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Title	Raven v. Writing Desk
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Registered	Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00

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Nethergate Resurrection - Roman Singleton (some spoilers) in Nethergate
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, May 31 2007 04:53 Profile Homepage #9 Hint: Slow has no effect if you aren't in combat mode. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
What have you been reading lately? in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Wednesday, May 30 2007 19:19 Profile Homepage #407 English capitalizes them even if they lose noun status, but not if they lose proper status. Case in point: "french fries" are not typically capitalized, as the phrase has lost some of its analyzability. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central "Slartucker is going to have a cow when he hears about this," Synergy said. Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
G5 wishlist. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Wednesday, May 30 2007 07:29 Profile Homepage #28 Um... Strength adds directly to damage dealt. Agility adds directly to your evasion rate. Luck adds directly to your chance of running. Vitality adds directly to the HP you gain each level up. (Intelligence does nothing.) The stats go up by themselves when you level up. How the heck is this confusing? This is practically the simplest RPG stat system I've ever seen. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central "Slartucker is going to have a cow when he hears about this," Synergy said. Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Nethergate Resurrection - Roman Singleton (some spoilers) in Nethergate
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, May 29 2007 18:45 Profile Homepage #5 Romans can only do one Hagfen quest, now. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
G5 wishlist. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, May 29 2007 05:24 Profile Homepage #22 quote: Originally written by CrouchingOwl: However, we don't want to go the direction of some RPG's that have such complicated stats systems that its impossible to know what they all actually do and you stop really caring. Like Final Fantasy 1 for instance. Did you mean Final Fantasy 11 or 12? Final Fantasy 1 has five stats, four of which have one extremely simple effect each and one of which does nothing. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central "Slartucker is going to have a cow when he hears about this," Synergy said. Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Strategy in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, May 29 2007 05:22 Profile Homepage #17 As I know it, there is a real distinction between strategy and tactics beyond mere scale. Tactics are specific actions you can take whose purpose is defined by strategy. A strategy is a general rule or set of rules that can be used as an algorithm to dictate what tactics should be used in order to achieve a given purpose. Confusion enters into things because "implementing a strategy" can be considered a tactic, and likewise, you can make a strategic decision about which strategy to implement. So many strategies can also be tactics, depending on the context. To use Avernum as an example: Keeping your PCs alive is an extremely general strategy. Reducing damage taken is a slightly less general strategy. Implementing that strategy is an action you can take as part of keeping your PCs alive, so in that context it's a tactic. Casting Protection and equipping armor are both specific actions you can take as part of the reducing damage strategy -- they are tactics. They are not strategies in any context. Naming your PC "Conan" is a specific action you can take, but it isn't a tactic since it has no possible relation to strategy. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Under Galag Trav in Nethergate
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, May 29 2007 04:55 Profile Homepage #7 It puts it into the early game for Romans, though. That helm is disgustingly good for Roman singletons. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Deathmatch Tournament -- Round Two, Part One in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, May 29 2007 04:17 Profile Homepage #49 This will be finished. I just need to sit down and do it. Feel free to send me obnoxious, harrassing PMs until I do. :-D -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central "Slartucker is going to have a cow when he hears about this," Synergy said. Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Insert Random Nethergate: Resurrection Questions Here in Nethergate
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, May 28 2007 07:09 Profile Homepage #16 IIRC, in original Nethergate, the golden pelt was hidden in one of the coffins, and it required doing several actions to find -- I think you had to go somewhere to make wights appear, kill them, and then search. Something like that. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central "Slartucker is going to have a cow when he hears about this," Synergy said. Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
A3: Fury Crossbow help in The Avernum Trilogy
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, May 27 2007 18:51 Profile Homepage #16 Judith is a guy? I mean, I know the dragons change genders in Avernum, but that seems like a bit much. :P -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
SYNERGY LIST?Nethergate: Resurrection Items in Nethergate
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, May 27 2007 17:53 Profile Homepage #10 There's only one. You have to choose which reward to get. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
A3: Fury Crossbow help in The Avernum Trilogy
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, May 27 2007 16:31 Profile Homepage #14 Nioca, read the posts. Muffin suggested talking to the guy (which the original poster had clearly already done) and pointed out that the quest he's asking about isn't necessary to finish the game. Please explain to me how either of those statements are less than completely obvious. And please explain to me how exactly they answer Maledictis's question. If you want to accuse me of being unfriendly, go ahead; but don't accuse me of saying untrue things. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Avernum 5, May Update in Avernum 4
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, May 27 2007 16:23 Profile Homepage #41 Presumably this doesn't mean infinite XP, since that will still get capped. What it does mean is theoretically infinite gold via item drops. Now we can see who the true munchkins are, as they will fight endless random battles in order to buy every buyable skill for every character. Whoopee... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
A3: Fury Crossbow help in The Avernum Trilogy
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, May 27 2007 14:28 Profile Homepage #11 quote: Originally written by Nioca: quote: Originally written by Yama: Why do you insist on replying to questions you don't have the answer to with information that is obvious and irrelevant? What's gotten into you lately? Is there some compulsive need on your part to be condescending to anyone with a member number higher than 7000? I resent the implication. I'm an equal opportunity curmudgeon, as I think I've proved on more than one occasion. I mean, what do I need to do, change my PDN to Wowbagger? For the record, I have no problem with Muffin. Others have attacked him over his personality, his story, etc. I haven't. But I find these kind of posts both ridiculous and annoying. They deserve to be discouraged. The observation I made is entirely factual. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
A3: Fury Crossbow help in The Avernum Trilogy
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, May 27 2007 10:54 Profile Homepage #4 Why do you insist on replying to questions you don't have the answer to with information that is obvious and irrelevant? Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Avernum 5, May Update in Avernum 4
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, May 27 2007 09:53 Profile Homepage #35 quote: Originally written by Spidweb: General Manfred Redmark, a distant cousin of Erika (though, of course, Erika died around the time he was born). Hmm... Erika died in 833. A4 took place circa 855. (There is no exact date given, but from various pieces of information in the game, we know it is very close.) Depending on how much time has passed between A4 and A5, this Manfred Redmark may turn out to be a pretty young general. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
SYNERGY LIST?Nethergate: Resurrection Items in Nethergate
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, May 27 2007 04:23 Profile Homepage #7 I think there may be a few more Roman/Celt differences. I tried killing Queen Rit as Romans and she didn't drop anything at all, for example. The Spider Queen is actually the Widow Queen, and she's listed twice. Sleek is also listed twice -- once in the Circle Warrens (?). The list also says you can get a Selkie Chief's Skin from Blackfang Woods. Is that true? That's a neat extra if you can, as you can complete the hagfen quest without going evil. Finally, killing Raven (which requires attacking an innocent) earns you an All Circle Scroll, which grants +3 to all spell circles. A pretty big deal for Romans. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
SYNERGY LIST?Nethergate: Resurrection Items in Nethergate
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, May 26 2007 11:06 Profile Homepage #1 Sylak's Wisdom Rock doesn't help knowledge skills, though it did in the original. It's an item you can use once per day to gain a miniscule amount of experience. EDIT: Or rather, Sylak's Enlightening Amber did in the original. [ Saturday, May 26, 2007 11:34: Message edited by: Yama ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
The warrior challenge. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, May 25 2007 17:51 Profile Homepage #56 Thanks, Randomizer. I was lazy... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Firing every gun in Blades of Avernum
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, May 25 2007 14:32 Profile Homepage #5 Aha! So you're saying Shaper Monarch is really Sylak. ;) -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Insert Random Nethergate: Resurrection Questions Here in Nethergate
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, May 25 2007 13:37 Profile Homepage #9 I would assume it's to make the spell have some kind of disadvantage, given its strength. That said, it was certainly combat castable in the original, so perhaps this is a bug. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central "Slartucker is going to have a cow when he hears about this," Synergy said. Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Regulations in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, May 25 2007 05:37 Profile Homepage #25 I dunno, I can think of a number of long debates from my tenure here in which one (or more) participants stubbornly asserted things without evidence, and when pressed supplied a series of giant logical leaps which they continued to support as absolute truth. In fact I think that's exactly why the long debates went on for so long. If there was no one to stubbornly disagree, the extent of the discussion would be somebody linking to wikipedia and somebody else saying "I didn't know that"; or maybe somebody else saying "I think there's another possibility." -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Release the old games as freeware? in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, May 25 2007 05:26 Profile Homepage #16 I'm afraid of Americans... I'm afraid of the world. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Insert Random Nethergate: Resurrection Questions Here in Nethergate
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, May 24 2007 21:24 Profile Homepage #5 Reptrakos was really hard, as a singleton at least. The fire damage roasts any allies you summon and the melee attacks are pretty vicious. The other problem is that he regenerates quickly. So without either invulnerability or the special heroic brew AP boost, it's very hard to deal more than he heals while still healing as much as he deals. A traditional party might have an easier time, with a tank to take damage, one or two PCs on healing, and the tank hacking away with someone else on ranged attack (hello, Doom!). Using the secret entrance and letting him get mad might help set up for this. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central "Slartucker is going to have a cow when he hears about this," Synergy said. Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Avernum 5, May Update in Avernum 4
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, May 24 2007 19:14 Profile Homepage #9 quote: Originally written by Spidweb: What I really wanted Avernum 4 to be was a journey. I had a lot of Lord of the Rings in my head, and I wanted it to be a long trip through many cool lands. I wasn't as happy with how that came out, because, in my view, the stuff you encountered on the trip wasn't distinctive enough. I think part of the problem here is that, pretty much everywhere, things were much more mundane than previously. Lava fields that once held an enchained, traitorous haakai, and a battle between demons and wizards that had been frozen in time, became in A4 the site of some random fire lizards, buried herbs, and one nearly empty crypt. The Unsettled Lands once held a mighty dragon and two complex multi-level forts full of different kinds of magic. They were replaced with one big fort full of a zillion pylons. And so on. -------------------- 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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