Not before I'm done moving. I won't have the time for a full game (at least not with forum documentation and roleplay), so if I do another, it's gonna be Black Pits again. The idea of a Carrion Crawler Barbarian is... appealing.
I did the final battle twice - once killing the Beholder (then falling into a deep depression, having nothing left to aspire to after slaying my idol, becoming an alcoholic, losing my faith in Helm, 3.5 years of therapy, finding new hope, marrying my eyeschool sweetheart, becoming increasingly worse at eye puns, opening a little bistro on the beach in Southern France and making peace with the world) and once as planned.
FinneousPJ died after slaying his mentor Elan Garaq with the planned suicide bombing, except this time, it did end in actual suicide. But he succeeded killing his mentor in both battles, in the first he survived and helped kill my mentor (I sense a pattern... Food for thought...) - while Eye of Helm was confused and traumatized by having to fight him in the first place. I left Thardek alone and just tried to keep him busy the second time; Emotion and Samus' song did most of the job, then some surviving skelly summons (had 4 in total; 2 from Southpaw, 2 from Anduin) chased him around and I could focus on Baeloth. Two Breach and Spell Thrust helped to take at least some of his defenses down; at some point, Samus confused him and opened a short window for hard melee hits and Chromatic Orbs, Eudaemonium threw around Melf's and I noticed just in time (Baeloth Near Death, Thardek Badly Injured) that the skellies were about to kill the duergar. Quickly recalled them to Baeloth and after he passed out, just rushed Thardek.
*Group stumble through gate, leaving the Black pits behind, and out into...*
A FIELD OF BROCCOLI ! ATTACK BEFORE THEY OVERWHELM US !
*Arcane blasts, thunder, the crash of sword against plant matter*
~Errr... @KidCarnival , Beholder Buddy. Are the Broccoli actually attacking?~
I was going to ask you @Southpaw , if you were still controlling @Anduin's tiny little mind...
Simians... Broccoli, is a basic foodstuff. IT DOES NOT ATTACK!
~Did your backpack just talk?~
*General grumbling and the word useless simians heard from @Eudaemonium in backpack*
"Hit the Broccoli, Hit the Broccoli, Its evil don't yer see, Its evil don't yer see, So hit the Broccoli" *sigh* That I @Samus a level 11 Bard, the most experienced member of the party, has to sing such drivel. Pah!
*Running out of spells, @Anduin collapses on the floor, ripping Broccoli with hands and teeth whilst the team looks on aghast, until @Anduin's bandages start to unwind and he collapses, sobbing in fatigue*
Arise Anduin *A spectral majestic Cauliflower appears before the group wearing a Golden Helmet with the words Beta Tester upon it*
Oh magnificent vegetable, spirit of the soil, commune with us, who art thou? And what is thy will?
ok... the mummie simian can't even talk properly now... we should sunfire him now and leave *Group shushes backpack* *grumble grumble*
I am Queen Ester, of the Cauli people. We are a fair and beautiful folk... We grew in these lands before animals walked and birds sang... The other people's looked on our beauty and wondrous works and called us flowers.... We are still called Cauliflowers today by the many peoples of this land... But we were betrayed...
Oh... Patron of Soups and Broths, Fair Queen Ester of the Cauli people, betrayal is the cruelest of cruelties to endure... How was thee betrayed?
A Demon tempted us with colour... Our young Cauli children chose to worship the Great Demon Broccoli who rewarded them by giving them all different colours... But they became all jealous of each others colours... and... and turned green with envy... The Great Demon Broccoli, blamed us the Cauliflowers and sent our own children to attack us... Many a tear was shed as Cauliflower slew Broccoli and Broccoli slew Cauliflower... But the Cauli people were powerful and strong back then... We rose up and destroyed the Great Demon Broccoli... Our empire was destroyed in the process and a stalemate ensued between the Green putridness of the Evil Broccoli and the white purity of Cauliflower...
Then why seek us now, oh white one who can be served with cheese?
Its time to go now @Anduin , your thread is done... The fields of white awaits its long lost son, where your every whim will be carried out by cabbage patch cherubs and Cauliflower maidens...
*A white tunnel appears, with the hymn 'All things white and wonderful' sung by Cabbage patch cherubs in the background*
Its time for me to go friends...
Now wait one minute @Anduin! You are not dead! Well you are! Your undead! But that's not the point! The point is your still walking around!
Yay! The undead simian mummie is leaving!
* @Anduin, solemnly walks up to the group and says his goodbyes, who begin to cry at the length of the thread... or the circumstances they find themselves in... @Anduin carefully and deliberately removes a button and gives it to @KidCarnival*
Remember, I will always have an eye on you...
* At this @KidCarnival's eyes all weep at once causing a mini flood with tidal wave...*
It is time to go @Anduin. Take my helmet @Anduin... The words on it are more fitting to one of your pedigree... Do you understand the words?
Yes the B stands for Broccoli... eta for eater... Beta means Broccoli Eater... The T stands for Triumphal and Ester is your name... Beta Tester stands for Broccoli Eater of Triumphal Ester! But... But... I can't wear a helmet... I'm a mage...
~*I wonder, what shall tavern patrons across the Sword Coast make of this tale of six unlikely heroes who did some minor mettle in Black Pits and then managed to subdue, overpower and finally destroy whole field of broccoli using just one undead button-eyed Mummy.*~
~*I heard about a guy slacking around Firewine Bridge, who would sell his left brain lobe hand for this thread's history.*~
Oh. Must be "night". I heard about this strange event when that bright circle on the ceiling of the world goes away... @Samus? Have you heard any tales about this? What does legend say how we get the bright circle back?
--- (If I play this party in BG, they'll be on a quest to recover the sun and repair it.)
That'd be quite silly if they always happened to find a place to rest/do whatever to get indoors when the sun came up, never realizing it's actually normal for it disappear for a while every day.
I sense a big conspiracy within in the group. Not all of us are from the Underdark, so some will know that and not tell the others for... mysterious reasons.
I see. So this is a gigantic fungus growing under the ceiling of the world? If it isn't emitting light anymore, it must be sick! @Southpaw! Memorize Cure Disease!
Hey, could somebody help me with this: I'm on the Black Pits battle with the fire giant (Hurgorl or something) and 5-6 fire elementals. I can take down the giant without too many issues because he's vulnerable to most weapons and cold damage but I haven't found any melee weapons that affect the fire elementals. The only spells that seem to do any damage are Magic Missile and maybe Cone of Cold(?). They seem to be completely immune to Ice Storm for some reason. I have a few +2 weapons but they don't even appear susceptible to Arrows of Ice. Could somebody clue me in as to how to defeat these elementals? (Horror works well to throw them off balance but it doesn't help me actually kill them.)
The elementals shouldn't be immune to Ice Storm. Maybe they just aren't in the area where they get hit? Anyway, they are immune to most ranged weapons (even with magical ammo) and I think crushing damage (quarterstaff, hammer, flail don't do anything). Piercing and slashing should work; I used dual ninjato for that battle, but any sword should do.
The elementals shouldn't be immune to Ice Storm. Maybe they just aren't in the area where they get hit? Anyway, they are immune to most ranged weapons (even with magical ammo) and I think crushing damage (quarterstaff, hammer, flail don't do anything). Piercing and slashing should work; I used dual ninjato for that battle, but any sword should do.
Hm. Any certain magic level for the swords? My barbarian is wielding a two-handed sword +1 and he can't damage them at all.
I see. So this is a gigantic fungus growing under the ceiling of the world? If it isn't emitting light anymore, it must be sick! @Southpaw! Memorize Cure Disease!
~*WHO SAID THAT?*~ (maniacally turns around and squints into the darkness...) ~*is that you Eyes? Damnint, we need some light here.*~ (starts casting *Flame Strike*)
@warreni: My berzerker had Rashad's Talon +2 and Ninjato +1. I'd say try a +2 sword.
@Anduin: Hide the brains! I'm done absorbing the power to see the future, but we better keep them in case you lose another one. QUICK, before @Southpaw eats them!
Eye of Helm uses the new ability to see the future.
I see... the Great Fungus obscured by... a black circle... We are hunted by assassins... Great power awaits, but our way will be long, dark and rocky (and I really don't care about that last part, yay levitation!)... The night is dark and full of terrors...
Eye of Helm is suddenly drawn to Southpaw's Flame Blade, focussing his gaze on the flames.
Yes, yes, this all sounds so logical... I am the rightful king of Westeros!
It is I @Anduin ! I have come back from the dead...
Oh bugger it. I got kicked out of vegetable heaven.
@KidCarnival Would you believe I managed to squeeze three of the brains into my skull? Okay, I got a bit of brain sticking out my ears, and I feel a bit claustrophobic at all times... But hey! Three Brains!
@Anduin: There are things you can simply never have enough of - eyes, brains, extraordinary self awareness...
(Damnit, I should be renovating my storage room, but the realms... the realms are calling! Might just start a BG run and see if I can finish it this month.)
~* yesssss, you can not have enough brainsssssss. But well, at least we have fire now*~
Southpaw, the crazy MindFlayer, Priest of Lathander (don't ask) silently wipes his mouth and watches the source of light for the neighborhood...a burning Rakshasa. While the catman is trying to douse the flames on his fur, Southpaw peacefully holds a +1 halberd over him with marshmallows on it. Yummy.
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FinneousPJ died after slaying his mentor Elan Garaq with the planned suicide bombing, except this time, it did end in actual suicide. But he succeeded killing his mentor in both battles, in the first he survived and helped kill my mentor (I sense a pattern... Food for thought...) - while Eye of Helm was confused and traumatized by having to fight him in the first place.
I left Thardek alone and just tried to keep him busy the second time; Emotion and Samus' song did most of the job, then some surviving skelly summons (had 4 in total; 2 from Southpaw, 2 from Anduin) chased him around and I could focus on Baeloth. Two Breach and Spell Thrust helped to take at least some of his defenses down; at some point, Samus confused him and opened a short window for hard melee hits and Chromatic Orbs, Eudaemonium threw around Melf's and I noticed just in time (Baeloth Near Death, Thardek Badly Injured) that the skellies were about to kill the duergar. Quickly recalled them to Baeloth and after he passed out, just rushed Thardek.
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Eye of Helm - Cavalier 8
FinneousPJ - Berzerker 9
Southpaw - Priest of Lathander 9
Samus - Jester 11
Anduin - Necromancer 10 (can be dualed to thief)
Eudaemonium - Assassin 4/Mage 10
A FIELD OF BROCCOLI ! ATTACK BEFORE THEY OVERWHELM US !
*Arcane blasts, thunder, the crash of sword against plant matter*
~Errr... @KidCarnival , Beholder Buddy. Are the Broccoli actually attacking?~
I was going to ask you @Southpaw , if you were still controlling @Anduin's tiny little mind...
Simians... Broccoli, is a basic foodstuff. IT DOES NOT ATTACK!
~Did your backpack just talk?~
*General grumbling and the word useless simians heard from @Eudaemonium in backpack*
"Hit the Broccoli, Hit the Broccoli, Its evil don't yer see, Its evil don't yer see, So hit the Broccoli" *sigh* That I @Samus a level 11 Bard, the most experienced member of the party, has to sing such drivel. Pah!
Hur Hur @Samus said experienced member Hur Hur...
Shut it @FinneousPJ , @Anduin has clearly lost it... Stop now @Anduin . Your leader @KidCarnival demands it.
NO! You don't understand... They must DIE!
*Running out of spells, @Anduin collapses on the floor, ripping Broccoli with hands and teeth whilst the team looks on aghast, until @Anduin's bandages start to unwind and he collapses, sobbing in fatigue*
Arise Anduin *A spectral majestic Cauliflower appears before the group wearing a Golden Helmet with the words Beta Tester upon it*
Oh magnificent vegetable, spirit of the soil, commune with us, who art thou? And what is thy will?
ok... the mummie simian can't even talk properly now... we should sunfire him now and leave
*Group shushes backpack*
*grumble grumble*
I am Queen Ester, of the Cauli people. We are a fair and beautiful folk... We grew in these lands before animals walked and birds sang... The other people's looked on our beauty and wondrous works and called us flowers.... We are still called Cauliflowers today by the many peoples of this land... But we were betrayed...
Oh... Patron of Soups and Broths, Fair Queen Ester of the Cauli people, betrayal is the cruelest of cruelties to endure... How was thee betrayed?
A Demon tempted us with colour... Our young Cauli children chose to worship the Great Demon Broccoli who rewarded them by giving them all different colours... But they became all jealous of each others colours... and... and turned green with envy... The Great Demon Broccoli, blamed us the Cauliflowers and sent our own children to attack us... Many a tear was shed as Cauliflower slew Broccoli and Broccoli slew Cauliflower... But the Cauli people were powerful and strong back then... We rose up and destroyed the Great Demon Broccoli... Our empire was destroyed in the process and a stalemate ensued between the Green putridness of the Evil Broccoli and the white purity of Cauliflower...
Then why seek us now, oh white one who can be served with cheese?
Its time to go now @Anduin , your thread is done... The fields of white awaits its long lost son, where your every whim will be carried out by cabbage patch cherubs and Cauliflower maidens...
*A white tunnel appears, with the hymn 'All things white and wonderful' sung by Cabbage patch cherubs in the background*
Its time for me to go friends...
Now wait one minute @Anduin! You are not dead! Well you are! Your undead! But that's not the point! The point is your still walking around!
Yay! The undead simian mummie is leaving!
* @Anduin, solemnly walks up to the group and says his goodbyes, who begin to cry at the length of the thread... or the circumstances they find themselves in... @Anduin carefully and deliberately removes a button and gives it to @KidCarnival*
Remember, I will always have an eye on you...
* At this @KidCarnival's eyes all weep at once causing a mini flood with tidal wave...*
It is time to go @Anduin. Take my helmet @Anduin... The words on it are more fitting to one of your pedigree... Do you understand the words?
*A dreamy smile appears on @Anduin's face*
Yes the B stands for Broccoli... eta for eater... Beta means Broccoli Eater... The T stands for Triumphal and Ester is your name... Beta Tester stands for Broccoli Eater of Triumphal Ester! But... But... I can't wear a helmet... I'm a mage...
You can now @Anduin... You can now...
...
@Southpaw looks up from his bowl of vegetable soup; a bowl suspiciously resembling a helm.
~Did I miss anything, guys?~
~*I heard about a guy slacking around Firewine Bridge, who would sell his left brain lobe hand for this thread's history.*~
Eye of Helm throws some fruits and a Blindness scroll in his backpack.
What could possibly go wrong?
Hmmmm. Mm. Uh huh. Ahhh.
Now I understand why my eyes are shedding liquid. If i just do... THIS!
Wild Surge: Party-wide effect.
...
Oh. Must be "night". I heard about this strange event when that bright circle on the ceiling of the world goes away... @Samus? Have you heard any tales about this? What does legend say how we get the bright circle back?
---
(If I play this party in BG, they'll be on a quest to recover the sun and repair it.)
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/18275/a-canon-party-story-plan-with-a-love-button-please-press/p2
Can't have enough pop culture references in a run like that.
(maniacally turns around and squints into the darkness...)
~*is that you Eyes? Damnint, we need some light here.*~
(starts casting *Flame Strike*)
@Anduin: Hide the brains! I'm done absorbing the power to see the future, but we better keep them in case you lose another one. QUICK, before @Southpaw eats them!
Eye of Helm uses the new ability to see the future.
I see... the Great Fungus obscured by... a black circle... We are hunted by assassins... Great power awaits, but our way will be long, dark and rocky (and I really don't care about that last part, yay levitation!)... The night is dark and full of terrors...
Eye of Helm is suddenly drawn to Southpaw's Flame Blade, focussing his gaze on the flames.
Yes, yes, this all sounds so logical... I am the rightful king of Westeros!
*Anduin waves arms around in a theatrical way*
It is I @Anduin ! I have come back from the dead...
Oh bugger it. I got kicked out of vegetable heaven.
@KidCarnival Would you believe I managed to squeeze three of the brains into my skull? Okay, I got a bit of brain sticking out my ears, and I feel a bit claustrophobic at all times... But hey! Three Brains!
(Damnit, I should be renovating my storage room, but the realms... the realms are calling! Might just start a BG run and see if I can finish it this month.)
Southpaw, the crazy MindFlayer, Priest of Lathander (don't ask) silently wipes his mouth and watches the source of light for the neighborhood...a burning Rakshasa.
While the catman is trying to douse the flames on his fur, Southpaw peacefully holds a +1 halberd over him with marshmallows on it. Yummy.
~* Who wants one? *~