Vana'diel Bestiary: Domovoi  

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"Domovoi was the spirit of the house. His name derived from the word 'dom' which means 'house'. The Slav peasants preferred not to call him by name but chose to simply call him 'grandfather', 'master of the house', 'him' or 'himself'.

Domovoi wasn't often seen but could be heard quite a lot. He was described as having a human shape, but covered in fur. Some even saw him with a tail and horns. Some said that he was an animal like a cat or a dog, or even some hay.

The Domovoi became so attached to his home that the peasant had to lure him into his new home after building his 'izba'. This was done by placing a slice of bread under the stove. The Domovoi enjoyed loving near the stove or at the front door. His wife, named Domovikha or Domania loved living in the cellar.

The Domovoi warned the owners of the house of bad things coming their way. The Slavs could hear him weeping before a death of a family member. He also used to warn the wife that her husband would beat her by pulling on her hair.

The Domovoi only appeared when the Slavs started living as families. Before, there was simply a spirit for the entire village named Rod or Chur.Domovoi was the spirit of the house. His name derived from the word 'dom' which means 'house'. The Slav peasants preferred not to call him by name but chose to simply call him 'grandfather', 'master of the house', 'him' or 'himself'.

Domovoi wasn't often seen but could be heard quite a lot. He was described as having a human shape, but covered in fur. Some even saw him with a tail and horns. Some said that he was an animal like a cat or a dog, or even some hay.

The Domovoi became so attached to his home that the peasant had to lure him into his new home after building his 'izba'. This was done by placing a slice of bread under the stove. The Domovoi enjoyed loving near the stove or at the front door. His wife, named Domovikha or Domania loved living in the cellar.

The Domovoi warned the owners of the house of bad things coming their way. The Slavs could hear him weeping before a death of a family member. He also used to warn the wife that her husband would beat her by pulling on her hair.

The Domovoi only appeared when the Slavs started living as families. Before, there was simply a spirit for the entire village named Rod or Chur."

Whoever knew FFXI had so much Slavic mythology. Polevik, Dvorovoi, Domovoi, Leshy, Vodyanoi and Ovinnik.

that is the funnest picture i have ever seen

Ok here is my experience

DRK/WAR
RNG/NIN
WAR/NIN
WHM/SMN (me)
RDM/WHM
BRD/WHM
The DRK pulls the Dvorovoi with something light (we used poison) to the BRD who waits near the entrance. s the DRK is running the RNG (Blinked) Pulled out the dvorovoi(sp?)and takes his 2-3 free hits at which time the WAR/NIN vokes (also blinked). The DRK has joined the battle by now. My job (WHM) is to keep the melee alive while the RDM keeps the BRD alive (CONVERT IS NECESSARY). Once old blackie is dead the RNG just pulls the Domovois one by one. Oh yea the Melee sits on the other side and I sit near the middle incase the RDM needs help with pulling.
We did it 6 times w/o a single problem. The RDM even D/ced for almost a minutes and we did fine!
3 erase (HELL YEA!)
2 phalanx
4 ice spikes
Pretty much it (like 3 refresh)

When I was prior lvl 40 and prepping for this pwnage I was told by many BCNM 40 victors that it was absolutely necissary to have 2 healers and a true tank. NOT TRUE. Let me explain how simple this was that it could've been accomplished by 5 people. Myself 43DRK/WAR decided to get a crew assembled and take this BCNM on. My RL buddy (Bartleo 52BRD/WHM) has won several of these BCNM bouts and told me that we had no need for a true tank. So, the party consisted of this:
DRK/WAR
DRK/WAR
SAM/WAR
WHM/BLM
BLM/WHM
BRD/WHM
Basically it was very easy both times we went. First fight I died from the initial Flood because nobody saw it coming but was raised towards the end of battle and emerged victorious.
2nd stab we took at this horde was a cake walk. here was the setup. I (DRK/WAR) ran up to the mob and drew attention while the BRD/WHM followed. once they swarmed me the BRD/WHM played horde lullaby on the bunch and slept em all. I immediatly awoke the black mandy along with the SAM and other DRK. SAM meditated to 300% tp prior to battle and waited for myself and the other DRK to gain 100% to skillchain with (SC was Tachi: Enpi > SLice for Distortion) while myself the BLM and other DRK MB'ed with Blizzard. Repeated that process until the black mandy died then picked the other mandy's off one by one as the BRD kept attecntion on himself with lullaby and the WHM healed him he healed himself and the BLM/WHM healed us when necissary. in all the 2nd battle took only 16 minutes and some odd seconds. If we had RNG to replace one of the DRK's it woulda took about 10 minutes. Moral of this post is, You absolutely do NOT need a true tank or a true 2nd healer.

Phoenix Server: Phabien
Linkshell: SilentAssassins (The best ls on PHX)
43DRK 30BLM 21WAR 15RDM 10WHM 8BST
BCNM40 crew: Phabien Bartleo Krix Rawls Xanders Angeleyez

This BCNM is damn easy with the right group. This is the usual static party I have: Drk, Paly, Brd, Rdm, Whm, Rng.

Ok now onto how to beat this guy. Have your Paly run in and get Agro. Then have your Brd cast Lullaby on all of the White ones. Use your Rdm to heal Brd. Use Whm to heal the Paly, Drk and Rng (since their gonna be taking the brunt of the damage).

Your main focus is to kill the black one first, then pull the white ones one by ones away from the Brd. (note: DO NOT ATTACK THE WHITE ONE IN FRONT OF YOUR BRD. as it is the main one he casts lullaby on)

Have the Paly tank and use Sentinel, while the Drk uses; Beserk, Last Resort, (use Soul eater on the Last one if you wish) The Rng just attacks as he would any other mob. The black one casts flood which ABSOLUTLY has to be stopped. The most effective way to do this is have Drk cast Stun. This always stops it.

The main difficulty of this fight is of course keeping the white ones asleep, keeping the Brd. alive, maintaining good MP levels and having the Paly keep hate (although it's really not that much of an issue)

Just take your time and follow the steps I have written above and this will be a cake walk. I have done this BCNM 7 times and have never died.

The drops are pretty good especially: Phalanx (100k) Erase (300k) and Utsusemi Nichi (120K)

Edited, Fri May 21 13:16:01 2004

Some thoughts on this battle.

First of all, the drops that I know of for a fact, are:

Scroll: Utsusemi: Ni
Scroll: Erase
Scroll: Phalanx
Enhancing Earring
Gold Beastcoin
Mythril Beastcoin
Survival Belt

Recommended party (In my humble opinion)

Drk/???
Rng/Nin
Pld/War
Whm/Blm
Brd/Whm
Sam/War

Really, the only necessities I would say would be the PLD, RNG, and BRD. You could probably substitute the Whm/Blm, for a Rdm/Whm.

Fight the black one first, have the PLD rush the entire group first, with the BRD being right behind the PLD after he gets aggro. Then horde lullaby. Have the PLD target the black one "Dvorovoi", and have him ready to provoke once the RNG pulls it to the side.

Once the RNG wakes it up, PLD provoke, and try to tank like he's never tanked before, otherwise the RNG can and probably WILL die. While this battle is going on, the BRD will have a new target for horde lullaby (Generally the in the middle of all the other Domovoi's). Once they wake up, the BRD will simply sleep them all again. If one happens to wake up early, simply Foe Lullaby it. Unfortunately, now the sync-timing for sleep will be disrupted, so what we did was let the singular awake-mob attack the bard until the rest woke up, then horde lullaby again, to have them all sleep-sync'd again.

Once the black one is defeated, move onto the next target (Do NOT pull the one that's RED. This is the BRD's Horde Lullaby target. Select a new one, with it's name in yellow). Repeat battle just like before.

Also, during the first battle with the black one "Dvorovoi", he may occasionally cast Flood, if this happens, simply have the DRK cast stun. Problem solved.

Now, for foods, have the BRD, WHM, and PLD consume Yagudo Drinks. BRD & PLD should also be consuming Boiled Crab for Defense. WHM can use Orange Juice for more MP. The WHM, DRK should also consume poison potions once the fight begins.

You don't want your DRK sleeping during Flood. :/

I hope this helps!

Edited, Wed Apr 28 18:48:49 2004

Name: Reality 
75RNG 75WAR 75BRD 
63MNK 61THF 60BST 
52DRK 37SAM 37NIN 
37WHM 
+++++ +++++ +++++

enough w/ the cute and cuddly stuff, how bout some actual tips on how to do this???

Those things are not friendly at all lemme tell you.