drowning

Stranair · **Joined:** Wed Jan 08, 2003 4:55 pm **Posts:** 93

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A tunnel full of murky water
  This watery tunnel cuts through the solid stone of this cave
system.  The water here is full of countless tiny paticles, making it dark
and murky.  As far as you can judge, this tunnel appears to have been
created naturally by the gradual wearing away of the stone by the waters
which move through these caves.  The tunnel bends here to the west and opens
up into a cavern to the southeast.   
Obvious exits: w se

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>l w
You see A tunnel full of murky water.

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>l se
You see A cavern full of murky water.

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>se
You swim southeast.

A cavern full of murky water
  The water of this tall cavern is full of countless tiny particles,
making it so murky that it is all but opaque.  Peering around
carefully, you see that this is a natural cavern, as the surfaces appear
entirely unworked.  The water here is quite warm, and you see tiny bubbles
and particles spewing from numerous holes in the floor.  Tiny mineral mounds
have built up around these holes.  This cavern is far higher than it is
wide, and you see that it continues above you.  A tunnel branches off to the
northwest from here.   
Obvious exits: u nw
You begin holding your breath as you sink into the water.

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>
You are rapidly running short of breath!

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>
You are out of air! You must surface immediately!

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>c tele
You can't cast that while holding your breath.

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>
YOU ARE DROWNING!  YOU HAVE ONLY SECONDS TO SAVE YOURSELF!!

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>
Your struggles in vain, you lapse into unconsciousness.
You lose your concentration on detect hidden.
You feel less aware of your surroundings.
You lose your concentration on detect invis.
You no longer see invisible objects.
You lose your concentration on fly.
You slowly float to the ground.
You lose your concentration on etherealform.
You feel solid again.

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>nw
You are too stunned to do that.

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>
The dark waters close over you.
You have been KILLED!!

You feel less righteous.
You feel less protected.

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[Spells help] etherealform
Syntax: cast 'etherealform'

Etherealform enables the caster to become immaterial and enter the ethereal plane. Because the ethereal plane coexists with the real world, the mage can see and move about as normal. However, the mage can also move through some doors and even some walls as if they were not even there. A mage can also not be attacked or affected by anything while on the ethereal plane, except by another mage who is also ethereal. Of course, the mage can not affect the real world either.

my question is if someone is ethereal how can they drown?

Im2old4u · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:40 am

-While ethereal you shouldn't get drown.
-I think that drowning time should be increased to something more close to RL drowning.

Stranair · **Joined:** Wed Jan 08, 2003 4:55 pm **Posts:** 93

I think the time for drowning is alright although it is really fast if you think about it since roughly 1 minute RL time is 1 hour IC time then drowning in 10 seconds is like being underwater for 10 minutes. But while being ethereal if doors don't affect you then water shouldn't either.

Konge · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:52 am

There's water in the ethereal plane too.

Fepel Veiled · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:53 am **Posts:** 1786

While randomly teleporting hold the following spells.

Fly <- Falling is bad
Eth <- Baddies hurt
Airy <- Water kills
Invis <- Because being invis is nice

Detects are nice as well, but not required until you get into an interesting ares. Also, if you find yourself drowning by randomly teleporting, just *recall*. So don't random teleport with less than 50% PE.

This has killed me at least a half dozen times. But it's so worth it if you don't know the mud well.

Stranair · **Joined:** Wed Jan 08, 2003 4:55 pm **Posts:** 93

Thanks I'll keep that in mind. Yeah it's fun when I run across some place I hadn't been like that place. Too bad I couldn't find it again and now my corpse is gone.

Oh well at least I know to hold onto airy water now as well.

Fepel Veiled · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:53 am **Posts:** 1786

Get the waterbreathing wand from the Torrum and keep it in hand. Airy water *eats* mana.

Then if you find yourself under water. zap self

Hopefully you spent the time to master wands.

Im2old4u · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:51 am

Stranair wrote:

I think the time for drowning is alright although it is really fast if you think about it since roughly 1 minute RL time is 1 hour IC time then drowning in 10 seconds is like being underwater for 10 minutes. But while being ethereal if doors don't affect you then water shouldn't either.

So, brandishing a stave requires 5 minutes? What a novelty...

Edoras · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:39 pm

Im2old4u wrote:

Stranair wrote:

I think the time for drowning is alright although it is really fast if you think about it since roughly 1 minute RL time is 1 hour IC time then drowning in 10 seconds is like being underwater for 10 minutes. But while being ethereal if doors don't affect you then water shouldn't either.

So, brandishing a stave requires 5 minutes? What a novelty...

Just uh, don't think about it too hard.
It's a feature.

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