But Sam turned to Bywater, and so came back up the Hill, as day was ending once more. And he went on, and there was yellow light, and fire within; and the evening meal was ready, and he was expected. And Rose drew him in, and set him in his chair, and put little Elanor upon his lap. He drew a deep breath. "Well, I'm back," he said.
Fuser tells you 'Bring me the corpse of Reverend B'zarre, former highpriest of the Twilight and i'll pay the party 5m mithril.' Fuser tells Lozlo and you 'as a side bonus, if you manage to get to the G'naa'Byeh portal room, i'll throw in a bonus 1m on top.' Fuser tells Lozlo and you 'i'll also loan out an explore staff for the price of 200k/hr' Fuser tells you 'also if you find the G'naa'Byeh portal, i'll bring you and have you lead it and coach you on how to do so properly' Fuser (sales): You have one month, starting tomorrow a boot. I wasted one hint so the bounty is 4.5m
A Statue of Arafon southwest This impressive statue is dedicated to the hero who saved the village from the marauding hordes of Highlanders. The craftsmanship is quite remarkable. Thanks Anks!!!!
Muffin Top Contest To enter, you must cook four blueberry muffins in front of Hair by Saturday June 20th at boot. He will eat two of them, log the effects, rest at an inn, and then eat two more and log those. The best muffin maker will win 200k; second and third place will win 100k. The worst muffin maker will win 100k. The prizes are sponsored by Malcom, Arafon, and Derfel. This money has been transferred to Hair who will do the actual awarding. May the best Muffin Person win!
Mnt Parry Dodge Rdg Combat Rdg Mastery of mtd combat Antelope 10 10 65 65 65 Reindeer 11 11 65 65 65 Goat 10 10 65 65 65 Giraffe 12 12 65 65 65 Bull 13 13 65 65 65 All divine mounts.
Call me Arafon. Some years ago-never mind how long precisely-having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off-then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.
Fuckyouthieftwo shouts 'Blax, I rather enjoyed killing you!' Blax dies. Arafon [party]: shit Ghost of Blax {party}: arafon (ghost): Fuser goes 'Tsk!' at Blax disapprovingly. Fuser tells you 'wtf you trying to rob a city?' Arafon [ghost]: it is my fault, we are not castle robbing Arafon [ghost]: i am sorry Arafon [ghost]: it is a city i own but it was set to aggro to him i am sorry You tell Fuser 'you can come to laenor to verify' Stylus (ghost): :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Fuser (ghost): leave it aggro to him Blayke (ghost): dont believe you, gonna pkill and distingrate blax ANYWAYS Fuser (ghost): 4ever Arafon [ghost]: it is my fault it is not blax's fault i am sorry Arafon [ghost]: we are not castle robbing Choboeio [ghost]: It's always blax's fault Arafon [ghost]: i swear swear swear [party]: Arafon rolls on the floor laughing. Ghost of Blax {ghost}: LOL Blayke (ghost): still gonna distingrate him Arafon [ghost]: no no no no no Ghost of Blax {ghost}: I HAVE EXP ON Arafon [ghost]: blax is nice he is my friend Blayke (ghost): sucker! Arafon [ghost]: he did not try to rob a castle, it is my city Arafon [ghost]: you can come see Malum (ghost): Castle robbing, never expected you doing that Blax Arafon [ghost]: you can see, it is my city, i swear! Arafon [ghost]: anyone who wants to see can meet me at SC and I will take them to see it Stylus (ghost): only if blax comes too [03:32]:Blax {sales}: a pair of spiked leggings (kinky) (glowing) +maxdam version mb 1m [03:32]:(sales): Malum falls down laughing. [03:32]:Stylus (sales): whos city did you steal those from [03:33]:Choboeio [sales]: Should have found something better in those chests! [03:33]:Malum (sales): I suspect Blax and Arafon have a black market of stolen goods. [03:35]:Arafon [sales]: noooooooo Vec [sales]: i did it know chests could be robbed Malum (sales): Try getting into Arafon parties, she'll show you all there is to know. [03:41]:Fuser (sales): my ss is team+, we talk shit about each other, break each others balls, and every once and awhile do something together worth doing [03:42]:Malum (sales): I am not in team+ [03:42]:Fuser (sales): you are not worthy [03:42]:Arafon [sales]: guys you know me, i am not a thief [03:42]:Fuser (sales): DO WE THOUGH [03:42]:Stylus (sales): u stole our hearts [03:42]:(sales): Malum sniffs as a tear runs down his cheek.
You touch your talisman and whisper 'Beware the icy penguin!' You point at your animal soul mount and you feel and see energy flowing from your talisman. The animal soul mount is covered by a shiny blue force field, which shimmers and fades out of sight.
Help Page: robot ----------------------------------------------- Using robot to _play_ is forbidden. You may not let your character on to perform actions when you are not directly involved. That means that automatic scripts that respond to things said or perceived or just automatic scripts that do things in regular (or not regular) intervals are forbidden. It is also forbidden to be idle/inactive and still playing in some way. This includes for example idle-tanking, a tank that just idles in front of a mage who leads the party. Also included is reloc-pole, idling in some strategic room in an area, so partymembers can relocate to you. If you want to play, play. If you don't want to play, don't. Simple. What is NOT forbidden: ------------------------------ Using scripts which get rid of minor annoyances are not considered illegal. This would include the following types of triggers: o Triggers which cause you to drink/eat when you get hungry o Triggers which report your hp/sp and your upcoming ticks o Triggers which just cause you to appear non-idle o Triggers which only initiate communication (inform party members about how well you hit the target, telling someone what the weather in Alaska when asked about it, etc etc) o Triggers which report your prots (when they fall/go up) to you or other partymembers o Triggers which highlite messages o Triggers that pick up stuff you drop In short, the rule applies only to scripts that do stuff while not actively playing, minor helper scripts are allowed. What IS forbidden: ----------------------------- Scripts which initiate mud-actions which affect the game (or characters) in an essential way are forbidden. This would include the triggers which: o cause you to cast spells or use skills based on text-input from the game, or on a delay in your client. (I.e. re-casting a spell when you've casted it once, casting spells when someone tells you to on the party channel, starting off blasts the moment you move into a new room with a monster etc etc) o cause you to move around in the mud (in any way) (Example: fleeing when someone enters the room you are in or following monsters or players ). o triggering 'mining', 'create money', 'money is power' and other similar exp/gold creation skills/spells. o cause you to automatically use items (potions, wands) based on input from the MUD. (Example: Someone summons you and you start zapping them with a wand). USE YOUR HEAD (not to bang it to the wall, but THINK). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Common sense usually tells you what is forbidden and what is not. If something is in the grey area, one arch can allow it and another won't. So maybe better not do it. Archwizards may zap / delete / banish you for using robots. See also: - help multiple characters - help cheating - help whim death
Join the "We Like Dying" club founded by me and Anks. Motto: Dying means we're trying!
From Dryad's interview of Blackstar: "I fingered Tulkas, then went out bought the book The Silmarilion. I read it and wrote him a story. Well he's not kidding when he says "be patient" in his plan. Almost 2 years later, he gave me an invite. " [19:39]:Arafon [wanted]: the story blax wrote to get into valar way back when [19:39]:Rhoads (wanted): same [19:39]:Broetchen {wanted}: My guess is he didn't write one , instead of sleezed his way in [19:39]:Eronk (wanted): "There was a Valar. He smoked a fat blunt..."
Cave. The centerpiece of this rather large hall is a long table. The table takes up most of the space in this cavern. Ornately decorated chairs surround the large table. A dope painting hangs on the north wall. Obvious exits are: w and se. > la painting Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air, and deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves the echo of a distant time comes willowing across the sand and everything is green and submarine.
Order+ EQ Loot Distribution Options Okay we did Razy twice so it wasn't just a fluke. I have been thinking about loot distribution options for future high ticket parties. * Dice. (What we've been doing now.) * Earmark for the person who needs it. (We've been doing some of this too.) * Someone buys the EQ from the party for gold, or someone sells the eq for gold and splits with the party. I sold some stuff for some goshawk parties and hated doing the work of selling stuff. * NL+ with known bidder and reasonable mindbids for party members only. For example for SBS, the minbid might be 500k nl+ points, which is cheap for an SBS and then members could bid higher if they want. * NL+ with open auction and maybe a higher minbid? So someone not in the party could bid it and get it, and all party members would get nl+ points . Let me know if I missed any, and let me and Took and Banba know your thoughts about all the options. My thoughts at this moment are that the NL+ options more fairly distribute the high value reward to everyone who participates, and it's sorta nice because Hair and Nepos and the system do the work of bidding and handing out the loot, and the leader's job is done once they enter it in and hand the eq to them. The earmark option is nice but we don't yet have critical mass of members to really make that work. Since we're often picking up outsiders it is nice for those outsiders (and everyone else) to get a payout. The dice option is nice because it's all done at the time the party happens, but it sorta sucks because just one person wins big and the other people get much less reward. My inclination is to try the next razzy party as an open or closed NL+ as an experiment to see how it goes. If someone wants the SBS I'd do closed (party members only). If no one does I'd do open to try to maximize the NL+ points for members. But I'm really new to all this sorta thing, I've nver done WoW or anything, so let me know your thoughts.
West Room. This is a 20-foot-wide room that extends 30 feet to the west. Against the west wall, a large statue of what appears to be a very strange fish, with a long nose and thin body. Obvious exits are: e and se. > la fish This fish is really weird. You can't explain why it is weird, you only know that somewhere in the deepest part of your being you are 100% confident that this fish is weird.
Your aura of daunting presence flashes blue as Psionic ghoul tries to place a curse on you. You feel flowery and fresh instead of cursed. I LIKE this build!
Blax tells you 'I realize now i should be the Order+ GM - the GM THIS GAME DESERVES'
Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. His golden shield was uncovered, and lo! it shone like an image of the Sun, and the grass flamed into green about the white feet of his steed. For morning came, morning and a wind from the sea; and the darkness was removed, and the hosts of Mordor wailed, and terror took them, and they fled, and died, and the hoofs of wrath rode over them. And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City.
As Xortoth casts the spell, he pulls out a steel arrowhead which bursts into a million prismatic starbursts. Xortoth grins as his cold ray hits Raztax, the Demon. You gain 80 points of battle experience for leading this kill. A large hole replaces Raztax, the Demon's face. Raztax, the Demon is DEAD, R.I.P. Xortoth was in the party, BUT he did not get SO annoyed that he took leads away.
(15:50) You tell Nepos 'don't you have to write a story to get into the valar?' (15:50) You tell Nepos 'can't you do it if you want to?' Nepos invites you to the valar race. (15:50) You tell Nepos 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO' (15:50) Nepos tells you 'some outdated info I guess?' Well, I wrote one anyway. As told to two real little boys one night at bedtime. They insisted on the ending. Long ago the people of Laketown lived in houses on stilts over the water. Then a fierce dragon came and attacked the people and scattered his fire over the town. A brave archer fired his black arrow at the dragon's weak spot under his arm, and he landed in the water of the lake. The dragon died but crashed into the middle of the houses on the water. It was so big, that when it rested on the bottom of its water, its body was out of the water. It was so big, the people could not move it. So instead they moved the town, and let the dragon's rotting body remain in the lake. The rain and the winds and the sun rotted the body, and only the bones remained, sticking up out of the lake white and ghostly between the pilings from the old houses. There were two little boys who lived in Laketown. One day they walked down to the lake behind the houses and found an old boat pulled up on shore. The boat was filled with holes and water, but the boys worked hard to patch it up. They paddled the boat out to the old town, to see the bones of the dragon. The old pilings from the houses stuck out of the water, and the boys carefully rowed the boat closer and closer. They paddled the boat right to the dragon's skull, where the teeth were still sharp as daggers, each one as long as their arm. "Let's take one!" said the first little boy. They paddled their boat closer, and started pulling on a tooth. They rocked and wiggled and yanked, and the tooth fell into the bottom of the boat and stuck there into the wood, standing upright like a statue or a figurehead. The whole skeleton moaned and shook and rattled. Then it began crumbling into dust as the power and terror of the remains of the great dragon Smaug flowed into the stolen tooth. The two boys paddled the boat away as fast as they could, with the dragon's tooth casting a long black shadow in the setting sun. Even one tooth from a dragon has great power, and it began whispering to the two little boys. "Take me to the treasury of the King Under the Mountain. There I will show you great riches" But the first little boy said, "It's telling us to make bad choices!" And the second little boy shouted, "Throw it away!" So they threw the tooth into the bottom of the lake, and lived happily ever after.
A manual for Goshawk Newbies * We will do short rounds because she hits very hard and blasts. The goal is to get one or more blasts off from the mages, and then leave to regen. * She is behind a syntax. This means several things. First, no mounts in combat. Second, the team will not automatically follow the party leader into combat. * The party leader (always a tank) goes in first, immediately after a heartbeat. As soon as they go, the other tanks go, and immediately run "pf" to rejoin the party. Mages should follow behind "their" tank, and immediately start their blast. (If the mage goes before their tank, they will die in one wack.) * No leaving the Conifer Forest area. She "pecks your feet" so you can't run out to get buffs and healing from a highbie tarma friend. Let one of the team ress/raise you so you end up back into the area. * She has a special that throws you into the air so you land somewhere in confifer forest unconscious. Anyone who has first aid should run around and look for the unconscious person if this happens. Then use first aid at x to revive them. * Tanks should bring a shield; even a crappy shield will reduce damage from crits, and keep you alive. * Tanks should drop all excess weight, as any extra carried weight reduces defense. Type "parry" and make sure your dodge is as good as you can. * Tanks should set their parry high. * Tarmas will not go into combat. If someone gets thrown, immediately start running around the conifer forest to find them.
Xortoth (order+): you arent a newbie..you say so all the time "im a highbie!"
NEWBIES, there is a bird in conifer forest that I hate. Her name is goshawk. I will give 400k to the first newbie party that brings me any single named item from her hoard. I reserve the right to define who is a newbie. Ankas is, and Blax is not. Took is not. Malum before his rebirth is not. Malum after his rebirth, before taking level 50 for the first time, is. If in doubt, ask. Note that you can see what she will drop before you kill her. All I need is one single item to see the names of the party members. I give you this task not because it is easy, but because it is hard. Arafon the Troll Changes: Updated the bounty to 400k on 1/8/2020. Canshow claimed the bounty on 6/14/2020. He soloed it! So for now the bounty is retired.
Blax tells you 'you dont need to provide a solution to bitch, you can just bitch and see if a solution apears'
> party status ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Party Name: fishies (Members: 3) | Exp Tot: 3343704 | | Created: Fri Dec 06 17:23:37 2019 ( 0h 56m 40s) | Exp/min: 58661 | |========================================================|====================| | Place Name Status HP SP EP | Lvl | Experience | |========================================================|=====|==============| | 1.2 Arafon ldr 1229(1459) 39( 39) 301(407) | 87 | 1196291 | | 2.2 Xortoth fol 757( 757) 993(2121) 240(259) | I | 1126850 | | 3.2 Blax fol 732( 732) 710(1377) 222(232) | 86 | 1020563 | `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'
Anks tells you 'when I 'grow up', I'm gonna be like the bastard child of Deathwish and Kohothegreat. Have a flock of owls/bats/griffs/drakes even? and shoot arrow sprays, and have shelter, and move super fast and know all about batmud. Those are my goals.'
A hacked lump of Arafon You start concentrating on the skill. You take a hacked lump of Arafon. You eat a hacked lump of Arafon. You can't possibly eat any more. You discard rest of the food. You stop eating.
Congratulations! You have just completed Shroomin! The ranger quests.... leave much to be desired.
Arafon [party]: the doc Arafon [party]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Bw7HVwhHZi7mgIizfirw0EN3nI NnvFidWO_w8YZbWg/edit Blax (party): wut doc
,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Party Name: fishies (Members: 3) | Exp Tot: 1940648 | | Created: Mon Oct 14 04:03:51 2019 ( 1h 20m 18s) | Exp/min: 23958 | |========================================================|====================| | Place Name Status HP SP EP | Lvl | Experience | |========================================================|=====|==============| | 1.2 Arafon ldr (1347) (32) (409) | 82 | 738766 | | 3.2 Erasmus fol (522) (1574) (223) | 67 | 568121 | | ?.? Blax mbr ( 779) (1554) (243) | 80 | 633761 | `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------' It's not a Rhoads party or a Mulam party, but I was still happy with 24k/min rate and 100k of loot!
Mulam [order+]: (Fuser is Arafon's small child btw) Fuser {order+}: that's my batmud princess you're talking about Fuser {order+}: watch your tone Vermont [order+]: :D batmud princess Mulam [order+]: ya see? Mangy [order+]: Princesses in Batmud don't seem to fare well Fuser {order+}: i have piles of golden arrows for those who oppose her Mulam [order+]: dont think she needs you defending her fuser Mulam [order+]: so go defend really weak chars, like blax Fuser {order+}: blax protects me Vermont [order+]: Blax protec fuser who protec arafon who protec mulam Mulam [order+]: Arafon is my protector Arafon [order+]: blax and i became friends when i kicked his ass for acting out Arafon [order+]: i do not need defenders
Arrgon vs. Arafon - the Epic Battle This is the entrance hall for Arelium's arena. The furnishing is very ascetic. You notice old blood stains on the thick carpet, and smell a faint odor of sweat. A crystal orb has been embedded to the ceiling, it is shedding light on the room. There is a large plate embedded to the western wall. Iron gate (open) leads north. Pirutar Psionicist the Duck Fat Tony the bookie young lad with a cart full of goodies Arrgon arrives from north. This is a small chamber down in the arena-building, where the magical arena of Arelium is controlled. There is a wooden panel with switches and buttons embedded to the northern wall, and a small plate with instructions right above it. A small crystal orb has been attached to the ceiling, shedding light on the chamber. You wield Empyrean, the outright Dreamcrusher of Celestial Force (moderate) <red glow> in your right claw. You wield Fire Diamond Battleaxe labeled as <Str> <red glow> in your left claw. Arrgon arrives from up. The arena master shouts 'The number of teams is now 2' The arena master shouts 'Arena type is now 4x4' The arena master shouts 'The arena is now lit.' The arena master shouts 'Timeout is now set to 5 minutes.' Pirutar {sky-}: is your entity ready? Arrgon [sky-]: nope Arrgon [sky-]: can't cast here Waitingroom for team 1 Waitingroom for team 1. This room is magically created, and has no furnishing at all. Team 1 door (open) leads out. You close team 1 door. The arena master shouts 'Team 1 consists of Arafon' The arena master shouts 'Team 2 consists of Arrgon' The arena master shouts 'All teams ready! Let the fight begin!' All around is a dense fog. You can see maybe ##### five meters in front of you before everything #.... turns into murky shadows. The only #@... interesting feature of this dull land is the #.... ground which is a matrix of shifting black #.... and white squares. #### Pirutar {sky-}: oh now la arena works Arafon [sky-]: say when ready Pirutar {sky-}: did you gets your entity Arrgon [sky-]: yeah Arrgon [sky-]: as ready as I will be Arafon [sky-]: okay piru say go Pirutar {sky-}: go! Arrgon is in excellent shape (100%). Earth entity is in excellent shape (100%). Arrgon utters the magic words 'astellan geweald' Arrgon leaves west. Earth entity leaves west. All around is a dense fog. You can see maybe ###### five meters in front of you before everything #....# turns into murky shadows. The only #&.@.# interesting feature of this dull land is the #....# ground which is a matrix of shifting black #....# and white squares. ##### You incise Earth entity causing minor frostbite. You miss Earth entity. Arrgon is in excellent shape (100%). Earth entity is in excellent shape (95%). Arrgon starts concentrating on a new offensive spell. You incise Earth entity creating nasty blisters. Earth entity misses you. Earth entity misses you. Arrgon is in excellent shape (100%). Earth entity is in a good shape (80%). Arrgon's has a sudden case of the shivers. A rift pulse hits you. Arrgon is in excellent shape (100%). Earth entity is in very bad shape (15%). Arrgon leaves west. Earth entity leaves west. A large hole replaces Earth entity's face. Earth entity is DEAD, R.I.P. Earth entity explodes and the blast hits Arrgon hard! Arrgon is in excellent shape (95%). Arrgon starts concentrating on a new offensive spell. You incise Arrgon forcing a limb to be engulfed with flames. Arrgon spanks you making small marks. Arrgon misses you. Arrgon is slightly hurt (80%). You tear Arrgon causing a leg frostbite. Arrgon seems hurt and confused. You shred Arrgon smashing rib bones into a lung. You successfully dodge Arrgon's punch. You successfully dodge Arrgon's punch. Arrgon is not in a good shape (40%). You incise Arrgon forcing the heart to incinerate. Arrgon lapses into unconsciousness from severe loss of blood. Arrgon is near death (0%). Arrgon is unconscious and needs immediate medical care <team 2> You tear Arrgon forcing the heart to incinerate. You incise Arrgon causing heart tissue to fly everywhere. A large hole replaces Arrgon's face. Arrgon is DEAD, R.I.P. Arrgon dies and is carried away by two clerics. The arena master shouts 'Arrgon of team 2 dies and is removed from the arena!' Arrgon leaves away. Arrgon [sky-]: i got a couple blasts in Arrgon [sky-]: entity is to small to for that kinda fight Arafon [sky-]: well, we followed shinarae's orders, that is the important thing
Arafon [party]: do you dodge him? Rhoads starts concentrating on a new spell. Zeus fills up his cheeks with air and exhales 'krkx mar nak grttzt gnatlnamauch' Zeus hits Erasmus, Rhoads and you with his killing cloud. Rhoads lapses into unconsciousness from severe loss of blood. That really HURT! Erasmus hurls an invisible ball and yells 'incantar enfeugo aggriva' As the spell is completed, wild colours spring to life, twirling and swirling in a kind of sideways tornado, focussing in on a single point... ...Zeus! Blood pours from Rhoads's wounds.
You grab your a set of cooking utensils. You flame your minnow, blowfish and piranha carefully. After some time, a wonderful smell fills your nostrils. A watermelon push up is ready!
Congratulations! You have just completed Ackbar's warrior shrine! You receive 14650 gold as a reward for completing the quest. You receive 6 training points. The stars are occasionally peeking from behind the clouds.
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch. I've told the truth, I haven't tried to fool you. But even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my lips but Hallalujah.
Oh every night, and every day A little piece of you is falling away But lift your face the Western way Build your muscles as your body decays, yeah Tow the line and play their game Yeah, let the anesthetic cover it all 'Til one day they call your name You know it's time for the hammer to fall
Goshawk snaps you crushing the skull, forcing brain tissue to fly out. You fall unconscious from the pain. Blood pours from your wounds! Erasmus claps his hands and says 'I do believe in fairies!' You have been revived from unconsciousness. Erasmus is now in the 1st row. Goshawk suckerpunches Erasmus crushing the skull, forcing brain tissue to fly out. Erasmus lapses into unconsciousness from severe loss of blood. You rescued Erasmus's lame ass from danger. Blood pours from Erasmus's wounds. Elly claps his hands and whispers 'judicandus mangenic' You are prepared to do the skill. Attempting to revive an unconscious person. You are successful. Arafon [party]: omg that was awesome
a black and glistening bunny Your keen senses note a disturbance seconds before the ambush! Black bunny roars 'I will hunt you down, Arafon!' Black bunny misses you. You try to dodge, but Black bunny is not fooled. Black bunny pricks you causing a small wound. You incise Black bunny forcing the heart to incinerate. You hear the horrendous death-cry of the Black bunny as it dies. Black bunny is DEAD, R.I.P. You wield Soul Ripper, the jet black katana <orange glow> in your right hand. You stick Soul Ripper into the corpse and start sucking the soul from it. You finish sucking the soul. You feel younger!
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
But why? Why do positive beliefs lead to positive outcomes, and why do negative beliefs lead to negative outcomes? Because your beliefs determine what you see. If you believe that you can build a network of supportive people, then you will be looking for supportive people. Because you will be making distinctions, you will gravitate to the right people and you will shun the wrong ones. You won't try to do things that can't be done, you won't try to organize meetings that people aren't going to attend, and you won't try to wake people up who would rather stay asleep. On the other hand, if you don't believe that supportive people exist, then obviously you won't be looking for them. If you believe that people are all manipulative operators, then you will be looking for games and schemes and angles, simply asking yourself which of them best fits the needs of your own manipulations. When people cannot imagine creating the world they want, and believe themselves to be living in a finite, zero-sum world instead, they build a culture of competition and back-stabbing instead of the positive culture they need. They act in ways that cause their beliefs to come true, and then they conclude that they were right all along. It is only when people believe in a decent world, and are out looking for the elements of it, and watching for the outlines of it to emerge from the fragments that they've gathered along the way, that they have a chance of getting it. Phil Agre
Nature's first green is gold. Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief. So Dawn goes down to Day. Nothing gold can stay. Robert Frost
What of the hunting, hunter bold? Brother, the watch is long and cold. What of the quarry ye went to kill? Brother, he crops in the jungle still. Where is the power that made your pride? Brother, it ebbs from my flank and side. Where is the haste that ye hurry by? Brother, I go to my lair to die. Rudyard Kipling
(00:15) Coya tells you 'are you a real peron?'
a cute and very fluffy bunny-rabbit hops around Morgaine the Human snake oil salesman Morgaine starts concentrating on a new offensive spell. Cute bunny throws a pinch of magic dust in air and chants 'ziiiuuuuns wiz' Morgaine cocks his head to the side and mutters 'umm...'. Morgaine says 'this bunny is casting blurred image.' You ask 'do you want help?' A warmth unlike any other fills your heart as you look at this adorable tiny ball of fur hoppling around here. This tiny and extremely cute bunny is a great example of how nature can be so adorable and cruel at the same time. It looks around with wary eyes, sniffing the air around and seems to be considering whether you are a potential threat to it. You wonder how such a small thing can possibly survive in this world, but can't help but feel happiness for such being to exist in any case. He is in bad shape. Morgaine says 'i should have his measure.' Morgaine screams with frustration as his spell fails. Morgaine lapses into unconsciousness from severe loss of blood. You exclaim 'are you sure? i can help!' You incise Cute bunny causing heart tissue to fly everywhere. YUCH, Cute bunny's entrails spill all over the place. Cute bunny is DEAD, R.I.P. You start concentrating on the skill. You are prepared to do the skill. Attempting to revive an unconscious person. You are successful. Morgaine says 'LOL.' Morgaine says 'thanks.'