Posted by Nepenthe(IMM) on June 4, 2000 at 15:34:18:
In Reply to: A possible frightful fiend bug posted by Imbrogno on June 4, 2000 at 10:37:01:
> I fought a phantasmal killer and died to it. No big thing. It stayed at the pit though after I died, then when I unghosted it attacked me again. Same fiend, I didn't have it sung on me again.
That's not right. I can't make any promises, but I'll have a look at it if I get some time.
> I also don't know if that bit where the damn thing suddenly becomes immune to your attacks is a bug or not, but it's really annoying, especially when you're wielding an norem sword and thus can't change your weapon in combat. It was also immune to fatigue and harm there for a bit. *mutter*
It's not a bug. However, (I urge you to take this constructively, not as me calling you stupid or incompetent) you usually have had to make some very bad mistakes to get into that situation. Compare with someone assassinated as they lounge around Galadon or the empireguy who finds himself getting ganged down by six sylvans in a wall of thorns.
> Oh well, you make a giant, you expect to die to fiends. *shrug*
You might, but you really shouldn't. There's a concept in Zen Buddhism (unless I'm mixing up my Eastern religions/philosophies again) of the beginner's mind, in which one attempts to put aside their preconcieved notions and view the world again as if for the first time, thus gaining new insight. I don't know how good you are at Zen, but give that a shot. A disturbing amount of what is "known" about how FF works and how to deal with it is very wrong.