We do?

Oh, right.

I'm full of raves lately: teaching my protege how to flirt with the elfen ladies in the commune.

Dominique Nightshade bows to you - the lesson in Hexes is over.
Your skill in Hexes has risen to Transcendent.

FINALLY figuring out how to get my demesne timing right. Because of Rriikkaa.

Now I just have to work on all the other reasons why I suck at combat.

I tried that once. Eventually I just decided to concentrate on staying alive and then hinder people

What's your tertiary?

Ecology. Which is good for flinging stuff at people in adjacent rooms, not so good if you're in the same room as them. Which I have to be if I'm holding the meld and want my demesne effects to hit them.

You misunderstand the notation for demesne effects, I think. It means that they hit in the same area as you (on survey), not that they only hit in your room.

Really? I knew there was something fishy about that. Yyaayy! I don't have to stand still and die after all. I can go hide in an out-of-the-way corner like the coward I am.

Druidry fighting 101 with Nerra!
Objective one: Draw the enemy deep into your meld (a few rooms)
Objective two: Survive until your meld fires
Objective three: Sap as close as possibly to your meld firing. If the sap sticks, go to objective four. If it doesn't go back to one
Objective four: Keep the enemy sapped
Objective five: Make them bleed, return to objective four
Win

Huh. I always thought you had to be in the same room too... Yet another reason I suck at fighting.

I thought so too. I guess the moral of the story is that all non-combatants think alike.

Well, the AB says that if you do it demesne wide, the effects move around when you do. I assumed that meant that you had to be in the same room with folks for them to work!

Some effects, like Druidry Storms, and I think Iceflow in Aquamancy need you to be in the same room. Most however, will hit the whole meld

That's what I assumed too!

It's like the main reason I was always nervous holding defensive melds... I thought, to make the effects effective, I had to go where the invaders were and since I can't fight my way out of a wet paper sack, I'd die and the meld would be useless.

I just had my first interaction with Elostian. It was odd, speaking with a God who didn't treat me like I was worth less than the dirt on his heels.

Elostian is the best

Seconded.

FAIN STILL OWNS YOU.