EVP Messaging

[Celephais]

Is there a list of the EVP messaging? It'd be even nicer if we had an order of success margin but I doubt we'll get that.

I've started compiling one, I don't have all the stunned/prone ones for certain but I'm hoping I have all the standing ones, I would appreciate any contributions.

Evade
%d barely dodge the attack!
%d dodge just in the nick of time!
%d evade the attack by a hair!
%d evade the attack by inches!
%d evade the attack with ease!
%d evade the attack with incredible finesse!
%d gracefully avoid the attack!
%d move at the last moment to evade the attack!
%d skillfully dodge the attack!
By amazing chance, %d evade the attack!
With blinding speed, %d dodge the attack!

%d flail on the ground but manage to barely dodge the attack!
Lying flat on %d back, %d lean to one side and dodge the attack!
Rolling hurriedly, %d dodge the attack!
Rolling quickly, %d dodge the attack!
%d roll to one side and evade the attack!

Unable to focus clearly, %d blindly evade the attack!
Nearly insensible, %d desperately evade the attack!
%d stumble dazedly, somehow managing to evade the attack!

Block
%d barely manage to block the attack with %d %w!
Amazingly, %d manage to block the attack with %d %w!
At the last moment, %d block the attack with %d %w!
With extreme effort, %d block the attack with %d %w!
With no room to spare, %d block the attack with %d %w!

Nearly insensible, %d desperately block the attack with %d %w!
Unable to focus clearly, %d blindly block the attack!

Parry
%d barely manage to fend off the attack with %d %w!
%d deflect the attack with %d %w!
%d easily parry the attack with %d %w!
%d gauge the attack and expertly parry it with %d %w!
Amazingly, %d manage to parry the attack with %d %w!
At the last moment, %d parry the attack with %d %w!
With blinding speed, %d parry the attack with %d %w!
With incredible finesse, %d parry the attack with %d %w!
With no room to spare, %d manage to parry the blow with %d %w!

%d roll to one side and parry the attack with %d %w!

Block or parry?
%d gauge the attack and expertly deflect it with %d %w!
%d skillfully deflect the attack with %d %w!
%d skillfully interpose %d %w between %dself and the attack!
%d skillfully interpose %d %w between %dself and the incoming strike, deflecting it harmlessly to the side!
In the nick of time, %d interpose %d %w between %dself and the attack!
With extreme effort, %d beat back the attack with %d %w!
With incredible finesse, %d deflect the attack with %d %w!

%d tumble to the side and deflect the attack with %d %w!
Lying flat on %d back, %d barely deflect the attack with %d %w!
With a graceful tumble, %d bring %d %w up and deflect the strike!

Possible fluff messaging from webbing only?
%d dodge the webbing with such amazing finesse that %d inspire all of those around %d!

Possible fluff messaging from lava golems only?
%d injuries hinder %d attempt to avoid the lava glob.
%d make a competent effort to avoid the lava!
%d make a pathetic effort to avoid the lava!
%d make an adequate effort to avoid the lava!

*Notes:
"the attack" can be replaced by "the bolt" or "the blow", possibly more but my logs only has those.
%d is "you" "your" "his" "her" "it" "its" or a person/creature name.
%w is a weapon in parry and shield for a block.
All verbs are in 1st person form (no idea technical name for that) so dodge instead of dodges
The "strike" messages I left in didn't have a corresponding "attack" message in my logs, so I'm not sure if the messaging is unique in that it always says strike..
Some of the parry/blocks I couldn't tell which was which, I'll go back to my logs and find out what I actually "interposed" and edit this post later.

[TheEschaton]

Well, uh, for the Block or Parry, wouldn't it matter which one was used, weapon or shield? Interpose means something "to place" or "to put". Seems like most of those would be blocks, since parry's tend to be more active than deflecting and interposing.

the beat back seems like it would be parry.

[Celephais]

Well, uh, for the Block or Parry, wouldn't it matter which one was used, weapon or shield? Interpose means something "to place" or "to put". Seems like most of those would be blocks, since parry's tend to be more active than deflecting and interposing.

the beat back seems like it would be parry.

I did a quick check and noticed that some of them were infact used for both blocks and parries (in particular in the "in the nick of time" ones). Basically the list I posted was from a log parser I hadn't really finished but left running... it worked very opening, in that it just looked for certain verbs (block, interpose, evade, avoid, parry, etc) in places where normal AS/DS would take place (so after a "Person/Monster verbs a noun at Person/Monster"), it then stripped out the messaging to the form I posted (%w and %ds)... and essentially tells me my % evp, but I have to pull up the logs semi-manually to find out what the %w really was (shield or weapon).

Since I noticed the nick of time interpose ones were both shield and weapon it kind of made answering that question not so valuable anymore... I'm going to have to write code to parse the actual blocking item out and figure out if it was a shield or weapon anyway (no just assuming "interpose" means block) if I want to make a full parser... so I don't have to figure out which messages are which category prior to making my parser less "open". All I need is to know that I've pretty much got all the correct verbs and then I guess I can afk in rats overnight or something...

dodge
evade
avoid

block
parry
deflect
interpose
beat back

[Drew]

The webbing message isn't fluff, if you get that you give anyone else in the room or your party (not sure) as small AS bump.

[AestheticDeath]

Why are you even trying to figure it out?

[FinisWolf]

Maybe to see what char x's chance is to evade/block/parry given their stats and skill bonuses carrying whatever spells in order to see when things don't become beneficial?

At least that is my thought as to why.

Finis

[Celephais]

Why are you even trying to figure it out?


Maybe to see what char x's chance is to evade/block/parry given their stats and skill bonuses carrying whatever spells in order to see when things don't become beneficial?

At least that is my thought as to why.

Finis

Essentially yes, basically I just want to make sure I've got a simple and correct method to parse out all the EVP messages. It'd be nice to be able to pull out a few percentages across different training paths/levels and maybe get a formula. Doubt I'd take it that far.