Posted by Umguy on July 20, 2000 at 09:48:25:
In Reply to: Fight with Taraly posted by Thalen Nightbringer(VIP) on July 20, 2000 at 08:46:43:
> Taraly charges into you and sends you sprawling!
> Taraly's bearcharge EVISCERATES you!
> You yell 'Help! Taraly is bearcharging me!'
> Taraly is in perfect health.
There's going to be a them throughout this whole post, and that is this: Druids can't see camo. Here, why not start with creeping up to him, putting up thorns (if you're sylvan, and have the sapling, and waylaying?
> <500hp 202m 523mv> Taraly's bearcharge misses you.
Perfect bearcharge. Period. Sheesh.
> [Exits: east west down]
> Taraly is here.
> (Charmed) A huge tree has uprooted itself at the bidding of Thalen.
Oh man...why are you visible? Camo! Druid's can't see camo. (see the theme?)
> Taraly leaves.
This should have been you creeping, while camoed, not him seeing you leave.
> <487hp 182m 516mv> People near you:
> (PK) Taraly Forest of NoWhere
> Tibika Forest of NoWhere
> (PK) Thalen Forest of NoWhere
Argh! He can still see you!
"Druids can't see camo."
> <487hp 182m 514mv> You yell 'Help! Taraly is bearcharging me!'
> Taraly tries to bearcharge you but collides with your thorny armor instead!
> Your armor of thorns EVISCERATES Taraly!
> Taraly has some small but disgusting cuts.
I could see running after him and bearcharging if he had fled at gushing, or something, but he fled at small but disgusting, and didn't quaff a return or anything. Surely that means he's getting more prepared? Camo, creep, waylay, THEN try a bearcharge. (Druids can't see camo)
> <457hp 182m 514mv> Taraly tries to bearcharge you but collides with your thorny armor instead!
> Your armor of thorns EVISCERATES Taraly!
> Taraly is covered with bleeding wounds.
Relax a bit when pking someone. You're a ranger, in the forest, and your foe can't see camo. You shouldn't die, so take your time and don't spam in commands.
> Taraly utters the words, 'unsohaiorz'.
> The thorny plants spring up around you, entangling your legs!
> Taraly's entanglement mauls you.
> Taraly is covered with bleeding wounds.
Very good strategy change. He can refresh himself, but that takes time, and if you get him low enough on moves, he's a sitting duck.
Even if he can flee, he won't get a long ways before he has to refresh, quaff, or something.
> <435hp 182m 257mv> com ent
> You narrow your eyes and glare in Taraly's direction.
> You lost your concentration.
> Taraly is covered with bleeding wounds.
Heh, your strategy was so good that Thalen tried to copy it. I like that.
> A deep, dark path through the forest
>
> [Exits: east west]
> The near-silent snapping of a branch is the only harbinger of danger as a vast net of vines descends, rendering you immobile!
Oh, very nice. Setting up a snare along his escape route was a truly good idea. He was dead, here. But...
> Taraly has arrived.
>
> <248hp 34m 95mv>
> You yell 'Help! Taraly is bearcharging me!'
> Taraly tries to bearcharge you but collides with your thorny armor instead!
> Your armor of thorns EVISCERATES Taraly!
> Taraly is covered with bleeding wounds.
This comes back to what I was saying about relaxing. Snares last quite a while. You don't have to hurry and attack. You were obviously juiced and had the adrenaline gushing, and spamming directions and bearcharging (why, I don't know, you'd been doing well with the entangles). If you arrive, camo, and waylay/ambush, he's dead here. No way should your ambush do less than 258 hp of damage, even with resistance to metals. Druids can't see camo.
> <248hp 34m 95mv>
> Taraly tries to bearcharge you but collides with your thorny armor instead!
> Your armor of thorns EVISCERATES Taraly!
> Taraly is covered with bleeding wounds.
Right here is where it becomes evident that you were spamming bearcharge rather than thinking coolly.
> Taraly tries to bearcharge you but collides with your thorny armor instead!
> Your armor of thorns EVISCERATES Taraly!
> Taraly is covered with bleeding wounds.
Ouch. Even more evidence.
> *me getting a kudzu and chasing him down*
On a side note...from earlier in the log (though I snipped it from this version):
"A forest giant stops following you."
Thalen, you had two mobs, the giant and a treant. I don't think you should really be spouting about how unprepared you were. The only preparation I saw you do was to put up your armor o' thorns, and, while bearcharge could have (should have) been the death of you, you were able to flee after two rounds of combat and put that up. So before you two make this more of a pissing match than you already have, you both made mistakes and you both could have killed the other much easier.
> <297hp 151m 320mv> south
> A Private Home
>
> [Exits: north]
> Taraly is here.
> A disgusting trolloc is here, looking at you hungrily.
> A disgusting trolloc is here, looking hungrily at you.
> A disgusting trolloc is here, looking hungrily at you.
> A disgusting trolloc is here, looking hungrily at you.
> The Treant has arrived.
> A living mass of kudzu has arrived.
Here's what really boggles my mind. Taraly, why the fuck are you in Aridhol, instead of camped healing up hp, or camoed and waiting to waylay? If you were chasing Thalen down, I could understand, but if you ran to aridhol to "hide", you didn't need to. Say it with me everyone: "Druids can't see camo.">
<297hp 151m 320mv> com sun taraly
> Taraly yells 'Help someone is attacking me!'
Actually, reading this line makes me think Thalen left out the real reason you were in Aridhol. He must have hit you with a sunray at some point and left it out, and it must have blinded you? If that's the case, to get to this point in aridhol, you had to either have quaffed (a reasonable thing to do) or run there (not sure why you'd do that). Either way, it sheds a bit of light on why you were there (no pun intended).
> <297hp 81m 320mv>
> Taraly darts past your defenses with the speed of a snake!
> Taraly's serpent strike EVISCERATES you!
> Taraly is writhing in agony.
At first, I was like "why is he serpentstriking when he's almost dead?" but then I realized you're still blind, so you don't have much else to do, right?
> <263hp 74m 358mv> com sun taraly
> Taraly yells 'Die, Thalen, you sorcerous dog!'
> You narrow your eyes and glare in Taraly's direction.
> You cannot burn your foes with the sun's light indoors.
> Taraly EVISCERATES you!
> Taraly EVISCERATES you!
> You parry Taraly's claw.
> Taraly is convulsing on the ground.
Whether intentional or not, going indoors against a sunray-spamming druid was pretty smart. (Or lucky).
> <174hp 39m 358mv> Taraly charges into you and sends you sprawling!
> Taraly's bearcharge MUTILATES you!
> You sure are BLEEDING!
> Taraly is convulsing on the ground.
Big risk you took, here, Taraly, to "check his carapace"...if he had it up, you were dead right there. It paid off (sorta) but wow, risky.
> Oh and for the best reply yet *mutter*
> Taraly tells you 'Ya arent half as tough as ya want people ta think, and I know dat now'
Talking tough after you just died to a guy you started the fight with is pretty silly.
> Riiight....a druid on a waning moon with no preparation...and you still die. BAH!
No preparation bullshit. The only prep you were missing was a carapace. Really, for how much prep you had, Taraly STILL should have killed you, but for you to say no preparation is garbage.
> **not ment to be rude, but come on, that was pretty bad you said that**
Your comment was pretty bad too. Further, I could point out mistakes you made, but then, you won, so you'd probably blow them off.
Hopefully Taraly found this helpful, I tried not to flame but each mistake made me cringe. I started out really ready to blast Taraly for being in Aridhol, but after re-reading the log, it looks like he was sorta S.O.L. about that.
One last time, though:
Druids can't see camo.