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DF Adventure Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your adventure?
« on: July 22, 2010, 02:31:05 pm »
I would definitely call this a successful run so far. Killed a hydra, some goblins, a demon, two dragons, LOTS of wolves...
But there is one thing I failed to do: Kill Atesh Dallithlek Ral Nogresh, the bronze colossus. Oh, I came close, though. I came close. When I first received the task to kill him, I rushed to his cave posthaste. I found him and battled him for a good half hour. We seemed to be at a stalemate, until suddenly, he grabbed me by the foot and threw me to the ground! He proceeded to beat me to a pulp, breaking several bones. I fell unconscious multiple times, but he wasn't hitting me anymore and I eventually managed to shake off the pain and the bleeding stopped. I got up, ran like heck, and fast traveled to a nearby town.
Miraculously I escaped with naught but a torn artery. It was at this time that I discovered that the scumbag had stolen my sword and shield, so I bought new ones. I then returned to the cave expecting to die a gruesome death in my attempt to slay Atesh. But that didn't happen. I discovered that by standing with my back to a wall and taunting the colossus I could get him to jump at me, whereupon I would leap out of the way, causing him to smash into the wall and fall over. I then hacked at his limbs until he could not stand up. I shattered every part of his body three times over, yet he still did not die. Eventually I tired of it and went off slaying less indestructible creatures for a couple weeks.
I later decided to pay him another visit and see if I could lop his head off now that I was a bit tougher. I ended up accidentally dodging into a dried up pool. I thought for sure I would have to wait down there for days hoping for rain. Atesh was watching me like a hawk so I could not fast travel. But, as luck would have it, he got bored and walked away. It was at this point that I had the idea to try an axe on the fellow. If it did not do a better job of decapitating him, well at least I would have a more varied field of expertise. So I returned to town, stole an axe (I was already labeled a criminal, so it didn't really matter) and returned to the cave. I searched for Atesh for a while, until I got a strange message: "The Bronze Colossus is struck by a ball of flames!" Messages along these lines continued to appear, until they abruptly stopped. I knew exactly what had happened. SOMETHING JUST KS'D MY BRONZE COLOSSUS!!!
Sure enough, I opened up Legends and it said "In the early spring of 1053, Atesh melted in The Severe Hill." Amazing.
EDIT: I was unable to track down the culprit. Also, the cave is just an insanely long ramp down to a fatal drop into a little pool. Whee.
But there is one thing I failed to do: Kill Atesh Dallithlek Ral Nogresh, the bronze colossus. Oh, I came close, though. I came close. When I first received the task to kill him, I rushed to his cave posthaste. I found him and battled him for a good half hour. We seemed to be at a stalemate, until suddenly, he grabbed me by the foot and threw me to the ground! He proceeded to beat me to a pulp, breaking several bones. I fell unconscious multiple times, but he wasn't hitting me anymore and I eventually managed to shake off the pain and the bleeding stopped. I got up, ran like heck, and fast traveled to a nearby town.
Miraculously I escaped with naught but a torn artery. It was at this time that I discovered that the scumbag had stolen my sword and shield, so I bought new ones. I then returned to the cave expecting to die a gruesome death in my attempt to slay Atesh. But that didn't happen. I discovered that by standing with my back to a wall and taunting the colossus I could get him to jump at me, whereupon I would leap out of the way, causing him to smash into the wall and fall over. I then hacked at his limbs until he could not stand up. I shattered every part of his body three times over, yet he still did not die. Eventually I tired of it and went off slaying less indestructible creatures for a couple weeks.
I later decided to pay him another visit and see if I could lop his head off now that I was a bit tougher. I ended up accidentally dodging into a dried up pool. I thought for sure I would have to wait down there for days hoping for rain. Atesh was watching me like a hawk so I could not fast travel. But, as luck would have it, he got bored and walked away. It was at this point that I had the idea to try an axe on the fellow. If it did not do a better job of decapitating him, well at least I would have a more varied field of expertise. So I returned to town, stole an axe (I was already labeled a criminal, so it didn't really matter) and returned to the cave. I searched for Atesh for a while, until I got a strange message: "The Bronze Colossus is struck by a ball of flames!" Messages along these lines continued to appear, until they abruptly stopped. I knew exactly what had happened. SOMETHING JUST KS'D MY BRONZE COLOSSUS!!!
Sure enough, I opened up Legends and it said "In the early spring of 1053, Atesh melted in The Severe Hill." Amazing.
EDIT: I was unable to track down the culprit. Also, the cave is just an insanely long ramp down to a fatal drop into a little pool. Whee.