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Displayed name	Slarty
Member number	261
Title	Raven v. Writing Desk
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Registered	Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00

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Slarty Does Spidweb in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, June 9 2006 17:26 Profile Homepage #27 There actually are a decent number of people for whom I played around with a bunch of different titles, but ultimately couldn't find anything I liked enough. Not everyone, but many of you. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Alwan and Greta questions in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, June 9 2006 10:55 Profile Homepage #3 I haven't tested this with Alwan and Greta specifically, but for creations -- and it should be the same for them -- Dex only affects dodge rate. Hit rate for any creation attack is determined by the attack, the creation, and the creation's Str. (Has anyone tested this specifically with them?) -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
enchantment in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, June 9 2006 09:15 Profile Homepage #14 For a missile user, the Tiny Orb of Mist enhancement, which gives +5% to dodge all attacks, might actually be better than a Golden Crystal, and significantly so. For anyone else, your dodge rate will be too low to count anyway, due to not pumping Dex. It also might be better on Normal, where it's easier to dodge. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
No canister loyalist? in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, June 9 2006 09:11 Profile Homepage #9 It's been a while, but I believe my no canister Melee Agent who relied on Strong Daze had a Mental + Spellcraft score of around 30-32 by endgame and had no trouble dazing things. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
ADV Shaping (Battle Gamma & Co.) in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, June 9 2006 09:06 Profile Homepage #69 I don't know how Wild Magic worked in BG2, but I'm guessing that it didn't create permanent effects of potentially drastic power increases. Save and reload isn't very effective in most fights because there are a large number of tiny dice rolls made every turn. If you have a single dice roll that could give you a Fyora or an Eyebeast, something useless or something broken, permanently, for the rest of the game -- save and reload is very effective there. And the key part is the permanent part. Even if the difference is just between a level 5 Vlish and a level 6 Vlish, that's a permanent power difference for the rest of the game. I don't like using save and reload, personally, but I would still find it very hard not to reload if I knew that I had been dealt a lesser option. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Nephilims in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, June 9 2006 08:54 Profile Homepage #8 Holy Toledo, I just found out that Exile is actually a word that means to cast someone out! Who knew? :rolleyes: -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
enchantment in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, June 8 2006 20:39 Profile Homepage #12 Yes, that 5% damage reduction saves my life every day. Instead of taking 40 damage from that Artila, I take 38. Oh Joy. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Slarty Does Spidweb in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, June 8 2006 13:39 Profile Homepage #11 Well, I will make one clarification right now. None of the titles are intended to be insulting, though they certainly do make light of quirks and foibles. Not my bag. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Slarty Does Spidweb in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, June 8 2006 08:06 Profile Homepage #0 Dikiyoba's suggestion to Fatman, that he do his own custom titles thread as Synergy had done, struck me. Naturally, I couldn't resist. Here, then, are Slarty's Custom Titles. Unlike Synergy, I do not expect to add to my list very much. I spent some time putting these together; each one is fitting on multiple levels and involves puns, sometimes a surfeit of puns. I'm not going to make one random pun about anyone who whines for attention and call it a title. Standards, people, standards. Members for whom I couldn't come up with anything good were dropped from the list. So if you post a lot and aren't listed, it is probably just the vagaries of my limited creativity. (It may also be that you display all the personality of a scone and I had nothing to work with, but just assume the former. :P ) In the spirit of Drakey's titles, these are pretty obscure -- some so much so that Google and Wikipedia will provide only partial illumination. I'll post explanations later, but I want to get the full frontal effect first. ;) My personal favorite title is definitely DeVlish's, of which I'm quite proud. Interestingly, Magma's and Goldenking's are the most polypunous. The most controversial, no doubt, will be the title I've listed last of all. I decided to treat that individual no differently from anyone else; otherwise, deciding the appropriate way to handle things would have become a real headache. SLARTY DOES SPIDWEB Slarty -- Metaphor of Babylon Alec -- Pope Tart TM -- Holy of Holies Jewels -- Wife of Baath Ash Lael -- Saw Massacre Archmage Alex -- Stickmata Damacy Delicious Vlish -- Tentacle Crepe Salmon -- Thumper Arancaytar -- Gertrude Blanch's Secrets Student of Trinity -- Dr. Light Ed -- Flip Top Flop MagmaDragoon -- Lan Taxative Kelandon -- Warlord, Interrupted Fatman -- Vitameatavegamin Girl Dareva -- Patty O'Hearst Djur -- Little Orphan Andrea Thuryl -- Oh, Yeaahh! i -- King Mondo I Drakefyre -- 98 Debris Tyranicus -- Sir Banks-a-Lot Ephesos -- Buddy Holly Dikiyoba -- Lucia Pamelora Nicothodes -- If Looks Could Kill Goldenking -- My Panasse! Infernal -- Lichess Oblige Synergy -- Panglossary Marlenny -- Dominicanatrix Alorael -- Pinhead Astronomer [ Saturday, June 10, 2006 07:15: Message edited by: Slarty ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560* \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Shaper strategy in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, June 8 2006 06:42 Profile Homepage #1 Simplest formula for success as a shaper: Upgrade to Artila as soon as possible. Pump your Magic Shaping skill and make as many as you can afford. You should have no problems at all on the first island. Then upgrade to Vlish. If you do that, you can pretty much handle other details however you want, and you should be fine. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Google and "More" in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, June 8 2006 04:59 Profile Homepage #20 For reasons of nostalgia, my favorite search engine remains WebCrawler. It sucks now and has for many years, even before becoming a meta-search engine, but it was once the most reliable thing out there. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Why Did the People Die????!!!! Why!!!!!! in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Wednesday, June 7 2006 13:08 Profile Homepage #10 I don't think I've seen a single RPG that's handled this sort of thing well -- aside from the bulk of them, that don't let you attack friendly characters in the first place. In theory, it's nice to be able to role play a character with few morals, and kill and loot whatever you like. But given a game engine that is really designed for at least moderately amicable characters, I don't see the point in even having the option. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
ADV Shaping (Battle Gamma & Co.) in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Wednesday, June 7 2006 13:04 Profile Homepage #62 That would be wonderful. Man -- that would increase the design space of Geneforge about a zillion times. Here's to dreaming. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Slithzerkai Sighting! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Wednesday, June 7 2006 13:02 Profile Homepage #29 The conspiracy was planned, of course, by Middle English's trusted friends, Latin and Greek. Middle English's infamous last words were "Et tu, Latina?" -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Missle Attacks in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Wednesday, June 7 2006 06:58 Profile Homepage #5 No, it's not. Being able to attack from a distance is a huge advantage for any attack type. HUGE. MONUMENTAL. That's why melee weapons had better dice than spells and missile weapons in G1 and G2. What was perhaps unfair is that battle magic had two pumpable stats to missile weapons' one. Given the other advantages of battle magic (unlimited supply, lack of encumbrance, lack of hassle) that was a pretty unfair comparison. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
ADV Shaping (Battle Gamma & Co.) in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Wednesday, June 7 2006 06:52 Profile Homepage #58 On the one hand, that sounds like a cool system. On the other hand, as things stand now, it would be a purely cosmetic change. The only difference between a Fyora and a Charged Fyora is base level. The only difference between Battle Alphas, Betas, and Gammas is base level. So the creations would still need to be differentiated. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Missle Attacks in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Wednesday, June 7 2006 04:06 Profile Homepage #3 No, it's not. Strength has always added to melee damage. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
ADV Shaping (Battle Gamma & Co.) in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, June 6 2006 19:27 Profile Homepage #51 Just because hand gestures are involved doesn't mean understanding isn't. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Gf3: Battle shaping worth it??? in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, June 6 2006 17:31 Profile Homepage #17 Also, it will become very hard to hit, but it will still get hit at least once in a while; if enemies hit for a lot, creations with stronger offenses might be more practical. That said, Thahd Shades do have a very nice base level (= endurance and total HP) and decent base HP bonuses. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Slithzerkai Sighting! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, June 6 2006 17:28 Profile Homepage #18 I believe you mean "wingèd". "Wingéd" did make me chuckle, though. :) -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Slithzerkai Sighting! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, June 6 2006 14:47 Profile Homepage #16 Careful, you're oozing existential quantifiers :P -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
ADV Shaping (Battle Gamma & Co.) in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, June 6 2006 05:50 Profile Homepage #47 Random results on that kind of scale = really, really bad. It would be one thing, though, to have a really complex algorithm that seemed sort of random, but where the same input always gave you the same output. That would encourage empirical experimentation, rather than just magic 8 ball save-reloads. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Slithzerkai Sighting! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, June 5 2006 19:33 Profile Homepage #10 I can think of a few examples of interesting, creative races in RPGs. The old mac RPG Jewel of Arabia: Dreamers, which I apparently cannot cite enough, had a progression of races including standard mythological ones (trogs, minotaurs, djinn) and standard antropomorphic animals (horse-men and lion-men) but it also had one unique race: the Sandmen. The Sandmen had unusual composition (duh), appearance, and situation: their cities and people were swiftly crumbling into dust for no apparent reason. Final Fantasy 9 had the Black Mages, a race of animated, sometimes sentient cloth golems with magical powers and an existential dilemma. Say what you will about Vivi's whining, that was a great concept. EarthBound had the Mr. Saturn... and the Tenda. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
The Refuge in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, June 5 2006 16:19 Profile Homepage #32 quote: Originally written by Delicious Vlish: I'd really like to see a game where you are actually in Shaper society, rather than isolated on an island or in some backwater outpost. Good luck. A1/2: Remote, isolated area (caves, exiled), recently settled A3: Relatively remote, isolated area (quarantine), relatively recently settled VODT: Remote, isolated area (valley, quarantine) ASR: Remote, isolated area (island, quarantine), relatively recently settled ZKR: Remote, isolated area (caves, warzone), never settled DWTD: Remote, isolated area, recently settled Nethergate: Remote, isolated area (valley) G1: Remote, super isolated area (island, quarantine), deserted G2: Remote, isolated area (valley, quarantine), recently settled G3: Remote, isolated area (islands, quarantine) Did I mention that if I never see the word "quarantine" in a Spidweb game or scenario again, I will be very happy? :) [ Monday, June 05, 2006 16:21: Message edited by: John Paul v. Jean-Paul ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
The Refuge in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, June 5 2006 14:59 Profile Homepage #26 What about the two new classes, then? -------------------- 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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