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Title: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on August 11, 2014, 10:26:37 PM
The previous thread hit 200 posts and has been closed. Here's a new thread.

Now....not wanting to de-rail the thread potentially....http://nerdramblingz.com/starforums/index.php?topic=162.0 (http://nerdramblingz.com/starforums/index.php?topic=162.0).  Now....back to EoT ooc hehe :)

Posts still coming ASAP.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on August 15, 2014, 12:07:34 AM
Soul Reaver's post is up. Everyone else, hang tight.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on August 16, 2014, 01:24:56 AM
I still wonder how the others are going to react to seeing a giant Ork standing behind team Cameron as they finally group up.

"PSST! CAMERON! There's an Ork behind you!"

"What? Oh yeah, he's cool guys."

"Uh....Okay..."

"Wot? Ain't you'z ever seen an Ork before?"
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on August 16, 2014, 02:03:12 AM
Actually...as Jharm has never seen an Ork before during his travels with Cameron (plenty of Chaos and some Tyrannids) he likely won't really know much about Gulgrim other then he is some massive creature who looks evil but oddly doesn't radiate evil (cause really if you think about it....Orkz don't kill everyone cause they are evil.....but cause well....thats what they do lol).
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on August 20, 2014, 02:50:23 PM
Welcome back, Kitharsis. Good to see you rejoining the fray.

I had plans tonight, but I cancelled them. Let's see what I can get done.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on August 21, 2014, 09:37:52 AM
It's good to be back!  Thank ya.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on August 21, 2014, 10:38:51 AM
Okay. so the answer to "Let's see what I can get done" turned out to be "get a migraine and not do anything on the computer all night." Whoops. I'll try again today if I have time.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on August 21, 2014, 09:50:05 PM
Seems to be going around. I spent most of today nursing a cluster headache.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 24, 2014, 12:10:38 AM
So. After far too long, and almost losing this place for good, EoT has been updated.

The Companion's post doesn't really need a lot of explanation. Feel free to introduce yourselves to the new members of the group and talk amongst yourselves as you follow Cameron to certain doom.

Soul Reaver. Peterson has detected your weakness and is pulling out all of the stops. I referenced the actual "Trial of Asaki Masako" portion of the Aftermath (http://theadministorum.yuku.com/topic/653/The-Aftermath?page=1 (http://theadministorum.yuku.com/topic/653/The-Aftermath?page=1)), but I have taken certain liberties with the actual events. Keep in mind that this isn't just Peterson lying to you. This is what he actually believes happened. And yes, he technically was there, looking through Cameron's eyes even then.

Of course, I updated all of this right as Christmas Eve hits, so I'm not expecting a large amount of replies yet. Reply as you can. I'll be ready to update once the replies roll in.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on December 24, 2014, 01:17:10 AM
Hell yeah, we're back in business.  8)

Gulgrim's heading straight for the fight. His Weirdboy powers will hopefully help him lock in on Soul Reaver's energy signature so he doesn't get lost, but that's ultimately up to Starblade.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on December 24, 2014, 01:38:19 AM
well folks there you have it.....an Ork Warboss on a Deffchoppa with a large being clad in shining silver armor riding on the back.  Talk about things that make you go "wait WHAT?".
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on December 24, 2014, 01:51:50 AM
And it goes -EVEN FASTER-. This sounds like something out of the best Action movie ever.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 24, 2014, 01:54:44 AM
Juat FYI, you guys are still in a giant warehouse.

Not saying that there's a problem with either Jharm or Shadow's posts. It's a GIANT warehouse. :p
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on December 24, 2014, 01:55:24 AM
If there's a wall, Gulgrim will just blast through it if it doesn't get out of his way. Just let me know if I need to open fire.

On another note, this is definitely one of the coolest things I've done in a warehouse.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on December 24, 2014, 01:55:52 AM
Serry-fim.....I like that :)
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on December 24, 2014, 02:05:24 AM
I had to figure out a way for Gulgrim to give you a name that sounded like something an Ork would say, and horribly mangling Seraphim seemed like the most appropriate thing.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on December 24, 2014, 02:06:54 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vya2FzXiUK8&list=PLz2m7FRu9TT6Dud_BCfQ-SED6Q_32GWQp&index=58

BTW this is totally what I am imagining is blaring from some unknown location of the warehouse as we are tearing across it (yeah see 1:10 to see why) I dunno why but I always love listening to this song as I drive across zones in WoW on my chopper lol.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on December 24, 2014, 02:15:38 AM
I had to figure out a way for Gulgrim to give you a name that sounded like something an Ork would say, and horribly mangling Seraphim seemed like the most appropriate thing.

No it works, Jharm will find it amusing when he responds (to prevent flooding the battle I'm holding off on responding until other people post lol).

EDIT: Oh....and just realized this TOTALLY needs to make an appearance here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J6-3l3hCm0&index=70&list=PLz2m7FRu9TT6Dud_BCfQ-SED6Q_32GWQp
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 25, 2014, 01:01:08 AM
A very important note:

The setup is done. My next post will bring us into the final phase of this chapter, and will include shit majorly hitting the fan. Please tie up any loose ends that you want to tie up with your next post, because we will be moving straight into some major combat.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 28, 2014, 12:09:14 AM
Hey Fei. Why did you delete this?

(http://i.imgur.com/uHlGrkE.jpg)
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on January 01, 2015, 03:52:52 AM
Still waiting on a few people. I'll try to get in touch with them tomorrow.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on January 05, 2015, 02:02:28 AM
I've heard from Danyael and he said he was going to have a post up by the end of last week, but haven't heard from him since then. I still haven't heard from Kitharsis at all. I'm giving them one more day to get posts up before we move on.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on January 09, 2015, 04:50:30 PM
Danyael never posted, and I have not heard from Kitharsis. So we'll move on without them. For now, I'm leaving it open for them to rejoin us. I'll god mod them if it becomes necessary.

The barrier Peterson created is impenetrable, for now. I'd prefer if you'd stay on Cameron's side of it for now, because otherwise you're going to end up sitting out for a bit. As usual, anything in italics was a psychic message, in this case intended for Cameron. No one else should be reacting to that text.

Fei, Jharm, and Gulgrim are the only ones actually at the Warp Gate at this time. Everyone else should describe how you're covering the significant distance between yourself and the gate on your next reply. Also, despite the distance covered, please keep in mind that we are still inside a building. It's a HUGE building. The Eye of Terror is weird.

Soul Reaver, please describe your exit from the Warp Gate on your next post. You may feel free to start attacking, but limit your targets to Fei, Gulgrim, and Jharm for now until the rest of the party has a chance to join the fray.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 12, 2015, 07:48:21 PM
Right, posted!

Anyone who has known Soul Reaver for any length of time will realize there are other energies at work here.  Jharm visited Inferno before (in The Weaver of Destiny) and will easily recognize these energies as being from there - and anyone who has heard Blooddrinker talk will recognize the voice.

Gulgrim might be a bit in the dark since I don't think he's even met Soul Reaver before.

No attacks yet, I'll see how things play out first.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 12, 2015, 08:19:28 PM
The glow from Jharm and whatnot is not an outright "attack".  At this point he figures that Blooddrinker simply has overcome Soul Reaver, probably due to them being in the Eye, and is attempting to pierce through whatever haze/illusion/etc that the demon is using against Soul.  Of course with the current "state" Soul is in, I have little doubt that he will view it as an outright attack lol.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 13, 2015, 01:18:59 AM
I doubt Gulgrim could actually go toe to toe with Soul Reaver, but he's basically acting as a meat shield between Soul and the two people he thinks can actually make Soul stop. He may even actually be able to duel him a bit if he manages to get enough time to draw power.

He's hoping to be able to survive this by virtue of being an Ork, who only gets stronger the longer they fight. He's basically doing that in the extreme by drawing on his powers.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Fei on January 13, 2015, 03:08:21 PM
Hey Soul,  Fei isn't really in a battle ready or hostile stance. he's just kinda standing there singing Scatman in his head.  :p
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 13, 2015, 03:58:37 PM
Hey Soul,  Fei isn't really in a battle ready or hostile stance. he's just kinda standing there singing Scatman in his head.  :p

Edited my earlier post to adjust.

Soul Reaver's attacking, oh no!  Jharm's words seem to be falling on deaf ears - there isn't exactly an illusion at work here.

Blooddrinker is currently about as sharp as it can possibly be, and will cut through anything that doesn't itself have a property of being nigh-indestructible - though of course, Gulgrim may not know that at this point.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 13, 2015, 04:54:21 PM
Yeah while Soul is under any sort of "illusion" Jharm doesn't really know that lol.  He is simply figuring that Blooddrinker alone is responsible for Soul Reavers current "state".

Also Fei....with the kind of mindset Soul is in, you standing there non-chalantly could easily be viewed as "battle stance/combat ready" to him as he already "thinks" we sold out Asaki.....to quote IT Crowd...."the bitch is crazy!".
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on January 13, 2015, 11:21:26 PM
Cameron, I sent a PM. Please read it at your convenience and thank you.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on January 14, 2015, 12:44:20 AM
Cameron, I sent a PM. Please read it at your convenience and thank you.

Received and replied.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 14, 2015, 01:15:44 AM
It's up to Soul whether or not Gulgrim's attacks are doing any more than annoying him or not. He's just trying to prevent soul from adequately mounting a counterattack by constantly changing his angle of attack.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 14, 2015, 05:00:52 PM
Breakdown of what happened:

Soul Reaver apparently didn't hit Gulgrim and is being pummeled, though to little effect.  It slowed him down enough to now make him consider Gulgrim a threat/enemy.

He then lashes all around himself with Blooddrinker.  He doesn't seem to know where Gulgrim will attack, so he compensates for that with pure coverage - if Gulgrim doesn't know where he'll appear, he'll have just as much trouble avoiding the blade.  Making this worse, the sword is cutting open small (temporary) Warp Gates where it passes - those pose a real danger as well to un-Warp Shielded material (should Gulgrim find himself touching them).

But Soul Reaver's real target right now is Jharm, and he's about to punch him in the chest with a Fists of Force spell.  If the punch connects, it'll add additional kinetic force to the punch.  Soul Reaver's already pretty strong normally, with the addition of the spell he can punch through solid steel walls as though they were paper.  If Jharm gets hit he'd likely survive it, but would be knocked back a significant distance and almost certainly stunned.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on January 15, 2015, 11:10:40 AM
"So be it Soul Reaver!  While I am sad it must go this way.....your madness must be ended!"

Madness?

(http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110724183601/wizardsofwaverlyplace/images/e/e0/This_is_sparta_This_is_SPARTA-s373x411-14709-580.jpg)

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Just to make this post a little bit less spam, I'll use it to say that I should be posting for Cameron later tonight.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 15, 2015, 05:14:29 PM
Well lets make it official then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxwqIFz2PwA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxwqIFz2PwA)
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 15, 2015, 05:21:40 PM
Quite a few things happened now (and Jharm gave me the perfect launch point for a scene I was looking forward to):

- Soul Reaver has wings!  The burst of energy released when he manifested them would have knocked anyone nearby (such as Gulgrim) backwards.

- Seeing as he now has two people after him who seem to like teleporting/reality bending, Soul Reaver has cast a 'sealing' type spell.  This will inhibit various forms of teleportation and instant travel in the space around him.  Warp Gates will prove difficult to open, and teleportation will fail without considerable effort and concentration (though it's not as heavily impeded as reality bending).  It's affecting Blooddrinker too in the sense that even though the blade is still as sharp as before, it's not cutting holes into reality anymore; it's like reality reforms much more quickly and resists manipulation.  Note it only seems to affect a limited area around him (about a 3-5 meter radius, for now).  Other characters are unlikely to recognize this effect unless they are familiar with magic similar to that used in Inferno or The Mortal Plane, and will likely not realize it's happened until they try to teleport/reality bend within the area of effect.

- Soul Reaver launched himself into the air and caused rocky spikes to stab outwards from the ground from his previous position.  Soul Reaver timed it that they would manifest just as Danyael was about to arrive.  Danyael (and his images) will find himself running full-tilt into the spikes unless he stops himself.  At the time of Danyael's arrival, this was still inside the 'sealed' area, so Danyael likely won't be able to avoid them through reality bending or teleportation.

- Soul Reaver is now airborne, engaged in a duel with Jharm.

- It's started raining fire.  Bolts of flame will fall from the sky.  They somehow never seem to fall on Soul Reaver, but everyone else in the area is fair game (including Jharm - especially his large surface-area-covering wings - despite his close proximity to Soul Reaver)
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 15, 2015, 05:34:49 PM
is the "oozes a shimmering trail" thing supposed to be anything special or just "fluff description"?
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 15, 2015, 05:48:38 PM
is the "oozes a shimmering trail" thing supposed to be anything special or just "fluff description"?

Mostly just fluff - it's how the sword looks when it's not cutting actual holes into reality (because reality is re-asserting itself as soon as the blade passes through it), but would be sharp enough to do so.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 15, 2015, 07:38:00 PM
ok hopefully everything is good with what I posted.  I figured as both combatants are excellent melee combatants and it didn't seem as if Soul was doing anything....specific in his charge, having the two lock weapons was an ok action.  The orb he launched up into the clouds is pretty much his attempt at trying to counteract Soul Reavers spell to remove or at least weaken the rain of fire.  Any issues feel free to msg me on here or skype Soul :)
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 15, 2015, 08:06:20 PM
ok hopefully everything is good with what I posted.  I figured as both combatants are excellent melee combatants and it didn't seem as if Soul was doing anything....specific in his charge, having the two lock weapons was an ok action.  The orb he launched up into the clouds is pretty much his attempt at trying to counteract Soul Reavers spell to remove or at least weaken the rain of fire.  Any issues feel free to msg me on here or skype Soul :)

Looks good to me overall.  I don't really know much about Jharm's hammer (your character profile doesn't say much about it), but I assume that it's nigh-indestructible (either normally or due to the light surrounding it at the moment).  If it wasn't though, Blooddrinker would cut it clean in two without any effort.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 15, 2015, 08:26:21 PM
Gulgrim has pulled out the last of his WAAAGH! energy, and is currently spent for the rest of the fight, in regards to reality bending. But he has used it all to bring out his ultimate weapon, Da stompy suit. It's basically an overclocked Mega Armour decked with as many guns of various payloads as Gulgrim could strap onto it, and While it's a bit short of Nigh Indestructible, it's still rather durable. And he's now pouring as much ordnance into Soul Reaver's general location as possible, which, given the Orky concept of Dakka, is quite a lot.

This is just about Gulgrim's final bid in this fight, not sure where he'll get with it.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 15, 2015, 08:49:43 PM
yeah his background on his official "sheet" is abyssmally out of date (like the backstory is completely wrong....the "official" backstory is what i've posted for the Seraph info/Jharms wiki page and is what will be put on here once the option becomes available lol)....its getting a serious overhaul once EoT is finished.  It is blessed by the light and is in fact nigh-indestructible especially since with the force Jharm can swing it, anything less would quite possibly shatter under the force, the light infusing it helps it....balance out against Blooddrinkers evil
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on January 15, 2015, 10:44:26 PM
I sent a response post to Cameron for approval, since he's been helpful in the past. I'd prefer not to step on any toes.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 15, 2015, 11:07:20 PM
Gulgrim has pulled out the last of his WAAAGH! energy, and is currently spent for the rest of the fight, in regards to reality bending. But he has used it all to bring out his ultimate weapon, Da stompy suit. It's basically an overclocked Mega Armour decked with as many guns of various payloads as Gulgrim could strap onto it, and While it's a bit short of Nigh Indestructible, it's still rather durable. And he's now pouring as much ordnance into Soul Reaver's general location as possible, which, given the Orky concept of Dakka, is quite a lot.

This is just about Gulgrim's final bid in this fight, not sure where he'll get with it.

Love the post, I'm already looking forward to replying. :D

Just a note: the 'seal' only covers a limited area around Soul Reaver (3-5 m) - it does linger a bit in areas he's been to, but not for long, and generally travels with him.  Gulgrim is probably outside it again now that Soul Reaver is duelling with Jharm high above the ground (just in case you felt that was limiting him from pulling things out of thin air).

I sent a response post to Cameron for approval, since he's been helpful in the past. I'd prefer not to step on any toes.

Cool.  If you need any clarification on anything that's happening or on Soul Reaver's spells/abilities, feel free to ask me.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 16, 2015, 05:45:06 AM
Alright then. That probably means he can still do some minor shenanigans for a bit until Soul Reaver gets near him again, and that psychic message probably did make it. Still, he's just about out of juice for a bit.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on January 16, 2015, 11:30:56 AM
So Cameron is joining the fray. A couple things regarding my post...

If there is any reason that Cameron (an elemental, attuned primarily to fire) should not be able to affect the rain of fire, please let me know and I'll edit.

Cameron is attacking with a double-fisted overhead swing, but he's augmented the attack with fire and lightning. He specifically angled his attack so that Soul Reaver should be between him and the hail of weapon-fire coming from Gulgrim.

Left an opening for our wayward non-posters Sepher and Kitharsis to rejoin us. Hopefully, they do.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 16, 2015, 09:17:15 PM
Again, a lot has happened:

- Soul Reaver has countered Jharm's counterspell, but he's too busy to worry about the seraphim otherwise

- Soul Reaver took a number of shots from Gulgrim before he started using Blooddrinker to defend

- Thanks to seeing/feeling the manipulation to his rain of fire, Soul Reaver realized Cameron was incoming.  He managed to block Cameron's strike with his gauntlet.  That lessened the overall impact and dissipated the lightning effect (the enchanted gauntlets do not conduct electricity particularly well), but that didn't dissipate the flames.  It blasted him down toward Gulgrim.

- Soul Reaver then dove straight down.  Since Gulgrim was firing from the front and Cameron was attacking from behind, this leaves Cameron in Gulgrim's line of fire for a moment.  If or how Cameron manages to avoid being hit and/or how quickly Gulgrim adjusts his aim when Soul Reaver dives down is up to you guys of course.

- On his way down, Soul Reaver adjusts his spell.  Cameron controls fire, but he doesn't have control over the magics that Soul Reaver is using to control the spell.  He adjusts it, transforming the rain of flames into a rain of daemonic ichor.  This includes any flames from it already on the battlefield, such as those that are currently surrounding the companions.  They'll likely be drenched in it.  The ichor is corrosive - especially to metal/armour - and has a corrupting/weakening effect on living things burned by it.  This was quite an expenditure of magic but if Soul Reaver is taxed by it, it's not showing. (Note that I'm double-checking this with Cameron to check to make sure that Cameron's control over the flames wouldn't prevent this from happening)

- Soul Reaver's arrival in front of Gulgrim involved an upward strike with Blooddrinker.  If it connects, it'll chop away several of Gulgrim's cannons.  Since the armor is reinforced with Waagh energy it'll encounter resistance, but the blade feeds on energy and the armour isn't indestructible, so it'll take a good dodge to avoid it.

- Soul Reaver is trying to intimidate Gulgrim and make his courage falter, largely to remove him as a ranged threat.  He's done that in a number of ways: first, he has cast a Terror spell.  If the Ork can feel fear at all (and I know Orks usually can, though Gulgrim might be different), he will feel intense fear unless he resists the spell.  Secondly, several Nightmares are manifesting around Gulgrim.  This is happening even without Warp Gates because Soul Reaver/Blooddrinker is bringing part of Inferno itself with him wherever he goes, and this close to Gulgrim, Gulgrim is basically standing in Inferno (I can explain this in more detail if needed).  Nightmares are faceless creatures with obsidian-black bodies and long talons who wear ragged, hooded cloaks.  They are highly agile and emit a powerful field of fear and illusion.  It takes a brave mortal to resist the effects of one of them in their own plane, but Gulgrim has been hit by a terror spell, is facing several of them (about 3) and is effectively in Inferno right now, where the Daemons are at their strongest.  And to drive the point home, Soul Reaver has just revealed that he caught several bullets in his teeth and has chomped down on them.

- The Nightmares will start attacking Gulgrim, attempting to tear through his armour.  How effective this is will likely depend on how much orky faith Gulgrim still has in his armour after the above.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 16, 2015, 09:31:46 PM
All of that effort on Gulgrim may not have been a very good idea on Soul Reaver's part. My post will explain why in a moment.

Post-action summary: Gulgrim doesn't care what the danger is. To answer you, no he doesn't feel fear, nor does he run from battle. He's tunnel-visioned on killing or forcing submission from Soul Reaver right now, and he'll stand there and let him hit him if it means he can get the upper hand. He intends to either die here in a glorious battle, or win the biggest win an Ork has ever won. He's trying to steal power from Soul Reaver to recharge the energy he lost earlier in the fight, as well as weaken Soul himself. Which may or may not work, depending on Soul Reaver's ability to counteract Psychospiritual energy drain.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on January 16, 2015, 10:18:09 PM
Giving my post a lot of thought, considering Danyael and Soul Reaver's history, so I sent you a PM, Soul, for your approval.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 16, 2015, 10:39:15 PM
Have responded to both Danyael and Shadow Chorus via PM
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on January 16, 2015, 11:00:16 PM
Replied and (sorry to say) need one last confirmation.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 17, 2015, 10:24:47 AM
Gulgrim is now on a death march for Soul Reaver. After making some distance, he took only a moment to recover before he began the offensive once more. His replenished psychic field is now doing what orks do best, and growing stronger in the face of a fight. He is now on a slow march of doom (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Determinator) toward Soul Reaver, firing wildly at him with the guns he has left, firing a bit more precisely with his laser-eye, aimed at disabling his sword arm, and when he reaches melee range, he will attempt to bash and crush Soul Reaver with his new Power Klaw.

His psychic field is now raging around him, creating an effect sort of similar to Soul's Terror spell, but more emanating from Gulgrim rather than centered on a target. It is also more rage based than terror based. He is oozing an aura of oppressive rage, the kind lesser men would cower before. That probably won't stop Soul Reaver, but it's a nice touch.

Feel free to PM me any questions.

Edit: I'm realizing I may have been misreading Soul's post. My first impression had been that he had severed Gulgrim's power klawed hand from his right arm, but on a second read I'm getting the impression that he actually cut off his own arm. If soul could confirm which is correct, I will edit my post accordingly.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on January 17, 2015, 11:18:27 AM
I've spoken with Kitharsis. he's going to try and get a post up today. I'm also going to talk to Sepher and Fei about posting today, and I should be posting again today as well. In the meantime, maybe you three can ease up a bit?  :P
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 17, 2015, 11:23:18 AM
Never!  The Light shall never falter against such an aberration of darkness and evil!
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 17, 2015, 12:08:18 PM
Sorry about that, the battle's been pretty intense. I'm still not certain whether Gulgrim will make it out alive.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on January 17, 2015, 12:24:17 PM
Dang you guys have been busy.  If all goes as planned (hahahaha yeah...) I will have a post up later tonight.

It's been a while since I've really played around with Kitharsis's toolset.  Expect bristling mohawks and glowing tattoos in the near future.

Also, when Asaki was put on trial was the same time that Kitharsis transformed into a Tirthandara.  Nice bit of nostalgia there.  And it removes any blame on Kitharsis's part, yay!  :D

Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 17, 2015, 02:06:37 PM
Fear not Gulgrim!  You stand on the side of the Light!  Nelathia shines her favor on those who fight alongside her champion!
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 17, 2015, 03:41:14 PM
Gulgrim is now on a death march for Soul Reaver. After making some distance, he took only a moment to recover before he began the offensive once more. His replenished psychic field is now doing what orks do best, and growing stronger in the face of a fight. He is now on a slow march of doom (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Determinator) toward Soul Reaver, firing wildly at him with the guns he has left, firing a bit more precisely with his laser-eye, aimed at disabling his sword arm, and when he reaches melee range, he will attempt to bash and crush Soul Reaver with his new Power Klaw.

His psychic field is now raging around him, creating an effect sort of similar to Soul's Terror spell, but more emanating from Gulgrim rather than centered on a target. It is also more rage based than terror based. He is oozing an aura of oppressive rage, the kind lesser men would cower before. That probably won't stop Soul Reaver, but it's a nice touch.

Feel free to PM me any questions.

Edit: I'm realizing I may have been misreading Soul's post. My first impression had been that he had severed Gulgrim's power klawed hand from his right arm, but on a second read I'm getting the impression that he actually cut off his own arm. If soul could confirm which is correct, I will edit my post accordingly.

Nah, you read right the first time.  Soul Reaver sliced off the power klaw.  I'm not sure how the armour is constructed exactly, but if my guess it right, and it's a big chunky thing like a 'power loader' suit from Aliens, then this doesn't mean Gulgrim himself has to lose an arm of his own (unless you want him to).

Note that I might not be able to post today anyway, I've got a pretty packed day lined up.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 17, 2015, 04:07:25 PM
The power klaw itself isn't exactly on top of his hand, but it's pretty much right behind it, almost like the difference between Tychus's hand and his power armor's glove in the Starcraft Wings of Liberty intro cinematic. So i'd say that in order to cut off the power klaw at any distance that isn't in danger of cutting into your own arm, you'd probably have to shear off his mechanical limb at the wrist. So the post is probably fine as is.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on January 17, 2015, 08:53:30 PM
Feel free to play with the timing between Gulgrim and Kitharsis's attack to dramatic effect. I'll try and be more aware of what's going on around here. I'm very interested to see how this situation works out.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 19, 2015, 04:15:05 AM
Boy oh boy, this is pretty full-on!

- The Nightmares are dead (well, this lot anyway).

- Soul Reaver has cast a Retribution Shield spell.  It's a protective spell that will lessen the power of most attacks against him by absorbing some of the damage it the attacks would have done.  The name might let you guess what else it's likely to do later.

- Blooddrinker has been 'venting' some of Gulgrim's energy to reduce the amount of Waagh around/in him.  He's not able to use it directly because he's not an Ork.

- Soul Reaver has cast a modified Choke spell on Gulgrim.  Like the name suggests, it's a spell to suffocate its victim - it does this by transforming oxygen into a vile black smoke.  The normal version of the spell is designed to be very gradual - and it certainly won't stop Gulgrim immediately - but it's been modified to 'feed' off the victim's struggles.  The harder the victim pushes themselves, the faster it'll work.  Considering how full-on Gulgrim is going right now, it'll take effect very swiftly.  The spell has also been 'Locked', to make it difficult to remove.  If he pauses and focusses his psychic attention on it to undo it while Soul Reaver is engaged elsewhere, he probably could do it, but the way Gulgrim's going that's not looking likely.

- Soul Reaver's lost an arm.  He's replaced it temporarily with a shadowy (but still tangible), taloned substitute.  He also took a bunch of indirect hits from Jharm, as well as hits from Gulgrim and Kitharsis' tendrils, but he blocked Kitharsis' club blow.

- There are metal chains lashing around the place now.  They'll intercept/attack anything getting close at Soul Reaver.  They're whipping at the incoming comets and deflecting tendrils, and will similarly intercept any other people/projectiles.  They can be destroyed but will be getting replaced just as quickly as they're being blown up.

I might need to slow up a bit with the posting at this rate to give Danyael and Fei a chance to contribute too.

I'm having fun with this, I hope you guys are too!
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 19, 2015, 05:50:47 AM
And Gulgrim's out of the fight. I think he performed admirably, but the big green juggernaut has finally gone down after refusing to die for a final time. He won't die from the choke spell after the last act of intervention from his own energy, but he is gonna be taking a bit of a nap, probably for the rest of the fight.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Fei on January 19, 2015, 12:50:20 PM
i'll be posting today, you guys.
Been a bit preoccupied and didn't expect the boards to make so much progress in such a short amount of time.

And Gulgrim, get your ass back up :p
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 19, 2015, 05:56:03 PM
And Gulgrim's out of the fight. I think he performed admirably, but the big green juggernaut has finally gone down after refusing to die for a final time. He won't die from the choke spell after the last act of intervention from his own energy, but he is gonna be taking a bit of a nap, probably for the rest of the fight.

The Light does not abandon those in need!  Blooddrinker must once again feel the fury of Gulgrim Bonecruncha!

In all seriousness, you forget that you have the uber healz of the "serryfim" available.  Pretty much Jharm has cast a super heal on Gulgrim while also attempting to cleanse the ork of any ill effects from Soul Reavers attacks.  In regards to his lost arm, I leave it up to you as to whether the healing magic (coupled with an Orks natural healing abilities) is enough to restore the limb, but at the least the wound should be able to seal up.  Gotta get the tank back on his feet so the dps can go crazy again (yep....totally made a WoW reference hehe).
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 19, 2015, 08:00:14 PM
He's still not waking up, at least right now. He's actually unconscious and basically in a state of rest. You may be able to heal his wounds, but it's gonna take one hell of a slap to wake that green giant up. I'll have a conversation with Soul about when it would be reasonable for Gulgrim to wake up and rejoin the fight, considering the conversation we had that lead to his falling unconscious, but you guys need some time in the limelight too.

Also the limb chopped off was mechanical, so there's no regrowing that with healing magic. He can replace it pretty easily however.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 19, 2015, 08:07:08 PM
Yeah, with all the limbs flying through the air at this point I'm losing track of whats real and whats fake/mechanical lol. 
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 19, 2015, 08:29:28 PM
It's alright. He'll be back up after everybody's had their fair share of action. For now, you can feel a faint, almost imperceptible stirring of power in the Ork. It's building slowly, but he won't be back up until he's ready.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Fei on January 20, 2015, 04:41:09 AM
Alrighty, Posted.  Let me know if there be any problems or editting required.

Sorry for the delay.  It's been a long night.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 20, 2015, 04:59:58 PM
I'm going to hold off posting for a bit so that hopefully Danyael and Sepher (and maybe Cameron) can post something too.  If there's nothing from them, the latest I'll post is tomorrow (NZ time).

Also a heads up, I'm going on a week-long trip with my wife and in-laws starting the day after tomorrow.  No idea what internet access I'll have on that trip, so posting may be sporadic or non-existent until I'm back.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on January 21, 2015, 12:51:50 AM
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, I should be able to get a post up tomorrow. This weekend is MAGFest, so tomorrow will probably be the last time I'm able to post until Monday at the earliest.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Daccio on January 21, 2015, 10:09:00 AM
Sorry for the delay, I will be posting shortly.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on January 21, 2015, 10:36:12 AM
My post is up. Pretty straight forward. Cameron is trying to distract Soul Reaver to allow Fei to land hits more easily. Not really expecting the bolter fire to penetrate his shield.

The first psychic message was sent to all of the Companions. The second one went only to Soul Reaver.

As stated, this will probably be my last post until Monday unless something happens that requires a direct reply from me before Friday morning.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 21, 2015, 06:49:05 PM
Ok, so pretty much Jharm is attempting to do the very thing Cameron suggested, disarm Soul Reaver and get the damaged blade away from him.  The cords are composed entirely of light so depending on how messed up Soul is/how much Blooddrinker is coming through, they probably won't feel that great should they get a hold of him, especially the shadowy "arm" that has replaced his severed one.  No idea if they will be able to maintain any kind of hold on the blade itself since its so sharp and whatnot, but like I said there isnt anything exactly...."physical" to them so *shrug* :)
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 22, 2015, 06:20:53 AM
Firstly, it's great to see Sepher and Danyael posting again!

But unfortunately I'm not able to post today after all - I spent the whole day getting ready for my trip, and it's past midnight, and I need to get up super early to drive to the airport, so I don't think I have the strength right now.

I'll endeavor to remedy that when I both get internet access and have some peace and quiet, but for now apologies for the delay.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 22, 2015, 06:25:02 AM
That might give Kith some time to post then. Either way, since everybody seems to be adamant that Gulgrim get back in the fight, and everybody's had a round to go, I'll have Gulgrim waking back up after Soul's next post. The nap probably did wonders for the whole 'going to Kill Soul Reaver dead' thing. If you guys manage to talk soul down he might not open fire immediately.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on January 22, 2015, 09:28:10 AM
Was waiting for the others to post. I will get something up today if I can.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on January 23, 2015, 11:22:36 PM
Post edited due to discrepancies Deleted and re-posted to include more of the companions.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 25, 2015, 12:52:25 AM
Would like to point out though that many of the companions have tried a "non-violent approach (the following copied from my first post after souls appearance.

"Soul Reaver starts to slowly advance on the trio, rage clearly evident on his visage.  It is clear to Jharm that they have only a few moments, at best, before their "old friend" attacks them.  Were it anyone else the Seraphim would not hesitate  further....but he had traveled with Reaver long enough he could not bring himself to go that far unless it was clear that he had no other choice.  His voice booms across the area as he speaks, light gently radiating from his body as he attempts to fight through whatever illusion Blooddrinker has overcome Soul with.

"Soul Reaver!  Do not do this!  He is poisoning you against us!  Fight his dark power!"

Also i believe kith and cameron tried to "get through" to him before gaving to result in violence :)
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 26, 2015, 04:27:53 AM
Sorry for leaving everyone hanging.  I'm still on my trip and it's tough getting 'net access (or finding time to write - especially the walls-of-text currently called for) but here's something for now.

Will try to summarize:

- It's still raining ichor.  It has a corrosive and weakening effect and at this point its unlikely anyone won't have it on them.  It's ankle-deep.
- Soul Reaver's 'wings' have been severed by Fei
- The Retribution Shield is still up
- Cameron's bolter fire does little real damage
- Fei's telepathic message to Soul Reaver got forcefully blocked by Blooddrinker himself.
- Jharm's tendrils held Soul Reaver's arms (and Blooddrinker) in place for a moment
- Sepher's spell has no effect on Blooddrinker or the Black Steel Gauntlets but has destroyed what little remained of his torso armour (Soul Reaver's magic items - and indeed, most items from the Mortal Plane - are themselves resistant to magical manipulation.  For example, even basic magic metal armour won't conduct magical electricity, and spells like 'Rust' won't won't work on magic armor or metal.  The more powerful the item, the more resistant it is.  Artifact-level items pretty much cannot be manipulated by outside magics)
- Kitharsis' noble attempt to reason with Soul Reaver hasn't worked.  He's not thinking straight.
- Similarly, Danyael's attempt to get Soul Reaver to see the error of his ways hasn't worked either (in fact, it may well have made things worse...)

- Soul Reaver has burst into daemonic light for a moment.  Anyone looking at him (and not immune to being temporarily blinded by bright light) will be momentarily blinded.  Its main purpose was to banish all nearby shadows however, to deprive Fei of them for a moment.
- Soul Reaver has freed himself from Jharm's tendrils
- Two Doomhounds have appeared out of apparently nowhere right next to Fei and have moved to chomp down on his legs.  They'll hold tightly onto him if they succeed.  (Doomhounds are lesser daemons from Inferno.  They are four-legged, with taloned paws, thick, iron-hard scales, a ridge of curved spines down their back and a broad, humanoid skull-like head with two pairs of forward-facing horns.  They have no eyes in their sockets - just pits of skin - but they unerringly sense their targets.  Their bite is highly venomous and inflicts crippling pain.  They are larger than a full-grown wolf)
- Soul Reaver has cast a Rend spell on Fei.  Against a human, it shreds their flesh from their bones in large chunky ribbons.  Against a being as powerful as Fei it's more likely to result in a bunch of deep and nasty cuts.  It isn't really a projectile so it can't normally be dodged.  Feel free to PM me if you need more details (though I can't guarantee I'll be able to reply until I'm back)
- Soul Reaver has cast Bladestrike on Cameron.  It fires a bunch of swords made of solidified dark magic.  The blades are sharp enough to cut through any non-magic armour with ease.  There are a lot of them, but they can be deflected/blocked.  They disappear a short time after they are 'supposed' to hit their target, vanishing into puffs of magic again.
- A bolt of daemonic energy has hit the ground near where Soul Reaver was standing.  Anyone in that area may well have been caught in it.  This would likely include Fei and Kitharsis.  Danyael may have been hit (depending if he's actually 'there' and tangible).  Not sure if Cameron or Sepher are in range.  Despite my mentions of lightning and fire, it's not an elemental attack (sorry Cameron) - that was just done to convey the right visuals.
- Soul Reaver's jumped next to Jharm and has attacked him - first with his taloned hand (which, despite the shadowy appearance, is quite solid and very, very sharp) and then with Blooddrinker itself.

Soul Reaver hasn't attacked Sepher directly - unless he was in range of the daemonic explosion - because I felt the post was long enough as it is and it would be stretching it to add any more attacks.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 26, 2015, 04:49:28 AM
Ok, so Soul has managed to land a few good strikes against Jharm.  In response he (Jharm) is attempting his final bid at "saving" Soul Reaver by attempting to "exorcise" the evil within him.  The Chant of Nelathia buffs/strengthens those who are the Seraphims friends and harms/debuffs those who are his enemies, naturally have a more profound effect on evil/demonic/etc.  I would think something as evil as Blooddrinker would despise such a holy song and as the volume increases Soul may find it difficult to even think or concentrate as he (from my understanding at least) has been almost completely overcome by Blooddrinker.  The hounds would also likely suffer from the effects though I am not sure as to how they "hear" and as Jharm is focusing the effects almost directly on Soul they very likely won't suffer the full effects like they normally would.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 26, 2015, 06:15:24 AM
Gulgrim is back up and going straight in for Soul Reaver. He's had time to build power since Fei and Jharm gave him a boost, and now he's in overdrive, throwing energy out like no tomorrow. Gulgrim aims to take the attention off of everyone else, both by attacking Soul from all sides and by filling all of his senses with Ork. The sound is so loud it's deafening, and may or may not be painful to demons, who live entirely on sensation, as he is basically filling his physical and mental sensations with loud noise. At least for Warp demons. I don't know how demons of Inferno work.

The scream is incredibly loud to the rest of the party as well, but it's not directed at them, so it's not quite deafening or assaulting them like it is for Soul. Also his armor is building itself back up and opening fire again, since that seemed to get his attention last time.

Gulgrim wants all the fight for himself, and that seems to be a good plan for the rest of the party, since he can tank for them.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on January 27, 2015, 03:43:49 PM
I posted before Sepher before the thread closing. Don't want Kitharsis's Hail Mary grab get lost.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on January 27, 2015, 08:21:32 PM
I posted before Sepher before the thread closing. Don't want Kitharsis's Hail Mary grab get lost.

I copied your post into the newest thread Kith so should not be a concern now :)
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on January 27, 2015, 10:49:30 PM
Thanks Jharm!
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on January 28, 2015, 10:52:13 AM
That really shouldn't be an issue anyway, since people should be checking the previous thread (which is why I left a link to it in the Board Battles section), but I'll add a link to the previous thread to my initial post.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 29, 2015, 07:39:21 PM
Hey guys, I'm back, though it'll take me a while to get a post written up.  If the weekend is as rainy as the weather forecast is saying I'll probably get a good chance then.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 31, 2015, 07:52:19 PM
Ok, another quick run-down:

- I don't know exactly what became of Fei so I'm making the assumption the Doomhounds did manage to bite to him (and are still hanging on).  During the course of the battle they are killed by Sepher's demons.

- Jharm and Soul Reaver have disengaged.

- Jharm's spell was weakening Soul Reaver (and I assume is strengthening the companions).

- Gulgrim's back on his feet but not in melee range yet.  His initial volley of orky energy hit Soul Reaver was partially weakend by the Retribution Shield and Soul Reaver's defensive slash, but it still hit him and knocked Soul Reaver down momentarily.

- Gulgrim's roar started to drown out Jharm's choir, giving Soul Reaver a chance to recover.  The Orky cry doesn't seem to phase him.

- Soul Reaver cast another quick spell, erecting a temporary defense that incinerated Gulgrim's incoming bullets before they could hit.

- Kitharsis arrived before Soul Reaver could take another action.  Soul Reaver fell for Kitharsis' plan - Kitharsis' pick got locked with Blooddrinker and he's wrapped his tendrils around the blade.

- Two of Sepher's demons have sunk their fangs into Soul Reaver

- Unfortunately Blooddrinker has started feeding on the energies around the pick and in the tendrils

- Blooddrinker has fused itself (very painfully) onto Soul Reaver's hand by knitting sharp metal tendrils through his arm to prevent itself being torn from his grasp by Kitharsis

- Soul Reaver suddenly stopped pulling the sword away and instead is lunging forward, trying to stab Blooddrinker through Kitharsis.

- Soul Reaver has cast a Silence spell, blotting out all sound but his own.

- Multiple Inferno Daemons have suddenly manifested across the battlefield: two Cruelbeasts next to Soul Reaver (which have removed Sepher's demons from Soul Reaver and are proceeding to crush them with their bare hands), two Daemonspawn who are heading directly toward Sepher, two Doomhounds (who jumped onto the two demons that killed the previous Doomhounds) and a Steelheart who is moving to intercept Gulgrim.

Quick explanation on the new daemons:
Cruelbeasts are lesser daemons.  They are the warriors of Inferno.  They are humanoid but very tall and corded with muscle.  Their skin is very thick and leathery, and they are covered in sharp, long, iron-hard spines all over their body (which they will use to good effect at close quarters).  They are physically very strong and are skillful fighters.

Daemonspawn are lesser daemons.  They are the slave-drivers and overseers of Inferno.  They all tend to look somewhat different, but they are usually misshapen and fat, often with additional limbs, and mottled grey/green skin.  They are clumsy but strong, and exceptionally resilient.  Most normal weapons won't harm them, and against the things that do hurt them, they have exceptional regenerative powers.

Steelhearts are greater daemons.  They are the elite warriors and generals of Inferno.  They are incredibly skilled fighters and covered in a suit of magical, living metal armor.  As with all greater daemons, they are virtually immune to 'normal' weapons, and that's not taking their armor into account.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Fei on January 31, 2015, 08:30:10 PM
I'm working on a post now.  it's been a long week as my Daughter had her tonsils removed.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on January 31, 2015, 10:37:46 PM
Gulgrim has decided he was tired of being the only Greenskin on the battlefield and brought in some reinforcements. Danyael, you're more than welcome to help Gulgrim as we discussed in this event, or hold off until later.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on February 01, 2015, 12:24:27 AM
Cool, cool and thank you. I'll have a post up by tomorrow night. :)
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on February 01, 2015, 01:25:02 AM
I suppose when you pull a man's sword towards you, you shouldn't be surprised when he comes along with it.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 01, 2015, 02:05:29 AM
Hey Fei, just a small note, the Daemonspawn were headed for Sepher directly, not his demons.  Doesn't make a big difference to the post but thought I should point it out.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on February 01, 2015, 03:04:18 AM
I should be able to post by tomorrow night as well. Sorry for the delay.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on February 01, 2015, 10:29:28 PM
Hope I did this right. Gulgrim, send me a PM so I'll know if I did anything wrong for the strategy.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on February 02, 2015, 05:41:10 AM
No, sounds pretty good. Once Gulgrim's done dealing with this Steelheart he can help with Soul Reaver.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 04, 2015, 10:05:03 PM
A couple of things about my post and the timing of events/people I'm waiting on:

1) I made Fei's poison have a somewhat delayed effect - Soul Reaver actually got splashed much earlier, before fighting Kitharsis, but it doesn't make sense for him to have ignored it until now unless there is a delayed effect on it.

2) The Steelheart has responded to Gulgrim's attack.  However, this occurred BEFORE Danyael's Nocturne Kenshi showed up, so I haven't written up the Steelheart's response to them at this stage.  I'll wait until Shadow Chorus' next post before deciding what happens next on that front.

3) Four of Sepher's demons are under attack - two by the Cruelbeasts and two by Doomhounds.  I'm a bit limited in what I can post for these guys until I know how Sepher's demons respond to this attack - if they survive, or fight back, or flee, so hoping for Sepher to post a reply.

Things that occurred in this post:
- Soul Reaver freed Blooddrinker from Kitharsis crystal prison (apparently with little effort), but doesn't get a chance to renew his attack on Kitharsis
- The Cruelbeasts and Doomhounds are injured by the Orks' gunfire
- The Steelheart dodges Gulgrim's attack and makes a counterattack.
- Soul Reaver uses the ichor to wash Fei's poisoned blood off him
- Sensing Danyael incoming, Soul Reaver casts two defensive spells: a modified Shimmer spell and an Agility spell.
- Soul Reaver fights Danyael, but looks to be on the defensive - he's not striking any blows of his own

That's it for now, not the most impressive of posts I know, but waiting to see if some other folks take action.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on February 04, 2015, 10:53:32 PM
Pretty much Jharm is attempting to destroy/exorcise ALL of evil-aligned creatures below.  This does in fact include Sephers demons as well, though from what I have read it is NOT including the Nocturne Kenshi as they are "dark matter" and do not sound to be "evil" and of course Soul Reaver himself.  The warning was directed to Sepher and Fei as Sepher harbors demons within him and as such could suffer ill effects from the spell, and Fei being a creature of shadows would likely also not enjoy the radiance above him.  As long as they follow the warning and do not look up at the orb they will not have anything to worry about, the beams of light are NOT flying at them, only Soul, and all the summoned demons (sorry Sepher....demons are demons to the Seraphim). Jharm has focused a large amount of power into this spell and against lesser demons it should be quite destructive....though against Soul and the Steelheart I am sure it will have a weakened effect.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on February 05, 2015, 12:22:05 PM
I appreciate the consideration, Jharm.  I have another response prepped, but I'll wait for others (especially Gulgrim) to post. 
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on February 05, 2015, 08:32:58 PM
Gulgrim's set himself up for the fight, but he's also done something a little bit weird.

Gulgrim has created Orky doppelgangers of the party! Each companion finds forming next to them an Ork that kinda looks like them. These figures seem partially solid but also partially formed of green energy, giving them a sort of translucent eerie quality. If I haven't described what yours looks like, or haven't described it in detail, feel free to determine how WAAAGH! Energy would parody you individually. These clones will attempt to attack in tandem with you, mimicking your moveset as well as they can, though obviously there are some limitations regarding some of your more unique powers. But WAAAGH! Energy can do quite a lot, so they'll be able to at least provide a nice tag-team partner for each of the companions.

These clones aren't nearly as durable as the actual companions, but they are partially incorporeal, being composed of raw energy. Some physical attacks may not be effective against them, but they can be killed with much more ease than the people they're trying to copy.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on February 05, 2015, 11:13:42 PM
I didn't know if the Orky dopplegangers would be under our influence, so i posted without them. I don't much like stepping on toes anymore.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on February 06, 2015, 05:39:48 AM
They are autonomous, but they fight like you and act basically in tandem with you.  You're free to post as them.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on February 06, 2015, 08:53:18 AM
They are autonomous, but they fight like you and act basically in tandem with you.  You're free to post as them.


For clarification, did Gulgrim make one of those for every companion? Just trying to make sure I have one before I post for Cameron.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on February 06, 2015, 10:16:32 AM
Every companion that's in the fight, so yeah, Cameron too.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on February 09, 2015, 03:48:51 PM
For what it's worth, I'm waiting for a few others to post before posting myself.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Daccio on February 09, 2015, 07:03:07 PM
I will be posting either tuesday or wednesday. School is pretty busy right now.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on February 09, 2015, 07:44:03 PM
I was supposed to post this weekend, but I was sick on Friday night and all of Saturday, and ran into some major personal issues yesterday and today. I'll try to get something up tomorrow.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Daccio on February 10, 2015, 04:59:59 PM
Jharm, if you feel my response to your attack wasn't cool, let me know. I felt like having a little fun :p It makes sense, really.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 10, 2015, 05:28:31 PM
I'm in the process of writing a reply, but it's taking a while as I can only write in between doing other stuff.  I should have it up soon today though.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on February 10, 2015, 06:42:07 PM
Um Sepher....none of the light beams were coming at you, they were only going after the demons and Soul Reaver.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Daccio on February 10, 2015, 08:48:49 PM
That's why i asked. I had an idea in my head and it sounded cooler there. Ill hit you up to talk about it elsewhere.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 10, 2015, 08:49:23 PM
Um Sepher....none of the light beams were coming at you, they were only going after the demons and Soul Reaver.

I'm not sure how clear that was, I also thought it covered the whole battlefield... might as well just roll with it?

Decided to post now since it gives me a bit less to worry about next time I post.

- Sepher didn't post for his serpent demons so I've assumed 4 of them got killed (2 by the Doomhounds and 2 by the Cruelbeasts)

- In turn, the Doomhounds and Cruelbeasts have been killed by Jharm's spell

- The Steelheart has lost half of its sword to Gulgrim and been stabbed in the chest by it.  This doesn't seem to have hurt it though.

- The Steelheart is being attacked by the Nocturne Kenshi (who seem to be causing only minor damage so far) and by the Orks (who don't seem to be able to hurt it)

- Gulgrim's 'surf the sword' idea didn't pan out too good, since the sword snapped a moment after he leaped onto it.

- The Steelheart has grabbed Gulgrim and is now crushing him into the ground/drowning him in ichor with one hand and stabbing him with the remains of his sword with the other.  The Steelheart weighs tons, so this is pretty serious.

- Jharm's prayer seems to be hurting the Steelheart, but not enough to dissuade its attack

- Soul Reaver has been delaying Danyael so that all his various abilities (Nocturne Kenshi, Lotus Malevolence, Blade of Voracity) drain his strength.

- Since Danyael's attacks are becoming more powerful and he has held Danyael off long enough, Soul Reaver has cast a powerful Strength Drain spell.  Like the name suggests, it drains its victim (and proportionally strengthens the caster).  Combined with the drain from the above weapons, this will be very dangerous to Danyael.  It'll also automatically strike at anyone else nearby (possibly Kitharsis and any Orky doppelgangers).

- Soul Reaver has cast a Greater Hold spell on Danyael.  This (almost) prevents him from doing anything at all until the spell is overcome.  Overcoming it can be done by force of will, but even then will take several moments.

- Soul Reaver is preparing a fatal strike on Danyael.  I very strongly recommend someone attack Soul Reaver directly at this point to prevent this attack and divert his attentions elsewhere.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on February 10, 2015, 09:07:57 PM
As long as they follow the warning and do not look up at the orb they will not have anything to worry about, the beams of light are NOT flying at them, only Soul, and all the summoned demons (sorry Sepher....demons are demons to the Seraphim). Jharm has focused a large amount of power into this spell and against lesser demons it should be quite destructive....though against Soul and the Steelheart I am sure it will have a weakened effect.

See the above from my OOC after my post hehe :D
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 10, 2015, 09:13:32 PM
See the above from my OOC after my post hehe :D

Oh yeah.  Maybe Sepher didn't listen to Jharm when he said not to look? :P
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on February 10, 2015, 09:28:53 PM
Gulgrim has done several things in a short span of time, and also the secondary nature of the doppelgangers has been revealed. Gulgrim has vanished under the ichor, using the magical silence and the fact that the creature was pushing him under to disguise his escape, as otherwise there would be a loud crack of lightning. From there he has made precision attacks at the creature both at its neck and heels, and then turned to get Soul's attention. The leap was a feint, and he appeared again to attack the Steehleart once more. But then the doppelganger intervened.

All of the doppelgangers have two primary functions; one is to imitate their original and help them in their fight. The second is to sacrifice themselves to protect their target if need be. To do this they will step in the way of fatal blows, and also detonate themselves in basically a directed shotgun blast of energy. We've already established what happens when Soul tries to drink of WAAAGH! Energy, so any of those tendrils reaching for doppelgangers are going to have a fun time.

I would've waited to get this post out, but I'm gonna be busy most of this week, so I figured I'd better do it now while I have time.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 10, 2015, 10:06:59 PM
Gulgrim has done several things in a short span of time, and also the secondary nature of the doppelgangers has been revealed. Gulgrim has vanished under the ichor, using the magical silence and the fact that the creature was pushing him under to disguise his escape, as otherwise there would be a loud crack of lightning. From there he has made precision attacks at the creature both at its neck and heels, and then turned to get Soul's attention. The leap was a feint, and he appeared again to attack the Steehleart once more. But then the doppelganger intervened.

All of the doppelgangers have two primary functions; one is to imitate their original and help them in their fight. The second is to sacrifice themselves to protect their target if need be. To do this they will step in the way of fatal blows, and also detonate themselves in basically a directed shotgun blast of energy. We've already established what happens when Soul tries to drink of WAAAGH! Energy, so any of those tendrils reaching for doppelgangers are going to have a fun time.

I would've waited to get this post out, but I'm gonna be busy most of this week, so I figured I'd better do it now while I have time.

Please note that teleporting anywhere near Soul Reaver is extremely difficult at the moment - his Seal spell is still in place.

I figured that Gulgrim was probably outside the effective area of that spell back when he was fighting the Steelheart (I did say the Steelheart moved to meet him) which is why I didn't mention it earlier, but his teleporting within fire-breathing range of Soul Reaver, then jumping even closer and teleporting back out isn't likely to have worked without disproportionately massive energy expenditure.

Feel free to PM me if necessary.

The tendrils only target things with life essence (which I don't think is the same as Waagh Energy).  If it's something they can't feed off, they won't.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on February 11, 2015, 05:39:18 AM
Considering the range of psychic attacks, and the relatively short range of the seal spell, he probably could have done both of those from outside its range. It's not like breathing a cone of fire, it's more like a line.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on February 11, 2015, 11:43:40 AM
Not sure if the doppelgänger would spawn its own minions.  Or if I should post its actions or not. But I'm at least assuming it has followed Kitharsis into the fight.

Also, finally found a good time to bring Kitharsis's minions into the fray. Yay for weird skeletal mages!
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Fei on February 16, 2015, 06:47:35 PM
Damn it Soul, It looks like you and I posted our responses at almost the exact same time. lol

« Reply #18 on: Today at 06:43:51 pm »
« Reply #19 on: Today at 06:46:00 pm »


haha

I'll edit my post after Dinner :p
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 16, 2015, 06:58:41 PM
Soul Reaver is pretty much surrounded and being attacked from all sides, so he's taken a bunch of actions:

- Soul Reaver took a nasty hit from the exploding Danyael doppelganger

- He blocked Gulgrim's fire breath with a temporary shield

- He's taken several hard punches from Kitharsis

- Jharm's attempt at using the Strength Drain tendrils as a conduit has failed - the dark magic exclusively transmits energy its caster wants to feed on, plus they're composed of dark magic.  He'll have suffered some minor draining from grabbing the tendril, after which it evaporated when he tried to force holy power through it.

- Soul Reaver cancelled the Strength Drain spell entirely when Kitharsis' mages started trying to turn the spell against him.

- He's been focussing on blocking Danyael's attacks, looking for an opening

- He's been hit by Sepher's spear, but due to his Shimmer spell, it didn't hit where intended.  It's pierced only a small bit of flesh on Soul Reaver's flank.

- At the same time, Soul Reaver yanked Danyael onto the tip of Sepher's spear

- Soul Reaver's pulled himself free from the spear and slid under Kitharsis' legs, taking a swipe at his achilles tendons with Blooddrinker as he did so.

- Behind Kitharsis, he manifested Blooddrinker's scythe and used it to slash at the skeletal warriors, mages, and Kitharsis' clone.  The scythe, when cutting, projects a 'line' of power straight outwards that completely cuts through most material.  Creatures with powerful magic weapons/abilities can potentially block it (as if it were a physical weapon directly swung at them) and sufficiently potent armour/powerful creatures may be able to take the hit without it bisecting them completely (though they'll still likely suffer a gash), but it's likely fatal for anything less.

- Soul Reaver then jumped into the air, and sent out three more slashes, directed at the massed orks and Sepher and Jharm's doppelgangers.

- After landing, Soul Reaver's summoned a Plague Daemon.  This thing is overall somewhat similar to a Great Unclean One chaos daemon.  It has similar immunity to non-magical weapons as the Steelheart, but lacks its armour and isn't as skilled in combat.  It makes up for this with being physically the strongest of Inferno's Greater Daemons and generally being really huge and gross.

As for the Steelheart:

- Jharm's prevous attack weakened the armour directly exposed to the light.  The Daemon doesn't actually have a 'neck' (its head fuses directly with its torso) but the Kutlass managed a vicious cut on its back (roughly where the neck would be if it had one)
- The cut to the back of the knees was less succesful, causing only minor damage (the armour there having not been weakened and the plates interlocking so as to leave little room for weapons to penetrate)
- The Steelheart anticipated the cut to the head and countered with a sidestep and right hook.  If the blade does somehow hit, it'll land on the Steelheart's left shoulder instead of head, but the punch will likely hit before the sword does.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 16, 2015, 07:04:03 PM
Damn it Soul, It looks like you and I posted our responses at almost the exact same time. lol

« Reply #18 on: Today at 06:43:51 pm »
« Reply #19 on: Today at 06:46:00 pm »


haha

I'll edit my post after Dinner :p

Aww crap, sorry man. :P
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Fei on February 21, 2015, 09:50:11 PM
Editted
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on February 21, 2015, 10:16:07 PM
Editted

That was a long dinner, dude.

On a related note, I have been dealing with a dead hard drive on my PC for the last three days. I will endeavor to get a post up for Cameron by tomorrow night.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on March 04, 2015, 11:34:34 PM
Ah, I'm not putting off posting any more (besides, it's probably easier for me to post when there are fewer replies to worry about):

- Soul Reaver took a hit from Fei, though the Retribution Shield slowed his charge down somewhat and Blooddrinker managed to block the worst of it.  He got two cracked ribs and had his spell interrupted

- In return, Soul Reaver has counterattacked.  He's trying to force Fei to dodge into a blow from his scythe - and he's made the scythe momentarily incorporeal so that Fei might think he can block it, only to find the haft passing through his weapon.

- The Steelheart's been injured by Gulgrim's kutlass and blinded (though likely not permanently) by the fire breath.

- In a desperate counterattack, it's stabbing at Gulgrim's face (while shielding its own).

- The ork guns don't seem to be hurting the Plague Daemon, who is interposed between them and Soul Reaver.  The Plague Daemon has also demonstrated its strength, exploding an ork just by hitting it.

- The Plague Daemon then vomited a torrent of acid that melted a bunch more orks and littered the battlefield they are passing over with daemonic maggots (which will proceed to latch onto any orks they can)

- The Plague Daemon is now moving to attack the remaining orks in melee
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on March 06, 2015, 08:18:29 AM
So Jharm has pretty much focused all of his power into buffing the rest of the Companions (and Gulgrims orkish horde).  Everyone's weapons are now blessed by the Light further increasing their power and strength, and in the case of the orks, turning simple mundane weapons into "magical" type weapons.  In addition the Companions (but NOT the ork horde) have received shields protecting them from damage and rejuvenating them.  As mentioned at the end of the post, Jharm is completely focused on channeling this effect and thus is entirely defenseless so said "buffs" could be considered be be pretty substantial for the time being....
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on March 09, 2015, 04:21:27 PM
Only one skeleton mage remains.

Kitharsis has been injured by Soul Reaver's slash, but only one ankle is hurt.

A blast of energy erupted behind him from the wound.

Kith is taking advantage of the Steelheart's blindness and fired a shot at it. The mage's spear will lodge itself into the hole (if any) that Kith's blast makes.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on March 09, 2015, 09:33:38 PM
Gulgrim has taken advantage of his nigh indestructible skull and rammed it into the Steelheart's sword, which, according to Soul Reaver, is only mildly magical, and if Gulgrim's kutlass could shear through it before, his head can shatter it now. However, that comes at the price of setting off his hat, and in the seconds before it detonates, he has attempted to ram it into the demon's eye sockets around its forearm and then leaped off to engage with the plague daemon.

The explosive itself is similar to the force of a small nuclear explosion, empowered with WAAAGH! Energy, and contained into a smaller blast radius. Gulgrim strung it together from various Space Marine and Imperial Guard Fort-busting Ordnances, and then 'made it orky' with some WAAAGH! power before putting it on an impact timer and stuffing it in his hat.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Fei on March 14, 2015, 09:20:54 AM
I'll be responding tonight.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on March 14, 2015, 02:35:06 PM
Oh, by the way, Jharm you still have a doppelganger, and I think Kith does as well, maybe. I'm not sure if Soul's killed it already. I'm pretty certain Sepher's is dead and I know Danyael's is, because it detonated itself. And then all of the characters in the fight controlled by Cameron still have theirs I'm pretty certain.

So Jharm is at least a bit protected already. I like to imagine Jharm's doppelganger looks just like him, but with an ork's face and spikes all over his armor, and either Jet engines or basically big webbed ork hands on his back holding him aloft instead of angel wings. Still got the fancy looking outfit, although if it weren't all smokey and green it would probably be black and red instead of gold.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on March 14, 2015, 10:11:49 PM
Danyael has banished the Nocturne Kenshi, the Lotis Malevolence and the Blade of Voracity and is now protecting Jharm. Gulgrim, could you check your pm box, please?
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on March 15, 2015, 02:54:34 AM
didn't get it if you sent it.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on March 15, 2015, 12:23:08 PM
Danyael. I received your PM some time ago but had to have a few conversations with others before I could reply to it. You should be getting a PM from me by the end of the day.

I will also be posting for Cameron at some point today.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on March 15, 2015, 12:25:16 PM
And then all of the characters in the fight controlled by Cameron still have theirs I'm pretty certain.

The only character being currently controlled by me in this fight is Cameron himself. And I plan on using his doppelganger in my post today.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on March 15, 2015, 05:54:43 PM
I haven't forgotten you guys, but I'm waiting for Fei to post since I'm not quite sure what kind of situation Soul Reaver's likely to find himself in until after I know if his attack succeeded or not.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Fei on March 17, 2015, 06:59:03 AM
hey sorry for delay you guys.  I'll definitely be posting tonight Some stuff came up over the last few days. Sorry about that.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on March 25, 2015, 11:20:43 PM
Another post, another summary!  Sorry it took so long, I've been playing XCom pretty busy recently.

- Fei's blood whip has removed Soul Reaver's left 'shadow' arm.  However, this arm is really more daemonic energy than flesh and bone.  He's reformed it shortly after losing it.

- The severed 'arm'/energy transformed into a lance to punch through the shield that Jharm erected around Fei, then exploded into tons of long, needle sharp spears within it

- Soul Reaver has cast a spell over Jharm/Danyael/Jharm's duplicate, but it hasn't done anything yet.

- Soul Reaver has attacked Danyael's barrier full-force with Blooddrinker.  He's enchanted the blade with antimagic (which will cancel out manipulated energies it hits) and Blooddrinker eats energy it encounters, so there's a good chance this will cut through or shatter the barrier.

- The Steelheart is dead, having been skewered by Kitharsis and Kitharsis' surviving mage and subsequently blown up with Gulgrim.

- The Plague daemon is suffering injuries from the Orks but not enough to take it down.  It's unleashed a swarm of biting insects on them which is making it very difficult for the Orks to see, or indeed breathe.

- Gulgrim's kutlass has chopped a piece out of the Plague Daemon's head, but has got lodged in there and the wound doesn't seem to be fatal.

- The Plague Daemon has point-blank vomited acid at Gulgrim - this would probaby be forceful enough to throw him some distance away.

- Don't forget that Gulgrim's hat exploded.  I'd expect anyone near the Steelheart would potentially be caught in the blast and even people further away will likely need to react to it.

By the way, I'm assuming that Fei's duplicate is dead since Fei's post suggested it was crushed in the collapsing buildings when he ran toward Soul Reaver.  If I'm wrong, let me know.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on March 25, 2015, 11:26:55 PM
Jharm's doppleganger was destroyed by Soul a while ago (after Danyaels blew up Soul took out both Sephers and Jharms doubles with a throw of his scythe.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on March 26, 2015, 01:04:11 AM
Jharm's doppleganger was destroyed by Soul a while ago (after Danyaels blew up Soul took out both Sephers and Jharms doubles with a throw of his scythe.

Oh yeah - Shadow Chorus mentioned it was still around in his OOC post but you're right.  Fixed.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on March 26, 2015, 02:02:39 AM
Oh yeah, didn't notice that. That's what I get for skimming the parts of the posts not pertaining to my fights.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on March 26, 2015, 02:34:07 AM
Bad Gulgrim....bad!  No WAAGH! for you!
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on March 26, 2015, 09:26:40 PM
Danyael pushes Jharm out of the way and allows himself to be impaled by Blooddrinker, then further impales himself on the sword and clamps himself to Soul Reaver in a self-sacrificial attempt at allowing for a potential counter attack by any companions able to do so.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on March 26, 2015, 10:47:13 PM
I believe, from what I've read, that the silence spell follows Soul Reaver, which I think means Gulgrim's not in it right now on the Plague Daemon since he's moved over to Jharm and Danyael. Correct me if I'm wrong on that. Either way, his powerful lungs are trying to break through the silence.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on April 08, 2015, 01:11:39 AM
Decided not to hold off posting any longer - but I encourage people to reply now!

- Soul Reaver shattered Danyael's barrier
- Apparently he's also hit Danyael (wasn't aiming to, but did)
- Danyael held Soul Reaver for a moment, however...
- Since the barrier is down, a Chains of Agony spell has triggered.  This has unleashed a mass of daemonic, razor-edged chains that have bound anyone inside its area of effect and binds them suspended near the centre of the area of effect.  Danyael was definitely in the area, and Jharm too unless he was thrown a significant distance away by Danyael first (I'll let Jharm and Danyael decide on how far he was thrown)
- The Chains of Agony basically prevent their victims from moving at this point.  They are powerfully magical and thus very difficult to damage or break.
- Soul Reaver is about to attack his prone victim, so someone really should stop him

- Gulgrim and the Orks have the Plague Daemon on the ropes - it's about to die
- Gulgrim's war shouts have broken the Silence spell
- The Plague Daemon is making a final attack in the form of a giant overhead chop with its mace straight onto Gulgrim while he's expending energy dispelling the Silence spell.  Keep in mind that the Plague Daemon is phenomenally strong, so if it connects it will hurt a lot.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on April 08, 2015, 02:20:02 AM
I figured Gulgrim getting out of that alone would be getting a bit stale at that point, so he's gotten some help from what basically amounts to his elite generals and advisers. I'll have to give each of the Eight a name at some point, or at least those that survive this fight. They are part of the figurative power behind the throne, and serve as the enforcers and generals who keep Gulgrim's forces in line when the boss ain't around.

Gulgrim's the only person here who doesn't know Soul, so he'll keep his focus on the Daemon for now, until it's finally dead or somebody needs him elsewhere.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on April 08, 2015, 10:31:47 AM
Well....Jharm took a beating from the chains but managed to escape.  Pretty much he is charging full speed at Soul Reaver.  His aim is simple - close combat....warrior vs warrior....Light vs Demon....etc.  No more of this fancy spells and whatnot...it's time this nonsense ended.  Hehe
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on April 09, 2015, 07:26:11 PM
This is getting super intense. I'm incredibly hyped to see where this fight is going, and who is going to die and who is going to live.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on May 07, 2015, 11:56:24 PM
I had really hoped for some posts from a few other people (Sepher and Cameron, I'm looking at you), but I've finally posted a reply.

- Plague Daemon is thoroughly dead now - it was pretty much breathing its last anyway, so the Orks have most definitely killed it.

- Kitharsis managed to get Danyael out of the area of effect of the Chains of Agony spell.

- The Chains of Agony spell has two phases.  In the first, it fires chains to restrain anything in its area of effect.  This was still happening when Kitharis' skeletons attacked and was still active when Jharm charged.  As such, a bunch more chains have fired out to restrain Jharm and Kitharsis' minions.  The second stage causes the chains to retract, trying to tear their victims apart.  I don't want to god-mod by posting what this does to either Jharm or the skeletons - Jharm likey was at least partially protected by the shield around him and Kitharsis explicitly said those skeletons were tough - but keep in mind this is a very high-level Daemon spell.  Unless there's a good reason, those summoned minions likely wouldn't survive it.

- Soul Reaver cast a Mass Insanity spell over Gulgrim's forces - this includes Gulgrim and his generals, though I'm not sure it would have much effect on Gulgrim itself.  It drives its targets into an unreasoning, berserk frenzy and turns them against their former allies.  Soul Reaver's chosen to make the Orks see Gulgrim as a prime target, while Gulgrim (if affected) would see his fellow orks as traitors.  The spell can be resisted (typically based on the intelligence/mental ability of their target); Gulgrim probably would be able to resist, and his Deff Dred generals might be able to as well (depending on how clever they are), but run-of-the-mill Nobz and Boyz would probably have trouble.  Note that affected victims become more vicious and stronger fighters than normal and have little regard for their own safety.  They won't be very tactically minded while under the effects though, preferring a maddened charge.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on June 24, 2015, 12:24:12 AM
Here's an update for everyone:

Sadly, Fei's retired his character.  I'm currently working out with Cameron how to handle his departure.

Also, I'm hoping for some posts from all the other participants.
Kitharsis - can you let me know if any of the minions survived the Chains of Agony spell somehow (and what he does next, if anything, since he's close to the battle)
Danyael - could you give us an idea how your character's doing/responding to the others' efforts to help?
Cameron and Sepher - both have some catching up to do
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on June 24, 2015, 01:21:17 PM
I'll do what I can to have a post up by the end of the weekend. I'll reach out to Sepher and see what his schedule looks like.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on September 24, 2015, 01:55:01 AM
Whelp, it's been ages since the last post.  Part of the reason for that is that I haven't managed to get an answer from Fei on how to manage his character's departure.

At this point I'd actually be inclined to cut our losses and post something on behalf of Fei's character to remove him from the plot.  However, this is complicated slightly by something else: I'm going overseas for a month in just two days and probably won't have much opportunity to post during that time (nothing worse than trying to post from a tablet on fully-packed days with spotty internet access).

So that's where I stand at the moment.  If it's up to me, I'd prefer to wait out that month until I'm back - after all, it's already been ages, so what does a month matter?  It'll give Fei more time to get back to me and let me know what he'd like to do.  If he doesn't reply by then, I will need to take action to restart this thing.

Alternatively, Cameron's the real Battle Host, so if he wants to do something to move things forward before that time, that's good too - if that happens, I will try to post if I get a chance.

Apologies for not acting sooner, but I was (and still am) reluctant to move foward without guidance from Fei.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on September 28, 2015, 12:12:04 PM
The situation with Fei is such that I would not anticipate getting any kind of reply. But since you're heading out for a month anyway, we can continue the holding pattern. I definitely want to move on if he hasn't gotten back to you by then, and will leave any god-modding that would need to occur with his character up to you.

This is actually good timing, as we are about to make a major upgrade that will change the way things have been running around here. I should have that completed before you come back.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on October 01, 2015, 12:26:24 AM
Hopefully this will wake people up around here. The Epic battle is the beating heart of this website, and if it stalls, the other battles tend to also fall by the wayside, despite my best efforts to keep the blood flowing.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Hanako on October 04, 2015, 08:45:28 PM
Per the Idle/Inactive Battle Rules, this Battle has fallen idle and is now subject to STAGE 1 of the Idle Battle Process! The Battle Master has been contacted. Further action will be taken if 7 more days pass without an update. In the meantime, anyone who has not replied to the Battle Master's last post in encouraged to do so now so that we can move on as quickly as possible when the Battle Master returns!

EDIT: After hearing from Soul Reaver, this battle has been placed ON HOLD until November 1st, 2015. I would encourage all idle players to post and catch up before that time!
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on October 18, 2015, 12:58:05 PM
I am returned.

I'll have a reply up sometime this week.  I am also post.

Soul Reaver I am jealous of your holiday!!
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on October 27, 2015, 09:27:53 PM
Alright, I want to give everyone an update:

I just got back from holiday yesterday .  I am, however, up to my eyeballs in catching up at work (so not much spare time there for whipping up a post) and I am also sick with a cold and jetlag (so I'm having some trouble concentrating).

I'm also faced with the very difficult prospect of writing a god-mod post to indefinitely remove Fei from the storyline in a way that will be in-character and that won't be lame - it's the sort of post that I honesty dread writing.  I really want to make this a good post, so I will need to spend time on it.

I hope to get that post up by the end of this month.  In the meantime, sorry for the long absence, and I hope to get things moving again soon.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on October 28, 2015, 07:52:37 PM
I am working on a post. It's a big one. I have a lot to catch up on. I'm not sure when it will be done. But at this point, even if I finish it beforehand, I'm going to wait to post it until after Soul Reaver posts. I don't want to give him anything else that he needs to work into his next post, and also want to be able to edit my post in case I need to react to anything in his. So I'll get it ready, and endeavor to post it as soon as Soul's post is up.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on November 01, 2015, 03:25:20 PM
Ok, I've posted.  First some cursory basics:

- The Orks aren't just doing their usual 'overthrow the warboss' schtick - they're actually insane at the moment, so attempts to restore order will fail.  They're crazed berserkers and won't stop attacking until they're dead, or Gulgrim (and whatever gets in their way) is.

- Soul Reaver's cast a Darkfire Wall spell to block Jharm's advance.  It's wide and very, very tall.  Jharm can TRY to walk through it if he wants, but he would likely suffer extreme damage from trying that.  Also, I don't think Cameron would be able to maniuplate the fire - Darkfire is a type intense flame made of Dark Sorcery, and not normal fire.
The easiest solution is to run/fly/walk around it, but that will take some time.

- Soul Reaver has hast a Mirror Image spell just prior to attacking the Skeletal Golem.  The 'fake' Soul Reaver is attacking Kitharsis.  It can't cause him any harm, and will dissipate as soon as it takes a solid hit.  Its only purpose is to keep Kitharsis distracted long enough for the 'real' Soul Reaver to land his attack on the Skeletal Golem.

- The Skeletal Golem's taken a nasty hit.  The physical impact probably isn't that much of a problem for it, but Blooddrinker's sucking out it's animating energies - that will probably do more damage than the blade itself
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on November 01, 2015, 03:37:38 PM
I'd also like to say a few things about my god-mod post and Fei's departure...

Normally, a god-mod post wouldn't be too difficult - it's usually a case of keeping a character around and in-character without having too much of an impact on the battle/plot, just so they keep up.  But this was different: Fei is one of the longest-running and most iconic characters in the Epic Board Battle, and has a long relationship with Soul Reaver - and now, suddenly, he's left, and it's uncertain if he'll return.

I found this post very, very difficult to write.  I've tried to get guidance from Fei on how he'd like to see his character out, but I didn't get any replies, so in the end, I was on my own with this.

On the one hand, I considered just phasing Fei out quietly.  In some ways that would be the easiest thing to do, but it just seemed wrong to me, to so unceremoniously remove a long-running character from the plot, and it didn't seem in-character at all.

So instead I've opted for something big: a courageous final battle between two former friends (which, in truth, harkens back to plenty of scraps that Soul Reaver and Fei had back in their early days).  I've done my best to keep Fei in-character and keep his powers as described in his character description.  It ends with Fei gone, but of course, we cannot tell if this is a permanent end - he's vanished and returned before, and lived through worse.

Fei's blow to Soul Reaver isn't fatal, so this isn't the end of the current battle either, but perhaps it is a turning point - depending on what the rest of you folks do now, of course.

I won't god-mod any other players yet - though I likely will before my next post if there are no responses by then.

Sorry to have kept you all waiting, and I hope I've done Fei's departure some semblance of justice.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on November 02, 2015, 12:14:37 AM
I myself am uncertain what is going on with Gulgrim right now. The way the next round of posts progress will decide where the Warboss goes from here, but this post is a set-up for whatever may come in the future. He is always equidistant from Soul Reaver in a sort of imaginary circle around him whenever he teleports. He isn't attacking right now, but that may change next post depending on what goes down and what seems appropriate.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on November 03, 2015, 10:12:31 AM
I have my post outlined in my head, just waiting until Cameron posts so Kith can react to whatever happens.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on November 03, 2015, 12:35:57 PM
I have my post outlined in my head, just waiting until Cameron posts so Kith can react to whatever happens.

You really don't need to wait on me if you don't want to. My post is only about 30% done, so it may be a little while yet.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on November 09, 2015, 04:12:29 PM
You really don't need to wait on me if you don't want to. My post is only about 30% done, so it may be a little while yet.

Any update on this?  It's been a week, and I was hoping to keep moving this forward....
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on November 09, 2015, 10:21:44 PM
Any update on this?  It's been a week, and I was hoping to keep moving this forward....

Hoping to have my post up tomorrow night or Wednesday by the latest. I'll keep you posted.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on November 09, 2015, 10:26:58 PM
starting my vacation this Weds., so will be getting a post up during that time.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on November 10, 2015, 10:16:17 AM
Soul, is the wall of flame you summoned in between yourself and Jharm still present, or did it fade away after the fight between you and Fei ended?  If not, how wide is it?  From the description it is really tall but not really sure how much distance it covers, so if it's still around I dont know how much effort/time Jharm has to spend to "rejoin" the fray.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on November 10, 2015, 04:13:36 PM
The Darkfire Wall is still there.  It's curved and about 16 meters in length overall, with Jharm in the middle of that distance.  So Jharm would have to cover about 8 meters of distance to get around around it if that's what he's going to do.  So if he really pushes himself he'll probably be rounding the side of it just in time to see the outcome of Soul Reaver and Fei's battle.

It's much taller than it is wide, so flying over it, while possible, would take much longer.

The Darkfire gives off intense heat which is easily felt when close to it, so Jharm will know that it's harmful.  Jumping through is not recommended.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on November 11, 2015, 12:43:37 AM
My post is up. It is extremely long, and for that, I am sorry.

The majority of it is mostly me getting my Battle Master thing on for the first time in a while, wrapping up some plot threads, catching up the NPC battle that is currently happening, and explaining why Cameron has been MIA for most of the Soul Reaver fight.

The last paragraph or so is Cameron's actual attack on Soul Reaver. To sum it up, Cameron is basically using Cataclysm, his Ultimate from To The Bitter End. Everyone but Soul Reaver should be protected from it's effects unless Soul Reaver takes the time to render the defenses useless (which would be ill advised unless it's a suicide maneuver). The melee attacks at the front of it are to hopefully distract Soul Reaver and make him unable to render an effective defense. He's attacking with Valermos and Anathros, two of the sentient elemental blades, so both are inherently magical and will do some damage if they strike home.

Sorry for the wait.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Daccio on November 11, 2015, 11:35:55 PM
Will be posting friday. First day off of nursing school and work both, in a while.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on November 12, 2015, 05:41:38 PM
Sounds like several pending responses still so I'll hold off posting a bit longer to give more people a chance to reply.

By the way, Cameron, you might need to edit your post slightly - Soul Reaver also attacked you in that post:

Not waiting to see how successful his attack has been, Soul Reaver whirls to face Cameron.  Swirling black mana twists around Soul Reaver’s form, then suddenly coalesces into a myriad of swords, all pointed blade-first at the armoured warrior.  With machine-gun rapidity and unnatural precision the swords fire themselves blade-first at the Cameron, intending the skewer him even through his massive armour.

It's a Bladestrike spell.  The swords are created from solidified dark magic, so they're physical projectiles but can harm things immune to non-magical attacks.  They can be dodged and/or parried, but they're fast and there are a lot of them.  They'll vanish back into wisps of dark magic a few seconds after impact/missing.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on November 12, 2015, 08:57:51 PM
Sounds like several pending responses still so I'll hold off posting a bit longer to give more people a chance to reply.

By the way, Cameron, you might need to edit your post slightly - Soul Reaver also attacked you in that post...

It's a Bladestrike spell.  The swords are created from solidified dark magic, so they're physical projectiles but can harm things immune to non-magical attacks.  They can be dodged and/or parried, but they're fast and there are a lot of them.  They'll vanish back into wisps of dark magic a few seconds after impact/missing.

Ive edited my post to compensate for this.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Daccio on November 13, 2015, 04:00:38 PM
If anyone needs clarification on anything or sees something wrong with what i posted, let me know. It was a lot to read through and catch up on
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on November 13, 2015, 09:39:38 PM
Should any of the companions (except for Soul Reaver) look at Jharm it would be comparable to gazing up at the sun while here on Earth.  Soul Reaver it is more like he is right in front of the sun and gazing into it with his eyes wide open.  Jharm will be maintaining the radiance until the attacks of the other companions finish as he attempts to blind/disorient Soul Reaver.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on November 14, 2015, 03:53:56 PM
Ive edited my post to compensate for this.

Uh, actually that attack occurred ages go - it was in my post just after your previous post (ie, just after Blooddrinker stopped Cameron's psychic communication to Soul Reaver).  So that happened well before the fight against Fei.  I don't think Cameron would have had time to try and help Kalana and the rest before being hit - it's something he would have had to deal with almost instantly after dismissing Blooddrinker's image from his head, meaning that Kalana wouldn't have been in his mind to help him draw his earth-aligned sword for the parrying yet.

I'm not sure if it's worth editing since it wasn't supposed to be some game-changing attack but it does seem a bit weird reading the response. :P
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on November 14, 2015, 11:37:35 PM
Uh, actually that attack occurred ages go - it was in my post just after your previous post (ie, just after Blooddrinker stopped Cameron's psychic communication to Soul Reaver).  So that happened well before the fight against Fei.  I don't think Cameron would have had time to try and help Kalana and the rest before being hit - it's something he would have had to deal with almost instantly after dismissing Blooddrinker's image from his head, meaning that Kalana wouldn't have been in his mind to help him draw his earth-aligned sword for the parrying yet.

I'm not sure if it's worth editing since it wasn't supposed to be some game-changing attack but it does seem a bit weird reading the response. :P

I've edited my post again. Cameron now dodges the attack as he leaves to go back to the barrier. This occurs at the very beginning of the post. I've reverted the end of my post back to the original text.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Danyael on November 15, 2015, 02:04:37 AM
So the battle's back on. Nice. In spite of reading everyone's posts, I honestly have no idea what to do next or how to appropriately do it. :-\
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on November 15, 2015, 03:44:28 PM
So the battle's back on. Nice. In spite of reading everyone's posts, I honestly have no idea what to do next or how to appropriately do it. :-\

Well, Kitharsis tore Danyael out of the chain barrier, brought him to safety, surrounded him a protective barrier of sand (which is still active and follows him around) and had a Skeletal mage start healing him.

So I guess key things to respond to are:
- Kitharsis leaping in to save Danyael from the killing blow
- The skeletal mage using healing magic on Danyael (how effective is it?)
- Soul Reaver and Fei impaling each other and Fei disappearing as a result
- How Danyael reacts to the current situation (ie, Soul Reaver badly wounded, Cameron and Sepher are attacking him, Jharm is offering support, Gulgrim is holding back for now but getting ready for something)
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on November 16, 2015, 10:16:14 AM
Lots of activity since I checked last!

Post summary:

- The bone golem dodged Soul Reaver's attack by diverting the Tirthandaran energy to other parts of its body.  Bonedrinker cut through lifeless bones.  It did grab a small amount of energy, but it was not the devastating blow as expected.
- The bone golem then shed a large amount of its bones for an attack on Soul Reaver.  The bones are swarming Soul Reaver and constantly raining down blows.  The bones are not interfering with the other companions and will not hinder their attacks.
- Kitharsis lept in next to Sepher and is raining down blows of his own. 

Yay!
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on November 23, 2015, 10:12:00 PM
Alright, I've posted.

Soul Reaver's pretty much just defending himself at first (and suffering numerous minor injuries in the process).  When he snaps out of it he:
- Surrounds himself with a barrier of darkness that hides him from view and blocks Jharm's blinding glow
- Unleashes the stored power in his Retribution Shield

Normally, the Retribution Shield is a defensive/offensive Dark Sorcery - it acts absorbs/reduces incoming damage, then deals any damage it absorbed right back to the attacker (in the source material the returned damage is near-instant and thus can't be dodged or avoided - magical armor may offer some protection however).

When Soul Reaver uses the spell, he modifies it to 'store up' damage for use all at once at a later time, rather than returning it with each hit.  Considering how long the shield has been in place, and how much damage it's absorbed, there's a LOT of stored up energy in there.

If he'd used it on a single target it likely would have disintegrated them several times over, but luckily he's been forced to spread it out over several targets.

The largest part of the energy was used to blast the comet to shards.  However, anyone hit by the bolt will feel a severe kinetic impact (which will knock them backwards) and suffer considerable damage (certainly enough for them to feel it).

The remaining bolts targeted Jharm, Cameron, Kitharsis, Kitharsis' golem, and Sepher.  Gulgrim and Danyael weren't targeted.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on November 23, 2015, 11:00:05 PM
So a quick summary of Gulgrim's (probably) final attack, so as to avoid confusion.

Gulgrim has finally unleashed just about every last drop of WAAAGH!!! energy that he's been building up, both during the fight that he's been participating in, and from his long death march. Prior to unleashing it, it was overflowing so much that he was losing a bit of control with it, which is why his telepathic message was almost painfully forceful to receive, to the point that he couldn't even control who heard it, even Soul Reaver got it, and why his regular actions were so over-exaggerated.

Now that he's unleashed it, it intially manifests as a directionless green hurricane around him that is dangerous for anyone to be in. Anyone close to Soul Reaver and Gulgrim is at risk of being basically zapped, bashed, and slashed by razor winds of raw power. After a few moments of subjecting the area around himself to this, he begins to focus his energy into a point, and it goes from a hurricane to a hammer, which he begins to attempt to smash Soul Reaver into the ground with.

During this time period, while there is still a lot of dangerous phenomena occurring around Gulgrim; rocks flying, lightning striking, etc., it's not really dangerous to anyone of our heroes' power level, and mostly for special effects. Gulgrim himself is motionless and unresponsive. Attacks towards him will almost certainly strike as he is currently unable to act while channeling so much raw energy into a focused attack like the one he is attempting to use on Soul Reaver.

The raw force itself is pure WAAAGH!!! energy, and is attempting to slam Soul Reaver into the ground repeatedly under its force. The primary attempt at first is to incapacitate him, but if nobody has anything to do to try one more attempt to save Soul Reaver, hence gulgrim's 'One chance' speech, he will proceed to attempt to kill him.

If anyone has any questions or issues, feel free to PM me about my post.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on November 29, 2015, 08:50:46 AM
I am off Tuesday (well more like monday afternoon to tuesday afternoon) and will get a post up then.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 03, 2015, 07:27:01 AM
Going to try and have a post up sometime this weekend. If all goes according to plan, I'll be coordinating my post with Daccio's and Jharm's posts.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on December 03, 2015, 07:13:27 PM
Just so everyone knows what's up: I'm holding off posting until Cameron's post.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 07, 2015, 08:17:32 AM
Sorry for the delay. We had some scheduling problems this weekend that prevented Daccio, Jharm and I from getting our post completed.

I already have the beginning of my post written. I am going to finish writing it today and then I will have Jharm and Daccio add their parts to it. Once they do, I will post the entire thing myself in one post. Jharm and Daccio are both okay with this. I'll work on getting this up as soon as possible.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 09, 2015, 01:02:13 AM
Whew. Okay. Post is up. Sorry for the long read.

Again, this was a joint effort by Jharm, Sepher, and myself. Jarh and Sepher's posts are clearly marked. Anything in italics without quotation marks around them cannot be heard by anyone but their respective targets. And the blue text is just for Soul Reaver.

A TL;DR.  Cameron tries to defend against the Retribution shield but takes a major shot. As he recovers, he's warned by Gulgrim. Kalana digs through his memories and figures out what's bothering Soul Reaver. Cameron, Jharm, and Sepher try to hold off the WAAAGH energy attack while Kalana makes one last effort to reach out to Soul Reaver.

Any questions, let me know.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on December 09, 2015, 03:55:04 AM
That was a cool post.

I will endeavor to reply tomorrow.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 09, 2015, 07:59:38 AM
That was a cool post.

I will endeavor to reply tomorrow.

Thanks!

I had Jharm try and reach out to Kitharsis. Hopefully he can get a post up before you reply.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on December 09, 2015, 12:55:28 PM
Kith ain't too sure about saving Soul Reaver, at this point.

He isn't helping save him, but he isn't actively attacking either. 
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 09, 2015, 02:00:43 PM
Looks like that's everyone but Danyael. The stage is set. Take it away whenever you're ready, Soul.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on December 09, 2015, 09:39:33 PM
And that's it for this particular self-indulgent side-plot.  Thank you everyone!

Soul Reaver's unconscious, heavily wounded, and sans one arm, but he's alive and non-crazy!  That counts as a victory, right?
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 09, 2015, 09:55:51 PM
At this time, I am resuming my duties as Battle Master. I already have part of my next post written and I will begin work on finishing it tomorrow.

Things are going to be moving pretty fast from here on out. The end of this story is fast approaching. I just have one last loose end to tie up...
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on December 10, 2015, 12:02:20 AM
Expect a post in the next few minutes from Gulgrim.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 10, 2015, 07:56:37 AM
One thing I definitely forgot to mention in my OOC post is that although no one could hear Kalana's words to Soul Reaver, the glowing figure of her that I described was, and still is, clearly visible to everyone. That bit's important for my next post.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 10, 2015, 11:47:57 AM
And that's the  loose end tied up. Peterson hasn't left the scene just yet, so if you want to try to interact with him before he does leave, feel free to do so.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Soul Reaver on December 10, 2015, 04:44:05 PM
Soul Reaver's pretty much unable to do anything for now.

Unless someone's paying close attention to Soul Reaver, I'm not sure anyone will even notice that he's partially regained consciousness.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on December 14, 2015, 07:11:04 PM
Kitharsis would like to beat the crap out of Peterson.  But he's low on energy and pretty beat up.

Crap I forgot the golem...

Ok, all accounted for  ;D
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 14, 2015, 08:27:41 PM
Kitharsis would like to beat the crap out of Peterson.  But he's low on energy and pretty beat up.

Crap I forgot the golem...

Ok, all accounted for  ;D

Hey Kith, just a small edit. Kalana wasn't one of the Elementals. She was with the companions long before they showed up.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Kitharsis on December 14, 2015, 11:44:22 PM
Whoops! Sorry about that. Fixed.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 17, 2015, 01:26:33 PM
I'm working on a post that will hopefully be up tomorrow but will be absolutely no later than Sunday. My next few posts will bring the Labyrinthine Depths of Chaos chapter to a close, at which point the final chapter of the Eye of Terror campaign will finally commence.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Cameron on December 18, 2015, 11:38:58 AM
My post is up.

Peterson is gone. No one will be able to detect him. He took Kalana's body with him.

Cameron is marching towards Soul Reaver with the intent to destroy him. He's moving deliberately slow, so you all will have plenty of time to act.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Shadow Chorus on December 18, 2015, 11:48:50 AM
You can't start making like you want a fight and expect Gulgrim not to get in on it. It's probably unwise for him to do it, considering he's not back at fighting strength, but this is how Orks live. Either Cameron strikes him down swiftly before he can get his strength back, or if a fight breaks out, he'll eventually be back in good shape.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Veldanya Venalla on December 18, 2015, 10:20:53 PM
Ok so Jharm is pretty much trying to play peacekeeper here.  He has placed himself between Gulgrim/Soul Reaver and the advancing Cameron as he tries to talk some sense into him (Cameron).  As the post indicates, he is not approving of the idea of Gulgrim getting involved, both because of his excitement at fighting someone (even someone he was just fighting alongside) as well as knowing that the Ork won't stop until someone is dead.  Jharm is going full defensive right now, intent on only attacking Cameron as a final last resort.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Daccio on December 19, 2015, 08:32:59 AM
I am going to try to post tonight after work

Ugh, these 12+ hour shifts at work are killing me. This is going to have to wait til monday.
Title: Re: The Eye of Terror: OOC Thread IX
Post by: Hanako on December 21, 2015, 01:22:18 PM
Hello! ^_^

This thread has hit 200 posts and will now be closed. I will start a new thread for you!