I realize most of this is simply my explanation or refuting of things people believe, and it won't likely change the minds of the rabid. But I can't control that.

Original FB Post:
Time to roll up a necro? the Archmage of Eternal Night: The Omens foretell the dark horror of the grave. The next Advisor will be a necromancer, but there are none that have pledged themselves to our cause of that guild. Be watchful for signs, my scholars.

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Euan Cathro Well, most of it depends is Mharlndarn's player is having a drunk day or not. They might get inducted quick or they might get the quick boot!
March 15 at 12:09pm • Like.

Graham Cameron twist is rolling a necro?
March 15 at 3:26pm • Like.

Michael Cherry Sounds like a good time for Palan to come out of retirement
March 15 at 5:53pm • Like.

Robbie Bobbie Moonshine My immediate thought to seeing this is I like the idea but unless you remove the chancellor its a lost cause
March 16 at 7:06am • Like.

Tim Friese There is no reason for that low of numbers. I can't believe an imm hasn't pressed harder or appointed an advisor already that can induct.


*** Heh. I didn't even notice Graham's comment until I went back to dig up this post. That's funny. ***


FB Post when I got Advisor'd
What's going on in the world of CF? Scion has a new leader, that's what! A big congrats to: (28 Human Nec) Tavlin the Apprentice Summoner, Advisor to the Chancellor

Euan Cathro Poor sod, I have seen many a corpse of his lying about.
April 12 at 6:03am • Like • 1 person.

Rob Lighthall ‎28? Methinks that this leader will have a hell of a time trying to rank with those laurels hanging around his shoulders.
April 12 at 8:49am • Like • 1 person.

Billy Vanderbrook Grats Tavlin.
April 12 at 10:44am • Like.

James A Flatt Quite a niche he has carved for himself.
April 12 at 4:34pm • Like.


*** Hah I wouldn't say MANY, Abernyte. But plenty, for me. I hadn't played a necro since Golibedadi, 10 years or more ago. Took me a while to get a feel. ***


Cheating insinuations and accusations:

"Unfair early rewards." - I admit freely that I didn't expect to be inducted into Scion as early as I was. I figured I'd have to prove myself a bit, first. Possibly if I'd rolled Tavlin up immediately after the FB post, I would have. But it was a month later, and poor Reksah *still* didn't have anyone rolling anything up for him. I had deleted Brom, was deciding what to roll next, and went for it.

Other than the early induct and early Advisordom, I didn't get early rewards.

As for other rewards this character got:
1. RC 1st place winner prize was 2 edges. One I could have picked myself, one a cabal edge.
2. Reksah tattoo which was nice but definitely not OP compared to other tattoos I've had. Maybe it does more and Reksah never clued Tavlin in on how to activate it.
3. RoC from Davarrah (covered above).
4. Title, long description.
5. Role xp, and some xp for roleplay with Zosi I think.

To ORB: That talisman has the same prog it always has. It has always had a chance to rarely blind or soften on acid, cause immolate on fire, and freeze on ice. It was extremely rare for me to see it happen also. Plus, I don't think you see the blinding when it hits your own victim - there isn't an echo to the caster. Looking at that Mubs log from my end, I didn't notice it blind him.

Akith'weh is a great replacement for ghoul. But it is quite a bit weaker and hits less strongly. And of course doesn't freeze people when you fight them. I can't believe you complained about getting spores on a cloud giant rager. Who fled with 333 mana, crimson scourge, and 55 hp. Really? Spores?

Ritual of Abominations probably wouldn't even work on a mummy. Ritual of Cannabalia is intended for use on both liches and mummies. It does not give phylacteries. It has a small chance to increase your CON by 1 point. Tavlin gained 2 or 3 CON through it while getting about 20 PKwins or so. This raised him from 16 (with eq to take him to max) to 19 (with the same eq, so still max). At the time I gained RoC, I still had 31 practices saved up in case I started hemmorhaging CON. It didn't ever happen.

Tavlin payed 2,000 gold to get the ritual from Davarrah. Cotzibue got it for free. Cotzibue needed it far more desperately. For Tavlin it was essentially a RP device, if a dangerous one. The lag on RoC is about 12 rounds, it seems, though it seems longer when you're sitting there and notice your wraithform just dropped and you're in a locked room in Galadon with a paladin in PK who has Defiance and passdoor potions.

For all of you gibberlings who thought I had phylacteries because I had hidden zombies, help UMBRA.

Game crash. That log makes it look like I somehow crashed the mud to avoid dying.
At that point in the fight I had well over 1000hp left, I believe full ABS, and had entered "c word" immediately after failing to flee due to Ozrek's STSF. Dying would've been quite unlikely (but not impossible). However, no way in hell would I ever crash the mud to avoid such. Even if I WERE powergamer/cheatz0rr ultraextreme (I'm not), I wouldn't ever risk losing ALL my eq by having the crash happen after I died or something similar. Stupid. I was actually swearing when it crashed because I lost 4-5 of my charmie army to it (they save across crashes, but only if you are in the same room as them) and it was the third time it had happened recently. Oh and on a side note, to those speculating whether or not an IMP COULD cause a crash, yes, we can. Just logging onto the box and killing the CF process. However, this would be logged.

Mask of Anazu: I tried to get the Mask by myself 4 times, I think. I "escaped" a few of those times (fleeing past Styx Devils into the tower and even getting to die to the Furies once) but it became clear via those tries exactly what I would need, to win. I needed bigger zombies than I had been making, which required a transmuter to make them translucent, I needed invoker shields for them all (and me), and I needed Anazu to be softened and decalcified. All of that just to have a chance. I don't want to give EVERYTHING away, but I will say that I had a way to inflict decent damage that didn't require being able to cast, and that really made the difference between winning and having to flee. Also we got the mask and then I managed to accidentally fall into a deathtrap, so yeah I rock.