A cobalt blue hexagram shoots up from below.
It slams into Narsrim, knocking him to the ground.
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Animated branches from the trees suddenly reach down and clutch Ur'Warlord
Daevos Feyranti, Dragon of Midnight around the waist, pulling himinto their
foliage.
Animated branches from the trees suddenly reach down and clutch Kalas Ixion,
Ur'Commander around the waist, pulling himinto their foliage.
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/=========================\\
{ Equilibrium Recovered }
\\=========================/
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Daevos lightly strokes your flesh, and the cold of the grave seeps into your
drink fire
bones.
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You take a drink from an onyx vial.
Your body warms up and you stop shivering.
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The tiny red mushrooms on the ground release a cloud of yellow spores, which
travel up Ixion's nose and make his eyes water.
The tiny red mushrooms on the ground release a cloud of yellow spores, which
travel up Daevos's nose and make his eyes water.
Small motes of yellow pollen rise up from the wildflowers and drift into Ixion
's mouth. He flushes and begins to cough.
Small motes of yellow pollen rise up from the wildflowers and drift into Daevos
's mouth. He flushes and begins to cough.
Flying insects suddenly swarm Ixion, covering him with tiny, painful stings.
Flying insects suddenly swarm Daevos, covering him with tiny, painful stings.
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Daevos takes a drink from a jade vial.
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Ixion takes a drink from a bloodstone vial.
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climb up

Daevos eats a bunch of pennyroyal.
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Ixion eats a bunch of pennyroyal.
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You may drink another purgative or curing potion.
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You can climb no higher.
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Daevos eats a bunch of pennyroyal.
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look
In the trees above Winding forest trail.
A smattering of clouds fills the sky, lacing it with spiderwebs of grey. A
small trail has formed among the tall trees, winding in and out as it leads
into the heart of the forest. The canopy of green overhead nearly obscures the
sky, leaves rustling in the wind Ur'Warlord Daevos Feyranti, Dragon of Midnight
is here. He wields the lightning fang of the dark dragon in his left hand.
Kalas Ixion, Ur'Commander is here, shrouded. He wields a exquisitely crafted
draconic broadsword in each hand.
You see exits leading north and west.
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Ixion eats a bunch of pennyroyal.
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Ixion takes a drink from a bloodstone vial.
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forestcast treebane demesne

Daevos yelps in pain as a brownie bashes him.
A pixie slashes Daevos viciously.
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You reach out to your demesne, then cross your arms and shake your head
vigorously, spreading your arms out wide.
A shadow passes through the trees, whispering names.
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Holding the lightning fang of the dark dragon poised at an angle overhead,
Daevos unleashes a violent assault at your head. Daevos strikes your neck, and
blood fountains out in a thick spray.
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drink health
The hole in your throat prevents you from swallowing.
apply mending to head
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You take out some salve and quickly rub it on your head.
Your breathe a sigh of relief as blood stops gushing from your throat.
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look
In the trees above Winding forest trail.
A smattering of clouds fills the sky, lacing it with spiderwebs of grey. A
small trail has formed among the tall trees, winding in and out as it leads
into the heart of the forest. The canopy of green overhead nearly obscures the
sky, leaves rustling in the wind Ur'Warlord Daevos Feyranti, Dragon of Midnight
is here. He wields the lightning fang of the dark dragon in his left hand.
You see exits leading north and west.
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forestcast storm demesne
You must regain equilibrium first.
concentrate
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You bleed 174 health.
clot
clot
clot
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You exert superior mental control and your wounds clot before your eyes.
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You exert superior mental control and your wounds clot before your eyes.
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You exert superior mental control and your wounds clot before your eyes.
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You may apply another salve to yourself.
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Holding the lightning fang of the dark dragon poised at an angle overhead,
Daevos unleashes a violent assault at your head. Daevos strikes through your
neck like it's butter, and your view of the world suddenly spins wildly as your
head flies through the air.
As your severed head hits the ground, you thankfully succumb to death.
You have been slain by Daevos.

Behead in two hits with 53/45 robes

OK so this is two assualt unstoppable attacks and it beheads.. something needs to be done or there really is no point to even being in a fight if I cant survive two hits with wounds

From the looks of it, he probably would have killed you on the second hit and a bit of bleeding anyhow. Which is still very nasty, considering 3704 is a considerable amount of health for a mage/druid.

Yes, beheading you in two attacks is very nasty. What I find just as troubling is the ability to give you slit-throat in one attack. If he had hit you with slickness on the first attack too, you would not have been able to cure the slit-throat unless you had Gedulah or some passive means of healing afflictions (Passive being far inferior, since they normally are on a 10 second or so cycle). Considering the fact that assault is a lunge like attack, you will eventually be hit by it no matter how much you try to actively hinder the person.

Some will surely come on and say it is balanced, since you have a demesne and warriors lack any significant passive attacks. Or, another justification will be the gold & credits that were spent on weapons and runes. Perhaps you will also hear the justification that you need to be a higher level to fight, since 3704 health is surely not enough to be competitive with high damage warriors. There are other justifications I can name, but the three above are the ones I have seen used the most.

Maybe you had sensitivity? Or something that meant you took more wound damage than you should have.

That log seems too ridiculous not to have some other explanation.

Hm, what are the stats/arties on Daevos' weapon? What str/dex does Daevos wander around with?

Its hard to balance warriors since they can have such wildly varied weapons with wildly varied stats and wildly varied racial stats.

That log started from the time my fight started till the time it ended

I woulda tanked the damage enough to move a room trust me. Its the fact he got a behead on the second hit which is bull

Warriors with the right skill, racial stats, weapon stats and arties are 'ridiculous'.

I also have a tf which is suppose to reduce cutting damage

I try and avoid fighting damage warriors (and with just under 3k health, I feel justified ), so maybe I don't understand the mechanics well enough. But it seems to me the relationship between level of wounds and afflictions is not quite right yet.

1.8k damage IS alot to speak about no matter what the consideration. I'm hoping it's a mix of war blessing/arties involved there (though perhaps it means we need to look into the power of Blessings, no matter how much I love them: arties, however, are meant to be inbalancing).

I'm not quite as bugged at the wounding: it depends on how well applying health to the head is, since you did have time to apply mending, the heal the head (quick nitpick: after healing the neck you should get your autoheal working again). It's the mix of nasty damage and nasty wounding which leads to the whole "Either way I heal I'm dead" syndrome.

I am one of those folks who would play the 'demesne' card, and say that an equaly matched warrior should win against an equally matched Druid/mage because the latter is more of a croud control/land grabber while the former is made for these 1 on 1 competitions. However, the druid/mage should STILL last more than 2 hits if they can heal everything (perhaps 4 hits, not counting a failure to heal properly).

Perhaps have assault either not so Woundy, but leave the damage involved (thus, if you didn't heal fast enough the first hit you die, but the heal would save you)?

If it is any consolation, shortly after your death, Daevos beheaded me in three swings. I wasn't healing though.

Depends on who you're fighting. Try fighting non-artifacted knights, see what you think.

An unstoppable instant kill in two hits. There is nothing that justify this - nothing. I don't care what artifacts you have. I know someone in Aetolia who has over $6,000 in artifacts (and I'm not joing) and he cannot beat anyone in who is decent in two attacks let alone two unblockable attacks that go through shield, parry, rebounding, etc.

I don't understand why the administration allows this to happen. It sends a very negative message that I honestly belive is not intentional, but present: you can negate a great deal of combat skill by just buying some runes for your weapon... going from having absolutely no chance against certain persons to a 2 hit insta-kill they cannot stop.

While this may not be the case with Daevos, you could honest to god give that sword to a newbie and he could kill lots people with ease that have upwards of 3500+ health with one alias.

I've been saying this since before the skill got implemented. It's just too strong, a swing equivalent of lunge that dramatically increases wounding is just wrong.

All I can say is, that's stupid and I agree!

I hit you several times in that scuffle, head lunges.

Ixion's only known attack

Poor puppy, maybe one day you'll win a wargames.