About mind flayers

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-01-16 02:53pm

[quote="Xisiqomelir"][/quote]

Oh, great. A newbie who has a mind flayer for an avatar.

*dons highly enchanted and greased helmet*

Xisiqomelir · Post by **Xisiqomelir** » 2003-01-16 09:26pm

Crayz9000 wrote:
Oh, great. A newbie who has a mind flayer for an avatar.

Well, I lurked at PA for a long time, so I thought it would be better to jump in and start posting rather than to inflict a "Hi, I'm new" thread on the board.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-01-16 09:47pm

Xisiqomelir wrote:
Crayz9000 wrote:
Oh, great. A newbie who has a mind flayer for an avatar.

Well, I lurked at PA for a long time, so I thought it would be better to jump in and start posting rather than to inflict a "Hi, I'm new" thread on the board.

Nice try at avoiding getting poked. Now feel the cleansing power of pure thermonuclear fire!

*watches mushroom cloud appear over Xi's position*

Consider yourself poked.

Oh, and welcome.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-01-17 12:43am

Xisiqomelir wrote:Well, I lurked at PA for a long time, so I thought it would be better to jump in and start posting rather than to inflict a "Hi, I'm new" thread on the board.

Don't worry, it wasn't personal. I just have a history of bad experiences with mind flayers from NetHack...

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-01-17 12:44am

What the fuck is a mind flayer?

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-01-17 12:46am

D&D RPG creature. Has psychic attacks.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-01-17 12:58am

Beowulf wrote:
Xisiqomelir wrote:
Crayz9000 wrote:
Oh, great. A newbie who has a mind flayer for an avatar.

Well, I lurked at PA for a long time, so I thought it would be better to jump in and start posting rather than to inflict a "Hi, I'm new" thread on the board.
Nice try at avoiding getting poked. Now feel the cleansing power of pure thermonuclear fire!

*watches mushroom cloud appear over Xi's position*

Consider yourself poked.

Oh, and welcome.

That my fucking line.

*Force Choaks Beowulf*

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-01-17 01:26am

Exonerate wrote:D&D RPG creature. Has psychic attacks.

And likes to eat brains...

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-01-17 01:30am

Hmmm wouldn't find much a snack in DS now would they?

But yes, nasty suckers...with their blasted psi attack and brain eating...though they do worship a giant brain mass...sorta ironic as I see it.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-01-17 01:37am

Ghost Rider wrote:But yes, nasty suckers...with their blasted psi attack and brain eating...though they do worship a giant brain mass...sorta ironic as I see it.

They're usually the first species to be genocided in any NetHack game I do. Otherwise, it usually takes two or three whacks with a weapon like Grayswandir or Frost Brand to bring them down, and by that point they've usually dropped a few intelligence points and given my character amnesia...

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-01-17 01:40am

Well I can see why

...though why when I think of them the whole Zombie "Brains...BRAINS!!" always rings a bell in my head.

Either way...I hate the suckers in BG2 where they have multiple spell immunities...and if I'm lucky only one character has gone stupid on me.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-01-17 02:54am

Well don't just stand there! Quick *poke* it before it gets away!

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-01-17 03:03am

DG_Cal_Wright wrote:Well don't just stand there! Quick *poke* it before it gets away!

But we don't know where it's been!

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-01-17 03:04am

How dangerous could it possibly be? It's purple.

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2003-01-17 03:08am

It's all fun and games poking the newbies....

....until someone pokes a newbie that's made of nitroglycerine.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-17 03:14am

Mindflayers secretly want to be Deepones and Starspawn....

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-01-17 09:24am

Ghost Rider wrote:Well I can see why

...though why when I think of them the whole Zombie "Brains...BRAINS!!" always rings a bell in my head.

Either way...I hate the suckers in BG2 where they have multiple spell immunities...and if I'm lucky only one character has gone stupid on me.

Haha, I loved my BG2 campaign. My main character was a kensai with 18s in everything that counts, but a wisdom of 2...

... guess how many times he was charmed and slaughtered my entire party (I'm talking about 8 or 9 attacks per round

)

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-01-17 11:43am

neoolong wrote:How dangerous could it possibly be? It's purple.

But Mindflayers look like Cthulhu without wings.... And by the way, not all Mindflayers are purple. (The 3rd Edition Monster Manual depicts a Mindflayer with green skin)

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-01-17 12:08pm

Mind flayers are pieces of shit. I had to fight my way through a sewer full of them in "Baldur's Gate II."

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-01-17 01:57pm

Master of Ossus wrote:Mind flayers are pieces of shit. I had to fight my way through a sewer full of them in "Baldur's Gate II."

There's nothing like getting mobbed by 2 master mind flayers and a few underlings (all summoned by an arch-lich) in NetHack. If you don't have a wand of death (or the spell finger of death) and that happens... you can kiss your brain goodbye.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-01-17 03:22pm

Crayz9000 wrote:
Master of Ossus wrote:Mind flayers are pieces of shit. I had to fight my way through a sewer full of them in "Baldur's Gate II."
There's nothing like getting mobbed by 2 master mind flayers and a few underlings (all summoned by an arch-lich) in NetHack. If you don't have a wand of death (or the spell finger of death) and that happens... you can kiss your brain goodbye.

The first time I fought one of them, they instantly confused my half-orc fighter who went around bashing everyone with a Crom Faeyr, killed my mage, and seriously injured my archer. When I finally made it through the fucking sewer, though, it was worth it. That place has AWESOME loot.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2003-01-17 03:23pm

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-01-17 03:40pm

Yeah the sewer section does have some great loot...personally though I hate the Drow city area(if you take up that route)...the loot isn't worth the pain.

And less said about ToB special fun area...the better

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-01-17 03:42pm

neoolong wrote:How dangerous could it possibly be? It's purple.

They have starships that carry 'Great Old Ones'. Do we really want to fuck with them?

-Verbatim from a discussion on Illithids/Mind Flayers in a Spelljammer campaign played after a Call Of Cthluthu game.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-01-17 03:44pm

Oh jeebus forgot Spelljammer's...SHIPLOADS of them.

Ugh somehow a raiding party of those bastards would make me want to develop a Nuke equal in SJ.