They have bigger problems then you think. Whether it was the inherent toughness of the scales or resistance to ice based magic Tabitha's mini hailstorm did absolutly nothing to the thing. From the sounds of it the only weak points on this thing are the eyes and the inside of the mouth. Koko and other high accuracy people can get the eyes from range but if they want to get the other soft parts they will have to stand in front of that thing while it is attacking them (mouth open), and proceed to shoot and scoot/RUN!LGear said:And I was just about to suggest Anaconda, though Steel Toothed is quite the awesome name. So the Faeries vs. something that amounts to a Thresher Maw... Operation Dunkirk better be awesome to top this!
Come on, you just know that once the Fae gain some good faith during and after Dunkirk that you want Henrietta to get her own tiny detachment of Tiny!Knights act as a last line of defense. I guess it gives a whole new meaning to having something hidden up your sleeve.queensarrow said:
It's own mass and drag. Sure it floats, but it's so large and massive that it'll be incredibly difficult to push around even with the strongest winds. It's likely that the weather conditions around Albion are in a state where Albion's position is maintained through an equilibrium of various wind and gravitational forces acting on it.queensarrow said:
So Henrietta raises forth her arm and goes HIDDEN TECHNIQUE: PIXIE PUNCH!!!!!!!!!! sending a raging pixie from her arm at full speed towards her unfortunate foe?Triggerhappy said:
Somebody suggested having Klein give Louise a "Faerie back ride" so that she can try throwing the biggest explosion she can muster and being told to aim for the weak point.jwolfe said:
This also brings up another possible point.75% Certain said:
An idea for sure, though I think the Faerie are actually stronger then horses, so those are really needed.jwolfe said:
It's an elected position, so you'd have to buy off a lot of the population to make that work. And I suspect a lot of the population wouldn't trust you if you tried to bribe them like that, especially in the Asian regions, where the culture tends to assume gifts have potentially unpleasant strings attached.75% Certain said:
I wouldn't be to sure of that, the number of Puca should be in the high thousands after all. (Somewhere between 5000-10000) Considering further a lot of players aren't all to familiar with Pixie, they clearly aren't a random mob spawn. The unfamiliarity also indicates that the Gardens aren't all to numerous, not very accessible (But that doesn't seem all that likely, as Faeries can fly, so random forest areas shouldn't be an issue), or rather uninteresting.
LN canon, 'Dragon's Raiment', something that allows you to fly, not a actual dragon. This fic, I have no idea how TH is playing this.Exsequens said:
That's got to be rather uncomfortable though, can you imagine having a lot of little girls inside your clothing for a last line of defense, I expect them to do much moving, not at all pleasant.Triggerhappy said:
If I recall, does Albion do any free-floating? I remember the OTL when Tarbes was attacked they said Albion was something about very close to it?LGear said:
Ah, oops, almost thought there was a literal dragon, or a giant Earth Dragon somewhere, was there something about an Earth Dragon in another location? I'm sorry my memory's rather fuzzy with all the machines and comic-strips I have to draw.Flere821 said:
Actually you may have already answered that with your "lack of sleep" thing, since it can negatively effect a persons healing. So combine that with her pushing her body past it's limits and you could very well get continually bruising.Triggerhappy said:
My guess if for the sake of balance, and since they aren't supposed to be a unique feature, there would have been a few in every faction region. On average a Garden will have several hundred members. The Gardens near Tarbes might have been smaller since they were so close together.75% Certain said:
I'm guessing there are at least a few thousand of the little sprites floating around. Estimate each region probably had its own 'Shoot' plus the World Tree itself. The Pixies are mostly self sufficient and will probably end up carving a place for themselves along with their allied mobs so long as they are left in peace. Pfft.
No way to tell so far. They've only just had the one full moon. Also, are both moons full at different times? (I guess probably) Hmm, good question! Chances are however that Yggdrasil-sama will ramp up Pixie production, or scale it back, as necessary.
Haha, totally misread what TH wrote.75% Certain said:
Well, they're freaking tiny and usually don't venture beyond their Gardens. Most aren't even interested.75% Certain said:
Pixies in SAO canon aren't mentioned as mobs. TH is using them as OCs for his fic, and almost every pixie related issue in this fic is made up by him.Morganite said:
Well sure, but that means that Cardinal blapped into existence thirty thousand sentient minds, and now the Fae have to figure out what to do with them. You can bet that the nobles will be leery about it!Triggerhappy said:
She has a few siblings... she just don't know them yet.Triggerhappy said:
Would this lead to any population problems anyway? Trying to fit thousands of pixies in a garden might be a bit hard on the resources available right?Triggerhappy said:
There aren't thousands in a single garden. Read it again.Jomasten said:
Is it a a few thousand, as you first suggested, or a few tens of thousands, as 75%'s extrapolations speculate?Triggerhappy said:
Though I suppose it doesn't necessarily make a difference outside, if the pixies mostly stay put and Yggdrasil controls their growth rates anyways. (I assume that they come with the infrastructure to support their population, whatever that figure may turn out to be.)Triggerhappy said:
