Killed by an ancient Red Dragon

Hey all,

I'm going to now make a short post on what happened on Medievia today, a mud that I have been playing for five years and is still changing.

I got my friend soren, known as Fidilius in-game, hooked too.

So, we were just outside the trade shop, talking and since I had forgot about trading because I hadn't done it in about two years, Soren learned and was re-teaching me.

With this game, it's not really a good idea to idle in the middle of a road. The game has a coded DM (Dungeon Master), which basically senses what players are doing, and makes things happen based on the situation. For example, since we were standing in the middle of a trade rte, the DM thought we were bored. So it created something exciting and surprising.

Of course, we were about to be on the move with our goods to deliver to the next city, but before we could take a step...

In the immediate area, you notice an ancient red dragon stop circling and land nearby...hunting someone!

I've seen that plenty of times. It was hunting "someone". But it was never me. Fidilius probably never got it either. yet.

Next:

An ancient red dragon begins chanting arcane words of magic and points a finger at you.

Since this was being logged as my character, what it's really saying is:
An ancient red dragon begins chanting arcane words of magic and points a finger at Orinks.

All of a sudden...


Fidilius engages an ancient red dragon in combat.

Of course, I didn't want to do this. We didn't want to do this. Trying to kill these things in your twenties (level) is suicidal.

Problem was? we couldn't even type "Flee", a four letter word, fast enough. When I pressed enter to execute the flee command right after engaging in combat, it said:

Lie still; you are DEAD.

So. Here is the ful combat with this Red dragon. It didn't last long, so you won't be reading much.

Note the numbers after each output of the mud. The number is my Health Points.


455
An ancient red dragon begins chanting arcane words of magic and points a finger at you.
Fidilius engages an ancient red dragon in combat.
You rush into the fray!
An ancient red dragon chants the magical phrase, 'Vas Corp Hur'
An ancient red dragon dismembers you!
You reel in shock from the sudden blood loss!
An ancient red dragon mangles you!
An ancient red dragon eviscerates you!
You reel in shock from the sudden blood loss!

<[32%]Orinks> 147
An ancient red dragon chants the magical phrase, 'Vas Nox'
Fidilius chokes and utters some muffled noises.
An ancient red dragon disembowels you!
You reel in shock from the sudden blood loss!
You are becoming weak and disoriented from your many wounds!
Fidilius is DEAD!!
Orinks is removed from Fidilius's formation.
You shiver in disgust as Fidilius lets out a final, agonized moan before death.
[CLAN] Fidilius has BEEN KILLED!
Your crush misses an ancient red dragon.
an ancient red dragon is in excellent condition.

54
call
You use your powers to plead for a dragon's aid.
A small firelizard POPS into the room out of thin air.
The firelizard approaches you...your body shudders as if jolted...the firelizard bolts off into a pop of light. You realize it took some gold from you.

55
cal
You must type call out completely.

55
call
An ancient red dragon kills you!
You have been KILLED!!
[CLAN] Orinks has BEEN KILLED!
You're dead now. You can't move or speak. The world becomes black and your
head turns inside out with pain. Unable to scream or move, your senses are
overwhelmed with agony and terror. Finally, an escape! You feel released,
lighter than air, nothing but pure consciousness hovering over the hellish
pain of your corpse.
Lie still; you are DEAD.
0

Keep in mind that Fidilius is a Warrior. I'm a cleric. Fidilius, being a warrior, has the advantage of having several hundred more hitpoints than me. And he died seconds before me.

I mean. Did you totally see that? How it was at, oh, 137, a hit later and it's at 54?

Than 0.

I won't bother giving you the log about reviving ourselves. Boring. It consists of walking to an altar, which is the hardest part, finding one, and typing "Pray."

To end it, though, we'll just say that eventually...


[CLAN] Orinks has rejoined the land of the living.

A divine force takes pity on your wretched existence and reunites you
with your spirit, breathing life into your body.


A swirling misty green energy surrounds the Undead Corpse of Fidilius and he is transformed into his living form.
[CLAN] Fidilius has rejoined the land of the living.

Hope you enjoied this adventure. Unfortunately, the gold we spent buying cargo for our wagon, the wagon itself, was lost, the gold waisted.

Perhaps we'll have better success tomorrow...

More adventures await, stay tuned to this, more Rock Band samples, and ramblings!