Posted by Someone on September 12, 1999 at 14:10:54:
In Reply to: Want a nightgaunt? Look no further. posted by A disgruntled Oringo on September 12, 1999 at 14:00:02:
> Ok, to set this up, I'm a felar ranger, pretty nicely equipped, fully prepped. On my way down the north road, to my guild west of galadon. Our story begins...
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> <761hp 99m 576mv> The North Road
> [Exits: north south]
<761hp 99m 576mv>
> A faceless nightgaunt swoops down on Oringo!
> You yell 'Help! I'm being attacked by a faceless nightgaunt!'
> You dodge a faceless nightgaunt's slap.
> A faceless nightgaunt MANGLES you!
> You parry a faceless nightgaunt's slap.
> A faceless nightgaunt is in perfect health.
> **Right about here, I don't quite know whats going on**
<670hp 99m 576mv> No way! You are still fighting!
> A faceless nightgaunt is in perfect health.
<670hp 99m 576mv> No way! You are still fighting!
> A faceless nightgaunt is in perfect health.
<670hp 99m 576mv> No way! You are still fighting!
> A faceless nightgaunt is in perfect health.
<670hp 99m 576mv> No way! You are still fighting!
> A faceless nightgaunt is in perfect health.
<670hp 99m 576mv> People near you:
> (PK) Oringo The North Road
> A faceless nightgaunt is in perfect health.
**All stuff entered in before the fight**
<670hp 99m 576mv>
> A faceless nightgaunt's slap *** DEMOLISHES *** you!
> **OUCH**
> A faceless nightgaunt stops following you.
> A faceless nightgaunt dodges your smash.
> Your claw EVISCERATES a faceless nightgaunt!
> Your smash DISMEMBERS a faceless nightgaunt!
> A faceless nightgaunt has a few scratches.
<568hp 99m 576mv> flee
> PANIC! You couldn't escape!
> A faceless nightgaunt has a few scratches.
<568hp 99m 576mv> flee
> [Exits: north south]
> You flee from combat!
**Right about here, I'm freaking out. That thing took me down 200hp, and came from nowhere**
**Me running (deleted), trying to get to a forest.**
**We resume about 3 seconds later**
> <568hp 99m 576mv> The Northern Crossroads
> [Exits: north east south west]
> A faceless nightgaunt swoops down on Oringo!
> You yell 'Help! I'm being attacked by a faceless nightgaunt!'
> You parry a faceless nightgaunt's slap.
> A faceless nightgaunt MANGLES you!
> You parry a faceless nightgaunt's slap.
> A faceless nightgaunt's slap MANGLES you!
> A faceless nightgaunt parries your smash.
> Your claw MASSACRES a faceless nightgaunt!
> A faceless nightgaunt dodges your smash.
> A faceless nightgaunt has a few scratches.
> **Another 200hp, in one round**
> <382hp 99m 576mv> s
> No way! You are still fighting!
> A faceless nightgaunt has a few scratches.
<382hp 99m 576mv> flee
> Northern Outskirts of Galadon
> [Exits: east west]
> You flee from combat!
**Right here, I figure out they don't track like the hunt does.**
**More fleeing (deleted), no damage done**
<382hp 99m 576mv> w
> w
> Northwestern Outskirts of Galadon
> [Exits: east west]
> A horned figure of blackest shadow hovers here on soundless wings.
> A faceless nightgaunt yells 'Oringo! Now you die!'
> You dodge a faceless nightgaunt's slap.
> You parry a faceless nightgaunt's slap.
> A faceless nightgaunt has a few scratches.
<382hp 99m 576mv> No way! You are still fighting!
> A faceless nightgaunt has a few scratches.
> **Still trying to run**
> <382hp 99m 576mv>
> A faceless nightgaunt's slap *** DEMOLISHES *** you!
> You parry a faceless nightgaunt's slap.
> A faceless nightgaunt's slap MANGLES you!
> You sure are BLEEDING!
> Northwestern Outskirts of Galadon
> [Exits: east west]
> You flee from combat!
<185hp 99m 576mv>
> **200 more damage done**
> **Still running, almost to the forest**
> <185hp 99m 576mv>
> Northwestern Outskirts of Galadon
[Exits: east west]
> A horned figure of blackest shadow hovers here on soundless wings.
> A faceless nightgaunt yells 'Oringo! Now you die!'
> A faceless nightgaunt *** DEMOLISHES *** you!
> You sure are BLEEDING!
> Northwestern Outskirts of Galadon
[Exits: east west]
> You flee from combat!
<76hp 99m 576mv>
> **Right about here, I'm so pissed about conjurers, you don't even want to know**
> Northwestern Outskirts of Galadon
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> [Exits: east west]
> A horned figure of blackest shadow hovers here on soundless wings.
> A faceless nightgaunt yells 'Oringo! Now you die!'
> You parry a faceless nightgaunt's slap.
> A faceless nightgaunt *** DEMOLISHES *** you!
> You have been KILLED!!
**Awwwww, shit. At least I'm in an out of the way place**
> **and I should be able to get back in time**
<1hp 1m 576mv> Nah... You feel too relaxed...
<1hp 1m 576mv>
> A faceless nightgaunt swoops down on Oringo!
> You yell 'Help! I'm being attacked by a faceless nightgaunt!'
> The gods protect Oringo from a faceless nightgaunt.
<1hp 1m 576mv> wake
> You stand up.
<1hp 1m 576mv> s
> s
A faceless nightgaunt grapples you with a paralytic hold!
> A faceless nightgaunt spreads its wings and carries you off into the air.
> You hang in a senseless sprawl as you're carried away to its master.
> Suddenly you plummet through the air and are tossed roughly to the ground.
> Its task complete, a faceless nightgaunt fades away into the shadows.
**WHAT?!?!?**
> **I already died!!**
<1hp 1m 576mv> Wooded ridge
> Tall evergreens line the narrow ridge that winds to the east from a
> hill to the north. The wind in the trees fills the air with an urgent
> whispering and you begin to imagine the trees talking in hushed tones
> all around you. To the south the ridge continues to bend eastward
> towards another set of foothills.
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> [Exits: north south]
**From here, I get my bearings (not too quickly though), and run to my corpse.**
> **Of course, with all that clairvoyance, he already knows exactly where I died**
> **and gets there first. Damn...**
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