RIP: Ahmenes

[Grishnak]

Welp, after careful consideration over the past few days I've realized it's going to be impossible to maintain any decent PK ability or even keep up the fun factor through the on-again off-again internet connection I have from my Camp in Catalina. That's to say nothing of the time investment (200 hours in the past 1.5 months is just TOO much for me, and cutting back would only serve to sever the deep connection I've developed with the Minstrel.) Summer camp is gearing up, and I've got work piling up to my ears right now to make sure the Scouts are ready to go. 20-1 or so pk record isn't too bad at all for a non-aggressive Bard.

I'm sure I'll still be kicking it around the forums every now and again, and I may take some time to train up a few chars in preparation for the Fall when I'm back in LA, but for now it was a short return, but a damned fun one. I try and throw myself into every character I make, and Ahmenes really captured that spirit. He's been an incredible outlet for my normally stifled creative side, and I think one or two of those poems turned out decent (though the day an employee saw them on my computer made for some awkward conversations).

Big shout outs to: Oppressant (my first RP interaction with the character), Caesendara, Valkynsra (what an interesting relationship we developed), Telisore, Axihus (sorry we didn't have more of a thing), Morgael, Volgathras, Mephisoleer, Anume for approving so many damned apps and so many others. It's amazing how much RP you can find even in the "power hungry pk monsters" when you try.

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| Ahmenes || Possessed of PANDEMONIUM |

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| Str: XX || Level: 50 Sex: M Age : 46(200h) |

| Int: XX || Class: bard Ethos: neutral |

| Wis: XX || Race : undead Align: evil |

| Dex: XX || Hp : 107/815 Exp : 15950/428050 |

| Con: XX || Mana : 74/727 |

\ Lck: [||||--] \/ Move : 413/413 +Hit: 19 +Dam: 29 /

/---------------/\------------------/\--------------------------\

| ARMOR || SAVES || Deity : Anume |

| Slash : -88 || Spell : -4 || Faith : Necropsy |

| Pierce: -83 || Afflictive : -15 || Weight: 205/475 |

| Blunt : -86 || Maledictive: -11 || Items : 29/38 |

| Magic : -61 || Mental : -8 || Prac : 6 Train: 0 |

| || || Gold : 0 CP: 1.1k |

\---------------\/------------------\/--------------------------/

/ Condition: You are in the prime of your health. \

| 7 more hours must pass before a cabal promotion. |

| You are a ghost. |

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You have mastered the following:

1. identify

2. locate object

3. dagger

4. mace

5. sword

6. dirt kicking

7. dodge

8. enhanced damage

9. hand to hand

10. parry

11. trip

12. second attack

13. fast healing

14. hide

15. meditation

16. peek

17. sneak

18. steal

19. recall

20. dual wield

21. dual parry

22. staff

23. throw

24. edge craft

25. knockout

26. uppercut

27. taunt

28. SECRET

29. fired weapons

30. pugil

31. SECRET

BTW, someone was asking for a Bard essay, I'll write it along with a few Bard ideas. Such a fun, wild class to play but damned if I'll ever do it again. If anyone wants to make a qclass/race wannabe killer, go halfling bard and master throw at 30. You won't ever die.

Once again, FL, you've given me far more than I can offer in return, thanks everyone! I'll be back in the fall, and you better believe it won't be in the form of a combat-avoider. I'm hungry for blood after this character.

[Anume]

One of my favorite chars gone.

Make it just a break instead of a delete perhaps?

[Evangelion]

Terribly sad to see you go so early, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I was bummed we didn't get to interact more when I was playing Sycophus, but such is life.

I'll be working at a Scout Camp this summer too, so I'll know your pain (and your rewards, hopefully).

[Grishnak]

Haha. I'm the year round director out here, so you could consider me the consummate Peter Pan. I have an island staffed by young men that year after year never seem to grow up...it's alot less creepy than is sounds!

[Djriacen]

Awesome character. I never got to meet you but read the notes and enjoyed every one.

[spiegel06]

Yeah I know I only interacted with you for a bit but I enjoyed it, I was going to see what was going to happen over the next few days... :-( Well hurry back and hope you have fun at summer camp

[Grishnak]

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[Grishnak]

One of my favorite chars gone.

Make it just a break instead of a delete perhaps?

Well, I didn't delete so that it's possible, but I'm typically the type who, if I get away from a char, has a hard time coming back to it. We'll see how things go with summer starting and if I have ANY time to breathe in the next 3 months. Ahmenes will be back on once or twice to post some final songs and tidy up the issue of a full suit of rares sitting on my back, and after that we'll see what happens.

[The-Nameless]

You owe me a note Sad to see you go. Unique char, and great RP choice. I loved the singing.

[Cephirus]

Man, I was all gearing up for our RP banter that was sure to be going back and forth, though I understand the RL commitments. Hopefully you do come back, I would certainly look forward to furthering the RP. Hopefully your troop or what have you does not drive you nuts!

[H&R]

Impressive char and an awesome title. Enjoy your break.

[Kyzarius]

Phemonemal character and your take on the undead portion of the game was very insightful.

Glad I got to see your perspective.

[KRins]

Sigh... now I'm sad... I'm sad as heck. One of my few non-cabalmate friends is gone...

[Twinblades713]

Epic character, and I'm glad to have known you so well. It really was a privilege. come back now, ya hear?

[L-A]

RIP - sad to see this one go.

L-A

[f0xx]

Great character. Good luck in RL.

I am looking forward for your next.

[Reccum]

Liked you a lot, really well rped. You owed me a song too though you jerk

[CurbsideProphet]

Gonna miss Ahmenes

Goodluck to ya.

[Elfrosto]

Post PK logs if you have them, I really wanna see them even if they are all edited to hell.

Great character, can't wait for the next.

[Mindflayer]

Wow this really sucks. I loved the song you sang for Shyntril in Rheydin. The chorus will be MISSED!

[kaboomer]

I never had the chance to interact in a meaningful manner, but I could tell awesome things were going on that I didn't see. The title, the notes. Hell, I even got a song for myself! What a wonderful character!

Would you mind posting some RP logs? I'd love to see how Ahmenes interacted with IMMs. He must have been something special to receive so may accolades and have so many app approvals.

[Grishnak]

I really didn't log anything, sadly. I should probably start doing that...

As for IMM interaction, it was actually fairly sparse. Most of Ahmenes' interaction was with other players, which is how I think it should be. I interacted with Volgathras most (for obvious reasons) but I don't think Ahmenes and Anume ever spoke.

On the whole this character really fit my personality and so in many ways was a fairly easy transition. The whole convincing people to die thing was a stretch for me, but it did lead to some great exploration of the subject on my part.

To those who are wondering what all I did aside from the notes to all: I was constantly talking to someone in tells trying to forge some alliance or another. I was ALWAYS nice to people face to face even when convincing them that they should give in. Almost everyone I interacted with meaningfully in PK received a poem about the Chorus. Pretty much everyone thought I was a friend, but very few people realized that I had someone else looking to kill them for me. Morgael was probably Ahmenes' closest thing to a non-undead friend, and even she was being used to convince Relest to write a note to all undermining the Knights and Goodies in general.

That 200 hours really did fly by. I was 100 when made undead, if memory serves, and hit 50 in 10-15 after that so I had quite a long time at 50.

This brings me to another point: Why isn't syndicate open to Bards? It doesn't make much sense, and I didn't want to break yet another barrier with the character.

[Reccum]

This brings me to another point: Why isn't syndicate open to Bards? It doesn't make much sense' date=' and I didn't want to break yet another barrier with the character.[/quote']

It isn't?

[H&R]

Korthian was a bard in syndicate a few years ago.

[Grishnak]

Read Help Syndicate. Bard was removed from the Syndicate list just after Korthian. It's still on the Nexus list, but not Syndicate. Very weird.