Friday, May 2, 2014

The Deck of Many Things (round 3)

One of the advantages of living in a time-zone a long way out from the Realms of Despair's servers is that reboot usually happens around 6-7pm depending on daylight saving my local time meaning I get a good run at once per day pop items. One of these is the Deck of Many Things. From my experiences it seems to pop in one of about 20 different locations and I like to have a little scout around in the areas I've seen it in. In this last week I managed to find it twice. The first time was in Morgul Vale. I didn't have much time to play around with it in case I got a card that sent me on a quest or killed me and scattered my equipment through the realms so I told a friend about it. He had a lucky pull and got detect traps added to an item as a result. This evening I had a little more time and found it in this room:
A Run-down House
Piles of clothes and personal effects lay scattered all over this house, making it look as though a tornado passed through the area recently.  The windows appear to be intact however, the roof appears to have been blown off by a dreadful force.  Dirty snow begins to trickle into the room.
Exits: east
The Deck of Many Things lies in wait for a brave soul.
The Deck of Many Things says 'If you can find a card within me, you might be lucky enough to draw something of value.
However, once you submit to chance, you put yourself at the mercy of the cards.
The Deck of Many Things winks suggestively.
I was prepared(well I thought I was) and pulled on my back up vampire Viledri for the following result:
>g card deck
You get a card from The Deck of Many Things.
You see that you have drawn the Page of Swords.
The martial young man depicted upon the card stirs and turns his gaze to regard you. The Page of Swords inclines his head in a slight bow, as if acknowledging an equal. The Page of Swords exclaims 'The chance is yours to win great honour this day. Fare thee well in the battle to come!
A Forest Clearing
This place has the outward appearance of a mundane forest clearing, floor swathed in lush green grass, sun dappling on the leaves, venerable oak trees all around, yet if one looks into the distance, reality starts to waver and blur. It seems this glade is a construct of the void, a stage created soley to serve as a setting for the fate decreed.
Exits: none
(Red Aura) A knight in full armour stands ready for battle.
A black knight shimmers beneath an aura of dark energy.
A black knight is suffused with a sparkling gold aura. 
So this resulted in me in a one on one battle with the black knight. Unfortunately I wasn't as prepared as I should have been - I didn't bring a create spring potion!!!

I attempted to fight the black knight as best I could on the vampire and was going quite well. I managed to get it down to several wounds before the following:
<878hp 60b 587mv some cuts>gras

A black knight thrusts its foot out and kicks you.
A black knight's kick grazes you.
A black knight's punch grazes you.
A black knight injures you!
A black knight's punch nicks you!
A black knight takes a deep breath and redoubles its attack!
A black knight heaves its whole body forward and smashes into you.
A black knight's smash wounds you!
(Set's ring of Power gets damaged)
A black knight lunges at you intending to catch you off guard, but falls short and misses altogether.
A black knight strikes out angrily with both fists pummeling you to the ground.
A black knight's pummel jolts you!
(Visage of Bloodlust gets damaged)
A black knight charges at you screaming, but you dodge out of the way.

<606hp 60b 586mv some cuts>A black knight's deathrattle fills the air as you drain its life...
Your suspiric grasp grazes a black knight.

<606hp 58b 586mv some cuts>
A black knight hits you!
A black knight thrusts its foot out to kick you but is unable to connect the blow.
A black knight hits you!
Your slash scratches a black knight.
Your slash scratches a black knight.

<487hp 58b 585mv some cuts>q vio ches
 q vio ches
 q vio ches
 q vio ches
Your stomach cannot contain any more.

<487hp 58b 585mv some cuts>Your stomach cannot contain any more.

<487hp 58b 585mv some cuts>Your stomach cannot contain any more.

<487hp 58b 585mv some cuts>Your stomach cannot contain any more.

<487hp 58b 585mv some cuts>
A black knight throws its fist at you but is unable to connect.
A black knight hits you!
(a solid bracer of Cold Blue gets damaged)
A black knight hits you!
A black knight throws a punch and hits you.
A black knight's punch jolts you!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight's kick jolts you!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
You attempt to parry a black knight's attack, but it isn't there!
A black knight's feint hits you!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight charges at you screaming, but you dodge out of the way.

<301hp 58b 584mv some cuts>gras
A black knight's deathrattle fills the air as you drain its life...
Your suspiric grasp grazes a black knight.

<301hp 56b 584mv some cuts>
A black knight thrusts its foot out to kick you but is unable to connect the blow.
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight throws a punch and hits you.
A black knight's punch injures you!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight attempts to feign, but you follow its movements.

<276hp 56b 583mv some cuts>fe
Your bite scratches a black knight.
You manage to suck a little life out of a black knight.

<287hp 60b 583mv several wounds>gras

A black knight jars you!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight throws its fist at you but is unable to connect.
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
Parrying an unusually heavy blow by the knight, you begin to feel slower and somehow less able to defend yourself. 
A black knight charges at you screaming, but you dodge out of the way.

<215hp 60b 582mv several wounds>A black knight's deathrattle fills the air as you drain its life...
Your suspiric grasp grazes a black knight.

<215hp 58b 582mv several wounds>fe

A black knight's kick injures you!
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight's punch wounds you!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight's punch injures you!
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight's kick wounds you!
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
You attempt to parry a black knight's attack, but it isn't there!
A black knight's feint jars you!
(Set's ring of Power gets damaged)
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!

<147hp 38b 581mv several wounds>Your bite scratches a black knight.
You manage to suck a little life out of a black knight.

<158hp 60b 581mv several wounds>fe

A black knight's kick wounds you!
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight's kick injures you!
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight's kick injures you!
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
Your slash nicks a black knight.

<146hp 45b 580mv several wounds>Your bite scratches a black knight.
You manage to suck a little life out of a black knight.

<157hp 60b 580mv several wounds>q vio ches

A black knight throws a punch and hits you.
A black knight's punch injures you!
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight thrashes you!
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight's kick injures you!
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight thrashes you!
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
A black knight mauls you!
(Demonspawn Stormcloud gets damaged)
You howl with rage as the beast within stirs!
Curse the gods, you've lost 0 experience!

..Everything begins to fade to black.

You feel yourself leaving your body... rising up into the air, you feel
more free than you have ever felt before...

However, before your deity comes to collect your soul, you feel a strange
pulling sensation as strange and colorful mists swirl around you...

So the moral of this story is if you are going to pull a card from the deck of many things ensure you have heals, tank potions and a way to make a spring.

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