1 count of Demon Summoning

[zhelas]

I was in the process of leaving Teras.....WHEN... this happened.

You gesture at a summoning circle.
A small shadowy rift begins to take form before your eyes. Suddenly, a flurried black haze slices at you from within the rift.
... 70 points of damage!
Wicked slash slices open your chest!
Heart and lungs pureed!
Sickening!
Spell Cloak of Shadows (712) ended. [-113DS, -28SorcTD]
A dark shadow seems to detach itself from your body, swiftly dissipating into the air.
Spell Thurfel's Ward (503) ended. [-20DS]
The glowing specks of energy surrounding you suddenly shoot off in all directions, then quickly fade away.
Spell Water Walking (112) ended.
The misty halo fades from you.
Spell Mass Blur (911) ended. [-20Dodging]
You become solid again.
Spell Strength (509) ended. [-15Str, -15PhysAS]
You feel your extra strength departing.
Spell Spirit Defense (103) ended.
The powerful look leaves you.
Spell Spirit Barrier (102) ended. [+44PhysAS, -44DS]
The air calms down around you.
Spell Spirit Warding II (107) ended. [-15STD, -25BoltDS]
The deep blue glow leaves you.
Spell Spirit Warding I (101) ended. [-10STD, -10BoltDS]
The light blue glow leaves you.
Spell Elemental Defense III (414) ended. [-20DS, -15ETD]
The brilliant luminescence fades from around you.
Spell Elemental Defense II (406) ended. [-10DS, -10ETD]
The bright luminescence fades from around you.
Spell Elemental Defense I (401) ended. [-5DS, -5ETD]
The silvery luminescence fades from around you.
Spell Natural Colors (601) ended. [-10DS]
You return to normal color.
Spell Mobility (618) ended. [-20Dodging]
You no longer feel so dextrous.
Spell Resist Elements (602) ended. [-15BoltDS]
The air about you stops shimmering.
The white light leaves you.
Spell Lesser Shroud (120) ended. [-20STD, -30DS, -30BoltDS]
The very powerful look 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...

A strong gust of wind blows away the chalky outline of a summoning circle.

The rift begins to waver lazily and suddenly implodes upon itself in a large plume of soot-filled black smoke. When the rift clears, a lithe black abyran'ra is standing around, surveying the surroundings.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
DEAD>
* Zhelas just bit the dust!
DEAD>
Speaking to you, Japhrimel says, "Woops."
DEAD>
A lithe black abyran'ra tries to sink its curved fangs into Bumpur!
AS: +480 vs DS: +281 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +29 = +253
... and hits for 22 points of damage!
Neck vertebrae snap.
He is stunned!
DEAD>
Styxa comes out of hiding.
Styxa raises a hand while murmuring a soft orison...
DEAD>
Styxa gestures at you.
You feel a tingle on your soul, as if a powerful hand is gently cradling it.
(Thy soul is bound to thy body for an extra 12 minutes and 30 seconds.)

Japhrimel says, "Aw, lovely."
DEAD>
A lithe black abyran'ra tries to sink its curved fangs into Lourraine!
AS: +480 vs DS: +259 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +83 = +336
... and hits for 109 points of damage!
Quick, powerful slash to Lourraine's right knee!

* Lourraine drops dead at your feet!

The silvery luminescence fades from around Lourraine.
A shadow seems to detach itself from Lourraine's body, swiftly dissipating into the air.
The brilliant luminescence fades from around Lourraine.
The misty halo fades from Lourraine.
The white light leaves Lourraine.
The very powerful look leaves Lourraine.
The deep blue glow leaves Lourraine.
The air calms down around Lourraine.
The light blue glow leaves Lourraine.
The powerful look leaves Lourraine.
The bright luminescence fades from around Lourraine.
The serpents upon a lithe black abyran'ra's head writhe and undulate in exultation!
DEAD>
swivels head toward Payme and hisses..
DEAD>
* Lourraine just bit the dust!
DEAD>
Japhrimel exclaims, "Kill it!"
DEAD>
Payme just went south.
DEAD>
The voice of Sadrae asks, "What the?"
DEAD>
The ghostly voice of Lourraine says, "O geez."
DEAD>
Suddenly you have the strangest feeling that you are being watched.
The feeling fades as quickly as it came.
DEAD>
Renowned Lady Sraven just went south.
DEAD>
A lithe black abyran'ra scythes its talons back and forth as it hisses a sibilant invocation.
DEAD>
Suddenly you have the strangest feeling that you are being watched.
The feeling fades as quickly as it came.
DEAD>
The ghostly voice of Lourraine asks, "What is this?"
DEAD>
Japhrimel says, "Demon."
DEAD>
A lithe black abyran'ra swiftly raises its arms and slashes its talons at Monidoe!
A lithe black abyran'ra hurls a roaring ball of fire at Monidoe!
AS: +444 vs DS: +225 with AvD: +57 + d100 roll: +6 = +282
... and hits for 111 points of damage!
A large patch of flesh is seared off Monidoe's back.
She is stunned!
The roaring ball of fire strikes Monidoe, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 70 points of damage!
Fire completely surrounds Monidoe. Blood boils and heart stops.

* Monidoe drops dead at your feet!

Monidoe glances around, looking a bit less confident.
The powerful look leaves Monidoe.
The white light leaves Monidoe.
The very powerful look leaves Monidoe.
The bright luminescence fades from around Monidoe.
A shadow seems to detach itself from Monidoe's body, swiftly dissipating into the air.
The light blue glow leaves Monidoe.
The brilliant luminescence fades from around Monidoe.
The air calms down around Monidoe.
The deep blue glow leaves Monidoe.
The silvery luminescence fades from around Monidoe.
A lithe black abyran'ra becomes as still as a statue, its pupiless eyes turning a pure incarnadine shade.
DEAD>
Morphias just arrived.
DEAD>
* Monidoe just bit the dust!
DEAD>
Payme just arrived.
DEAD>
Suddenly you have the strangest feeling that you are being watched.
The feeling fades as quickly as it came.
DEAD>
A lithe black abyran'ra scythes its talons back and forth as it hisses a sibilant invocation.
DEAD>
The ghostly voice of Lourraine says, "I just go ressurected."
DEAD>
Japhrimel exclaims, "It might need to be phased!"
DEAD>
Lourraine's spirit lets out a hollow moan.
DEAD>
Payme swings a closed fist at a lithe black abyran'ra, but it has no effect!
DEAD>
Nuc stands up.
DEAD>
Nuc just went north.
DEAD>
Suddenly you have the strangest feeling that you are being watched.
The feeling fades as quickly as it came.
DEAD>
A lithe black abyran'ra swiftly raises its arms and slashes its talons at Payme!
CS: +416 - TD: +184 + CvA: +2 + d100: +91 == +325
Warding failed!
... 40 points of damage!
Chest strike. Payme knocked down and stunned!
He is knocked to the ground!
He is stunned!
DEAD>
Sadrae comes out of hiding.
Sadrae traces a sign that contorts in the air while she forcefully incants a dark invocation...
DEAD>
Sadrae gestures at a lithe black abyran'ra.
CS: +532 - TD: +485 + CvA: +25 + d100: +50 == +122
Warding failed!
... and hits for 21 points of damage!
A lithe black abyran'ra is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!
... 15 points of damage!
A frosty blow to the neck. Bet that smarts!
... 20 points of damage!
Light shock to right arm. That stings!
... 20 points of damage!
Blow grazes neck lightly.
DEAD>
Japhrimel drops all defense as he moves into a battle-ready stance.
DEAD>
A lithe black abyran'ra whips its coils underneath itself swiftly, then suddenly tenses its muscles, leaping forth with astonishing speed toward Payme!
The black abyran'ra lashes out with its tail as it nears Payme, catching him around his waist as it spins in ever tighter circles! Within mere seconds, its coils wrap tightly around Payme, and its lidless eyes stare intently at him before it makes a sharp dive, moving fluidly to let its fangs find his neck!
... 5 points of damage!
Minor strike to the neck.

The black abyran'ra loosens its coils and slithers to the ground.
DEAD>
Japhrimel's sonic pike is repelled by the chaotic forces surrounding the black abyran'ra!
DEAD>
Bumpur just arrived.
DEAD>
Sadrae traces a sign that contorts in the air while she forcefully incants a dark invocation...
DEAD>
Sadrae gestures at a lithe black abyran'ra.
CS: +532 - TD: +485 + CvA: +25 + d100: +51 == +123
Warding failed!
... and hits for 20 points of damage!
A lithe black abyran'ra is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!
... 5 points of damage!
The black abyran'ra winces at the cold blast to the left arm.
... 20 points of damage!
... 15 points of damage!
Blow grazes neck lightly.
The black abyran'ra sustains massive system shock!
DEAD>chat to mysd one sec
You focus on transmitting your thought.
DEAD>
Speaking to Sadrae, Japhrimel says, "Phase it."
DEAD>
Sadrae traces a sign that contorts in the air while she forcefully incants a dark invocation...
DEAD>
Sadrae gestures at a lithe black abyran'ra.
CS: +532 - TD: +485 + CvA: +25 + d100: +35 == +107
Warding failed!
... and hits for 10 points of damage!
A lithe black abyran'ra is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!
... 15 points of damage!
... 15 points of damage!
Light shock to right arm. That stings!
... 15 points of damage!
Blow to back connects lightly.
The black abyran'ra sustains massive system shock!
A lithe black abyran'ra's coronet of serpents let loose a shrieking hiss as it crashes to the ground and expires.
DEAD>
Japhrimel moves into a defensive stance, ready to fend off an attack.
DEAD>
Sadrae searches a lithe black abyran'ra.
The black abyran'ra's body bleeds with a shadowy blackness that seeps across its flesh as it melts away into nothing.

[TheWitch]

OMFG, that's the most awesome thing EVAR!!!!

Did Strath do it, and make fighting demons???
Was there such a thing as an abyran'RA before????

Zhelas, that is so many kinds of kick ass.
Too bad you were dead, huh, buddy? I wonder if you would have survived if you could have controlled it.........
:yes:

[Rimalon]

Niiice. 740 should fail more often. Demon fighting is win!

[Allereli]

Sereg will be jealous

[droit]

That is fairly awesome. It's like one of those fun mini-invasions.

[radamanthys]

That is really excellent. Wasn't there a big invasion of major demons a few years back?

I recall double dispel working pretty well, too.

[Drunken Durfin]

Awesome. Hate I missed that fun.

[Kuyuk]

that it pretty awesome

[zhelas]

When the spell first came out we all were talking about how cool it would be for this to happen. So everyone was trying and hoping for catastrophic failure.

At first I thought it was someone's demon biting a pickpocket. The I saw it turn on everyone. VERY COOL!

Peace

[Geshron]

This was hysterical.

[zhelas]

(OOC) Japhrimel's player whispers, "Your sonic pike is repelled by the chaotic forces surrounding the black abyran'ra!"
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[zhelas]

The deputy says, "Zhelas is charged with 1 count of demonic summoning. This 1 crime carries a total fine of 41650 silvers."

::snickers::

[Fallen]

Do creatures still level up when they kill people, or did they nixx that mechanic?

[Methais]

Sorcerers are OP because they can summon invasions nerf pl0x.

[Baelog]

(OOC) Japhrimel's player whispers, "Your sonic pike is repelled by the chaotic forces surrounding the black abyran'ra!"
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IIRC, it takes an 8x blessed weapon when a demon first appears, and then requires at least a 4x blessed weapon after a certain amount of time of the demon being in our world...or something like that.

[Rimalon]

Do creatures still level up when they kill people, or did they nixx that mechanic?

As far as I know, that's still in effect. Ancient GWEs unite!

[ElvenFury]

DEAD>
swivels head toward Payme and hisses..
DEAD>

You bugged that, right?

[Danical]

That was fucking awesome.

Here's what I took away from that: the only awesome things sorcerers can do have fatal and/or catastrophic consequences to themselves and others.

[Xeromist]

Damn, that was incredible! I will also sign this as awesome.

[Divinity]

Ha! Sweet action.

That particular type of demon has existed before. I didn't know that they went Godzilla on others when the spell failed. That's great.

[Xeromist]

Well hell, it was probably just chillin' and sipping on something nice and refreshing, flirting with some other cute demoness when suddenly *voip* it gets yanked into...what, Wehnimer's?? Man, I'd be infuriated!

[Belnia]

Slightly late to the party, but it looks like the demon ended up dying from a rank 3 nerve critical due to the mana drain on Dark Catalyst. Which means it probably didn't appear with a full supply of mana since I only saw it cast Unbalance and a fire spell. They should show up with more mana so they can kill more!

As for hitting them, you either need an 8x blessable/blessed weapon to hit them right up, or if a sorcerer successfully Phases them, that drops to a 4x blessable/blessed weapon.

And I too vote for more catastrophic failures resulting in demons. The one that got loose in RR earlier this year was awesome, it killed almost the entire town and ripped someone's spine out to use it as a weapon to kill more people.

[zhelas]

i wonder if there are logs somewhere showing the death and destruction the one on the Rest caused.

[Bhuryn]

i wonder if there are logs somewhere showing the death and destruction the one on the Rest caused.

More importantly I wonder if there are factors within the players control that can lead to a greater chance of failure.

[zhelas]

More importantly I wonder if there are factors within the players control that can lead to a greater chance of failure.

How long has 740 been in existance? 5 to 6 years maybe? I think in all that time there have been what.. 3 to 4 epic failures which led to the success of bringing a Demon through.

740 Epic Failure is Sorcerery Science!

[Ogreslayer]

When you get to 100 epic failures, you'll have gleaned enough knowledge that Major Summoning will be released. Nilven coded it years ago, sorcerers just haven't discovered it yet!

IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!

[radamanthys]

Slightly late to the party, but it looks like the demon ended up dying from a rank 3 nerve critical due to the mana drain on Dark Catalyst. Which means it probably didn't appear with a full supply of mana since I only saw it cast Unbalance and a fire spell. They should show up with more mana so they can kill more!

As for hitting them, you either need an 8x blessable/blessed weapon to hit them right up, or if a sorcerer successfully Phases them, that drops to a 4x blessable/blessed weapon.

And I too vote for more catastrophic failures resulting in demons. The one that got loose in RR earlier this year was awesome, it killed almost the entire town and ripped someone's spine out to use it as a weapon to kill more people.

The future of this game is in single demon invasions.

I say we change the name of the game from 'gemstone' to 'godzilla'.

[droit]

Seriously, though. How can we make this something we can abuse?

[radamanthys]

Seriously, though. How can we make this something we can abuse?

Well, you have to be at least 40 to even cast it... Rada's right around there, I think.

IIRC, the major demon only comes out on cross realms travel. That'd make it big silvers per try.

I don't think we can. :big sad face:

[Bhuryn]

Maybe things like spirit, wounds and health cause issues like enchanting. Can you train poorly for 740?

[ElvenFury]

Even if you could guarantee a failure with every cast, you'd probably only have a 3% chance of that kind of epic failure (at the most, more likely 1%).

[radamanthys]

I can't imagine that many sorcerers do cross-realms that often. At least not the ones with the best chance at failure.

If you really wanted to try, get a 40th sorcerer with no magical training except for 740, and HP enough to cast it. Injure him with rank 1's and 2's all over. Load him up with as much encumbrance as you can. Kill off his spirit.

Let fly. Have a cleric and empath on-hand though. It'll likely get messy.


The base fail rate for the spell is only 10%. Then you probably have to roll 100 on the fail to get the demon. 1/1000 chance?

[droit]

Ohh, I didn't even catch that it was 740. I just figured he was trying to summon a minor demon. Durr.

[Sean]

I failed on the dais an summoned a demon a few months ago, when I get home I'll try and find the log.

[Fallen]

I can't imagine that many sorcerers do cross-realms that often. At least not the ones with the best chance at failure.

If you really wanted to try, get a 40th sorcerer with no magical training except for 740, and HP enough to cast it. Injure him with rank 1's and 2's all over. Load him up with as much encumbrance as you can. Kill off his spirit.

Let fly. Have a cleric and empath on-hand though. It'll likely get messy.


The base fail rate for the spell is only 10%. Then you probably have to roll 100 on the fail to get the demon. 1/1000 chance?

Luckily, encumbrance isn't a factor in the spell.

[AKOE!]

I don't know why that reminded me of the rabbit from Monty Python but that demon was just as funny :)

[Asrial]

Not particularly a SORCERER situation, but if anyone wants I can post the log of a 'commune' that resulted in a demon and mass death for strangers ;)

[Fallen]

Gotta love communes. The Arkati really get pissy when you cast that spell from a scroll.

[BriarFox]

Now if only you could fail on command and sacrifice yourself to summon a demon ...

[Fallen]

They should just make that 750. 1-4x a day depending on lore, which would also determine the demon's strength. Done. Next spell.

[crb]

Maybe things like spirit, wounds and health cause issues like enchanting. Can you train poorly for 740?

Use the wrong chalk.

[shad0ws0ngs]

You know how rare this is supposed to be? Less than 3 days after this I was in Landing TSC and it happened again!

I'm glad I am vain enough to search for my own name and found this thread, actually, since I had heard multiple different requirements for killing the more major demons.

Any more info on 'how to kill demons' is always appreciated.

[zhelas]

You know how rare this is supposed to be? Less than 3 days after this I was in Landing TSC and it happened again!

It is fairly rare. When it happened to Zhelas, he was the 4th or 5th recorded incident.