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Identify the drawings. in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, August 23 2005 08:35 Profile Homepage #68
These stick figures are very fun. Since there is such a backlog of requests, I am going to use my amazing artistic abilities to draw even more basic pictures:
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And here is everybody else who requested a picture:
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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
goodbye people in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, August 23 2005 07:54 Profile Homepage #21
lol

20 replies and nobody mentioned that in half of his posts this guy was asking for cracks. I can guess what forum he went to, but posting a link here would break the code of conduct. :)

[ Tuesday, August 23, 2005 07:55: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Putting items into cabinets in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, August 18 2005 12:05 Profile Homepage #1
I think you can't. Once something is out of the cabinet, it will never go back in.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Putting items into cabinets in Geneforge
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, August 18 2005 12:05 Profile Homepage #1
I think you can't. Once something is out of the cabinet, it will never go back in.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Limoncelli in Exile II in The Exile Trilogy
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, August 18 2005 11:59 Profile Homepage #1
Are you sure you don't have the reward already? (Just in case, double-check your spell list.) Another suggestion is to try all possible keywords ("mission", "reward", etc.)

[ Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:59: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
any chance of.... in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, August 18 2005 10:25 Profile Homepage #13
quote:
Originally written by Icshi:

I love the startup music to Avernum 3, Geneforge, and Geneforge 3. I once wasted a long afternoon trying to create soundclips in a format playable by Quicktime by digging around in the data files with ResEdit and/or ResFool. No luck. Phooey.
Have you tried just using Sound Recorder (or whatever the equivalent utility is called on a Mac) to record the intro while it was playing? (Play with settings to make it record the sound going to speakers, rather than the sound coming from mike.) Or maybe it was Real Jukebox. I don't remember what recording program I used for similar purpose.

As for Exile/Avernum MMORPG, I am not a big fan of MMORRPGs in general, so I am not sure I'd play it even if somebody was insane enough to make it.

[ Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:28: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
how to obtain both Greta and Alwan after Harmony Island in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, August 18 2005 10:16 Profile Homepage #15
Some advice to gain more cash:

1. Sell item enchantments. You'll need most powerful enchantments for your artifacts, but putting a fire resistance on every piece of armor is just a waste of cash. Don't use an enchantment unless you are planning to use the item for a long time.

2. Sell most gems and crystals. You can keep a couple gems and crystals for wand-making, but most of them can be safely sold.

3. Sell equipment that is not useful to your character. If you have a very good shield that you are happy with, you don't need a dozen other shields. Sure, a shield of cold resistance might come in handy, but are you really going to go back, searching through all 5 islands for it when you need it?

4. Go back to areas you've cleared and pick up all the loot you've missed. (If you are truely desperate, pick up every shirt and potted plant. :) )

That's all I can think of for now.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Testing Grounds and Sea Cave in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, August 18 2005 10:06 Profile Homepage #6
Level 18 might be a bit early to deal with them. I personally didn't do the advanced test until I was done with Dhonal's Island. You might be able to pass it earlier, but gaining a few levels is a good idea anyway.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
mandrake tincture in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, August 18 2005 10:03 Profile Homepage #1
Schrodinger has the list of ingredients in his faq: http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/game/928999.html

(Scroll down to recipe section.)

There are plenty of Mandrake Tinctures and Demon Biles in the game. (I had about half a dozen by the end of Dhonal's Island.) The problem is that other ingredients are very hard to find.

[ Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:04: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Statistics Keep the Turtles Happy in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, August 17 2005 19:45 Profile Homepage #13
I guess Zaiu and Zeviz both are short words that start with Z and sound vaguely Russian. But it was still amusing to be confused with Dolphin. :)

EDIT: Why is it time for new name? I like your current one. It has sufficiently large proportion of Zs. :)

PS: Editing in responces to avoid increasing postcount and taking conversation off topic seems appropriate for this thread.

[ Wednesday, August 17, 2005 19:55: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
best class for first timer in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, August 17 2005 19:08 Profile Homepage #8
How many creations you make depends on your style of player. I did pretty well with only 2 cryoras for a long time. If you make less creations, you'll have more essence left to bless and heal them and will be getting slightly more expericence. So make as many as you feel you need to win most battles. (Some battles you'll just have to come back later to finish.)

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
best class for first timer in Geneforge
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, August 17 2005 19:08 Profile Homepage #8
How many creations you make depends on your style of player. I did pretty well with only 2 cryoras for a long time. If you make less creations, you'll have more essence left to bless and heal them and will be getting slightly more expericence. So make as many as you feel you need to win most battles. (Some battles you'll just have to come back later to finish.)

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Your platform in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, August 17 2005 14:55 Profile Homepage #18
Poll results show 2/3 of people use PCs. Over half of posters in the thread use Macs. Interesting.

I use a PC, but don't have a preference. If Macs ever becomes significantly cheaper than PCs, I'll switch.

[ Wednesday, August 17, 2005 14:55: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Statistics Keep the Turtles Happy in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, August 17 2005 14:46 Profile Homepage #1
The full statistics list is a broken link.

Since you are now gathering full account info, are you planning to turn it into a searchable database, complete with list of people's second/third/nth accounts?

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Gameplay question in Blades of Exile
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, August 17 2005 14:43 Profile Homepage #9
EDIT: Never mind. Kel is right. I just searched my old e-mails and found that as soon as they process your order (usually a few hours after you send it) they send you e-mail with download location and password.

[ Wednesday, August 17, 2005 15:04: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
mined shore... bug or intentional? in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, August 17 2005 13:13 Profile Homepage #2
If I remember correctly, box mines (large blobs that you can disarm directly) trigger whenever any creature gets close, while small mines (the kind you see at the mined shore and some other places) are triggered only by your character (to prevent you from getting past them by blowing them up with your creations).

[ Wednesday, August 17, 2005 13:13: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Testing Grounds and Sea Cave in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, August 17 2005 13:09 Profile Homepage #3
Thahd shades with high dexterity work very well if you can make them. If not, try Alwan with maxed dexterity, or some other tough creature with high dexterity. Even Greta with max dexterity will work.

The idea is to use mellee attacks from a high-dexterity creature to distract each golem, while you attack them with whatever you have.

Putting up augmentation and essence shield/armor while standing next to essence pool is a standard trick useful for all areas with essence pools

[ Wednesday, August 17, 2005 13:10: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Our President in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 09:34 Profile Homepage #184
quote:
Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

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What kills me is that the Democratic party still thinks it can change minds by exposing the truth. As mentioned by Jack, most people can't handle the truth.
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"The Truth" was name of the main official newspaper in USSR. This makes me very skeptical of anybody who tries to convince me that they know "the truth".

As for the president "being lied to", first what kind of president would be decieved by his own intelligence services? Second, if that was the case, why aren't people who lied to the president to get our country into a war in prison?

[ Tuesday, August 16, 2005 09:38: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
My thoughts on hex editing and keygens... in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 08:23 Profile Homepage #6
There already is a tutorial included with your registration code: Detailed instructions on how to back up your registration.

I don't understand why anybody would need hex editing instructions if they can back up the necessary file[s] with less effort and less opportunity to mess up the game.

I know why you prefer hex editing, but you are the kind of person who doesn't need a tutorial for it. The people who would need a tutorial would (and should) stick to following Spidweb's instructions for backing up registration.

PS Zaiu, the thing that would prevent people from sharing their key/value pairs is the same thing that currently prevents people from sharing their registered copies.

[ Tuesday, August 16, 2005 08:29: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Avernum question in The Avernum Trilogy
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 08:01 Profile Homepage #32
quote:
Originally written by Espionage:

i am confused, do most people play singleton??
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No, but the ones who do like to talk about it. :)

As for your skill selection, reputation is not very useful, because you can get it by doing quests. If you will be evolving your priest into priest/mage, consider giving him Natural Mage, instead of Divinely Touched. Other than that, I don't have anything to add.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Undoomphaz Armor in Blades of Exile
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 07:49 Profile Homepage #5
I think the super-editor itself, rather than this scenario, is the thing whose distribution is limited to those who have a good reason to use it.

The distribution of this scenario is limited because it gives out a hacked item that is more powerful than anything that could be created in normal BoE editor.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
how to obtain both Greta and Alwan after Harmony Island in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 07:43 Profile Homepage #6
Pro-shaper trainer in Dhonal has better selection of creations, so you are still better off with pro-shaper opinion if all you care about are training options.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
what would happen if I give the canister to Lankan? in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 07:38 Profile Homepage #2
I think you could give this tome to the mage with minimal consequencies. However, if you aren't completely hostile to shapers, you could give it to somebody else later for a better reward.

As for giving Lankan the canister, it counts as joining rebels. I am not sure if you'll be able to change your mind later, but you'll immediately start getting hostile reactions from shapers and will lose Alwan before leaving the island.

[ Tuesday, August 16, 2005 07:39: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
how to obtain both Greta and Alwan after Harmony Island in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, August 15 2005 22:09 Profile Homepage #3
quote:
Originally written by Dragongirl:

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Which would be more beneficial in the next island - pro shaper or pro rebel? And if I have been given pro shaper opinions, how should I remedy that for pro rebel training?
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Dhonal Island is the capital of the area, so it should be obvious which side's trainers are more common there. ;)

As for later parts of the game, you'll have to make your choice before you can leave Dhonal's Island. So you will not be able to sit on the fence much longer.

[ Monday, August 15, 2005 22:12: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
SW has a new untitled Guru in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, August 15 2005 10:55 Profile Homepage #5
quote:
Originally written by ben4808 [1950 - 2100:
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This thousand, however, was much quicker than the last thousand, taking me only 107 days to accomplish, where the first thousand was three hundred-some.

There should be a record book on this sort of thing.

<small>[ August 15, 2005, 11:22 AM: Message edited by: ben4808 [1950 - 2100] ]</small>
There is. It's called "the list of Canned members." :P

When did these boards get such an obsession with postcounts? Quantity of posts is usually inversly proportional to quality.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00

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