Greater vruul - Revision history

GS4-XERAPHINA: updated body type to biped

2020-07-29T00:54:49Z

updated body type to biped

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	\| family = Vruul<!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->		\| family = Vruul<!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->
	\| type = ~~Hybrid~~ Biped<!-- Creature body type -->		\| type = Biped<!-- Creature body type -->
	\| otherclass = 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) -->
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GS4-XERAPHINA: deleted outdated play.net bestiary link

2020-07-28T23:32:39Z

deleted outdated play.net bestiary link

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	The presence of a "Summoning Chamber" in the Sheruvian monastery gives a misleading impression in the context of GemStone that the vruul should be demonic. This was a cross-realms teleportation hub many years ago. While the gogor are specific to the Shadow World setting where it is not explicitly defined, in the Rolemaster context they would be simulacra grown in urns with a foul fluid and brought to "life" using sacrificed life essence stored in jars. This is the [[Urglaes-set pitted silver talisman\|ritual depicted]] in the Dark Shrine's rooms and tapestries, and corresponds to the Evil Alchemist or Adept base lists which include power draining spells. They might also be more properly classified as "abominations" which are unnatural combinations, analogous to flesh composite things such as [[dybbuk]]s, or the unnatural hybrid races of [[Foggy Valley]].		The presence of a "Summoning Chamber" in the Sheruvian monastery gives a misleading impression in the context of GemStone that the vruul should be demonic. This was a cross-realms teleportation hub many years ago. While the gogor are specific to the Shadow World setting where it is not explicitly defined, in the Rolemaster context they would be simulacra grown in urns with a foul fluid and brought to "life" using sacrificed life essence stored in jars. This is the [[Urglaes-set pitted silver talisman\|ritual depicted]] in the Dark Shrine's rooms and tapestries, and corresponds to the Evil Alchemist or Adept base lists which include power draining spells. They might also be more properly classified as "abominations" which are unnatural combinations, analogous to flesh composite things such as [[dybbuk]]s, or the unnatural hybrid races of [[Foggy Valley]].

	== References ==
	*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=1606 Greater vruul on Play.net bestiary]

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GS4-XERAPHINA: fixed category/classification

2020-03-21T23:57:54Z

fixed category/classification

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	\| type = Hybrid Biped<!-- Creature body type -->		\| type = Hybrid Biped<!-- Creature body type -->
	\| otherclass = ~~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) -->
	\| otherclass2 = ~~Corporeal~~		\| 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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GS4-XERAPHINA at 20:59, 19 March 2020

2020-03-19T20:59:43Z

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	[[Category:The Broken Lands creatures]]

ECHEAUX at 15:12, 1 November 2019

2019-11-01T15:12:35Z

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	{{Creature end}}		{{Creature end}}

	The greater vruul has tough, leathery hide, as black as midnight. Bat-like wings sprout from its back, but they do not look large or strong enough to support its weight in flight. The vruul's claws are long, sharp and appear to be stained with the blood of many victims. Its eyes are eerie, solid green orbs that seem to glow with an inner power.		The '''greater vruul''' has tough, leathery hide, as black as midnight. Bat-like wings sprout from its back, but they do not look large or strong enough to support its weight in flight. The vruul's claws are long, sharp and appear to be stained with the blood of many victims. Its eyes are eerie, solid green orbs that seem to glow with an inner power.

	==Hunting strategies==		==Hunting strategies==

GS4-SOTSONA: Updated to Template:Creature start2

2019-04-02T15:56:46Z

Updated to Template:Creature start2

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+| PA2 =
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+| WDA = 295
-| noability =
+| WDB = 295
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-| ability =
+| MnMTD =
-  {{creature ability|[[Spell Shield (219)]]}}
+| DSP6 = Spirit Shield (202)
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  | coins = Yes
  | magic items = Yes
  | boxes = Yes
- | skin = vruul skin
+ | other =
- | other = ?
+ | skin = a vruul skin
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INIQUITY: calm breaking

2018-01-06T09:13:21Z

calm breaking

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	A greater vruul growls an arcane phrase.		A greater vruul growls an arcane phrase.
	A greater vruul growls an arcane phrase.		A greater vruul growls an arcane phrase.
			</pre>

			;Calm Breaking
			Vruul will break the calms cast on other vruul.
			<pre{{log2}}>
			A greater vruul rouses its fellow greater vruul!
	</pre>		</pre>

INIQUITY: /* Behind the Scenes */ add link to urglaes talisman depicting hooded figures and Marlu sacrifice dais

2017-12-11T23:54:57Z

Behind the Scenes: add link to urglaes talisman depicting hooded figures and Marlu sacrifice dais

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	The vruul were originally artificial constructs, called gogor, designed as the dark host of the [[Empress Kadaena]]. [[Andraax]] wrote a poem in "The Book of Dark Tales" from 1782 [[Second Era]] addressing her constructs: The [[Kaeden]], [[Lesser vruul\|Gogor]], and [[Shard\|Shards]]. They all slept through the [[Interregnum]] of the [[Shadow World]] timeline, awakened by dark powers in later ages. This poem ends with "And watch for the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes\|Winds of Fate]]" which fits possibly coincidentally with the ceiling poem in [[Black Hel#Behind the Scenes\|the crypt]] of [[The Graveyard]]. (There was also the [http://www.geocities.ws/icemuletrace/Tomes/1000.html "Visions of Andraax"] which established early on an obscure premise of the [[Lords of Essaence]] being able to [[The Temple of Darkness\|witness the future]] which helps [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|explain]] the inscription on the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands\|Dark Shrine]], which refers to conditions and [[Iruaric\|language forms]] that would not exist until long after it was written. The [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|poem]] being a couplet of sleeping death and rebirth, with double meanings in [[The Temple of Darkness\|impossibly distant]] cults, [[Spectral miner#Behind the Scenes\|alludes]] also to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx "The Call of Cthulhu"].) In the source material the "typical" gogor ''cannot'' carry off a grown human, but the "lead" gogor are able to do so with effort. They also had poisonous tails. Neither of the vruul have these properties. They had very sensitive smell, which is part of their messaging.		The vruul were originally artificial constructs, called gogor, designed as the dark host of the [[Empress Kadaena]]. [[Andraax]] wrote a poem in "The Book of Dark Tales" from 1782 [[Second Era]] addressing her constructs: The [[Kaeden]], [[Lesser vruul\|Gogor]], and [[Shard\|Shards]]. They all slept through the [[Interregnum]] of the [[Shadow World]] timeline, awakened by dark powers in later ages. This poem ends with "And watch for the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes\|Winds of Fate]]" which fits possibly coincidentally with the ceiling poem in [[Black Hel#Behind the Scenes\|the crypt]] of [[The Graveyard]]. (There was also the [http://www.geocities.ws/icemuletrace/Tomes/1000.html "Visions of Andraax"] which established early on an obscure premise of the [[Lords of Essaence]] being able to [[The Temple of Darkness\|witness the future]] which helps [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|explain]] the inscription on the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands\|Dark Shrine]], which refers to conditions and [[Iruaric\|language forms]] that would not exist until long after it was written. The [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|poem]] being a couplet of sleeping death and rebirth, with double meanings in [[The Temple of Darkness\|impossibly distant]] cults, [[Spectral miner#Behind the Scenes\|alludes]] also to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx "The Call of Cthulhu"].) In the source material the "typical" gogor ''cannot'' carry off a grown human, but the "lead" gogor are able to do so with effort. They also had poisonous tails. Neither of the vruul have these properties. They had very sensitive smell, which is part of their messaging.

	The presence of a "Summoning Chamber" in the Sheruvian monastery gives a misleading impression in the context of GemStone that the vruul should be demonic. This was a cross-realms teleportation hub many years ago. While the gogor are specific to the Shadow World setting where it is not explicitly defined, in the Rolemaster context they would be simulacra grown in urns with a foul fluid and brought to "life" using sacrificed life essence stored in jars. This is the ritual depicted in the Dark Shrine's rooms and tapestries, and corresponds to the Evil Alchemist or Adept base lists which include power draining spells. They might also be more properly classified as "abominations" which are unnatural combinations, analogous to flesh composite things such as [[dybbuk]]s, or the unnatural hybrid races of [[Foggy Valley]].		The presence of a "Summoning Chamber" in the Sheruvian monastery gives a misleading impression in the context of GemStone that the vruul should be demonic. This was a cross-realms teleportation hub many years ago. While the gogor are specific to the Shadow World setting where it is not explicitly defined, in the Rolemaster context they would be simulacra grown in urns with a foul fluid and brought to "life" using sacrificed life essence stored in jars. This is the [[Urglaes-set pitted silver talisman\|ritual depicted]] in the Dark Shrine's rooms and tapestries, and corresponds to the Evil Alchemist or Adept base lists which include power draining spells. They might also be more properly classified as "abominations" which are unnatural combinations, analogous to flesh composite things such as [[dybbuk]]s, or the unnatural hybrid races of [[Foggy Valley]].

	== References ==		== References ==

INIQUITY: ewave works if it is open cast without any targeting. they have identical skins to the lesser vruul

2017-11-28T15:54:25Z

ewave works if it is open cast without any targeting. they have identical skins to the lesser vruul

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	The greater vruul build up without degenerating in the chapel and summoning chamber of the Sheruvian monastery. They are behind the locked doors. There is no efficient way to get around these doors without disarming the traps. It is normal to enter these rooms and encounter a swarm of dozens of greater vruul simultaneously because there are rarely hunters. Their very low AS is offset by extreme FoF pushdown on DS as a result.		The greater vruul build up without degenerating in the chapel and summoning chamber of the Sheruvian monastery. They are behind the locked doors. There is no efficient way to get around these doors without disarming the traps. It is normal to enter these rooms and encounter a swarm of dozens of greater vruul simultaneously because there are rarely hunters. Their very low AS is offset by extreme FoF pushdown on DS as a result.

	Vruul are immune to heat. They absorb minor elemental spells. ~~This immunity makes~~ [[Elemental Wave (410)]] ~~useless~~ ~~for~~ ~~disabling~~ ~~the~~ ~~swarm~~. Their [[Interference (212)]] ~~spell~~ has a -30 TD pushdown and imposes a -15 TD penalty. [[Implosion (720)]] / [[Elemental Dispel (417)]] cycles are ineffective. With a sorcerer it is more practical to kill the swarm with [[Grasp of the Grave (709)]], simultaneous open [[Energy Maelstrom (710)]] and [[Implosion (720)]], and [[Searing Light (135)]]. Keeping [[Wall of Force (140)]] active is sufficient at like level to be safe while surrounded by over 30 greater vruul.		Vruul are immune to heat and non-magical weapons. They absorb minor elemental spells. [[Elemental Wave (410)]] should work if it is not ''directed'' at any vruul. Their [[Interference (212)]] has a -30 TD pushdown and imposes a -15 TD penalty. [[Implosion (720)]] / [[Elemental Dispel (417)]] cycles are ineffective. With a sorcerer it is more practical to kill the swarm with [[Grasp of the Grave (709)]], simultaneous open [[Energy Maelstrom (710)]] and [[Implosion (720)]], and [[Searing Light (135)]]. Keeping [[Wall of Force (140)]] active is sufficient at like level to be safe while surrounded by over 30 greater vruul.

	==Other information==		==Other information==
	The summoning chamber has a number of obscure mechanics that unfortunately have not worked for many years. Contrary to the implication of "summoning", the vruul are ''not'' demonic. They are not [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extra-planar creatures]]. The vruul are undead constructs, similar to [[soul golem]]s. They are unholy and partially anti-magical. The greater vruul are actually fairly weak for Level 75, and their buff spells will have long since decayed. However, they will take a lot of damage before being killed, something like 1,000 hit points. Their TD does ''not'' drop from [[702#Mana Control Benefits\|Mana Disruption (702)]] waver. [[Pain (711)]] only inflicts 84 damage maximum. [[Animate Dead (730)]] works with creatures from these rooms, but they do not want to follow where others would.		The summoning chamber has a number of obscure mechanics that unfortunately have not worked for many years. Contrary to the implication of "summoning", the vruul are ''not'' demonic. They are not [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extra-planar creatures]]. The vruul are undead constructs, similar to [[soul golem]]s. They are unholy and partially anti-magical. The greater vruul are actually fairly weak for Level 75, and their buff spells will have long since decayed. However, they will take a lot of damage before being killed, something like 1,000 hit points. Their TD does ''not'' drop from [[702#Mana Control Benefits\|Mana Disruption (702)]] waver. [[Pain (711)]] only inflicts 84 damage maximum. [[Animate Dead (730)]] works with creatures from these rooms, but they do not want to follow where others would.

	When no one has gone into the Chapel or Summoning Chamber in a very long time, the rooms will become filled with three dozen greater vruul. Most recently the ones in the Chapel provide experience when killed, while those in the Summoning Chamber (unless now fixed) provided no experience for the same character, in spite of apparently being the same level. It is unclear if the latter would have provided favor or necrotic energy.		When no one has gone into the Chapel or Summoning Chamber in a very long time, the rooms will become filled with three dozen greater vruul. Most recently the ones in the Chapel provide experience when killed, while those in the Summoning Chamber (unless now fixed) provided no experience for the same character, in spite of apparently being the same level. It is unclear if the latter would have provided favor or necrotic energy. The summoning chamber vruul seem to give experience if it is looted outside of that room, suggesting experience gains are specifically turned off in that room.

	The Summoning Chamber is actually a summoning chamber for the purposes of [[Minor Summoning (725)]]. It is now the only node in the Broken Lands itself, and no longer a magical workshop in spite of messaging calling it a workshop. [[Planar Shift (740)]] does not work in the Broken Lands. The trap on the summoning chamber doors rotates, with trap difficulties roughly between -150 and -300. The lock difficulty is -675, and the chapel's is -750.		The Summoning Chamber is actually a summoning chamber for the purposes of [[Minor Summoning (725)]]. It is now the only node in the Broken Lands itself, and no longer a magical workshop in spite of messaging calling it a workshop. Lesser and greater vruul both produce skins called "a vruul skin", where the greater ones do not seem to be more valuable, and they bundle together. [[Planar Shift (740)]] does not work in the Broken Lands. The trap on the summoning chamber doors rotates, with trap difficulties roughly between -150 and -300. The lock difficulty is -675, and the chapel's is -750.
	;Swarm		;Swarm
	The Summoning Chamber has very old mechanics which are turned off. [[Sheruvian warlock]]s (or [[Sheruvian monk\|monk]]s) might appear and call for special [[Sheruvian harbinger\|harbinger]] guards. The Chapel will fill up to a similar severity. Ordinary Sheruvian harbingers and [[nightmare steed]]s can spawn, but these are locked rooms.		The Summoning Chamber has very old mechanics which are turned off. [[Sheruvian warlock]]s (or [[Sheruvian monk\|monk]]s) might appear and call for special [[Sheruvian harbinger\|harbinger]] guards. The Chapel will fill up to a similar severity. Ordinary Sheruvian harbingers and [[nightmare steed]]s can spawn, but these are locked rooms.

INIQUITY: Behind the Scenes: add a paragraph on the Rolemaster classification / lore on how they would have been created

2017-11-28T15:39:54Z

Behind the Scenes: add a paragraph on the Rolemaster classification / lore on how they would have been created

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	The vruul were originally artificial constructs, called gogor, designed as the dark host of the [[Empress Kadaena]]. [[Andraax]] wrote a poem in "The Book of Dark Tales" from 1782 [[Second Era]] addressing her constructs: The [[Kaeden]], [[Lesser vruul\|Gogor]], and [[Shard\|Shards]]. They all slept through the [[Interregnum]] of the [[Shadow World]] timeline, awakened by dark powers in later ages. This poem ends with "And watch for the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes\|Winds of Fate]]" which fits possibly coincidentally with the ceiling poem in [[Black Hel#Behind the Scenes\|the crypt]] of [[The Graveyard]]. (There was also the [http://www.geocities.ws/icemuletrace/Tomes/1000.html "Visions of Andraax"] which established early on an obscure premise of the [[Lords of Essaence]] being able to [[The Temple of Darkness\|witness the future]] which helps [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|explain]] the inscription on the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands\|Dark Shrine]], which refers to conditions and [[Iruaric\|language forms]] that would not exist until long after it was written. The [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|poem]] being a couplet of sleeping death and rebirth, with double meanings in [[The Temple of Darkness\|impossibly distant]] cults, [[Spectral miner#Behind the Scenes\|alludes]] also to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx "The Call of Cthulhu"].) In the source material the "typical" gogor ''cannot'' carry off a grown human, but the "lead" gogor are able to do so with effort. They also had poisonous tails. Neither of the vruul have these properties. They had very sensitive smell, which is part of their messaging.		The vruul were originally artificial constructs, called gogor, designed as the dark host of the [[Empress Kadaena]]. [[Andraax]] wrote a poem in "The Book of Dark Tales" from 1782 [[Second Era]] addressing her constructs: The [[Kaeden]], [[Lesser vruul\|Gogor]], and [[Shard\|Shards]]. They all slept through the [[Interregnum]] of the [[Shadow World]] timeline, awakened by dark powers in later ages. This poem ends with "And watch for the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes\|Winds of Fate]]" which fits possibly coincidentally with the ceiling poem in [[Black Hel#Behind the Scenes\|the crypt]] of [[The Graveyard]]. (There was also the [http://www.geocities.ws/icemuletrace/Tomes/1000.html "Visions of Andraax"] which established early on an obscure premise of the [[Lords of Essaence]] being able to [[The Temple of Darkness\|witness the future]] which helps [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|explain]] the inscription on the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands\|Dark Shrine]], which refers to conditions and [[Iruaric\|language forms]] that would not exist until long after it was written. The [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|poem]] being a couplet of sleeping death and rebirth, with double meanings in [[The Temple of Darkness\|impossibly distant]] cults, [[Spectral miner#Behind the Scenes\|alludes]] also to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx "The Call of Cthulhu"].) In the source material the "typical" gogor ''cannot'' carry off a grown human, but the "lead" gogor are able to do so with effort. They also had poisonous tails. Neither of the vruul have these properties. They had very sensitive smell, which is part of their messaging.

			The presence of a "Summoning Chamber" in the Sheruvian monastery gives a misleading impression in the context of GemStone that the vruul should be demonic. This was a cross-realms teleportation hub many years ago. While the gogor are specific to the Shadow World setting where it is not explicitly defined, in the Rolemaster context they would be simulacra grown in urns with a foul fluid and brought to "life" using sacrificed life essence stored in jars. This is the ritual depicted in the Dark Shrine's rooms and tapestries, and corresponds to the Evil Alchemist or Adept base lists which include power draining spells. They might also be more properly classified as "abominations" which are unnatural combinations, analogous to flesh composite things such as [[dybbuk]]s, or the unnatural hybrid races of [[Foggy Valley]].

	== References ==		== References ==