Death in Argyle

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Sun Oct 07, 2001 10:46 am

Better walk softly, folks, 'cause Argyle will be running a strict No-Respawn policy.

Since death is quite the hindrance to one's advancement in the adventuring business, a solid strategy has to be developed to deal with it.

We're a big guild. This should make things easier.

The following spells should be treasured like nothing else:

Raise Dead (level 5 spell, available to level 9 Clerics, raises stuff that's been dead for up to one day per level, costs the ex-deceased a level)
Resurrection (level 7 spell, available to level 13 Clerics, raises stuff that's been gone a looong time, still costs the ex-deceased a level)
True Resurrection (level 9 spell, available to level 17 Clerics, raises stuff without level loss)

As you can see; the bigger, the better.

Multiclassed Clerics will take ages to attain even Raise Dead, so the big question is...

Is anyone going to play a single-classed Cleric?

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sun Oct 07, 2001 2:23 pm

Well we could just haul our dead comrades to a temple also

NeKr0mAnCeR · Post by **NeKr0mAnCeR** » Sun Oct 07, 2001 5:19 pm

what if its a party of 5 halfling and/or gnomes and 1 big fat half orc dies.
how will they take him to a temple? throw him with a catapult? cut him into pieces and carry him 1 bit at a time?

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Sun Oct 07, 2001 6:30 pm

chop him up and eat him. ooh wait that doesn't solve the problem, sorry.

well the 5 halflings could all carry the orc at once.
one gets the head and neck, the other two get the chest area and the last two get the legs. so bird from the sky would see it like a floating body.

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Sun Oct 07, 2001 8:10 pm

Originally posted by Xyx:
Is anyone going to play a single-classed Cleric?

We so far have two clerics and a few rogue/clerics

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 12:56 pm

Who're the pure Clerics? They're my buddies.

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 1:45 pm

What happens if the clerics get killed?

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 4:13 pm

you people seem to forget. Myself, and the other warriors don't intend to let that happen.

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 11:24 pm

Originally posted by ThorinOakensfield:
What happens if the clerics get killed?

Bye Bye Clerics.

Kind of makes you think twice before going after dragons.

NeKr0mAnCeR · Post by **NeKr0mAnCeR** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 1:17 am

Originally posted by ThorinOakensfield:
well the 5 halflings could all carry the orc at once.
one gets the head and neck, the other two get the chest area and the last two get the legs.

did i mentioned he is a huge fat half-orc that did nothing but eat during his life and didnt leave his room till that day, and he has a permanent stinking cloud effect around him

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 2:51 am

Originally posted by Tamerlane:
Bye Bye Clerics.

Kind of makes you think twice before going after dragons.

Of giblings for us wizard-types

Oh no - a rabbit (not the killer-rabbit), better run and get a fighterish person to slay it

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 4:03 am

Damn straight...

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 8:30 am

It'd still take us about 4 rounds and we'd run the risk of losing 4 hitpoints...

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 8:43 am

Hey 4HP could kill a 1.lvl wizard. Respect for numbers

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 10:47 am

LOL, good point, we'd be mortally wounded then.

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 12:38 pm

The Guild should "groom" a level 17 Cleric ASAP, stick him inside the guildhouse, and never let him see the light of day again.

He should simply be there, and whenever a Blade kicks the bucket, his corpse is dragged back into the guildhouse where the Cleric casts True Resurrection on him.

This will ensure that eventually another Blades Cleric will live to level 17 as well, after which the two can alternate duties.

Any volunteers?

I am seriously considering taking this duty upon me. I think that with a total butt-load of Clerics, the Guild will be much more persistent. Nobody likes to lose their character... If I didn't like Sorcerers that much, I'd definitely go for it.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 1:22 pm

What happens if you die at lvl 1 and get raise dead on you and lose your lvl!

NeKr0mAnCeR · Post by **NeKr0mAnCeR** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 2:03 pm

you'll become a pink goblin amazon

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 4:51 pm

Craig when that happens you lose a point of constitution permenately.

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 11:37 pm

@ Garret, why should you walk around Wal-Mart whistling Mission Impossible?