Delicious Vlish

Also, there is a BIG change in shaping too.

He has, but it does not change the fact that Magic Shaping in general offers more bang for the buck than any other type of shaping. Artillas with acid damage, vlish with slowing and stunning, glaahks and their stingers, a new creation, eyebeasts and gazers. Well, the last two are somewhat over rated.

 

That said, battle creations are no longer quite so hobbled, and violence really DOES solve everything in a pinch. Battle creations also tend to be cheaper on essence costs, so a guardian type has lots of reasons to use them now. You can go and just beat the bejeezus out of everything and any one in sight and Vlish be damned. It will be harder, for the lack of good ancillary effects, but there is a great feeling of tactical joy in uncontrolled combat. You can overrun your foes in swarms of plated bugs that get 10 action points and with the new action point system, they are exceptionally dangerous creations now.

 

Yeah, Jeff really did do a good job.

Terror Vlish are overpowered in G1. They allow you to roam through any area of the game killing at will while taking no damage. Monsters run in to corners and suck their thumbs... And do not defend themselves at all.

 

One Vlish all by its lonesome isn't all that impressive, but whole packs are terrible. Shuts down monster packs.

I am not so sure I can answer that. I know we talk about some parts of G4 here, but because of non disclosure agreements, I don't know if I can address specific things.

The good news is that it is finally worth it for an Agent type to invest in shaping skills.

 

Coming from me that is really saying something.

In the previous 3 games, all of the "impossible" encounters could be blown apart by the Agent. The more difficult it was, the easier it was for the Agent to do it. Mostly because of Terror and Dominate. While a Shaper could not shape a Battle Gamma say, an Agent could sieze control of one and cause all kinds of mayhem. When a shaper was fighting higher level creations, like dryaks, but could not yet shape dryaks, the Agent could easily have her own (temporary) dryaks. In short, the nastier the monster the game threw at her, the easier it became for the Agent to progress. In G1, dominating an Augmented Sholai was unbalanced. Even more so on Torment. As you racheted up the difficulty level, the game became easier and easier because the monsters became tougher and tougher, and therefore, could cause a lot more mayhem and damage when the Agent siezed control. If you went beyond Torment somehow, the Agent would only continue to gain strength, while the other two classes, the Shaper and the Guardian, became weaker and weaker.

 

One of the expressions an Agent lives by is "I am only as strong as my enemies."

 

When the enemies became impossible, so did the Agent.

They have a big heavy maul that stuns people.

 

It is called an "Agent."

It is not. Go to your room.

The Vlish were never created. Their origins are unknown.

 

We are described as being alien on many occasions.

They are your stomach turned inside out?

I think I just stepped in some Thahd fudge.

With a touch of sulfur alcohol for that nose churning eggy aroma.

Silly bipedal humanoids.

 

We use helium to stay afloat. Flatus is of ordinary chemical composition due to digestion.

 

What does your science have to say about that?

No, then you have a Vlish with a flame thrower.

Never wish upon a flaming Vlish.

Vlish do not obey. We cooperate because for now, the Shapers serve our better interests, much like cats occasionally look cute for their human masters.

 

Cats and Vlish both know who is really in charge.

 

Quiet you, before you spend the rest of your life thinking you are a watermellon.

We need a game about Vlish.

Your insolence and your plans for your puny traps have been noted. There will be a spot at the wall reserved for you.

You just need to be capable of surviving melee, which is the real trick.

 

But I am most pleased that melee is a LOT better now and it is a viable option. I believe it will even be so on torment...

 

Some times just sending in a squad of goons to beat the stuffing out of somebody just feels good. Sort of a "Hey Guido, hey Vinnie, go break that punk's legs" sort of moment.

When the revolution happens, those jerks with beano will be the first up against the wall.

 

Clucking like chickens.

Brains. We eat lots and lots of brains.

 

We were shaped with out sweat glands to save weight. Hence the need for moisture. Dry skin and chafing makes us surly and irritable.

Of course we are mammals. We have spines. We have nipples.

 

Says right in the Advanced Creature Guide that we Vlish have standard mammalian skin, please keep moist. A good Shaper always brings along a good hand lotion, or else he may suffer an accidental nervous breakdown or may suddenly think he is a chicken for a while.

VPS? Vlish propulsion systems?

 

Let me let you in on a well kept secret. No, I will not tell you where Vlish have nipples!

 

One simple word to explain how and why Vlish can move so quickly and effortlessly through the air.

 

Flatulence.

 

We are the first jet powered mammals.

See my vest, see my vest, made from real battle alpha chest...

I've worn chainmail made from fireplace mesh.

 

Chainmail over padded leather was actually good armor. Better than plate in some ways, more mobility.

 

People seem to forget that there was other inventions that made plate obsolete, other than crossbows and guns.

 

Reinforced maces.

 

Lucern hammers.

 

Pollaxes.

 

Footman's hammer with pick and point. The handle doubled as a crowbar, for peeling a knight out of his armor, and on top of the hammer head was a good foot long spike for stabbing after you softened him up a bit.

 

Flanged maces with armor piercing flanges.

 

War bars. (A crude length of iron with a knob at one end, and a crow bar hook at the other. A rather crude club, but was highly effective in the crusades.)

 

All of these made plate mail worthless, or worse, a liability. A crushing blow with a heavy hammer would crimp and deform even the best made gothic plates. A man could be trained to render a knight completely helpless in a few blows. Even heavy shields did nothing to stop furious hammer blows, pavices, round shields, all would crumple and your arm would break.

I'll risk violating something and say I LOATHE spectres even more than before because of the new action point system.

 

Oh geeze, the torments of the damned.