Uh oh...what do I do now?

OG_Gleep · #1 January 27th, 2006, 11:06 AM

Trying to get a meger blood slave pool, I mixed and matched items till I could finally create the Robe of the Magi. Read the description, everything looked fine.

Been using it for both my Pretender and my one Blood mage for blood hunting, when I noticed my Bloodhunter had a cool new icon. Well that Icon was horror marked. WTF...I checked my Pretender, and sure enough he had it too.

So somehow, without it saying (or I have selective blindness and choose not to see it), my pretender is horror marked. From what I can gather this is a very bad thing.

What can I do now?

OG_Gleep · #2 January 27th, 2006, 11:07 AM

Looking at it again, there is another item both of them used. The Ring of Sorcery...but that doesn't say anything about horrors either.

Truper · #3 January 27th, 2006, 11:27 AM

Its the Robe of the Magi. There are a few items with properties that aren't advertised, and the Robe is one of them. There isn't anything you can do about the horror mark, they are permanent. What you will need to do is prepare to face a visit from an occasional horror...

archaeolept · #4 January 27th, 2006, 12:03 PM

they're quite rare, and usually not so tough (for your pretender, at least). except for very valuable mages, I wouldn't worry too much.

OG_Gleep · #5 January 27th, 2006, 01:55 PM

My pretender is just an average Archmage (Wizard on a regualr horse). Think a stiff wind could knock him out.

I haven't ever seen horrors before, but from what I read they sounded pretty nasty. But if theres nothing to be done....

Wish they mentioned that somewhere.

shovah · #6 January 27th, 2006, 02:35 PM

they ARE nasty but can i give you some advice? if you have acces to blood mages the only item you should give them is a sanguine dousing rod and they should be cheap mages aswell, put 3 lvl 1-2 blood mages in a 0% tax province

Oversway · #7 January 27th, 2006, 02:37 PM

Suprise! But yeah, horrors are rather rare. I think it may depend on your luck and/or magic scales.

I suggest keeping a few bodyguards on your archmage to slow down any horrors until you can get off some good spells.

NTJedi · #8 January 30th, 2006, 10:20 PM

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OG_Gleep said:
My pretender is just an average Archmage (Wizard on a regualr horse). Think a stiff wind could knock him out.

I haven't ever seen horrors before, but from what I read they sounded pretty nasty. But if theres nothing to be done....

Wish they mentioned that somewhere.

I've had my pretender horror marked with the boots which do the travel spell... same as you nothing was mentioned.
Well the worst experience I had was the Helm of Ahomtep (spelling?) . After forging the helm I was once again afraid of getting cursed or horror marked... so I looked for a test subject... and found a telestic animated statue(5_astral). And popped it on head... great bonuses and no curse or horror mark... yet I couldn't remove it. Then I found the mummifaction spell it could do... yet realized this statue was underwater... making it virtually worthless.

Maybe someone had a worse experience but this one is pretty bad.

OG_Gleep · #9 January 29th, 2006, 05:30 AM

CRAP!!!

He just got killed by a horror...it took down my unnatural bodyguards, routed my archers and then one hit away from dying, killed my boy.

Anything I can do to get him back? Crappy thing too I just got two of my entchantments dispelled.

PvK · #10 February 9th, 2006, 09:44 PM

Personally, I find it really funny and fun when things like that happen, even to myself. I like playing through even such goofy mistakes.

PvK