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Category: Quests/Sagas/Events
Topic: Ebon Gate Festival
Message #: 6640
Author: GS4-WYROM
Date: 9/7/2014 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: RotFlares - Barely a Teaser

There are two types of damage happening after the flare happens. Damage over Time (DoT) flavoring (low damage) and disease damage. Disease rounds are standard rounds. The RotFlare DoT is 3 times faster than the disease round. Necromancers will cause significantly more disease damage with heavy lore training, using the same seed as ensorcell (at higher lore training). The DoT lasts as long as the disease, so necromancers will see the rotting effect last a lot longer. Necromancers will also cause the weapon to flare more often. Really good necromancers will cause it to flare on the first strike. Once the rot effect is happening, it won't flare again until it's over.

In the examples below, each frost giant had varying amount of life left, so try not to use how long it lasted as a judge on how effective the damage was. It's mostly to throw any math people off.

Bow

You nock an arrow in your diseased rotbow.
A sickly green aura radiates from your diseased rotbow and seeps into an arrow.
You fire an arrow at a frost giant!
AS: +223 vs DS: +176 with AvD: +23 + d100 roll: +26 = +96
A clean miss.

As an arrow strikes a frost giant, a sickly green aura radiates from the arrow and seeps into its wounds!

... 15 points of damage!
The frost giant's right eye swells suddenly, causing great pain.
The arrow disappears into the local environs.

Darkened sores form all over a frost giant, leaking ooze leaks from the fresh wounds.
... 1 point of damage!

Eyebrow and eyelashes of left eye melted off.
Trendy!

Small pieces of flesh rot off a frost giant's body.
... 10 points of damage!
Poor strike removes hair from head, but little else.

A frost giant losses its balance.
... 10 points of damage!
The frost giant's left eye swells suddenly, causing great pain.

A frost giant's skin cracks open and oozes an inky black ichor.
... 5 points of damage!
Patches of flesh removed from left hand.

Abcesses drain a bloody yellow fluid across a frost giant's body.
... 5 points of damage!
Unpleasant wound to left arm!

Rotting ulcers spread across a frost giant's body.
... 5 points of damage!
Flesh painfully vaporized from side!

A frost giant's breathing appears to be labored.
... 3 points of damage!
Strike to back throws the frost giant off balance momentarily.

Darkened sores form all over a frost giant, leaking ooze leaks from the fresh wounds.
... 5 points of damage!
Flesh painfully vaporized from side!

A frost giant's breathing appears to be labored.
... 1 point of damage!
The frost giant's wrist twisted slightly.

Skin peels off a frost giant's body, exposing rotting flesh.
... 1 point of damage!
Patches of flesh removed from left hand.

A fierce rash spreads across a frost giant's body.
... 5 points of damage!
Surface of left leg etched to little effect.

Small pieces of flesh rot off a frost giant's body.
... 5 points of damage!
Strips of flesh disappear from the frost giant's back.

The frost giant falls to the ground motionless.

Melee

You swing a diseased rotdagger at a frost giant!
AS: +448 vs DS: +169 with AvD: +9 + d100 roll: +7 = +295
... and hit for 25 points of damage!
Minor puncture to the left leg.

As a diseased rotdagger strikes a frost giant, a sickly green aura radiates from the rotdagger and seeps into its wounds!

... 15 points of damage!
Chest spasm makes it hard for the frost giant to breathe.
Roundtime: 16 sec.

Blisters form on a frost giant's skin and ooze a putrid dark yellow fluid.
... 10 points of damage!
Eyebrow and eyelashes of right eye melted off.
Trendy!

A frost giant's skin cracks open and oozes an inky black ichor.
... 10 points of damage!
Unpleasant wound to right arm!

Abcesses drain a bloody yellow fluid across a frost giant's body.
... 10 points of damage!
Flesh painfully vaporized from side!

Blisters form on a frost giant's skin and ooze a putrid dark yellow fluid.
... 5 points of damage!
Eyebrow and eyelashes of right eye melted off.
Trendy!

Rotting skin falls from a frost giant's body in large flakes.
... 5 points of damage!
Eyebrow and eyelashes of right eye melted off.
Trendy!

Blisters form on a frost giant's skin and ooze a putrid dark yellow fluid.
... 10 points of damage!
Patches of flesh removed from right hand.

Rotting skin falls from a frost giant's body in large flakes.
... 5 points of damage!
Flesh painfully vaporized from side!

The frost giant falls to the ground motionless.

Runestaff

You gesture at a frost giant.
CS: +309 - TD: +123 + CvA: +25 + d100: +32 == +243
Warding failed!
Massive internal disruption.
... 35 points of damage!
Vertebrae swell in the frost giant's neck, thrusting through the skin.
The frost giant is stunned!

As a diseased runestaff strikes a frost giant, a sickly green aura radiates from the runestaff and seeps into its wounds!

... 30 points of damage!
The frost giant's ears swell, bursting its eardrums.

Blisters form on a frost giant's skin and ooze a putrid dark yellow fluid.
... 5 points of damage!
Blast creates interesting designs on torso, but little damage.

A fierce rash spreads across a frost giant's body.
... 10 points of damage!
Patches of flesh removed from right hand.

A fierce rash spreads across a frost giant's body.
... 10 points of damage!
Patches of flesh removed from left hand.

The frost giant falls to the ground motionless.

Unarmed Combat

You make a precise attempt to jab a frost giant!
You have good positioning against a frost giant.
UAF: 133 vs UDF: 187 = 0.711 * MM: 97 + d100: 92 = 160
... and hit for 6 points of damage!
Quick blow to left knee makes the frost giant wince!
The frost giant starts to favor its wounded leg!
Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup grapple attack!

As some diseased rotgloves strikes a frost giant, a sickly green aura radiates from the rotgloves and seeps into its wounds!

... 10 points of damage!
Strike to the frost giant's right arm sprains biceps.

The frost giant no longer favors its leg.

Darkened sores form all over a frost giant, leaking ooze leaks from the fresh wounds.
... 10 points of damage!
Unpleasant wound to left arm!

Small pieces of flesh rot off a frost giant's body.
... 5 points of damage!
Flesh painfully vaporized from side!

A frost giant's skin cracks open and oozes an inky black ichor.
... 5 points of damage!
Surface of right leg etched to little effect.

The frost giant falls to the ground motionless.

Thrown

With a quick flick of your wrist, you deftly send a diseased rotdagger into flight.
You throw a diseased rotdagger at a frost giant!
AS: +339 vs DS: +176 with AvD: +9 + d100 roll: +26 = +198
... and hit for 15 points of damage!
Minor puncture to the left leg.

As a diseased rotdagger strikes a frost giant, a sickly green aura radiates from the rotdagger and seeps into its wounds!

... 10 points of damage!
Strike to the frost giant's right arm sprains biceps.
The diseased rotdagger ricochets away from a frost giant, landing nearby.

Small pieces of flesh rot off a frost giant's body.
... 5 points of damage!
Flesh painfully vaporized from side!

Skin peels off a frost giant's body, exposing rotting flesh.
... 4 points of damage!
Surface of right leg etched to little effect.

A frost giant's skin cracks open and oozes an inky black ichor.
... 2 points of damage!
Unpleasant wound to right arm!

Abcesses drain a bloody yellow fluid across a frost giant's body.
... 1 point of damage!
Patches of flesh removed from right hand.

Abcesses drain a bloody yellow fluid across a frost giant's body.
... 1 point of damage!
Patches of flesh removed from left hand.

A frost giant's skin cracks open and oozes an inky black ichor.
... 4 points of damage!
Surface of left leg etched to little effect.

Skin peels off a frost giant's body, exposing rotting flesh.
... 5 points of damage!
Blast creates interesting designs on torso, but little damage.

A frost giant's breathing appears to be labored.
... 10 points of damage!
The frost giant's shield arm twists oddly but snaps right back.

Blisters form on a frost giant's skin and ooze a putrid dark yellow fluid.
... 4 points of damage!
Surface of left leg etched to little effect.

The frost giant falls to the ground motionless.

Necro Lore - Anybody

Category: Quests/Sagas/Events
Topic: Ebon Gate Festival
Message #: 6642
Author: GS4-WYROM
Date: 9/7/2014 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: RotFlares - Barely a Teaser

Very cool! When you reference Necromancers, does that mean anyone trained in Necromancy Lore, not just sorcerers?

Right. Anyone with lore. It just takes a lot to see some returns, so sorcerers will sort of be the best at it.

Some comments from the PC, yes, DoT isn't very favorable in a game where everything gets killed rather quickly. But that's why this is mostly flavoring. It has some benefits, but if you're just killing everything in a swing or two, flares aren't something you'd likely be interested in anyway. Plus, these can also go on stuff with flares, weighting, sighting, etc, for just some extra damage and play nice with other scripts. The initial flare damage is similar to normal flares.

More Necro Lore and Distribution

Category: Quests/Sagas/Events
Topic: Ebon Gate Festival
Message #: 6646
Author: GS4-WYROM
Date: 9/7/2014 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: RotFlares - Barely a Teaser

Not trying to probe into secrets, but is 1x to cap worthwhile?

It uses the seed 1 of the summation chart. Benefits don't really start to be noticed until later on, but a capped player who is 1x will see some benefit. There are some spots that will need to be monitored though.

This is a limited service. Only about 5 of them are going out in each instance.