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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #75 on: January 08, 2013, 09:56:26 PM »
It sounds like a worse idea and more chance of grief than... say... a barrel of carnivorous monkeys or a kettle of monstrous catfish.

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #76 on: January 08, 2013, 10:02:37 PM »
Yeah, I can see how a one-use item that can obliterate the user, and all around him, that jumps from one person to the next, but only one of the item ever existing, whilst at the same time punishing the player for using it is comparably worse than every player having the ability to summon a swarm of catfish and apes to the same effect, without any kind of backlash for doing so, only both apes and catfish are quite easily destroyed and farmed for experience. Clearly this is an item that can be repeatedly abused by player-- oh wait, it's one use, one of a kind, punishes you for using it, and it jumps randomly. :roll:

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #77 on: January 08, 2013, 10:03:15 PM »
Box o' Balors. Go big or go home.
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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #78 on: January 08, 2013, 10:12:33 PM »
Box o' Balors. Go big or go home.

i see your balors and i raise you with uhm beholders.

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #79 on: January 09, 2013, 12:03:27 AM »
Box o' Balors. Go big or go home.

i see your balors and i raise you with uhm beholders.



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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #80 on: January 09, 2013, 12:16:37 AM »
Julia Colds' Box.
Um...
I mean... A box of Julia Colds.

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #81 on: January 09, 2013, 12:34:34 AM »
Julia Colds' Box.
Um...
I mean... A box of Julia Colds.

Why go for the lesser of two evils.. go straight for the EO in a can.
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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #82 on: January 09, 2013, 01:11:25 AM »
So to sum up the thread:
Everyone: monkeys and fish r bad. Please remove due to grifing.
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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #83 on: January 09, 2013, 02:17:47 AM »
The suggestion for cursed books to summon hostile ghosts and other things still sounds like it would be a good use of these scripts.

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #84 on: January 09, 2013, 02:28:34 AM »
Still think that if it's anything to do with ghosts and demons, then an alignment hit would be in order (since normally, Ravenloft invokes a DP check for such things - which I imagine people would find too steep a punishment).

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #85 on: January 09, 2013, 02:43:07 AM »
Box o' Balors. Go big or go home.

i see your balors and i raise you with uhm beholders.



Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen...


...

The Golden Ornate Diamond Encrusted Suitcase of TARRASQUES.

That's right. The magic suitcase of summoning tarrasques... not only that... the Tarrasques



FLY.

You said to go big. dammit I went BIG.


LOL.... I nearly spat coffee all over my screen when I read this :P

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #86 on: January 09, 2013, 02:45:18 AM »
It's funny 'cause there's a Tarrasque model on the Vaults.. >_> Also, would it be sensible to thusly script its Bite attack to swallow the characters, and teleport them to an area called 'The Belly of the Beast', where they take constant acid damage?

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #87 on: January 09, 2013, 02:47:57 AM »
I just love it how when a topic has been discussed to its conclusion all remaining posts decend into sillyness  :mrgreen:

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #88 on: January 09, 2013, 02:57:13 AM »
Well, some monsters do have swallow'ing special attacks. Giant frogs, for example. You take crushing damage and possibly poison.

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #89 on: January 09, 2013, 03:04:51 AM »
Box o' Balors. Go big or go home.

i see your balors and i raise you with uhm beholders.



Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen...


...

The Golden Ornate Diamond Encrusted Suitcase of TARRASQUES.

That's right. The magic suitcase of summoning tarrasques... not only that... the Tarrasques



FLY.

You said to go big. dammit I went BIG.


LOL.... I nearly spat coffee all over my screen when I read this :P

Oh no not the coffee!

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #90 on: January 09, 2013, 03:09:10 AM »
Indeed it was the coffee.... Good thing I was able to hold it in :) :P

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #91 on: January 09, 2013, 04:18:21 AM »
Indeed it was the coffee.... Good thing I was able to hold it in :) :P

Caffeine is an awesome drug

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #92 on: January 09, 2013, 07:12:10 AM »
I think the idea of a Necronomicon-style undead-summoning book could work, but you'd have to keep it as expendable items.

That's not a problem. It's often said that truly evil tomes create lesser copies of themselves. Perhaps it's these lesser copies that people would find...
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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #93 on: January 09, 2013, 08:56:02 AM »
I think the idea of a Necronomicon-style undead-summoning book could work, but you'd have to keep it as expendable items.

That's not a problem. It's often said that truly evil tomes create lesser copies of themselves. Perhaps it's these lesser copies that people would find...

Hence the reason I tend to reproduce one day dunnn dun dunnnnnn
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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #94 on: January 09, 2013, 09:06:05 AM »
Hence the reason I tend to reproduce one day dunnn dun dunnnnnn

Via mitosis, I suppose?
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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #95 on: January 09, 2013, 11:25:11 AM »
Hence the reason I tend to reproduce one day dunnn dun dunnnnnn

Via mitosis, I suppose?

Yeah one day i will drink to much rum and poof more of me
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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #96 on: January 10, 2013, 06:58:45 PM »
Indeed it was the coffee.... Good thing I was able to hold it in :) :P

Caffeine is an awesome drug

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #97 on: January 10, 2013, 07:05:27 PM »
Indeed it was the coffee.... Good thing I was able to hold it in :) :P

Caffeine is an awesome drug

Chocolate is better than Coffee. Just sayin' :)

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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #98 on: January 10, 2013, 07:09:03 PM »
Chocolate (Ganache) IN my coffee is better than either alone.

Also, atmospheric type summoning items might include more useless things like Ravens, Bats... mink?


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Re: Kettle of Fish, Barrel of Monkeys.
« Reply #99 on: January 10, 2013, 08:36:04 PM »
i do wonder if the kettle is calling the barrel black.
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