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Anderson Quest: Killing Vampires and Werewolves and Leprechauns (Hellsing/Bloodborne)

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[X] "The hell is dat bloody thing s'posed to be? Some kinda demon? Well, it ain't the first time some ghosty tried to get in the way of the Lord's Work."
-[X] Fill the bloody thing with as many blessed bayonets as you can toss at it at once.
--[X] If that ain't enough to finish it off, well, it's already pinned down by The Word, ain't it? Time to get your Father Merrin act on.
---[X] "Exorcizo te, omnis spiritus immunde, in nomine Dei Patris omnipotentis, et in noimine Jesu Christi Filii ejus, Domini et Judicis nostri, et in virtute Spiritus Sancti, ut descedas ab hoc plasmate Dei, quod Dominus noster ad templum sanctum suum vocare dignatus est, ut fiat templum Dei vivi, et Spiritus Sanctus habitet in eo. Per eumdem Christum Dominum nostrum, qui venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos, et saeculum per ignem. "

anderson was sent to fight alucard aka one of the most bullshit things that exist.

we fucking this thing up!
 
Hyp3rB14d3 said:
Alucard also kind of killed him. But don't let that stop us!
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This was the Alucard that was also powered by the dead souls of hundreds of thousands of victims

Anderson weakening him enough that Vampirized Walter would stand a chance in hell of forcing him to consume London's dead was pretty much the centerpiece of Millenium's strategy in terms of tricking Alucard into consuming Schroedinger.

It was a really good showing
 
TehChron said:
This was the Alucard that was also powered by the dead souls of hundreds of thousands of victims

Anderson weakening him enough that Vampirized Walter would stand a chance in hell of forcing him to consume London's dead was pretty much the centerpiece of Millenium's strategy in terms of tricking Alucard into consuming Schroedinger.

It was a really good showing
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I wonder what will happen when Anderson eventually wins and kills the Moon Presence. He's certainly not going to eat the One-Third Umbilical Cords, suicide is out of the question and there's not a chance in hell he'll serve anyone besides God. So if he somehow achieves the 'awakening' ending of Bloodborne through some alternate means will he reappear back in London fully alive just as dawn arises?
 
Shemhazat said:
I wonder what will happen when Anderson eventually wins and kills the Moon Presence. He's certainly not going to eat the One-Third Umbilical Cords, suicide is out of the question and there's not a chance in hell he'll serve anyone besides God. So if he somehow achieves the 'awakening' ending of Bloodborne through some alternate means will he reappear back in London fully alive just as dawn arises?
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Eileen might still eat the umbilical cords

We already sent her to the old workshop, that means that the girls get a headstart on Fashion Souls-Lovecraft edition while Eileen not only gets to find the One-Third there, but also gets to dig up the Old Hunter's Bone as well.
 
Stroth said:
It's probably on Iscariot's required reading list. "It's not something we deal wit often, but it does happen occasionally. And when it does yer gonna be glad that you already know the basics. Not a situation for on the job trainin' as it were. Lovecraft was a damned heathen of the worst sort, and a bloody terrible writer, but he knew his shit when it came to eldritch abominations."
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It's impressive how many little tidbits of Lovecraftian lore are scattered throughout Bloodborne.

Like, Ebrietas wings? The ones that are full of holes and apparently useless?
I saw them and immediately remembered the Elder Things and the Mi-Go, and of how they used their wings to fly in the Aether of Space (or maybe I should say Cosmos?)

And all those references to large bodies of water being bulwarks protecting your sleep, and how all the Lake and Sea runes increase your defenses?
Well, I'm fairly sure it is mentioned somewhere in the Mythos that all that water on top of Cthulhu is weakening his psychic powers, implying water (or at least salt water) is like a Psychic Isolant.

A good knowledge of the Mythos can be really helpful when surviving in Yharnam.
 
...So, uh, if we die... is that the end then, or do we restart?
Cause this is looking like we're gonna die, this thing can shoot lasers at us while we can't see it.
 
Krain said:
...So, uh, if we die... is that the end then, or do we restart?
Cause this is looking like we're gonna die, this thing can shoot lasers at us while we can't see it.
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If the nails and bayonets stick, then seeing it should still be on the table, even if we don't know exactly what it'll look like

And frankly, seeing the exact details doesnt matter too much when we're tossing explosives at it
 
Highwind said:
What, throwing a few dozen bayonets at him until he stops blabbering heathen nonsense?
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Maybe...but at the rate canon Bloodborne is changing Micolash might actually be a major threat. I mean, if you consider the plausible scenario that the Great Ones eventually become aware of Anderson...uniqueness...they might attempt to warn their followers. Especially since Micolash is on the way to Mergo (which just raises further questions).

Also...hm...meeting Annalise is going to be fun to read, considering all her parallels to vampires (nearly complete immortality, blood dregs, Queen of the Vilebloods). I can't wait for Anderson to find her and make the connections. Nothing will stop him at that point.
 
TehChron said:
"Resistance? Wha' resistance? A good ol' fashioned slaughter is just what happens when mah love of ta' Lord Allmighty fills me with naught but thoughts ah righteous violence and massacring."
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"Bloodlust" is not Frenzy.

Frenzy in Bloodborne is a panic attack so strong that you suffer a heartattack or stroke or something. Fear so strong it kills you.

Only the eye-brain in the Nightmare of Mensis (and the smaller Winter Lanterns) can inflict frenzy just by looking at you. Everything else needs to touch you to inflict the psychic assault.

And even the brain and Winter Lanterns can't inflict it on you if they can't see you, even if they KNOW you're there.


Anderson is not prone to fear, as a rule, so I think his Frenzy Resistance is plenty high.

That resistance does go down as your Insight increases, but I think that has more to do with being closer to the monster's wavelength, which lets their attack come through clearer.
 
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Sunder the Gold said:
"Bloodlust" is not Frenzy.

Frenzy in Bloodborne is a panic attack so strong that you suffer a heartattack or stroke or something. Fear so strong it kills you.

Only the eye-brain in the Nightmare of Mensis (and the smaller Winter Lanterns) can inflict frenzy just by looking at you. Everything else needs to touch you to inflict the psychic assault.

And even the brain and Winter Lanterns can't inflict it on you if they can't see you, even if they KNOW you're there.
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I can't imagine that stopping any iteration of Anderson for very long, to be honest

Even setting aside the regeneration stopping any physical damage, there's just the idea of a blood knight like Anderson being affected by fear to that degree in the first place.
 
TehChron said:
I can't imagine that stopping any iteration of Anderson for very long, to be honest

Even setting aside the regeneration stopping any physical damage, there's just the idea of a blood knight like Anderson being affected by fear to that degree in the first place.
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Eventually Anderson's mere presence will induce Frenzy on the unfaithful denizens of Bloodborne as he continuously slaughters everything in his path without remorse or care. It would be hilarious (and ironic) if he sees the brain and is not only completely unaffected by its gaze but actually make it fear him.
 
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TehChron said:
I can't imagine that stopping any iteration of Anderson for very long, to be honest

Even setting aside the regeneration stopping any physical damage, there's just the idea of a blood knight like Anderson being affected by fear to that degree in the first place.
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Basically, Frenzy is like a psychic attack.

In video game terms, if he grabs you, he just looks at you a second, and you get instantly Frenzied, taking off a flat 75% HP. I'd say it's more psychicly-induced brain damage than anything.
 
Nanimani said:
Basically, Frenzy is like a psychic attack.

In video game terms, if he grabs you, he just looks at you a second, and you get instantly Frenzied, taking off a flat 75% HP. I'd say it's more psychicly-induced brain damage than anything.
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I wasnt planning to rely on melee range anyway

Just combo strategically timed bible teleports with liberal amounts of explosives once we've gotten far enough away from the Cathedral
 
Sunder the Gold said:
And even the brain and Winter Lanterns can't inflict it on you if they can't see you, even if they KNOW you're there.
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And the brain stops inflicting Frenzy the moment you drop it into the Abyss, even if you walk right up to it's big eye and taunt it. In fact, that's how you get a special rune, by doing 'Make Contact' in front of it until you move your arms. Frenzy is not something inherent just to looking at it. It has to turn the psychic attack on. Why else do you think the chamber it hangs in keeps glowing?
 
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TehChron said:
I wasnt planning to rely on melee range anyway

Just combo strategically timed bible teleports with liberal amounts of explosives once we've gotten far enough away from the Cathedral
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Well, judging by the post, he can do that without grabbing us, if slower and less effective.
It's not even sound; it's an all-encompassing force, thick as broth and rattling your brain until it feels ready to liquefy. You can make out a shape, outlined by the nails and pages lodged in it, but trying to bring it into focus only brings more pain.
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...Huh. I was gonna make a remark about it being unable to do that if it sees us, but that seems more soundlike than sight-based.
The sight-based is there, but it's not the active attack from the Lesser Amygdala.
 
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Nanimani said:
Well, judging by the post, he can do that without grabbing us, if slower and less effective.
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Hmmm....

Nanimani said:
...Huh. I was gonna make a remark about it being unable to do that if it sees us, but that seems more soundlike than sight-based.
The sight-based is there, but it's not the active attack from the Lesser Amygdala.
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I was kind of interpreting that as more the effects of a scream of agony from an eldritch abomination just being all kinds of impossible given it doesn't even seem capable of communicating normally

You know, Anderson's brain just being in intense pain from trying to process such absurdly unnatural sounds
 
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TehChron said:
Hmmm....


I was kind of interpreting that as more the effects of a scream of agony from an eldritch abomination just being all kinds of impossible given it doesn't even seem capable of communicating normally

You know, Anderson's brain just being in intense pain from trying to process such absurdly unnatural sounds
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Hum. The effect lines up with Frenzy just a bit too much for a coincidence, I'd say... but if it's a scream of pain, maybe it can't do it on command?
...If that's it, though, it's about to do it again, what with us hurting more. Not much we can do about it, other than maybe blood vials or something.
 
*currently on page 90*
*SUDDENLY AMYDALA IS PISSED*
Tricia said:
SmokeYis billowing from the unseen thingOand it's shrieking. It's notUeven sound; it's anHall-encompassing force, thick asUbroth and rattlingRyour brain until it feels ready toTliquefy. You can makeMout a shape, outlined by the nails and pages lodged in it, but trying to bring it into focusEonly brings more pain.

Your eyes don't want to see it. Your ears don't want to hear it. It's there but it's not but it has to be.
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
 
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Nanimani said:
Hum. The effect lines up with Frenzy just a bit too much for a coincidence, I'd say... but if it's a scream of pain, maybe it can't do it on command?
...If that's it, though, it's about to do it again, what with us hurting more. Not much we can do about it, other than maybe blood vials or something.
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Yeah, like I said we were pretty much doomed to fight it the second the wards managed to kickstart an Old One BBQ

Bailing only delays the inevitable, at best.

And if we're gonna fight it, then we can't take it while it's clinging to a wall like that, especially a wall that's part of a building we want to keep more or less intact. That's just asking to get lazered and vomited on from a distance.

If one way or another we're gonna have to fight, might as well do it right.
 
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TehChron said:
Yeah, like I said we were pretty much doomed to fight it the second the wards managed to kickstart an Old One BBQ

Bailing only delays the inevitable, at best.

And if we're gonna fight it, then we can't take it while it's clinging to a wall like that, especially a wall that's part of a building we want to keep more or less intact.

If one way or another we're gonna have to fight, might as well do it right.
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Oh, not denying that.

...Don't drag it too far, though. There's much more than one. Don't want to get multiple on us.
 
Nanimani said:
Oh, not denying that.

...Don't drag it too far, though. There's much more than one. Don't want to get multiple on us.
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First step is getting it off the wall, I'm gonna guess that everyone else in the thread has a much better idea of where to drag it than me though

And we never know what opportunities might present themselves during the update. For all I know, @Tricia might decide that the exorcism would straight up boot the poor thing out of this plane of existence outright. :V
 
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