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Biolizard28 posted...
Worse than Garen getting something is Kat getting nothing.

I'm not sure what they can do for her. Her main problem is that any hard CC ruins her ultimate, and there's nothing they can do about that short of something ridiculous like making her immune to CC while in death lotus, which would be insane.

Make Death Lotus a normal move and reduce its power, then make Killer Instincts a Vayne-style megabuff. Problem solved.

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Nina's statblock will come soon, when I have the time for it. 'Til then, just rest assured that she'll pop up on the character sheet.

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D) "Is there a reason for them to be? Anyway, let's figure it out after we take care of the rest."

"Yeah..." Karenina starts, hesitantly. "Hey...if...if we're going to work together, I figure you should know. Look!"

Lifting a hand, palm-up, she concentrates, and a gout of flame appears, as her eyes turn a radiant pink. She looks at you, sheepishly. "I can do strange stuff, if I put my mind to it. Stuff that shouldn't be possibly. I can do magic!" She says, looking at you, her stance guarded but her eyes hopeful.

"Those monsters were brought here by magic, and they're drawn to spellcasters. That's why I figured they were out to get me. I don't know how anyone could send so many, though...hey, you don't think I'm lying, do you? I swear I'm telling the truth!" She asks, suddenly. It is at that moment that Lluvia steps into the room. Pointing at her, you nod, and Karenina's face brightens, after a brief instant of surprise.

"Oooooh, is that...is that an Element? That means you're a caster too! I didn't know there were any others in this city!" She says, clapping her hands. "Maybe...maybe we can find out who's behind it we use our powers together to erase these monsters."

(Misc Theme 1, Fire Forged Bond:
[Nina has joined the party!]

Together, you, Nina, and Lluvia venture out of the room. Outside, everything has gone quiet, except for the occasional screech of a plant monster in the distance. In the span of time you spent inside, the school corridors have been overrun by wild, dark green vegetation, and an intoxicating perfume fills the air. A strange shiver creeps down your spine as you take in the changes, and you turn around.

On the far end, hovering in mid-air, you see a shade attached to no body, glaring at you. The figure is completely dark, with the exception of two large, glowing white eyes, which stare at you hatefully. After a moment, the shade turns around and floats down a corridor to its right.

"Was that another monster? It didn't look like the ones I saw before." Nina asks, worried. "Should we go after it and see what it's up to?"

29) What will you do after your encounter with the shade?
A) Pursue it and see what it wants.
B) Find your way down and out of the building, it's not safe here.
C) Other.

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So, battle reveal. You couldn't miss against these guys...which was a good thing, because if they'd have had any evasion, you'd have missed with both first-round attacks. Either you're very lucky about the way those rolls fell, or you're going to pay through the nose soon.

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The second bulb never knew what hit him, as Stormscraper slices it to pieces in an instant. Its three parts roll convulse for a moment before settling down.

[Bully Bulb 2 HP remaining: 0/30]
[10 XP earned!]


With the battle over, you decide to go outside to investigate what is going on. Carefully sidestepping the gaping holes in the floor, you find most of the doors outside locked. Looks like the students have barricaded themselves in. Maybe that's for the best-

"No! Stay back!" You hear someone yell. You hasten toward the source of the noise, and turn down a corner to see a strange plant beast that looks vaguely like a man stand on a doorway, before you hear several pings and several bolts ram into it, sending it crashing against the wall.

Peeking into the room, you're quickly forced to duck back out, as a dart zooms into the spot your head was a moment before. Inside, you hear someone let out a strangled cry.

"Oh, no! I'm sorry, sorry, sorry!"

You nearly run into Karenina as she dashes out of the room, a concerned expression on her face. Said worry quickly disappears when she sees your clothes are ruffled, but you're otherwise unharmed.

"Oh, thank the heavens! I thought I'd got you for a second. I'm sorry, since those things started knocking I've been on edge, they're so vicious..." Inside the room, you see two young girls passed out on the floor, and the bodies of two other plant men.

"What happened here? T-those monsters...they just came out of nowhere and started attacking people. I tried to get everyone into a classroom so they wouldn't be hurt, but I don't know if they made it..." She looks contrite, and distressed.

"These two girls just couldn't move, and one of the plants lunged for them, so-" You interrupt Karenina's words as you see one of the two fallen plant-men begin to stir and raise a hand at her. Stepping into the room, you grab Stormscraper by the middle and plunge it into the thing as though it were a stake. It convulses and lets out a dying hiss before going still.

"Oh dear, it was still alive? I was so careless...someone could have been hurt by it." She says, an even guiltier look on her face than before. "What's going on here, anyway? D-did these things come here for me?" She asks, a desperate inflection to her voice. You have your doubts, given that the last time you came across a monster it had a slightly different target, but you're hesitant about speaking up about that. It looks like Karenina is resourceful, for a normal girl, but out of the loop.

28) What will you tell Karenina?
A) "Yeah, they're probably after you."
B) "No, look, I think these things are out to get me..."
C) "I don't think so, they must be here for a different reason."
D) Other.

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muddersmilk posted...
By the way, literally loling at this move. Not because it was bad, but because the writer-side stuff was *amazing*. I might share it later.

Please do.

And is the first bulb dead or does it still have 1 HP, I'm a bit confused.

Dead, I just indicated that yes, that was the first Bully Bulb.

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Forceful_Dragon posted...
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Kanz are you really arguing with red about fiddle and comparing him to kaiser of all champs?

There is a reason I put 20 straight fiddle games in as soon as the changes happened. They were a BIG ****ing deal and I knew it. And it took less than a week for fiddle to start making pretty regular appearances in games when he was almost never seen before.

You compared Fiddle and Kaiser because they "blow everything on their ult combos", but I would say that fiddle has much more usefulness with his ult down than kaiser.

The range on both Dark Wind and his Fear makes him a lot better ultless than kaiser could ever hope to be. He can pretty safely toss dark winds at will and that fear is instant death to enemies who slip into it's range during a teamfight stand-off.

Each of them has a QE that do what they have to do exceedingly well, yeah. I try to get QSS whenever I face fiddles these days, because getting feared for so long is a death sentence. If I had to face Kaiser I'd get good amounts of MR instead since the ult isn't cleansable these days, probably a banshee's.

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Power Recirculator is better if you're using health regen and cloak/radar cloak a lot, Synthetic Heart is probably better if you went with Aggressive Defense System and/or drones like I did.

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Or rather, it shortens it dramatically, the ticks just happen faster.

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TheConductorSix posted...
Once the Nasus slow is on the carry that carry is dead. Though Nasus faces the same problem as Morde:endless kite. Where the slow shines is in lane. It lets me over extend a great deal because lol jungler slowed damage recovered shortly with built in life steal. I'm considering running Cleanse on him to aid in the whole kite Nasus thing. Good idea or bad idea, Red?

That's seriously not the case because flash exists. The carry just flashes back, takes a potshot, then uses abilities until wither wears off. It's why Nasus isn't used much, Wither just isn't a strong deterrent when instant movement is out there.

Also, cleanse doesn't help a lot. Get flash and ghost instead, or flash and exhaust. Works better imo.

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By the way, literally loling at this move. Not because it was bad, but because the writer-side stuff was *amazing*. I might share it later.

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Wearily, you stand up from your desk, and grab Stormscraper. You've been through this only once, and yet it already feels routine to you. Brandishing the blade hidden within the umbrella, you take a swing at the nearest bulbous fiend...

...Which is blasted by a crescent wave of sky-blue energy, as well as two concentrated water blasts from Lluvia. It crumples and stops moving at once.

[Bully Bulb 1 HP remaining: 0/30]

The other plant creature, meanwhile, takes its time and throws a tiny little seed at your feet. Following a gut feeling, you dive out of the way, just in time to avoid being skewered by another one of those massive plant spikes.

[MC HP remaning: 60/75]

Ally Team

Name: Main Character
Element: Water
HP: 65/75
MP: 34/34

Name: Lluvia
Element: Water
HP: 60/60
MP: 50/50


Enemy Team

Name: Bully Bulb
Element: Earth
HP: 0/30
MP: --

Name: Bully Bulb
Element: Earth
HP: 30/30
MP: --

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Biolizard28 posted...
KanzarisKelshen posted...
There was exactly one big buff and it came with a bunch of nerfs. Don't be ridiculous.

Are you for real right now? Fiddle got buffs to everything except the length of his fear, which was dropped by one second. You got it totally backwards.

Drain got lowered manacosts but a nerfed ratio, dark wind lost bounces but got a fixed trajectory, and crowstorm got the lowered channel which is godly.

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"FIDDLES ALLAH ALLAH ELIHU ACKBAR"

Spoken by one of my teammates as I suicide bombed into the enemy team.

While sitting in a warded bush.

After they had just taken baron.

And died.

AND TOOK THE SUPER FED JAX AND HIS TEAM WITH ME, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

(Also, one of the deaths was to the golem addies at start lol)

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In that case, that's one hell of a time to use your main account, heh. Anyway, update coming in a sec.

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Tag, also recommending you do a Magic Knight run for FF8. It's the way it was meant to be played and it makes the battle system EASILY the best of all the non-X2 games.

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SythaWarrior posted...
I'm okay with them getting nerfed. Might make champions like Blitz and Leona more used.

Negative, it's gonna be pantheon all day erryday.

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red13n posted...

I know that, but he got one big buff and not several unless you count the bug fixes/adjustments. You're exaggerating to support your point while I'm sticking to facts, so have the decency to stop it.

I didnt say he got several buffs, I said he got one big buff.

It was huge. It totally changed him and made him from near worthless to an excellent champion. I'm not exaggerating anything and I have no idea where you are getting this from.

You said buffs before, but if you were just talking about the crowstorm change I 100% agree. That half-second makes such a huge difference it's kind of scary. If you're good enough you can just storm from the backlines, which is a huge change from the old "storm fromt he bush or don't get any damage at all" Fids.

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red13n posted...
Red doesn't know what he's talking about because doesn't play the champion if he thinks Morde is useless after flashing.

hey, I'm not the one putting up consistent losses with kaiser.

The kaiser problem isnt when he has flash up, or even after he has flash. Its when he doesnt have it at all. He doesnt have the ability to gap close, meaning good teams will kite him around all day long. And seeing as he needs to build DPS to not be worthless, hes just a bit tankier than your average champion. This tankiness doesnt help him with closing that gap that he needs to make a clone of a squishy.

This is a fair point, actually. I'd counter that kaiser crippling one of the solos is what lessens this issue, but it's sort of an unrelated thing. Really, the way to alleviate this issue is simply to have a team that can dismantle kiters if you're picking kaiser, which is to say that's a flaw he has. I don't think it's as huge as you do though - even the best players make several mistakes across a game, and Kaiser punishes each mistake incredibly hard so you can get around it.

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red13n posted...
There was exactly one big buff and it came with a bunch of nerfs. Don't be ridiculous.

You clearly never played fiddle pre-buff.

Hes an entirely different champion now.

I know that, but he got one big buff and not several unless you count the bug fixes/adjustments. You're exaggerating to support your point while I'm sticking to facts, so have the decency to stop it.

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TheConductorSix posted...
Justin i'm glad you and I came to the same idea on the same day. Nasus has a 95 percent slow. I'll repeat 95 percent slow to your attack speed and movement. He gimps the enemy carry beyond belief.

For a second, at the end of five seconds. Also, it's 105% except it's not so yeah.

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Justin_Crossing posted...
From: KanzarisKelshen | #098
There was exactly one big buff and it came with a bunch of nerfs. Don't be ridiculous.

PS: The same happened to Morde way back, so the argument holds, even. Take a wild guess as to what the change was while you're at it.
you are the one being completely ridiculous

Red doesn't know what he's talking about because doesn't play the champion if he thinks Morde is useless after flashing. The ghost isn't the one good thing he has on top of a bad kit. His whole kit is a weapon and knowing how to use it is how morde wins, not ulting the carry and having his team focus him. Morde doesn't need a team to kill one guy.

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red13n posted...
being called trash by most people until somebody got good at them

What are you talking about. Fiddle got super-buffed. It wasnt someone getting better at him. It was fiddle getting massive, massive buffs.

Seriously.

There was exactly one big buff and it came with a bunch of nerfs. Don't be ridiculous.

PS: The same happened to Morde way back, so the argument holds, even. Take a wild guess as to what the change was while you're at it.

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red13n posted...
Find me one tanky character that can put out carry level damage and maybe we'll discuss Morde not having general use.


Mind you, none of the other champions spitting out carry-level damage can be kited quite like Morde.

Fiddlesticks. Heck, they even share the whole thing about having ults they use as crutches, loading it all on a coupla spells, and being called trash by most people until somebody got good at them. Yes, Crowstorm has a flash, but it also is way more open to being canceled than Morde's mace swing+R+Ignite, and Fiddles depends on flash way more than the metal man does.

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Oh, right, I forgot about Jax. That's one character, but funnily enough he's also pretty OP because if he gets enough farm and you don't have one of Trundle, Anivia, and maybe Jarvan, you lose.

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red13n posted...
Mordes sole use is to have flash, have AP, flash in, explode AD carry. Get kited for a few minutes if that didnt push to nexus. Pray other team doesnt win in this time.

Nah, this is failing to understand Morde hard. His huge use comes from the fact he can go sit under your tower and chip you to death if he wants to, but he can also nuke you with just Q and R if he feels like piling on the damage. He can go from "100% tanky" to "100% offensive", something absolutely nobody else can pull off. Find me one tanky character that can put out carry level damage and maybe we'll discuss Morde not having general use.

PS: No, Gangplank doesn't count. Triforce doesn't make you hit hard enough and it costs even more than Morde's "I hit you and now you die" core by a mile. If we argue Triforce+Atmogs plank, meanwhile, Morde is either even tankier while having comparable damage, or so bursty he can probably explode tankyplank if he catches him alone in two Mace rotations

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Biolizard28 posted...
Don't be such a drama queen. If you were using Sona for her heal you were doing it wrong.

Spoilers, that's what she was being used for. And her ult of course, but that's a once-per-year skill.

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http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=12948349#post12948349

"geegee soraka"

And on that note, is it weird that the part that makes me happiest is seeing that huge silence she was toting nerfed?

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TheConductorSix posted...
Morde's strengths currently out weigh his faults. This is a tanky DPS metagame and he kinda runs it. He is nearly impossible to one on one. He clears your creep wave and then punishes you with a Mace of Spades. Once he gets Gunblade he slows you and then you're dead as he heals himself relentlessly. Once he gets Lich Bane he pops you for retarded damage. The worst part is the team fights where he ults the Carry and everyone dives said Carry to turn the fight into a 6 on 4 immediately.

Not nearly. Assuming enough farm, Morde cannot be 1v1d. But that's like complaining about Jax 1v1ing hos, that's what they do. In a teamfight Morde has to be super careful or he blows up, so it isn't as good as you think it is.

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Justin_Crossing posted...
From: OctilIery | #055
Bad players have, certainly.

He's good, but he's not OP in the slightest.
no he's definitely OP

his ability to kill an AD carry and then use his ghost to create a 6v4 is incredibly OP

like all his team has to do is focus the AD carry and they win teamfights. he's also an unreal top lane with unreal farming ability and you can't outrun him if he has rylai's

He's also the only character who has to autopush to not die because his base stats are total ass to compensate for the shield except AD.

PS, if you CC him PRE-battle he dies faster than a carry and it only takes a 1.5 second CC or thereabouts to hose him.

PPS, rylai's is situational on him and ideally you'll never have to buy it, good mordes buy gunblade (I do not buy gunblade because I need to tank up due to how the baddies I play with don't understand its their job to take CC for kaiser).

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SoRR soundtrack or bust imo

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The water's dripping finally ceases, as Lluvia takes on her normal, humanoid form again and walks to your side. Though her features remain blank and inexpressive as always, you sense her distress for your state of mind. She puts her arms around your neck and leans to rest her head on your shoulder, as if trying to instill a sense of calmness in you through that gesture. Before you can do anything, however, you hear somebody scream, and a massive spike of what looks like plant matter pierces the floor in front of you, sending several desks flying. After an instant, the spike retreats, and two short, bulbous creatures jump into the room through the hole it left behind.


Ally Team

Name: Main Character
Element: Water
HP: 65/75
MP: 34/34

Name: Lluvia
Element: Water
HP: 60/60
MP: 50/50


Enemy Team

Name: Bully Bulb
Element: Earth
HP: 30/30
MP: --

Name: Bully Bulb
Element: Earth
HP: 30/30
MP: --

Character Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/147gkqxSPMqJLrm33pvtFeKYe77HMVh-VNpR0YiUwAWg/edit?hl=en_US

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"Alright, squirts, listen up!" He booms, though there's a merry tone to his voice and a smile on his face hidden by his beard that makes it clear he's only playing the part of an ogre, instead of being one. "Before we start today, I've got some news for you. A new student is joining the class, and I expect you all to help her catch up on the subjects we've already covered this term. And yes, I said *her*, so try not to drool too much when she comes in, you horndogs." Though the school mixes girls with boys on each class, there's only three girls out of forty students in your class. Instantly, a chorus of wolf-whistles forms in response to Mr. Adamson's words, as the boys take up the challenge implicit to them. It takes him several moments to quiet the class down again.

"Alright, now that you got that out of your systems...Miss Blumenthal, if you would please come in!"

You gasp as the new students steps into the room. Not because she's particularly pretty (which she is; you vaguely hear a single wolf-whistle this time, before the whole room bursts into laughter), but because you've seen her before!

Those eyes...those two short pigtails falling down to shoulder-level...even though she had a cartoony style before, there's no mistaking her. The girl that is now standing in front of the class, smiling and waving a hand at the room is the same girl you saw on Etta's painting at the training course!

"Ladies and generally boorish people, please welcome Karenina Blumenthal to Class 421!" Still reeling from the shock, you don't join the general chorus of hellos and welcomes, but thankfully this goes unnoticed. How is this happening? When did the...other part of your life decide to creep in and pay your normal life a visit? And how does Etta know this girl enough to paint her? You finally snap back to your senses in time to hear the new girl speak.

"Hi everyone! Nice to meet you too! Please, call me Nina. My mom was armed with a book on baby names when they had to pick a name for me and everybody was too scared of her to argue." She says, her tone chipper, her voice a sweet soprano. More laughs follow in the wake of her joke, but you feel too confused to join in.

"Now, let's see where we can slot you in so we can get this class started, Nina...hey you, make some room for the new student!" Mr. Adamson bellows, pointing at you and the empty chair beside you. Just your luck...you can't argue with him, however, and move to the side as Karenina puts her bag down and the chair in place.

The following eighty minutes pass in a blur. Usually, you find Mr. Adamson's classes to be tremendously interesting, but this time you're so distracted by the curveball you've just been thrown you completely miss it. All you can think of is how the day has gone from strange but interesting, to deeply disturbing. Eventually, the bell indicating recess finally rings, and the students flock out of the room en masse, leaving you alone with your thoughts.

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A) Leave the bestiary for later and go to school.

You put the bestiary down and tuck it into your bag. There'll be time for it later. For now, you need to get going. It's a long walk to school from here. You make your way to the elevator in mere moments, crossing no one's path along the way. Lluvia follows you into the elevator as you punch the button for the ground floor, but when you step out, she's nowhere to be seen. Turning around to look for her, you see water flowing upwards from the elevator, covering several times the ground you do to get to the door at the same time as you. Outside Hallcroft, Turing, and Lotwyver's, You briefly wonder how you're going to sneak Lluvia into the school now that she's grown so tall, but that question is promptly answered as rain begins to fall all around you. You resist the urge to smile as you open Stormscraper to shield yourself from the rain, in spite of the sky being devoid of clouds. Sneaky, but effective.


Calling the learning centre you attend a school could be considered a slight. Consisting of several buildings, big and small, and a large, well-kept campus covered in evergreen grass, it doubles as both a secondary school and a university, and more than four thousand students come to it every day to stuff their brains full of knowledge. School is a very small word for it. You step through the main gates and breathe in the air, which is fresh and cool, a far cry from the smog-filled gas that passes for air in the inner-city streets. You have a laundry list of things you dislike about this place, but the atmosphere is not one of them. You head for the nearest building through the stone streets, dampening the grass at your sides as you pass, and take the stairs right past the door to the fourth, and last floor. You see the water sneak into an air vent as you clamber up the steps, and when you step into your classroom, you are not surprised to see water dripping from the ceiling soundlessly.

Your class is comprised of forty students, and the ceaseless murmur of several conversations going on in the background at once greets you as you look for an empty seat. Several of your fellow students call out to you, and you answer back. Perhaps you're not the most popular man on campus, but you're well liked nonetheless. It might have something to do with your serious air and tall height, which makes you look older than you really are, as though you belong with the universitaries and not the high-schoolers.

The conversations do not stop when Mr. Adamson enters the room. He's a young man, in his late twenties (or perhaps, his early thirties), and his easygoing demeanor and willingness to spend as much time as necessary on tangents to interest his students on the subject at hand make him one of the students' favorites among the faculty. Leaving his things on his big teacher's desk, he claps his hands like thunder, and all sound ceases at once.

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Yeah, now's when you want to go melee and just stab everything forever like I mentioned before. Consider investing on that now.

Also about, the twist talk...ahahahahhahahaha, you're in for some fun stuff.

PS: Also, have you kept up with finding The Man Who Was Thursday and reading the original story's data? Both contribute a lot to the mood.

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Maniac64 posted...
A

Also I've decided that we are now insane, and will deploy our umbrella no matter what time of day or weather.

We will also open our umbrella in doors! Even though that is bad manners and bad luck or whatever.

Unrelated to the stuff on this post, but that sig is hilariously (in)appropriate. Well played, randomizer.

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After the commandments what follows is a bestiary, describing a great many creatures, big and small, hostile and harmless. You briefly peruse it, but soon notice that half an hour's passed. If you get going right now, you'll barely get to school in time.

[Hunter's Libram has been added to inventory!]

27) What will you do?
A) Leave the bestiary for later and go to school.
B) School can wait. Skip class and keep reading.

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A) Free Choice.

You excuse yourself out of the Forge and head back into the library, Lluvia following you with short, rapid steps like those of a pint-sized ballerina. It's time to check out the manual you got from Mr. Lotwyver.

Inside the library, you find a couch next to the wall, and take out the manual. It is written quite dryly, wasting almost no space on poetry and purple prose. The first thing you stumble across are the Commandments.

"Commandment of One: Bask in the Moonlight.

You cannot escape the world you have been plunged into, and if you turn and run like a coward, you will swiftly meet a coward's death. Be brave, or be dead, Knight-in-Training.

Commandment of Two: Together, you triumph.

A lone knight is a beacon of light in the battle against the darkness. A group of knights are a cleansing flare that will purify some of that darkness into light. Seek out the brave and form unbreakable bonds with them, Knight.

Commandment of Three: If at first you don't succeed...

...Try, try, try again. Discretion is the better part of valor, and what you learn from a battle will be instrumental in defeating an enemy who overpowers you. Risk not your life unnecessarily, as there are too few Knights in service to afford to lose one stupidly.

Commandment of Four: Dominate the elements.

Each creature has an element from which it was Forged and which drives its passions, and one element that can destroy that swiftly and mercilessly. Seek control over the four elements, either alone or with your people, and use them as your shield and sword.

Commandment of Five: Forge your bonds in fire.

Seek out the Forges, wellsprings of power, and turn your thoughts and desires into weapons with which to vanquish the darkness. Live intensely, and empower yourself through your emotions.

Commandment of Six: Venture into the wild lands cautiously.

There are worlds beyond our own. If ever must you reach out to them, remember: malice and goodness exist in the same measure in those places as they do in our reality. Be wary, but also ready to accept the help of those who pursue the same goals as you do.

Commandment of Seven: Be not bound by fate.

No chain is harder to break than those of your mind. Nothing can force you to follow a course of action, and your will is your own. Remember that.

Commandment of Eight: Do not forget your roots.

You are just a mortal man, who fights for other mortal men. You are not, cannot, and will not ever be above them, merely beside them. True superiority comes not from the magic you wield, but from the resolve in your heart.

Commandment of Nine: Your greatest weapon is one that cannot harm.

Show mercy after your enemy has been defeated, and strive not to kill, but to redeem. A man who has previously tasted the intoxicating taste of forbidden power but has turned away from it makes for a very devoted Knight, and a step forward in the battle against the darkness.

Commandment of Ten: Never lose hope.

Your foes are many, perhaps infinite, and you wage a shadow war, brave Knight. But no matter how dire the situation may seem, never lose hope. As long as you stand resolute, you shall emerge victorious. From hope comes the will to fight, from the will to fight comes courage, from courage comes greatness, and from greatness comes victory. And hope springs eternal.

-Ezra Muir, Hunter of the Air, AD 1057."

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Xiahou Shake posted...
From: KanzarisKelshen | #090
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/league-legends-season-two-feature-5-million-prize-pool
Just saw this, that's pretty hilarious.
Hope Riot doesn't go broke trying to keep up with Valve. If they just chill and embrace their differences from DotA, they'll be fine. This isn't quite doing that. >_>

They won't go broke. The third largest internet company in the world is funding them.

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Ness26 posted...
From: KanzarisKelshen | #090
Also, given what we are discussing...

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/league-legends-season-two-feature-5-million-prize-pool

"oneupmanship, son"

I mean...damn. Talk about raising the stakes. O_O
Except it's a $5 million pool that waits for all of Season 2. How long has Season 1 lasted? About a year, right?

Valve is dropping a $1.7 million pool for one event that will last three (right?) days. This is before the game has even been released.

Yes, but the high-stakes tournaments are...two or three IIRC. Each of them is likely to have a pool of 1mil, maybe 1.5/2 for the season capper. The smaller leagues will split the rest of the cash instead. Valve is going for the EVO model, but Riot is going for a more consistent setup.

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She sort of has the mindset of an inordinately wise and brave 10 years old or thereabouts. You can thank me for the sudden surge of discomfort later.

Also, with five votes for the manual, voting is certainly closed. Update a-coming!

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Yeah, getting like, a quadkill in LoL is either "I got all the deathblows because of dat timing" or "I went in while so fed that I singlehandedly won the game for the team", which is possible, if rare and more dependent on being pro at positioning than having immunity items.

Also, given what we are discussing...

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/league-legends-season-two-feature-5-million-prize-pool

"oneupmanship, son"

I mean...damn. Talk about raising the stakes. O_O

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No, you're trolling everybody else by spending time cracking (bad) jokes at his expense. He's annoying, but "shoot first" policies are terrible when his post wasn't even offensive. Save it for when he makes a new fanfiction topic imo.

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Ayvuir posted...
How can RE3 be your number 5 game of all time if you havent really played it...?

He's trolling LMS. People really need to learn how to know when they've crossed the line where trolling is witty and it starts becoming overzealous, moronic, and, most importantly, boring.

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Bump just in case.

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EDumey posted...
I mean, the names don't matter all that much, but I think it's silly to cut in a deadline like that if you weren't there to enforce it. Votes should still count, as they are the will of the players.

I suppose it all works though.

No, I was there, I just didn't notice because I was distracted. I'm not particularly worried about closing the voting exactly 24 hours after it opens, but letting it go on for six extra hours just because I was procrastinating seems a little silly. In general I try to stick close to the deadlines and just let votes that come in a little after time's up count, but this was an anomaly.

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A) Input Name for Umbrella and Sprite.

Somehow, the idea of giving your Sprite a name never crossed your mind before. It just...never needed one. It's not the sort of being that needs a name to have an identity, it just is. But if a name will make it more powerful, maybe you should listen to Fallon and christen it. Now...what sort of name would fit it? You briefly consider something big and impressive, like Tidebringer, but somehow it doesn't feel right. The sprite is much too gentle for that. It's subtle, yet always with you, like the rain it can change into.

Rain...

...Yes, that fits. The rain is what the Sprite is most deeply associated with, to you, and what will serve as its name. You decide to call it Lluvia, a spanish word for the water that falls from the skies.

The umbrella is a simpler matter. it is a weapon of war, and of magic, and it will be put to use to bring doom to the enemies of a Water practitioner. You'll call it the Torrential Omen. You communicate the names to Fallon.

"Lluvia, eh? Pretty exotic name for the little thing. Now that you've named both of the-" He abruptly stops mid-sentence as he stares at the Sprite, which is kneeling, bent over forward. Worried, you rush to its side...

...And as you do so, the Sprite's...no, Lluvia's features become...sharper. She grows much taller, to about your stomach's level, and her stubby limbs become delicate and thin, taking on the shape of fins. Her eyes become take on a darker grey color, and the very top of her face is raised, as if she were donning a crown. She stands up, looking unharmed, and gives you a polite bow.

[Empathic Sprite has been named Lluvia!]
[Lluvia's stats have been increased!]
[Lluvia has learned a new ability!]

"Names have power." Fallon repeats, soberly. "Giving her a name must have caused the bond between you two to deepen..." He coughs a little. "In any case, I think that takes care of what we came here for. What are you gonna do now?"

You wonder what'll come next today, and slip Torrential Omen to your watch's hand before checking the time. Only...five hours have passed?! How did time fly so fast? It's 3 PM, and school will start in an hour. You intend to listen to Mr. Lotwyver's insistent suggestion of not losing touch with your normal life, so you don't have as much time as you thought. As you lift your hand to check your watch, Lluvia hesitantly clasps your free hand between her own and looks at you.

26) You've still got a little time to kill before school starts. How will you spend the next half-hour?
A) Free Choice. [Please indicate course of action]
B) Don't wait, go to school.

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http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3150018/

Putting this here for the sake of transparency. What the randomizer decided on was Lluvia and Torrential Omen. If you are dissatisfied by the names do note it so I can plan moving forward.

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