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Topic subject(AGE DEATH) [None] Somot the Warlord of the Grinning Skulls, Hunted by Battle
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127389, (AGE DEATH) [None] Somot the Warlord of the Grinning Skulls, Hunted by Battle
Posted by Death_Angel on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
Sat Mar 12 14:02:17 2016

At 2 o'clock AM, Day of the Great Gods, 26th of the Month of the Long Shadows
on the Theran calendar Somot perished, never to return.
Race:orc
Class:berserker
Level:50
Alignment:Evil
Ethos:Chaotic
Cabal:None, None
Age:24
Hours:65
127412, RE: (AGE DEATH) [None] Somot the Warlord of the Grinning Skulls, Hunted by Battle
Posted by Shifter who killed you and tried to warn you.... on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
I guess I wasn't explicit enough when I tried to warn you about that sword. I had age killed a character before with it after about two fights (it was close to con death anyway), but couldn't really say that so explicitly.

I thought about sacking it, but I thought maybe Melissa had given it to you to see if an orc could strip the blessing. Also, the axe you were using had a + age effect as well. I had been offered that axe as an orc before and turned it down because of all the examples around (well two or three) of orcs who used gear with age effect and age died around mid 200 hour range.
127413, The axe is fine
Posted by Melissa on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
It's just a static +age affect that leaves you when you unequip it.

It's possibly I set a bad precedent by giving him one sweet progging weapon with some nasty drawbacks, and so he wasn't too put off by a second sweet progging weapon with nasty drawbacks. But no, I didn't give him that sword. I had him unwield it the moment I saw it on him but it was already too late.
127405, Now Grob becomes chief!
Posted by Grobsrok on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
Orc!
127390, Unbelievably harsh
Posted by Melissa on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
This was going to be the login we were going to unleash the pain.

I mean, you know this but just wow. I knew that thing was bad news but I didn't know how bad. All that time getting ready, and..

Melissa is going to get a complex. Another one.
127392, RE: Unbelievably harsh
Posted by Somot on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
Yes I was speechless about it, I was very much looking forward to materializing our devious plans! One good thing that came out of this was that I did learn AlOT from you about many things, thanks for that! and that claw... it was a beautiful claw :D

127393, On the bright side...
Posted by Saagkri on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
Not many orcs have made it to age death. Too soon?

GLWYN!
127394, RE: Unbelievably harsh
Posted by ardish on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
Shame. I enjoy having a good enemy. They should change the zurcon if it ages you that much.
127395, I don't think it needs changing
Posted by Melissa on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
Except maybe losing the bless flag.. grumble

It's incredible power at a cost. That's flavour. That's CF. I like that. As much as i dislike that it happened to Somot.
127403, Keep in mind, orcs are vuln_age. (Sorta)
Posted by Jormyr on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
No, there's no such thing as vuln_age, but when you're talking about things that age your character by years then orcs, arials, and humans get the short end of that stick. It's going to hammer those characters if they lose ten years of life (What, 10% to 25% of their lifespan?), whereas an elf, gnome, dark-elf, etc that loses ten of over 1000 years barely cares.