Me > Blade spider on 07/02/2008 07:51 PM CDT
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So, ever since I was a little bitty newbler there has been a story about blade spiders. If you go there, you die. Now I know they arn't the strongest critter in the game, but they always had the big mean baddie rep for me at least. Well:

A dark crystalline spike crackles with shimmering light and discharges an undulating blast at a giant blade spider!
Its abdomen sparks for a moment and then explodes messily. It's a wonder there's anything left of it.

A giant blade spider topples over. Its legs flail in wild panic as it writhes in the final throes of death!

The crystalline spike splits asunder.

You get a dark blue skinning knife from inside your ruby red bag.

You kneel down upon the ground.

You skillfully peel the blade spider mandible off a giant blade spider.

Serc > Blade spiders


-Serc


"Moon Mages have already been given some of the most ridiculously powerful magic in the game, third only to Warrior Mages and Barbarians" -Armifer
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Re: Me > Blade spider on 07/02/2008 08:36 PM CDT
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Killing them isn't the problem. It does not seem to matter how much skill you have, however, if they do the poison-you thing. When that happens, your only course of action is to run away and become invisible before you are paralyzed for an absurd amount of time.

I have not personally gone there for more than a few minutes at a time in likely years, so things could be different or it could all be an elaborate misconception perpetuated by the ignorant masses, but I seem to remember Fengreve getting killed by them at one time, which should never happen with such a low level creature against a Ranger who was I believe already well beyond 100th by then.
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Re: Me > Blade spider on 07/03/2008 12:10 AM CDT
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I've always been afraid of those things too. Still am! I should probably investigate one of these days.
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Re: Me > Blade spider on 07/03/2008 12:53 AM CDT
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Well, for the record, on top of all of that, it WAS damn hard to kill it.


-Serc


"Moon Mages have already been given some of the most ridiculously powerful magic in the game, third only to Warrior Mages and Barbarians" -Armifer
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Re: Me > Blade spider on 07/03/2008 10:18 AM CDT
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>>Well, for the record, on top of all of that, it WAS damn hard to kill it.

According to the play.net bestiary, they're just under caracal difficulty.
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Re: Me > Blade spider on 07/04/2008 08:10 AM CDT
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"According to the play.net bestiary, they're just under caracal difficulty."

and everyone knows THATS accurate.

Really, I don't know. Had the thick hide that didn't wanna take damage.


-Serc



"Moon Mages have already been given some of the most ridiculously powerful magic in the game, third only to Warrior Mages and Barbarians" -Armifer
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