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So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Hello. It appears this "Swim Down!" path does not work. I believe I tested all of the points around the tube. I came across it while exploring.

Recommendations, recommendations. Oh, my heart.


I was probably (tm) not spying on Ms Caliphar.

"No."

Please witness this strange Finnish noise that fits Ravna.

Claudia died to this once.

Oh no, not mister Kisto. Claudia never got to plot with him. She did not have many chances to play whodunnit with mister Kisto, but it was always very interesting to consider the motives.

Claudia suspected many things, but she never knew that Delina herself might not have known what she was trying to summon.


I enjoyed observing Ms Wormsong's development. n_n

I believe it is still reasonable to be a little concerned about player retention. While there are many things that are already well (interesting people to interact with, a good amount of accessible quests and a solid setting), it is also true that players are heavily segmented into factions and subgroups. With a healthy number of players online, faction enmity might not be an issue. It is possible people might be more inclined to stick around if there was something relatively accessible one could do alone while waiting for others to chance by. As it is, however, there are long stretches of time where I am on my own and cannot do anything meaningful IC. Crafting subsystems and the like might alleviate this.

Those killed with this gaze are likely to subsequently become bodaks themselves.

I originally made Claudia Solette to act as a scouty social friend for the Exiles, especially Wormsong. She came to existence (and was coincidentally from Cormyr) around the time when Lord Culdrake's retinue entered EFU and was recruited by Derek before she could meet Exiles. This generated a unique opportunity for a double agent angle, which Claudia pushed when she found out a reasonable excuse to keep an eye on the Exiles. Her genuine desire was to be with the Collective herself, while mitigating tension between the Collective and other factions.

As is the case of best-laid plans of mice and women, Claudia's plans and even her original purpose went awry. She became an enemy to Wormsong, Lord Culdrake's retinue fell apart and she was terribly suited for adventuring life. Though she had no aptitude for adventuring, Claudia often accompanied parties who were determined to face the dark. When she finally reached level 8, which took weeks of trying, I decided she would die for real if she fell again. Claudia met her end exploring a tomb with Charlie.

Since Claudia was educated and adept socially, I represented her low wisdom as a particularly frail psyche. She took the many setbacks she experienced heavily. When she died, she was suffering from gradually worsening depression and had an acute phobia of sudden shrieks, which stemmed from a powerfully powerful brush with death during a tomb exploration led by Sal and von Venator.

Von Venator asked only one thing of Claudia - not to come back as an undead when she died.

Well. S-sorry. 

There are two potential bugs with Arcane Mimic, as pointed out by SanTelmo:

   
• I can share Ghostly Visage with other people. I thought this was a change you had made to the spell (everyone keeps referring to it as Blur as well). I cannot use other self-targeting spells on others (such as Shield).
• I can take spells from potions despite having taken the spell from a potion or a player before without resting. The spellcraft DC is reset.

"Listen. If there is anything I can do for you.. more to the point, to you.. let me know, yeah?"


All of the unspoken lines. Elodie was a greatly great character. Claudia was firmly convinced that Ms Dayne never become an agent. She was, of course, proven wrong!

Khzt.

We are the One. We are the All.


Sacrifices are made on the Great Journey. Kkhhh.


The Dread must be pushed back.


Khhzzt. The Collective sheds no tears.


No tears.


No tears.

Oh nose, indeed! I really enjoyed Al'Aif. When do we set Her free?!

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Is this where it gets her, on her feet, sev'ral feet ahead of me?
I see it coming, do I run or fire my bow or let it be?
There is no beat, no melody

If I throw away my shot, is this how you'll remember me?
What if this arrow is my legacy?

(The World Was Wide Enough from Hamilton, modified)


It really felt like Ms Notten was the one person to really focus on fighting the Dread. I thoroughly enjoyed Ms Claudia's and Ms Khanna's interactions with her.