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Nuriel also tries to find manticores, leaving the smouldering and probably smelly manticorpse behind.

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on January 20, 2014, 12:24:55 pm

Wait, how is Kyle riding the manticore?

1. Feline bodies aren't ideal for riding.
2. The wings would prevent you from sitting in the ideal location, forcing you to sit either up by the neck or down by the pelvis. Or on the wings or head or tail or something silly like that.
3. Aren't there sharp quills somewhere in the mix?

Quote from: Akroma on January 20, 2014, 12:22:20 pm

did I ever imply it would be faster?
it is trained not to immediatly flee from dangerous situations, fly somewhat steady and coordinated, as well as to some (simple) commands, like a whistle to make them fly by so you can jump back on

basic idea is that flying over a human and jumping down right on top of them is many times faster than climbing all the way up. and the most interesting things to stab, well, they are usualy not found right around the ankles

unless you go with the more traditional tactic to make them fall, of course

That's all well and good, but it'll still take at least 10-15 minutes to get to the school. Under ideal conditions, and assuming the pigeon isn't slowed by having a little person on top of it.

GWG, its cool, don't nitpick and stop worrying about it. Just let it happen.

I like sanity and order and stuff.

((Guys, could I ask that you calculate your own mana and HP , and put it in your stat sheets? It is a pain to do it for every combat joiner.))

Can do! I've been meaning to anyways.

Wait, how is Kyle riding the manticore?

1. Feline bodies aren't ideal for riding.
2. The wings would prevent you from sitting in the ideal location, forcing you to sit either up by the neck or down by the pelvis. Or on the wings or head or tail or something silly like that.
3. Aren't there sharp quills somewhere in the mix?

did I ever imply it would be faster?
it is trained not to immediatly flee from dangerous situations, fly somewhat steady and coordinated, as well as to some (simple) commands, like a whistle to make them fly by so you can jump back on

basic idea is that flying over a human and jumping down right on top of them is many times faster than climbing all the way up. and the most interesting things to stab, well, they are usualy not found right around the ankles

unless you go with the more traditional tactic to make them fall, of course

That's all well and good, but it'll still take at least 10-15 minutes to get to the school. Under ideal conditions, and assuming the pigeon isn't slowed by having a little person on top of it.

Why "Fluffy"? It sounds like the kind of thing a ditz would name his deadly untrained barely-tame pet.

Hainuwele still flies. Nice weather considering it's...what season again?

School just started so...um...does Australian school start in Autumn or August?

Why would combat pigeons be capable of flying that much faster than normal pigeons?
1. If you'll notice, warhorses and racehorses don't have much in common as far as horse breeds go.
2. There isn't much you can do to make pigeons faster. Well, there is a lot, but it doesn't do much.

when i started the game, it was you who said I didn#t have any mind-talk yet. excuse me for assuming I could not simply ignore that

Yet. It's been days, and it's something that could have easily happened off-screen.

that being said, the airspeed of a trained combat pigdeon. has been mentioned in creation post

Where?

I did explain that the further something is removed from humanoid anatomy, the harder trying to figure out where to stab becomes.

And yet you tried to justify her also being good at acustabbing quadrupeds.

As far as body parts go, there is often parallels to go by, eyes being eyes, noses being noses, fingers being fingers, etc. it takes some planning and usualy multiple tries, and has a much higher chance of either having no effect, or side-effects, or simply an entirely different effect, at Elfs discretion, so I will leave rolls and the result of such rolls entirely up to him

The biggest problems are:
1. The body parts are connecting funny. Human head, leonine body which needs to be twisted on the inside for the wings to be more than ornamental, and a tail from the very not-vertebrate scorpion...I'm guessing the only way to find most meridians, especially ones that "should" be in the neck, back, or base of the tail (near the "connective" points of various creatures) would be trial-and-error.

but hey, the internet sais that their fur is impenetrable, and that their only weakspot is the inside of their mouth.

That explains why it was killed by putting hot lead down its throat.

the esophagus leads right past the heart, you just gotta stab at from where the beating comes from when it is at it's loudest

You have ten seconds or so from mouth to stomach. And you'll be pummeled by peristalsis. It ain't as easy as it sounds. And even if you hit, you'll probably end up in the stomach, and/or suffocating.

hmm, I have a plan that would suit Hainuweles disadvantages and advantages

somebody call the household for backup, I dont wanna meta myself just into a scene

1. Dude, we've been chatting about it mentally. If we haven't figured something out to connect you to the network, we've been doing something wrong.
2. How will she get there? The airspeed of a flying swallow, African or European, carrying a coconut or no, isn't exactly highway speeds.