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| Displayed name | Slarty |
| Member number | 261 |
| Title | Raven v. Writing Desk |
| Postcount | 3560 |
| Homepage | http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/slartyvsdesk/ |
| Registered | Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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| Bandit Castle in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Friday, January 6 2006 15:16
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The third one is the castle you're trying to get into. It sounds like you've already dealt with Hanvar (the old fort west of Draco) and Kelda (just north of Hanvar). I believe the Iron key, which opens the castle, is in Kelda's lair somewhere, in a pot or a box. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Firebolt in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Friday, January 6 2006 14:09
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You're sure you didn't neglect buying a level for your mage? You can indeed always buy 2 levels. If no one has ever been unconscious, there's no other way to end up with different levels on different PCs. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Bandit Castle in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Friday, January 6 2006 14:04
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Suitably vague hint: There are at least three bandit leaders in that part of the Eastern Gallery. It may be easier to deal with them in a certain order. Alternately, you can use Unlock Doors to get a big boost to your Tool Use, if you made your thief a mage. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Avernum:4 vs Blades Of Avernum which is the best? in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Friday, January 6 2006 11:47
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Just think of the topic as a Doomguard... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Dialogues in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 10:00
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To be fair, Efram (with the fake Demonslayer) has had parties of adventurers waving the real blade in his face since the beginning of the series. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Looking for similar games. in General | |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 08:15
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Personally, I like the walking pixels, but to each his own. Sibling to the Ultima-Exile vein of RPGs are the SNES-era console RPGs, which are pretty easy on the eyes, and easily available via emulation. They are more closed-ended both in terms of story and gameplay, but there are also a LOT of them out there, if you look. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Swords or Spears? in General | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Friday, January 6 2006 08:02
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Seriously, in Exile the ambidextrous edged weapon setup was RIDICULOUSLY more powerful than anything else. Bashing weapons didn't even come close -- Exile I had the Alien Blade and IIRC the Assassin's Knife. Exile II had the Magic Wave Blade which accidentally did not have its "Magic" flag checked, so you could improve it; twin Flaming Magic Wave Blades were just disgusting. Pole weapons have never really been given a fighting chance, except maybe in Nethergate. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Exodus Progress in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 07:13
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I don't know why, but the Latin elements really seem like they have the right feel for the sliths. Which is funny... they don't seem particularly Roman. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| The Enduring Priest-Tank in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 22:04
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Update: Well, I discovered one roadblock (Nociduas) and the one element of the game which pumping dodge a lot doesn't make very easy: area effect spells! You can't dodge 'em at all. This may become frustrating later in the game. It is making me glad that I cut off Dex and Defense at 8 and 6 respectively, as the priest points give me more power for Steel Skin. I *am* starting to wish (pre-emptively) that I could access Prismatic Shield. Hmm. If I'm going to get Dispel Barrier *anyway*... oh geez. Vlish, I don't know what the Tower Colony encounter is that you were so worried about, as I've finished that area and nothing was any trouble. The nasty upstairs was annoying, but not too hard to take down. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Where is the key ? in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 21:51
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It's not torture, Alorael, it's beautiful love-making. Now, where did I put that apostrophe? Oh, oh my! -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series | |
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 21:37
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Hmm. Khyryk and Sharon, perhaps, if they decided to grow spines. You're probably right, though. So, barring a minotaur invasion or a truly horrendous Avernum crossover, that suggests either the Sholai or a regular joe. I suppose Jeff could surprise us by replacing the shaping mechanic with something else. I'd sure be surprised... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Game speed in combat mode in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 21:29
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I dunno, Bless and Protection are up in a snap for me -- they don't even make it through a single protracted fight. I've also always found that very annoying. While the Enduring spells are very good on this count, they DO decay over time -- the dodge bonus does, anyway. First Aid, combined with the typical relative ease of clicking five times to get back to town and instantly heal up, make running out of spell points less of a big deal, though. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 20:33
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There are lots of examples of serviles who didn't follow those paths. Most productively, the G2 Awakened. If they could modify themselves to use magic, shaping doesn't seem like it would be so out of the question. The Awakened may be gone, but it does seem that Jeff will have to invent some kind of third element, some "other" (much like the Vahnatai in Ex/Av) in order for the story to really progress at all. The war is too massive, the powers involved too great, for anything interesting to happen otherwise. I suppose this could be the Sholai's cue to return. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 20:11
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From the Spidweb newsletter, on Geneforge 4: "And, unlike the earlier Geneforge games, you will NOT play a Shaper." To me, at least, this comes as a welcome change after G3. I'm psyched. So... whaddaya think? Human, servile, or minotaur? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Avernum:4 vs Blades Of Avernum which is the best? in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 18:54
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Yes, even a meta stuffed shirt :) -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Avernum:4 vs Blades Of Avernum which is the best? in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 18:33
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At this point I think the people pointing out the off-topicality are rather more off-topic. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Exodus Progress in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 18:29
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When I was doing phonetics, I always had the urge to lump all those together under the feature [+phleghmy voice]. I suppose this is why I fled as quickly as I could into the beautiful abstract sanctuary that is phonology. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 18:12
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None of the MMORPGs could really qualify as "classic" RPG style, anyway. In fact Spiderweb is really the only company still making personal computer games that could fit in that genre, bless their hearts. If you want classics, your best bet is to go to the classics. The older Ultima games, Realmz, and the SSI "gold box" games are probably the most similar, though those are all pretty dated at this point. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Unique Item Locations. in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 17:56
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I keep waiting to see some character (say... Hawkwind) who punishes you for looting his stuff. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Exodus Progress in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 16:30
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I think I'm nitpicking about the "h" thing... just a little. But I have to ask how exactly a "kh" digraph is going to be different from a mere "k" if everything is aspirated. I suppose with a long tongue you could try and fold it so it approaches the roof of the mouth where it does for a k, and also where it does for a th, with some frication. Hmm. Come to think of it... sliths might well have some alien place of articulation that humans don't have. Heh. This is amusing me way too much. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Unique Item Locations. in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 16:05
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That brings up an interesting question. Do any friendly characters have significant item drops? Now I'm gonna have to go murder everyone I can find in the name of science... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Who else hates the job board? in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 16:00
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I suspect that the job board would seem a lot more welcome if you played A4 without it. A4 seems to have FAR more short quests per area than any previous Ex/Av game, and managing them all might become tedious without the board and the job log. ...On the other hand, I wish there were fewer quests, but that they were more complex, particularly the main missions. The quests are mostly formulaic, and dungeons seem watered down compared to previous ones. Where are my Kothtars and my Pyrog Labs, my Abandoned River Forts and Tombs of Dahris-Bok, full of surprises and exciting twists? Even the goblin and nephil maps used to be less repetitive, I feel like. Come to think of it, G3 had the same plot problems, with a very Lufia-esque, undeviating and repetitive sequence of events... -- Slartucker, who still really likes the game, despite all his negativity -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| The Enduring Priest-Tank in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 06:19
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PS only claims to give a chance at preventing such freezing. I'd guess it's based on cold resistance. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| A4 Demo in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 06:15
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*stifled giggling* -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
| Nociduas (spoilers) in Avernum 4 | |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Wednesday, January 4 2006 22:58
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Hmm... he doesn't drop anything? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |