Just had to share something that happened Thursday night 
To my wife, I had a lot of fun, and this story is from my perspective, so don't kill me after you read it
I finally decided that it was time to take Arduinna out hunting with me. So, she buffs herself up and we take off up the canyon north of Waijou.
First, we encounter a pair of Iron Golems. Arduinna imperils both of them and I one hit each of them. So far so good. On the opposite side of the river is a group of shadows. I take down the shadow and the LT, then proceed to start firing at the panumbris while Arduinna tries to imperil it. Eventually it too falls before us. Again, so far so good.
We head further up the canyon to a spot that I know of where obsidian and iron golems routinely spawn. We quickly dispatch a pair of copper golems along the way. When we arrive, indeed there were some more golems, but there also what appear to be a shadow and an LT. Not much of a problem at first glance.
By this point, I think that Arduinna's ego was starting to get the better of her. I specifically told her "don't do anything until I check out the area to see what's around."
Then I hear her say from her computer "I just imperiled the shadow". I didn't think anything of it until I see EIGHT blips on my radar coming toward us.
I do a quick survey: One shadow, two LT's, THREE Pans, and two Umbris. And of course, they are all heading towards Arduinna. I mutter out loud "Oh $*%^. I draw my bow and let fly at the nearest lieutenant and do a good amount of damage to it. This of course, was intended to draw the shadows to me and away from Arduinna, which is exactly what happened.
After firing a few more arrows, I drop the LT and the shadow. By this time, the pans and umbri have drained me down to about 1/2 health and I decide it's time to take my leave of their company. As I retreat to a safe distance, I once again hear Arduinna from her computer, telling me "You're going to die!!" Huh?! I think I'm fine. The shadows are far behind me. Two seconds later, I have just enough time to see the flame bolt V hit me in the back and send me to the lifestone.
Now, I'm thinking about what happened. I didn't hear "move" or "get out of the way" or anything like that. I heard "You're going to die!". I bring this up to Arduinna and her comment is "I thought you saw it coming!"
Me: "No, I can't see spells coming in behind me as I'm running away from saving your butt!"
Arduinna: "Oops" <as she's giggling>
Me: Yeah..oops
By this time, Arduinna is laughing hysterically, at my expense. She decides that she should head back to Waijou. I agree and tell her she should recall instead of running back. Once again, her ego gets the better of her and she states "I'll be fine!" I remind her of the group of shadows that we had killed earlier, but she pays no heed to my warning.
Shortly thereafter, I hear a string of 4-letter words coming from my dear, sweet wife. She has died in almost the exact spot I warned her about, falling victim to a group of silver rats. I quickly move back down the canyon and eliminate all threats in the immediate vicinity of her corpse.
In the meantime, she has perished once again at the hands of a bonelord. And once again, I hear the same string of curses. She tries to return to her second corpse and dies once again at the hand of, you guessed it, a bonelord. At this point, I'm doing a terrible job at trying not to laugh.
Arduinna eventually recovers the last two corpses and we prepare to recover the original one. Only a group of pan and umbris shadows has spawned near it. I think to myself "Oh great, here we go again"
I quickly think of a plan to retrieve her corpse. I decide to run directly at the shadows and distract them long enough for Arduinna to get to her corpse. First, I quickly destroy an iron golem that spawned close to our location. I then tell Arduinna that I'm going to distract the shadows and for her to follow me when I say so, head directly to her corpse then run back to Waijou.
So, I run directly at the shadows and run around in circles, hoping I don't die while Arduinna retrieves her lost equipment. I am barely touched by them. Arduinna runs towards Waijou and I follow a few second later.
I then see the message "Panumbris shadow casts Flame Bolt V and burns you for 85 points of damage!". NOT AGAIN!!
I finally outrun the shadows and return to waijou, listening to Arduinna grumble something about having 15% vitae.
I try to bite my tongue, but cannot resist saying "If you would have listened and recalled, you would have been fine" She mutters something under her breath that I cannot hear, and decide not to ask her to repeat it.
I believe next time, a safer hunting area may be in order. Otherwise, I think I'll just try to run naked through Black Death Catacombs or something lol j/k.
To my wife, I had a lot of fun, and this story is from my perspective, so don't kill me after you read it
I finally decided that it was time to take Arduinna out hunting with me. So, she buffs herself up and we take off up the canyon north of Waijou.
First, we encounter a pair of Iron Golems. Arduinna imperils both of them and I one hit each of them. So far so good. On the opposite side of the river is a group of shadows. I take down the shadow and the LT, then proceed to start firing at the panumbris while Arduinna tries to imperil it. Eventually it too falls before us. Again, so far so good.
We head further up the canyon to a spot that I know of where obsidian and iron golems routinely spawn. We quickly dispatch a pair of copper golems along the way. When we arrive, indeed there were some more golems, but there also what appear to be a shadow and an LT. Not much of a problem at first glance.
By this point, I think that Arduinna's ego was starting to get the better of her. I specifically told her "don't do anything until I check out the area to see what's around."
Then I hear her say from her computer "I just imperiled the shadow". I didn't think anything of it until I see EIGHT blips on my radar coming toward us.
I do a quick survey: One shadow, two LT's, THREE Pans, and two Umbris. And of course, they are all heading towards Arduinna. I mutter out loud "Oh $*%^. I draw my bow and let fly at the nearest lieutenant and do a good amount of damage to it. This of course, was intended to draw the shadows to me and away from Arduinna, which is exactly what happened.
After firing a few more arrows, I drop the LT and the shadow. By this time, the pans and umbri have drained me down to about 1/2 health and I decide it's time to take my leave of their company. As I retreat to a safe distance, I once again hear Arduinna from her computer, telling me "You're going to die!!" Huh?! I think I'm fine. The shadows are far behind me. Two seconds later, I have just enough time to see the flame bolt V hit me in the back and send me to the lifestone.
Now, I'm thinking about what happened. I didn't hear "move" or "get out of the way" or anything like that. I heard "You're going to die!". I bring this up to Arduinna and her comment is "I thought you saw it coming!"
Me: "No, I can't see spells coming in behind me as I'm running away from saving your butt!"
Arduinna: "Oops" <as she's giggling>
Me: Yeah..oops
By this time, Arduinna is laughing hysterically, at my expense. She decides that she should head back to Waijou. I agree and tell her she should recall instead of running back. Once again, her ego gets the better of her and she states "I'll be fine!" I remind her of the group of shadows that we had killed earlier, but she pays no heed to my warning.
Shortly thereafter, I hear a string of 4-letter words coming from my dear, sweet wife. She has died in almost the exact spot I warned her about, falling victim to a group of silver rats. I quickly move back down the canyon and eliminate all threats in the immediate vicinity of her corpse.
In the meantime, she has perished once again at the hands of a bonelord. And once again, I hear the same string of curses. She tries to return to her second corpse and dies once again at the hand of, you guessed it, a bonelord. At this point, I'm doing a terrible job at trying not to laugh.
Arduinna eventually recovers the last two corpses and we prepare to recover the original one. Only a group of pan and umbris shadows has spawned near it. I think to myself "Oh great, here we go again"
I quickly think of a plan to retrieve her corpse. I decide to run directly at the shadows and distract them long enough for Arduinna to get to her corpse. First, I quickly destroy an iron golem that spawned close to our location. I then tell Arduinna that I'm going to distract the shadows and for her to follow me when I say so, head directly to her corpse then run back to Waijou.
So, I run directly at the shadows and run around in circles, hoping I don't die while Arduinna retrieves her lost equipment. I am barely touched by them. Arduinna runs towards Waijou and I follow a few second later.
I then see the message "Panumbris shadow casts Flame Bolt V and burns you for 85 points of damage!". NOT AGAIN!!
I finally outrun the shadows and return to waijou, listening to Arduinna grumble something about having 15% vitae.
I try to bite my tongue, but cannot resist saying "If you would have listened and recalled, you would have been fine" She mutters something under her breath that I cannot hear, and decide not to ask her to repeat it.
I believe next time, a safer hunting area may be in order. Otherwise, I think I'll just try to run naked through Black Death Catacombs or something lol j/k.
Atrei'eu
"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it is unfamiliar territory."
"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it is unfamiliar territory."
