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| Displayed name | Or else o'erleap. |
| Member number | 335 |
| Title | Law Bringer |
| Postcount | 14579 |
| Homepage | http://www.polarisboard.net |
| Registered | Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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| dont like summons? in Avernum 4 | |
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written Saturday, July 1 2006 07:44
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Unfortunately, every kill made by your summoned minions earns you no experience. The more you summon the weaker you are. Granted, XP isn't exactly a problem in A4, but every little bit helps. —Alorael, who is in part prejudiced by earlier games in which summoning was entirely useless except when a smokescreen of cannon fodder was necessary. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, July 1 2006 07:43
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What about Myth V: End of Ages, Aran? —Alorael, who doesn't think Uru counts as a sequel. It's another game based on the same world(s). Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Mithril broadsword in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Saturday, July 1 2006 07:40
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Fortunately, you're not limited to only one. Beastslayer is fairly useless, so you can go ahead and get another sword from Carmine. Slow level 3 is okay, although I rarely use slow, but you can get it from Hawke's Manse as well as Arion. That means you have no excuse not to be loaded down with wonderful weapons that increase your AP. —Alorael, who doesn't have the patience to wait for three Mithril Blades. Carmine is a slow blacksmith! Doesn't he know that adventurers have no patience? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Fossils & Diamonds in Richard White Games | |
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written Friday, June 30 2006 19:03
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I am impressed by my own failure to function in sync with the rest of this thread. —Alorael, who has found Rock Solid, too. Good old HOTU. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Side Quest in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, June 30 2006 18:58
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The gate can't be opened or bypassed, so you can't get those research notes. You'll find enough elsewhere in the tower. —Alorael, who spent a moderately inordinate amount of time bashing into that portcullis. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| alternative keyboard layout support? in Tech Support | |
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written Friday, June 30 2006 18:57
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How about ASCII art Linear B? —Alorael, who has experienced an ASCII first-person shooter. It was unique. It was also not an experience worth extending. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Fossils & Diamonds in Richard White Games | |
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written Friday, June 30 2006 17:56
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How about here? —Alorael, who thinks that's the latest version. It's on Radiant's site, but Radiant has a number of sites so it's a little hard to tell. [ Friday, June 30, 2006 17:57: Message edited by: Euphoriasis ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 30 2006 17:52
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Windows supports Homeland. Are you sure you're comfortable with your operating system? —Alorael, who has noticed that many of his Spiderweb game icons have become random pixels. Other applications have become documents that cannot be opened. It is distressing but easily rectified. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 30 2006 17:50
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I've seen Mac OS 9 with Dvorak added to it, although I don't know how. OS X has Dvorak along with a bewildering assortment of layouts and alphabets I've never heard of. —Alorael, who did take the opportunity to add Hebrew to his keyboard palette a while ago. It doesn't come in handy very often, but he still has high hopes. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 30 2006 13:42
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What about their red-headed stepchild, Ruddigore, or their many other Savoy Operas? —Alorael, who hasn't seen most of those operas. But they're probably brilliant! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Was I just unlucky? *VERY LATE GAME SPOILER* in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, June 30 2006 13:28
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You were unlucky. I can't remember what happened to the vahnatai, but I know they didn't die or become road blocks. —Alorael, who reocmmends going around if possible. If not, which is what your situation sounds like, it's time for a little more constructive mindless violence. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 29 2006 17:39
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I think the poll is about siblings only, poster not included. Otherwise I don't see how any family could have zero members. —Alorael, who was born abiogenically from decaying shag carpet. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 29 2006 17:35
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A topic can be trite and overposted without getting locked. The best way to make it end is to stop posting! —Alorael, who still reserves the right to edit IBTL posts without mercy and with extreme prejudice. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General | |
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written Thursday, June 29 2006 14:30
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Cairo Jim said nothing about legality. He gave a reason why churches tend to frown on homosexuality, and in churches churches' opinions hold a great deal of weight. It's not a good reason, but it's a reason. —Alorael, who can pick much better passages for opposing homosexuality. Nitpicking is possible, of course, but not quite as easy as with a commandment that doesn't mention homosexuality. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Anonymity and online identity, yet again. in General | |
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written Thursday, June 29 2006 14:24
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I've actually met more couples who kept their own surnames but combined them with a hyphen for their kids. What will the next generation do? The world isn't quite ready for Marie-France-Tessier-Ashpools. —Alorael, who also knows a couple that combined the first half of one name with the last half of the other. The result was understandably unique, particularly in light of the different national origins of the names. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Quests in Avernum 2 in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, June 29 2006 14:21
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If it helps at all, the order of exploration is a very close match to the order of exploration in A1. Start in the cave that becomes the Eastern Gallery in A4 (that's the Silvar-Fort Avernum-Duvno-Cotra area), do whatever you missed near Formello and Fort Dranlon, head south to Mertis and the Tower of Magi, then tackle the Great Cave. —Alorael, who would like to remind indefinite individuals that suggesting cheating in response to question that requests information is spam. Not egregious spam, maybe, but it's spam, and once was quite enough. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 28 2006 13:52
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You mean rhombuses, unless you mean equilateral and equi-angular parallelograms, in which case this has gone too far. —Alorael, who is an equilinear one-dimensional shape. Or are shapes reserved for two or more dimensions? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| What to be added in Avernum 4? in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Wednesday, June 28 2006 13:47
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Tatterdemalion is one of my favorite scenarios, especially as one of the earlier ones, but I'm not sure how feasible having a different plot on every difficulty setting would be, especially for a larger game. —Alorael, who was impressed by the fact that the three different ambiences promised in the docs aren't just false advertising. And the terrain wasn't all wonky like in Islands of the Wheel! [ Wednesday, June 28, 2006 13:48: Message edited by: Command Space ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Avernum V ideas in Avernum 4 | |
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written Wednesday, June 28 2006 13:45
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The problem is that sliths get a few nice benefits and nephils get absurdly useful benefits. Both outweigh the modest penalty, especially because the experience and leveling system reward experience penalties and disproportionately punishes disadvantages that should increase experience. —Alorael, who also wishes Avernum's primitive and frontier-like atmosphere had been played up, especially on the literal frontiers. Now it's too late, though. Normalized trade (presumably) with the Empire and relatively free flow of good and people means that nobody should be stuck with crude goods. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Lorllei Guards in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Wednesday, June 28 2006 13:34
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If you've made the guards angry you've made them angry. There's no way around it except going around them. —Alorael, who will redundantly reiterate once again: nobody knows anyone of A3's SDFs. Nobody can come up with any feasible plans for learning them. Do not taunt the happy fun flags. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Testing Cave #3 (Spoilers) in Avernum 4 | |
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written Wednesday, June 28 2006 13:31
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Yes, this does sound like the fourth test, and yes, you have to do them in order because only the door to the next test will open. The others just point you to tests you missed. —Alorael, who thought "control" was about controlling the battlefield so your mages don't get eaten. It was almost a real challenge. It's a good thing monsters are dumb. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Lorllei Guards in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Tuesday, June 27 2006 15:52
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If you have the Orb of Thralni, you can fly around the guardpost. If you don't have it, get it. You can easily avoid the guards by entering Lorelei from the north or east. You can go north around the west side of the lake to Moon, east to Bremerton, and then back south to Lorelei. I remember a shorter route but I can't remember what it was. —Alorael, who doesn't see how reading any recent topic really helps except to keep this topic from existing when another perfectly good topic exists. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, June 27 2006 14:32
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Don't wave your metaphors at people in public? —Alorael, who can see how this is a metaphor for a lot of those so-called life lessons. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, June 27 2006 14:29
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SMOKED? I go into asthmatic convulsions when other people smoke. I like my lungs inside my chest, thanks. GOTTEN DRUNK? I cannot truthfully answer this question. STOLE YOUR FRIEND'S BF/GF? I carried her off screaming into the night, but the pawn shop wouldn't take her so I had to give her back. PLAYED SPIN THE BOTTLE? No. GONE SWIMMING IN A WHITE T-SHIRT? Possibly. I don't own very many white T-shirts and I stay out of the water as much as I can, but I have gone swimming in T-shirts. It's not really that exciting anyway, is it? BEEN TO A NUDE BEACH? No. I also haven't been to many beaches, period. BEEN CHEATED ON? If so, it was done skillfully and secretly. BEEN WALKED IN ON WHILE YOU WERE DRESSING? Yes, both dressing myself and dressing others. BOUGHT SOMETHING WAY TOO EXPENSIVE? I'm not bankrupt so it can't really have been too expensive, can it? PLAYED STRIP ANYTHING? I haven't even played anything I can pun-twist into a strip game. PUNCHED YOUR PARENT? Not since I was two or so, and I'm only assuming I did when I was younger from experience with flailing children. GONE TO SLEEP NAKED? Frequently, although not regularly. RAN AWAY FROM HOME? No. WORE YOUR PAJAMAS IN PUBLIC? Not since I was little, but that's because I don't have any pajamas. I do have scrubs, which are the next best thing, and I've worn them in public. Doctors do it all the time, though, and nobody looks twice. DANCED IN YOUR UNDERWEAR IN FRONT OF SOMEONE? No. I also haven't done it beside, behind, beneath, or betwixt anyone. MADE UP A FAKE IDENTITY WHEN YOU MET SOMEONE? Do I have to answer this? BEEN IN LOVE? Yes. Oh, you mean with someone else? Still yes. GOTTEN A HICKEY? No. SLEPT IN A BED WITH A MEMBER OF THE SAME SEX /OPPOSITE SEX? Yes to both. Simultaneously. With non-family. Sometimes planning fails to account for the vicissitudes of life. HATED THE WAY YOU LOOK? Yes. I was bright blue at the time and I think everyone else hated how I looked too. CRIED YOURSELF TO SLEEP? Not since I was little. DONE SOMETHING YOU TOLD YOURSELF YOU WOULDN'T DO? All the time. SUNG IN THE SHOWER? No. BEEN TOO SCARED TO WATCH A SCARY MOVIE ALONE? Neither before the movie nor after the movie. LAUGHED SO HARD THAT YOU CRIED? I've definitely had to wipe my eyes after laughing, usually at someone. Several times it's been someone who had no idea what I found so funny. FORGOTTEN SOMEONE'S NAME? All the time. I hate it. CRIED OVER SOMEONE? Over other's misfortunes, yes. Over their absence or opinions, no. SKIPPED SCHOOL? No. GOTTEN EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL? No. DONE DRUGS? Only prescription drugs. Prescribed prescription drugs! GOTTEN A TICKET? To all kinds of events! GOTTEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT? Nothing worse than fender-benders. SCREAMED IN A LIBRARY? No. Libraries are sacrosanct. ASKED SOMEONE OUT? Yes. BEEN ON A PLANE? Yes. No snakes were involved. BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY? Yes. PASSED OUT? Yes. BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL? Yes, frequently. Also a few times as a patient, once after passing out. (No morally questionable behavior was involved!) HAD SURGERY? Yes. PLAYED A TERRIBLE PRANK ON SOMEONE? Terrible is such a strong word. Regrettable, perhaps. MOCKED SOMEONE? Welcome to Spiderweb. Leave your dignity at the door. FAILED A CLASS ON PURPOSE? Neither on purpose nor by accident. SEEN A GHOST? No. CRIED IN PUBLIC? On very rare occasions. BEEN HIT BY A PARENT? Only in the sense of collision. ATE DOG/CAT FOOD? I tried it. It's crunchy but not really that good. WALKED INTO A WALL AND/OR DOOR? I've walked into doors, poles, and important but flimsy support beams, but not walls. —Alorael, who has revealed his secrets! Now he has nothing left to live for except walking into a wall. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, June 27 2006 14:07
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Are you sure delivering the package harms your reputation? I know picking fights with Lorelei's guards over the package does, but you can go around them. —Alorael, who isn't sure how the other information is relevant at all. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |