I'm fae-obsessed

by Laysus

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Laysus2005-02-17 19:23:25
I recently noticed this - that if a faeling is webbed while flying, they can writhe free before they hit the ground (as shown below)

QUOTE
Nejii points an athame dagger at you and vines shoot forth, entangling you with
a thorny embrace.
2120h, 3290m, 3680e, 10p exp-Tight bindings cling to you, making that impossible.
2120h, 3290m, 3680e, 10p exp-You begin to struggle free of your entanglement.
2120h, 3290m, 3680e, 10p ep-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
2120h, 3290m, 3680e, 10p exp-Tight bindings cling to you, making that impossible.
2120h, 3290m, 3680e, 10p exp-
Lacking any way to fly and any support, you plummet to the earth below you!
2120h, 3290m, 3680e, 10p exp-
You twist and turn as you attempt to escape from your entanglement.
2120h, 3290m, 3680e, 10p exp-
You have writhed free of your entanglement.
2120h, 3290m, 3680e, 10p ex-
You plummet head first into the ground with a sickening crunch.
1498h, 3290m, 3680e, 10p ex-


The way I see it, I either should be able to pull up out of the dive and end up on the ground, unharmed, should I manage to writhe free before crashing, or manage a crash-land and take the damage as I plow into the ground, but not the head damage. Or maybe less damage and only level 1 head injuries.

Faeling need upgrades! ninja.gif
Typhus2005-02-17 19:24:56
Heh. That was funny. Shrink your size even more next time to make it easier to get out of that web.
Nyla2005-02-17 22:44:16
QUOTE(Laysus @ Feb 17 2005, 02:23 PM)
Faeling need upgrades!  ninja.gif
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Indeedily!
Gwylifar2005-02-18 01:26:00
Looked to me like by the time you stopped writhing you were practically kissing the ground. But of course I can't see how much time is passing between each line.
Yrael2005-02-18 06:18:48
4.14.5 The Faeling Race

Faelings are not descended from an Elder God. Rather, they are the cross
between an elfen and a creature of the fae. Faelings are almost always
raised in elfen communes, and are given special status by wiccans.
Physically, they look like extremely diminutive elfen, even smaller than
the furrikin, and they all have elaborate butterfly-like wings enabling
them to fly. While not very strong, they make up for that in speed and
intellect.

STATISTICS:
Strength : 5 Dexterity : 16 Constitution: 12
Intelligence: 14 Charisma : 14 Size : 4

ADVANTAGES:
o Shares Elfen racial language.
o Can FLY.
o Regenerate health and mana while in forest environments, Level 2.
o Can FLUTTER at level 50, transfixing an enemy
DISADVANTAGES:
o Cannot lead a normal sex life.
o If a Serenwilder, will be crushed in the first 'Group Snuggle'
*shrug*
Ialie2005-02-18 15:09:28
QUOTE(Yrael @ Feb 18 2005, 01:18 AM)
4.14.5 The Faeling Race

Faelings are not descended from an Elder God.  Rather, they are the cross
between an elfen and a creature of the fae. Faelings are almost always
raised in elfen communes, and are given special status by wiccans.
Physically, they look like extremely diminutive elfen, even smaller than
the furrikin, and they all have elaborate butterfly-like wings enabling
them to fly. While not very strong, they make up for that in speed and
intellect.

STATISTICS:
Strength    :  5    Dexterity  : 16    Constitution: 12
Intelligence: 14    Charisma    : 14    Size        :  4

ADVANTAGES:
  o  Shares Elfen racial language.
  o  Can FLY.
  o  Regenerate health and mana while in forest environments, Level 2.
  o  Can FLUTTER at level 50, transfixing an enemy
DISADVANTAGES:
  o  Cannot lead a normal sex life.
  o  If a Serenwilder, will be crushed in the first 'Group Snuggle'
*shrug*
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Umm.. it would be normal with other faelings.. and perhaps furrikin.
Shiri2005-02-18 15:17:49
You wish. *runs away very fast*
Ialie2005-02-18 15:19:47
AWww.... I feel so unwanted.
Laysus2005-02-19 14:02:56
s'what enlargement enchants are for tongue.gif
Merloch2005-02-19 18:35:38
Well, I'd reckon that they can have normal sex with an elfen, too, since..they came from Elfen.

A Fae and an Elfen.
Shiri2005-02-19 18:40:14
They're like...a third of the...wait, I won't get into that.

Anyway.

By the time you'd fallen that far, you would have been accelerating too fast for your wings to be able to slow you down without being torn to shreds, since as butterfly-type wings they'd be membranous (is that a word?) and stuffs.
Merloch2005-02-19 18:47:56
That also implies that the distance is far enough to reach a multitude of gravititational degree, though, on a similar thought - Since when do theories and laws of the real world, matter.

A faeling can lift a hundred pounds, why not avert falling into the ground at incredible speed and minimal distance.
Ialie2005-02-20 09:16:26
Faelings should be able to understand and speak all languages. Oh and get eavesdrop too.. *nodme*
Narsrim2005-02-20 15:02:27
I say drop the exp penalty and add flutter (transixes an enemy or strips blindness). Any race with EXTREMELY low con is -very- difficult to manage. They could use this boost and it would be fair.
Yrael2005-02-21 01:24:39
Narsrim, just lis - oh. You.. agreed?

The world is ending.
Desdemona2005-02-21 02:03:27
Faelings should actually take triple the damage from falls, and because their wings are so tiny they should be impossible to recover flight from mid-air.
Shiri2005-02-21 02:09:08
No, that means they should take the same amount as everyone else. It's like saying someone with a broken shield should take more damage from a hit than someone without one entirely. :/
Desdemona2005-02-21 02:11:56
No, faelings shouldn't even be able to wield swords, wear and armou or a shield and move... much less fly. laugh.gif
Shiri2005-02-21 02:19:29
That was a totally unrelated metaphor I was using to point out how they wouldn't take any MORE damage, just not any less, don't confuse the two. tongue.gif
Desdemona2005-02-21 02:24:31
Well, I'm just bashing at faelings. wink.gif Wasn't going waste the opportunity not to.