LP: Realmz - City of Bywater; Ch 3 pt 10

Sitra Achara said:

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She Lives! ...sort'of

Poor Nex indeed. Glad she was brought back!

And wait... so we're slaughtering the militia now too? Have we become... evil?

I wouldn't say we're evil. Just a little chaotic.

Fortunately, the militia is not the same as the king's guard or whatever other forces in Bywater. At least, they haven't turned hostile... yet

Feels good

How useful is the archer class?

It's not extremely terrible shit

So far, I've used archery in the following instances:
-Softening up distant targets
-Shooting blocked targets (happens fairly often with four 4x4 summons)
-Bypassing DR/magic+2

Also, there are a few fights with casters, so they should prove useful in preventing casting.

I'd say the damage output for Radisshu is currently about 5-7 x 1.5 attacks/round x 0.8 hit chance, when he gets to use his bow.

That said, I should probably give him a better melee weapon. It turns out he can use a War Axe. (this will be reflected much further, tho, as the game has progressed quite a bit)

I am only writing here to report that I installed and played the game a bit yesterday. Shit is awesome - though I am not far into it.

Tim Phillips and Fantasoft was part of what I'd call of golden age of '90s Mac shareware, along with Spiderweb, Ambrosia and quite a few others. Windows port of Realmz was done only much later.

Issue I remember was that while there were many, many adventures for it (I think that later versions had about a 10 official ones made by Phillips) there wasn't much continuity between them and they required your party to be of certain level for you to have a chance at them. You could use a character editor, ofc, but - you know.

Yeah, I played it side-to-side with Exile when I was in elementary school. Always liked it better, too.

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Chapter 3: All Out of Bubblegum

Part 1 - Yardwork

Wishing some time away from the center of town, we decide to solve the problem in the king's garden.












Mittens! What have you done!
I'm sorry Nex, we'll have to put him down. And his friends here.








Starting with the one right on top of you!





























Here, he's paralyzed now, we can j-








Oooohhooo!






















Note t'self: Don' cast Sandman at th'end o' round with a duration o' one.








Oh screw it.
Bad kitty!








Bad!



































































Crud! Could I roll any worse?!















So, remember earlier when I said we couldn' handle much more than kobolds?











































Gotcha! All yours, laddies.








I believe it's well established by now that the RNG is screwing me over and wishes me dead.
































Who'd have thought a simple delivery quest could end up like this?!











Sooo, let's see what Summon III has in store for us.






















That's it?! I'm sticking to Summon II.







And this spell. Heh.










































It's improper, you understand? We had no choice.





























This is what happens if you are greedy:






Poopoo



This is what happens if you are modest:





That's bollocks. We should've asked for more money! We killed six beasts, not one!

I actually remember playing this demo when I was a kid, I got it on a CD that came with a Swedish Mac-centered computer magazine. I remember thinking that the larger monsters looked incredibly threatening, for some reason.

Wait, there was an update I missed? Shiiit.

I mean, wonderful! [does a bee dance]

Crooked Bee said:

Wait, there was an update I missed? Shiiit.

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The same happened to me. Selective blindness, I guess.

@Sitra Achara

I haven't started playing the game - a major deficit of time. It looks mighty entrataining. Please, carry on!

Chapter 3, Part 2: Back to the Basement



Having had great success with unfinished Bywater business, we proceed with the basement of horrors in Newt's Landing.




















...nothing happens?














The hell is that?



As usual, our summoned creatures start far away from the action. Thus, Nex summons a few new ones.







Whoa... deja vu.














The monstrosities proceed to pummel each other.




























Not pictured here, but they get several attacks per round. Formidable opponents.












































































I'm not sure which one is worse - Nex's, Bee's or eklektyk's barf.
Look at all the pretty colors!







Bah! Rats! D' I look like a level 1 rookie?






Ooh! It's dark in here.
[nods in satisfaction]








Hate to break it to ya fellas, but I can't see shit. I'm lighting a torch.
Party pooper.







Advancing farther, we encounter... nothing, until we find these skeletons.

We better replenish our strengths 'fore we venture further.
Bzzzzzz?
What, ye never rested in the middle of a dungeon before?

Updatan!!

EXTREME PUKING

But a vampire, being undead, should not be able to vomit

Mrowak said:

Updatan!!

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another quailty update

keep 'em coming!!!

Resting in the middle of a completely dark dungeon is sure to end well.

Chapter 3, Part 3: Rat Bastards


After a surprisingly uneventful sleep, we proceed south in the underground structure. Soon enough, we make contact...






















It's nice and cozy here. Let's just get rid of this little rat here...








As usual, my pets will do all the work.























Paralyzing venom, eh? Good boy!













































Unfortunately, I accidently clicked through the text description preceeding the next battle.
The short of it is that the Rat Lord joined the fight.






My safe little corner again...
[suddenly noticing a rat jumping from behind Nex] Look out!










Well, at least she's not dead. Dead-dead, I mean.









What is that thing?
I don' know, but we hafta bring it down, sooner th' better.

















[picks herself up and brushes off the dirt] Thank you, darling.









Rats!









Everyone, concentrate your attacks on the Rat Lord. Otherwise they'll just keep pouring in.
























Ne'er that easy, eh?








[noticing Nex's violent bout of coughing, Bee heals her infection]










If magic doesn't work on him, we'll just have to do it the old fashioned way!









Can you hear it? That wonderful crunch of limbs being broken?







































He's bleeding profusely... one more strike will do him in.
Damned rats keep me from using my bow...








Hiyaaa!
Good show!








And the Rat Lord was no more. The rest is simple cleanup.





























Bzzz bzz bzzzwzz.
I know what you mean. Apparently some higher force has decided that casters should be made of glass.


































Piece of cake. Let's go back and sell this crap.







On the way out...






Hey Rad, why the long face?
Too easy... something's not right.
Bzzzz bzzzz bzzz!
Uhh, Bee, please don't interrupt, I'm trying to have a talk with Radisshu here. You know how he doesn't talk tha-




As usual, I miss most of the text description, because I'm still pressing the movement buttons before I realize there's an encounter.








[turning back] Uh? I-









What the hell just happened here?
Looks like Malac just got WTFPWNED.
Mmmfff!
The Rat Lord's back! And it looks like it cast some sort of debilitating spell...
Mmmmmmf!
Poor bastard.









Back with a vengeance, alright.



















Nope, never that easy.
























BZZZZZZZ!

















[lets out a low bzzz of relief]









At least he isn't summoning a million rats every second.








Bee attempts casting Dumbstruck, to prevent him from casting.









The blighter resists it, of course.








I try another casting, and it fails again.



Forget it! I'm taking this fucker down!





Oopsie.










Uh oh. Crimson's paralyzed too now. Not looking good.


Bzzz bzzzz bzzzz!





(Bee switched positions with Crimson so he's not in the front line facing risk of death)
Bee, look out!







(...and is immediately thwacked - the Rat Lord is a capable melee fighter too, it turns out - but not to death)

[shaking off the paralysis] Hell's bells!








Ye stupid arse casters should stay away from melee!









A round later, John unfreezes.

Lessee here, my sword is gone, how about this... [pulls a Battleaxe from his backpack]
Means no shield for me, though.
(unfortunately, it turns out that you need +2 weapons to harm the Rat Lord; that, or unarmed/ranged attacks)








At this stage, the Rat Lord ceases casting the paralysis spell, and just pummels away. Like the Trolls, he infects his victims with a deadly disease.







Ugh... I'm hit...
Maybe I can distract him with the summoning figure, while the tiger pummels him...








One after another, the Rat Lord sends Crimson and all of our summons crashing to the floor, puking blood.









You know, if there's one thing that fickle rogue taught us...
Yes. Discretion is the better part of valor. Retreat!
Wait fer me! I have short, stumpy legs!









And thus, our scared shitless adventurers run for their lives. Minus eklektyk who wasn't fast enough, but fortunately for him the Undead Rat Lord lost interest when he fell on the floor.










Man, that sure was humbling.
Aye. Let us ne'er speak of it again.









Their bodies healed, but their egos broken, the party crawls back to the Temple of Sestuona...

Sitra Achara said:

After a surprisingly uneventful sleep

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The return of the Rat Lord was one nasty trick. Are we going to take revenge on him?

Unfortunately, no; you don't get to encounter him after that.

Disappointingly, even if you beat him, there's nothing more to it.

I tested it out with following party of level 30 superheroes:




Perhaps they shall be called on again to test alternate outcomes in the future

I need bigger weapons or a better weapon.

OR 2 Bigger weapons tapped into one that pukes fire when commanded.

I think +2 weapons is as good as it gets in this scenario.

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Chapter 3, Part 4: Spelunking


Wh... where am I? What happened?
You died. The Rat Lord paralyzed you, and you keeled over when one of its minions bit you in the ankle.
I... what?!
For shame, Malac, for shame.



In search of further exploits, our party heads South again, to where the battle of the Krise took place.









What a beautiful lake! Let's go for a swim!
Are ye daft? Water's friggin' cold!
Oh, right, I keep forgetting your mortal weakness.
Hmm, maybe it'll wash off the shame of the last time.



Naturally, as the party approaches the water, something intent on killing them emerges.







Crush, kill and destroy!

Unfortunately, Nex takes a hit early, incapacitating her and depriving us of summons. Thus, we do it the old fashioned way.


















The proto-shantiles pretty much inhabit every body of water, making it unsafe to rest.
Does that mean we can't take a bath? Ewww!
At least we can still kick some ass.

With that out of the way, we wash off the blood and proceed to the Krise gate.








Here we are.









[Radisshu inhales deeply] Ahh, that sweet moistness of the underdark air.









Exploring to the West, we find an ominous looking pentagram painted on the floor, with two dead bodies beside it.

I say we leave it alone for now. We don't even have any pets.
Aye, agreed.




Heading back East, we encounter some Krise.














They don't pose any real threat, but it's a good opportunity to summon some creatures.








Yay, kitties!










We continue to the South.









The strange hole in the ground seems uninteractable.










Another Krise encounter lets us summon some more.











I tried dating a ghoul once. Horrible creatures, I avoid them whenever I can.





We proceed westward, and come upon a large patch of mushrooms.




Nothing more to it, apparently.


















On the eastern edge of a lake, we encounter some more proto-shantiles.
Hmmm, there's a passage to the East. Better check it out when this is over.
















Still got it!




























Bzz bzz?
It's okay, just proceed with caution.









Look out!





After a long trek, bruised and drained from multiple rock-falls, we emerge in another cavern.





Uh oh...

Rape time!!



Ultra Light? Is that supposed to be an overpowered avatar of mine?

If that's so, why the hell does he look like he was a ghoul or something?

Yup.

With a name like lightbane, it had to be a vampire, and that one seemed the most fitting Feel free to submit something else.

(I wanted a melee fighter / enchanter combo, so I picked Minstrel, but for some reason he always hits for 0 damage... so it's a good opportunity to change)

lightbane said:

Rape time!!

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ps.: i'm still one hit wonder, am i? every time im amazed to see me standing till the end of fights