Merchants and Bandits

[Selveem]

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You weave out of the way of a ghast's punch.
A dwarven priest joins the battle!
A dwarven priest's punch viciously pulverizes a ghast's chest.
A ghast's punch violently beats your right leg.
Your punch hammers a ghast's chest.
a ghast is badly bruised.
Your punch hammers a ghast's chest.
a ghast has a couple of severe gashes.
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A dwarven priest's punch brutally pulverizes a ghast's chest.
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Your punch hammers a ghast's chest.
a ghast is bleeding from several injuries.
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A dwarven priest begins to chant.
You guess a dwarven priest is casting energy drain.
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A dwarven priest utters the words, 'energy drain'.
A ghast dodges a dwarven priest's spell.
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A ghast's punches your abdomen solidly, but without much weight behind it.
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A dwarven priest's punch brutally pulverizes a ghast's chest.
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A dwarven priest's punch brutally pulverizes a ghast's chest.
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Your punch viciouslly pummels a ghast's left leg.
a ghast has several traumatic wounds.
Your punch viciouslly pummels a ghast's head.
a ghast has blood gushing from several grievous wounds.
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Your punch viciouslly pummels a ghast's left arm.
a ghast is leaking heart-blood.
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A dwarven priest begins to chant.
You guess a dwarven priest is casting storm of vengeance.
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A dwarven priest utters the words, 'storm of vengeance'.
a dwarven priest creates clouds of acid that envelop a ghast!
a dwarven priest's lightning bolts fry a ghast to death!
A ghast is DEAD!
You hear a ghast's death cry.
a dwarven priest creates clouds of acid that envelop you!
a dwarven priest conjures lightning bolts that strike you!
a dwarven priest creates hailstones of ice that pelt you


I wasn't aware this was still an issue. Why aren't AoE spells removed from mobiles yet?

[Lathander]

Why aren't AoE spells removed from mobiles yet?

Probably because the volunteer imm who does that kind of thing has other things ahead of it in his que.

[Selveem]

If, for whatever reason, someone is jailed because of this current issue.. Would they be pardoned?

For instance, I don't know if any mobiles in Corwell have it or not, but if you kill any non-Evil mob in Corwell it seems like you never get released. I have two characters who have never been released for accidentally killing a mob there. Both of them did so on accident. (On Selveem, I was sleepy and was using hitall on the Drow when the Duke came in.. died before I could even flee - God I miss enhanced damage).

[Lathander]

Please send the names of your PCs needing to be released from jail in Corwell and I will erase their crimes on the crime board there. Send the list to the applications address.

[Selveem]

This is much appreciated. I don't know if you know, but just to make sure you do: Corwell is special from most places I've seen. If you kill a mob, you get a qbit added to your character labeling them 'a murderer.'

I think even if you clear the crimes list, you're still listed as a murder.

[Selveem]

God, I'm so sorry. I was talking about Alaron/Holyhead. It's Holyhead that has the weird qbit that gets added to the 'offending character.'

[Aegir]

(Alaron) is special from most places I've seen. If you kill a mob, you get a qbit added to your character labeling them 'a murderer.'

I think even if you clear the crimes list, you're still listed as a murder.

Thats because the area (and its mobprog justice system) predates the coded law system. There may not be a need for it anymore, but its prolly more work than its worth to remove it.

[Glim]

The qlog doesn't though.

[Selveem]

The qlog doesn't though.

Not to be arguementative. It's a serious question, but why does that matter? I don't understand exactly what the qlog is, but from what I understand it just takes all those 'qbits' and 'labels' them so that players can understand them.

Am I inaccurate? If that's the case, it wouldn't that the qlog came after the new justice system.

[Glim]

Ahh, sorry for not explaining. I was saying that the qlog has been implemented since the justice system came in. So someone had to go through the qbits and apply all the good or bad labels to them. If it wasn't needed or wasn't intended, then I assume it would have been removed then.

[Rawlys]

Shonlissa joins the battle!
Shonlissa's punch nearly removes a bandit wizard's abdomen.
Your pierce nearly bisects a bandit wizard's chest.
a bandit wizard has several traumatic wounds.
Shonlissa's punch viciouslly pummels a bandit wizard's chest.
You weave out of the way of a bandit wizard's punch.
Shonlissa's punch nearly removes a bandit wizard's left leg.
A bandit wizard is stunned, but will probably recover.
Shonlissa begins to chant.
You guess Shonlissa is casting storm of vengeance.
Your pierce nearly bisects a bandit wizard's head.
A bandit wizard is DEAD!
Taking the bandit by the hair you scalp him!
As a bandit wizard falls, his purse spills on the ground.
A bandit wizard drops 2 silver coins.
A bandit wizard drops 5 copper coins.
Shonlissa utters the words, 'ghafw ay nofoozaiqz'.
Shonlissa creates clouds of acid that envelop A sleek black gelding!
Shonlissa conjures lightning bolts that strike A sleek black gelding!
A sleek black gelding is stunned, but will probably recover.
Shonlissa's hailstones beat A sleek black gelding into a pulp!
A sleek black gelding is DEAD!
You hear A sleek black gelding's death cry.
A sleek black gelding stops following you.
Shonlissa creates clouds of acid that envelop you!
Shonlissa conjures lightning bolts that strike you!
That really did HURT!

Heck yeah that hurt Got my butt kicked and my mount killed. Just a reminder that this is still an issue Thanks!

[Dalanna]

The other day I had a stirge attack me, then a moose walked in and assisted it, and then a Knight of Silver walked in and assisted the moose, beat me to a pulp.

I'm still hoping I won't get arrested in Silvermoon for putting a few good whacks in on that knight before he dropped me. I really hope this one gets looked into, but I imagine it will be a lot of work for the Imms.

[Ilnthis]

I am not sure if this will fit in with the rest of the post, but my dwarven cleric came across two PC's that were at the Friendly Arms inn, fighting the kobolds, hobgoblins, etc. and there were at least one Pirate Isle guardsmen there that attacked them, and when the PC's responded, the inn's guards attacked them for attacking the pirate guards, actually killing one of the PC's.

[Peverell]

So... I was attacking a rat in Waterdeep, when a female watch wizard appears, joins the battle, and then turns on me after the rat dies!

Your punch nearly removes a small rat's head.
a small rat is covered in cuts and bruises.
A small rat weaves out of the way of your punch.
A female watch wizard walks in from the south.
Your punch hammers a small rat's chest.
a small rat is bleeding freely.
A female watch wizard joins the battle!
A small rat weaves out of the way of a female watch wizard's punch.
A female watch wizard's punch nearly removes a small rat's chest.
A small rat is stunned, but will probably recover.
A female watch wizard begins to chant.
A female watch wizard's punch nearly removes a small rat's abdomen.
A small rat is mortally wounded, and will die soon, if not aided.
Your punch nearly removes a small rat's right leg.
A small rat is mortally wounded, and will die soon, if not aided.
Your punch viciously hammers a small rat's chest.
A small rat is DEAD!
You hear a small rat's death cry.
A female watch wizard utters the words, 'weird'.
Your third-worst nightmare comes to life before you!
That really did HURT!
A female watch wizard's punch viciously pulverizes your chest.
A female watch wizard's punch brutally pulverizes your left leg.
A female watch wizard's punch brutally pulverizes your left leg.
A female watch wizard begins to chant.
You guess a female watch wizard is casting wail of the banshee.

You're are restrained from doing that!
_diemsg_
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...Everything begins to fade to black.

You feel yourself leaving your body... rising up into the air, you feel
more free than you have ever felt before...

However, before your deity comes to collect your soul, you feel a strange
pulling sensation as strange and colorful mists swirl around you...
A female watch wizard utters the words, 'wail of the banshee'.
You die from fear as a female watch wizard emits an ear percing shriek.
You can't do that! You're DEAD!



Looking at that, I can see that she started chanting before the rat died, and I just got caught up in it Pity I was restrained from fleeing as well. Maybe she was just having a bad day and wanted to take it out on someone?

[Peverell]

Oh great! I've been taken off to the dungeon for my crime of "assault" on the watch wizard! I didn't even touch her!

Edit: Gotta say this is all rather amusing to RP, poor Peverell! Everyone's always mean to him...

[Hviti]

Yeah, I don't touch those rats anymore unless there's no one in the nearby rooms. Too many risks of assault. Hey, I'm sure plenty of medieval cities had vermin running through the streets

[Ilnthis]

My dwarven cleric just had a similar run in, but this time, it was a harper mage that attacked me.
I am posting the log of the incident below. Hope this helps with fixing the bug.
The sky is cool sleeting and a cold northern gust blows.
A bandit is here.
Hammerhead, a Longsaddle horse is here mounted by you.
You weave out of the way of a bandit's punch.
A bandit's punches your right arm.
A bandit's punches your abdomen solidly, but without much weight behind it.
Your crush beats a bandit to a bloody pulp.
a bandit is bleeding freely.
You weave out of the way of a bandit's punch.
Your crush beats a bandit to a bloody pulp.
Your crush beats a bandit to a bloody pulp.
A bandit is incapacitated.
A harper mage walks in from the north.
Your crush beats a bandit to a bloody pulp.
A bandit is mortally wounded, and will die soon, if not aided.
A harper mage joins the battle!
A harper mage's punch violently beats your abdomen.

A harper mage's punch viciously pulverizes your left arm.
A harper mage's punch viciously pulverizes your head.
A bandit evades your crushing attack.
A harper mage's punch hammers your right leg.
A harper mage's punch violently beats your abdomen.
A harper mage's punch violently beats your chest.
Your crush beats a bandit to a bloody pulp.
A bandit is DEAD!
Taking the bandit by the hair you scalp him!
As a bandit falls, his purse spills on the ground.
A bandit drops a silver coin.
A bandit drops 7 copper coins.
A harper mage's punch viciously pulverizes your head.
A harper mage's punch pulverizes your chest.
A harper mage's punch hammers your left leg.
Your crush skillfully shreds a harper mage's left leg.
a harper mage is slightly scratched.
A harper mage's punch brutally pulverizes your head.
A harper mage's punch viciously pulverizes your left arm.
A harper mage's punch pulverizes your chest.
A harper mage's punch brutally pulverizes your left arm.
With a bonecrunching sound your crush smashes a harper mage's chest.
a harper mage has a few small cuts.
A harper mage's punch viciously pulverizes your right arm.
Your killmode is: stun.
A harper mage evades your crushing attack.
A harper mage's punch viciously hammers your left leg.
Your crush shreds a harper mage's left leg.
a harper mage has a few small cuts.
A harper mage's punch brutally pulverizes your left arm.

A harper mage's punch powerfully beats your chest.
A harper mage's punch brutally pulverizes your left arm.
A harper mage's punch violently beats your abdomen.
A harper mage's punch brutally pulverizes your left arm.
A harper mage evades your crushing attack.
You do not have enough free hands to cast that.
A harper mage evades your crushing attack.
A harper mage's punch violently beats your abdomen.
A harper mage's punch brutally pulverizes your right leg.
Your crush skillfully shreds a harper mage's left leg.
a harper mage is badly bruised.
A harper mage's punch brutally pulverizes your left leg.
Plains
N-Darkness E-Darkness S-Darkness W-Darkness
NE-Darkness NW-Darkness SE-Darkness SW-Darkness
The fields around here are cultivated and long rows filled
with various crops stretch towards the horizon. Here and there
a field lies fallow while it regains lost nutrients.
The sky is cool sleeting and a cold northern gust blows.
Hammerhead, a Longsaddle horse is here mounted by you.
You flee from combat!
You do not have enough free hands to cast that.
A brown haired female shield dwarf is heavily wounded.
Her head has many nasty wounds.
Her left arm is mangled.
Her chest has many nasty wounds.
Her right arm is badly bruised.
Her abdomen has several wounds.
Her left leg is critically injured.
Her right leg has many nasty wounds.

[Balek]

I've seen (I think) three spells that result in a fight between the mob assisting and the player being assisted. Storm of Vengeance, Flamestrike and Weird all seem to do it. I believe that Storm of Vengeance and Flamestrike both have multiple effects that fire off (because they have multiple damage types). If Weird also has multiple effects, then that might be the common link between the spells that cause these fights.

[Lirith]

All three of those are area spells so that should happen since you aren't grouped with the assisting NPC.

[Japcil]

I think the overall best solution is to just remove AoE spells from npcs.