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The idea that a ninja should be wearing day glo orange and shouted an obnoxious catchphrase never appealed to me when I was younger

That's actually been ran with pretty interestingly in some fanfiction, and if whats'is'face was a writer worth a damn whoever it was could have done some really interesting stuff with it. Urban camouflage and whatnot -- the point of ninja isn't necessarily to be hidden in the shadows, but instead to be hidden, regardless of where they are, including in a crowd. Naruto 'imself could have been trained as, y'know, urban infiltration, getting in with youth gangs, street folk, entertainers... all sorts of stuff.

Wozzname didn't go that route.

As for the assassination thing and whatnot, iirc it's mostly implied that it happened quite a lot. Just... offscreen. Whatever that critter's name was didn't particularly want to write about the interesting parts of the elemental nations worldbuilding >_>

Doombringer... might. They're pretty beaty at the moment. Demonologist doesn't really get functional until 18+, and they might not be able to survive until that point on insane. They're more viable afterwards, but... getting there. Is problem.

Cheers, Feelgood.

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Yeah, demonologist's biggest problem, it seems, is that they don't really get off the ground until level 18. But once they finally start off, they start off pretty damn hard. Hitting that third tier of seeds means you get things like goddamn Daelachs on tap (The 27th level one my elfologist has, has just shy of three freaking times my hp), functionally infinite vim (+3 per melee attack, per ring if desired, blighted path (which is actually second tier, but whatever), etc., etc., etc.), and a whole new ballpark of damage and whatnot. It's pretty crazy.

They're basically crap -- easily one of the worst classes -- until they hit that level 18. Then things start coming off the rails. Definitely looking forward to getting the rest of the seed outlay -- currently, my only next tier ones are for rings (daelach) and body (wretch titan, which is actually kinda' cruddy -- just incoming crit damage reduction).

What happens when a demon/Satan messes with you?

The somewhat unkind response would be, "You do stuff the person talking about you doesn't like."

Like. Recently enough, I overheard someone saying a person had the devil in them... for inviting someone to lunch in the "wrong" manner. Most of the similar invocations I've heard, on the ground, on the subject are of roughly the same nature. It's less something with meaningful import than it is a way to dehumanize someone you dislike and make it more acceptable (to you) to treat them like shit/think of them unkindly/etc., basically.

Quite sure the theological answer to the question is rather different, but in practice I've found that sort of thing mostly to be an excuse to snipe at people. Is usually fairly petty, y'know? Occasionally you get it for heavier stuff (major psychological disturbance), but that... is usually because the people talking don't know psychology from a particularly malformed carrot.

Yeah, there's something like... 5-6 hours before they close, here in FL. 8 pm eastern is the counting time. Still. Any fistfights or something? Gotta' be something interesting going on during the voting process. Maybe interesting things someone noted on the ballot, I'unno.

Eesh, demonologist goes a lot more smoothly when you net a decent shield early on. Sub-15 barkwood... helped. A lot. Among some other things. Character! Bit it once during the starting zone, but eh. It's almost shocking how much less trouble this one is having compared to my cornac, who I more or less abandoned at the same level (after it got wrecked by... the wretchling beast, I think*). Looking forward to getting better seeds, though. C'mon, level 18...

*This one dropped the eggsac summons and a 20th level dolleg on the beast and more or less rolled over it.

E: Woah. Blighted path. There goes any vim problems until stuff with mana clash starts popping up regularly. Also a nice painful beatstick effect. Nice.

E2: Well, that was the worst derth setup I've seen in a long time. No less than eight lightning Es within LoS of the initial opening to the inner town. Maaaay have panicked a little. Survived, but ow. Ow.

The last post made on this game.

I'll definitely +1 a general appreciation for it. For an alpha, it's quite nice. It also runs pretty smoothly off a flash drive, heh. Though the save system makes playing on the go somewhat... difficult.

Y'know, I just now noticed we apparently have an iranian economist running for governor here in florida. Dude has zero chance of taking the race, but damn, that's some balls.

Given I'm not really sure whether I dislike Scott or Crist more, I may just throw away the guy a vote.

Also hey, legalization of medical marijuana on the ballot. Doesn't seem to be anything else interesting, though.