I'm surprised that everyone is so shocked by this, or that they didn't
realise it happened. 'The Dark Path' to me is as much a part of Norrathian
life as any other. If we can roleplay our rebirth after every death, then
roleplaying this mode of transportation should present no further
difficulties. The one thing I have learned from this list, however, is that
it can be done without experience penalties. I've only ever used it as a
last resort when needing to quickly get from one side of the world to the
other, but always with the understanding that I would lose a certain amount
of experience.
Being a bard, my roleplaying extends to the following song, written as a
warning to other guild members who may be tempted:
The Dark Path
A shadow follows ev'ry step,
A demon tastes the air.
They wait for those who take the path,
They wait within their lair.
They watch the silent souls go by,
For those whose minds are slow.
For those whose steps are filled with fear,
For those who do not know.
An innocent upon the path,
May never reach the end.
A silent shadow in the night,
'gainst which they can't defend.
So heed the warning, go by light,
Just walk, where e'er you go.
Dark paths are fast for those prepared,
But death awaits the slow.
- Elegor Mandreskal of the Soerbaird
>Message: 14
> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 15:54:54 -0600
> From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>Subject: RE: RE: Bard vs Wizard race?
>
>From a roleplaying point of view it is utterly ridiculous.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4 [mailto:g4mntofcr@...]
>Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 3:55 PM
>To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
>Subject: RE: RE: [eqbards] Bard vs Wizard race?
>
>
>From: "Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4" <g4mntofcr@...>
>
>Well if it works it does sound like the fastest way to travel between
>continents. No more waiting for the boat:-)
>
>How would someone go about doing this to themselves? I would guess that
>the
>only way we could kill ourselves without causing EXP loss would be with
>DDD,
>CofD, or bellow. I have never tried targetting myself with these so have
>no
>idea if they damage you or not. I thought I read somewhere that if you die
>from a DOT cast my a player while dueling you will still take an EXP loss.
>This could apply here also so you would only want to use it to get yourself
>very low and then bellow from there.
>
>Also, if this method does work, it only goes to show you that players will
>always figure out a way to do something that the game designer never
>contemplated. While it would definately be an exploit, I would term it an
>ingenious exploit and not a stupid one:-).
>
>Galtin of E'ci
>