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A Villain In A World Of Heroes

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[X] Love
No. of votes: 1
Wayfarer

[X] Prepare a salvo of Nova Glaciums at the dragon's eyes, taking time to aim as carefully as you can before letting them loose. If they freeze mid-air, shout Faith!
-[X] If it turns out that you can't fire Nova Glaciums without speaking it out loud, say Faith first, then launch them.
No. of votes: 1
NeoDarklight

[X] Faith
No. of votes: 2
munchkinomatic, Dark as Silver

[X] Experience.
No. of votes: 1
Tsjoat

[x] Imaginiary Votes[]
No. of votes: 1
LightMage

[X] FREEDOM
No. of votes: 1
rags

[X] Desire
No. of votes: 1
Alphaleph

[X]language
No. of votes: 1
kitsune9

[X]Knowledge
No. of votes: 2
daemonkeeper, Ethereal Vitali

[X] Aim for the back of it's throat when it attacks is. Only do so when it's mouth is open. When it isn't attack the eyes.
No. of votes: 1
Smugraptor

[X] Choice
No. of votes: 1
MrCogmor
Vote tally:
##### 3.21
[X] Love
No. of votes: 1
Wayfarer

[X] Prepare a salvo of Nova Glaciums at the dragon's eyes, taking time to aim as carefully as you can before letting them loose. If they freeze mid-air, shout Faith!
No. of votes: 1
NeoDarklight

-[X] If it turns out that you can't fire Nova Glaciums without speaking it out loud, say Faith first, then launch them.
No. of votes: 1
NeoDarklight

[X] Faith
No. of votes: 2
munchkinomatic, Dark as Silver

[X] Experience.
No. of votes: 1
Tsjoat

[x] Imaginiary Votes[]
No. of votes: 1
LightMage

[X] FREEDOM
No. of votes: 1
rags

[X] Desire
No. of votes: 1
Alphaleph

[X]language
No. of votes: 1
kitsune9

[X]Knowledge
No. of votes: 2
daemonkeeper, Ethereal Vitali

[X] Aim for the back of it's throat when it attacks is. Only do so when it's mouth is open. When it isn't attack the eyes.
No. of votes: 1
Smugraptor

[X] Choice
No. of votes: 1
MrCogmor
 
Wow, it is scattered and there isn't many votes about what to do before and after your answer. And the one that is there is missing quite a bit

So, I am going to leave it open for now
 
And I'm back: the answer is choice/free will. As you get older and make more choices, you lose the ability to make other choices, and the gods are bound by fate to play their parts in the order of things: free will is explicitly the domain of mortals.
Arkatekt said:
(If I remember correctly, another hidden message led people to believe we should drink from the green river with the hydrokinetic fish, which appeared to nearly kill Cedra when just a small amount was swallowed)
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Actually, that was just us crit-failing on it's deliciousness roll.

[X] Free will!
[X] Get Ready to dodge the dragon again: second verse, same as the first.

Presumably Ness will let us get a chance to vote on using anything new that appears in this situation.
 
chocolote12 said:
And I'm back: the answer is choice/free will. As you get older and make more choices, you lose the ability to make other choices, and the gods are bound by fate to play their parts in the order of things: free will is explicitly the domain of mortals.

Actually, that was just us crit-failing on it's deliciousness roll.

[X] Free will!
[X] Get Ready to dodge the dragon again: second verse, same as the first.

Presumably Ness will let us get a chance to vote on using anything new that appears in this situation.
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Not exactly, no. This vote is for what you do before and immediately after time resumes. After you have attacked and/or gotten away from the dragon, then there will be a new vote.
 
But we keep adding new nonsensical answers to the riddle.

Edit: upon checking the tally I didn't vote for a plan
[X] Before stopping the time freeze prepare a salvo of Nova Glaciums at the dragon's eyes, taking time to aim as carefully as you can before letting them loose.
-[X] After time resumes aim for the back of it's throat when it attacks is. Only do so when it's mouth is open. When it isn't attack the eyes.
 
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[X] Before stopping the time freeze prepare a salvo of Nova Glaciums at the dragon's eyes, taking time to aim as carefully as you can before letting them loose.
-[X] After time resumes aim for the back of it's throat when it attacks is. Only do so when it's mouth is open. When it isn't attack the eyes.
 
You remember that part where having multiple bolts up at the same time exhausts us rapidly? Or the part where we don't know if the magic takes our first words as the answer, or if it recognizes the intent of the words?
 
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[X]Knowledge
No. of Votes: 3
daemonkeeper
Arkatekt
Ethereal Vitali

[X] Get Ready to dodge the dragon again: second verse, same as the first.
No. of Votes: 2
chocolote12
Arkatekt

[X] Before stopping the time freeze prepare a salvo of Nova Glaciums at the dragon's eyes, taking time to aim as carefully as you can before letting them loose.
-[X] After time resumes aim for the back of it's throat when it attacks is. Only do so when it's mouth is open. When it isn't attack the eyes.
No. of Votes: 2
Dark as Silver
LycorisX

[X] Love
No. of Votes: 1
Wayfarer

[X] Prepare a salvo of Nova Glaciums at the dragon's eyes, taking time to aim as carefully as you can before letting them loose. If they freeze mid-air, shout "Faith!"
-[X] If it turns out that you can't fire Nova Glaciums without speaking it out loud, say "Faith" first, then launch them.
No. of Votes: 1
NeoDarklight

[X] Faith
No. of Votes: 1
munchkinomatic

[X] Experience.
No. of Votes: 1
Tsjoat

[X] Choice
No. of Votes: 1
MrCogmor

[X] FREEDOM
No. of Votes: 1
rags

[X] Desire
No. of Votes: 1
Alphaleph

[X]language
No. of Votes: 1
kitsune9

[X] Aim for the back of it's throat when it attacks is. Only do so when it's mouth is open. When it isn't attack the eyes.
No. of Votes: 1
Smugraptor

[X] Free will!
No. of Votes: 1
chocolote12


Total No. of Voters: 15
 
And, it is a tie for the plan. I guess I will leave it open until tomorrow or the tie is broken, whichever comes last.
 
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[X] Before stopping the time freeze prepare a salvo of Nova Glaciums at the dragon's eyes, taking time to aim as carefully as you can before letting them loose.
-[X] After time resumes aim for the back of it's throat when it attacks is. Only do so when it's mouth is open. When it isn't attack the eyes.
 
[] Get Ready to dodge the dragon again: second verse, same as the first.

withdrawing vote not going to extend this
 
[X]Language
[X] Before stopping the time freeze prepare a salvo of Nova Glaciums at the dragon's eyes, taking time to aim as carefully as you can before letting them loose.
-[X] After time resumes aim for the back of it's throat when it attacks is. Only do so when it's mouth is open. When it isn't attack the eyes.
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[X]Knowledge
[X] Before stopping the time freeze prepare a salvo of Nova Glaciums at the dragon's eyes, taking time to aim as carefully as you can before letting them loose.
-[X] After time resumes aim for the back of it's throat when it attacks is. Only do so when it's mouth is open. When it isn't attack the eyes.

Before I get to rolling, two things. First, as I promised, the answer to the riddle was actually belief. Second, you had literally infinite time, you could have modified your ice bolts to be super sharp and attempt to pierce the dragon or you could have made them large and try to freeze as much of it as you can. You even could have melted down your ice bolts so you could do hydrokinesis. You were supposed to game this. Well, sacrifice your goats and hope the rolls make up for it.
Dark Ness threw 3 7-faced dice. Reason: Acurracy +1 Total: 10
4 4 3 3 3 3
Dark Ness threw 1 7-faced dice. Reason: Accuracy Total: 2
2 2
Dark Ness threw 1 7-faced dice. Reason: Mouth Total: 3
3 3
Dark Ness threw 1 7-faced dice. Reason: Mouth Shot Total: 6
6 6
Dark Ness threw 1 7-faced dice. Reason: Once more Total: 5
5 5
Dark Ness threw 1 7-faced dice. Reason: Third time Total: 4
4 4
Dark Ness threw 1 7-faced dice. Reason: DODGE Total: 6
6 6
Dark Ness threw 1 7-faced dice. Reason: Eye shot Total: 6
6 6
 
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    • You prepare a trio of ice bolts, and aim for the dragon's eyes. Then you shout "Knowledge!" and time resumes, but nothing else seems to happen. Then you let off your ice bolts, but none of them hit the dragon's eyes, although, they do get close, hitting other parts of its face. You then fire one more shot at its eyes, but it also misses. As it starts getting closer to you, you notice that its mouth is open slightly, and you fire a bolt at it.

    It hits and the dragon slowes down, and roars with pain and rage, a deep sound that seems to revibrate in your bones. But, that doesn't stop you from firing two more bolts into the top of its open mouth. It quickly snapes its mouth shut after that, and starts charging towards you much faster then before. You run out of the way, managing to get clear, and take the opportunity to fire off one more shot at its right eye while it is rushing past you. As it starts to turn, your bolt hits the corner of its eye, freezing it. Now, It is even angrier and turning to bear down on you once more.

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    • Well, it seem that from now onward, we need to actually think like a villian and abuse the system until it cries and beg for its mom
     
    munchkinomatic said:
    Well, it seem that from now onward, we need to actually think like a villian and abuse the system until it cries and beg for its mom
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    We were supposed to game this. Riiiiiiiiiiiight. When we can only hold up our bolts without firing for just a little bit, and the dragon is a dragon, with dragony scales, which are usually known far and wide as being really-freaking-unbreakable-even-with-pointy-thingies, and almost all of the voters are blind idiots almost all of the time, and nobody listens to the one smart person because that designation changes at the drop of a hat?

    This thread is not equipped for system gaming, and the brief attempts I've made to do anything like that before, you've shot me down. [/suprisinglyvitrolicresponse]

    Sorry. It's just that I lost faith in the intelligence of most voters in this thread a few pages back, and it hasn't really recovered, so, to me, expecting an intelligent vote to get through is laughable...
     
    chocolote12 said:
    We were supposed to game this. Riiiiiiiiiiiight. When we can only hold up our bolts without firing for just a little bit, and the dragon is a dragon, with dragony scales, which are usually known far and wide as being really-freaking-unbreakable-even-with-pointy-thingies, and almost all of the voters are blind idiots almost all of the time, and nobody listens to the one smart person because that designation changes at the drop of a hat?

    This thread is not equipped for system gaming, and the brief attempts I've made to do anything like that before, you've shot me down. [/suprisinglyvitrolicresponse]

    Sorry. It's just that I lost faith in the intelligence of most voters in this thread a few pages back, and it hasn't really recovered, so, to me, expecting an intelligent vote to get through is laughable...
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    So, are you say that we are... not suspose to game this? Because:

    Dark Ness said:
    Before I get to rolling, two things. First, as I promised, the answer to the riddle was actually belief. Second, you had literally infinite time, you could have modified your ice bolts to be super sharp and attempt to pierce the dragon or you could have made them large and try to freeze as much of it as you can. You even could have melted down your ice bolts so you could do hydrokinesis. You were supposed to game this. Well, sacrifice your goats and hope the rolls make up for it.
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    I don't know about you, but this is the first time I got chewed out for unmunchinkinry, it's quite a novelty experince, in fact.

    Don't worry, I'm sure we get some good vote in, I mean I voted for a seven years traning regiment, which would actually be SHORTER than a one week training regiment, because Dark Ness is not so psychotic to run all of seven years of epic level grind withouh using timeskip
     
    munchkinomatic said:
    So, are you say that we are... not suspose to game this? Because:



    I don't know about you, but this is the first time I got chewed out for unmunchinkinry, it's quite a novelty experince, in fact.

    Don't worry, I'm sure we get some good vote in, I mean I voted for a seven years traning regiment, which would actually be SHORTER than a one week training regiment, because Dark Ness is not so psychotic to run all of seven years of epic level grind withouh using timeskip
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    No, I'm just saying *Look around in this thread* and tell me what you see as far as the intelligence and planning capabilities of the majority of the people here. These people aren't munchkins. They just aren't smart enough, and neither is the MC, apparently. We'd have to go to a school or something IC in order to apply anything more than the barest dregs of our intelligence to our responses, and it burns, like salt rubbed into my brain (even though the brain can't actually feel much pain, because pain anywhere else = thinking there, so the burn isn't actually that bad).

    We've got to go to some magic school when we're through here. At least an apprenticeship with a scientist or something. Cedra not knowing about the square-cube law and how it relates to dust explosions is fine and all, but the fact that (Dust+Fire)=Explosions! Isn't something she knows? Or that if you suck on a container long enough it runs out of air? Or that Air is something related to sound? She's... not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Not by a long shot.
     
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    chocolote12 said:
    No, I'm just saying *Look around in this thread* and tell me what you see as far as the intelligence and planning capabilities of the majority of the people here. These people aren't munchkins. They just aren't smart enough, and neither is the MC, apparently. We'd have to go to a school or something IC in order to apply anything more than the barest dregs of our intelligence to our responses, and it burns, like salt rubbed into my brain (even though the brain can't actually feel much pain, because pain anywhere else = thinking there, so the burn isn't actually that bad).

    We've got to go to some magic school when we're through here. At least an apprenticeship with a scientist or something. Cedra not knowing about the square-cube law and how it relates to dust explosions is fine and all, but the fact that (Dust+Fire)=Explosions! Isn't something she knows? Or that if you suck on a container long enough it runs out of air? Or that Air is something related to sound? She's... not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Not by a long shot.
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    Don't take it as an obstacle, take it as a challenge. Have you ever heard of anyone who munckin on a meta-psychological level? Neither do I, that's mean there's a legend waiting to be written
     
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