Author Topic: Kisume Quest VIII - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 32297 times)

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #150 on:** December 06, 2012, 12:57:29 PM »

> Are familiars things that can be shot down?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #151 on:** December 06, 2012, 01:05:36 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 06, 2012, 12:57:29 PM

> Are familiars things that can be shot down?

>As far as you know, but some of them can be pretty tough.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #152 on:** December 06, 2012, 02:04:48 PM »

> How far away are the familiars?
> Are either of them still moving?
> What does the kunai density look like?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #153 on:** December 06, 2012, 03:21:33 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 06, 2012, 02:04:48 PM

> How far away are the familiars?
> Are either of them still moving?
> What does the kunai density look like?

>The are both a few yards behind you, and neither is moving. The danmaku they are spraying is frightening thick, and is slowly spreading out like a fountain's spray, but horizontal to the ground. You suspect the area you and Kasen are in is going to get very dangerous in a few moments

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #154 on:** December 06, 2012, 04:07:07 PM »

> If it's all horizontal, how tall is the spread?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #155 on:** December 06, 2012, 04:31:39 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 06, 2012, 04:07:07 PM

> If it's all horizontal, how tall is the spread?

>It's fairly narrow now, but they are spreading as they go further and further from the familiars

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #156 on:** December 06, 2012, 05:01:24 PM »

> Begin firing a steady stream of arrowheads at the familiar nearest us.
> While shooting, beat a hasty retreat toward the space above the familiar closest to us, adjusting our aim during the flight as needed to keep pumping at the familiar.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #157 on:** December 06, 2012, 05:20:46 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 06, 2012, 05:01:24 PM

> Begin firing a steady stream of arrowheads at the familiar nearest us.
> While shooting, beat a hasty retreat toward the space above the familiar closest to us, adjusting our aim during the flight as needed to keep pumping at the familiar.

>You start firing on the familiar that you dodged earlier, moving above it and continuing to rain arrowhead danmaku on it.
>As you do, the fountains of danmaku continue to spray further outward, until the nearly reach Sariel; whom you think has picked up a couple of new burns. Kasen finds herself suddenly having to back away as the danmaku starts to curve, and then fall inward like water droplets, quickly becoming a thick rain that Kasen flees from as quickly as she can, taking several nasty-looking hits with remarkable stoicism.
>You find that some of that rain of bullets is coming back toward you. You are certain your danmaku is affecting the familiar in some way, it's not just dissolving, but you have no idea how effective it is being. The bullet rain coming upon is a nasty cluster, not quite as speedy as the shrapnel bullets were, but dense.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #158 on:** December 06, 2012, 05:33:46 PM »

> Are the familiars still spitting out bullets?
> Is Sariel shooting anything of her own?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #159 on:** December 06, 2012, 05:39:09 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 06, 2012, 05:33:46 PM

> Are the familiars still spitting out bullets?
> Is Sariel shooting anything of her own?

>They are still spitting out bullets.
>Sariel just seems to be watching from outside the bullets range. You can't see her face, but you can just imagine a smug smirk on it.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #160 on:** December 06, 2012, 05:51:16 PM »

> How close is the upcoming bullet rain?
> What kind of vertical spread does it have?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #161 on:** December 06, 2012, 05:54:19 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 06, 2012, 05:51:16 PM

> How close is the upcoming bullet rain?
> What kind of vertical spread does it have?

>The rain is getting close, you have a couple seconds to deal with it.
>It spreads throughout the entire hallway, but it is definitely thickest between the familiars. Nearer to the wall, only one of the familiars is able to send bullets into the air.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #162 on:** December 06, 2012, 05:57:55 PM »

> Since the familiars don't move, we can attack this one without looking at it.
> Keep firing off arrowheads at the nearby familiar with one hand. Use our other hand to repeatedly conjure demon fire and drop it onto the familiar.
> While this is going on, turn our visual attention to the incoming wall. We've noted less density along the wall; are there any other obvious patterns or openings?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #163 on:** December 06, 2012, 06:43:36 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 06, 2012, 05:57:55 PM

> Since the familiars don't move, we can attack this one without looking at it.
> Keep firing off arrowheads at the nearby familiar with one hand. Use our other hand to repeatedly conjure demon fire and drop it onto the familiar.
> While this is going on, turn our visual attention to the incoming wall. We've noted less density along the wall; are there any other obvious patterns or openings?

>You could fire on it without looking while staying reasonably stationary, though you've need to glimpse if you moved much to keep your aim on it.
>You continue to shoot at it, then drop some demon fire on the familiar. A quick "fwoosh!" noise catches your ears, you involuntarily glance down to see the entire familiar is on fire. Huh, you never tried that before...
>Along the wall, the bullets seem to be "falling" in a fairly random pattern. You suppose there is some internal pattern to it, but it is complex enough that it looks random at a glance.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #164 on:** December 06, 2012, 06:53:16 PM »

> If they are 'falling', does that mean the ceiling is open?
> Is being on fire having an appreciable effect on the familiar?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #165 on:** December 06, 2012, 07:36:02 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 06, 2012, 06:53:16 PM

> If they are 'falling', does that mean the ceiling is open?
> Is being on fire having an appreciable effect on the familiar?

>The ceiling is not really open, the shots are spraying out in all directions. But there may be a place between the familiars near the ceiling where the shots aren't so dense...
>Within a moment, the fire consumes the familiar and burns itself out.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #166 on:** December 06, 2012, 07:56:20 PM »

> Make a beeline for the other side of the hallway and the area above the other familiar. Keep this movement as lateral as possible; only move back away from the bullet wall as needed to avoid getting shot. We may be behind the familiar a little bit by the time we reach the hallway wall, but that's okay. The most important thing is to get to the hallway wall.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #167 on:** December 06, 2012, 08:31:00 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 06, 2012, 07:56:20 PM

> Make a beeline for the other side of the hallway and the area above the other familiar. Keep this movement as lateral as possible; only move back away from the bullet wall as needed to avoid getting shot. We may be behind the familiar a little bit by the time we reach the hallway wall, but that's okay. The most important thing is to get to the hallway wall.

>You make a beeline for the other side of the hall, and have to veer sharply to get away from the wall of danmaku. You manage to stay ahead of the danmaku, thankfully it is slow, and it becomes much more manageable as you pass by the familiar and approach the wall, but your veering has left you some yards behind the familiar. The danmaku ahead of you is thick, and more of it is crossing over from the main bulk of it, but you think you can see two ways through it. One that takes you forward and close to some crossover, and another takes you lower, close to the floor, and around a larger mass.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #168 on:** December 07, 2012, 02:35:48 AM »

> How high can we throw our demon fire upward?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #169 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:30:57 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2012, 02:35:48 AM

> How high can we throw our demon fire upward?

>You are reasonably sure you could throw it high enough to hit the ceiling if you were standing on the floor. You cannot recall the last time you tried throwing it upward.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #170 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:44:26 AM »

> Do either of the paths through the bullets we spotted take us closer to the familiar?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #171 on:** December 07, 2012, 05:09:55 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2012, 04:44:26 AM

> Do either of the paths through the bullets we spotted take us closer to the familiar?

>Both should do this.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #172 on:** December 07, 2012, 05:41:43 AM »

> Let's try the second path, then. Hopefully we'll have a chance at some point along it where we can conjure up some more fire to throw at the familiar.

O4rfish · « **Reply #173 on:** December 07, 2012, 07:54:25 AM »

>Would it be worthwhile to use the wok as a shield?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #174 on:** December 07, 2012, 08:52:57 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2012, 05:41:43 AM

> Let's try the second path, then. Hopefully we'll have a chance at some point along it where we can conjure up some more fire to throw at the familiar.

>You drop close to the floor and start to work your way around the oncoming bullets. They are not so dense here, and they move in varying curves that go largely in one direction. You can see Kasen, trying to make her way toward the empty spot left by the familiar you destroyed. She doesn't seem to have done very well, you can see her clothes are rather tattered, and she has several nasty-looking burns.

Quote from: O4rfish on December 07, 2012, 07:54:25 AM