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Some suggestions to the game in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #18
I think FroBozz accidentally transposed 3 and 4. It just doesn't make sense otherwise.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
BoA Webring? in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #1
That would require making a bunch, (or at least a few), new sites. I don't think that a bunch of graphic databases are going to be much fun.

We should wait right up until right before the release and then do it, just to get a better idea of what we're working with. (Walkthroughs, script ideas, maps, and stuff.)

Of course, it isn't a bad idea to link any graphic databases together now.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Combat in scenarios in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #34
Geez, how off topic is that?

Imban, how do you sleep at night? You make them all MU's or what?

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Combat in scenarios in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #29
I find having less than 5 units (PC's) gives me less tactical options, but that's just because I'm used to more. I can't use bruisers that do flanking while using summoned monsters as fodder betwixt my (usually 4 in Exile) MU's and enemy fighters.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #159
I find the EZboards make me wretch and puke.

They must be the ugliest things to ever burn my eyes. And the Popups annoy the living crap out of me.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #153
Did he announce it? :(

I must have been gone a few days too long.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Another quick BoA Status report. in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #12
I tried to play through that once. I used a 1-PC megaparty, and got stuck at one of the last tests. (Darn reuniting nodes.)

Perhaps I can get back the way I came…

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Leaders of the Empire? in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #151
Speaking of the arena, I haven't been able to get in.

The Library of Ermarian also seems to be down. (Don't correct my spelling.)

Before I check the Desperance main, is there a major problem at Desp?

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Another quick BoA Status report. in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #5
I've had a nifty little idea for multiple explosions for BoE.

Place invisible monsters over blocked terrain, and have an "Explosion on space" node, with a large enough radius to get all of them.

It would also do damage to the party, but that just adds to the realism.

I think I'll go test that…

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
BoA Graphics Contest?? in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #16
Terrains? Oh. The original avernum doesn't have a terrain graphix file or files. Or at least I haven't found any.

I haven't even got the Avernum 2 or 3 demos.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
General Questions in General
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Member # 1768
Profile #13
In reference to the Spiral Crypt, E1 has no portals, slopes, levers, or doodads. It simply has a barrier (likely put there by fleeing humans) and many corpses (sliths, or slith-like monsters) outside the barrier and (humans) inside the barrier.

And it has darkness. And its creepy.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY ALL!!!!!!! in General
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Member # 1768
Profile #34
Did you say wide? Did you mean long?

Otherwise, that's more like a missile. Or a torpedo.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
killing rentar in General
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Member # 1768
Profile #11
I think she just goes back to whereever she came from. Descending into the depths of Exile and plotting a whole new demise for the surface world, or just humans in general.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
What feature that the Avernum series lacked would you most like to see in BoA? in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #125
It sounds downright naughty.

A rating betwixt "PG" and "R". I've got the dilemma of feeling guilty and rating a scenario an exaggerated "R", or a misleading-and-harmless-sounding "PG".

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Grad 2003!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 1768
Profile #26
You scare me, you scare me like a 50-ton (that's not metric) elephant barreling down on me like a train.

TM scares me, too. He's a Marxist caught in Democratic nation, in a Catholic school, none the less.

But Alec doesn't have to worry about being caught with a blunt, some Canadians are about to make pot legal.

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I want my Desert Plah back, (Drakey, check your PM's.)

"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Will the BoA Scenarios like the BoE? in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #2
I doubt very many people know whether the above scenarios will be used for BoA. However, I think it would be better if Jeff got his writer's mind greased and wrote three new scenarios. Probably what he's doing.

They might just use the converter to convert the three originals to BoA scenarios like *that* anyway. (* means I'm snapping my fingers.) :P

That is, if they go through with the converter idea. That would be tough.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
My latest Erika Graphic in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #19
Anybody care to look at her fingers that are holding the ball?

Don't they look…odd?

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Make kills from your summons give you experience? in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #8
You already get experiance from when a friendly kills a hostile. But not nearly as much.

I think summoning is useful when up against a particularly annoying sort of mage, and you need to provide him w/extra targets. Though I've never gotten very many monsters from summoning in Avernum.

Exile, on the other hand, can provide you with Ghasts, which are very effective.

And also:

quote:
Originally posted by cheesemeister:
[QB]for example it could be that summoning has a % chance of success just like physical attacks have a % to hit and cause damage you could do this with offensive spells as well, think about it: when flinging an ice lance at someone they arnt going to sit there and take it square on the nose... "argh an ice lance *duck*"...QB]
Ya see that? That's where you lost me. That whole extended sentance there confuses the heck out of me.

[ Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:43: Message edited by: Desert Plah ]

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
karma in General
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Member # 1768
Profile #1
Some people feel that they have to give everybody they meet that they think sounds or smells bad a really bad rating.

It's only the younger ones though. (Not all of the younger ones.)

It's usually an average betwixt the 5 ratings and the 1 ratings, seeing as people usually don't give anything else.

[ Wednesday, May 14, 2003 03:45: Message edited by: Desert Plah ]

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I want my Desert Plah back, (Drakey, check your PM's.)

"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
In this thread, I take off my pants in General
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Member # 1768
Profile #4
Ditto, and (in 70's speak) "Right on!"

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I want my Desert Plah back, (Drakey, check your PM's.)

"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Hybrids Anonymous or How to Differentiate an Opaki from a Choirboy in General
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Member # 1768
Profile #61
And why is it assumed that the Nephar are rejected from Nephil, or even regarded as less?

Their society ranking is most likely rated on strength/warriorship, and the Nephar beat the Nephil at that.

Almost like a Native American thing. (Rain dances, rain dances, rain dances, rain dances, rain dances.)

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
What World Leader to like best. in General
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Member # 1768
Profile #8
I don't even know who the hek Mohammed Oma is.

If I had a better choice, I would go with Abraham Lincoln. (Or possibly Boris Yeltsin. :P )

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I want my Desert Plah back, (Drakey, check your PM's.)

"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Spell stuff in BoA in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #14
I think that acid spraying should be limited to items and monsters.

There is no immunity to acid, (so far in Exile, haven't tested Avernum), and you need items to resist and cure it.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Political Jokes in General
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Member # 1768
Profile #23
*cough* com *cough* mie!

IMAGE(tongue03.gif)

Just because they have opposing viewpoints, and smell funny, doesn't make them morons. After all, half the protesters don't have anything better to do. (Notice I said half .)

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00
Muskets? in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 1768
Profile #5
quote:
arquebuses
What?

They already have rapiers.

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"Oh, North Wind, why frighten others?
In Nature's family all are brothers.
Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss;
You can't frighten Shingebiss.
Bring your frost and ice and snow;
I'm still free to come and go.
You can never frighten me,
One who never fears is FREE!"
-Shingebiss, the mighty duck
Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00

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