Demons released at the Sorceror's Caucus.

[Betheny]

Now quit bitching. :thumbsup:

[Kurili]

I want an Imp!

Acolyte Kurili

[Izalude]

They were nasty... Definitely capped, if not above. They were meaner than war griffins. The guy said that only 8x weapons could hurt them, or certain bolt and sorcerer spells.

My first run-in:
A massive black abyran'ra lashes its tail at you in a whip-like fashion!
AS: +470 vs DS: +268 with AvD: +43 + d100 roll: +91 = +336
... and hits for 158 points of damage!
A mighty blow cleaves a swath through your back, taking the spine with it.
You no longer bristle with energy.
The buzz of thoughts in your mind subsides.
You become solid again.
The shimmering multicolored sphere fades from around you.
The silvery luminescence fades from around you.
You feel less confident than before.
The bright luminescence fades from around you.
You feel your extra magical awareness leave you.
The brilliant luminescence fades from around you.
A faint silvery glow fades from around you.
You feel your extra strength departing.
The glowing specks of energy surrounding you suddenly shoot off in all directions, then quickly fade away.
The layer of protection fades away.
You feel the extra courage wane.
The tingling sensation and sense of security leaves you.

It seems you have died, my friend. Although you cannot do anything, you are keenly aware of what is going on around you...

You mentally give a sigh of relief as you remember that the Goddess Lorminstra owes you a favor.

...departing in 10 mins...
The serpents upon a massive black abyran'ra's head writhe and undulate in exultation!


I got up, respelled and played scout with my familiar. I had it check the room in front of me, then move in. Or I'd wait for them to crawl into the next room. The only way I could kill them was like this:

A massive black abyran'ra slithers in, its pupiless eyes surveying the area.
>
>cast aby
cast aby
You gesture at a massive black abyran'ra.
You hurl a powerful lightning bolt at a massive black abyran'ra!
AS: +314 vs DS: +160 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +96 = +283
... and hit for 87 points of damage!
[Spell re-prepared]
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>cast aby
You gesture at a massive black abyran'ra.
Wait 3 sec.
You hurl a powerful lightning bolt at a massive black abyran'ra!
AS: +314 vs DS: +158 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +10 = +199
... and hit for 49 points of damage!
Light shock to abdomen. That stings!
[Spell re-prepared]
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>cast aby
You gesture at a massive black abyran'ra.
Wait 3 sec.
You hurl a powerful lightning bolt at a massive black abyran'ra!
AS: +314 vs DS: +158 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +7 = +196
... and hit for 48 points of damage!
Light shock to abdomen. That stings!
[Spell re-prepared]
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>cast aby
cast aby
You gesture at a massive black abyran'ra.
Wait 2 sec.
You hurl a powerful lightning bolt at a massive black abyran'ra!
AS: +314 vs DS: +158 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +55 = +244
... and hit for 70 points of damage!
[Spell re-prepared]
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>cast aby
You gesture at a massive black abyran'ra.
Wait 3 sec.
You hurl a powerful lightning bolt at a massive black abyran'ra!
AS: +314 vs DS: +157 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +72 = +262
... and hit for 73 points of damage!
Tiny sparks dance around belly. Cool!
[Spell re-prepared]
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>
>cast aby
You gesture at a massive black abyran'ra.
Wait 3 sec.
You hurl a powerful lightning bolt at a massive black abyran'ra!
AS: +314 vs DS: +157 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +49 = +239
... and hit for 65 points of damage!
Light shock to left arm. That stings!
[Spell re-prepared]
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>cast aby
You gesture at a massive black abyran'ra.
Wait 2 sec.
You hurl a powerful lightning bolt at a massive black abyran'ra!
AS: +314 vs DS: +157 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +9 = +199
... and hit for 45 points of damage!
Light shock to right hand. Fingers tingle.
A massive black abyran'ra's coils whip around frantically as it falls to the ground and dies.
[Spell re-prepared]
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>search aby
>
You search the black abyran'ra.
You discard the abyran'ra's useless equipment.
It had nothing else of value.
The black abyran'ra's body bleeds with a shadowy blackness that seeps across its flesh as it melts away into nothing.

[Kitsun]

They had some broken area attack. It just seemed to spam the ability until everyone in the room was dead. I didn't manage to capture it but it was like a cobra spit, kept hitting the eyes, giving RT, stunning and basically it didn't seem like anything could stop it. Got wiped out twice by that ability.

[Izalude]

Yeah, it was a chain reaction too... If the first creature did it, all of the creatures hit at the same time. I don't remember if it was focused on 1 person at a time, or if it got everyone like a cone of poison.

[Moist Happenings]

So how do you summon anyway? I assume painting of runes on stones is involved?

[Kitsun]

I'm not even sure they did the mechanical release in that mess. Just the RP introduction.

[Moist Happenings]

What a load.

[Khaitiff]

I for one am glad they didnt just release it, I'm also glad they didnt just leave it in the game when it was released. Just doesnt make sense thats all.

[Moist Happenings]

I agree. But I don't think they should have released spirits either right away.

The only reason they kept demonic summoning out was because half of the functions were still broken.

[Khaitiff]

I agree as well, they shouldnt have released the spirit servant either

[Moist Happenings]

Yeah! And we should take away familiars and ranger companions too! They're overpowered! uber! uber! unbalancing the game!

Kill the wizards!

[Hips]

Originally posted by Neff
And we should take away familiars and ranger companions too!

::kills Neff::

Taking away my hedgehog or ocelot? I THINK NOT!!

[Moist Happenings]

Originally posted by GS3 Michiko

Originally posted by Neff
And we should take away familiars and ranger companions too!

::kills Neff::

Taking away my hedgehog or ocelot? I THINK NOT!!

It's okay. I'll give you one of my dead pets.

[Khaitiff]

Ok how about this, I'll Sacrifice Minor Summoning and let the wizards and rangers keep their pets just so we get Animate Dead and Ensorcellment.....hell they can put Demon Summoning on the back back burner.

[Artha]

You know Ensorcell was scrapped in favor of minor summoning, right?

[Gan]

Originally posted by Neff
So how do you summon anyway? I assume painting of runes on stones is involved?

Obtain or paint a runestone, even smooth stones can be painted with runic paint... dont know the mechanics of painting yet or where to obtain brushes... but in the beta they had runestones on a cart at the north gate on Teras... you hold one in your hand and cast demonic summoning at the stone and if successful you'll have a demon of sorts appear beside you (they like to resemble the facial characteristics of someone nearby). I tried every runestone and got randem demons from each one so at least in the beta realm there was not a specific stone for a specific demon. This is all from an afternoon experiment with them for about an hour... so I could be leaving some stuff out, and or it could be way off base from how it was in the beta realm and how its to be in the actual game.

So keep on the lookout for runestones, runic paint (I have a jar of this already in GS4), and paint brushes if they are to be used to paint with... who knows, I think casting blood burst on yourself and then drawing the runes on stones with your own fresh blood and fingernails sounds more attractive if you ask me.:cool:

[Khaitiff]

Originally posted by Artha
You know Ensorcell was scrapped in favor of minor summoning, right?

They did? Now where the fuck have I been? I thought they were still doing that....damn there goes raising the TD enchant of Armor.