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Ziggurat · 11-30-2003, 12:41 AM

I had a memorable battle. Aren't those fun? Thought I'd share it.

Fishhawk made it to Crock's and dropped off Vi with some of the better weapons. Now it was Sparkle the good shot Trynnie and Fishie the Faerie Ninja. We were still in the blue so were hampered by weight (wanted an overload of potions) but tried the straight run to the Bluff anyway. Just past the big gator we ran into two groups of 9 millipedes.

Many here have probably seen the movie "Aliens". There's a scene when they are closing in, detected by a motion sensor device. This looked just like that, 18 millis lining up, first at the fringes and then closing in. It was a near perfect half-circle exactly in our way. We ran like hell. Had to go way out of the path, those millis are fast and kept lining up.

Hit a gas spot, nauseated 6 of them, we didn't get hurt beyond a point or two. Before we left Vi, we had her cast a lev 7 Magic Screen. Yes, it does work on some critters as a protection, and maybe gas pockets too. Or at least it seems like that. Millipedes can poison and paralyze. After maybe 400 shots at us neither happened.

Sparkle passed out as we ran. These millis just kept coming. Since she was passed out I noticed our speed (length of travel) decreased per move. We were almost out of the area and stamina both when Sparkle woke up. Headed to the Bluff and she refused to go in (it was against her orders). So we sat there until a milli knocked her out (her stamina was almost zero anyway). I had set the move to run so got to the Bluff, no prob. She doesn't like it and her stats are lower (her stamina was -9 entering the bluff, never seen neg stats) but it was interesting.

11-30-2003, 12:41 AM	#16
Ziggurat Symbol of Cyric Join Date: November 4, 2001 Location: Baltimore, Md Age: 71 Posts: 1,106	I had a memorable battle. Aren't those fun? Thought I'd share it. Fishhawk made it to Crock's and dropped off Vi with some of the better weapons. Now it was Sparkle the good shot Trynnie and Fishie the Faerie Ninja. We were still in the blue so were hampered by weight (wanted an overload of potions) but tried the straight run to the Bluff anyway. Just past the big gator we ran into two groups of 9 millipedes. Many here have probably seen the movie "Aliens". There's a scene when they are closing in, detected by a motion sensor device. This looked just like that, 18 millis lining up, first at the fringes and then closing in. It was a near perfect half-circle exactly in our way. We ran like hell. Had to go way out of the path, those millis are fast and kept lining up. Hit a gas spot, nauseated 6 of them, we didn't get hurt beyond a point or two. Before we left Vi, we had her cast a lev 7 Magic Screen. Yes, it does work on some critters as a protection, and maybe gas pockets too. Or at least it seems like that. Millipedes can poison and paralyze. After maybe 400 shots at us neither happened. Sparkle passed out as we ran. These millis just kept coming. Since she was passed out I noticed our speed (length of travel) decreased per move. We were almost out of the area and stamina both when Sparkle woke up. Headed to the Bluff and she refused to go in (it was against her orders). So we sat there until a milli knocked her out (her stamina was almost zero anyway). I had set the move to run so got to the Bluff, no prob. She doesn't like it and her stats are lower (her stamina was -9 entering the bluff, never seen neg stats) but it was interesting. __________________ How are you today, Citizen?