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Who's your favorite villain? in General
Micawber
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 written Saturday, August 20 2005 05:40 Profile Homepage #31
My all time favourite villain is Servelan from Blake's 7 = Margaret Thatcher in space:

IMAGE(http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/blakes7/images/servelan2_200w.jpg)

However, the one I identify with most is Skeletor from Masters of the Universe - cowardly, callous and incompetent:

IMAGE(http://www.colinpearson.com/visual/Skeletor1.jpg)

[ Saturday, August 20, 2005 05:48: Message edited by: Micawber ]

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Limoncelli in Exile II in The Exile Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Saturday, August 20 2005 02:45 Profile Homepage #3
quote:
Originally written by Charlie Escoffery:

For the Fort Emerald mission, I had to kill Limoncelli. I have succeeded in doing that, but the Captain won't give me the credit [she says He is DEAD], and I can't get the spell reward from the mage.
I think you have to talk to the general not the captain. (Look on the ramparts.)

[ Saturday, August 20, 2005 02:45: Message edited by: Micawber ]

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A3 endgame... Continuation option? in The Avernum Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Monday, August 15 2005 10:55 Profile Homepage #2
If you click Restore, the game offers to take you to your last save point (hopefully, before you started the final battle). You can just walk out of the fortress and back through Blackcrag into Valorim, finish all your other quests, and come back to the end-game later.

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best class for first timer in Geneforge Series
Micawber
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 written Monday, August 15 2005 10:48 Profile Homepage #3
Since you're a first timer I'd add to that, if you play as a shaper it's imperative you buy at least 2 intelligence points for each creation. Otherwise you won't be able to control them, and you'll probably not enjoy the game at all.

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best class for first timer in Geneforge
Micawber
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 written Monday, August 15 2005 10:48 Profile Homepage #3
Since you're a first timer I'd add to that, if you play as a shaper it's imperative you buy at least 2 intelligence points for each creation. Otherwise you won't be able to control them, and you'll probably not enjoy the game at all.

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How many points has each ability? in Geneforge Series
Micawber
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 written Monday, August 15 2005 10:40 Profile Homepage #1
The maximum level for each skill and ability is 30. But you won't get any of your abilities above 6 without cheating, I think.

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How do you like your creation army to be? in Geneforge Series
Micawber
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 written Sunday, August 14 2005 12:12 Profile Homepage #1
For me, magical creations are my favourite. There are so many situations in geneforge when you need a ranged attack. The only time I make an exception is for rotghroths; they are awesome.

As for the essence cost, I'm with those who prefer rotghroths to rothdizons and gazers to eye beasts, because the slightly souped-up creations are not worth the doubled essence cost.

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A product question! in The Exile Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Sunday, August 14 2005 02:55 Profile Homepage #7
Rip a back-up copy?

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Killing Ghosts in Geneforge Series
Micawber
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 written Sunday, August 14 2005 01:13 Profile Homepage #1
Yes: come back later when you're stronger!

Your strategy for killing ghosts depends whether you're an agent, guardian or shaper. As an agent, I use strong daze and then pick them off one by one. Searer is good against ghosts, if I remember correctly.

As a shaper, artilas are good, but probably anything whose attack is not ice-based will do fine (Rotghroths rock!). As a guardian it's a lot harder - you need quick action, speed pods and a LOT of endurance.

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Killing Ghosts in Geneforge 2
Micawber
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 written Sunday, August 14 2005 01:13 Profile Homepage #1
Yes: come back later when you're stronger!

Your strategy for killing ghosts depends whether you're an agent, guardian or shaper. As an agent, I use strong daze and then pick them off one by one. Searer is good against ghosts, if I remember correctly.

As a shaper, artilas are good, but probably anything whose attack is not ice-based will do fine (Rotghroths rock!). As a guardian it's a lot harder - you need quick action, speed pods and a LOT of endurance.

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Avernum question in The Avernum Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Sunday, August 14 2005 01:05 Profile Homepage #4
If you registered Exile 3 you get a discount on Avernum 3 (tell Jeff the name and address you registered from the first time). But you don't get a double discount, so if you purchase the whole trilogy you won't get both the trilogy discount and the Exile discount.

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Hidden room in Dharmon in The Avernum Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Sunday, August 14 2005 00:58 Profile Homepage #2
Last time I asked this question (2 years ago!) I was told that there is no way in - the room is a teaser. Even if you could get in, there's nothing in there anyway.

There are some other places like this - like the room behind Erika in A3 and Sulfras's chambers.

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Avernum question in The Avernum Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Sunday, August 14 2005 00:54 Profile Homepage #2
Partly owing to the graphics, partly owing to the engine, the games have a very different feel. I bought both the Exile trilogy and the Avernum trilogy; and I still play both.

The challenges are different - in Avernum you are less likely to be swamped by summoned monsters, your weapon skills are somewhat more effective, and you are given more detailed in-game information so there is a reduction in wasted effort. On the other side, in Exile you do have advantages the monsters don't have, the area-effect spells have no Avernum replacements, and there are some useful ways to use end-combat which Avernum doesn't allow. It's perfectly possible to enjoy both games in completely different ways.

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A product question! in The Exile Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Sunday, August 14 2005 00:39 Profile Homepage #5
Buy the game on CD-ROM, and you'll never have this problem!

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Sixus in Exile II in The Exile Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Sunday, August 14 2005 00:36 Profile Homepage #12
quote:
Originally written by Charlie Escoffery:

OK...but I need to get him enough armor protection as he is the favorite target (eventhough far back in the grouping) of the enemy archers/spells.
There are several magic items which increase your mage's armor without encumbering (ivory charm, ring of protection, mithrail chain mail, runed shield, runed helm) - try shopping in Waldby's bazaar, Brantford's shop and Shaynee's bazaar. I never let my mage get encumbered - action points are more valuable than armor levels.

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Do we still have to pay? in The Exile Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Saturday, August 6 2005 03:55 Profile Homepage #5
No, but there will be an Avernum 4.

EDIT: You can't be too addicted to E2. In fact you can never be addicted enough.

[ Saturday, August 06, 2005 03:56: Message edited by: Micawber ]

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What's your religion? in General
Micawber
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 written Saturday, August 6 2005 03:50 Profile Homepage #38
I disagreed with all the statements except one. This is because there is no option for "N/A, I don't accept the premise of this question/the form of the question prejudices the answer/the question subject to more than one interpretation". Disagreement was the next best option.

[ Saturday, August 06, 2005 03:53: Message edited by: Micawber ]

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Do we still have to pay? in The Exile Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Saturday, August 6 2005 02:43 Profile Homepage #2
Yeah, it's not like the game has deteriorated since 1996.

If you registered before, you don't have to do so twice - tell Jeff the original name and address you registered from, and he'll update the registration code. I've never put it to the test, mind you.

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What's your religion? in General
Micawber
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 written Saturday, August 6 2005 01:01 Profile Homepage #36
I can't be bothered to do this quiz properly.
1. There are 54 questions!!
2. The quiz seems to make no distinction between "disagree" and "N/A"
3. The quiz is imbalanced and there are no allowances for subtlety (e.g. "Religion is naive and misinformed" - what, all religions? all people who practice religion? and what about naive and misinformed atheism, why no question on this?)
4. In the second part of the quiz you are forced to choose between two statements, both of which have embedded within them unacceptable assumptions. It's like being asked "when did you stop beating your wife".

"You are an agnostic [...]
Paganism 17%
agnosticism 17%
Judaism 0%
Christianity 0%
Islam 0%
Hinduism 0%
Satanism 0%
atheism 0%
Buddhism 0%"

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souls to take in The Exile Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Friday, August 5 2005 23:53 Profile Homepage #20
In my soul crystal I like to have

  • shamblers (quite hard to kill, so they are good for shoring up numbers);
  • eye beasts (to drain enemy spell points); and
  • basilisks (for obvious reasons - sometimes you want to be _certain_ to get a basilisk, so major summoning is no use).
However, summoning anything overtly magical in E[1,2,3] is really fairly pointless, as their firestorm, etc spells are just as likely to kill you as your opponents. Yet, woe betide you if you should dare to harm any of your summoned creatures with an area effect spell. I once made that mistake casting shockwave with Erika in the room. Once.

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Things I learned from playing Geneforge in Geneforge Series
Micawber
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 written Friday, August 5 2005 23:21 Profile Homepage #22
40c No matter how difficult the quest, no one ever doubts you when you claim to have completed it. It's like they have independent confirmation for everything you do...

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Death to Anama!!! in The Avernum Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Thursday, August 4 2005 08:52 Profile Homepage #7
Nonsense!

Joining the Anama is one of the greatest features of E3/A3. It's a useful way to max out your priest skills early in the game. This increases your ability to bless and heal your all-important fighters, which is the only function of magical PCs anyway. The only remotely useful thing you lose by joining the Anama is the haste spell, but (in E3 at least) the Anama rings prevent you from getting slowed too often and hyperactivity does the rest.

Thralnai: the fake rings can be bought from the guild in Lorelei.

[ Thursday, August 04, 2005 08:53: Message edited by: Micawber ]

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Death to Anama!!! in Blades of Avernum
Micawber
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Member # 2759
 written Thursday, August 4 2005 08:52 Profile Homepage #7
Nonsense!

Joining the Anama is one of the greatest features of E3/A3. It's a useful way to max out your priest skills early in the game. This increases your ability to bless and heal your all-important fighters, which is the only function of magical PCs anyway. The only remotely useful thing you lose by joining the Anama is the haste spell, but (in E3 at least) the Anama rings prevent you from getting slowed too often and hyperactivity does the rest.

Thralnai: the fake rings can be bought from the guild in Lorelei.

[ Thursday, August 04, 2005 08:53: Message edited by: Micawber ]

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Some final questions about Av 1. in The Avernum Trilogy
Micawber
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 written Thursday, August 4 2005 08:41 Profile Homepage #6
quote:
Originally written by Soltedas:

2. Did anyone use use potion-making much? I only ever used Health and Energy.
Heroic brew is good, because it gives you extra APs. Protection brew is good, when you're fighting creatures that have a chance of killing you.

quote:
3. Did anyone find it easy?
Yes. But still fun.

If you found A1 too easy, skip A2 and move straight on to A3. The golems in A3 are not so easy. EDIT: but easier than the ones in E3.

[ Thursday, August 04, 2005 08:42: Message edited by: Micawber ]

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Henchmen stats in Geneforge Series
Micawber
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 written Wednesday, August 3 2005 10:51 Profile Homepage #4
Don't neglect Greta's intelligence. As well as increasing her spell energy (very useful later in the game when she learns to cast essence orbs) it will also reduce her chances of being terrified or charmed. It can be pretty nasty to have your creations turn on you, but if you keep their intelligence in line with their other stats, it's not likely to happen.

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