Sick of being empressed into guards on Celestia, Shorlen decided to do the Commune equivilent, only this version kills the caster.

Note to self: next time turn of triggers first

(at Backwards Avenue)

5301h, 6687m, 0e, 10p, 14645en, 12635w exkp@-
Niente takes a long drag off his pipe.
5301h, 6687m, 0e, 10p, 14645en, 12605w exkp@-
Niente closes his eyes, curls up into a ball and falls asleep.
- niente is ASLEEP! -
5301h, 6687m, 0e, 10p, 14645en, 12605w exkp@-
Talkan mutters and traces a glowing circle before him. He steps through the
circle and suddenly vanishes from sight.
5301h, 6687m, 0e, 10p, 14645en, 12581w exkp@-dreamweave possess niente

You jump into Niente's body.
You open your eyes and yawn mightily.
stand
Missing insomnia defence
insomnia
5137h, 2643m, 4024e, 10p elrxkp-
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
5137h, 2643m, 4024e, 10p elrxk-
You clench your fists, grit your teeth, and banish all possibility of sleep.
Insomnia defence restored
5137h, 2543m, 4024e, 10p elrxk-enter archway

You step into a flowering archway and are whisked to the Serenwilde.
Near the argent trunk of the Moonhart Mother Tree.
The bright sun shines down, blanketing you with its life-giving warmth. Glowing
glyphs hang in the air here. Towering high above is the Moonhart Mother Tree,
stretching her enormous branches heavenwards. Reaching up as high as the eye can
see looms the awesome presence of a living totem. A flowering archway rises up
from the ground. Hovering eerily here is a frost hag, emanating a pale silver
glow. There are 3 fierce timberwolfs here. Gleaming streamers of white fabric
surround the form of this champion of the fae as she stands here regally. There
are 9 centaur hunters here. A hornbeam sapling clings tenaciously to the ground
here. Mushrooms are growing here in a perfect circle. A sigil in the shape of a
small, rectangular monolith is on the ground. A wiccan broom floats here,
vibrating with energy. There are 7 wood nymphs here. Serenguard Sola is here.
She wields an antler adorned greatsword in her left hand. Serenguard Nementh,
Jaguar Scout is here. He wields an antler adorned greatsword in his left hand.
Aieren lies here in a heap, collapsed on the floor. He wields a golden sickle in
his left hand. Moon's Tears, Laysus, Dancer in the Moonlight is here. He wields
a shield bordered in moonstones in his left hand and an athame dagger in his
right. Adherent of the Maiden, Ista Talnara is here, shrouded. She wields an
athame dagger in her left hand. Serenguard Dinoniel, Totem Scout is here. He
wields an elegant darksteel katana in his left hand. Galaphyrae is riding on a
wiccan broom. She wields an athame dagger in her left hand and a silver-edged
kite shield in her right. Rock of Serenwilde, Hiriako Talnara-Myeras is here. He
wields a moulded war hammer in each hand. Riesa, Guardian of the Spirits is
here. He wields an athame dagger in his left hand and a shield bordered in
moonstones in his right. Gehn, Adherent of the Mother is here, shrouded. He
wields an athame dagger in his left hand. Hand of the Crone, Sarrasri Talnara,
Hornbearer of Charune is here. She wields an athame dagger in her left hand.
Vaera, Autumn's Dragon is here. She wields an athame dagger in her right hand.
Grace of the Moon, Linwe, Saran's Pumpkin is here. She wields an athame dagger
in her left hand. Druid Shorlen, Doe's Grace is here, sprawled on the floor. He
wields a mystic cudgel in his left hand and a painted centaur shield in his
right.
You see exits leading east and west.
Your movement causes your magical shield to dissipate.
A living totem unleashes a bolt of energy that slams into you.
focus mind
light pipe31530
smoke pipe31530
drink sanguine
focus body
A living totem unleashes a bolt of energy that slams into you.
A living totem unleashes a bolt of energy that slams into you.
A living totem unleashes a bolt of energy that slams into you.
Unreasoning rage turns the world blood-red.
Hypochondria afflict - cure: worm
outr 1 wormwood
eat wormwood
A living totem unleashes a bolt of energy that slams into you.
A living totem unleashes a bolt of energy that slams into you.
A Lady of the Silver Light exclaims, "Enemy of Mother Moon! Your time has come!"
A Lady of the Silver Light twirls her rapiers expertly, turning to face you.
5137h, 2618m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
Riesa lays a hand on the forehead of Shorlen, who glows with a sparkling silver
light.
5137h, 2618m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
A banshee stares at you, then suddenly emits a high-pitched screech at you. The
soundwaves pierce into your very being, weakening you in both body and mind.
4524h, 2257m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
You shrug off your impatience and focus your mind once again.
Impatience unafflict caught
4524h, 2007m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
You must regain balance first.
4524h, 2007m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
What is it you wish to smoke?
4524h, 2007m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
You fondle yourself absently.
4524h, 2007m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
You concentrate, but your mind is too tired to focus.
4524h, 1757m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
You remove 1 wormwood, bringing the total in the Rift to 97.
4524h, 1757m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
You eat a wormwood stem.
My, you feel healthier than you have in years.
Hypochondria unafflict caught
4524h, 1757m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
You have recovered equilibrium.
4524h, 1757m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
The presence of Shorlen inside your soul prevents you from doing that.
4524h, 1757m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
The presence of Shorlen inside your soul prevents you from doing that.
4524h, 1757m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
Gehn lays a hand on the forehead of Shorlen, who glows with a sparkling silver
light.
4524h, 1757m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
(The Dawn Brigade): Malicia says, "I saw him right after you said it, but okay."
4524h, 1757m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
Ooh look! A lovely lake. Perhaps you'll dive in!
Hallucinations afflict - cure: pr
stand
The presence of Shorlen inside your soul prevents you from doing that.
4524h, 1757m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
focus body
4524h, 1757m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
You must regain balance first.
4524h, 1757m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
4524h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrxkp-
Your mind is able to focus once again.

You have recovered equilibrium.
4524h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p elrxkp-
Sola gazes at you with love and adoration.
4524h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p elrxkp-
The presence of Shorlen inside your soul prevents you from doing that.
4524h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p elrxkp-
A centaur hunter growls at you, swinging the butt of his spear to connect
against your head.
Hefting his spear, a centaur hunter drives it into you, stabbing you in the
side.
Hefting his spear, a centaur hunter drives it into you, stabbing you in the
side.
Hefting his spear, a centaur hunter drives it into you, stabbing you in the
side.
A Lady of the Silver Light dances about gracefully as she stabs at you with her
rapiers.
A brownie runs up and tickles your sides.
1952h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
outr 1 pennyroyal
eat pennyroyal
1952h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
(The Dawn Brigade): Malicia says, "Oi."
1952h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
You remove 1 pennyroyal, bringing the total in the Rift to 485.
1952h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
You must regain balance first.
1952h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
Hiriako's aura of weapons rebounding disappears.
With a focused look, Hiriako strikes at you with a moulded war hammer. You are
painfully pounded in the face.
1580h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-

A warrior has struck you in the head! Head status: 400 wounds
Galaphyrae joyously dances and a soft lunar light bathes her and heals her
wounds.
1580h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
With a focused look, Hiriako strikes at you with a moulded war hammer. Your head
whips back from the force of the blow.
A surge of rejuvenating energy floods your system, healing your wounds.
You shrug off the effects of the poison.
3256h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-

You have just been hit by a warrior, but don't know where!
You have recovered equilibrium.
3256h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
Hiriako takes a long drag off his pipe.
3256h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p elrkp-
You cease parrying.
3256h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
Razor sharp leaves whip around you upon the wind, slicing into your flesh.
A centaur hunter growls at you, swinging the butt of his spear to connect
against your head.
A frost hag stares at you, then suddenly emits a high-pitched screech at you.
The soundwaves pierce into your very being, weakening you in body.
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
You have just been hit by a warrior, but don't know where!

You adjust your attention spent parrying your head.
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrkp-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrxkp-
You must regain equilibrium first.
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrxkp-
You have recovered equilibrium.
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p elrxkp-
Frustratingly, your body won't respond to your call to action.
focus body
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrxkp-
You must regain equilibrium first.
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrxkp-
The presence of Shorlen inside your soul prevents you from doing that.
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrxkp-
Your mind is whirling with thoughts - you cannot settle down to sleep.
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrxkp-
You have recovered equilibrium.
The presence of Shorlen inside your soul prevents you from doing that.
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p elrxkp-
The presence of Shorlen inside your soul prevents you from doing that.
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p elrxkp-
Frustratingly, your body won't respond to your call to action.
focus body
1917h, 1736m, 4024e, 10p lrxkp-outr 1 pennyroyal
eat pennyroyal

Rearing up on his hind legs, a centaur hunter batters you with his hooves.
Rearing up on his hind legs, a centaur hunter batters you with his hooves.
A centaur hunter growls at you, swinging the butt of his spear to connect
against your head.
A centaur hunter growls at you, swinging the butt of his spear to connect
against your head.
As the body you possess dies, the silver cord that connects you to the
dreamrealm is torn asunder and kills you instantly.
A honeycomb falls out of your inventory.
A swirling force begins to tug at your soul and the world spins around you.
Niente has been slain by a centaur hunter.
Niente drops a bunch of pennyroyal.
A ghostly form rises from Niente's body followed by a bright flash. A new
breathing body appears around the form, restoring him from certain death.
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex- Missing kafe defence - cure: kafe

You are dead and cannot do that.
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex-
Niente eats a bunch of pennyroyal.
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex-
Laysus's aura of weapons rebounding disappears.
Laysus points an athame dagger at Niente and vines shoot forth, entangling him
with a thorny embrace.
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex-
You are dead and cannot do that.
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex-
Niente eats a bunch of pennyroyal.
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex-ql

You are dead and cannot do that.
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex-
Near the argent trunk of the Moonhart Mother Tree.
The bright sun shines down, blanketing you with its life-giving warmth. Towering
high above is the Moonhart Mother Tree, stretching her enormous branches
heavenwards. Reaching up as high as the eye can see looms the awesome presence
of a living totem. A flowering archway rises up from the ground. Hovering eerily
here is a frost hag, emanating a pale silver glow. There are 3 fierce
timberwolfs here. Gleaming streamers of white fabric surround the form of this
champion of the fae as she stands here regally. There are 9 centaur hunters
here. A hornbeam sapling clings tenaciously to the ground here. Mushrooms are
growing here in a perfect circle. A sigil in the shape of a small, rectangular
monolith is on the ground. A wiccan broom floats here, vibrating with energy.
There are 7 wood nymphs here. The twisted remains of Shorlen lie here. A golden
honeycomb lies here, gleaming with sugary goodness. A bunch of pennyroyal lies
take honeycomb
on the ground. Serenguard Sola is here. She wields an antler adorned greatsword
in her left hand. Serenguard Nementh, Jaguar Scout is here. He wields an antler
adorned greatsword in his left hand. Aieren lies here in a heap, collapsed on
the floor. He wields a golden sickle in his left hand. Serenguard Dinoniel,
Totem Scout is here. He wields an elegant darksteel katana in his left hand.
Hand of the Crone, Sarrasri Talnara, Hornbearer of Charune is here. She wields
an athame dagger in her left hand. Vaera, Autumn's Dragon is here. She wields an
athame dagger in her right hand. Riesa, Guardian of the Spirits is here. He
wields an athame dagger in his left hand and a shield bordered in moonstones in
his right. Galaphyrae is riding on a wiccan broom. She wields an athame dagger
in her left hand and a silver-edged kite shield in her right. Rock of
Serenwilde, Hiriako Talnara-Myeras is here. He wields a moulded war hammer in
each hand. Grace of the Moon, Linwe, Saran's Pumpkin is here. She wields an
athame dagger in her left hand. Sir Niente, the Ivory Lion is here. He wields a
slender, blue-glowing rapier in each hand. Moon's Tears, Laysus, Dancer in the
Moonlight is here. He wields a shield bordered in moonstones in his left hand
and an athame dagger in his right.
You see exits leading east and west.
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Laysus takes a long drag off his pipe.
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Small motes of yellow pollen rise up from the wildflowers and drift into
Niente's mouth. He flushes and begins to cough.
Squirrels chitter madly but remain unseen in the trees. Niente is pelted by
acorns that leave welts and bruises.
A bolt of lighting streaks down from the heavens and strikes Niente, who writhes
terribly as the energy ripples over him.
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Spinning swiftly, a Lady of the Silver Light slashes at Niente rapidly with her
elegant rapiers.
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Niente takes a drink from a pearl vial.
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex-
You are dead and cannot do that.
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex-
Niente clenches his fists and grits his teeth.
- niente is INSOMNIAC again! -
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex-
Gehn's aura of weapons rebounding disappears.
Gehn thrusts his palm towards Niente and a burst of silver light shoots out from
it and burns into Niente, who cries out in pain.
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex-
Niente takes some salve from a vial and rubs it on his chest.
0h, 6687m, 0e, 0p, 14645en, 11675w ex-
Rearing up on his hind legs, a centaur hunter batters Niente with his hooves.
Rearing up on his hind legs, a centaur hunter batters Niente with his hooves.
Hefting his spear, a centaur hunter drives it into Niente, stabbing him in the
side.
Niente has been slain by a centaur hunter.

So worth it, IC, to kill a Celestian, and OOC, because killing Amaru is always cathritic, even if I can't spell that word

Serves you right, you stag sacrifice rabbit.

Thats just Awesome.

You should have targetted me. My autosipper was off when I was first sacrificing Sat there next to you with 1k health.

Hehe, I wondered about that deathsight. That is just awesome.

Curious about what the deathsight looked like for Shorlen's death.

After reading this I am just speechless. Amazing.

heh, almost makes me want to go hartstone dreamer, just to be able to kill idiots who camp, even if you die yourself.

Possess is such an underrated skill.

The problem with Possess is that 99% of the uses I see for it are pure griefing goodness. I can drain every last drop of someone's potions and poisons. I can make them outrift all their sparkleberries, and either eat them all or drop them somewhere. I can make someone remove their pack, drop generocity, and put it in the Pool of Stars (I think, I've obviously not tested the limits here). I can make someone attack others (I think? Maybe not on Prime?) but the only people they'd be able to kill in 9 seconds are novices. If I get someone in the post office, I can make them take all their gold from their backpack, request a letter, put the gold in the letter, and mail it to me.

However, there ARE some non-griefing uses. I THINK I can spam things to lower someone's mana to below half (especially if they have focusspirit), and then make them go to sleep, so another dreamweaver can strip kafe, and then when it ends, the other dreamweaver can eternalsleep. With two dreamweavers, you can put someone to sleep and possess quite easily. With three, even if the third is only of NOVICE skill (7 lessons), you can pull off that 18p instakill very easily.

I can also, obviously, force people into guards when offplane, which kills me too, even though I think I've figured out a way in which I can survive even that.

Possess is underrated because its primary uses are 1- griefing/theft, and 2- lame tactics like fifty lines of sip charybdon followed by waiting for possess to end. Possess lasts 10 seconds. Chary takes what, 10 seconds to kill? You can also put their antidote vials in their backpack, and then make them sleep, and immediately strip their kafe when you are forced out of their body.

You can strip all their mana while possessed very easily just by spamming focus body. I was testing out EternalSleep on test, and had to resort to that. If someone doesn't wake up, you have no way to drain their mana except for Possess, which makes EternalSleep incredibly annoying.

Hee hee, I always liked doing that. Throw some absinthe in there too

Can you heartstop a possessed person? 0.0?

Isn't it like extremely difficult to successfully possess someone? What does it take?

They have to be asleep. You have to have 10 power. It's harder than it sounds.

What is its duration again?

They only have to be asleep for one second though. That could still take up to 15 power to do if they are fully rested to begin with - I really wish dreamweave evaluate could tell how tired someone was It's an idea I'd like to envoy at some point, and I heard that others wanted it there too...

But if you get lucky with Void, you can potentially get them to sleep for a second by using slumber to strip insomnia, then when they reflexively put it back up, stupidity has a small chance of putting them to sleep instead. As with all things dreamweaving related, it requires luck for the dreamweaver that their target messes up with something, since dreamweaving can't kill otherwise.

I will also point out that if you try dreamweave possess on someone that's awake, it doesn't take balance or eq, but it does take 1,000 willpower. That's a LOT of willpower. When I tried it the first time, not knowing this, I had Dysolis falling asleep from exhaustion with metawake up, and so spammed possess trying to catch him in that one second that metawake keeps you asleep. I went from 10,000 willpower to 0 in under a second.


Dreamweaving needs a willpower refresh skill that can only be done while awake to make up for the absurd willpower cost of every skill in the skillset Channel takes 500 willpower or so, and has to be done about 20 times to eternalsleep someone. Void takes a good 300-400. Drowse takes 500 and has to be done 25 times to take someone from fully rested to badly needs sleep - that's 12,500 willpower (and 100 seconds for them to run away in) if you want to put them to sleep without resorting to deepsleep, which has the problem of costing a lot of power when eternal sleep requires you to have 8 on hand when you finally do get them asleep.

Eh, I'm not really complaining about the skillset, but the cost of some of the skills willpowerwise is really ridiculous


I'm pretty sure you can't. I know you can't stagcall sacrifice, we tried that one. I think anything unforcable is also undoable while possessed.

You can probably make them kill themselves by having them sip anatine and then hitting themself. It's rarely useful though, since if the person you possessed dies, so do you.


10 seconds, with nearly every action taking a 1 second balance, including standing up (they begin prone, since they were asleep). So, you get about 8 actions. The only things I know of that don't take that balance are insomnia, focus, drink, outr, eat, tells, clans, clan members. Moving DOES take the 1 sec balance.

That's lame, buff please. Double the duration and remove the 1 second balance thing.