Laggy fight.

[Lurker]

Yakumo the Vampire is standing here. Malak the Salamander is standing some distance ahead of you. A lay druid is standing some distance behind you.
You take the corpse of an agile footpad.
Yakumo the Vampire slashes at a lay druid with his very sharp claws, but misses.
appr drui
You'll have to retreat first.
A lay druid wields a quality iron fist.
claw drui
Malak the Salamander ponders.
Yakumo the Vampire slashes at a lay druid with his very sharp claws! 60 points of damage! A lay druid screams, "Kiss my grits, Grendel-spawn!" and then dies.
l sky
The sky is filled with fluffy clouds. A barely perceptible breeze gusts occasionally from the south. It's rather cold.
The sun is up, shedding its light over the land.
[Success: 376, Roll: 57] You slash at a lay druid with your strong claws, but miss.
Yakumo the Vampire blinks.
Yakumo the Vampire says, "Ouch"
say ah, the sun up...
You mutter, "ah, the sun up..."
115 points of damage!
Yakumo the Vampire blinks.
blink
You blink.
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say uh, where'd that come from ?
Yakumo the Vampire asks, "Uh?"
You mutter, "uh, where'd that come from ?"

damage from nowhere.

[Lurker]

Yakumo the Vampire is standing here. Malak the Salamander is standing some distance ahead of you.
Something tingles at the back of your consciousness.
Yakumo the Vampire sighs.
Yakumo the Vampire tries to heal Yakumo the Vampire, but misses, accidently healing a nearby flea.
Yakumo the Vampire tries to heal Yakumo the Vampire, but misses, accidently healing a nearby flea.
Malak the Salamander takes off, soaring into the air.
Malak the Salamander growls, "tinglies"
Malak the Salamander ponders.
Flem the Imp looks surprised as she stumbles out of her hiding place.
appr flem
You move toward Flem the Imp.
A knight reeking of goodness stops wielding a supreme iron fist.
A knight reeking of goodness wields a great iron fist.
A knight reeking of goodness begins to move toward Yakumo the Vampire.
A tricky footpad begins to move toward Yakumo the Vampire.
A puny swashbuckler begins to move toward Yakumo the Vampire.
You stop next to her.
claw flem
A knight reeking of goodness stops next to Yakumo the Vampire.
A tricky footpad stops next to Yakumo the Vampire.
A puny swashbuckler stops next to Yakumo the Vampire.
Malak the Salamander breathes hot steam at a puny swashbuckler, but only succeeds in warming the air.
say argh
retreat
You mutter, "argh"
retreat
You are in the middle of something.
retreat
You are in the middle of something.
Yakumo the Vampire says, "Oh no"
You retreat.
Malak the Salamander breathes hot steam at a puny swashbuckler, but only succeeds in warming the air.
Malak the Salamander breathes hot steam at a puny swashbuckler, but only succeeds in warming the air.
Malak the Salamander breathes hot steam at a puny swashbuckler, but only succeeds in warming the air.
Malak the Salamander breathes hot steam at a puny swashbuckler, but only succeeds in warming the air.
appr kn
You are in the middle of something.
Flem the Imp is stunned.
Yakumo the Vampire creates a localized thunderclap, which stuns Flem the Imp!
Yakumo the Vampire retreats.
appr kn
Yakumo the Vampire tries to stun Flem the Imp with sound, but fails. Now you know what one hand clapping sounds like.
You are in the middle of something.
Flem the Imp slashes at Yakumo the Vampire with her very sharp claws, but misses.
Yakumo the Vampire tries to stun Flem the Imp with sound, but fails. Now you know what one hand clapping sounds like.
Yakumo the Vampire tries to stun Flem the Imp with sound, but fails. Now you know what one hand clapping sounds like.
Yakumo the Vampire creates a localized thunderclap, which stuns Flem the Imp!
A tricky footpad tries to stab Yakumo the Vampire with his iron spike, but misses.
A puny swashbuckler tries to slice Yakumo the Vampire with his short sword, but misses.
A knight reeking of goodness tries to krush Yakumo the Vampire with her iron fist, but misses.
A tricky footpad tries to stab Yakumo the Vampire with his iron spike, but misses.
A puny swashbuckler tries to slice Yakumo the Vampire with his short sword, but misses.
A puny swashbuckler tries to slice Yakumo the Vampire with his short sword, but misses.
Yakumo the Vampire roars a final time before dying.
<Yakumo the Vampire is delivered into Grendel's embrace!>
A knight reeking of goodness tries to krush Yakumo the Vampire with her iron fist, but misses.
A tricky footpad tries to stab Yakumo the Vampire with his iron spike, but misses.
A puny swashbuckler tries to slice Yakumo the Vampire with his short sword, but misses.
A tricky footpad tries to stab Yakumo the Vampire with his iron spike, but misses.
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A puny swashbuckler tries to slice Yakumo the Vampire with his short sword, but misses.
Malak the Salamander growls, "ugly first!"
Flem the Imp slashes at Yakumo the Vampire with her very sharp claws! Yakumo the Vampire roars a final time before dying.
[Success: 620, Roll: 491] You slash at Flem the Imp with your strong claws, but miss.
Flem the Imp slashes at Yakumo the Vampire with her very sharp claws, but misses.
A knight reeking of goodness krushes Yakumo the Vampire with her iron fist! 116 points of damage! 21 points of damage! Yakumo the Vampire roars a final time before dying.
Yakumo the Vampire roars a final time before dying.
A tricky footpad stabs Yakumo the Vampire with his iron spike! 117 points of damage! Yakumo the Vampire roars a final time before dying.
98 points of damage! Yakumo the Vampire roars a final time before dying.
93 points of damage! Yakumo the Vampire roars a final time before dying.
49 points of damage! Yakumo the Vampire roars a final time before dying.
75 points of damage! Yakumo the Vampire roars a final time before dying.
Malak the Salamander breathes hot steam at a puny swashbuckler, but only succeeds in warming the air.
tell malak [delayed action]
Flem the Imp is no longer stunned.
You mutter to Malak the Salamander, "[delayed action]"
Flem the Imp begins to move toward you.
Flem the Imp begins to move toward you.
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A tricky footpad begins to move toward Flem the Imp.
A puny swashbuckler begins to move toward Flem the Imp.
123 points of damage! A tricky footpad yells, "Over my dead body!" followed by a much quieter, "Oops!".
Malak the Salamander breathes a stream of fire at a puny swashbuckler, a knight reeking of goodness, and a tricky footpad.
A knight reeking of goodness begins to move toward Flem the Imp.
A puny swashbuckler begins to move toward Flem the Imp.
Flem the Imp begins to move toward you.
A knight reeking of goodness begins to move toward Flem the Imp.
A puny swashbuckler begins to move toward Flem the Imp.
Flem the Imp begins to move toward you.
retreat
A knight reeking of goodness begins to move toward Flem the Imp.
A puny swashbuckler begins to move toward Flem the Imp.
A puny swashbuckler stops next to Flem the Imp.
You are not next to anything.
A puny swashbuckler stops next to Flem the Imp.
A knight reeking of goodness stops next to Flem the Imp.
A puny swashbuckler stops next to Flem the Imp.
A knight reeking of goodness stops next to Flem the Imp.
A puny swashbuckler stops next to Flem the Imp.
A knight reeking of goodness stops next to Flem the Imp.
Flem the Imp stops next to you.
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Flem the Imp stops next to you.
You'll have to retreat first.
Flem the Imp stops next to you.
Flem the Imp stops next to you.
182 points of damage! 141 points of damage! Yakumo the Vampire roars a final time before dying.
Yakumo the Vampire roars a final time before dying.
Flem the Imp giggles.
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Flem the Imp takes off, soaring into the air.
tell flem are you close enough to me ?
Flem the Imp sighs.
You mutter to Flem the Imp, "are you close enough to me ?"
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A puny swashbuckler and a knight reeking of goodness are standing here. Flem the Imp is standing some distance ahead to your left. Malak the Salamander is flying around above you some distance ahead of you.
Malak the Salamander opens his mouth and breathes fire on a puny swashbuckler, a knight reeking of goodness and you! And you thought your breath was bad... 60 points of damage!
d
You walk to a lair entrance, downwards.

You arrive at a lair entrance. A Skeleton warrior named Pin, a Skeleton warrior named Basher, a Skeleton warrior named Skeeve, a Skeleton warrior named North guard, a Skeleton grunt named Blurp, Kalynne the Vampire, and Caelyth the Mummy are here. You see an opening to the north, to the east, to the south, and to the west; and a prairie leading upwards.
[Success: 883, Roll: 161] Flem the Imp slashes at you with her painful claws, but misses.
[Success: 883, Roll: 695] Flem the Imp slashes at you with her painful claws, but misses.
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Flem the Imp is flying around above you some distance ahead to your left. Malak the Salamander is flying around above you some distance ahead of you.
Caelyth the Mummy tries to charge a trap, but botches the attempt.
[Success: 883, Roll: 125] Flem the Imp slashes at you with her painful claws, but misses.
Caelyth the Mummy tries to charge a trap, but botches the attempt.
<Yakumo the Vampire grumbles: AAHHHH!!>
Caelyth the Mummy tries to charge a trap, but botches the attempt.
Caelyth the Mummy tries to charge a trap, but botches the attempt.
A Skeleton warrior named North guard mumbles something.
grumble aye
A Skeleton warrior named Pin yawns.
<You grumble: aye>
Caelyth the Mummy successfully charges a trap.
Yakumo the Vampire offers you a food ration.
A Skeleton warrior named Pin yawns.
Caelyth the Mummy begins to examine an opening closely.
Yakumo the Vampire says, "Take it please."
Caelyth the Mummy finishes examining an opening.
Caelyth the Mummy begins to examine an opening closely.

[kaoslace]

heh Yak died a couple more times above the surface after you left. Sorry Yak, I killed you like ten times with splash. heh, that was fun.

[vorsak]

My favorite was how sneak approached you taking you by surprise and attacked before you knew what was going on................or at least that should have happened, but the lag slowed it down beyond me so that I saw that you stunned me and then lureky approached me and attacked all in the time it took for me to approach and attack.......then you went down the lair...and died 200 times or something....all during me being stunned.....that was just a horrible laggy battle. :(

lag needs to be fixed for combat at least :/

[Dissent]

I've beaten my personal best today: 39 simultaneous deaths by lag. The life counter stopped counting at about -1400 hp. I think I had gotten about three screens of approaches by the one spawn group before all hell broke loose.

I had sent a few tracerts in, and the reply said that the problem was likely to be in the Skotos server itself. Any progress?