GSIV Test Instance

Goofing Around in the GSIV Test Instance

with

Setzier and Armaxis

10/7/03

[Lava Flows, Rivers of Stone]
Cold, lifeless lava flows wind their way between scattered ash and cinder-covered hillocks: debris from the volcano's cataclysmic awakening forming obstacles to the rivers of fire that followed, and wearing the dustings of the smaller eruptions that came after. You also see a corroded brass box, a pyrothag hide, a massive glaes club and a severed pyrothag arm. Also here: Setzier
Obvious paths: northeast, east, southeast, northwest

>Setzier says to you, "Jolly good show. Jolly."

>Setzier says to you, "Pip pip."

You chuckle at Setzier.

You ask, "How do you do the say to?"

>(Setzier golf claps.)

>Setzier says, "Umm."

>Setzier says, "Say :name."

>Setzier says, "Or ' :name."

You grumble.

You nod.

You say, "I always typo :'s."

>Setzier says, "Yeha."

>A massive pyrothag lumbers in!

>Setzier says to a massive pyrothag, "Loser."

>A golden aura fades from you.

You say to Setzier, "I say, my spells seem to be dropping old chap."

>Setzier traces a simple rune while intoning a short, mystical phrase...

Setzier gestures.

A wave of icy blue ethereal ripples moves outward from Setzier.

A red-scaled thrak is buffeted by the icy blue ethereal waves and is knocked to the ground.
... 70 points of damage!
Belly is now a block of ice. So much for breakfast!
The red-scaled thrak hisses one last time and dies.

A red-scaled thrak is buffeted by the icy blue ethereal waves and is knocked to the ground.
... 60 points of damage!
The red-scaled thrak drops in its tracks as the bitter cold freezes its lungs solid!
The red-scaled thrak hisses one last time and dies.

A massive pyrothag is buffeted by the icy blue ethereal waves and is knocked to the ground.
... 50 points of damage!
The massive pyrothag gets a glassy look in its eyes as blast connects solidly... or is that an icy stare?
The massive pyrothag vibrates violently one final time and then lies still.

You are buffeted by the icy blue ethereal waves, and knocked to the ground.
You are pinned in place, unable to move.
Roundtime: 11 sec.
... 10 points of damage!
A chilly blow to the stomach winds you!

PR>Setzier says, "Score."

You say to Setzier, "I say, not me old chap."

You stand back up.

>Setzier says, "Oops."

You grin.

>Setzier says to you, "Sorry."

You ponder.

>Setzier joins your group.

>Setzier bounces around happily.

>Setzier skips around in a happy little circle.

You chuckle at Setzier.

You say, "I'm saving that one."

>You snicker.

>Setzier leaves your group.

Setzier grabs your hand.

Setzier just skipped merrily northeast, followed by several bemused companions.

[Lava Flows, Greening]
Tufts of savannah grass poke through the cracked layers of black rock. No new lava has flowed here in years, and life has begun to reclaim some of the wasteland. Also here: Setzier
Obvious paths: southwest Setzier snickers.

J>Setzier whispers to the group, "Setzier just skipped merrily northeast, followed by several bemused companions."

You laugh out loud!

J>Setzier just skipped merrily southwest, followed by several bemused companions.

[Lava Flows, Rivers of Stone]
Cold, lifeless lava flows wind their way between scattered ash and cinder-covered hillocks: debris from the volcano's cataclysmic awakening forming obstacles to the rivers of fire that followed, and wearing the dustings of the smaller eruptions that came after. You also see a massive glaes club, a corroded brass box, a pyrothag hide and a massive glaes club. Also here: Setzier
Obvious paths: northeast, east, southeast, northwest

You laugh out loud!

J>You say, "OMG."

J>Setzier cackles!

J>You fall to the ground laughing hysterically!

You stand back up.

Setzier says, "My side hurts."

J>Setzier snickers.

J>Setzier skips merrily up to a red-scaled thrak.

You say, "I think I'm gonna wake up my upstairs neighbor with my laughing."

Setzier says, "Hehe."

J>You say, "I've seen everything now."

>Setzier comes merrily skipping up to you.

You laugh out loud!

J>Setzier skips happily towards a corroded brass box.

J>Setzier says to a corroded brass box, "Pip pip. Cherio."

>Setzier says, "I wonder what else they added."

>Setzier kneels down.

Setzier crawls around a bit on his hands and knees.

You laugh out loud!

>Setzier crawls up to a red-scaled thrak and begins pleading.

You kneel down.

You crawl up to Setzier.

Setzier comes crawling up to you.

K>You laugh out loud!

J>A massive pyrothag pounds at you with its fist!
AS: +322 vs DS: +370 with AvD: +70 + d100 roll: +22 = +44
A clean miss.

You exclaim to a massive pyrothag, "Shard me big boy!"

You stand back up.

You skip sideways a few strides to the left.

You cackle!

J>Setzier blinks at you.

J>Setzier says, "How you do that."

J>Setzier skips sideways a few strides to his left.

Setzier says, "Woo."

You limp around a bit, favoring one leg.

Setzier blinks at you.

J>You exclaim, "Hee!"

You say, "I've just been goofing around, but have a half head of experience."

>Setzier says, "I'm clear as tinkerbell."

>A massive pyrothag pounds at you with its fist!
AS: +302 vs DS: +355 with AvD: +70 + d100 roll: +95 = +112
... and hits for 4 points of damage!
Hit glances off your hip.

>A massive pyrothag pounds at Setzier with its fist!
Setzier parries the attack with his staff!

>Setzier limps towards a massive pyrothag.

>Setzier falls forward on his knees and grovels before a massive pyrothag begging for mercy and kindness!

You say, "There's just something wrong with not being scared of them though."

You chuckle at Setzier.

You beg and plead with Setzier!

>You ponder.

>Setzier kneels down.

Setzier comes crawling up to you.

You cackle!

>Setzier bows to you and begins groveling! With a quivering voice, Setzier begs you to show mercy and kindness for his inexcusable actions!

Setzier says, "Lol."

>Setzier says, "No matter how frivolous you're feeling, you need to stand up to skip."

You laugh out loud!

Setzier stands up.

>Setzier skips around in a happy little circle.

You gesture at a massive pyrothag.
CS: +285 - TD: +251 + CvA: +25 + d100: +79 == +138
Warding failed!
A massive pyrothag suddenly stops all movement.

You gesture.
An invisible force guides you.

>amb pyro head

>You swing a golvern hilted vultite broadsword at a massive pyrothag!
AS: +378 vs DS: +14 with AvD: +30 + d100 roll: +64 = +458
... and hit for 110 points of damage!
Quick flick of the wrist! The massive pyrothag is slashed across its forehead!
The massive pyrothag is stunned!

The guiding force leaves you.
Roundtime: 7 sec.

R>A massive pyrothag shrugs its massive shoulders and regains its senses again.

R>Your jaw drops.

>You say, "I just hit in in the head with a 458 end roll."

You say, "And it didn't do anything."

Armaxis just arrived.

Armaxis says, "Hooray."

You kneel down.

Setzier skips over to Armaxis merrily.

You crawl up to Armaxis.

Setzier snickers.

K>You grin at Armaxis.

Armaxis stares off into space.

Armaxis says, "No time for autographs now."

You laugh out loud!

K>Setzier limps over to Armaxis.

You grovel at Armaxis as you beseech him show mercy and kindness towards you!

Setzier limp over to the left of Armaxis.

K>You stand back up.

R>Armaxis stares off into space.

You snicker.

Setzier limps around behind Armaxis.

Setzier skips merrily up to a massive pyrothag.

>You grin at Armaxis.

Setzier says, "Hehe."

You say, "GSIV is worth it just to see Setzier skipping merrily."

A massive pyrothag stomps at Armaxis with its foot!
Armaxis evades the attack!

A skayl tries to ensnare Armaxis!
Armaxis evades the attack!

A skayl tries to ensnare Armaxis!
Armaxis parries the attack with his staff!

>Setzier skips around in a happy little circle.

You cackle!

>Armaxis says, "I am a parryin', evadin' fool."

>You grin at Armaxis.

Setzier says, "Skip west."

>Armaxis says, "Screw. You."

Armaxis nods to Setzier.

>You skip merrily west.

[Lava Flows, Blasting Winds]
Breezes laden with volcanic heat sweep across the uneven layers of cracked and weathered basalt. You also see a cinder wasp.
Obvious paths: east, southeast, west, northwest

Armaxis and Setzier followed.

>You cackle!

>Setzier says, "Hehe."

>You skip merrily up to a cinder wasp.

With blinding speed, a cinder wasp buzzes around behind you and stings you in a vulnerable spot!

>You exclaim, "Hey!"

You glower darkly at a cinder wasp.

>Armaxis says, "It stung you in the butt. Har."

>Setzier exclaims to the skayl, "You pantaloon! Die!"

Armaxis exclaims, "Pantaloon?!"

Armaxis exclaims, "Wtf. PANTALOON?!"

Armaxis says, "That's not a damn insult."

R>Setzier exclaims to the skayl, "You lout! Die!"

R>Armaxis exclaims, "That's a garment!"

>You chuckle at Armaxis.

No longer able to fight this odd paralysis, you collapse to the ground, as limp as an old washrag.

You don't seem to be able to move to do that.

P>Setzier glances at you.

Armaxis says, "Haha."

P>Setzier kneels down.

Setzier comes crawling up to you.

PR>Setzier crawls a bit to your left.

Armaxis says, "Hehe."

P>You don't seem to be able to move to do that.

Setzier crawls around behind you.

P>healme
You're feeling much better now.

You laugh out loud!

[Eye of V'Tull, Inner Circle]
The main passage heads north here, while a smaller one winds around a large pillar of rock to the northeast. The walls are covered with small crystals that reflect a little light through the ash filled air. You also see a fire elemental. Also here: Setzier, Armaxis
Obvious exits: north, southwest, northwest

J>Armaxis exclaims, "Oo!"

You cower away from a fire elemental.

J>Armaxis exclaims, "Hi pookie!"

J>A fire elemental blazes southwest, scorching the earth in its wake.

J>Armaxis exclaims, "Bye pookie!"

J>Armaxis sobs.

>Setzier gestures at a burnt runestone.
Setzier traces an arcane sigil over his runestone, but something goes wrong, causing an explosion over his runestone.
... 30 points of damage!
Leg jerked violently. Setzier is stunned.
He is knocked to the ground!
He is stunned!

>Armaxis says, "Man."

Armaxis says, "You suck at summoning."

>Setzier gestures at a burnt runestone.
Setzier traces an arcane sigil over his runestone, but something goes wrong, causing an explosion over his runestone.
... 5 points of damage!
Chest hit causes Setzier to spin around like a halfling after a fresh tart.

>Armaxis asks, "Give me that. Where'd you get it?"

>Setzier says, "I'm special."

>Setzier gestures at a burnt runestone.
Setzier traces an arcane sigil over his runestone, but something goes wrong, causing an explosion over his runestone.
... 15 points of damage!
Setzier stumbles forward, off balance.
He is knocked to the ground!
He is stunned!

>Armaxis says, "Riiight."

>Armaxis says, "Shortbus special."

Armaxis gestures at a burnt runestone.
Armaxis traces an arcane sigil over his runestone, but something goes wrong, causing an explosion over his runestone.
... 10 points of damage!
Pop! Kneecap wrenched..
He is knocked to the ground!

>Setzier says, "Ha ha."

You snicker.

You exclaim, "Oh!"

You exclaim, "I haven't tried my spirit servant yet!"

You skip around in a happy little circle.

Setzier grins at you.

You gesture.
A bright pulse of soft energy moves away from your hands and beckons a spirit to your aid...

A quirky volcano spirit begins to take corporeal form before your eyes.

>Armaxis says, "Har."

You exclaim, "I got a quirky one!"

Armaxis gestures at a burnt runestone.
Armaxis traces an arcane sigil over his runestone while incanting, resulting in the opening of a small rift in space beside him. His runestone glows momentarily as a skinny bone white imp comes hurling out of the rift.

>Setzier says, "And appropriate for the area."

>Armaxis says, "Neat."

Setzier glances at Armaxis.

Setzier says, "Ass."

Armaxis says, "Imps."

>Setzier says, "What did you do."

>nod spir
It is flying about too quickly for you to do that.

>look

>[Eye of V'Tull, Inner Circle]
This small alcove provides a little protection from the hot air and steam that constantly plague the area below. Beads of sweat roll down your face and hands as you try and decide if you want to again venture downward back into the chaos. You also see a skinny bone white imp, a quirky volcano spirit that is flying around and a steaming fissure. Also here: Armaxis, Setzier
Obvious exits: down

Armaxis says, "I summoned what you couldn't. Asshat."

Armaxis snickers.

>You grin.

You say, "Yours is skinny."

You say, "So uh..."

>wave spir
It is flying about too quickly for you to do that.

>Setzier gestures at a burnt runestone.
Setzier traces an arcane sigil over his runestone while incanting, resulting in the opening of a small rift in space beside him. His runestone glows momentarily as a emaciated speckled white imp comes hurling out of the rift.

>Setzier says, "Hah."

>Armaxis says, "Man."

>Armaxis says, "We sure get scrawny imps."

>You say, "I can't wave to my spirit cause it's flying too fast."

>Armaxis says, "Heh."

>Setzier starts chuckling at you!

>Armaxis says, "That's cause it's QUIRKY."

>Setzier says, "We can't pet our imps."

>Setzier begins pouting.

You say, "So like what's the point? I wanted a new friend."

You pout.

>Setzier says, "You can give stuff to it."

>Setzier nods to you.

You blink.

>(Danay gives Setzier to her spirit)

You say, "Take him."

>Setzier stares at you.

You give your opalescent orb to a quirky volcano spirit.

You shrug.

J>Thin wisps of steam curl continually off the volcano spirit's bulky, but mostly transparent form. Flowing sluggishly within, thick rivulets of lava shuffle bits of half-melted stone and other debris throughout its body. Two heavyset black obsidian eyes placed deep within the spirit's head are the only feature of the volcano spirit that remains substantial and unwavering. The spirit is holding a reticulated opalescent orb.

J>tell servant to give orb setzier

J>Your volcano spirit is unwilling to give that to Setzier.

You exclaim, "Don't disobey me!"

You stare at a quirky volcano spirit.

You say, "Okay so like servants are boring I can see."

J>Armaxis says, "Yeah, pretty much."

J>Armaxis says, "Sorry about that."

J>A skinny bone white imp scampers into the room. You are suddenly surrounded by a cacophony of discordant sound as a skinny bone white imp approaches you. You manage to make out the message, "Your volcano spirit sucks, kthx."

You laugh out loud!

tell serv to give orb to danay
A quirky volcano spirit gives a reticulated opalescent orb to you.

J>Armaxis faces a skinny bone white imp, closes his eyes and begins chanting.
Suddenly, a small bolt of energy arcs between them.

Armaxis opens his eyes, looking slightly drained.

J>Armaxis says, "Heh."

J>send 20 spirit
You can't send to that.

J>Armaxis says, "Mana battery."

J>A skinny bone white imp faces Armaxis, close its eyes and begin chanting in an unfamiliar tongue. Suddenly, a small bolt of energy arcs between them.

A skinny bone white imp opens his eyes, looking slightly drained.

You ask, "Okay, so servants can carry an item and LK us if we're dead right? So basically they're only good for when dead?"

J>Armaxis says, "I think."

J>Armaxis says, "You clerics are only useful when something's rotting."

J>A emaciated speckled white imp scampers into the room. You are suddenly surrounded by a cacophony of discordant sound as a emaciated speckled white imp approaches you. You manage to make out the message, "Smelly Spirit Smelly Spirit!"

J>Setzier just arrived.

You laugh out loud!

Setzier asks, "You wanna test it?"

J>Setzier peers quizzically at you.

J>Armaxis says, "Heh."

You laugh out loud!

You nod to Setzier.

You exclaim, "Kill me, kill me!"

J>Setzier gestures at you.

CS: +385 - TD: +238 + CvA: -6 + d100: +99 - -5 == +245
Warding failed!
You feel a surge of intense energy suddenly tear violently at your body! You feel drained!
... and hits for 29 points of damage!
... 65 points of damage!
Right leg aflame. When the smoke clears, there's nothing left.
You fall screaming to the ground grasping your mangled right leg!
You are stunned for 12 rounds!
... 70 points of damage!
Icy blast deep freezes one perfectly good heart!

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

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

...departing in 10 mins...

You sustain massive amounts of system shock!

Your volcano spirit dives straight towards you, the lava occupying its translucent veins turning a fiercly bubbling red before it passes through your body. You feel an intense burning sensation but it is soon replaced with a feeling of tranquility.

You laugh, the sepulchral sound echoing through the room.

DEAD>A quirky volcano spirit flits out of the room quickly.

DEAD>Armaxis says, "Aww."

You exclaim, "It left me!"

DEAD>Setzier says, "It also sends off a signal telling you you're dead."

DEAD>Setzier says, "Or telling everyone in the area you're dead."

DEAD>healme

DEAD>You're feeling much better now.

You ask, "Did you see a message?"

Setzier says, "The LK message, yes."

>Armaxis says, "A quirky volcano spirit dives straight towards Danay, the lava occupying its translucent veins turning a brilliantly bubbling red before it passes through her body."

You say, "That was the Lk."

>Setzier nods.

Armaxis says, "It wuuubs you."

Armaxis nods.

>A quirky volcano spirit floats in, following you.

>Setzier says, "See, it's back."

You grin.

>You exclaim, "I'm loved!"

>Armaxis gestures at a quirky volcano spirit.

>hug danayPleased with yourself, eh?

You stare at Armaxis.

A skinny bone white imp emits a cacophony of a thousand voices directed at Armaxis. You can't make anything out of the message.

>Armaxis traces a sign that contorts in the air while he forcefully incants a dark invocation...

Armaxis says, "Idiot."

>Armaxis gestures at Setzier.
CS: +441 - TD: +394 + CvA: +12 + d100: +95 - -5 == +159
Warding failed!
Both legs are frightfully stripped down to the bone marrow. Sadly, the small amounts of tissue remaining are nowhere near what is needed to support his body. +117 damage.
Setzier screams and falls to the ground grasping his mangled right leg!
He is stunned!

>Armaxis grumbles.

You grin at Armaxis.

>Setzier says, "Rude."

>Armaxis says, "Har."

You gesture.
A bright pulse of soft energy moves away from your hands and beckons a spirit to your aid... A pernicious will-o-wisp spirit begins to take corporeal form before your eyes.

You grin.

>Setzier glances at you.

>(Danay looks up pernicious)

>Setzier says, "You Flit stealer."

You snicker.

>glan spir
It is flying about too quickly for you to do that.

You grumble.

You say, "Can't even glance at my spirit or anything."

>A short-armed dingy amber abyran'a slithers into the room.

A short-armed dingy amber abyran'a approaches you and flicks its tongue at your general direction. It sibilantly informs you of its master's message, "Stinky Servant Stinky Servant!"

>Setzier just arrived.

You laugh out loud!

You say, "I don't really care about dying that much, I'd rather have the servant do something fun when I'm alive."

Armaxis gestures at a sinuous runestone.
Armaxis traces an arcane sigil over his runestone, but something goes wrong, causing an explosion over his runestone.
... 25 points of damage!
Neck shot. Armaxis is knocked onto his back.
He is knocked to the ground!
He is stunned!

>Setzier begins chuckling at Armaxis!

>Setzier says, "Ha ha."

>Armaxis gestures at Setzier.
CS: +422 - TD: +394 + CvA: +12 + d100: +98 - -5 == +143
Warding failed!
Setzier contorts in excruciating agony!

Armaxis says, "Haha."