Dark vortece - Revision history

MOD-GSMOTTE: Changing from mini-boss category to boss category

2020-08-09T15:07:36Z

Changing from mini-boss category to boss category

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	\| otherclass = Magical <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->		\| otherclass = Magical <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->
	\| otherclass2 = ~~Mini-boss~~		\| otherclass2 = Boss
	\| area = The Broken Lands<!-- For multiple areas, add area2, area3, area4 (through 8) fields if needed -->		\| area = The Broken Lands<!-- For multiple areas, add area2, area3, area4 (through 8) fields if needed -->
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GS4-XERAPHINA: removed outdated play.net bestiary link

2020-07-28T23:43:46Z

removed outdated play.net bestiary link

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	The details of the original parts of The Broken Lands have counterparts in "[http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath]" by H.P. Lovecraft. The dark vorteces correspond to the "vortices of cold wind" on the "Cyclopean stairs" of the enormous castle atop the mountain of Kadath, where the gods of earth resided in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx madness], with the risk of drawing the monstrous demonic attention of their [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|guardians]] the dreaded [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/og.aspx Other Ones]. The hazy "tenebrous" orbs they drop may be an allusion to the end of [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/n.aspx "Nyarlathotep"], or the "tenebrous" towers of unknown Kadath, and they could also be based on the [http://yog-blogsoth.blogspot.ca/search/label/Dream-Quest%20Of%20Unknown%20Kadath violet gas] S'ngac that warns of him. There was a vision in the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Crystal Dome\|Shining Trapezohedron]]'s [[Iruaric\|hieroglyphs]] of "vortices of space where wisps of black mist floated before thin shimmerings of cold purple haze."		The details of the original parts of The Broken Lands have counterparts in "[http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath]" by H.P. Lovecraft. The dark vorteces correspond to the "vortices of cold wind" on the "Cyclopean stairs" of the enormous castle atop the mountain of Kadath, where the gods of earth resided in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx madness], with the risk of drawing the monstrous demonic attention of their [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|guardians]] the dreaded [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/og.aspx Other Ones]. The hazy "tenebrous" orbs they drop may be an allusion to the end of [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/n.aspx "Nyarlathotep"], or the "tenebrous" towers of unknown Kadath, and they could also be based on the [http://yog-blogsoth.blogspot.ca/search/label/Dream-Quest%20Of%20Unknown%20Kadath violet gas] S'ngac that warns of him. There was a vision in the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Crystal Dome\|Shining Trapezohedron]]'s [[Iruaric\|hieroglyphs]] of "vortices of space where wisps of black mist floated before thin shimmerings of cold purple haze."

	== References ==
	*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=1437 Dark vortece on Play.net bestiary]

	{{Nearlevel		{{Nearlevel

GS4-XERAPHINA at 17:16, 19 March 2020

2020-03-19T17:16:12Z

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	\| picture = Dark_Vortece_Colored.jpg		\| picture = Dark_Vortece_Colored.jpg
	\| level = 42<!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->		\| level = 42<!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->
	\| family = Vortece<!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->		\| family = Vortece <!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->
	\| type = Globoid <!-- Creature body type -->		\| type = Globoid <!-- Creature body type -->
	\| otherclass = Magical <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->		\| otherclass = Magical <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->
	\| otherclass2 =		\| otherclass2 = Mini-boss
	\| area = The Broken Lands<!-- For multiple areas, add area2, area3, area4 (through 8) fields if needed -->		\| area = The Broken Lands<!-- For multiple areas, add area2, area3, area4 (through 8) fields if needed -->
	\| area2 =		\| area2 =
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	\|levelp2 = 44		\|levelp2 = 44
	}}		}}

	[[Category:The Broken Lands creatures]]
	[[Category:Mini-boss creatures]]

GS4-XERAPHINA at 17:48, 18 March 2020

2020-03-18T17:48:24Z

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	\| family = Vortece<!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->		\| family = Vortece<!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->
	\| type = Globoid <!-- Creature body type -->		\| type = Globoid <!-- Creature body type -->
	\| otherclass = <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->		\| otherclass = Magical <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->
	\| otherclass2 =		\| otherclass2 =
	\| area = The Broken Lands<!-- For multiple areas, add area2, area3, area4 (through 8) fields if needed -->		\| area = The Broken Lands<!-- For multiple areas, add area2, area3, area4 (through 8) fields if needed -->
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	[[Category:The Broken Lands creatures]]		[[Category:The Broken Lands creatures]]
	[[Category:Magical creatures]]
	[[Category:Mini-boss creatures]]		[[Category:Mini-boss creatures]]

GS4-XERAPHINA: Added new categories

2020-03-18T00:23:42Z

Added new categories

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	\| level = 42<!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->		\| level = 42<!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->
	\| family = Vortece<!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->		\| family = Vortece<!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->
	\| type = <!-- Creature body type -->		\| type = Globoid <!-- Creature body type -->
	\| otherclass = <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->		\| otherclass = <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->
	\| otherclass2 =		\| otherclass2 =
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	[[Category:The Broken Lands creatures]]		[[Category:The Broken Lands creatures]]
			[[Category:Magical creatures]]
			[[Category:Mini-boss creatures]]

GS4-SOTSONA: Updated to Template:Creature start2

2019-03-01T18:22:10Z

Updated to Template:Creature start2

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-| picture = [[Image:Dark_Vortece_Colored.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|left]]
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 | hitpoints = 300
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-| noability =
+| MnMTD =
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 {{Creature treasure
- | coins = ?
+ | coins =
- | magic items = ?
+ | magic items =
- | gems = ?
+ | gems =
- | boxes = ?
+ | boxes =
- | other = ?
+ | other =
- | skin = ?
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SPYRIDONM1: Hitpoints

2018-01-09T23:40:53Z

Hitpoints

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	\| area = [[The Broken Lands]]<br>		\| area = [[The Broken Lands]]<br>
	\| undead = No		\| undead = No
			\| hitpoints = 300
	\| bcs = Yes		\| bcs = Yes
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	{{creature ability\|[[Major Mental]] \|<N/A> [[Target defense\|TD]]}}		{{creature ability\|[[Major Mental]] \|<N/A> [[Target defense\|TD]]}}
	{{creature ability\|[[Minor Mental]] \|<N/A> [[Target defense\|TD]]}}		{{creature ability\|[[Minor Mental]] \|<N/A> [[Target defense\|TD]]}}
	{{creature ability\|[[Hitpoint\|Hitpoints]] \|300 \|<N/A> [[Health]]}}
	\| noability =		\| noability =
	}}		}}

VANKRASN39: bts fix

2017-10-30T18:38:26Z

bts fix

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	Upon death, they may release hazy tenebrous orbs. Gem dealers will pay for them, and they vary widely in value (from under 100 silver to over 6000). They vanish immediately upon death.		Upon death, they may release hazy tenebrous orbs. Gem dealers will pay for them, and they vary widely in value (from under 100 silver to over 6000). They vanish immediately upon death.

	The following can happen when they are in the cavern, [[Blacar#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|ultimately]] dying after some number of rounds:		The following can happen when they are in the cavern, [[Blacar#Behind the Scenes\|ultimately]] dying after some number of rounds:
	<pre{{log2\|margin-right=350px}}>		<pre{{log2\|margin-right=350px}}>
	A dark vortece seems to shrink, losing some of its intensity.		A dark vortece seems to shrink, losing some of its intensity.
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	</pre>		</pre>

	==Behind ~~The~~ Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==
	[[Uthex Kathiasas]] called these "dyar rakul" (''[[Iruaric]]'': "dark cold shadows"), which were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Nycorac. Nycorac were mysterious entities made of some unknown kind of energy, who had the ability to move between planes of existence at will (though these ones appear trapped.) The extended creature description above regarding their unknown origins and nature is unusual, as the describe verb only includes the first sentence. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.		[[Uthex Kathiasas]] called these "dyar rakul" (''[[Iruaric]]'': "dark cold shadows"), which were "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Nycorac. Nycorac were mysterious entities made of some unknown kind of energy, who had the ability to move between planes of existence at will (though these ones appear trapped.) The extended creature description above regarding their unknown origins and nature is unusual, as the describe verb only includes the first sentence. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.

	They were extremely difficult to fight, due to their virtual invisibility, and immunity to almost all weapons. They would stalk their victims, who would only feel "cold chills", draining the life out of them. When you consider that no one knows how to summon them and their origins were unknown, with the nature of their energy beyond comprehension, that Uthex was forging them is supposed to be virtually impossible. The vorteces might be some kind of unnatural perverse hybrid creature between the Nycorac and [[Blacar]] entities, because they are made of darkness rather than invisibility.		They were extremely difficult to fight, due to their virtual invisibility, and immunity to almost all weapons. They would stalk their victims, who would only feel "cold chills", draining the life out of them. When you consider that no one knows how to summon them and their origins were unknown, with the nature of their energy beyond comprehension, that Uthex was forging them is supposed to be virtually impossible. The vorteces might be some kind of unnatural perverse hybrid creature between the Nycorac and [[Blacar]] entities, because they are made of darkness rather than invisibility.

	The details of the original parts of The Broken Lands have counterparts in "[http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath]" by H.P. Lovecraft. The dark vorteces correspond to the "vortices of cold wind" on the "Cyclopean stairs" of the enormous castle atop the mountain of Kadath, where the gods of earth resided in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx madness], with the risk of drawing the monstrous demonic attention of their [[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|guardians]] the dreaded [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/og.aspx Other Ones]. The hazy "tenebrous" orbs they drop may be an allusion to the end of [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/n.aspx "Nyarlathotep"], or the "tenebrous" towers of unknown Kadath, and they could also be based on the [http://yog-blogsoth.blogspot.ca/search/label/Dream-Quest%20Of%20Unknown%20Kadath violet gas] S'ngac that warns of him. There was a vision in the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Crystal Dome\|Shining Trapezohedron]]'s [[Iruaric\|hieroglyphs]] of "vortices of space where wisps of black mist floated before thin shimmerings of cold purple haze."		The details of the original parts of The Broken Lands have counterparts in "[http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath]" by H.P. Lovecraft. The dark vorteces correspond to the "vortices of cold wind" on the "Cyclopean stairs" of the enormous castle atop the mountain of Kadath, where the gods of earth resided in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx madness], with the risk of drawing the monstrous demonic attention of their [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|guardians]] the dreaded [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/og.aspx Other Ones]. The hazy "tenebrous" orbs they drop may be an allusion to the end of [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/n.aspx "Nyarlathotep"], or the "tenebrous" towers of unknown Kadath, and they could also be based on the [http://yog-blogsoth.blogspot.ca/search/label/Dream-Quest%20Of%20Unknown%20Kadath violet gas] S'ngac that warns of him. There was a vision in the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Crystal Dome\|Shining Trapezohedron]]'s [[Iruaric\|hieroglyphs]] of "vortices of space where wisps of black mist floated before thin shimmerings of cold purple haze."

	== References ==		== References ==

CURTIS: /* Hunting strategies */

2017-04-02T20:27:28Z

Hunting strategies

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	The dark vortece collapses in on itself. You feel an icy chill as the dark form seems to recede into nothingness.		The dark vortece collapses in on itself. You feel an icy chill as the dark form seems to recede into nothingness.
	</pre>		</pre>

			Wizard bolts are highly effective against them.

	==Other information==		==Other information==

INIQUITY: add messaging

2017-01-30T11:42:59Z

add messaging

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	<pre{{log2\|margin-right=350px}}>		<pre{{log2\|margin-right=350px}}>
			You swing a twisted orase runestaff at a dark vortece!
			AS: +97 vs DS: +41 with AvD: +10 + d100 roll: +93 = +159
			... and hit for 20 points of damage!

	You swing a gem-set pitted mithril maul at a dark vortece!		You swing a gem-set pitted mithril maul at a dark vortece!
	AS: +97 vs DS: +26 with AvD: +31 + d100 roll: +7 = +109		AS: +97 vs DS: +26 with AvD: +31 + d100 roll: +7 = +109
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	Upon death, they may release hazy tenebrous orbs. Gem dealers will pay for them, and they vary widely in value (from under 100 silver to over 6000). They vanish immediately upon death.		Upon death, they may release hazy tenebrous orbs. Gem dealers will pay for them, and they vary widely in value (from under 100 silver to over 6000). They vanish immediately upon death.

	The following can happen when they are in the cavern, ~~possibly~~ [[Blacar#Behind The Scenes\|ultimately]] ~~vanishing (it ended up~~ ~~disappearing~~ ~~for~~ no ~~apparent~~ ~~reason)~~:		The following can happen when they are in the cavern, [[Blacar#Behind The Scenes\|ultimately]] dying after some number of rounds:
	<pre{{log2\|margin-right=350px}}>		<pre{{log2\|margin-right=350px}}>
	A dark vortece seems to shrink, losing some of its intensity.		A dark vortece seems to shrink, losing some of its intensity.
	A dark vortece drifts smoothly north, leaving a shadowy haze in its wake.		A dark vortece drifts smoothly north, leaving a shadowy haze in its wake.

			A dark vortece seems to shrink, losing some of its intensity.
			The dark vortece collapses in on itself. You feel an icy chill as the dark form seems to recede into nothingness.
	</pre>		</pre>