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Outis

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"Safe" evil cloud?
« on: March 17, 2012, 01:00:24 am »
Hi guys.

I don't know much about evil clouds (other than one that caused my adventurer to pass out repeatedly), but I heard they can cause a myriad of random symptoms. I encountered one without any immediate symptoms, though. In fact, I tried to stay in the cloud as much as possible to see what might happen, but the cloud seemed to have no effect on my adventurer. Can evil clouds cause any delayed or invisible effects? Also, I noticed that my adventurer was covered in evil cloud coatings last time, but this one didn't leave any. Is this related to the symptoms as well?
« Last Edit: March 17, 2012, 01:26:52 am by Outis »
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Re: "Safe" evil cloud?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2012, 05:34:22 am »
Those coatings dont do anything, its just like blood covering.
Delayed symptomes can happen tough.
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Re: "Safe" evil cloud?
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2012, 05:36:55 am »
Well the one thing the coatings do is transmit the syndrome to anything you strike with a coated thing.

One extremely dangerous theoretical use of this would be a husk adventurer covered in dust that causes extreme pain. It would not hurt him, but as soon as he punches someone they experience the syndrome.
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Re: "Safe" evil cloud?
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2012, 08:43:29 am »
Throw your weapon into the cloud, let it get covered in rotting dust, then have fun.
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Re: "Safe" evil cloud?
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2012, 06:45:22 pm »
Five years later, retired Thokab McAdventurer is struck down by necrosis of the everything.
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Re: "Safe" evil cloud?
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2012, 07:07:06 pm »
The only one I found so far caused blistering. I would have weaponized it, but I couldn't find a way to get it onto people without ripping their clothes off.
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Re: "Safe" evil cloud?
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2012, 07:54:47 pm »
Quote from: Koronii on March 17, 2012, 07:07:06 pm
The only one I found so far caused blistering. I would have weaponized it, but I couldn't find a way to get it onto people without ripping their clothes off.

This is a problem why, exactly?
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Outis

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Re: "Safe" evil cloud?
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2012, 09:34:23 pm »
Quote from: Flying Dice on March 17, 2012, 06:45:22 pm
Five years later, retired Thokab McAdventurer is struck down by necrosis of the everything.

That sounds pretty fun. I guess that adventurer won't live long enough to see that happen though.

Speaking of coatings, I wonder if I could cover my weapon in these coatings so I can turn whomever I strike into husks and zombies, instead of infecting them with deadly diseases?
« Last Edit: March 17, 2012, 09:37:07 pm by Outis »
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« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2012, 09:47:26 pm »
yea I thought that some clouds may be safe as well after all 4 of my foragers got caught in one.... few months later they had eaten everyone else in the fortress XD
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2012, 09:17:18 pm »
Quote from: kilakan on March 17, 2012, 09:47:26 pm
yea I thought that some clouds may be safe as well after all 4 of my foragers got caught in one.... few months later they had eaten everyone else in the fortress XD
The clouds... they hunger for blood.
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