yet another stupid idea

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My girlfriend has been going off on how her nun's pet master mind flayer is
the ultimate in kickassocity.
I told her about my amazing pet aleax who loves killing shopkeepers who
aren't named Izchak. She states that her mmf would pwn my aleax and
suggested there should be a way to pit various pets, pokemon-like, against
each other.
Well, I thought it was funny.

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John Campbell schrieb:
>
> Haakon Studebaker wrote:
> > My girlfriend has been going off on how her nun's pet master mind flayer is
> > the ultimate in kickassocity.
> > I told her about my amazing pet aleax who loves killing shopkeepers who
> > aren't named Izchak. She states that her mmf would pwn my aleax and
> > suggested there should be a way to pit various pets, pokemon-like, against
> > each other.
> > Well, I thought it was funny.
>
> Purple worm! I choose you!

In that case, i'd take a fire elemental; preferably from the elemental
planes, but it doesn't really matter.

As far as pure killing power goes, an Archon is very nearly
unbeatable. An Olog-Hai would come close if you feed a lot of wraith
corpses to her/him. Dragons and Jabberwocks aren't particularly
powerful on their own, but they make great steeds (silver and black
dragons being best because they can't be disintegrated outright; any
sort of dragon is better than a Ki-Lin, because they usually leave a
corpse and can be resurrected).

I think a way of letting pets battle each other (apart from conflict)
could be fun, but it wouldn't really tell much about the actual
strength of the pets.

--
Jos ei sika syö, niin kyllähän piika syö.

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Andy Johnson wrote:
> nyra wrote:

> Dragons actually make poor steeds due to their slow (9) speed.
> (compare to jabberwock's 15 speed or Ki-Rin's 18.) But for a
> pokebattle, I'd choose a Black Dragon. Use disintegration breath
> attack!

Pets don't use breath weapons.

--
Boudewijn Waijers (kroisos at home.nl).

The garden of happiness is surrounded by a wall so low only children
can look over it. - "the Orphanage of Hits", former Dutch radio show.

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"David Justiss" <dajustis@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> (can I choose Pestilence? If not, I'll take an Archon without a
> second thought.)

Yeah, if you capture Pestilence with a master ball. He's a legendary

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David Justiss wrote:
> "Boudewijn Waijers" <kroisos@REMOVETHISWORD.home.nl> wrote in message
> news7009l$hal$1@news4.zwoll1.ov.home.nl
>
> > Andy Johnson wrote:
> > > nyra wrote:
> >
> > > Dragons actually make poor steeds due to their slow (9) speed.
> > > (compare to jabberwock's 15 speed or Ki-Rin's 18.) But for a
> > > pokebattle, I'd choose a Black Dragon. Use disintegration breath
> > > attack!
> >
> > Pets don't use breath weapons.
>
> They would if they were in a pokibattle.
>
> (can I choose Pestilence? If not, I'll take an Archon without a
> second thought.)

Yeah, if my pokemons are allowed to use the breath weapons/spells/etcs,
I want a black dragon too (although I don't like them as a steed
either, due to the aforementioned slowness).

Oh, wait. Do pokemons use equipments? Archon w/ reflection would be a
tough fight.

-K

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Haakon Studebaker wrote:

> My girlfriend has been going off on how her nun's pet master mind flayer is
> the ultimate in kickassocity.
> I told her about my amazing pet aleax who loves killing shopkeepers who
> aren't named Izchak. She states that her mmf would pwn my aleax and
> suggested there should be a way to pit various pets, pokemon-like, against
> each other.
> Well, I thought it was funny.

I think it could be done if one of you dies leaving a bones level (with
the pet in it) where the other can reach it. A bit of save-scumming
might be necessary to achieve this, but what the whatever, it's in the
interest of science, not to win the game.

S.

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Sevenhundred Elves wrote:
> Haakon Studebaker wrote:

>> She states that her mmf would pwn my aleax and suggested there
>> should be a way to pit various pets, [...], against each other.

> I think it could be done if one of you dies leaving a bones level
> (with the pet in it) where the other can reach it. A bit of
> save-scumming might be necessary to achieve this, but what the
> whatever, it's in the interest of science, not to win the game.

No need to go through that kind of trouble.

Just start up in wizard mode, wish for two monsters (^G), and don a ring
of conflict.

You may want to go to a large room first, and retreat to the other side
of the room before you do so.

By the way, the way you mentioned would be biased: your own pet would
have a big advantage, since the pet-turned-monster will not attack, but
only retaliate.

--
Boudewijn Waijers (kroisos at home.nl).

The garden of happiness is surrounded by a wall so low only children
can look over it. - "the Orphanage of Hits", former Dutch radio show.