So, I'd like clarification on something...Yami, do your shadows interact with the ethereal plane? Or are they purely physical? I can use my shadow-wielding while Cruallassar is ethereal, however the answer to this question dictates whether or not anyone can harm him while he is in his ethereal form. I've been operating on the assumption of yes, however it needs clarification.
Cruallassar Member
Shadow Ranger
- Last Seen: 6 yrs ago
- Joined: 9 yrs ago
- Posts: 500 (0.15 / day)
- VMs: 0
-
Username history
- Cruallassar 9 yrs ago
Status
User has no status, yet
Bio
User has no bio, yet
Most Recent Posts
As the Ranger began his attack, suddenly seeing the monster react to his presence again immediately and without any detectable means of seeing him, and also suddenly seeing several shadowy lances appear from his previous location, he decided that he could give himself some good news, and some bad news.
The good news was that, having originally been approaching from his current right, the entity that now attacked with the shadows was also from his right, and the monster he now attempted to engage was swinging his arm around from the right, thus one enemy was protecting him from the attack of another...always something he tried to set up whenever possible. The way things were situated, the black spear would hit the monster's arm...wing? Clawed limb? instead of himself.
The bad news was that he still had an arm swinging at him.
Now, normally when a person/being is in midair, they are at their most vulnerable, unable to dodge or change their direction.
Cruallassar is not bound by this particular generality. The moment he saw the arm begin its swing, shadows began to swirl about his form in preparation. As the arm swings around to shield him from the spear...and of equal importance, the vision...of the other opponent, the Ranger turns ethereal, his form transitioning into swirling darkness, unable to interact with the physical world. In conjunction with this, a sound like the hushed shriek of a hundred people from the depths of a deep abyss is projected outward, almost directly into the minds of those nearby, in a manner such that they would be unable to pinpoint it's origination by it alone. The sudden cloud of darkness surges towards the ground, then shifts back into reality, revealing the Ranger landed in a crouch, blades at the ready, and a devilish smirk on his face as the sound is suddenly muffled. This is the Ranger's preferred method of combat...shifting in and out of reality, striking at weak points, and outmaneuvering his opponent to their demise. As he prepares for his next move, he activates his enchantment of speed, his perception of time slowing tenfold, and his actions preparing to speed past their normal limits. Even if this was a challenge...it was a challenge with only one possible...no, never assume victory...one acceptable outcome.
The good news was that, having originally been approaching from his current right, the entity that now attacked with the shadows was also from his right, and the monster he now attempted to engage was swinging his arm around from the right, thus one enemy was protecting him from the attack of another...always something he tried to set up whenever possible. The way things were situated, the black spear would hit the monster's arm...wing? Clawed limb? instead of himself.
The bad news was that he still had an arm swinging at him.
Now, normally when a person/being is in midair, they are at their most vulnerable, unable to dodge or change their direction.
Cruallassar is not bound by this particular generality. The moment he saw the arm begin its swing, shadows began to swirl about his form in preparation. As the arm swings around to shield him from the spear...and of equal importance, the vision...of the other opponent, the Ranger turns ethereal, his form transitioning into swirling darkness, unable to interact with the physical world. In conjunction with this, a sound like the hushed shriek of a hundred people from the depths of a deep abyss is projected outward, almost directly into the minds of those nearby, in a manner such that they would be unable to pinpoint it's origination by it alone. The sudden cloud of darkness surges towards the ground, then shifts back into reality, revealing the Ranger landed in a crouch, blades at the ready, and a devilish smirk on his face as the sound is suddenly muffled. This is the Ranger's preferred method of combat...shifting in and out of reality, striking at weak points, and outmaneuvering his opponent to their demise. As he prepares for his next move, he activates his enchantment of speed, his perception of time slowing tenfold, and his actions preparing to speed past their normal limits. Even if this was a challenge...it was a challenge with only one possible...no, never assume victory...one acceptable outcome.
@Doc Doctor
Right hand, left is holding a sword but its not attacking right now. Kinda wondering about that last post though...
Right hand, left is holding a sword but its not attacking right now. Kinda wondering about that last post though...
As a dark mass rushes towards the Ranger, the shadows envelop him and he slips into non-existence, invisible to all...for no amount of sight can see one who is not there. Suddenly, darkness floods like a blanket from a single point behind the primal vampire, along with a rushing noise like a driving wind, and the elf drops from it's midst, both blades out of their sheaths now, one of them pointing down at the vampire's back as Cruallassar drops towards it, intending to stab the creature while it's back is turned. After all, it's back is to him...the creature that had begun to seemingly attack him before his transportation had not gone unnoticed, but it wasn't the time to worry about it now.
Zeratul uses a similar technique in this video, it should clarify things.
youtube.com/watch?v=rgatL2LQKLI
youtube.com/watch?v=rgatL2LQKLI
Hey vampire girl...you know that was a teleportation technique I just used, right? Not a cloaking one?
@YamiNoNeko2341
@YamiNoNeko2341
As his arrow passes through empty space...something that rarely happened to this Ranger's arrows...Cruallassar loses only a moment in processing the event. There is no doubt that his arrows would not be useful at this point...another HV arrow would likely be no more useful than the first surprise attack, and a multi-arrow would run the risk of hitting the swordsman. A normal arrow could very well be dodged as well, leaving his magic projectiles, net arrows, and explosive arrows out of the equation for the moment, at least until he can close the distance. With this in mind, the ranger fluidly slips his bow back into place on his back, and places a hand on a sword. Shadows swirl about him for a long moment, growing thicker and obscuring the Ranger more every instant, before he steps back into their embrace and is gone from the world, initiating a shadowmeld transportation technique to close the distance.
@CruallassarIt had detected the air pressure from hundreds to thousands of feet away and preemptively dodged. My character's specialty is super senses, afterall. He can't predict the trajectory of close range attacks in slow motion like in the Matrix though. I know that mach three is fast, lots of feet, calculations aplenty. Just know that though the energy from the dynamic pressure may be most noticeable from ten feet away, it can still be detected from much farther. It just takes more, shall we say, finely tuned instruments. Your character can fire supersonic arrows, and mine in all fairness is decent at not getting one hit killed by them.
As for its exact speed, let's just say it is fast enough to be able to stand a good chance against another pure melee character in a contest of practical skill.
I didn't expect it to be a one hit kill, I expected either A: him to manage to get hit and only take minor damage, or B: him to deflect it or something somehow. But still...nanoseconds here. Maybe into microseconds at long distances. I did the calculations. But still...hey, my character can phase in and out of the physical realm as he fights, so...I suppose I can't really argue with much to stand on.
@Doc Doctor He dodged that!? He literally had a little more than a millionth of a second to react, assuming the air pressure wave extends out as far as ten feet, but considering that arrow was traveling at 11,880,000 ft per second, it could have been a hundred feet and it would be hellishly impressive. How fast can he move!?
The Ranger closes rapidly, seeing through his ethereal sight the monstrosity move to lie in wait for the lost traveler he had noted. Who had seemed to light his sword up as a torch...an obvious target. An easy prey. An excellent distraction. But Cruallassar has no intention of allowing him to get killed if he can help it...he would likely not be able to reach them before the trap was sprung, but the elf is a Ranger. No Ranger has any need of getting to close quarters to kill. As Cruallassar swerves onto a course that gives him a line of sight to the target, he slows slightly, slipping his bow off his back and flipping an arrow from his quiver. Under many circumstances he would not bother with an arrow, and merely summon a magical projectile from the bow itself...but it was more difficult to conceal his location when the shot looks like a streak of light straight to his previous position, and anyway, another arrow would serve his purpose better. That which he nocks is one of his high-velocity arrows, perfect for an initial stealth strike when only his position needed concealing...the loud sonic boom from the shot would do nicely in adding to the confusion. As he sights in on the glowing spot that is the monster lying in ambush...not able to target any vulnerable points due to difficulty distinguishing them in the mass that is it's aura...he draws the arrow back to one ear, slowing to a stop just before releasing it, sending it speeding on it's way towards the impending boom that would signal it's sudden acceleration to three times the speed of sound, an instant before impact with the creature who had the serious misfortune of being the target.
© 2007-2024