Raimdelle Reborn: The Neverending Bestiary

[Anonymoose]

didn't our illustrious archon Urianger sic a golem on us nigh on the end of the Seventh Umbral Era?

I think the only things he sicced on us personally were the familiars he summoned in the first quest (drake, anole, peiste). In Their Finest Hour, Papalymo sent us to Rootslake quoting only reports of danger there and we fought a golem there, which Urianger then spoke of and gave a little history to. Are either of those the incidents you're remembering?

[RolandDebreton]

We fought a golem there, which Urianger then spoke of and gave a little history to.

That is the very incident. I would assume you then know of the wider significance of them at that camp then?

By the by, for giggles: I showed up at Horizon, long ago when it was little more than a campfire and a lean-to and was shocked for Urianger appeared and seemed to summon a whole bevy of voidsent to battle me and the others there....





Sorry, my laptop was but a feeble creature at the time!

[Anonymoose]

Do you remember any of the circumstances along with it? I know Hippocerfs appeared in Western Thanalan on their own with or without him, and as part of levequests, as well, if I remember correctly. Did he say anything that'd imply whether he summoned them out of thin air, or make familiars out of ones that were already around? It'd be weird if they were just there incidentally considering he's staring right at one - but then again, he's under GM control and the GM can target whatever he wants, lol.

I wonder if it was a combination test / warning about the open Voidgates.

[Kyan]

Mr. Moose: Are you aware that there are some Naturalists in the Shroud aiming to update and correct Raimdelle's work, as well? I wonder if they're having as much fun as you are. Bubble chocolate?

[Catapult]

Time to be a little naughty, but it's all for the cause.

Back in those early testing phases, I had the pleasure of being able to chat a bit via /tell with a character called Ferne Halwes. (Yes, it was awesome, and no, it hasn't happened since.) We had a number of awesome conversations, one of which was about the [db:enemy=6938f84e580]Deepvoid Deathmouse[/db:enemy] found in South Shroud.

I pointed out, quite rightly, that there was no freakin' way this thing was a voidsent. I thought it was a LOC bug.

Ferne's response was essentially along the same lines of what the Eorzean's interpretation of the void is. Namely anything that is seen as being not of this world is thought to have a relationship to the void, no matter how rational its existance may be upon deeper examination. Those deathmice had essentially become so large and vicious that they were deemed by the locals to be unnatural and that's how that breed of mice got its name.

In short, something being called "Deepvoid <blah>" does not actually make it voidsent. More like it is seen as something that has been warped by the void, taken over by it, remade by it, or something else along those lines. It's still a beastkin.

/goes back into hiding, fearing retribution

[Kyan]

What would be nice, is if we could see what happens to the body or aether of every monster or enemy when it dies.

For example, we'd know what was a true voidsent if, whence slain, it erupted into plumes of blue aetheric flames rejected by the Lifestream.

[Catapult]

rejected by the Lifestream.

O_O

/brainstorms furiously

[RolandDebreton]

[QUOTE=Catapult;1935782]Ferne's response was essentially along the same lines of what the Eorzean's interpretation of the void is. Namely anything that is seen as being not of this world is thought to have a relationship to the void, no matter how rational its existance may be upon deeper examination. Those deathmice had essentially become so large and vicious that they were deemed by the locals to be unnatural and that's how that breed of mice got its name.

[RolandDebreton]

Ferne's response was essentially along the same lines of what the Eorzean's interpretation of the void is. Namely anything that is seen as being not of this world is thought to have a relationship to the void, no matter how rational its existance may be upon deeper examination. Those deathmice had essentially become so large and vicious that they were deemed by the locals to be unnatural and that's how that breed of mice got its name.

In short, something being called "Deepvoid <blah>" does not actually make it voidsent

In essence it is not unlike our phrases, "hellish experience, hellhound, what hell did you crawl out of," etc. Sensible, save that these deepvoid ashkin popped out of the void. The best I can come up with is that they got gobbled up by the void at some juncture or someone cast Warp/X-Zone on them from FFV.

[Orophin]

void stuff

I'm probably looking into this a little further than I should be, but I think there was an instance in every dungeon, regardless or not of Ascian influence, where each end boss of every dungeon erupted in the typical "black void flames". Do you think this was SE's generic "boss kill" animation (like how the bosses in the old game would slowly crumble/disappear) or is it possible that every one of these foes are from the Void? It seems improbable that the very first dungeon boss you fight (the Sahagin) was a voidsent. I guess I can break it down from there:

- The Mindflayer, I can buy into that.
- The boss of Copperbell was buried underneath rock and recently reappeared.
- Halatali's boss was an ogre, and they're commonly summoned from the void.
- Totorak there was some Ascian influence.
- Haukke Manor there was some Ascian influence.
- Brayflox had a big dragon.
- Qarn had a lot of undead, but voidsent...? (there was a golem, which was the earliest seen voidsent summoned via the story)
- Cutter's Cry had the Chimera, but that seemed like a beast that had made those caves its home for a long time.
- Stone Vigil there was some Ascian influence.
- Dzemael Darkhold, yeah...full of voidsent.
- Aurum Vale had a lot of nasty beasties.
- Wandering Palace was kind of unique situation with the tonberries.
- Amdapor Keep had quite a bit of voidsent.
- Haukke HM had more voidsent stuff.
- Copperbell HM seemed just to reiterate the giants further re-emerging. (again..another golem boss animated by a spriggan here though...)
- Pharos Sirius was a mix of undead and beasts.

So I can't help but wonder if it's just a generic death animation or if all these bosses are tied to the void somehow.