RP justification for monks being good/evil is that they must have a force to meditate on
Don't blade masters madetiate too?
Blademasters and Polearms
Yeah, they are required to meditate in fact to gain their mana back, but I think what Balinor was trying to say is that Monks are forced to meditate for other means rather than just the mana in RP terms at least. Personally I think it would help it out a little more, unless there was a protection from Neutral spell made to help cut down the damage dealt to people. Then maybe people would start bitching about that spell and how Neutrals have it hard, I'd find it mildly funny to see the bitch posts on that. 
Monks are... monks. They are a devout religious order. Blademasters are just fighters who've developed their abilities through intense focus and meditation.
Illithids can completly END any blademaster, just takes patience and the use of the leech racial ability.
Me beating a decked blm with Leech in the pkill logs
My example is a decked syndicate blm using a polearm and deathweaver btw. There are some key things you need to do strategically and items that boost this ability (sorry not saying) but its possible and I have done it several times in Savant vs WM battles. Works on Monks too.
Illithids can completly END any blademaster, just takes patience and the use of the leech racial ability.
I see the leech, but I just assumed you were testing it or you found a way to enter combat without getting some kind of blm counter/spell kill/snake speed etc.
In the end, your zombies beat him up good - and you just manage to take less damage from redirects than him. Given I can't see the effects of the leech (and it does something I can see by the text, but I'm not sure what..)
L-A
Looks like it drained mana. After the leech all the trips/bashes landed.
Leech isn't a qskill, so I think we can talk about it.
It drains proficiency....
Unless I've completely forgotten
I always thought leech gave you the drained affect.
I remember a long time ago a level 12 illithid was running around putting people to sleep and leeching them, apparently back then it was an instant kill.
Leech isn't a qskill, so I think we can talk about it.
It drains proficiency....
Unless I've completely forgotten
Drains prof form everything? I would have thought only the spell it took if you were sucessful....
From help leech:
Illithids have gained a special skill, in which they wrap their tentacles
around the victim's head, and run an electric current through their
tentacles, penetrating the skull. Specialized sensors at the tips of the
tentacles reads the feedback of the electric currents, and if successful
they are able to steal the victim's memory temporarily. The memory is not
lost from the victim. However, the shock to the head have a chance of
causing disorientation to the victim. With this skill, Illithids can gain
temporary proficiency of spells from illusionists, invokers, necromancers,
and psionicists. Due to the enormous strain it takes to retain the memory,
the Illithid will be drained for a short while after the affects have worn
off. Only the more experienced Illithids can use this skill.
Though I have never used the skill enough to investigate the effects fully.
L_A
From help leech:
...spells from illusionists, invokers, necromancers,
and psionicists...
L_A
Wow, what an old helpfile. Even back in the day, 1.0, that was old. It's so old, Psionicists were taken out of the MUD and given back, all while this helpfile remained unchanged.
Wow' date=' what an old helpfile. Even back in the day, 1.0, that was old. It's so old, Psionicists were taken out of the MUD and given back, all while this helpfile remained unchanged.[/quote']
Kinda makes you think....were they ever really gone.......
Leech has many effects, one is hysteria, the other is giving the illithid a spell from the victim. The illithid is only drained if they get a spell, but can try to leech a melee opponent just to get the hysteria effect (fry their brains). Notice the difference in hits and diversions to the blm after leech hit and his balance skill begins to fail as well.
Shamans can also do this to blm's using mass hysteria, and fear also has similar effects. Its something that many people seem to overlook. As a Shaman I used hysteria on every melee I fought, turning someone who was ripping me apart into someone I could stand around and apply mal's to.
The mechanics of the skill, how to boost or resist I will leave shrouded in secrecy though, of course if you roll an illithid you can figure it out 
Now I want an illithid shaman.
Leech has many effects, one is hysteria, the other is giving the illithid a spell from the victim. The illithid is only drained if they get a spell, but can try to leech a melee opponent just to get the hysteria effect (fry their brains). Notice the difference in hits and diversions to the blm after leech hit and his balance skill begins to fail as well.
Shamans can also do this to blm's using mass hysteria, and fear also has similar effects. Its something that many people seem to overlook. As a Shaman I used hysteria on every melee I fought, turning someone who was ripping me apart into someone I could stand around and apply mal's to.
The mechanics of the skill, how to boost or resist I will leave shrouded in secrecy though, of course if you roll an illithid you can figure it out
And just incase anybody doesn't believe the truth in what Kyzarius posted, you might want to see this. :eek:
That's a bad example.
I didn't have sanctuary and I was dual wielding. That's an example of getting raped, not an example of how leech changes combat.
Yeah, using an example of Balinor getting pk'd is just a bad idea in the first place. We all know that's going to happen.
Yeah' date=' using an example of Balinor getting pk'd is just a bad idea in the first place. We all know that's going to happen.[/quote']
Don't make me pull out the numerous logs of me raping Kanal in the face, sweetheart.
Actually, you were wielding a polearm:
Thrikkis: [===|===|===|===]
Taeim's slice injures you.
Taeim's slice wounds you.
You can feel a sharp glaive dig into your body.
Taeim's wrath hits you.
Taeim blocks your attack with his weapon.
A stone golem's pierce MUTILATES Taeim!
A flesh golem's slash injures a stone golem.
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES Taeim!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES a flesh golem!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES Taeim!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush MUTILATES Taeim!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES Taeim!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush devastates a stone golem!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES Taeim!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES Taeim!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES a flesh golem!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation gets a wild look in its eyes.
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES a flesh golem!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES Taeim!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES Taeim!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES Taeim!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush LACERATES Taeim!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush MUTILATES Taeim!
A zombie of Traven, the Chieftain of Desolation's crush MUTILATES Taeim!
Taeim is mortally wounded!!
Out of 13 attacks made against you (not including the onces redirected away from you through deathweaver), you didn't block a single one, as a blademaster wielding a polearm. Tell me how leech didn't make much of a difference there. And I'm talking strictly in terms of number of attacks, not the damage they caused - sanctuary or not does't matter. 
Is it just me or is johnson waving at an all time high?
I know a lot of it is in jest but the more I read posts lately the more I see people inflating their egos, bashing others, and trying to be like L-A with their blunt borderline rude comments. Hell I even notice L-A is toning himself down...maybe cuz so many are trying to post like he used to
It isnt voting that will bring new people here folks, it starts with attitude IG and OOC, seems like everyone just wants to be the next big badass...
Being that it's Zombies of Traven it wouldn't surprise me if you did have sanctuary while fighting the guy. Anyone have logs of Shamans destroying BLMs with mass hysteria now? Or Illithid Necro's WITHOUT Zombies from Desolation?