The Players Corner Archive

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The sucker had no mana and is level 26 and it's cloud hit me everytime. I had dex and shims on. Plus nothing weighing me down.

You gesture at a tree spirit.
CS: +455 - TD: +103 + CvA: +25 + d100: +49 == +426
Warding failed!
A dull grey beam momentarily materializes between you and the tree spirit!
The tree spirit shakes violently!
You feel a sudden rush of power as you absorb 82 mana!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.


The spirit whispers with a sinister voice carried on the wind!
A tree spirit gestures at you!
You notice a small cloud form above you.


The spirit whispers with a sinister voice carried on the wind!
A tree spirit whistles a soft, malicious tune!


You notice the storm cloud begin to churn rapidly!
You do not feel drained anymore.
A tree spirit gestures mystically!
A tree spirit seems to blend into the surroundings better.
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cast spiri
You concentrate on the Mana Leech spell...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a tree spirit.

CS: +455 - TD: +103 + CvA: +25 + d100: +66 == +443
Warding failed!
A dull grey beam momentarily materializes between you and the tree spirit!
The tree spirit shakes violently!
You feel a sudden rush of power as you absorb 5 mana!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.


A tree spirit whistles a soft, malicious tune!
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[Upper Trollfang, Winding Trees]
Dark roots tear their way up through the ground. You also see a churning cloud, a grey wolf, the Edgeleaf disk and a tree spirit.
Obvious paths: west, southeast.


The storm cloud begins to build into a thunderhead!


A tree spirit gestures at you!
The ground beneath your feet begins to boil violently!
You dodge out of the way!
The ground then quickly cools.


A tree spirit whistles a soft, malicious tune!


You hear the rumbling of thunder as the cloud turns an ominous dark hue!


The spirit whispers with a sinister voice carried on the wind!
A tree spirit gestures at you!
CS: +123 - TD: +431 + CvA: +12 + d100: +20 - -5 == -271
Warded off!
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You concentrate on the Boil Earth spell...
Your spell is ready.
The grey wolf scratches itself.
cast spi

You gesture at a tree spirit.
The ground beneath a tree spirit begins to boil violently!
Fiery debris explodes from the ground!
... 25 points of damage!
... 30 points of damage!
... 25 points of damage!
A tree spirit falls to the ground.
... 30 points of damage!
... 15 points of damage!
... 20 points of damage!
The ground then quickly cools.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.


Suddenly the entire world explodes! You are blinded by intense light and deafened by a tremendous explosion! By some miracle you maintain enough of your mental faculties to realize you've been struck by lightning from that cloud!
... 35 points of damage!
Massive electrical shock to the left leg destroys flesh. What remains is useless.
You are stunned for 8 rounds!
A tree spirit slowly stands back up.


A tree spirit whistles a soft, malicious tune!


The grey wolf sniffs at the Edgeleaf disk.


Suddenly the entire world explodes! You are blinded by intense light and deafened by a tremendous explosion! By some miracle you maintain enough of your mental faculties to realize you've been struck by lightning from that cloud!
... 25 points of damage!
Nasty shock to right arm stiffens joints. Nice and painful.


A tree spirit gestures at you!
The ground beneath your feet begins to boil violently!
You dodge out of the way!
The ground then quickly cools.


A tree spirit whistles a soft, malicious tune!
The grey wolf looks upward negligently.


Suddenly the entire world explodes! You are blinded by intense light and deafened by a tremendous explosion! By some miracle you maintain enough of your mental faculties to realize you've been struck by lightning from that cloud!
... 30 points of damage!
Stunning arc of electricity fuses left hand at wrist.


A tree spirit gestures at you!
The ground beneath your feet begins to boil violently!
You dodge out of the way!
The ground then quickly cools.


The grey wolf sits down.


* Edgeleaf just bit the dust!


Suddenly the entire world explodes! You are blinded by intense light and deafened by a tremendous explosion! By some miracle you maintain enough of your mental faculties to realize you've been struck by lightning from that cloud!
... 40 points of damage!
Arcing bolt of electricity galvanizes right hand to elbow. Won't be using it for awhile.

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Curious if they are ever going to fix things like this? Anyone got a clue?

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Some are actually pretty good reading.

edge reg

Call lightning is not broken, that's the way it was intended to function. reg

He's discussing a critters ability to cast without mana. An ancient problem with some critters.

- Lord Kranar, human Archwizard reg

A creature that can cast spells with no mana is in my book a bug, though if you talk to a GM about it they usually say 'creatures don't follow the same rules that PC's do'. For example, how can a level 11 hill troll can wear metal breastplate with no encumberance, or why can critter spellcasters cast with heavy nerve damage? It might also be possible that call lightning is an ability, not a skill, which means they can cast it repeatedly with no need for mana (though admittadly I'm not sure). reg

You can avoid implosion, spike. Not meteor storm. But that kills the caster to. I can survive a meteor storm better then a call lightning.

edge

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This has to be either false, or you never tested it.

Considering meteor swarm isn't age based or anything based and it does 3 hits per round once every 5 seconds for 3-4 minutes, I don't see how you can possibly survive a meteor swarm better than a call lightning.

Call lightning takes 30 seconds to form, and only does ONE attack every 10 seconds.

- Lord Kranar, human Archwizard reg

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Originally posted by Taernath:
A creature that can cast spells with no mana is in my book a bug, though if you talk to a GM about it they usually say 'creatures don't follow the same rules that PC's do'. For example, how can a level 11 hill troll can wear metal breastplate with no encumberance, or why can critter spellcasters cast with heavy nerve damage? It might also be possible that call lightning is an ability, not a skill, which means they can cast it repeatedly with no need for mana (though admittadly I'm not sure).

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The old style creatures don't use mana in the normal sense. That's why they can cast while hurt and stuff too. The new style creatures do run out of mana. Once all the critters get changed over, then they'll all work right for spell casting. In the meantime it's just something ya have to live with.

Call Lightning is about the easiest spell in the world to avoid. It takes forever before it attacks. All you have to do is walk away.

Snook reg

RUSVAL reg

Ask Malok for the logs of me metoer storming him. He survived 2 out of 3 storms. He would survive 0 call lightning due to it ignoring padding and age.

edge reg

Once again, this is very hard to believe.

You would have to heal down 2 wounds and restore your health loss once every 5 seconds for 3-4 minutes which is a total of 40 attacks.

Did you cast it indoors? Indoors it has less than half its power and only does one wave.

- Lord Kranar, human Archwizard reg