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Dundee Slaytern · 06-28-2006, 06:45 AM

Silence reigned for a brief moment as a great beast started to fall to the ground. The silence broke when the beast's body slammed onto the surface, causing tremors to resonate around it. Victory was Rena's, but at a cost. The price was small, but her pride was wrecked. For the very first time in her entire life so far, she met a Dragon that did not act dumb. It did not play 'Chicken' with her. It targetted smartly. It actually made her use real combat tactics.

"Wow."

That was Rena's thought. It pretty much summarised everything.

Oh.

And Kelsey died too, but that's not important.

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The fight started normally enough. Rena had swaggered to the Dragon and taunted it to do battle with her. With three Red Dragons under her belt, Rena saw little need not to throw caution to the wind for this fourth one. It had a name, Saladrex; and it opened the battle with a breath attack.

"So far, so good," or so Rena thought.

That was when things started going wrong. Much to Rena's surprise, when she circled around Saladrex, it did not follow her as she expected, but it chose to attack the rest of the party instead.

"Woah, woah, hey! Is this suppose to happen?" Kelsey shouted as Saladrex towered menancingly over him. "Ow. Ow. Ow. Damn! That's a wasted spell!"

Kelsey never got to say much next, because well... he died. Fried golden-brown by Saladrex's breath attack. His dying words were, "Well. Talk about irony. A fire Sorcerer dying to fire... oh dear me... *urk* "

"Kelsey! No!" Imoen screamed, as she watched Kelsey combust in front of her. "Damn you!" she shouted to Saladrex, "No one hurts Kelsey but me and Rena!" Fuelled by anger, Imoen's archery shone with precision as she unleashed arrow after arrow into Saladrex.

Saladrex grimaced from the brutal attack and thundered back at Imoen, "You only have yourself to blame, Human! You were the ones who started this fight!"

Rena meanwhile was slack-jawed and standing a slight distance away from the fight. Saladrex... was not behaving dumb. It was actually... behaving intelligently. This was not in their books. This was not what they had expected. This... this was a cause for celebration!

"Check it out! It's ignoring me! It's not after me! Can you believe this? WOOHOO!"

Dodging a swipe, Jaheira screamed at Rena, "Celebrate later! Help us NOW!"

"It's ignoring me! Me! Of all people! Me!"

"REEEENA!"

Fortunately, Imoen proved to be a decent tank with her Protection from Magical Weapons spell, and Jaheira dealt the killing blow.

"ARRGGGHHHH! Not again!" Imoen shouted, "That was suppose to be MY kill! I so want to kill a Dragon!"

"Well excuse me for slaying the thing that was beating on you," Jaheira retorted.

"Boo says we should resurrect Kelsey soon, before it is too late," said Minsc, cutting into the conversation suddenly.

"It ignored me! ME!" Rena said with glee as she danced a jig on the spot.

"You stole my kill!"

"I was trying to help you!"

"Minsc hates to interrupt again, but Boo says- oh wait. Boo says nevermind. Boo says that you women are on a different frequency channel now. Minsc knows not what that means, but if Boo says so, it must be true."

Minsc's words were not heard. The din of the women drowned out each other into a cacophony of discordance. Meanwhile, Sarevok was poking at Kelsey's body with his sword.

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To be continued...

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Author's Notes
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The mod component, "Smarter Dragons" apparently does not affect Dragons in ToB. ASTOUNDINGLY, this meant that the ToB Dragons became SMARTER, not dumber, than their SoA counterparts. [img]tongue.gif[/img] After fighting two ToB-based Dragons, I have come to the decision to NOT install the mod anymore. I want my Dragons to have intelligent AI.

The fight with Saladrex was mostly handled by the AI Scripts. The initial plan was to have me control Rena, while the rest of the party acted on their own. When Saladrex targetted Kelsey however, I decided to take a backseat and just take screenshots. Hence the death of Kelsey. I was too happy with Saladrex's AI to care about reloading. Half the party could have died for all I care, so long as the party won the fight. [img]smile.gif[/img]

06-28-2006, 06:45 AM	#21
Dundee Slaytern Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 10, 2001 Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore Age: 42 Posts: 11,063	Silence reigned for a brief moment as a great beast started to fall to the ground. The silence broke when the beast's body slammed onto the surface, causing tremors to resonate around it. Victory was Rena's, but at a cost. The price was small, but her pride was wrecked. For the very first time in her entire life so far, she met a Dragon that did not act dumb. It did not play 'Chicken' with her. It targetted smartly. It actually made her use real combat tactics. "Wow." That was Rena's thought. It pretty much summarised everything. Oh. And Kelsey died too, but that's not important. ~~~~ ~~~~ The fight started normally enough. Rena had swaggered to the Dragon and taunted it to do battle with her. With three Red Dragons under her belt, Rena saw little need not to throw caution to the wind for this fourth one. It had a name, Saladrex; and it opened the battle with a breath attack. "So far, so good," or so Rena thought. That was when things started going wrong. Much to Rena's surprise, when she circled around Saladrex, it did not follow her as she expected, but it chose to attack the rest of the party instead. "Woah, woah, hey! Is this suppose to happen?" Kelsey shouted as Saladrex towered menancingly over him. "Ow. Ow. Ow. Damn! That's a wasted spell!" Kelsey never got to say much next, because well... he died. Fried golden-brown by Saladrex's breath attack. His dying words were, "Well. Talk about irony. A fire Sorcerer dying to fire... oh dear me... urk " "Kelsey! No!" Imoen screamed, as she watched Kelsey combust in front of her. "Damn you!" she shouted to Saladrex, "No one hurts Kelsey but me and Rena!" Fuelled by anger, Imoen's archery shone with precision as she unleashed arrow after arrow into Saladrex. Saladrex grimaced from the brutal attack and thundered back at Imoen, "You only have yourself to blame, Human! You were the ones who started this fight!" Rena meanwhile was slack-jawed and standing a slight distance away from the fight. Saladrex... was not behaving dumb. It was actually... behaving intelligently. This was not in their books. This was not what they had expected. This... this was a cause for celebration! "Check it out! It's ignoring me! It's not after me! Can you believe this? WOOHOO!" Dodging a swipe, Jaheira screamed at Rena, "Celebrate later! Help us NOW!" "It's ignoring me! Me! Of all people! Me!" "REEEENA!" Fortunately, Imoen proved to be a decent tank with her Protection from Magical Weapons spell, and Jaheira dealt the killing blow. "ARRGGGHHHH! Not again!" Imoen shouted, "That was suppose to be MY kill! I so want to kill a Dragon!" "Well excuse me for slaying the thing that was beating on you," Jaheira retorted. "Boo says we should resurrect Kelsey soon, before it is too late," said Minsc, cutting into the conversation suddenly. "It ignored me! ME!" Rena said with glee as she danced a jig on the spot. "You stole my kill!" "I was trying to help you!" "Minsc hates to interrupt again, but Boo says- oh wait. Boo says nevermind. Boo says that you women are on a different frequency channel now. Minsc knows not what that means, but if Boo says so, it must be true." Minsc's words were not heard. The din of the women drowned out each other into a cacophony of discordance. Meanwhile, Sarevok was poking at Kelsey's body with his sword. ~~~~ ~~~~ To be continued... ~~~~ ~~~~ Author's Notes . . . . The mod component, "Smarter Dragons" apparently does not affect Dragons in ToB. ASTOUNDINGLY, this meant that the ToB Dragons became SMARTER, not dumber, than their SoA counterparts. [img]tongue.gif[/img] After fighting two ToB-based Dragons, I have come to the decision to NOT install the mod anymore. I want my Dragons to have intelligent AI. The fight with Saladrex was mostly handled by the AI Scripts. The initial plan was to have me control Rena, while the rest of the party acted on their own. When Saladrex targetted Kelsey however, I decided to take a backseat and just take screenshots. Hence the death of Kelsey. I was too happy with Saladrex's AI to care about reloading. Half the party could have died for all I care, so long as the party won the fight. [img]smile.gif[/img]