Posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on October 17, 2000 at 21:12:27:
In Reply to: PB is right about dent... posted by Ludi on October 17, 2000 at 19:59:38:
"Uh" had forgotten an option. In addition to "die horribly" and "die horribly, but take armor with him":
Option 3: Win, baby, win. Become a legend.
You understood this, Ludi. So did the Dawnies. So did Dhaevor. So did a number of others.
Trivia question: Who was the invoker that stoneshattered his amulet?
Right. Bravo to those silly Dawnies.
> First off, considering the group they had present and the
> low number of zombies Zorszaul had with him, Challen is right...
> He should have just boneshattered and then cranialed away.
> The closest I've come to killing him was in a rager party that
> had two mace specs, an assassin and a scout thief. I think
> someone posted that log. Unfortunately, I pulled Zors away one
> too many times and he realized it was a fight he could actually
> lose and just worded on us. I pulled him because I didn't think
> I could tank him and his zombies for the time it'd take to kill
> him, but I should have gone for it. I didn't expect Zorszaul to
> give up and word so quickly though... We had the equation and he'd
> been talking trash.
>
> The major problem with Zorszaul is he doesn't seem to make any
> of those stupid mistakes everyone else I know does once in a while.
> Dhaevor posted a log where Zors could have easily died, had Dhaevor
> not mixed up the swords he was wielding several times. Then there
> was another one where Dhaevor manages to take a piss at just the wrong
> time. (hee hee.)
>
> The time I dented a bunch of his armor I was summoned into a locked room.
> It was a hopeless situation, so denting seemed better than nothing. Had I
> thought to entwine him first, I could have destroyed his mask, which could
> have meant something. I didn't, he fled at gushing, vamped up on some little
> mobs, took off his good armor and came back and finished me. Any non-rager
> would have to worry about him casting spells though... One vamp touch would
> heal him more than any single person can do in two rounds of combat. I just
> had to endure chromatic fire.
>
> As several people correctly theorized, I didn't see a spec of my armor after
> the denting incident.
>
> I will point out that air elemental he often has is unaffected by physical attacks,
> so make sure you've got something else on hand. He can have it rescue him and flee
> and you're left beating away like a moron otherwise.
>
> Ludi