So there I was............

[Heyo]

....roaming the hot sands of the Southern Desert of Ro....

..I'm searching for a rare creature called the "ancient cyclops" who carries the "Ring of the Ancients" which I very much desire to have. :thumbsup:

I attack the dry-bone skeleton standing in the sunken tower, who is rumored to be a placeholder for the ancient cyclops, I sick my pet on him, then cast the spell "expulse undead" and then my lifetap.

I smile as I watch my health meter suddenly shoot up to 92 percent as the dry-bone skeleton's life meter cascades toward zero as he stumbles back from repeated blows.

:nuke:

As he falls to the desert sand in a heap of bones, I kneel down to loot the corpse, pick up a bronze scimitar and some bone chips. (reagents that I need for my pet-creation spell)

:evilgrin:

As I stand up, I am shocked and surprised by what happens next...

"A Terrorantula bites you for 98 points of damage!" :o

followed immediately by...

"A Terrorantula hits you for 76 points of damage!"
"A Terrorantula kicks you for 19 points of damage!"
"You are stunned." :o

:wow:

Right away my pet goes to bat for me, loyal hombre that he is, as I turn around to catch my first glimpse of the aggressor. I lay my eyes on the hugest tarantula I have ever seen, standing no less than 20 feet tall, with legs at least 30 feet long, menacingly towering over me.

As I see huge chunks being violently rended from my health meter, I try to get my Lifetap spell to go off.

I will try and stay optimistic, but I now accept the fact that there is a very good chance I will not survive this encounter. :cry:

"You cannot cast spells while stunned!"
"You cannot cast spells while stunned!"
"You are no longer stunned."
"You begin casting Lifedraw."

Maybe there is hope yet... B-)

"Your target resisted the Lifedraw spell!" x(

Right about now my pet crumbles in a heap on the ground and dies, as I back up about 10 feet. But, no matter how fast I run, I am no match for the Terrorantula's 30 foot strides.

"A Terrorantula bites you for 73 points of damage!"
"You have been poisoned!"

I do a "/who" and see that I am the only person in Southern Ro at the time. There will not be anybody coming to help me.

:scared:

"I need to get the hell out of here!" I thought. I try to cast my "Gate" spell as blow after devastating blow strikes my small Dark Elf physique. The augmented armor and equipment I hold so dear now seems to be only delaying the inevitable.

"Insufficent mana to cast this spell." :mad:

Oh no...I'm in trouble man.

My last ditch effort.. I have only one chance to survive this unfortunate and unprovoked attack.

:shrug: Here goes...

I attempt to cast Feign Death, which requires less mana than Gate.

"Your spell fizzles!"
"Your spell fizzles!"
"Your spell fizzles!"
"Insufficent mana to cast this spell."

Crap!! I wasted what little mana I had left on my spell fizzling when I really need it! :mad: :mad:

:banghead:

I did have my "Allure of Death" effect on, so I waited about one tick (6 seconds) and hit FD again. It's all or nothing now. If it fizzles again, I'm a goner. In my mind I begin planning for my upcoming corpse recovery.

"You begin casting Feign Death."
"You die." <--- I am really still alive.. this is "feign death" remember..

I'll be a son-of-a-gun... the damn spell went off like it was supposed to. :-)

I fall to the ground.. motionless.. my breathing slows to a stop.

The monstrous tarantula stands over my apparently lifeless body. My health meter reads 4 percent. I see it go down to 3 and then 2 percent as the Terrorantula poison courses through my body.

:scared:

I'm shaken, but there is hope. :thumbsup:

Finally, my hit point level stabilizes at 2 percent...

"The poison has run it's course." O8)

As I lay there, completely motionless, the Terrorantula, pleased with it's handiwork, meanders away. I scroll out to the wide view and wait a very long time before I venture to move. The Terrorantula is rumored to have an enormous frenzy radius, and if it were to discover my deception and find out I am still alive, it will surely come and finish the job in mere seconds.

:hide:

I wait, I wait... until the coast seems clear.

I stand up..

"You begin casting Gate."
"LOADING, PLEASE WAIT..."
"You have entered the Plane of Knowledge.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

I am safe.. I do not have the ring, but I live to fight another day.

:dunce:

Heyo

[realisticphish]

1. wow

you a lucky SOB

[Heyo]

2. Amen to that..

... however... I will come back when I am stronger..

..and I am going to kill --that's right *kill*-- the Terrorantula in South Ro.

:dunce:

Heyo