Death dirge - Revision history

SPYRIDONM3: Natural armor ASG 8 double leather equivalent, log2 creature description, updated attack|defense to attributes2, TDs

2021-04-28T12:23:56Z

Natural armor ASG 8 double leather equivalent, log2 creature description, updated attack|defense to attributes2, TDs

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-Defender of a battleground long lost in the terrain, the death dirge still maintains its post relentlessly, battling all that would attempt to invade its position.  All that seems to remain in its consciousness are the orders to repel all who enter, a task it executes with single-minded fury.
+<pre{{log2|margin-right=26em}}>Defender of a battleground long lost in the terrain, the death dirge still maintains its post relentlessly, battling all that would attempt to invade its position.  All that seems to remain in its consciousness are the orders to repel all who enter, a task it executes with single-minded fury.</pre>
 ==Hunting strategies==

GS4-XERAPHINA: updated to corporeal from non-corporeal

2020-08-17T13:22:20Z

updated to corporeal from non-corporeal

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	\| family = Humanoid <!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->		\| family = Humanoid <!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->
	\| type = Biped <!-- Creature body type -->		\| type = Biped <!-- Creature body type -->
	\| otherclass = ~~Non-corporeal~~ undead<!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->		\| otherclass = Corporeal undead<!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->
	\| area = Plains of Bone		\| area = Plains of Bone
	\| area2 = Vornavian Coast		\| area2 = Vornavian Coast

GS4-XERAPHINA: updated family to humanoid, removed outdated play.net bestiary link

2020-06-25T21:12:57Z

updated family to humanoid, removed outdated play.net bestiary link

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	\| picture = Death_Dirge_Colored.jpg		\| picture = Death_Dirge_Colored.jpg
	\| level = 9 <!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->		\| level = 9 <!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->
	\| family = ~~Dirge~~ <!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->		\| family = Humanoid <!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->
	\| type = Biped <!-- Creature body type -->		\| type = Biped <!-- Creature body type -->
	\| otherclass = Non-corporeal undead<!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->		\| otherclass = Non-corporeal undead<!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->
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	==Behind the Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==
	Death dirges were unusual in that their [[Rolemaster]] premise was sorrowful musicians who haunt old cemeteries, whereas the creature description they were given was instead that of wrathful soldiers. Those in the bog of [[The Graveyard]] are apparently the soldiers of [[Kestrel Etrevion]] when he used his [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|"Amulet of Summoning"]]. The paradox of being both wrathful and sullen is probably an allusion to the [http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/circle5.html Fifth Circle of Hell] from [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|Dante's Inferno]]. These were considered two aspects of the same sin, so the wrathful would fight endlessly, and the sullen would stew [[Lesser ghoul\|below the surface]] of a muddy swamp. The stream feeding it would be symbolic of both the River Styx of Hell and the [[Flows of essence#River of Life\|River of Life]] on Orhan ([[Liabo]]). The demonically ruined funerary gate nearby reflects that of the [http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/inferno/section4.rhtml City of Dis], and was a [[Lord of Essaence]] style portal, the [[Ghoul master#Behind the Scenes\|original]] [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|gateway]] [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes\|below]] by implication.		Death dirges were unusual in that their [[Rolemaster]] premise was sorrowful musicians who haunt old cemeteries, whereas the creature description they were given was instead that of wrathful soldiers. Those in the bog of [[The Graveyard]] are apparently the soldiers of [[Kestrel Etrevion]] when he used his [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|"Amulet of Summoning"]]. The paradox of being both wrathful and sullen is probably an allusion to the [http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/circle5.html Fifth Circle of Hell] from [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|Dante's Inferno]]. These were considered two aspects of the same sin, so the wrathful would fight endlessly, and the sullen would stew [[Lesser ghoul\|below the surface]] of a muddy swamp. The stream feeding it would be symbolic of both the River Styx of Hell and the [[Flows of essence#River of Life\|River of Life]] on Orhan ([[Liabo]]). The demonically ruined funerary gate nearby reflects that of the [http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/inferno/section4.rhtml City of Dis], and was a [[Lord of Essaence]] style portal, the [[Ghoul master#Behind the Scenes\|original]] [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|gateway]] [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes\|below]] by implication.

	== References ==
	*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=1517 Death dirge on Play.net bestiary]

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PAILIEN at 16:35, 17 May 2020

2020-05-17T16:35:05Z

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	{{creature ability\|[[Ranger Base]] \|+27 [[Target defense\|TD]]}}		{{creature ability\|[[Ranger Base]] \|+27 [[Target defense\|TD]]}}
	{{creature ability\|[[Sorcerer Base]] \|~~<N/A>~~ [[Target defense\|TD]]}}		{{creature ability\|[[Sorcerer Base]] \|+27 [[Target defense\|TD]]}}
	{{creature ability\|[[Wizard Base]] \|<N/A> [[Target defense\|TD]]}}		{{creature ability\|[[Wizard Base]] \|<N/A> [[Target defense\|TD]]}}
	{{creature ability\|[[Cleric Base]] \|+27 [[Target defense\|TD]]}}		{{creature ability\|[[Cleric Base]] \|+27 [[Target defense\|TD]]}}

RCORTEZ575: /* Hunting strategies */

2019-09-09T21:10:09Z

Hunting strategies

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	==Hunting strategies==		==Hunting strategies==
	* The [[Cleric Base\|Cleric base]] spell, [[Prayer of Holding (301)]] lowers the dirge's physical DS to -36. This costs 3 mana.		* The [[Cleric Base\|Cleric base]] spell, [[Prayer of Holding (301)]] lowers the dirge's physical DS to -36. This costs 3 mana.
			* [[1106\|Bone Shatter (1106)]] will work against them.

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

SPYRIDONM1: Hitpoints

2018-01-09T23:27:31Z

Hitpoints

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	\| bcs = Yes <!-- All new creatures are BCS -->		\| bcs = Yes <!-- All new creatures are BCS -->
	\| hitpoints = ?		\| hitpoints = 95
	\| roundtime = ?<!-- Creature speed -->		\| roundtime = ?<!-- Creature speed -->
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VANKRASN39: bts fix

2017-10-30T18:38:42Z

bts fix

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	==Behind ~~The~~ Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==
	Death dirges were unusual in that their [[Rolemaster]] premise was sorrowful musicians who haunt old cemeteries, whereas the creature description they were given was instead that of wrathful soldiers. Those in the bog of [[The Graveyard]] are apparently the soldiers of [[Kestrel Etrevion]] when he used his [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|"Amulet of Summoning"]]. The paradox of being both wrathful and sullen is probably an allusion to the [http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/circle5.html Fifth Circle of Hell] from [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|Dante's Inferno]]. These were considered two aspects of the same sin, so the wrathful would fight endlessly, and the sullen would stew [[Lesser ghoul\|below the surface]] of a muddy swamp. The stream feeding it would be symbolic of both the River Styx of Hell and the [[Flows of essence#River of Life\|River of Life]] on Orhan ([[Liabo]]). The demonically ruined funerary gate nearby reflects that of the [http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/inferno/section4.rhtml City of Dis], and was a [[Lord of Essaence]] style portal, the [[Ghoul master#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|original]] [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|gateway]] [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|below]] by implication.		Death dirges were unusual in that their [[Rolemaster]] premise was sorrowful musicians who haunt old cemeteries, whereas the creature description they were given was instead that of wrathful soldiers. Those in the bog of [[The Graveyard]] are apparently the soldiers of [[Kestrel Etrevion]] when he used his [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|"Amulet of Summoning"]]. The paradox of being both wrathful and sullen is probably an allusion to the [http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/circle5.html Fifth Circle of Hell] from [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|Dante's Inferno]]. These were considered two aspects of the same sin, so the wrathful would fight endlessly, and the sullen would stew [[Lesser ghoul\|below the surface]] of a muddy swamp. The stream feeding it would be symbolic of both the River Styx of Hell and the [[Flows of essence#River of Life\|River of Life]] on Orhan ([[Liabo]]). The demonically ruined funerary gate nearby reflects that of the [http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/inferno/section4.rhtml City of Dis], and was a [[Lord of Essaence]] style portal, the [[Ghoul master#Behind the Scenes\|original]] [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|gateway]] [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes\|below]] by implication.

	== References ==		== References ==

VANKRASN39: NOTOC

2016-09-01T22:05:02Z

NOTOC

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	Defender of a battleground long lost in the terrain, the death dirge still maintains its post relentlessly, battling all that would attempt to invade its position. All that seems to remain in its consciousness are the orders to repel all who enter, a task it executes with single-minded fury.		Defender of a battleground long lost in the terrain, the death dirge still maintains its post relentlessly, battling all that would attempt to invade its position. All that seems to remain in its consciousness are the orders to repel all who enter, a task it executes with single-minded fury.

VANKRASN39: update to creature start2

2016-09-01T21:57:47Z

update to creature start2

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INIQUITY: internal link

2016-05-30T07:46:46Z

internal link

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	==Behind The Scenes==		==Behind The Scenes==
	Death dirges were unusual in that their [[Rolemaster]] premise was sorrowful musicians who haunt old cemeteries, whereas the creature description they were given was instead that of wrathful soldiers. Those in the bog of [[The Graveyard]] are apparently the soldiers of [[Kestrel Etrevion]] when he used his [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|"Amulet of Summoning"]]. The paradox of being both wrathful and sullen is probably an allusion to the [http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/circle5.html Fifth Circle of Hell] from [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|Dante's Inferno]]. These were considered two aspects of the same sin, so the wrathful would fight endlessly, and the sullen would stew [[Lesser ghoul\|below the surface]] of a muddy swamp. The stream feeding it would be symbolic of both the River Styx of Hell and the [[Flows of essence#River of Life\|River of Life]] on Orhan ([[Liabo]]). The demonically ruined funerary gate nearby reflects that of the [http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/inferno/section4.rhtml City of Dis], and was a [[Lord of Essaence]] style portal, the original [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|gateway]] [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|below]] by implication.		Death dirges were unusual in that their [[Rolemaster]] premise was sorrowful musicians who haunt old cemeteries, whereas the creature description they were given was instead that of wrathful soldiers. Those in the bog of [[The Graveyard]] are apparently the soldiers of [[Kestrel Etrevion]] when he used his [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|"Amulet of Summoning"]]. The paradox of being both wrathful and sullen is probably an allusion to the [http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/circle5.html Fifth Circle of Hell] from [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|Dante's Inferno]]. These were considered two aspects of the same sin, so the wrathful would fight endlessly, and the sullen would stew [[Lesser ghoul\|below the surface]] of a muddy swamp. The stream feeding it would be symbolic of both the River Styx of Hell and the [[Flows of essence#River of Life\|River of Life]] on Orhan ([[Liabo]]). The demonically ruined funerary gate nearby reflects that of the [http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/inferno/section4.rhtml City of Dis], and was a [[Lord of Essaence]] style portal, the [[Ghoul master#Behind The Scenes\|original]] [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|gateway]] [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|below]] by implication.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	{{creature ability\|[[Ranger Base]] \|+27 [[Target defense\|TD]]}}		{{creature ability\|[[Ranger Base]] \|+27 [[Target defense\|TD]]}}
	{{creature ability\|[[Sorcerer Base]] \|~~<N/A>~~ [[Target defense\|TD]]}}		{{creature ability\|[[Sorcerer Base]] \|+27 [[Target defense\|TD]]}}
	{{creature ability\|[[Wizard Base]] \|<N/A> [[Target defense\|TD]]}}		{{creature ability\|[[Wizard Base]] \|<N/A> [[Target defense\|TD]]}}
	{{creature ability\|[[Cleric Base]] \|+27 [[Target defense\|TD]]}}		{{creature ability\|[[Cleric Base]] \|+27 [[Target defense\|TD]]}}