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Summer 2025 mobile bash reports! |
Zalagar
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Joined: Mar 05, 2002
Posts: 305 |  Posted: 16-07-2025 00:46
Summer bash makes me feel fine... 
Okay, all reference jokes aside, here's the thread for posting bash reports from July and August of 2025.
1. July 10th, 2025 (announcement message "The writeup for July 10th's Mobile Bash is now available on the forums and Discord! Surprise returns, twists and turns, and an unexpected bonus event!"). Posted in three parts below.
2. July 17th, 2025 (featuring extra sealife and another bonus section)
3. July 24th, 2025 (featuring substitute surlies, elusive mobiles and an incredible finish)
4. August 14, 2025 (featuring fried parasols and enhanced mobile 'bosses')
5. August 21, 2025 (featuring two bar fights, a missing monarch, and a crocodile chase!)
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Zalagar
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Joined: Mar 05, 2002
Posts: 305 | Posted: 16-07-2025 00:52
Since a LOT happened before, during, and after this bash, I'm going to split this report into multiple posts for easier reading. So here's Part One and Part Two of the bash report for July 10th, 2025.
Mobile Bash July 10th, 2025
Well, July 10th's bash featured the return of Heiach the chimerical wizard after about a month's hiatus. It would also feature the return of someone else, but more on that later.
Dara, Monmonnn, and Heiach were joined by Jinxed, and in the pre-bash conversation, we learned the source of Jinxed's name. It had to do with the number 13. Unlucky? Well, let's see what happens.
The bash began with the following people (both participants and observers).
*qw
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Dara the necromancess
Jinxed the cursed sorceress
Monmonnn the warlock
Cenedra the mischievous mage
Part One: A rough basilisk and undead adversaries
Jinxed found herself materializing out in the gardens, and promptly made a beeline to the maze, slaughtering all the bees in her path. Dara, meanwhile, appeared in the area not far from the Admiral Bombow Inn, grabbed the staff, and disposed of the raven and the mouse.
Dara would then head to the east side of the river and fight the fox. Monmonnn was voted bash general. As Dara hunted the stag, Monmonnn went to the wolf's lair and used a trick to remove the wolf from the set quicker.
Monmonnn would go on to seek the basilisk, while Dara disposed of the piglet and the scorpion. She ended up using the monastery's phial in the process, and managed to remove the wyvern from the picture.
Everyone made it to the ruin for the pillar buff. Dara would go on to fight the goat, while Monmonnn noted that the basilisk was a tough fight this set. Jinxed decided to pop over to the mausoleum, to try to sort that headache out. Luckily, today's bash brainteaser was one of the simpler ones. Zombie7 went down without too much hassle, but Jinxed decided to rest up a little before challenging skeleton2 to a bit of croquet.
Somewhere along the line, Jinxed alerted everyone else to the fact that the mausoleum mobiles had been set loose. Dara quickly dropped the ox from the bash.
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Paine the matriarch
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Dara the necromancess
Jinxed the cursed sorceress
Monmonnn the bash-general warlock
*Monmonnn the bash-general warlock shouts "The thief's life is being stolen!".
*You can hear the sound of rain on the trees.
*Jinxed the cursed sorceress shouts "it is time for The Bone Zone.".
*wh jinxed
1 in the place known as "mausoleum".
Dara, meanwhile, noted that the pagoda area was open, and sought out the group of apes roaming the ape forest. She fought and brought down their leader, ape0, creating chaos and confusion amongst the rest of the apes.
Jinxed would soon announce "sk2's been dealt with!". Skeleton2 brought a sceptre to the fight, which hurt quite a bit. But Jinxed was able to pull through, and smashed right through that bony foe.
As Dara and Jinxed rested from their respective fights, Monmonnn shouted "The vampire is going down! I hope."
*Jinxed the cursed sorceress shouts "need backup?".
You have just been woken up!
Your stamina is 115.
*Monmonnn the bash-general warlock shouts "Vampire down!".
*Jinxed the cursed sorceress cheers.
Dara would then go on to shut down the free pony rides in the northeast pasture east of the snowy mountainside. Monmonnn helped Jinxed to slay the wraith (ultimately being the one to finish it off). Monmonnn made his way to the keep, whilst Jinxed found herself delayed by a few zombies.
After bringing down the snowbird, Dara would go on to fight the monk and ape9. Both Monmonnn and Jinxed would have some detours from the keep, as Monmonnn's attempt to summon assistance failed, and so they would get rid of some rats before eventually coming together to do keep. Jinxed also managed to take out the snugglepuss along the way.
Part Two: Pagoda, Dwarfs, and Bad Luck
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Paine the moogly matriarch
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Dara the explara necromancess
Jinxed the dragonfly-slaying, cursed sorceress
Monmonnn the boaring, bash-general warlock
As Monmonnn and Jinxed got together to venture into the upper levels of the keep, and Dara prepared to deal with the mobiles on the ground floor of the pagoda, there came the following message:
*For your information: the giant0 is worth 678 points if killed.
*Monmonnn the boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "Oh my.".
*sv
111 alive, 183 dead.
*wh giant0
Your spell doesn't find any.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "joking"
No, the giants area had not opened, and the giants and such were NOT active in the bash. It was a joke. It was just as well, since Dara was busy with the pagoda and Monmonnn and Jinxed had the keep to deal with. Dara would finish off ape8 while Monmonnn was fighting the griffin.
Eventually, Monmonnn and Jinxed would reach the top floor of the keep. The Maiden fell rather quickly, but one of her crows did manage to escape the fight. Jinxed went back down to try sorting out that problem, but...
You shout "crowloose!".
*
The crow shouts "you'll never catch me!".
*
Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "fly crow, fly!".
*
Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "quick let's summon the crow to safety!".
*
Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "yay we summoned it".
*
where crow2
1 in the place known as "Elizabethan tearoom".
Dara, meanwhile, was too busy fighting ape11, and then ape10 to go looking for the crow. She had to sleep off both the fights and the incense she inhaled from pursuing one of her targets into a room with incense burners. Meanwhile, Monmonnn ran into the hunchback.
*Monmonnn the boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "This is a very strong
hunchback...".
Monmonnn would manage to take down the hunchback, and then a short time later would announce that the escaped crow had been clipped, and that he would be venturing to the dwarf citadel soon. Monmonnn would cause a flood in the mines along the way. Meanwhile, Jinxed got slightly delayed by a ram.
Dara would venture into the pagoda courtyard, and find the carp. Heiach announced "92 in 61". Monmonnn would point out a zombie in the graveyard, while Dara ran into the tiger, who had returned to the entrance to the courtyard before her.
Dara would finish the tiger, and went on to bring down the giant snake. There were now 68 mobiles left, with 55 minutes to go.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard invites you to cast your vote will they complete
the bash?.
*For your information: the period of voting has ended. The result was
"POSSIBLY"/"YES!"/"I BELIEVE IN YOU!".
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Paine the moogly matriarch
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Dara the explara necromancess
Jinxed the dragonfly-slaying, cursed sorceress
Monmonnn the boaring, bash-general warlock
While Jinxed was facing the stocky dwarf guards, Monmonnn was busy dealing with the other dwarfs.
*Jinxed the dragonfly-slaying, cursed sorceress shouts "stockies down!".
Dara the explara necromancess shouts "No expert in the stock market, but that sounds bad for them. ".
Jinxed rested a bit, and Monmonnn announced "The hefty guards are engaged!"
Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "congratulations to them"
Monmonnn the boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "It was a quick reception."
Dara, meanwhile, made her way to the upper floor of the pagoda, where she did some ghostbusting. Jinxed rejoined Monmonnn in time for a battle with the burly dwarf guards.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "52 in 47, looking promising".
Jinxed would go on to assist with the confrontation with the dwarf monarchs (both of whom would flee and be finished off by Monmonnn).
*For your information: there are 50 mobiles still alive.
(Persona saved on +300 = 46,270).
*Jinxed the dragonfly-slaying, cursed necromancess cheers.
Dara, meanwhile, had ventured to another level of the pagoda, and took down the thief and the mongoose. Monmonnn took down the thickset dwarf guards. Dara soon left the pagoda to rest elsewhere, while Heiach noted that the rats were gone, but certain water-dwelling reptiles were still around. Monmonnn and Jinxed would go on to face the surly dwarf guards, but then the following happened.
*Jinxed the dragonfly-slaying, cursed necromancess shouts "wow, these surlies
are tough".
*In the distance, you hear a bell toll.
*
*obit
The following players have died in fights this reset:
Jinxed the dragonfly-slaying, cursed sorceress, killed by 3 surly
dwarf guards.
*Monmonnn the boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "Oh no.".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "RIP".
And so mere seconds after Jinxed uttered those Last Words "wow, these surlies are tough", she was dealt a mortal blow. But what happened?
Monmonn said "It was horrible, I walked into the room, three dwarves assailed poor Jinxed - and suddenly they fell asleep. It was a disaster."
And here's what Monmonnn saw:
Jinxed the dragonfly-slaying, cursed sorceress makes some magical gestures.
Jinxed the dragonfly-slaying, cursed sorceress has just fallen asleep.
Jinxed the dragonfly-slaying, cursed sorceress has woken up!
You hear a slicing sound, as the surly dwarf11 guard hits Jinxed the dragonfly-slaying, cursed sorceress with his shortsword.
Jinxed the dragonfly-slaying, cursed sorceress kicks the bucket.
In the distance, you hear a bell toll.
*Monmonnn the boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "Jinxed slept. In the
middle of the guards...".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "probably not on purpose, a failed rs?".
Dara the explara necromancess shouts "Famous Last Words: wow, these surlies are tough. Going to note that
for the report of this bash.".
Monmonnn noted that this was the second time in a bash this year that a player character had died to the surly dwarf guards. In any case, we had lost Jinxed, and were down a participant.
But we would soon be joined by someone we hadn't seen in a while.
(Parts Three, Four, and Five in the next post)
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Zalagar
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Joined: Mar 05, 2002
Posts: 305 | Posted: 16-07-2025 00:56
(continuing from above)
Part Three: A Surprise Return, a powerful wand, and goblins
Suddenly, a familiar voice was heard throughout The Land. As Monmonnn finished off the surlies and avenged Jinxed, a participant of bashes past made his return.
A male voice in the distance shouts "HEY EVERY !!!".
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Spamton the protector
Paine the moogly matriarch
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Dara the explara necromancess
Monmonnn the boaring, bash-general warlock
*cheer
You cheer.
*Monmonnn the boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "The surlies are gone!".
*A male voice in the distance shouts "ITS ME !!!!".
*
*cheer
You cheer.
*Monmonnn the boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "The surlies are gone!".
*A male voice in the distance shouts "ITS ME !!!!".
*Spamton the warrior shouts "EVERY BUDDY'S FAVOURITE
[[NumberOneRatedLegend2024]]".
*Spamton the warrior shouts "SPAM".
*Spamton the warrior shouts "SPAMTON G. SPAMTON!!!".
Indeed, at this point, Spamton was back in The Land, to the cheers of everyone else.
Spamton the legendary warrior shouts "IN AN HOMAGE TO
[[PopularScienceFictionTvSeries]], I HAVE RETURNED [[ByPopularDemand]]".
Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "we love you Spamton!".
Monmonnn the boaring, bash-general warlock cheers.
Dara the explara necromancess shouts "Before we can [[ComeBackAndBuyMore]], we've got to wrap this bash
up first! Jump right in and help us out!".
And so the bash continued. As Monmonnn fought zombies in the graveyard (including one bearing a resemblance to Jinxed), Spamton found a powerful weapon, and Dara fought the man.
The weapon Spamton found would turn out to be the wand. The wand is a variation on an item from MUD2's ancestor that was deemed too overpowered for MUD2. This version, provided by Heiach, probably doesn't have the exact same capabilities but is still pretty powerful.
Monmonnn announced that his next target would be the goblins. "I have a duel with the big one to make up for..." he added, presumably referring to the exceptionally large goblin10.
Spamton ran into some unexpected trouble, but, as he put it, "ABSOLUTELY [[Nothing]] HAPPENED AT
[[Ogrenamen Square]]!!!".
Dara was willing to fight the ogre, but had to rest first. Meanwhile, Monmonnn announced "the big goblin was not a threat today!"
The ogre had managed to get the wand from Spamton, as Dara and Monmonnn discovered when they fought the ogre. They brought the ogre down, and Spamton was able to retrieve the wand not long after.
Dara left the ogre's lair and headed toward the exit of the cave not far from the swamp, when the magpie showed up, saving her the trouble of tracking it down for the purposes of the mobile bash. Monmonnn would show up and give Dara wafer5 afterward.
Soon there were 18 mobiles left, with 28 minutes remaining. Monmonnn would go after the swan, and then state his intention to seek the dragon, who had managed to go quite a ways into this bash without being fed. Ape6, it turned out, was the last ape remaining. With the canary down (according to Monmonnn), there were 15 mobiles left, with 26 minutes remaining.
Spamton was going after water-snakes around this point, as they had a score to settle from the last time Spamton appeared in a bash. Monmonnn would fight skeleton1, with assistance from Dara.
Dara would take down the spider, while Spamton announced strange numbers while facing water-snakes. Monmonnn went down under the well and finished off the final snake before Spamton got there.
Part Four: Nine mobiles left, sealife, and skeleton0
There were now nine mobiles left. Through some WHing, Dara and Monmonnn were able to determine that the nine mobiles were ape6, skeleton0, shark0, shark1, the dragon, the jellyfish, the albatross, the golem, and one other mobile they had not yet identified.
Monmonnn went out to sea, encountering some sealife on the way to dragon island, while Dara found ape6 in the mixed forest and brought ape6 down. Spamton, meanwhile, armed with both a wand and a longsword, went to sea, but had an accident at the waterfall. Fortunately, he was able to find a parasol and retrieve his stuff.
Monmonnn announced the dragon had been fed, and that the albatross and the shark had teamed up. The albatross would escape, but Monmonnn was able to deal with the shark and find the elusive jellyfish.
*sv
5 alive, 293 dead.
*reset
Time-stamp: 21:34:13 on 10-JUL-2025.
This is reset 121265, using slot 0.
An auto-reset will be initiated in approximately 14 minutes.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "the albatross escaped!".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "be free!".
A male voice in the distance shouts "COME HERE [[Birdie]]! I HAVE SUCH
[[Deals]] TO SHOW YOU!!".
While Spamton sought the albatross, Monmonnn went in search of Skeleton0. Monmonnn would announce that the skeleton has fallen apart. Meanwhile, Spamton stated that he did not trust the rough waters.
*In the distance, you hear the terrible RHOAAAUUUAURRRRGGGGGGHGHHHGHHHH of a
dragon dying.
*Monmonnn the dragon-slaying, boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "The genie
stole my boat!".
*Monmonnn the dragon-slaying, boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "And i may
be stranded...".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "haha".
*A male voice in the distance screams.
*Clouds are gathering overhead.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "hahahahaha".
Part Five: The Final Three
There were now three mobiles left: The golem, the albatross, and an unidentified mobile. Dara was able to identify that mobile as the marmot, which was now at the snow-covered rocky path. Dara headed over there to deal with it.
It was then decided to deal with the golem. Dara was the one who went in to the outer sanctum to face the golem, and she used up the wafers Monmonnn had given her during the fight. After the golem's fall, the albatross was the last mobile left.
Dara went to the hut to drop off the icons, while Monmonnn and Spamton hunted the albatross at sea. From the vicious rocks, Monmonnn announced "They're not flying away this time!"
*wh monmonnn
1 in the place known as "vicious rocks".
*wh spamton
1 in the place known as "vicious rocks".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "flee albatross, flee!".
*Monmonnn the dragon-slaying, boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "They're
crippled!".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "noooo".
*Auto-reset initiated, you have 570 seconds to finish up. No further warnings
will be issued!
*You feel as if a tremendous evil has been rid from The Land! No pawns of
darkness sully it with their presence. The relief of generations of souls
floods through your being!
(Persona saved on +3,000 = 50,583).
*Monmonnn the dragon-slaying, boaring, bash-general warlock cheers.
*A male voice in the distance cheers.
And so, just as the auto-reset warning happened, the albatross was finished off and the bash was successful. Everyone cheered, and Drizzle suggested "LET US ROTATE!" And so the bash was successful, with 570 minutes to spare.
This is usually the point where the participants swamp the icons and any other bits of treasure left in the hut or elsewhere, and then head to the tearoom for the post-bash chat.
However, things went a little differently this time around. Monmonnn would ask a question that would lead to a surprise bonus event. But the bonus event is a subject for the next post.
(see the next post for the bonus event).
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Zalagar
pioneer
Joined: Mar 05, 2002
Posts: 305 | Posted: 16-07-2025 01:04
The Post-Bash Bonus Event, July 10th, 2025: An Unexpected Trip to the Giant Realm
In the midst of the post-bash swamping of treasure, Monmonn raised a question.
Monmonnn the dragon-slaying, boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "Would the
bash still be a success if suddenly some mobiles would appear?".
Spamton the chosen hero shouts "[[Won'tCount]]".
Dara the explara necromancess shouts "It's after the fact now. Spamton's right. It won't count.".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "you can't get another 3k either".
*Spamton the chosen hero shouts "IT HAS BEEN [[Tried]]".
Despite this, there was soon the sound of rock splitting, and 49 mobiles spawned. The giants realm, and the expanded goblin cave and dwellings area, had opened. Monmonnn and Dara ventured there to see if they could take out a few of those, even though the main bash was over.
After taking out a number of goblins, Dara had to rest, and there were 35 mobiles remaining. Monmonnn also took out his share. Heiach extended the time of the reset by a few more minutes to allow more time for them to actually take on a giant or two.
34 alive, 264 dead.
*nw
You cannot go northwest from here.
*s
Monmonnn the dragon-slaying, boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "An amount!".
*sw
You cannot go southwest from here.
*sv
33 alive, 265 dead.
*sh 33
Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "give me a number".
*s
Upstairs landing.
*d
Monmonnn the dragon-slaying, boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "10
minutes!".
*The impending reset has been postponed by 600 seconds. It will now occur in
730 seconds' time.
Dara took down some goblins, and went to help Monmonnn with giant0, but had to flee at 9 stamina. Indeed, it was a rough fight, and the giants can deal heavy damage if the players aren't careful. Monmonnn was left to fight giant0, and then giant3.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard says "I'll have to check the lineup".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "the ths is special".
*Monmonnn the dragon-slaying, boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "Oh my lord
that was close".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "splat him giant0!".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "I meant giant3".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "boo".
*Monmonnn the giant-killing, boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "Where did
they come from oh my".
Dara would rest up and return to help with giant3, and with a few of goblin44's five-goblin band that had joined in the fight. Dara had found the two-handed sword at this point, and used it as a weapon. Giant3 fled several times, and eventually Dara and Monmonnn caught giant3 at the rutted path, where the following ensued (from Dara's perspective):
Rutted path.
You are on a narrow, muddy path that is heavily rutted with cart tracks. These
disappear through a gap in a line of bushy trees to the northeast, but
continue to the south along with the path itself. East burns a cooking fire,
with some scrappy gardens to the southeast; beyond both of these is a line of
three small dwellings. To the west are meadows of deep grass. An
athletic-looking, one-eyed, female giant grins at you evilly.
*You attack the giant3, using the two-handed sword as a weapon.
*You hit the giant3 (10-14).
You have killed the giant3.
(Persona saved on +570 = 48,264).
The giant3 has just passed on.
*Monmonnn the giant-killing, boaring, bash-general warlock has just arrived.
*Monmonnn the giant-killing, boaring, bash-general warlock glances around.
*cheer
You cheer.
*s
Monmonnn the giant-killing, boaring, bash-general warlock cheers.
*sv
25 alive, 273 dead.
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Dara the giant-killing necromancess
Spamton the superhero
Alexander the necromancer
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Monmonnn the giant-killing, boaring, bash-general warlock
*Monmonnn the giant-killing, boaring, bash-general warlock has just left.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "that was close dara".
*Your magical dexterity has worn off.
*A male voice in the distance shouts "MY [[WellPaidEmployee]] AGREES WITH THAT
COMMAND".
*Monmonnn the giant-killing, boaring, bash-general warlock shouts "I almost
got cleaved!".
Indeed, it was a close one, as Dara was on low stamina when the giant3 fell, and Monmonnn also barely survived. The set (and the bonus bash) soon ended, and everyone ended up in the tearoom for the post-bash chat.
Much of the post-bash chat was about the giants, the two-handed sword, and the pack of five goblins. Dara noted that she does use a spell on giants during combat, but left the others to guess which one (and no, it's not the CHANGE spell. Dara might use that spell every now and then, but not during combat).
As for the bash proper, the marmot was brought up as it's one of those rarely-seen mobiles that sometimes spawns in The Land (the same can be said of the albatross). Someone mentioned a unicorn, and to our surprise, one appeared in the tearoom.
*ql
Elizabethan tearoom.
A majestic and very rarely-seen unicorn bounds into view!
Alexander the necromancer is here holding a cup of tea.
Spamton the superhero is here holding a cup of tea.
Looking a little mischievous, Heiach the chimerical wizard sits in the corner.
Monmonnn the warlock is here holding a cup of tea.
Drizzle the wobbly mage continues to be the ultimate pelican crossing
(whatever that means) holding a cup of tea.
*Monmonnn the warlock nods.
*val
The unicorn has just left.
*val u
Monmonnn the warlock says "Oh thats new.".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard didn't just make it.
*Spamton the superhero asks "ANOTHER [[Unicorn]]!!?!?!?".
Spamton the superhero cackles.
Dara the necromancess says "I thought the unicorn was just a MUD2 urban
legend. There was this legend that if you let the lion (the living version)
roam long enough, eventually it'd encounter a unicorn.".
*An inquisitive raccoon watches you closely here.
Please note, I can't say whether or not this legend is true, but I do recall it being mentioned in an article in either Muddled Times or Admiral Bombow's Chronicles. In any case, the subject of rarely seen mobiles continued for a while before the post-bash chat concluded.
In Summary:
This was quite an interesting bash, with two or three twists not many saw coming. We had the return of Heiach at the start, and the return of Spamton in the middle, and we had an unexpected post-bash event. In addition to all the usual chaos of MUD2 mobile bashes.
There was also (as Monmonnn would note later) a lot of cooperative play during this bash. Monmonnn teamed with Jinxed at keep and dwarfs (until the incident with the surlies), and joined with Dara facing skeleton1, ogre, and a few others, and teamed with Spamton when seeking creatures at sea.
Indeed, just about anything can happen during a mobile bash. No two bashes are alike, and all of them have the potential for surprises. This was indeed a memorable and incredible bash.
[ This Message was edited by: Zalagar on 16-07-2025 01:05 ]
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Zalagar
pioneer
Joined: Mar 05, 2002
Posts: 305 | Posted: 18-07-2025 04:15
Mobile Bash July 17th, 2025
The mobile bash for July 17th, 2025 had a number of people ready for it. Galandra arrived early, and chatted with Cenedra and Pert in the tearoom about favorite Muppets films and shows, and Spamton and Monmonnn showed up soon after. Heiach was not available this week, so Seifer the glazed wizard was the one who began the set. The mobile bash was soon underway, with the following in attendance:
*who
Seifer the glazed wizard
Paine the matriarch
Galandra the necromancess
Spamton the superhero
Monmonnn the warlock
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Part One: A Quick Start and Extra Sealife
Everyone quickly went to work. Galandra took down the fox, and then grabbed the billhook and rushed to the deerpark to fight the stag.
A male voice in the distance shouts "I LOVE THE SMELL OF [[Hyperlink Blocked]]
IN THE MORNING!".
Spamton's bash started out mildly uneventfully. After taking a nice whiff of the [[Hyperlink Blocked]] in the air, he went out into The Land, whacking the scorpion, parrot, mouse, and the zombie in the mausoleum.
Monmonn reported that the ichthyosaurus, the seagull, the albatross and the narwhal had been sighted at sea. So we had more than the usual amount of sealife this set.
Spamton, meanwhile, decided to do battle with the viper. Of course, he was too much of a cheapskate to get some medicine, so he decided to heal up via the tearoom instead.
Galandra found and disposed of the piglet, and shortly afterward, we heard a wolf baying AAAOOOOOOHHHH. Galandra would then venture into the cottage cellar, to deal with its rat infestation problem. Afterward, Monmonnn announced that pillar would be set up soon.
Spamton was ambushed by the goat, which was soon taken care of, and Monmonnn fought the basilisk. Everyone soon came together for the pillar buff.
With Monmonnn's approval, Galandra went out to sea to seek the dragon's island. Along the way, she encountered the seagull on the vicious rocks and brought it down. However, along the way to the dragon's island, she was blocked by the ichthyosaurus, and shark1 attacked.
During the fight, the ichthyosaurus returned and would actually attack shark1, possibly speeding up that fight significantly. Galandra would fight back and sink both of them, before doing a quick ReSite to rest and recover.
Spamton, meanwhile, found and claimed the longsword.
Galandra recovered, resumed her trip to the dragon, fed the dragon, and returned. Monmonn, meanwhile, fought the banshee. The fight required him to use up a wafer, as the banshee displayed incredible ethereal might.
Part Two: Keep and dwarfs
Galandra announced that she had left a boat on the stony beach, though it was raining at the time so it would be a while before anyone could go to sea. Monmonnn announced "Barometer in the large bedroom if you need it! Heading to the keep shortly!".
Spamton, meanwhile, fought with the water-snakes as Galandra fought the eagle before entering the dwarf citadel. Over at the keep, Monmonnn did a summoning trick to get the assistance of the man (as Galandra and Spamton were both busy) and swiftly slew the spectre. A fight with the griffin followed.
Galandra took down the stocky dwarf guards, and then had to fight several other dwarfs before having to rest and recover. Spamton had managed to deliver some once-in-a-lifetime deals to the slithering subterraneans, before helping out Monmonnn with the remainder of the keep.
During all this, everyone in The Land heard the terrible RHOAAAUUUAURRRRGGGGGGHGHHHGHHHH of a dragon dying. Spamton would seek the snugglepuss. Monmonnn would announce "The thief's life has been stolen! Pity, he wasn't much of a treasure...".
It was announced by Monmonnn that the dwarfs would be next, and to remember to beware the surlies (given what happened in previous bashes). Galandra announced that she was sleeping off the fight with lots of dwarfs and had already taken down the stocky dwarf guards.
Monmonnn announced the broadsword had been left behind in the hut. Galandra went to investigate, and found that the broadsword wasn't the only weapon left in the hut. Not only was the dagger present, but Seifer had dropped the sabre and the epee in the hut. I don't think any of those weapons were used, as at this point Monmonnn had Valetant, Spamton still had the longsword, and Galandra claimed the broadsword.
All three of them: Galandra, Spamton, and Monmonnn, teamed up to bring down the hefty dwarf guards and a visiting wandering dwarf.
Galandra the dragon-slaying necromancess asks "Where to next? Surlies or
burlies?".
*Monmonnn the warlock nods.
*Seifer the glazed wizard shouts "66 in 64".
*Monmonnn the warlock says "South".
The three of them would fight the burly dwarf guards next, and Monmonnn would claim the dwarf guards' wafer during the fight. After resting up, the trio of bashers would go on to fight the dwarf monarchs.
After dealing with what Monmonnn referred to as "the dwarf duet", Monmonnn announced "Surlies next, and be careful."
Given previous bashes, the stakes were high. But given that it was three on three, things went differently than they did in the previous bashes. Galandra provided us with this excerpt from her notes letting us see how the fight ended:
You hear fast movement, as the surly dwarf9 guard misses Monmonnn the warlock.
You hear fast movement, as Monmonnn the warlock misses the surly dwarf10 guard
with his Valetant.
You hear a parried blow, as the surly dwarf10 guard misses Monmonnn the
warlock.
*Monmonnn the warlock shouts "Not today! Nobody dies in here today!".
*You hear sounds of combat, as Spamton the superhero attacks the surly dwarf11
guard.
You hear sounds of combat, as Spamton the superhero attacks the surly dwarf10
guard.
You hear sounds of combat, as Spamton the superhero attacks the surly dwarf9
guard.
*You hear a slicing sound, as Spamton the superhero hits the surly dwarf9
guard with his longsword.
You hear a shudder, as the surly dwarf9 guard misses Spamton the superhero.
You hear a grinding noise, as Spamton the superhero hits the surly dwarf10
guard with his longsword.
You hear fast movement, as the surly dwarf10 guard misses Spamton the
superhero.
You hear a crack, as Spamton the superhero hits the surly dwarf11 guard with
his longsword.
You hear a stumble, as the surly dwarf11 guard misses Spamton the superhero.
You hit the surly dwarf10 guard (1-4).
The surly dwarf10 guard looks close to death.
The surly dwarf10 guard misses you.
You hear sinews tearing, as Monmonnn the warlock hits the surly dwarf9 guard
with his Valetant.
You have killed the surly dwarf9 guard.
(Persona saved on +36 = 39,432).
The surly dwarf9 guard has just passed on.
You hear a shudder, as Monmonnn the warlock misses the surly dwarf11 guard
with his Valetant.
You hear sinews tearing, as the surly dwarf11 guard hits Monmonnn the warlock.
*You hear a shudder, as Spamton the superhero misses the surly dwarf11 guard
with his longsword.
You hear a swishing sound, as the surly dwarf11 guard misses Spamton the
superhero.
You hit the surly dwarf10 guard (1-4).
You have killed the surly dwarf10 guard.
(Persona saved on +36 = 39,468).
The surly dwarf10 guard has just passed on.
You hit the surly dwarf11 guard (20-29).
The surly dwarf11 guard looks close to death.
The surly dwarf11 guard hits you (80/120).
You hear a grinding noise, as Monmonnn the warlock hits the surly dwarf11
guard with his Valetant.
You have killed the surly dwarf11 guard.
(Persona saved on +36 = 39,504).
The surly dwarf11 guard has just passed on.
*Spamton the superhero cheers.
*ql foe
I don't know to what "foe" you're referring.
*Monmonnn the warlock shouts "Well, besides the dwarves...".
*Monmonnn the warlock shouts "Well, besides the dwarves...".
*Monmonnn the warlock has just left.
*Spamton the superhero exclaims "I [[Helped]]!".
*Spamton the superhero has just left.
*Spamton the superhero has just arrived.
*Spamton the superhero has just left.
And so they triumphed over the surly dwarf guards. It probably helped that there were three of them facing the surlies this time, having prepared themselves with three of The Land's best weapons. In any event, Monmonnn went on to fight the thickset dwarf guards, and Galandra joined in to help finish them off.
Part Three: Goblins, zombies, bees
Soon, there were 55 mobiles left, with 59 minutes to go. Monmonnn ventured to the goblin passages, and soon brought that number down to 50, and then to 41.
Galandra was looking for more mobiles to fight. Along came zombie9, which she took down easily.
Monmonnn the warlock shouts "A few zombies still around".
Galandra the dragon-slaying necromancess shouts "Ah, zombie9. Glad you dropped by! Saved me the trouble of hunting
you down!".
Galandra found a barge, and used it to go to the man-made lake to face the swan. Spamton, however, was way ahead of her and was already fighting the swan so Galandra fought the boar instead. Spamton would join in the latter fight, and afterward they both realized that the bees were still active in the maze of hedges.
As Galandra searched for the bees in the maze of hedges, Monmonnn would fight with skeleton1. One bee eluded Galandra, bee6, but it was soon found and disposed of. 25 mobiles left, with 49 minutes to go soon became 15 mobiles left, with 45 minutes to go, as Monmonnn announced "The zombies have been cleared up!".
Spamton sought the spider, but made a slight mistake and forgot to dispose of the web. This resulted in Spamton getting sent to the tearoom due to a web-related mishap, and Galandra going in (carrying a phial) to fight the spider. Spamton would join in, and both would remember to drink from their respective phials as they finished off the spider. Afterward, Galandra set fire to the spider's web, so that everyone caught in it would be free to go.
Monmonnn announced that the man's tour of the keep would be ending soon. Spamton ventured into the mausoleum to sell some bone insurance to skeleton2. sk2 isn't a fan of direct sales tactics.
Galandra ventured in as well, to help finish off skeleton2.
Soon, there were eight mobiles left with 37 minutes remaining. The bashers were making very good progress indeed. Monmonnn had already dealt with the vampire, and was now finishing the wraith. Spamton, meanwhile, finished off the ghoul.
Part Four: The Final Five
Soon there were five mobiles left.
Galandra the dragon-slaying necromancess shouts "The Top 5 Mobiles are ?".
Spamton the superhero shouts "[[Iron Golem]]".
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "Narwhal, Shark, Albatross, Skeleton, Golem".
So, three of the five were the sealife that Galandra and others had missed earlier, and the other two were the Skeleton0 and the golem, who players have to go out of their way in order to access.
Galandra decided to save some time and trouble for everyone by attempting to summon skeleton0 at the railway track. Much to her surprise, it worked. Skeleton0 immediately moved off to the paddock, but it was too late: Galandra had already informed her fellow bashers that it was in the vicinity. She rushed after it to fight it, and would be joined in the fight by Monmonnn and Spamton.
*Spamton the superhero cackles.
*Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock says "Welcome to the bone zone!".
*You hit the skeleton0 (5-9).
The skeleton0 looks moderately damaged.
The skeleton0 hits you (88/120).
*You hear a slicing sound, as Spamton the superhero hits the skeleton0 with
his longsword.
You hear a swish, as the skeleton0 misses Spamton the superhero.
You hear sinews tearing, as Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock hits the
skeleton0 with his Valetant.
You hear a stumble, as the skeleton0 misses Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying
warlock.
*You hear a grinding noise, as Spamton the superhero hits the skeleton0 with
his longsword.
You have killed the skeleton0.
(Persona saved on +67 = 40,367).
The skeleton0 falls apart.
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock cheers.
After all three of our bashers made short work of skeleton0, Monmonnn returned to the sea to seek sealife. Galandra and Spamton, meanwhile, would prepare for setting up the entry to the sanctum where the golem waited. Soon, Monmonnn would announce "The albatross is being clipped, leaving only the golem left!".
The albatross would take a while to finally go down, but soon the golem was indeed the only one left. Spamton and Galandra announced they were in position, and soon Monmonnn took position as well.
It turned out that Spamton was the one to go in to face the golem this time. The fight, from the perspective of everyone else in The Land:
*A male voice in the distance shouts "FIGHTING [[The Big One]]".
A male voice in the distance shouts "Spamton has made it into the once in a
lifetime deal!".
*
*A male voice in the distance shouts "STOP [[Killing Me]] I ONLY WANT TO
[[SELL]] TO YOU".
*You feel as if a tremendous evil has been rid from The Land! No pawns of
darkness sully it with their presence. The relief of generations of souls
floods through your being!
(Persona saved on +3,000 = 43,352).
*A female voice in the distance cheers.
The bash had ended successfully, with 26 minutes to spare. With the following present when the golem fell.
*who
Seifer the glazed wizard
Spamton the champion
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock
Paine the matriarch
Galandra the dragon-slaying necromancess
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Spamton made it out of the inner sanctum, but ended up being stranded at the shipwreck near the vicious rocks. Luckily, he did bring a coracle with him ... but it was raining. So it would be a while before he would return to the mainland.
However, they now had 25 minutes to spare. What to do with that time? They could go to the tearoom for the post-bash chat, or they could see what else they could do with the normal mobiles no longer in play. Monmonnn decided to do the trick to open up the redwoods area, as he did not know that area very well and wanted to explore it further.
And so, much like the previous week, there was a Post-Bash Bonus.
Post-Bash Bonus: The Redwoods
And so Monmonnn went into the overgrown forest, and fought with a piece of vine. Galandra arrived just in time to see the end of that fight. Galandra and Monmonnn would then go up into the forest canopy to face the male and female rocs near their nest.
Galandra and Monmonnn soon went down to another section of the overgrown forest, and fought with the swam of ants. The black bear intervened in the fight, and Galandra ended up fleeing on 25 stamina.
The rain eventually cleared up, and Spamton delivered some icons to the hut.He thought about what to do in this situation... and decided to cross the road and attempt to join the others in the redwoods. Spamton and Galandra would join Monmonnn and bring down the raccoon. The black bear and the swarm of ants were also disposed of.
And so Galandra, Spamton, and Monmonnn wandered the barren plain for a while until they encountered the smilodon. Together, they wiped the smile off the smilodon's face, and there was only one mobile left out of the mobiles that had been added when the redwoods opened. The problem was figuring out which one.
Galandra thought back to previous bashes, including one where the redwoods had opened. She did a WH on the ammonite, and found it was around. She rushed to the area where the ammonite was (it was in a place FAR from the redwoods, by the way, though it seems to only spawn when the redwoods are open), and soon finished it.
With the ammonite done, the mobile count was down to 0 again. Of course, as everyone noted last week, the players only get the 3000 point bonus once.
Galandra and Spamton went back to the hut, where the icons were stored. Monmonnn spent some more time trying to figure out the puzzle in the barren plain, before the reset occured and everyone went to the tearoom for the post-bash chat.
And so for two weeks in a row, there were successful bashes with a bonus event afterward. This particular bash had a lot of teamwork, including some three-person teamwork that we haven't seen in a while. The fact that the pagoda area did not open this set probably helped in making them able to finish with 26 minutes to spare.
*Spamton the champion exclaims "OH WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE [[Time]] AND HEAR
THOSE [[Baloons]]??? THE STORE HAS REACHED [[Maximum Trading Hours]]!!!".
And so the players concluded both this week's bash and the post-bash event, walking away with a good deal of satisfaction. We'll have to wait and see how future bashes go. Each bash is different, and each tells its own story.
Summary:
Monmonnn, Spamton, and Galandra had a successful mobile bash with extra sealife but no pagoda. After finishing the bash with 26 minutes to spare, they had an expedition in the redwoods and brought down its associated mobiles while exploring the area.
All in all, a fun and entertaining bash, with some wonderful player teamwork.
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Zalagar
pioneer
Joined: Mar 05, 2002
Posts: 305 | Posted: 31-07-2025 16:35
Mobile Bash July 24th, 2025
The mobile bash for July 24th began with the knowledge that Monmonnn (who had participated in the last few bashes) would not be present for this week's bash. However, a few other players who hadn't participated in a bash in a while were ready to participate. So at the start of the bash, we had the following:
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Spamton the champion
Paine the matriarch
Blitzen the sorcerer
Zedar the sorceress
Galandra the necromancess
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Part One: An unconventional start
Galandra was quick to get the bash started, and almost immediately fought with the thief in the public bar. However, Heiach had other ideas, and transported everyone (Galandra included, thus interrupting the fight) to receive a pillar buff. Once this was done, Galandra rushed back to find and finish the fight with the thief (who was still at the public bar).
Spamton, meanwhile, decided that the best thing to do in this situation would be to go and kill some fireflies on the way to gear up. Galandra, meanwhile, fought with the raven around the same area.
Zedar was voted bash general. Heiach announced that there were additional weapons and wafers at the hut. Galandra grabbed the bardiche and wafer22, leaving the rest for the others.
Zedar would fight the alligator in the swamp, and would soon be joined by Spamton (who had grabbed the sabre). Together they would take down the alligator and the banshee. Spamton would then realize he needed light to see in dark areas, so he decided to head to the inn to rectify that issue.
*Blitzen the dragonfly-slaying sorcerer shouts "DRAGON... fly dead".
Galandra fought with ape0, and though ape0 fled, she was eventually able to finish it off. She then went to the hut and grabbed the foil (and not the type you wrap things in).
At the bank of river, Galandra fought with ape7 and during the fight was attacked by ape11. Spamton joined in the fight, and soon ape7 was finished off. Ape11 fled and Spamton dealt ape11 the final blow.
*Spamton the champion shouts "WHY BUY FROM THE [[Rest]] WHEN YOU CAN BUY FROM
THE [[NumberOneRatedLegend2024]]???".
*Zedar the bash-general sorcerer shouts "Thank you all for keeping MUD alive
and Heiach for hosting the bash".
*For your information: there are 150 mobiles still alive.
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Spamton the champion
Paine the matriarch
Blitzen the dragonfly-slaying sorcerer
Zedar the bash-general sorcerer
Galandra the necromancess
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Part Two: Snakes, rats, apes, and skeleton
Spamton, at some point, decided to follow the same route as his sales trajectory (down the drain), and started to deliver some once-in-a-lifetime deals to the water-snakes.
aaand he got the longsword!
Blitzen found ape1 close to death, and presumably finished it off. Galandra fought and finished ape6, and there were some free strength/dexterity buffs during the fight.
As Galandra turned her attention toward the mobiles in the mountainous area west of the pagoda area, Blitzen was taking on undead creatures in the south pasture. He brought down a ferocious zombie, and then noted that skeleton1 was sighted in the south pasture.
After Galandra announced "Lynx gone!", there came the following replies:
*Zedar the bash-general sorcerer shouts "I couldn't find lynx".
*Zedar the bash-general sorcerer shouts "aha!".
*sh
Spamton the champion shouts "THE SMOOTH SCENT OF [[Hyperlink Blocked]]".
Galandra reminded Zedar of where the magical glade was. Blitzen soon reported that skeleton1 was gone. Spamton around this point had finished the quest-within-a-quest of taking down the water-snakes and ventured down into the cellar. Zedar had already killed most of the rats down there, but Spamton finished off the remaining rats.
Galandra fought with the monk and then ape9. Zedar, by now, had fed the dragon. Blitzen headed to the entrance to the dwarf realm while Zedar and Spamton joined together to finish the keep mobiles.
Galandra fought with the giant snake, and expected things to go as they had in previous bashes: The giant snake putting up a good fight while constantly hissing at its opponent, who (if they were lucky) wouldn't have to use up any wafers against it. But that's not what happened this time around. Instead, due to some glitch, the fight wouldn't progress at all, and even a normal flee ended up with a non-response. Heiach had to intervene to extricate Galandra from this predicament, and both of them were left puzzled.
Meanwhile, with 67 minutes left to go, the dragon died, and the keep was cleared without incident. Zedar, Spamton, and Blitzen ventured to the mines and confronted dwarfs in the dwarf pasture. Galandra would then fight the tiger in the pagoda.
Part Three: Banding together at the Citadel
After finishing the tiger, Galandra decided to join the others in the dwarf citadel to take down the stocky and hefty dwarf guards. All four of them would go in and bring down the burly dwarf guards.
Shortly after the dwarf king was defeated, Heiach gave a warning.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "be careful with the surlies".
*open door
The key10 grates in the lock...
The oaken door creaks slowly open.
*look n
Looking northward, you see a place known as "dwarf guard room". It contains a
baby dwarf guard, a baby dwarf guard, a baby dwarf guard and an oaken door.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "they're extra deadly today".
At least one member of the group took a peek in the room, and saw what was different this week. Heiach had responded to Monmonnn's concerns and made a slight switch-up here.
The group soon took down the thickset dwarf guards in the treasure chamber, and then went to see what was happening in the guard room where the surlies normally were assigned.
Dwarf guard room.
This is the home of the king's guard, special, hand-picked troops of the
highest order, pledged to lay their lives down in order to save that of their
regal master. To the north is a room which seems to indicate use as a debating
forum of some kind, and from it through this room runs a red fitted carpet to
a doorway in the south wall. The doorway itself is of heavy oak, and although
elegantly finished seems to be built more with strength in mind than
ornamentation. A surly baby dwarf guard lies over to one side. A surly baby
dwarf guard lies over to one side. The baby dwarf guard is carrying a
shortsword. A surly baby dwarf guard lies over to one side. The baby dwarf
guard is carrying a wafer24. The oaken door is open.
And so that was the unusual sight that awaited the group of bashers when they entered that particular guard room. I'm not going to go into too much detail as to what happened next, only that it was a short fight.
There were still a few other dwarfs left in and around the citadel, and after they were disposed of, it was decided that they would take on the Tag Team Champions of the Evil Wood (the vampire and the wraith).
Part Four: Ogre with cape, and goblins
And so it went, with Galandra and Spamton taking down a sabre-wielding dwarf18 at the narrow road between lands. With the vampire and the wraith disposed of, the cape ended up somewhere else somehow - namely with the ogre. Spamton, meanwhile was offering a "[[Hot]] NEW DEAL!!", which was "A [[Weapon]] WHICH TALKS BACK!!!".
*Spamton the champion shouts "COME TO MY [[Home-made Storefront Site]] IN THE
[[Woodsman's Shack]] IF YOU WANT A SPECIAL HEAVEN-PIERCING [[Chatterbox]] OF A
WEAPON!".
As Spamton was offering Valetant to others, Galandra finished off the ogre despite the ogre's having the cape. After Galandra and Spamton opened the portcullis, they ventured down into the goblin area. Between them, they soon took down all of the goblins. Galandra fought with the exceptionally large goblin10, which was the last of the goblins.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "goblins are goblout".
Zedar, clearly taking his bash-general role seriously, decided to WH as many mobiles as possible to find out what was left and announce his findings to everyone else.
Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "I have a list of all
remaining mobs for us. I'll start cracking on with sealife".
Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "be ready to copy the
string I'm about to yell whats left-".
Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "basilisk, canary,
bees, carp, coot, crocodile, ghost0, ghoul, goblins, hh, hb, jf, man,
mongoose, phoenix, piglet, scorpion, shark0, shark1, sk0, sk2, snugglepuss,
spider, stag, wolf, z7".
*Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "thats all".
Galandra had the canary follow her to the swamp, where it suddenly keeled over, stone cold dead in the big swamp. Spamton, meanwhile, made his way to the mausoleum to slay the undead creatures there. Blitzen headed to the aviary, while Zedar announced:
Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "I can conquer the
bees, in a pinch".
Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "Not as fast as Folly,
however.".
Spamton the champion shouts "SK2 [[Deconstructed]]"
Part Five: Especially elusive mobiles
Heiach soon announced there were 32 left with 28 minutes to go. Blitzen had made it to the maze of hedges ahead of Zedar, and Galandra headed back to the pagoda to deal with the mobiles remaining in the upper portions of it.
After some ghostbusting in the first upper floor of the pagoda, Galandra fought with the phoenix and the mongoose. The latter, however, escaped, and Galandra found herself transported elsewhere, so she had to do the steps needed to reach the upper levels all over again to get back. Meanwhile, Blitzen and Zedar fought the man at the Admiral Bombow inn.
Spamton, meanwhile, took out the ghoul, and then started to do battle against the goat. There was a mishap with the basilisk, resulting in the sudden substitution of Salvadore.
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Salvadore the necromancer
Alexander the necromancer
Sister Sibylla
Spamton the champion
Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer
Galandra the necromancess
Drizzle the wobbly mage
*Salvadore the necromancer shouts "I've made a nice new statue near basilisk".
*Salvadore the necromancer shouts "bison west lush pasture".
*Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "the seagull keeps
moving into weird places *weeps*".
Galandra kept trying to find the mongoose in the perpetually dark level of the pagoda, only for it to elude her. Similarly, Zedar couldn't catch the seagull because it, like the mongoose, kept moving into weird places that he couldn't reach. Seeing that Galandra was basically like a car stuck in the mud hopelessly spinning its wheels at this point, Heiach took pity on Galandra and helped her find and finish the mongoose, and leave the pagoda area.
Galandra and Spamton would soon finish off the bison in the forest south of the swamp and east of the pine forest. Zedar would give another announcement of the remaining mobiles.
*Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "carp, crocodile,
ghoul, piglet, sk0, spider, wolf".
*Salvadore the necromancer shouts "piglet".
Spamton went after the piglet while Galandra went after the carp. As the bashers continued to seek out remaining mobiles, Zedar went through the WH list again, as one mobile seemed unaccountered for.
*Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "if someone discovers
the mobile unaccounted for, please let me know. carp, croc, piglet, sk0,
spider, wolf. I'll add it to our list".
*Spamton the champion shouts "IN TERMS OF [[Piglet]] THERE IS [[RoastPiglet]]".
*In the distance, you hear a wolf baying AAAOOOOOOHHHH.
For your information: there are 5 mobiles still alive.
Galandra grabbed a phial and slew the spider. In front of the hut, Salvadore summoned skeleton0 (and this is the second alliteration involving Salvadore in this writeup). Galandra joined in to help finish off skeleton0. Soon afterward, Zedar announced that the hunchback was the missing mobile.
Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "HUNCHBACK IS THE
MISSING MOB".
Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "I ALREADY WH'D IT BUT
FORGOT TO WRITE IT DOWN".
Galandra the necromancess shouts "Hunchback is not an improv guy this set. He's sticking to the
scriptorium. ".
Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "the remaining 3
mobiles are: crocodile, hunchback, golem. Well done everyone.".
And so Galandra and others sought the crocodile in the swamp. The problem was, it kept fleeing and escaping to other parts of the swamp, and eventually people lost sight of it and couldn't find it. It was yet another elusive mobile. I'd say that this bash's award for Most Elusive Mobile goes to the crocodile, the mongoose, and the seagull in a three-way tie.
Undaunted, Zedar organized a group to help with access to the golem and the sanctum. Zedar ended up being the one to enter the inner sanctum, as time was running out on the reset.
*Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general sorcerer shouts "the croc is in here
too which I am glad about".
Indeed he had good reason to be glad about it. There wasn't enough time left in the set to keep trying to search for the crocodile. In any case, Zedar fought both the crocodile and the golem, the last two remaining mobiles in the set, as time ran out. The crocodile went down, leaving the golem the last remaining mobile alive. And then THIS happened (transcribed from Zedar's screenshot of the event).
Time-stamp: 22:07:10 on 24-JUL-2025.
This is reset 12454, using slot 0.
A reset is due in 12 seconds.
*You hit the golem (15-19).
The golem looks close to death.
The golem hits (91/105).
Time-stamp: 22:07:10 on 24-JUL-2025.
This is reset 12454, using slot 0.
A reset is due in 10 seconds.
Time-stamp: 22:07:10 on 24-JUL-2025.
This is reset 12454, using slot 0.
A reset is due in 10 seconds.
You hit the golem (15-19).
You have completed another Task. This makes a total of 3.
(Persona saved on +100 = 21,260).
(Persona saved on +112 = 21,372).
You feel as if a tremendous evil has been rid from The Land! No pawns of
darkness sully it with their presence. The relief of generations of souls
floods through your being!
(Persona saved on +3,000 = 24,372).
*reset
Time-stamp: 22:07:14 on 24-JUL-2025.
This is reset 121454, using slot 0.
A reset is due in 8 seconds.
Conclusion
And so with 8 seconds to spare, the bash was successful. Everyone immediately found themselves in the tearoom for the post-bash chat. Heiach noted some of the weirdness that ensued when introducing the extra wafers and the baby dwarf guards. It was also noted that the keep treasure that had been stored in the hut for later use never had the chance to be swamped, so Heiach graciously placed it and the icons in the hut so that the bashers could pick up where the reset made them leave off.
In any case, this was an amazing bash with some bizarre new twists, and an incredible finish. One of the closest finishes I've seen in quite a while. Special thanks once again to Heiach for hosting it.
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Zalagar
pioneer
Joined: Mar 05, 2002
Posts: 305 | Posted: 22-08-2025 03:46
Mobile Bash August 14th, 2025
Well, August 14's mobile bash started with the following players:
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Zedar the bash-general necromancer
Spamton the champion
Dara the necromancess
Cenedra the mischievous mage
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Cenedra and Drizzle, as usual, stayed in the tearoom, but that didn't mean neither of them were involved with the bash. More on that later.
Part One: Misplaced snakes, disappearing apes, and other twists
Dara got off to a quick start, hunting down the fox and the stag before going off to rest. Spamton went to face the water-snakes while Zedar sought the bees in the hedge maze (because forgetting about them would be a Folly indeed).
Zedar wasn't quite as fast as Folly usually is when dealing with the bees, but his bee hunt didn't have anything too unusual happen during it (at least not by MUD2 standards). Spamton, meanwhile, ran into a surprise when seeking out the water-snakes.
Normally, the water-snakes keep to themselves and stay out of each others' business. However, Heiach decided to do some mischief here.
Underground confluence.
You are heading low beneath the jagged ceiling of an underground stream area.
At this point the stream which runs off to the south is created by the
confluence of two other streams, from the northwest and northeast. The former
is narrow and flowing with a strong current, whereas the latter seems to be
hardly moving at all. A slimy, slithering water-snake surfaces in front of
you. A slimy, slithering water-snake surfaces in front of you. A slimy,
slithering water-snake surfaces in front of you. A slimy, slithering
water-snake surfaces in front of you. A slimy, slithering water-snake surfaces
in front of you. A slimy, slithering water-snake surfaces in front of you.
Looking a little mischievous, Heiach the chimerical wizard sits in the corner.
Well, Spamton was only prepared to take on one water-snake at a time. As a result, the response to attacking the snakes with the 'best weapon' resulted in him taking on all six of them at once. Spamton ended up fleeing on 7 stamina.
Dara, by this point, had noticed the gates to the pagoda area were open and sought out ape0 and the gang of roving apes in the forest outside the pagoda. She was assisted by Zedar who used a blindness spell. After ape0 fell, some of the apes started fighting amongst themselves.
Dara would go on to fight the snowbird, and just as she finished off the snowbird, the snow leopard showed up. After the fight with the snow leopard concluded, Dara went to rest up. Spamton, meanwhile, returned to the underground lake.
Zedar, meanwhile, went after the basilisk. Dara met with ape6 and had to flee. But fortunately, there was a call for the pillar buff, which everyone attended. After that, Dara returned to finish off ape6, then fought with ape3.
Around this point, Heiach asked if there might be something to do to help. Zedar suggested removing apes and golem. Around this point, a lot of the apes had already gone down. As for the golem?
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "golem isn't in the land now, as
requested".
*Zedar the bash-general necromancer shouts "Awesome! That will help!".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "I'm sure it will..".
Dara then went to face the monk in the monastery, but ape9 was a no-show. Ditto for ape8, ape10, and ape11. The giant snake, however, was having its usual hissy fit. Meanwhile, Zedar fought with the rats in the coal bunker.
After using up a wafer, Dara finished off the giant snake. With 73 minutes remaining, the status of the bash was the following:
*sv
115 alive, 179 dead.
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Zedar the bash-general necromancer
Spamton the dragonfly-slaying champion
Dara the necromancess
Cenedra the mischievous mage
Drizzle the wobbly mage
*Zedar the bash-general necromancer shouts "hb dead, dragon fed, working v and
wraith".
Part Two: Golem vs. Griffin, and Lightning vs. Parasol
Around this point, Heiach had a question.
Heiach the chimerical wizard invites you to cast your vote how do we think the
bash is going?.
Dara the necromancess shouts "71 minutes left with 113 left to go. Seems okay so far.".
*For your information: the period of voting has ended. The result was "LIKE
AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE [[HYPERLINK BLOCKED]]!"/"SEEMINGLY
OKAY."/"GREAT....."/"WELL THE VAMPIRE IS DEAD (UNDEAD?)".
Well, I think it's obvious who made which votes.
Dara would go on to the upper floor of the pagoda, and face the ghost. Zedar fought with the wraith after finishing the vampire, while Spamton went into the mausoleum. So yes, everyone was focusing on the undead at this point.
*In the distance, you hear the terrible RHOAAAUUUAURRRRGGGGGGHGHHHGHHHH of a
dragon dying.
*Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general necromancer roars.
*Cenedra the mischievous mage roars.
Soon after, The Land heard a wolf baying AAAOOOOOOHHHH. Dara would move on to the upper floor of the pagoda and face the phoenix. There was no sign of the tiger in the courtyard, which was fortunate as Dara was on low stamina and the courtyard was the only exit from the upper pagoda.
Meanwhile, Zedar was taking down the goblins.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "goblins are becoming goblouts".
*wh zedar
1 in the place known as "goblin lair".
Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general necromancer shouts "9 goblins dead
including the ELG. I may return to the area, but for now I am on the Griffin".
The golem showed up and fought the griffin around this point, which is very unusual procedure.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "griffin vs golem, golem lost, griffin
very injured".
Dara soon left the pagoda to take care of unfinished business at the pasture east of the vineyard, bringing a parasol from the upper floor with her. However, it was raining heavily outside and when she reached the northeast pasture, the following happened.
*ne
Northeast pasture.
You are wandering across pleasant pasture, fenced off to the north and east
and with fields to the south and west. Further to the southwest rises a
majestic mountain, which towers high above the clouds. It is raining heavily.
A handsome pony is standing in one corner of the field.
*k pony with wp
> PTSSSH <
A bright flash of lightning forks down and strikes your parasol.
(88/120).
The parasol1 falls apart.
And so the parasol1 went down with one hit from lightning. This event surprised Dara so much she mentioned it to the rest of The Land.
Spamton the dragonfly-slaying champion shouts "NO REFUNDS!!!"
After finishing off the pony, Dara had to rest and recover from both the fight and that surprise occurrence. While Zedar was wrapping things up in the keep, Spamton ventured to the underground forest to face the dwarfs there.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "congratulations on the griffin for
completing one of the tasks (before it died)".
Part Three: Dwarfs, skeletons and spider
Heiach noted that the bees were all dead.
Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "wait the bees are all dead? Folly?
Hello?"
Dara the necromancess shouts "Zedar said they were a while ago.".
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general necromancer
Spamton the dragonfly-slaying champion
Dara the necromancess
Cenedra the mischievous mage
Drizzle the wobbly mage
While Spamton was at the citadel, Zedar was at the ogre's lair. The ogre was gone.
*You hear an awfully addictive song play in your head 'Baby dwarf, do do do do
do!'
*Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general necromancer shouts "face palm".
*Spamton the dragonfly-slaying champion shouts "VIRAL MARKETING!".
Dara would fight zombie0 at the foothills southwest of the badly paved road, then venture just a bit further west to join Zedar in finishing off skeleton1.
From there, they went their separate paths. Dara joined Spamton in fighting dwarfs at the dwarf hall, while Zedar sought skeleton0 behind the waterfall.
After Dara finished off the stocky dwarf guards, there were 47 mobiles remaining, with 40 minutes left. Soon, it was 44 alive, with 39 minutes left.
Zedar asked if he'd broken the bash by burning the spider's web. Fortunately, Heiach was able to make sure Zedar had access to the spider. Soon afterward, Zedar reported the spider was finished.
Dara would join in as Zedar fought the burly dwarf guards. Spamton arrived at the end of the fight, after sleeping off a fight with the hefty dwarf guards. All three of them would join forces to bring down the dwarf monarchs.
They then went on to take down the thickset dwarf guards in the treasure chamber. The three of them emerged triumphant, but then there was this query from Heiach.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "why is the parrot asking me to like and
subscribe?!?".
Dara speculated that this was due to Spamton's influence on the parrot. To which Spamton responded:
*Spamton the dragonfly-slaying champion shouts "MARKETING!!".
*Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general necromancer shouts "Z moves to WH
duty".
Part Four: Enhanced mobile 'bosses'
Dara and Spamton then fought the surlies, and both of them managed to take down their enemies. Spamton gave Dara the shortsword afterward. With their business in the citadel completed, the bashers then headed back to the surface to see what was left.
Dara would go to the garden region east of the river to take down the dove, the boar, and the coot. Zedar searched the coal bunker for any rats that had been missed before.
With 11 mobiles remaining with 16 minutes left to go, Heiach posed the following:
Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "maybe removing the apes and golem made
it too easy now?".
Dara, meanwhile, stated that she was trying to figure out who's among the remaining 11. To which Zedar replied that he had a list of the remaining mobiles.
*Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general necromancer shouts "mouse, lion,
parrot, piglet, snugglepuss, swan, z8".
Goblin6 and goblin7 were the last remaining goblins. And while people were figuring out who the last two mobiles were, there was this message broadcast to The Land.
*For your information: The mouse has eaten exceptionally well this winter...
So Dara went to the upper floor of the inn where Zedar was about to confront the mouse. The mouse was worth 519 points at this point, so it was possibly a LOT tougher than normal. But before Zedar could initiate combat against it, Dara swooped it up and swamped it.
Heiach didn't exactly take it very well.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "BEEG MOUSE STOMP MORTALS".
When Heiach realized what had happened...
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "NOOO!".
Dara the necromancess shouts "LOL!".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "don't circumnavigate it".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "he was the final boss...".
*Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general necromancer shouts "Nice save, Dara. A
tricky trap I almost fell for.".
Zedar would later say during the post-bash discussion that he was typing 'kill mouse' as Dara picked it up. So the boss battle Heiach was hoping for didn't quite work out the way he envisioned it. However, there were other enhanced mobiles out there.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "magic staff, make my monster grow!!".
Dara, at this point, was headed to the courtyard, where (according to her notes) she had WH'd the lion as being. The courtyard is a strange place for the lion to be found. Why was it there? Well, Heiach had something to do with it.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "one of the remaining mobs is worth 500
points (and isn't swampable!)".
*Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "mean players ruining my plan".
*Zedar the dragon-slaying, bash-general necromancer shouts "Lion, Parrot,
Piglet, Swan, Z8".
Dara fought with the lion as Zedar confirmed the last five remaining mobiles. Despite the lion now being worth 510 points, Dara was about to bring it down, and received compliments from Heiach on her handling of the situation.
Dara the necromancess shouts "No more lion! Time to be telling the truth from now on! "
And so it was time to focus on the remaining mobiles. Heiach noted "looks like it's going to be too easy..". Zedar brought down zombie8, leaving two mobiles left: The swan and the piglet.
Spamton fought with the swan and Dara fought with the piglet. However, while they were taking down their respective antagonists, some other mobiles spawned somewhere. These turned out to be about 7 or more crows at the keep.
Dara rushed to join the fight against the crows (already in progress), but she was in such a hurry that she wasn't keeping track of her magic, and lost it during the fight.
Heiach the chimerical wizard shouts "good job my crow minions, stealing dara
of her magicks!".
The good news, however, was that with the crows being taken down, the bash was successful. Furthermore, Dara was able to go to the touchstone and successfully regain her magic.
Final part: Post-bash revelations.
*who
Heiach the chimerical wizard
Folly the warlock
Spamton the guardian
Dara the warlock
Zedar the necromancer
Drizzle the wobbly mage
During the post-bash chat in the tearoom, the beefing up of the mouse and the lion was discussed.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard says "my chonky lion was a bit harder though".
Dara the warlock says "A bit. But I managed.".
Dara the warlock smiles.
Heiach the chimerical wizard mutters something.
*Heiach the chimerical wizard says "did you val it?".
Dara the warlock says "Yes. 510 points.".
Heiach noted that he had swapped out the tiger (the usual courtyard mobile) for the lion, and while Dara WH'd the tiger, it hadn't occured to her that some other mobile might have replaced it.
You may have noticed that there was no word about sealife during the above account. As it turned out, Cenedra suggested taking out the sealife, which is why sealife was absent during the bash. It further turned out that Heiach had dumped the sealife in the elusive alpine cottage hoping that Dara would find them. But since Dara doesn't visit that place during bashes, she never saw them there. Heiach abandoned that idea because he decided it was too hard.
Zedar noted that there was eight minutes to spare, and that had there still been the sealife, apes, and golem it would have been a lot closer.
Of course as I like to say, every bash is different. Different actions are taken during each bash, causing a sort of ripple effect. So one never knows just how things are going to go, and that's part of the fun.
The following week, there was another mobile bash. Heiach was not present this time, and neither was Spamton, but we still had three bashers willing to participate. What happened then? Well, that's a story for the next bash report.
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Zalagar
pioneer
Joined: Mar 05, 2002
Posts: 305 | Posted: 23-08-2025 05:22
Mobile Bash August 21, 2025
Well, this bash started a few minutes late due to a miscalculation on the postponement of the reset, but everyone was up for a bash nonetheless. Zalagar was there to help start it, but Seifer would take over as presiding wiz for some portions of it. When the bash began, the following were present:
*who
Pert the protector
Paine the matriarch
Monmonnn the warlock
Dara the warlock
Zedar the necromancer
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Part One: East garden surface mobiles and stopping a thief
Zedar announced his intention to do the bees at the start, taking his cue from Folly. And indeed he did just that (with the help of ReSite to make sure he could out quicker).
Dara, meanwhile, chose to focus on the rest of the mobiles east of the river, taking down the fox, the stag, and the dove. Monmonn was over in the pine forest, and sighted the bison (he remarked that this was his first time seeing the bison in MUD2).
Dara brought down the boar, and then headed off to the monastery to deal with the piglet (remembering a number of bashes where the piglet was overlooked and one of the last few mobiles).
Meanwhile, Monmonnn ran into the thief, who stole the grandfather clock. Monmonnn blinded and crippled the thief to try to steal it back, and Zedar joined in to help. Together, they were able to put an end to the thief's attempt to thwart the players' progress.
Dara chased the scorpion around the olive grove, but ended up breaking off from it to join the others for the pillar buff. Dara would then return to the olive grove to finish business with the scorpion.
Zedar sought skeleton0 behind the waterfall as Dara resumed her mission to rid the area east of the river of all the non-keep mobiles. Meanwhile, Monmonnn declared that the Evil Wood would soon become less evil.
As Dara finished off the coot, Zedar finished off skeleton0 and headed down to fight goblins. Monmonnn fought the vampire, but the vampire fled to the same location as the wraith, demonstrating how the vampire and the wraith earned the title of Tag Team Champions of the Evil Wood. After taking down a few more mobiles east of the river, Dara ventured to the mine and brough down zombie1 and the canary.
Sone strange things happened as Seifer granted Zedar a sort of request.
*(Zedar the necromancer) shouts "I am here for the entire bash, but I think
I'll be invisible for most of it <Z>".
You have just been woken up!
Your stamina is 56.
*who
Seifer the glazed wizard
Paine the matriarch
Monmonnn the warlock
Dara the warlock
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Zedar continued to fight goblines as Monmonnn returned to the evil wood, and Dara fought with zombie4. Monmonnn noted that it took around ten minutes to kill the vampire.
Part Two: The Keep, chasing crows, and ape forest
A flood took out a few of the mobiles in the lower mine area. Dara also returned to the keep area to get rid of the wyvern so it wouldn't be in the way later on in the bash. Seifer at this point had to leave but he would return later in the bash.
Monmonnn and Zedar continued in their missions in the evil wood and the goblin tunnels, respectively. While visiting the swamp, Dara decided that it was time to ban the banshee. Monmonnn joined in with her to finish the banshee off. The mouse, meanwhile, was swamped.
From there, Dara went to the pagoda area and fought with ape0. Monmonnn announced he would be dealing with the keep shortly.
After the fight with ape0 finished, Dara headed to the keep. It turned out Zedar was way ahead of Dara and Monmonnn and brought down the spectre. The man had also been summoned to the keep, and made his way to the upper levels.
After discussion about how Zedar was way ahead of them, the group proceded up to the fourth floor of the keep, where they fought with the griffin and the man. After a long fight, the griffin went down. Dara and Zedar rested up, but Monmonnn went ahead, and shouted "Caw!" to signal that crows had been summoned by the maiden.
The maiden went down, but some of the crows escaped. Dara pursued crow0 to the stream at luscious wood, and even further as it fled to other nearby locations, until she finally finished it. The hunchback, meanwhile, was still in the scriptorium at this point.
Dara returned to the fourth floor of the keep and finished the remaining crow, crow4. Soon, there was the signal that there were 100 mobiles left. And then there were 99 mobiles left, with 67 minutes remaining.
Monmonnn went to the cellar to face the rats, while Dara returned to the ape forest to face the remaining apes there. After defeating ape2, Dara would encounter ape6 with wafer32. Ape6 would eat wafer32 during the fought, but fall asleep due to wafer32's side effect during the fight (much to Dara's amusement).
The ape6 looks superficially injured.
The ape6 misses you.
*The ape6 has just fallen into a drugged sleep.
The ape6 has woken up!
You hit the ape6 (15-19).
The ape6 looks to have minor injuries.
The ape6 misses you.
*laugh
OK, Dara the warlock laughs.
*You hit the ape6 (5-9).
The ape6 looks to have minor injuries.
The ape6 hits you (87/120).
*Zedar the necromancer shouts "heading for HB ".
Zedar headed off to face the hunchback. After Dara finished with ape6, ape4 showed up. Dara finished ape4, then went to rest for a bit.
Part Three: Strange king dwarf behavior, bar fights, and skeletons
Drizzle the wobbly mage cheers.
You have just been woken up!
Your stamina is 95.
*who
Paine the matriarch
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock
Dara the warlock
Zedar the necromancer
Drizzle the wobbly mage
As Drizzle cheered the bashers on from the tearoom, the participants moved on to their next targets. Monmonnn ventured into the dwarf citadel while Zedar went out to sea. Dara, meanwhile, fought with the snowbird and the pony.
Meanwhile, Monmonnn worried that one of the dwarfs he was fighting were trying to escape the citadel, but he decided that they didn't get out. Seifer noted that one might have escaped, but Monmonnn replied "That one may have been out there naturally..."
As the other bashers were going about their business, there came a surprise announcement.
*The king dwarf shouts "i will only die if you guess my name".
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "Your name is dead!".
Dara the warlock shouts "Rumplestiltskin?".
While Monmonnn continued with the dwarfs, Dara located ape11 at the public bar and emerged the victor in this barroom brawl. This was strange, but pretty normal by MUD2 standards compared to what Dara would see next. The king dwarf announced "bg at rapids", and Dara went to investigate. She arrived just in time to see the king dwarf finish off the billy goat, then leave.
Just where the king dwarf went, Dara didn't know. Shelving the mystery, Dara decided to return to the pagoda to deal with its ground floor mobiles. Meanwhile, Zedar didn't realize he was carrying the coracle but managed to kill the skeleton2 anyhow.
*For your information: there are 50 mobiles still alive.
(Persona saved on +300 = 57,611).
*Zedar the necromancer shouts "we too good".
*Seifer the glazed wizard shouts "agreeed".
As Zedar continued at the mausoleum, Monmonnn made progress at the dwarf citadel. At this point, there were 47 mobiles left with 47 minutes left to go.
Monmonnn would report that the king dwarf had gone missing. Zedar would get in a bar fight with skeleton1. In her second bar fight of the bash, Dara joined in the fight with the skeleton1 and helped Zedar finish the skeleton off. (Presumably, at the time Zedar arrived, the skeleton ordered a beer and a mop).
As for the king dwarf? Seifer responded to questions about the king dwarf's disappearance this way:
*Seifer the glazed wizard shouts "hes dead what am i talking about".
*Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "He got scared!".
Dara returned to the pagoda to finish off ape10, who had fled before. She also did some WH'ing, and discovered that goblin5, goblin4, goblin7, and goblin6 were still around. Zedar went to take a look.
Monmonnn, meanwhile, took down several dwarf guards and roared in triumph.
*Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock roars.
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "The surlies are last!".
Dara the warlock shouts "Did you bring down the dwarf monarchy?".
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "The king was dishonorable and
abdicated early!".
Dara the warlock shouts "I've yet to hear of dwarf flags being lowered to half staff.".
*Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "The queen has been dealt
with!".
*Zedar the necromancer shouts "DING".
Monmonn would leave the shortsword and some wafers in the hut. Dara would retrieve them and go to the pagoda to deal with the giant snake.
Part Four: Crocodile chasing and tiger hunting
*who
Seifer the glazed wizard
Salvadore the necromancer
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock
Dara the warlock
Zedar the necromancer
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Salvadore would show up, but he did not join in the bash to the best of my knowledge. He did, at one point, ask if we needed help. (Oh, and in case you're wondering, Zedar regained his visibility during one of the fights at the keep. Forgot to mention that earlier).
Monmonnn brought down the wraith, thus finally clearing the evil wood. Zedar was fighting the remaining goblins. At this point, there were 28 mobiles remaining, with 33 minutes left.
*Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "The bison is waving bye soon!".
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "Dealing with the remaining
goblins!".
Dara the warlock shouts "Beware. The remaining goblins cheat! "
(For the record, Dara's just engaging in her usual wordplay here. I haven't seen the goblins play card games, though they DO gamble with dice sometimes if the contents of the one guard room are any indication).
Anyway, the bashers continued their pursuit.
Salvadore the necromancer shouts "need a hand? Salv".
Zedar the necromancer shouts "Only one left, Monmonnn. It eluded me".
For your information: there are 25 mobiles still alive.
In the distance, you hear the clear notes of a flute ringing through the air.
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "Rats are definitely gone!".
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "Ill summon the zombie out of
the tomb".
Zedar would finish off the shark1, and then head to the dragon island to search for the dragon. Meanwhile, Monmonnn had discovered the crocodile in the swamp.
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "It's got quite the snap!".
Dara the warlock shouts "I remember when rock was young. Me and Susie had so much fun.".
Fighting the croc was a tough task, but Monmonnn managed to bring it down. (And fortunately, it was nowhere near as elusive as it was during July 24th's bash, though the bashers did speculate about the croc's roam range within the swamp during the post-bash chat).
Dara, meanwhile, went to the courtyard and its water feature, and soon shouted "Carpe carp!" (which is Latin for 'seize the carp'). Of course the real difficulty was with the tiger.
(insert Dara vs. tiger picture here on the Discord version)
The fight with the tiger was a rough one for Dara, with both of them on low stamina when the tiger fled. Dara pursued the tiger to the south part of the courtyard, where the following happened (from Dara's perspective):
*k mo with wp
You attack the tiger, using the shortsword as a weapon.
*You hit the tiger (1-4).
The tiger looks close to death.
The tiger hits you (15/120).
The tiger has fled by going northwest.
You can fight him no longer.
Staggering wildly, the tiger paces off.
*eat a wf
MMMmmm..! It tasted delicious!
(Persona saved on +2 = 58,292).
You feel better already.
Your stamina is 35.
*nw.k mo with wp
Larch garden.
You are standing beneath the boughs of beautiful larch trees, growing in a
carefully-tended square of land in the northwest corner of an enclosed garden.
East and southeast are courtyards, and south is a rockery. The very layout of
the trees is sufficient to tell you that it probably serves some contemplative
purpose, however you don't have time right now for the many years of study it
would take you to understand what that purpose might be. Before you crouches
the dangerously powerful form of a regal tiger.
*You attack the tiger, using the shortsword as a weapon.
*You hit the tiger (15-19).
You have killed the tiger.
(Persona saved on +360 = 58,652).
The tiger has just passed on.
*sv
19 alive, 282 dead.
*who
Seifer the glazed wizard
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock
Dara the warlock
Zedar the necromancer
Drizzle the wobbly mage
Fortunately, Dara still had a wafer left, and fortunately she was able to finish the tiger before it could hit her again (so even if she didn't eat that wafer, she would have won anyway. Dara, however, was not taking any chances).
Zedar the necromancer shouts "dreamword: ghilt".
Dara the warlock shouts "That's quite a ghilt trip. ".
Monmonnn, meanwhile, announced that dragon mission was accomplished. Monmonnn quickly went to work dealing with another mobile.
*In the distance, you hear a wolf baying AAAOOOOOOHHHH.
*Zedar the necromancer shouts "ape8, ape9".
*Zedar the necromancer cheers.
Dara the warlock shouts "Sleeping off tiger fight right now.".
At this point, there were 18 mobiles left, with 21 minutes to go.
Monmonnn the dragonfly-slaying warlock shouts "On the way!".
Monmonnn would fight with ape8, and Dara would help Monmonnn finish ape8 off. Dara and Monmonnn would then fight ape9 and the monk.
Part Five: Upper floor of pagoda, and the remaining mobiles
Dara ventured to the upper floor of the pagoda. The ghost had already been busted, so Dara instead fought ape12. While that fight was in progress, The Land heard the terrible RHOAAAUUUAURRRRGGGGGGHGHHHGHHHH of a
dragon dying.
Dara then ventured to the second upper floor of the pagoda, and fought both the phoenix and the mongoose in the darkness. Monmonnn, meanwhile, was dealing with the water-snakes. During all this, the bashers were WH'ing to figure out which mobiles were left. Aside from the phoenix, the mongoose, and the snakes, there was the golem, the spider, and one other mobile left.
When the mongoose fell, there were ten mobiles left. As Dara continued the fight with the phoenix, Zedar decided to experiment with the cord in the ruin to see if he could make the spider appear. Monmonnn continued with the water-snakes.
Dara announced that the mobile from Arizona was down, and then that eight minutes were left. There were six mobiles around at this point. But who were they?
Monmonnn the dragon-slaying warlock shouts "3 snakes, a spider, and a golem".
Monmonnn the dragon-slaying warlock shouts "Are we still missing one?".
*For your information: there are 5 mobiles still alive.
Monmonnn finished with the water-snakes, and then came the following announcements.
Monmonnn the dragon-slaying warlock shouts "Snakes down!".
*Monmonnn the dragon-slaying warlock shouts "Golem, Spider, and ???".
Soon, Monmonnn determined that one dwarf had been missed by everyone, making it the third of the three remaining mobiles (the others being the golem and the spider). After Monmonnn saw to it the dwarf was down, two mobiles were left.
After the spider was slain, everyone went to do the ritual to access the place where the golem can be found. Monmonnn went in and brought down the golem.
*You feel as if a tremendous evil has been rid from The Land! No pawns of
darkness sully it with their presence. The relief of generations of souls
floods through your being!
(Persona saved on +3,000 = 62,238).
*A male voice in the distance roars.
*Monmonnn the dragon-slaying warlock cheers.
*cheer
You cheer.
*A male voice in the distance shouts "great".
*Drizzle the wobbly mage cheers.
*Monmonnn the dragon-slaying warlock shouts "Icons at hut!".
*A male voice in the distance shouts "swamp them I'll take the keep treasure".
*Auto-reset initiated, you have 120 seconds to finish up. No further warnings
will be issued!
*Drizzle the wobbly mage yodels "Let there be rejoicing throughout the land!".
Conclusion
So yes, the bash was successful within seconds of the reset warning. People rushed to swamp icons and other treasures left in the hut before the reset, and did what they could before the following happened:
*who
Zedar the necromancer
Monmonnn the dragon-slaying warlock
Dara the warlock
Drizzle the wobbly mage
*Drizzle the wobbly mage yodels "PANIC!!!".
*Monmonnn the dragon-slaying warlock has just arrived.
*Monmonnn the dragon-slaying warlock has just left.
*Something magical is happening.
(Persona saved on 63,614).
And with that, everyone ended up in the tearoom for the post-bash chat. All three of them were pretty satisfied with how the bash turned out. They chatted a bit about some of the events of the bash, and afterward did a bit of speculation on various mobiles and game mechanics.
And so concludes this writeup of the Mobile Bash of August 21st, 2025. It was a pretty close finish, but it still allowed for a small amount of post-bash activity before the reset happened. Once again, as I like to say, one never knows just what might happen during a mobile bash, and that's part of the fun.
Special thanks to Seifer for hosting, and to Dara, Zedar, and Monmonnn for their participation and contributions to this writeup. See you next time!
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