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A New Age – #18

A New Age – #18 published on 19 Comments on A New Age – #18

Nail to the sky is a very high level spell that reverses gravity on an object, making the object repel off of the ground and fly off into the sky and into orbit. When used against most players they get a chance to avoid it, and if struck by it they get a few chances to break out as the fly into the air. It also doesn’t work against flying creatures. That said… it’s generally an instant kill spell even if they do manage to save before orbit, but it’s also used with feather fall spells for fun fast travel almost anywhere on the surface.

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willy
willy
6 years ago

It will be a warm day in space before I drink my gin warm!

Sleel
Sleel
6 years ago

Or, ya know, pretend you’re a PC and take it back.

Sleel
Sleel
6 years ago
Reply to  Sage

Nah. Both of them are. But lets act like the npc gets to dictate your life. And take your shit. Hell. Even if they weren’t he just takes it without even asking like he’s entitled to it. I’ve had ppl grab my shit like that, irl. The only thing it makes me want to do is maim them.

James C Weaver
James C Weaver
6 years ago
Reply to  Sage

I think the intended thought process was “You shouldn’t get away with walking into someone’s room and stealing their stuff from them” supported by the inventor just got “his invention” taken from him after “attempting to hide it” without actually getting an opportunity to oppose the theft. The guy who stole it didn’t even know what it was, what it did, if it was a finished product, or if it was even safe. Comparable to something along the lines of you walking into Mark’s room mid-recording and taking the camera he’s using, super rude.

So… not at all from the perspective of the one who left it as a distraction, but from the perspective of the one who just had his stuff stolen. So instead of focusing on the SHE part, the HE part. HE could be a bit more assertive in not getting his stuff taken in front of him.

I don’t know for sure, that is simply my best guess.

The only way to add Kaylin to the argument would be to add something along the lines of “Watching the above injustice should prompt action, such as taking it back…” however based on my understanding of her, I don’t think that fits her character. Again, best guess of what he was going for. The poster was (by my guess) hoping for retaliation against the ‘theft’ expressing frustration with people who have taken the poster’s stuff without asking. I assume I get where he’s coming from.

Countrymage
6 years ago

Well that sounds like the kind of spell I would abuse to get around the map, reminds me of the spells of jumping I made back in Morrowind, where it was only an instant of fortified jumping, so I had to time the recast to land safely, but it would take me across the map in one go.

Merlin
6 years ago

Thou shalt NOT mess with the cold drinks!

Sora2455
Sora2455
6 years ago

“Nailed to the sky” is an Epic D&D spell, used to send an enemy into orbit so that they suffocate. What the heck is a preteen doing knowing it?!

Krahazik
Krahazik
6 years ago
Reply to  Sora2455

He’s a player character…..

senseileroof
6 years ago
Reply to  Krahazik

Well, there is that. I don’t remember the last time a character of mine aged.

willy
willy
6 years ago
Reply to  Sora2455

he did say that he is stronger than he looks.

Dorje Sylas
Dorje Sylas
6 years ago

Things to do when trapped a sim world: Break the Physics Engine for fun and fast travel.

If the Devs were lazy/cheap/constrained, they likely just used a Signed 32-bit float for the gravity constant. If you can flip the sign bit when it’s called, instant reverse gravity.

CivD666
CivD666
6 years ago
Reply to  Dorje Sylas

As a hobbyist programmer, I would like to know what you would use for the gravity constant

anony
6 years ago
Reply to  CivD666

With the amount of computing power required to drive a believeable full dive VR enviroment, gravity should be easy enough to manipulate for each character, and with less precision (because a flying dagger doesn’t need to feel minor gravitic fluctuations) all objects. So for objects signed 32-bit float would be fine. Lazy programmer forgetting to use the more precise algorithm for players would get reminded by the first open beta.

fionnsilverwolf
fionnsilverwolf
3 years ago
Reply to  Dorje Sylas

“All right, we’re checking out the only game where my I’m stuck in this fantasy world…”
“More zeroes, dammit!”

oakranger
oakranger
6 years ago

Now to see what our cat has been up to during this time. This turn of events is probably not going to make her happy with her pet.

DarkoNeko
6 years ago

uh, looks like I missed several twitter updates. Or Twitter didn”t show them to me. Maybe I shouldn’t use that as a RSS.

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