

Hahah, Evi, i love how bestial Rob is. You're taking the "BLACK KNIGHTS HAVE NO SOUL!!!!!!!!!!" approach I see.

[Evi]

Hahah, Evi, i love how bestial Rob is. You're taking the "BLACK KNIGHTS HAVE NO SOUL!!!!!!!!!!" approach I see.

Yep! :D

[Evi]

*Before I leave*

Oh, I see a Fairy in the group!

Ivan will have troubles fighting her then. :p

[obliven1993]

please dont think I godmodded guys. Didnt mean to, just wanted the fairy out of the way early on.

[Searingflame2]

Not at all, you're level 4 and the fairy is level 2 and the other 3 heroes are busy. So its logical that she got owned easily, as they're support casters, not brawlers.

[obliven1993]

Yay! Godot is pleased with you not removing my post...you will not be coffee beamed XD. Sorry I got pheonix Wright on the brain.

[Metal Gear Rex]

(OOC: Hopefully this doesnt seem like godmodding to you guys, I didnt mean to, thats why I made the fairy break the net...DONT GET MADE AT ME PLZ! T_T)

Don't worry, I won't get made at you. :P

[Mothrayas]

Battle Status: All heroes are dead. Continue on!


Fairy's HP: 10% (Knocked Out, Disabled, and now no more of a threat.)

wait what

[Evi]

*Shakes head*

This is what happens when I can't post for awhile.

[Searingflame2]

Uhm, thats my bad. I made the assumption. After all, she was BURNED TO F***ing DEATH.

I understand that Evi and Obliven deliberately kept her alive, but, year, BURNING TO DEATH isn't something you survive.

[Evi]

Burning to death, yeah you don't survive that.

However, she was encased in a cocoon of webbing. So there is a chance of whoever was in it to live. But, that's not to say that they would get out without injury.

Besides, the Fairy has no wings now. And with her weak body, she is pretty much dead to us.

[Searingflame2]

We will have to say that Ivan's silk is magicall, because webbing is EXTREMELY flammable stuff.

[Searingflame2]

Oh dear, progress has come at such great intervals that I can't quite remember what the threads of fate had planned for Crystalbarrow.

I must speak with the master of time, Duke, and find the thread once more!

(All I remember is something to do with the colour green. Well, no, not really, more than that. But I don't want to give TOO much away!)

[Metal Gear Rex]

Hah, now you have to post with them, Searing! >:3 I love how Ribs gets lost with such simple directions. Clueless indeed :P

It has been so long since there was a post in this one thread... I feel like ragegun now D:

[Searingflame2]

I expect everyone to get my literature reference.

Alternatively, I expect them to get the reference, but not get it (i.e. thinking 'Oh, hey Dreadlords in Warcraft3 say that!') when the Dreadlords are, of course, quoting someone else themselves.

If you didn't get it. Google it.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Well, Val'kaz could torture Ribs with the spell to give him infinite stomach aches... oh but here comes the explination for the pie! Just need one of those two to ask Ribs about said pie. Lol, he must have pissed off Val'kaz so much.

The word of choice for that post is obvious, and yay for double obvious meanings. :B

So do we keep walking down the path like we own it or what? I kinda expected more Heroes to pop up, and without that we can just run to the end... right? (Excuse me if I'm wrong but I haven't read much of Crystalbarrow before Ribs happened)

Either way I'm prepared for Ribs' next post to be non-battle, so I can still post. (Granted I'm not lazy/tired as I'm doing other stuffz)

EDIT:
*pokes at Val'kaz with a stick*

[Searingflame2]

There have been two incidents of combat in what would take a creature 2 minutes to walk down. Yes, you walk down the corridor like you own it.
LIKE YOU OWN IT BIG TIME.

Also, if anyone intends to be the first near the secret door, tell me, because otherwise one of my two creatures will trigger it (simply because I think that's the easiest way to trigger the next event).

[Metal Gear Rex]

I say you drop Ribs back. He's kinda useless right now in is current spot anyways with a broken bow :P

[Who-horny]

Good, I could do with some company. I could make you a sword or something in the Workshop.

EDIT: Thefsuth Thefsuth could do with some company, and could make Ribs a sword or something in the Workshop. Bleh, why would I want to be Thefsuth? He just snorted up regurgitated chicken.

I look forward to the fun interaction between Ribs and Thefsuth!

[Metal Gear Rex]

Good, I could do with some company. I could make you a sword or something in the Workshop.

I dare you to. It will be hilarious because Ribs doesn't know how to use a Sword. He was an Archer :P

[Who-horny]

I dare you to. It will be hilarious because Ribs doesn't know how to use a Sword. He was an Archer :P

Hahaha, that would annoy Thefsuth to no end.

[Searingflame2]

I hate to break it to you both...

But you're well beyond Larquidian territory. You're not about to be picked up anytime soon.

I suppose I could work a way as to why you can, though, but it ain't happening tonight.

Will get shiz done tomozzax.

[Who-horny]

You can pick you creatures outside your territory in the game, why not in the Rp?

[Searingflame2]

*Slitty eyes*

"Because I said so", Searingflame2 mused in a slow, hoarse voice.

[Who-horny]

You couldn't repost that image in your latest post flame by any chance? It's not visible.

[Searingflame2]

You couldn't repost that image in your latest post flame by any chance? It's not visible.

Oh jolly-jumpers, It was visible on my machine. I'll do my best.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Well Ribs didn't specify what kind of weapon. Have Thefsuth make him a sword to fit the Skeleton stereo-type and push him out the door to fight Drell without allowing him to complain. That'll produce some hilarious results :P

Thefsuth is in the Workshop, right? You said he was making a Freeze Trap or something.

[Searingflame2]

I think it might be an idea to post here when you're expecting someone to make a post - that way, we don't have an unspoken silence where everybody is waiting for everybody else to post. That doesn't do anyone any good now, does it?

Let's start, shall I?

I'd currently like everyone to post. If anybody else is waiting on me, fill me in so I can do something to involve your character.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Lol at Rob's response to Ribs :P

Also, do you think webbing Drell's wings is kinda useless? I mean, DK1 Dragons don't use their wings :P besides he'd probably hit his head on the ceiling. But webbing his eyes certainly was a good idea, they don't really have arms either. He's gonna have one hell of a hard time getting that crap off him. Which means that I can have some amusing fun with Ribs... once I get the chance to post that is. (Just got some WftO-related work)

[Searingflame2]

Keeping in mind that the goal with Drell is to delay him, in which case the webbing was nothing but brilliant =P
Of course, silk is flammable...

[Evi]

Of course, silk is flammable...

But eyes aren't flame proof.

Webbed eyes, or burned out eyes? =P

[Searingflame2]

Well played, Mr Bond.

[Metal Gear Rex]

But eyes aren't flame proof.

Webbed eyes, or burned out eyes? =P

Even if they were, I don't think he'd easily be able to make fire reach his own eyes... easily anyways.

[Evi]

Even if they were, I don't think he'd easily be able to make fire reach his own eyes... easily anyways.

You forget that he is partially covered with webbing, which is flammable. Should he burn any webbing, it WILL reach to his eyes.

[Metal Gear Rex]

You forget that he is partially covered with webbing, which is flammable. Should he burn any webbing, it WILL reach to his eyes.

Oh yeah I forgot that. So that's why you covered his mouth too, I thought that was kinda useless at first.

[Searingflame2]

I think a dragon's ability to swim through lava may be worth mentioning.

[Evi]

I think a dragon's ability to swim through lava may be worth mentioning.

That means it's skin is resistant to the Molten Rock. Don't know what that has against the current situation.

[Searingflame2]

I'm allowed to stretch the truth to progress the plot, I think ^.^

[Mothrayas]

Well, it's not like you haven't already done that before.

[Searingflame2]

*cough*

I dare you to quote a single instance of that happening!

Edit: *cough*

[nijuni_kuro]

Sooo... Nobody wants to be the 1st to attack Drell, huh? XD
Should I have Xerina shoot him so we can move on to the fight?

[Mothrayas]

Yeah, go ahead. I don't think much would happen otherwise.

[Searingflame2]

I'm back.

Sorry for the ditching and all.

Got a new computer and so have been playing new games, cuz I can.
That, and year 11 is more work intense, so yeah.

Will attempt to be active in the RPG.

[Metal Gear Rex]

I'm back.

You better be. >:3


Sorry for the ditching and all.

I'm going to hurt you. D:<


Got a new computer and so have been playing new games, cuz I can.

Damn you. >:(


Will attempt to be active in the RPG.

Will attempt to kick a pile of bones or poke at the naive person this weekend as well... maybe. >:D

PS:
Is that scene plot related? >.>

[Searingflame2]

Yes, the scene is plot related. More related than Drell in the training room, in a sense.

[Searingflame2]

I decided a keeper post would be much less relevant than Drell. So everybody, there's some Drell for you.

I'll write something for Vally and Neccy when I'm hit with some sort of artistic flair, either of my own volition or someone else's antics.

[MeinCookie]

I'll wait for some other posts before I post again.

EDIT ~ Also, this doesn't have much to do with me personally, but how many demon spawn are there across the lava lake, was it ever specified?

[Beep-Veep]

There is a dire need for a temple near that suspicious lava lake I saw while reading up on all the important info on this RPG. I have the perfect idea for a Hellhound but it firmly states NO for every single one. Or, has it just not been updated, and there can be hellhounds here?

[Searingflame2]

At this stage, a hellhound is indeed out of the question. I will, however, attempt to come up with some kind of logical sequence that'll allow a delightful hound in the land. Keep in mind, however, that we are (theoretically) in the closing scenes of Crystalbarrow, and the realm should be moving on when the current events transpire. That said, that was the idea well over a year ago, so things might've changed. At any rate, it could slide in very nicely with our Drell problem.

On the topic of my post, Duke (if you're reading this), I was thinking maybe overextend just a tad with how well we do in the fight? The plot is poop without us winning, and without the aid of MGR's ribs, we really shan't be winning legitimately.

THAT SAID, we are talking newborns and a mother who has undergone a stressful birth. Perchance we allow combat to reflect that?

[Metal Gear Rex]

On the topic of my post, Duke (if you're reading this), I was thinking maybe overextend just a tad with how well we do in the fight? The plot is poop without us winning, and without the aid of MGR's ribs, we really shan't be winning legitimately.

Ribs is pretty incompetent. I don't think adding him into the battle would make much of a difference unless you plan on feeding fried bones to the rest of the Creatures in order to grant them a Level Up so that they can defeat the Dragon. Plus the only weapon he has is a broken bow at the moment. Or did Thefsuth fix it? Or perhaps Thefsuth gave him a sword or something? Am I even spelling that name correctly? Either way, I want to actually post with Ribs on Thursday or Friday.

But you have to admit, that would be an interesting way to end The Awakening. Everyone getting fried and cooked in the only active realm left. Would be an ironic twist because in cliched stories, the Bad Guys always lose and the Protagonists usually Win.


THAT SAID, we are talking newborns and a mother who has undergone a stressful birth. Perchance we allow combat to reflect that?

Drell's a mother? Or did I miss something?

[MeinCookie]

I might send reinforcements through the portal. Ithique on a suicide mission.

Mostly because, with Northland being so slow I never managed to do the things with him I wanted to do, then the time passed. He's useless and short on any real narrative possibility. He is also slow, and a boring thug of a character. His only redeeming feature is that he is inordinately tank, and is decent at both melee and range. Since his only excellence is combat, it makes sense that if he is to die it should be in combat. Plus any less an opponent, and the outcome wouldn't be a certainty.

That depends how thing unfold, of course, and how well things go against Drell.

[Mothrayas]

Beep-Veep, friendly reminder to post your creature bio in The Lair (http://keeperklan.com/forums/29-The-Lair) so that we can know some stuff about your creature.

[Searingflame2]

Ribs is pretty incompetent. I don't think adding him into the battle would make much of a difference unless you plan on feeding fried bones to the rest of the Creatures in order to grant them a Level Up so that they can defeat the Dragon. Plus the only weapon he has is a broken bow at the moment. Or did Thefsuth fix it? Or perhaps Thefsuth gave him a sword or something? Am I even spelling that name correctly? Either way, I want to actually post with Ribs on Thursday or Friday.

But you have to admit, that would be an interesting way to end The Awakening. Everyone getting fried and cooked in the only active realm left. Would be an ironic twist because in cliched stories, the Bad Guys always lose and the Protagonists usually Win.



Drell's a mother? Or did I miss something?

Even if Ribs is incompetent, we're talking babies. They're literally less than an hour old. Frankly, I regret my post last night, as I didn't portray enough ass kicking.

To your question, negative. The dragon facing Lucien, Val'Kaz, Necrotyc and Ribs is Drell's mate and mother of his children.

And yes, interesting. But frankly, I'd rather not lose. *hand contortions*

[MeinCookie]

If you ask nicely, I'm sure they could oblige you with an ass-kicking next post :D.

If you need help you can deploy my second where you want, when you want - just have the Keeper notice him and drop him - but until then he is training.... He has big usefulness gap until he comes into his own, as he isn't your average warlock build (his first spell at level 3 is Heal) and he can't do range. This is to counterbalance his level 4 Teleport.



Also... is Drell's WoP active when frozen? I don't feel safe getting close to him without confirmation, which is why I entered Fet out of the action.

Also, also... I won't be posting, especially with Vermillion, until everyone else around Drell who wants to has - I don't want to trip anybody up. Plus Asifet is just a distraction to everyone atm, away from important events. He is training, but he isn't posting. I dunno how I'm going to do that, but nobody wants to hear that when there are two battles going on. So yeah, advance warning.

[Searingflame2]

Drell can't move his chilled vocal cords enough to activate the magic with his wordies, so WoP is currently disabled. That said, any attacks against him will also attack the ice around him, speeding his ability to cast it once more. I'd suggest that he has just used it twice as well as heal, so he's a little pooped, but he might just have it in him.

Edit: OH SHIZZLE ON A HIZZLE FO NIZZLE.

Making this post removed the autosave of my Larquidos post, which I was working on 2 hours ago.

I believe FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU accurately captures my current mood.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Updated Ribs' profile, changed his Spell Set with Duke's permission.

Fairly long post, basically going into what Ribs was doing the whole time while everyone else was doing something useful.

I think Ribs is more of a threat to Larquidos than Drell right now. But I do plan on getting Ribs to do something useful against Drell one way or another, depending on how the events roll out.

[MeinCookie]

Thats a b*tch.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Thats a b*tch.

The length of the post? Ribs? What Ribs did? Or Drell's wife?

[MeinCookie]

I can't talk about post length, quite obviously, being wordy in every post to an-overly-muchness.

Sooo.. the 3rd one and the 4th one could apply, though it was directed at SF2 accidentally deleting his post.

[Searingflame2]

I can't talk about post length, quite obviously, being wordy in every post to an-overly-muchness.

Sooo.. the 3rd one and the 4th one could apply, though it was directed at SF2 accidentally deleting his post.

I enjoy long posts from most everyone. I tend to find y'all humorous.

[Evi]

I can't really make big huge posts, just moderately sized ones. Only time I make big ones is if I get enough details to what happened to my characters. xD

Other than that, Rob is a beast. And his face is seen! D:

[MeinCookie]

Gaarrrg. When I made that Asifet's post I accidentally replaced his previous post, so I had to rewrite it from memory :mad:. I think I got everything tho, and he didn't interact with anyone.

Enough people have gathered to take on Drell again, and he is frozen, so I'll throw Vermillion into the fray to initiate that... somehow. If he does manage to WoP again, well, Ribs and Slish are somewhat shielded by the door.

[Searingflame2]

My apologies if my post was dull as anything.

This is essentially the post I had lined up last night, but with less fanciful embellishments and particularly more boring, if I do say so myself.

@MGR: I EXPECT you to take artistic liberties with the prowess of a keeper-blood-soaked sword. It has to have some kind of magical property, right?

[MeinCookie]

Ohhh, you posted while I was editing-in Fet :D. I love having a creature which literally can not at the moment step on anybody's feet.

And, no, it was good =). Said everything that needed to be said, I say.

[Metal Gear Rex]

@MGR: I EXPECT you to take artistic liberties with the prowess of a keeper-blood-soaked sword. It has to have some kind of magical property, right?

Well it might. Real question is if Ribs can fight with it. He doesn't really have the training of fighting with a sword or any kind of melee weapon, being an Archer. But they're newborn Demon Spawns so I'm sure he'll end up killing one of them at the very least.

Hell, I'm actually surprised they're not all dead by now. They're not exactly threatening things. They could even be blind/deaf when they're born, and their claws probably haven't even begun growing. Plus they're probably pretty small if they're newborns, skin is probably soft enough for even Ribs to kill them simply by beating them with the bow. Against two Black Knights, yeah they should be dead by now.

[Searingflame2]

Whilst from a logic perspective I can absolutely 100% get on board with that, we are trying to keep things balance (edit: d), as they were given as level two demonspawns. Some liberties are fine, but Necrotyc is only level two himself (errr, if I'm recalling correctly. My profile was never very reliable...) so he can't kick too much ass.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Why are they Level 2 if they're newborns? Were they training in their mother's womb or something? (That'd be a pretty sweet Training Room, can Level grind all day and get free food without ever moving)

Anyways, maybe tomorrow or later tonight will I make a new post with Ribs and have him kill a baby then get sent directly to jail without collecting his 200 Gold.

[Duke Ragereaver]

I'm pretty sure a fight of, so far, consisting out of 3 or so ''serious'' posts does not exactly equal a titanic, epic battle. :p

[Searingflame2]

Yarr, I posted. See you in a few days, folks.

[MeinCookie]

Bye.

EDIT~ Also totally not, lol ;).

[Mothrayas]

I wonder how Searingflame2 was planning to ever get the Drell case settled. That thing is basically using Deus Ex Machina to get out of just about anything. Must take one hell of a Deus Ex Machina itself just to deal with that.

[MeinCookie]

Or else every active creature currently within the dungeon. Drell's family won't last that long really, I shouldn't think. In the meantime he is still occupied with breaking out.

[Searingflame2]

Oooh! I'll never tell.

[Evi]

Okay, hopefully when I get back, I can kick myself to actually start posting in CrystalBarrow and Frozengard.

[MeinCookie]

KK, cool.

[Evi]

Another broken promise.

Damn.

Well... I KNOW that I can get a Crystalbarrow post in the morning, got like 45 minutes of freetime when I wake up then.

Edit: Maybe I should stop promising things...
But at least I got started. I'll see what I can do. But for now... Senior meeting, here I come...

[MeinCookie]

Nicely done :cool:

[Searingflame2]

I wonder how much more Deus Ex Machina I can justify.

A lot. I think I'll need it, if Larquidian minions continue to be competent.

[MeinCookie]

RoFL, Vermillion would be happy to be called 'competent' but I think its a lie ;). This is the creature which just poured alcohol on his burning trousers?

Have Drell burst through the wall next to the trap rather than use the opening... jokes... I can imagine the look on Ivan's face :eek:.

[Searingflame2]

Larquidos really liked Vermillion to begin with. But you didn't let it last =(

[MeinCookie]

He'll redeem himself somehow...

[Searingflame2]

Ugh, sorry guys, I'm such a lazy twat. On holidays and I still don't post.

On one hand, I've lacked any and all artistic flair, but 'tis still unacceptable.

Maybe if i write here and promise to post tomorrow, it'll give me some incentive?

I PROMISE!

[MeinCookie]

We can hope so.

[Mothrayas]

Post tommorrow, or thou shalt be damned to hell for all eternity ever after.

Does that help?

[Searingflame2]

That it does.

[Metal Gear Rex]

If you don't post, then the next time I post, Ribs is going to beat your dungeon heart with his head.

[Searingflame2]

If you don't post, then the next time I post, Ribs is going to beat your dungeon heart with his head.

Hello Mr Pot! The kettle invites you to his 'we're black' party =P
Though you are legitimately busy, so that's fair enough.

I'll see about getting Necrotyc and Val'Kaz on the page later in the day (I'm probably awake for another 11h at least, so it'll probably happen).

Actually concerned that the southern fight has progressed too little in relation to Drell. Oh dear. Deus ex to combat the Deus ex?

That reminds me. Larquidos hasn't done anything for quite some time. I think Asifet should pitch in.

Edit: Does it bother anyone that I don't tend to use text colour except for speech/summaries?

[MeinCookie]

I post to much, and Duke and MGR are obviously engaged. I'm sure you posting with Val and your skeleton will help.

What's this on Asifet pitching in? Joining the Drell fight or helping with the lack of action south of the Lava lake?

Whatever you find easiest, I don't mind the lack of colour... though I personally use it.

[nijuni_kuro]

Edit: Does it bother anyone that I don't tend to use text colour except for speech/summaries?

I don't mind it myself.

[Mothrayas]

I post to much, and Duke and MGR are obviously engaged.

Oh god, I couldn't resist not sigging that.

[MeinCookie]

Joy. Sorry MGR... Sorry Duke :o. There be illusive double meaning. Didn't see that coming D=

Made all the worse by my grammar fail in missing an 'o' on 'too'. Immortalised in bad grammar. I hide my head in shame.

On the bright side... LOL :D

EDIT ~


Oh god, I couldn't resist not sigging that.

Double Negative? I feel better now ;)

[Metal Gear Rex]

Joy. Sorry MGR... Sorry Duke :o. There be illusive double meaning. Didn't see that coming D=

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu284/DarkFire4114/MeHitYou.jpg

[Searingflame2]

Not sure if you guys are familiar with some of the less "mainstream" memes, nor am I positive I've used this one correctly, but hell.

http://cheezburger.com/Builder/RenderPreview/90bfae5f-0e62-4756-acd0-7f66a1f283ae

[Mothrayas]

Now I suppose Drell's death will be by suicide by insanity caused by annoying-leech-stuck-in-the-brain.

[MeinCookie]

It wouldn't do to rule out more Deus Ex, I'm not. I'm thinking SF probably has something special in mind. Not to say it couldn't be useful...

[Evi]

Ivan and Rob being delayed till me and Dukems get done with a double post.

[Searingflame2]

The leech was... unexpected. Though to be frank, I think mind controlling an ancient dragon would be /slightly/ more difficult than an insecure human.

But anywho, the plan with Drell has been the same for about a year, maybe longer. Just getting it down in the thread has been a different matter.

[MeinCookie]

I know... when I wrote that post I was like, huh, where did that come from :confused:?

Of course. He/It/Whatever never even really got control over plain old Verm - at least not in that way. His chances of any degree of success are low, but it serves my other purpose of getting him out of Vermillion.

[Searingflame2]

Huzzah! Are we trading insane incompetence with bouts of competence for sane incompetence?

[Metal Gear Rex]

I know... when I wrote that post I was like, huh, where did that come from :confused:?

Of course. He/It/Whatever never even really got control over plain old Verm - at least not in that way. His chances of any degree of success are low, but it serves my other purpose of getting him out of Vermillion.

I haven't been paying attention to the most recent Crystalbarrow posts, but does that mean that this entire time there was something attached to Vermillion's brain that made "him" think "intelligently"? The irony.

[MeinCookie]

He's still nuts... the Voice was only ever the tip of the iceberg =/. That too is ironic now, in fact, because the Voice is probably the one thing which was legitimate and sane to be experiencing. In its own way the Voice was Sanity.

To be honest the Voice was often as much of a hindrance as a help - look at the time it resulted in the destruction of the Northland library. Nonetheless, the Voice's presence did rub off somewhat positively, he does sometimes have good ideas and common-sense legitimately on his own. Self-improvement has always been Vermillion's key theme. As a result, you can be assured that Vermillion's average competency keeps moving forward. By being the semi-competent voice of reason, the Voice was holding his personal progress back, because there was no urgency for improvement. I do have a few other subplots lined up, you know.

[Searingflame2]

I had a subplot lined up for Admortis, but that's obviously a wee bit stagnant.

Val'Kaz and Necrotyc are bound for nowhere in particular...

I admire your ability to think ahead.

[Metal Gear Rex]

To be honest the Voice was often as much of a hindrance as a help - look at the time it resulted in the destruction of the Northland library. Nonetheless, the Voice's presence did rub off somewhat positively, he does sometimes have good ideas and common-sense legitimately on his own. Self-improvement has always been Vermillion's key theme. As a result, you can be assured that Vermillion's average competency keeps moving forward. By being the semi-competent voice of reason, the Voice was holding his personal progress back, because there was no urgency for improvement. I do have a few other subplots lined up, you know.

Yeah, sticking true to a character's personality can be annoying sometimes.

I forgot about the Library being destroyed. He got thrown in Prison along with Crystice for that, didn't he? Vermillion pick locked the prison door and let he, along with every other prisoner, out and that started the whole Prison battle scene, yes? Afterwards, I believe he was thrown in the Torture Chamber as punishment.

I think I'm starting to recall some of my ideas for a Keeper Post now... not that it matters as I don't have the time to post.

[MeinCookie]

Ivan and Rob being delayed till me and Dukems get done with a double post.

I misread that post the first time round, it would seem :o. I thought you were waiting for Duke to post before you did. Just glad I never posted with Asifet :).

[Duke Ragereaver]

I misread that post the first time round, it would seem :o. I thought you were waiting for Duke to post before you did. Just glad I never posted with Asifet :).

Part 1 is done and has been posted. ;)

[MeinCookie]

Yay... :D. We shall have closure! Dragon #2 be going down...

Are you going to integrate part 2 into the same post or what?

[Searingflame2]

I'm half sure this is my longest post ever. Maybe second longest.
Anyway, I'm fairly tired at the moment (more so to working all week that a lack of sleep). No doubt I've made some spelling or comprehension errors for which I extend my apologies. If anything is particularly bad, please let me know so I can edit it for our other lovely participants.

Also, no doubt you're thinking Deus Ex is a very fond friend of mine. He totally is. I rang him last night and he said he might be able to stop by. But his girlfriend, year old planned plot developments, said she'd probably be with him. Though she has had a few piercings recently, so she's not quite the same as I remember her.

[MeinCookie]

I doubt the whirlwind meets the ground? I dunno. Maybe he was fully inside it? Could be possible. Especially if its further out at the back. Did you even say it was present at the back? I didn't ask Vermillion how he did it, dammit! The fire would be coolest at the bottom and at the back, if it struck around the area of his breastplate he wouldn't even notice, and as he dived through he has his helmet and he wouldn't necessarily notice because he already had burns everywhere. Worst comes to worst... it can always be said the Voice compelled him.

Also... long, long post =)

EDIT ~ Done. Don't ask me when I'm going to stop using Sight ability as an excuse/springboard for everything because I never, ever will ;). He has always been called "the Unsightly" afterall, though to be honest I never planned that when I made him :)

[Mothrayas]

"Troll? Wat troll?"

I'm confused too. Nobody said "troll".

[ARMofORION]

*Facepalm* Fixing
Fixed. I feel retarded now.

[Searingflame2]

I wish I was a good enough writer to do justice to my feelings about what occurred.
Hopefully you all feel at least a shred of sympathy.

[Metal Gear Rex]

I wish I was a good enough writer to do justice to my feelings about what occurred.
Hopefully you all feel at least a shred of sympathy.

Ribs is about to kick his ass.

EDIT:
Oh but first I need to finish my Keeper post with Northland.

[Searingflame2]

Ribs is about to kick his ass.

EDIT:
Oh but first I need to finish my Keeper post with Northland.

How does one kick the ass of a being which perceives itself to be dead?

[Mothrayas]

How does one kick the ass of a being which perceives itself to be dead?

Without much difficulty?

[Searingflame2]

Tentatively: I suppose.

[Mothrayas]

I wonder what it is with Ribs and wanting a spider girlfriend.

On hindsight, I probably do not want to know.

[Searingflame2]

@MGR.

I read the

FAME.

FORTUNE.

SPIDER GIRLFRIEND.

In Squidward's voice.

[Metal Gear Rex]

I wonder what it is with Ribs and wanting a spider girlfriend.

On hindsight, I probably do not want to know.

Ribs wants a girlfriend and Krula is the only female Creature that he knows of. If you recall the last post, it involved more mention of that.


@MGR.

I read the

FAME.

FORTUNE.

SPIDER GIRLFRIEND.

In Squidward's voice.

Good for you! :P

By the way, I think once I get a good moment to spare for Ribs, I will have him offer up his mind for possession. Or rather, I'll have him offer himself up as a volunteer to explore the ancient dungeon. I'm pretty sure he's dumb enough to miss the part about possession so he'll be unaware what's going on. Also, he's the only Creature who's pretty much unscathed. I think. Oh and he still thinks he's immortal.

Won't this be fun? The leech gets to come along for the ride! It'll be a real party inside of Ribs' head.

[ARMofORION]

Ribs wants a girlfriend and Krula is the only female Creature that he knows of. If you recall the last post, it involved more mention of that.



Good for you! :P

By the way, I think once I get a good moment to spare for Ribs, I will have him offer up his mind for possession. Or rather, I'll have him offer himself up as a volunteer to explore the ancient dungeon. I'm pretty sure he's dumb enough to miss the part about possession so he'll be unaware what's going on. Also, he's the only Creature who's pretty much unscathed. I think. Oh and he still thinks he's immortal.

Won't this be fun? The leech gets to come along for the ride! It'll be a real party inside of Ribs' head.

Marteal hasn't been hit at all, but you can't make a 8' 10" 300 lbs of pure Orc muscle steathly.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Marteal hasn't been hit at all, but you can't make a 8' 10" 300 lbs of pure Orc muscle steathly.


Strengths-
Good Support
Excellent Accuracy
Pretty Good at Stealth
Doesn't Feel Pain
Immune to Fear Trap
Can See Invisible
Somewhat Good at Manufacturing


Biography:

Ribs, before joining the undead, lived his life as an Archer. Most of his friends were Thieves, so he learned the way of the Thief. Although he was generally incompetent, he still was an excellent Archer. Those who knew of his skill considered his eyes to be legendary. He eventually was assigned to Crystalbarrow, and taken prisoner by Keeper Larquidos...

Ribs is indeed the Man of Crystalbarrow. He's perfect for this job!

[Mothrayas]

Ribs is Pretty Good At Stealth? I call Informed Ability.

I'll probably have Skios volunteer too. He be one to jump right onto the call for action, has Invisibility ability and is very close to having Sight ability as well. Pretty good stealth features imo.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Ribs is Pretty Good At Stealth? I call Informed Ability.

I'll probably have Skios volunteer too. He be one to jump right onto the call for action, has Invisibility ability and is very close to having Sight ability as well. Pretty good stealth features imo.

He's probably going to be too busy worrying about Krua. I think :P

[Mothrayas]

He's probably going to be too busy worrying about Krua. I think :P

Meh, she can take care of herself.

Ribs is probably going to be turned into a block of ice very often.

[Metal Gear Rex]

It's funny that you just created a Black Knight for Crystalbarrow, Moth. Why? Because I had an idea for a Black Knight in Crystalbarrow too! At this rate, nobody is going to want to fight Larquidos because he's such a cheap DK2 Player. He's already spamming Black Knights!

Perhaps I could try to, if I decide to go through with the Black Knight idea anyways, put him somewhere else. Does RCI have a Combat Pit?

[ARMofORION]

It's funny that you just created a Black Knight for Crystalbarrow, Moth. Why? Because I had an idea for a Black Knight in Crystalbarrow too! At this rate, nobody is going to want to fight Larquidos because he's such a cheap DK2 Player. He's already spamming Black Knights!

Perhaps I could try to, if I decide to go through with the Black Knight idea anyways, put him somewhere else. Does RCI have a Combat Pit?

Not keeper owned, no.

[Mothrayas]

I picked Crystalbarrow only because it's the only location with a combat pit. Otherwise I'd have picked another location.

[Metal Gear Rex]

I picked Crystalbarrow only because it's the only location with a combat pit. Otherwise I'd have picked another location.

It sounds like the moment someone builds a Combat Pit, there's going to be a Black Knight rush.

[Mothrayas]

It sounds like the moment someone builds a Combat Pit, there's going to be a Black Knight rush.

Pretty much, yes.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Pretty much, yes.

Suddenly, a light bulb appears above Tesonu's head.

What the hell is that and where did it come from?

[Mothrayas]

If Tesonu really is going to build a Combat Pit, I'll probably wait with instating Armatum in Crystalbarrow, going for Northland instead. Having 3 creatures out of 4 in one realm feels kinda... eh.

[Searingflame2]

In recent posts (in the scheme of things, anyway), I've sort of become acutely aware that I haven't really developed a keeper personality for Larquidos. Between inheriting the role and the breaks... I've always been particularly non-commital so as not to retcons anything.

I'd sort of planned to destroy that ambiguity in personality in the last two posts, and I'll continue to build on it in the future. We've got a grade A egotistical nutsack here, minor retcons be damned.

[MeinCookie]

Nearly dying does that to you anyways.

[Searingflame2]

@MGR

Not caring to look at how much gold Larquidos has, ey?

Good. Because by all rights, it should be absolutely empty. And I think a payday is long overdue. So technically he's in debt.

A lot of housekeeping issues are hopelessly fuddled. I can't recall what spells or rooms are available... or what prisoners are looking like. I'll definitely need to keep better track in whatever realm follows Crystalbarrow.

[Metal Gear Rex]

@MGR

Not caring to look at how much gold Larquidos has, ey?

Good. Because by all rights, it should be absolutely empty. And I think a payday is long overdue. So technically he's in debt.

Ribs is not going to be a very happy Skeleton.


"Skios, you are to be the honored individual who is to help me pursue Lord Christopher."

Oh no he won't be. Ribs is mad.

[Searingflame2]

ROAR. RIBS SMASH.

[Mothrayas]

@Searing: I'll respond to your PM later, don't really have much time to think now.

[ARMofORION]

Sorry about that, wrong post wrong topic.

[Mothrayas]

Lol at the timing for a payday, right when Larquidios is being kinda busy / afk from the dungeon, exploring the Ancient Dungeon while being inside Skios.

Expecting at least one creature to make an attempt at completely robbing empty the treasury (for however much is in it), and then they'll all fight in an all-out brawl for their money, in the dungeon.

[Metal Gear Rex]

ROAR. RIBS SMASH.

Indeed!

[Searingflame2]

The way I see it, the treasury has insufficient gold to pay everyone, and each creature can only really take gold as imps drop it off :3

[Mothrayas]

Wait, so Ribs is kinda being broken to pieces and reassembling himself and he still has 100% health?

Hax.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Wait, so Ribs is kinda being broken to pieces and reassembling himself and he still has 100% health?

Hax.

I don't know what you're talking about, Moth.

[Mothrayas]

I don't know what you're talking about, Moth.

I SUDDENLY FORGOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT

...Ahem.

Also, would Larquidos be notified of the THE DUNGEON HEART IS BEING ATTACKED? If so, it could be disruptive to the whole "sneaking in the ancient dungeon" thing.

[Metal Gear Rex]

I SUDDENLY FORGOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT

...Ahem.

Also, would Larquidos be notified of the THE DUNGEON HEART IS BEING ATTACKED? If so, it could be disruptive to the whole "sneaking in the ancient dungeon" thing.

I dunno, though MeinCookie and I are working out a double post that describes the fate of Ribs and The Black Knight. And Vermillion. And the Leech. And a Casino chair.

[Searingflame2]

I SUDDENLY FORGOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT

...Ahem.

Also, would Larquidos be notified of the THE DUNGEON HEART IS BEING ATTACKED? If so, it could be disruptive to the whole "sneaking in the ancient dungeon" thing.

*sigh*
I suppose I need to address this. THANKS FOR RUINING THE PLOT, MGR! YOU'VE DONE US A REAL BIG FAVOR.

[Metal Gear Rex]

*sigh*
I suppose I need to address this. THANKS FOR RUINING THE PLOT, MGR! YOU'VE DONE US A REAL BIG FAVOR.

Hey don't look at me. Mothrayas is the one who pointed it out.

Plus you could always have Larquidos ignore it it, or not hear it because he's within Skios' body. Or he could simply count on his Creatures to respond to the threat like how he ordered them to. Wasn't that the whole point of the order to begin with? :P

[Searingflame2]

If the heart is under attack, the creatures have already failed their charge. And Larquidos has less faith in his creatures than the Church has historically had in science.

[Mothrayas]

I hope I didn't go a bit too far in making that one Dwarf the absolute greatest wimp in all of Heavenarius.

[Metal Gear Rex]

PART 1 of 2 Posted!

Part 2... coming whenever!

[MeinCookie]

It was only Ribs that was being held. Vermillion was just making conversation ;).

However, the Keeper post says otherwise, so I suppose he may as well have been.

[Evi]

Eh. Oh well. =P

[Metal Gear Rex]

It was only Ribs that was being held. Vermillion was just making conversation ;).

However, the Keeper post says otherwise, so I suppose he may as well have been.

The Black Knight holds all in her arms... sounds so different when taken out of context.

[Searingflame2]

It was only Ribs that was being held. Vermillion was just making conversation ;).

However, the Keeper post says otherwise, so I suppose he may as well have been.

Sorry if I was unclear or anything. I was sort of trying to capture that Larquidos doesn't really care about justice - one glance and he 'understood' the situation. Screw the facts!

[MeinCookie]

I have the perfect explanation... Vermillion's humming annoyed the Black Knight so much that by the time the other two came along she had taken drastic action to prevent him so much as... doing nothing.

[Metal Gear Rex]

I have the perfect explanation... Vermillion's humming annoyed the Black Knight so much that by the time the other two came along she had taken drastic action to prevent him so much as... doing nothing.

That sounds like something she'd do actually XD

[Mothrayas]

Aww, no more Ribs :(

[Metal Gear Rex]

Sorry if I was unclear or anything. I was sort of trying to capture that Larquidos doesn't really care about justice - one glance and he 'understood' the situation. Screw the facts!

It has now been made fact. By The Black Knight.


Aww, no more Ribs :(

He won't be gone forever. He's just taking some time off. In the meantime... Dark Mistress! (Hopefully)

[Searingflame2]

Ribs gone, eh?
I suppose sexual suggestions will be contained within Northland once more? For a time, anyhow.

[Metal Gear Rex]

I see what you're trying to do there, Duke! You're trying to steal my (Northland's) chance of having the first Vampire in the whole RPG! Valimar Fell, eh?

But Duke, Crystalbarrow doesn't even have a Graveyard. And obviously there's not enough bodies to create a Vampire. Hell, I don't even think the Graveyard has been researched. By your own rules, creature reservation is not allowed. :P

[Mothrayas]

But Duke, Crystalbarrow doesn't even have a Graveyard. And obviously there's not enough bodies to create a Vampire. Hell, I don't even think the Graveyard has been researched. By your own rules, creature reservation is not allowed. :P

http://i40.tinypic.com/333cu2f.png

[Metal Gear Rex]

http://i40.tinypic.com/333cu2f.png

I just found it. It's stuck in the corner there, a bit hard to notice.

Though one has to wonder how five bodies can fit in that little Graveyard.

[Searingflame2]

The corpse restriction in game was entirely for balancing purposes. To propose that even more than two corpses are required for a vampire when one corpse is an ANCIENT DRAGON is a little silly to me.

Edit: @MGR - Vertical burial plots =P

[Metal Gear Rex]

The corpse restriction in game was entirely for balancing purposes. To propose that even more than two corpses are required for a vampire when one corpse is an ANCIENT DRAGON is a little silly to me.

Edit: @MGR - Vertical burial plots =P

I'm actually starting to think that the Vampire, from an RPG perspective, is pretty... bleh. He not only requires five dead bodies to be rotting on the Graveyard (preventing multiple people from getting Vampires at once) but he requires 2 Creature Slots, which means less RPing for that person. The Resurrection thing is nice and all but how often are people going to throw their Creatures in such positions where they end up dying like that? It's only useful if they want to send them on a suicide mission or something. Plus with the Level Drop, it probably won't occur very often even if the RP was full of Vampires.

It's ironic. Vampires go from being overpowered to underpowered :P

I recall the Vampire was previously able to resurrect only when at Level 7 and above. If he went back to something like that and had the whole 2 Creature Slot Restriction was removed... I'd bet we'd see a few more Vampires running around.

[Duke Ragereaver]

I think the Vampire requirement of 5 bodies is somewhat misinterprented. It's not that 5 corpses are needed per Vampire, but the accumulation of the mentioned number of corpses that allow Vampires to be picked in the realm. I mean, who is going to keep up how much enemies there are slain and divide that by the number of corpses in the graveyard needed to get a Vampire? It's simply too much work.

By the way, I personally am perfectly content with having 3 Creatures who take up 4 Creature slots. Everyone has 6 Creature slots available at present, so if that issen't enough... I don't know what is.

[MeinCookie]

8 creature slots? I thought it was 6? That wasn't a typo right?

[Duke Ragereaver]

't Was. Fixed.

[Metal Gear Rex]

I think the Vampire requirement of 5 bodies is somewhat misinterprented. It's not that 5 corpses are needed per Vampire, but the accumulation of the mentioned number of corpses that allow Vampires to be picked in the realm. I mean, who is going to keep up how much enemies there are slain and divide that by the number of corpses in the graveyard needed to get a Vampire? It's simply too much work.

I thought it was the Keeper's job to keep track of that kind of information. I recall that when I first became Dungeon Keeper, "Killcount" and "Corpses rotting on graveyard" were two things I was supposed to fill out, they weren't things that I added on myself like "Known Enemies". If the Dungeon Keeper keeps track of that information, it's easy for everybody to see. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that from them/us as it's apart of the responsibility we inherit when we take on the role of Dungeon Keeper. That's how I see it anyways. In Searing and Evi's case though, I could understand if they aren't able to keep up with all of that as they can't even edit the first post to begin with.


By the way, I personally am perfectly content with having 3 Creatures who take up 4 Creature slots. Everyone has 8 Creature slots available at present, so if that issen't enough... I don't know what is.

Well not everybody is the same as you Duke. In my own situation, I'm quite used to managing and using a lot of Characters, it fits my preference. It really keeps things interesting for me, and I'm sure it makes things more interesting for others. I'm also more so motivated to have more characters in order to bring a bit more activity and life to the Realms. With the way things stand, it also isn't too hard to manage larger number of characters as there's only a handful of RPers. I'm sure everybody else has their own reasons and preferences for having either fewer or larger amounts of characters.

The Vampire taking up two slots is rather limiting to those who prefer to have more Characters. You might not be able to see it as well as I can because you seem to feel more comfortable with fewer Creatures. If you're looking for a way to "balance" the Vampire for being able to Resurrect, perhaps you could find some other way. Perhaps he drops two levels instead of one, can only resurrect at a certain high level, maybe he trains slower, or he cannot walk on water. I don't think the 2 slot thing is a good idea. The resurrecting thing is nice but it's really not worth it. People will probably already feel a bit pressured to avoid putting him in danger of dying if they don't like having lower Leveled Units.

[Duke Ragereaver]

I thought it was the Keeper's job to keep track of that kind of information. I recall that when I first became Dungeon Keeper, "Killcount" and "Corpses rotting on graveyard" were two things I was supposed to fill out, they weren't things that I added on myself like "Known Enemies". If the Dungeon Keeper keeps track of that information, it's easy for everybody to see. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that from them/us as it's apart of the responsibility we inherit when we take on the role of Dungeon Keeper. That's how I see it anyways. In Searing and Evi's case though, I could understand if they aren't able to keep up with all of that as they can't even edit the first post to begin with.

't Was originally the idea. But with 3 out of 4 people who were the original roleplayers of the Keepers gone it became increasingly difficult to keep track of stuff. So I let it go, more or less.


Well not everybody is the same as you Duke. In my own situation, I'm quite used to managing and using a lot of Characters, it fits my preference. It really keeps things interesting for me, and I'm sure it makes things more interesting for others. I'm also more so motivated to have more characters in order to bring a bit more activity and life to the Realms. With the way things stand, it also isn't too hard to manage larger number of characters as there's only a handful of RPers. I'm sure everybody else has their own reasons and preferences for having either fewer or larger amounts of characters.

What is keeping me from reflecting the statement? The way I see it, the people have more than enough choice to pick a Creature and a large number of them at present. I made it repeatingly clear that I won't allow one-man-armies here who RP all by themselves. And what would happen when one of them gets suddenly inactive or needs to be away for a while? Suddenly managing 6 Creatures seems to be a more time-consuming task than would thought at first. On contary what you might think of the Creature limit rule, it's also designed to keep people from overexerting themselves.


The Vampire taking up two slots is rather limiting to those who prefer to have more Characters. You might not be able to see it as well as I can because you seem to feel more comfortable with fewer Creatures. If you're looking for a way to "balance" the Vampire for being able to Resurrect, perhaps you could find some other way. Perhaps he drops two levels instead of one, can only resurrect at a certain high level, maybe he trains slower, or he cannot walk on water. I don't think the 2 slot thing is a good idea. The resurrecting thing is nice but it's really not worth it. People will probably already feel a bit pressured to avoid putting him in danger of dying if they don't like having lower Leveled Units.

Errr... what makes you think I'm out of touch with the RPG by not thinking about that? The RPG does not always follow the 'rules' set by the games, in the case of Vampires there are some similarities but also some differences. Vampires are immortal when 'dying', ressurecting at the Lair except when fighting against Monks. That's pretty much the universal rule. The difference comes that Vampires in the RPG do not drop levels when dying. Otherwise that would pretty much defeat the purpose of immortality. This is perhaps something I should be more clear on, or contradicted myself at one point earlier on. But this is where we stand now.

[MeinCookie]

Have you considered the effects of boosting vampire's to elite status? That becomes a real boon because you can't drop beneath 1E, which is effectively 11 which means all powers are forever unlocked, even if he dies. Furthermore he can resurrect infinitely, and never drop below that point. I WANT.


I thought it was the Keeper's job to keep track of that kind of information. I recall that when I first became Dungeon Keeper, "Killcount" and "Corpses rotting on graveyard" were two things I was supposed to fill out, they weren't things that I added on myself like "Known Enemies". If the Dungeon Keeper keeps track of that information, it's easy for everybody to see. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that from them/us as it's apart of the responsibility we inherit when we take on the role of Dungeon Keeper. That's how I see it anyways. In Searing and Evi's case though, I could understand if they aren't able to keep up with all of that as they can't even edit the first post to begin with.

Consider Red Crystal Islands. It is pretty simple to add a brief summary to the bottom of Keeper Posts. We do it for creatures, why not for realms? That is essentially what a Keeper Post is. In future I think it'll make things much easier, particularly as relevants stats are easily updated on a postly basis.

EDIT ~ Vampire's don't drop in levels? I think several of my creature might die of shock... mwa ha ha ha ha. Or not. I like them to much. And I missed Buzzard terribly after I ended his life in a brutal fashion. I vow to get another firefly one day.

[Metal Gear Rex]

What is keeping me from reflecting the statement? The way I see it, the people have more than enough choice to pick a Creature and a large number of them at present. I made it repeatingly clear that I won't allow one-man-armies here who RP all by themselves. And what would happen when one of them gets suddenly inactive or needs to be away for a while? Suddenly managing 6 Creatures seems to be a more time-consuming task than would thought at first. On contary what you might think of the Creature limit rule, it's also designed to keep people from overexerting themselves.

I'm starting to think that there's a bit of confusion on both of our interpretations of the term "one-man-army" in this sense. Do you mean a single Creature taking on overwhelming enemy forces and overcoming them or do you mean a single person RPing as several Creatures and is basically RPing with himself among those different Creatures?

If the former, then I will say that that doesn't really happen normally unless we have some kind of godmodder. It's usually up to the Keeper to decide what kind of enemies his Creatures can face. Normally he has to select an enemy that they can handle without dying, otherwise it becomes unfair as they either have to godmod a bit to win or they have to sacrifice their Creatures. And obviously, neither of those two is desired by the RPers or anyone else.

If the latter, then I will say that that really can't be helped if it ever happens. We only have a handful of RPers to begin with. It can be difficult to have everyone spread their characters around to the different realms, especially if they don't want to. Not every character works well in every Realm, I noticed. Though take note that I'm not asking you to expand the 6 Creature Limit, and that I understand why it is there. (The only thing I would ask you to do concerning the Creature Limit would be to bring back the Creature Reserves so that we wouldn't be forced to kill off a Character if we ever wanted to give them a break and swap them out with someone else)

Frozengard is almost suffering from such a fate, but I think Frozengard's only real problem is the fact that Evi's quite busy at the moment and can't devote as much time to his role. I honestly don't think Frozengard having fewer Creatures isn't a real problem as it creates a very friendly and unique environment compared to the other Realms, as everybody knows everybody. I think this also reflects well on Mikaelios' character, but I think I'm going too far on this subject.

To be perfectly honest, I don't understand how the problems you stated above directly or indirectly tie to the Vampire taking up two slots. The Two Slot restriction doesn't really effect those things at all. All it really does is discourage people from creating Vampire characters as they don't want to sacrifice potentially good character ideas. (Why should they be forced to anyways?) On the other hand, removing that restriction doesn't add any problems at all either.


Errr... what makes you think I'm out of touch with the RPG by not thinking about that? The RPG does not always follow the 'rules' set by the games, in the case of Vampires there are some similarities but also some differences. Vampires are immortal when 'dying', ressurecting at the Lair except when fighting against Monks. That's pretty much the universal rule. The difference comes that Vampires in the RPG do not drop levels when dying. Otherwise that would pretty much defeat the purpose of immortality. This is perhaps something I should be more clear on, or contradicted myself at one point earlier on. But this is where we stand now.

I do believe you may have stated it once before that they drop a level in order to follow the original games. Either that, or perhaps it was the fact that I don't ever recall you saying that they don't drop levels, which would then bring a lot of confusion as that can be interpreted differently.

Anyways, I actually think that's a very bad idea to make Vampires completely immortal aside from when fighting Monks. This allows RPers to create some kind of "one-man-army" without technically Godmodding. Vampire attacks the enemies, he dies, resurrects, and repeats until there's no more enemies. The weakness against Monks isn't as big of a weakness as you may think. The Monk is only a single species, and a very situational one at that. Being very holy, you only would encounter one at certain points of the Realm, if ever. They're not like Dwarves or Archers where you can expect to see them in at least every other Hero Party.

It also somewhat forces RPers to utilize the immortality factor because it otherwise makes the situation very questionable as there's tons of possibilities of actions that the Vampire can do, being as resurrecting himself holds no kind of penalty. "Why didn't he try and tackle the enemy into the lava so that he could be killed? It's not like he has to fear death from the lava or anything like that!"

Honestly, I think there should be some kind of Level Drop or something. I don't think the infinite immortality is something people want to use all the time in trade for having one less Character that could potentially make the Realm far more exciting and interesting. I know for certain that it doesn't help out Awakening's current situation.

Keep in mind that we aren't creating these characters so that we can beat the realm and "win". We're creating these characters because it's fun to RP with them. Making the Vampire, or any Creature species, require more than one slot in order to "balance" the fact that they're very powerful doesn't really work out well for that very reason. For anyone who uses them, it means one less potential character to have fun with.


Have you considered the effects of boosting vampire's to elite status? That becomes a real boon because you can't drop beneath 1E, which is effectively 11 which means all powers are forever unlocked, even if he dies. Furthermore he can resurrect infinitely, and never drop below that point. I WANT.

I'd imagine it'd be very easy to make some kind of exception to that rule. Would be a bit stupid otherwise to be perfectly honest and would further the potential brokenness of the Vampire in their current state.


Consider Red Crystal Islands. It is pretty simple to add a brief summary to the bottom of Keeper Posts. We do it for creatures, why not for realms? That is essentially what a Keeper Post is. In future I think it'll make things much easier, particularly as relevants stats are easily updated on a postly basis.

I did actually consider mentioning your situation at Red Crystal Islands. However, why I decided against that was because your situation is a bit different. Thanks to nijuni, you already had all the information you needed and you simply continued from where he left off. However, I don't think that Lquiz or DragonsLover were very good about recording the information. I wish DL was better about informing us what the question mark on the map stood for. Would have saved me from the trouble of doing a massive search through Frozengard.

Anyways, that was my reason for not mentioning you in the previous post. But even I would agree that I don't think that was a very good reason. Evi and Searing probably should include that information in their Keeper Posts from now on. But to be honest, I see it more likely that Evi will be the one to do it rather than Searing. From when I previously spoke to him, it seems as if Evi had kept a record of Frozengard, so he should be capable of doing a summary.

Searing... however... well, let's just say that I look at Crystalbarrow as being a big mess when it comes to keeping records.

[Duke Ragereaver]

Have you considered the effects of boosting vampire's to elite status? That becomes a real boon because you can't drop beneath 1E, which is effectively 11 which means all powers are forever unlocked, even if he dies. Furthermore he can resurrect infinitely, and never drop below that point. I WANT.

Can you rephrase that? I don't understand it in the way it is now.

@MGR

You should have saved your breath (or time). I'm not gonna read all of that when there is no way I'm going to change my mind and divert from the current course in this particular case. But feel free to make a a post about it in the Central Discussion Thread or even better, a new thread if you really insist making a discussion of it. But I'm done here.

Let us continue to Crystalbarrow related stuff here.

Edit: The post after this one has been deleted. You were given the options what you could do but instead choose to ignore it. Do not let this happen again, you have been warned...!

[Skarok]

Does a killed chicken also count as "Most powerful foe slain" if the creature hasn't killed anything besides it?

[Mothrayas]

Does a killed chicken also count as "Most powerful foe slain" if the creature hasn't killed anything besides it?

I suppose it counts, but I wouldn't want to be seen dead with that on my profile if I were a creature.

[Skarok]

The creature who slaughtered the chicken isn't dead? And that's also something you can be proud of. You ended the glorious life of a chicken!

[Metal Gear Rex]

The creature who slaughtered the chicken isn't dead? And that's also something you can be proud of. You ended the glorious life of a chicken!

I guess I should inform you why it's bad. It's shameful actually. It means that in his entire career as a Creature, in a world where battles between the forces of Good and Evil occur daily, the most threatening thing he's killed is a chicken. It's really sad that that's all he can do.

[Mothrayas]

The creature who slaughtered the chicken isn't dead?

It's an idiom.


would not be seen dead (doing something) and would not be caught dead (doing something)

would not do something under any circumstances.
--I wouldn't be seen dead going out with Bruno! Martha would not be caught dead going into a place like that.


And that's also something you can be proud of. You ended the glorious life of a chicken!

Depends on who you are, I suppose. I wouldn't be proud of it.

[Skarok]

Yeah, I know that there are bigger fishes. :P But he hadn't the oppotunity to kill something besides that yet and no other creature around him can see his profile where I wrote that thing with the chicken. He's anonymous until they arrive at the 21st century. :P

edit: Thanks, didn't knew that it's an idiom.

[Searingflame2]

Filler post 'til I finish something bigger. Sorry about the lull in activity, been busier.

[Skarok]

Y U ignored my creature? >:(

[Metal Gear Rex]

Y U ignored my creature? >:(

I dunno, probably because it's a filler post?

[Skarok]

Well... That could be an explanation, indeed.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Well... That could be an explanation, indeed.

I'm shocked that I must point this out to you when his post is right above yours.

[Skarok]

Every new creature was featured aside mine. So that's why I asked. Because everyone was in the filler post aside me. No mystery there. :P

[Metal Gear Rex]

Every new creature was featured aside mine. So that's why I asked. Because everyone was in the filler post aside me. No mystery there. :P

Searing is busy so that's why there's a filler post to begin with. Perhaps he didn't have time to add an extra thing or maybe he missed your post? It's not like your character did anything significant anyways that would bring the Keeper's attention.

[Skarok]

He roasted a chicken! >:(
Yeah, I didn't even want to make a big deal out of it, that post was ironical meant. ;)

[Mothrayas]

With a glimpse to his left he saw the heart chamber. He made on step in it's direction and said with his cold voice: "Keeper."
Then he turned around ...

Well, if I were that subtle, I wouldn't really be surprised I'd not get noticed.

[Skarok]

Well, if I were that subtle, I wouldn't really be surprised I'd not get noticed.

Maybe you wouldn't be surprised. But if you'd be a puppet of someone, this guy may wonder. ;)

[Searingflame2]

OOpsie doopsies.

Keeper Approval: 20

=O it even went up to 22!

*Larquidos ignores Ryan*

Keeper Approval: -50

Edit: Included a few lines in regards to Ryan. Hopefully I haven't buggered that up too. More than a little scatterbrained at the mo.

[Mothrayas]

Crystalbarrow is now closed. Don't post anymore.

(Rex will probably lock it later, but just a notification for now)

[Metal Gear Rex]

(OOC: It's up to the RPer to decide if they want to follow the keeper into the new realm, or if they want to go elsewhere instead. Inactive creatures will automatically be sent into a "creature pool", where they can go to any realm without penalty)

Not true. The loss of a Level Penalty only applies if they follow the Keeper to the next realm. I've edited it to fix this, however. I've also already locked the thread.

I'll explain and announce things when I get back from school, which should be in about 2 hours at the most.

I'll be keeping the thread open for the time being.

[Dark_Omega MK2]

Look at me, i am in crystalbarrow and i hate myself for it!

[Metal Gear Rex]

Oh look, I missed a bot.

[Dark_Omega MK2]

Oh look, I missed a bot.

I don't know what are you talking about... i think i need to consume my "Memory Pills!!!" that i can easily get from superscamsdotcom