The Rag Man's More Powerful Ultimate Form / Discussion

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GoldS 26 Feb 2012 01:01

First fight

MISSED FIRST ROUND TEXT (So don't take the HP count as meaningful)

You punch the Rag Man, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 22 damage, but the Rag Man slips past all of the damage.
The Rag Man dives away from you, all but vanishing in the writhing material of his cape.

You move seamlessly into another strike, slashing across the Rag Man for 40 damage.
Streamers of tattered cloth drift behind The Rag Man, latching onto you and burrowing into you for 34 damage.

The Rag Man continues bleeding from the jagged wounds, taking 2 damage.

You've been beaten to hell!

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Second fight

You lead with a strong jab for 33 damage.
The Rag Man slips past you, the shadow of his cape slicing into you like razors for 15 damage.

You slam into the Rag Man and deal 19 damage before he can fend off the attack, but he ducks behind cover, which absorbs all of the damage.
The Rag Man dives for cover.

You punch the Rag Man, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 34 damage.

You move seamlessly into another strike, slashing across the Rag Man for 40 damage.

The Rag Man continues bleeding from the jagged wounds, taking 9 damage.

You've won the battle!

You learned a new Technique: Ragged Tendrils

You found: 4 piles of clean rags

You've earned 1 XP in Perception
You've earned 3 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 2 XP in Strength
You've earned 2 XP in Will

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Forgot to record player stats. Oops. At least I managed to get this.

Last edited on 26 Feb 2012 01:07 by GoldS Show more

Valmo 26 Feb 2012 01:12

First fight:

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You tear at the Rag Man for 11 damage.
The Rag Man slips past you, the shadow of his cape slicing into you like razors for 14 damage.

The Rag Man dives for cover.

The Rag Man dives away from you, all but vanishing in the writhing material of his cape.

Streamers of tattered cloth drift far behind The Rag Man, wrapping around you and burrowing into you for 33 damage.

The Rag Man throws open his cape. A wave of fire inexplicably billows out, scorching you for 37 damage.

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Gone fishin', be back at dark-thirty!

bigalphillips 26 Feb 2012 03:22

No luck:

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Power
10 Etheric Power
14 Melee Power
-2 Ranged Power

Defense
12 Etheric Defense
12 Melee Defense
-2 Ranged Defense

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You dive away from the Rag Man, all but vanishing in the writhing material of your cape.
The Rag Man dives away from you, all but vanishing in the writhing material of his cape.

You reach out and cut deeply into the Rag Man for 15 damage, but he ducks behind cover, which absorbs all of the damage.
The Rag Man dives for cover.

You punch the Rag Man, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 19 damage.
The Rag Man slips past you, the shadow of his cape slicing into you like razors for 2 damage.

You close on the Rag Man, then jab him for 29 damage.

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You dive away from the Rag Man, all but vanishing in the writhing material of your cape.
The Rag Man slips past you, the shadow of his cape slicing into you like razors for 4 damage, but you slip past all of the damage.

You reach out and cut deeply into the Rag Man for 19 damage, but he ducks behind cover, which absorbs all but 6 damage.
The Rag Man dives for cover.

You punch the Rag Man, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 22 damage, but the Rag Man slips past all but 2 damage.
The Rag Man dives away from you, all but vanishing in the writhing material of his cape.

You jab at the Rag Man for 20 damage.
Streamers of tattered cloth drift far behind The Rag Man, wrapping around you and burrowing into you for 21 damage.

The Rag Man throws open his cape. A wave of fire inexplicably billows out, scorching you for 33 damage.

You've been beaten to hell!

xKiv 26 Feb 2012 15:30

And here's a log of mine, on tainted shoreline:

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A deep, threatening laugh echoes through the alley you're passing through. The writhing shape of rags and shadows hovers, waiting patiently for you to turn around and prepare yourself before it swoops towards you.

- Entry 168 -
9 Etheric Power, 2 Evasion Power, 9 Melee Power, 1 Ranged Power, 23 Stealth Power
6 Etheric Defense, 2 Melee Defense, 2 Stealth Defense, -4 Ranged Defense,
+8 Perception, +19 Reflexes, +6 Will
Slightly Increased Chance of Choice Encounters, Moderately Increased Fishing Yield, 1 Bonus Eclipse Duration, 2 First Aid

You snap and take the Rag Man off guard, slashing into him for 47 damage.
The shadows surrounding you come alive and cut into you for 24 damage.

You set a contraption to channel electricity into the Rag Man, dealing 30 damage.

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You set a contraption to channel electricity into the Rag Man, dealing 43 damage.
The shadows surrounding you come alive and cut into you for 32 damage.

You lunge at the Rag Man like a serpent, taking him off-guard and dealing 38 damage.

You lash out suddenly and grab the Rag Man, squeezing down for 48 damage.

You've won the battle!
You learned a new Technique: Ragged Tendrils
You found: 4 piles of clean rags
After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 3 hit points.
You've earned 3 XP in Perception
You've earned 2 XP in Strength
You've earned 3 XP in Will

Magnifico 26 Feb 2012 16:00

It looks to me like his "The shadows surrounding you come alive and cut into you for 24 damage" move triggers vs. Stealth attacks.

penguinpyro 10 May 2012 01:32

So, the cape alternates between this guy and original recipe rag man for me. Tried killing him with the replica sword (won from the matsuo tv show), did nothing, I think.

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Writing for the long-neglected GOC Casefiles canon.

penguinpyro 26 May 2012 02:28

Alright, tried fighting rag man with these items and effects active. Thematically, both matsuo and ravens are associated with this dude, so I loaded up on that stuff.

Items:
Guard Helm
Replica Sword
Genuine Raven Feather
Rag Man's Cape
Containment Suit Pants
Raven's Eyes

Dark Wind
Channeling Matsuo
Nostalgic Movements
Personal Certainty
Industrial Mohawk
Channeling Matsuo
Ocean Song
On The Prowl
Ocean Sight

I also had three instances of the Raven's Eyes technique, one of which I acquired the same day. All fights took place in the Tainted Shoreline.

Three things I noticed:

1) I used a raven's feather with this outfit raven feather equipped, right after killing the Rag Man. Ended up with 21 energy of Dark wind, where it says the feather still gave me 20. That means that killing the Rag man with Raven's eyes probably gives one energy of Dark Wind.

2) The Ultimate Rag man (not sure about vanilla form) is immune to Ragged Tendrils. This was utterly unopposed.

You call up streamers of tattered cloth, but the Rag Man slips them with a grace that would do Matsuo proud.

3) I had to fight the Rag Man every five energy or so for five encounters (the frequency went down after I lost a fight to Ultimate RM, though). I suspect it's the raven's eyes, but I got constant fights with a fishing rod instead of the sword and strange watch instead of raven's eyes. It could well be the raven's eyes technique I acquired earlier. Reaaaally weird.

There was no weirdness otherwise. Raven's eyes did nothing special to either form (and I believe Ultimate Rag Man is particularly resistant to etheric, actually).

So, more spading is required! I'm going to try successfully killing him with these same buffs and the raven's eyes technique (I kind of failed due to the ragged tendrils doing jack shit).

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Last edited on 26 May 2012 02:51 by penguinpyro Show more

bigalphillips 26 May 2012 03:27

Hm, cool text for the Tendrils. It would be neat to test if you get the same message in PvP vs. someone with Channeling Matsuo active.

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21 Etheric Power
3 Evasion Power
4 Melee Power
-2 Ranged Power
2 Stealth Power
2 Power to Techniques Using Will

Defense
15 Etheric Defense
5 Fire Defense
2 Melee Defense
-4 Ranged Defense

You inhale, then breathe a cloud of sparkling motes on the Rag Man. He shivers, chilled to the core for 37 damage, but the Rag Man slips past all but 18 damage.
The Rag Man dives away from you, all but vanishing in the writhing material of his cape.

You momentarily rise into the air.
Streamers of tattered cloth drift behind The Rag Man, latching onto you and burrowing into you for 6 damage.

You give the Rag Man the Evil Eye and he bursts into flames. The malefic green fire deals him 25 damage.
The Rag Man throws open his cape. A wave of fire inexplicably billows out, scorching you for 17 damage.

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You inhale, then breathe a cloud of sparkling motes on the Rag Man. He shivers, chilled to the core for 35 damage, but the Rag Man slips past all but 21 damage.
The Rag Man dives away from you, all but vanishing in the writhing material of his cape.

You dive and tumble like an action hero.
The Rag Man dives for cover.

You give the Rag Man the Evil Eye and he bursts into flames. The malefic green fire deals him 25 damage.
The Rag Man slips past you, the shadow of his cape slicing into you like razors for 2 damage.

You've won the battle!

You learned a new Technique: Ragged Tendrils

You found:  4 piles of clean rags

You've earned 2 XP in Strength 

You've earned 6 XP in Will 

15 Etheric Power
3 Evasion Power
4 Melee Power
-2 Ranged Power
2 Stealth Power
2 Power to Techniques Using Will

15 Etheric Power
3 Evasion Power
4 Melee Power
-2 Ranged Power
2 Stealth Power
2 Power to Techniques Using Will

You inhale, then breathe a cloud of sparkling motes on the Rag Man. He shivers, chilled to the core for 27 damage, but the Rag Man slips past all but 13 damage.
The Rag Man dives away from you, all but vanishing in the writhing material of his cape.

You dive and tumble like an action hero.
Streamers of tattered cloth drift behind The Rag Man, latching onto you and burrowing into you for 7 damage.

You give the Rag Man the evil eye, but not much seems to happen.
The Rag Man throws open his cape. A wave of fire inexplicably billows out, scorching you for 20 damage.

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You give the Rag Man the evil eye, but not much seems to happen.
The Rag Man throws open his cape. A wave of fire inexplicably billows out, scorching you for 18 damage.

You dive away from the Rag Man, all but vanishing in the writhing material of your cape.

You hurl a handful of unmelting snowflakes at the Rag Man. He looks chilled, but uninjured.
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You hurl a handful of unmelting snowflakes at the Rag Man. He looks chilled, but uninjured.
Streamers of tattered cloth extend from his cape, grasping at you for 4 damage.

You dive away from the Rag Man, all but vanishing in the writhing material of your cape.
The Rag Man throws open his cape. A wave of fire inexplicably billows out, but you avoid the worst of it.

You give the Rag Man the evil eye, but not much seems to happen.
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You hurl a handful of unmelting snowflakes at the Rag Man. He looks chilled, but uninjured.
The Rag Man dives for cover.

You dive away from the Rag Man, all but vanishing in the writhing material of your cape.
The Rag Man dives away from you, all but vanishing in the writhing material of his cape.

You give the Rag Man the evil eye, but not much seems to happen.
Streamers of tattered cloth drift far behind The Rag Man, wrapping around you and burrowing into you for 16 damage.
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You give the Rag Man the evil eye, but not much seems to happen.
The Rag Man throws open his cape. A wave of fire inexplicably billows out, scorching you for 16 damage.

Last edited on 16 Dec 2013 03:59 by bigalphillips Show more

penguinpyro 27 May 2012 00:08

Alright, successfully killed Ultimate Rag Man with Raven's Eyes tech and the outfit and effects in my last post, no special effect, got normal rag man later. =/

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Arkaim 13 Nov 2016 20:45

You give the Rag Man the Evil Eye and he bursts into flames. The malefic green fire deals him 23 etheric damage, but the Rag Man slips past all of the damage.
The Rag Man dives away from you, all but vanishing in the writhing material of his cape.