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Skyshot · 08-04-2006, 12:38 PM

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Skyshot, you're gonna have to wait for your help. It looks like I might die. Silly Insane level opponents.

You know, I was just thinking, "I should go heal Fenris real quick," and then, "Wait, I'm kinda busy now," and get here and see, "Oh, he's having the same problem."

Isn't this a fun little fight.

So, Arhra, what does happen if I cast a spell that makes earth quake on an earth-based being?

Bailey · 08-04-2006, 12:42 PM

Damnit Skyshot! First you steal my chair, then you steal my dance partner!

Arhra said one for everybody!

:p

Arhra · 08-04-2006, 09:35 PM

Actually, what I said is that there is one per person. They can and will gang up on people.

And Mesden, being a lover of anti-climax and irony as I am, I'm saying you petrify first. After all, the dryad has significant advantages in that you'll become less able to direct your ability the more petrified you become while the soul attack wouldn't really influence the dryad's ability to petrify. It can free itself from your grasp by trying to petrify your hands. There is a degree of localisation of petrification to where they hit you after all. Incidentally, the dryad will still be weakened. Soul attacks hurt.

Oh, while I think of it, since this came up partially before and may come up now, I should mention I dislike the game-based logic of Esuna being a miraculous cure all. It will help alleviate 'status effects', but it can't always automatically wipe away such effects. Its much the same way a potent healing spell might help someone badly wounded get back into the fight, doesn't exactly totally refill someone's health like Fullheal might.

mauve · 08-05-2006, 12:50 AM

Hey Ahrha, am I on the right track here? I think that wood dryads could be killed if someone chopped down their tree, so I assume that the same principle applies to the stone dryads? Or do I have my mythology wrong?

Also- I was gonna send Mauve over to help you, Fenris, but I figured you were already dead, or had something planned for your future.

Rhiya Ravenwing · 08-05-2006, 02:29 AM

Mauve, I killed the dryad for you. Now take time to recover and figure out a way to get us all unpetrified damnit! *returns to petrified form*

Arhra · 08-05-2006, 10:24 AM

No, I'm afraid the dryads aren't linked to trees. Apparently in myth there were two types - the dryads which were general tree spirits and the hamadryads that were tied to a specific tree. I'd always wondered what the difference was.

As for earth quake, my understanding is it specifically targets the ground. I doubt it would be very effective is you did do that to an earth creature somehow - just shake them up a bit. Then again, that could be handy

Flarecobra · 08-05-2006, 10:59 AM

Arhra, you never did answer my question. Would my Lamia Charm work on them? Also, would that effect remain if I switched forms?

Finally, just as an FYI: I never shifted out of my dragongirl form from when we traveled there.

Steel Shadow · 08-05-2006, 11:04 AM

Sorry for not posting much lately. Holiday with the family in cornwall and the only computer is in high demand. I think I have it sorted now though.

Bailey · 08-05-2006, 11:07 AM

cornwall? seriously?

*is going to Potsdam on the 25th*

I had no idea I would have another forumer so close

PhoenixFlame · 08-05-2006, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhiya Ravenwing

Mauve, I killed the dryad for you. Now take time to recover and figure out a way to get us all unpetrified damnit! *returns to petrified form*

But Rhiya, you've made a solution to my minimum-range handgun problem!

Go Rhiya! :p

08-04-2006, 09:35 PM	#63
Arhra Ara ara! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Neo Venezia Posts: 5,013	Actually, what I said is that there is one per person. They can and will gang up on people. And Mesden, being a lover of anti-climax and irony as I am, I'm saying you petrify first. After all, the dryad has significant advantages in that you'll become less able to direct your ability the more petrified you become while the soul attack wouldn't really influence the dryad's ability to petrify. It can free itself from your grasp by trying to petrify your hands. There is a degree of localisation of petrification to where they hit you after all. Incidentally, the dryad will still be weakened. Soul attacks hurt. Oh, while I think of it, since this came up partially before and may come up now, I should mention I dislike the game-based logic of Esuna being a miraculous cure all. It will help alleviate 'status effects', but it can't always automatically wipe away such effects. Its much the same way a potent healing spell might help someone badly wounded get back into the fight, doesn't exactly totally refill someone's health like Fullheal might. __________________ This post is a good source of Ara ara, ufufu.* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This post is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Last edited by Arhra; 08-04-2006 at 09:45 PM.*

08-05-2006, 12:50 AM	#64
mauve So Dreamy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Someplace magical Posts: 6,863	Hey Ahrha, am I on the right track here? I think that wood dryads could be killed if someone chopped down their tree, so I assume that the same principle applies to the stone dryads? Or do I have my mythology wrong? Also- I was gonna send Mauve over to help you, Fenris, but I figured you were already dead, or had something planned for your future. __________________ Yoo Hoo!

08-05-2006, 10:24 AM	#66
Arhra Ara ara! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Neo Venezia Posts: 5,013	No, I'm afraid the dryads aren't linked to trees. Apparently in myth there were two types - the dryads which were general tree spirits and the hamadryads that were tied to a specific tree. I'd always wondered what the difference was. As for earth quake, my understanding is it specifically targets the ground. I doubt it would be very effective is you did do that to an earth creature somehow - just shake them up a bit. Then again, that could be handy __________________ This post is a good source of Ara ara, ufufu.* *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This post is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

08-05-2006, 10:59 AM	#67
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	Arhra, you never did answer my question. Would my Lamia Charm work on them? Also, would that effect remain if I switched forms? Finally, just as an FYI: I never shifted out of my dragongirl form from when we traveled there. __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them. Last edited by Flarecobra; 08-05-2006 at 11:17 AM.

08-05-2006, 11:04 AM	#68
Steel Shadow Mild Psychosis Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Aroundabouts thereish. Posts: 1,246	Sorry for not posting much lately. Holiday with the family in cornwall and the only computer is in high demand. I think I have it sorted now though. __________________ Yeah, I'm understating. I do that sometimes.