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Pure Spirit way better then natural mage...? in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, March 26 2006 14:42 Profile Homepage #3
Don't forget that Magical Efficiency is gravy, not a useful skill. Casting in armor is vital if you plan to have mages.

—Alorael, who likes the irony of Magical Efficiency being the least efficient way to conserve magic.
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PDN? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, March 26 2006 14:34 Profile Homepage #15
I don't remember every PDN I've ever had. I lost about five in a horrific computer disaster of file corruption.

The rest I can explain, or I can at least make up plausible and entertaining lies.

—Alorael, who will admit that care and forethought go into some PDNs more than others.
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Defensive stats in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, March 26 2006 08:20 Profile Homepage #2
Endurance increases your health, and the increase depends on your level. It's more useful in the middle and end of the game than in the beginning, but I never put more than a point or two in Endurance.

Defense, Dexterity, Parry, and Gymnastics are all ways of not getting hit. All of them help a great deal. The last two in particular can be used to make your characters untouchable.

—Alorael, who doesn't put much faith in Hardiness. To get any use out of it you need to put so many points into it that you'd be better off investing those points elsewhere.
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Player Storylines in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, March 26 2006 06:49 Profile Homepage #7
A1 begins in 817. A3 begins in 833. A2 obviously begins sometime in the intervening 16 years.

A4 doesn't seem to begin at any specific time. Some characters who were old before are still old. Some young characters are old. Some young characters haven't aged much at all. I just accept that Avernum 4 happens "later" than Avernum 3.

—Alorael, who also just realized that A4 is the first Avernum to involve absolutely no children. None. So although conditions have improved, birth rates have gone down.
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A1 A2 conrols in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, March 25 2006 19:43 Profile Homepage #1
If your problem is moving two steps per click, you'll need to use a keyboard or an old computer. Nobody has a fix for the problem.

—Alorael, who doesn't know anyone who physically alters code anymore. Punch cards are a little old-fashioned.
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buying skills in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, March 25 2006 11:10 Profile Homepage #6
There are some places where you purchase skills like that, but they're not all like that. I don't mind having to plan characters around early handicaps for later bonuses. As has been pointed out many times, A4 isn't so hard that you can't just ignore skill purchases and do fine.

—Alorael, who lives without any First Aid whatsoever until he can buy it.
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Best weapon in the demo? in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, March 25 2006 09:21 Profile Homepage #3
Not at all. I think that honor goes to the Jade Halberd, but there are a number of weapons that can pound Demonslayer into the ground. Demonslayer wins for defensive bonuses, though.

—Alorael, who's even tempted to say the most powerful weapon is a bow. They're rarely parried and there are some very nasty ranged weapons available.
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test of patiense in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, March 24 2006 22:43 Profile Homepage #1
quote:
Thanks to Schrodinger:
Doesn't really matter who does this quest. Walk along the path, ignore the wheel, then make it to the lever. Pull it, and pilot it out to the water area, and take the upper path. I'll let you figure this out, but it's not too hard. Then just keep pushing the block up the stairs. The block won't fall off the cliff either. Move back onto the rune, and uh oh! Just push it south through the secret door. Jump down after it, and move it back onto the rune. That's it.
[Edit: I arghhhed the quote tags.]

—Alorael, who has some obvious advice for not pushing the block into the water: if pushing the block will knock it into water, don't push. Find another way!

[ Friday, March 24, 2006 22:44: Message edited by: Helium ]
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Transferring Registration from Windows in Blades of Avernum
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, March 24 2006 12:44 Profile Homepage #2
Forget the should. I don't think the registration files are compatible.

—Alorael, who has had no trouble getting new passwords when disaster strikes.
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Ritual of sanctification in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, March 24 2006 10:18 Profile Homepage #1
The ritual is in a room in the northwest corner of Formello. I believe you have to get in through a secret door outside the city wall, so keep wall bumping on the outside of Formello.

—Alorael, who likes the ritual much better in Avernum than in Exile. 50 spell points is a hefty price.
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The Periodic Table of Spiderweb in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 23 2006 19:17 Profile Homepage #43
Keep your filthy tentacles off of helium and out of my nasal passages, you floating, gooey wretch!

—Alorael, who hasn't had a good helium laugh in a while. He He He!
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The Periodic Table of Spiderweb in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 23 2006 19:07 Profile Homepage #37
Lead's taken. So's helium, so keep your grubby tentacles away!

I nominate Aran for Germanium candidacy. It's so logical a script could come up with it.

—Alorael, who bestows hydrargyric status upon Dareva. Shiny and fluid, mercury has captivated minds throughout history. All that and it's prone to causing nerve damage!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
A4 questions in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 23 2006 19:01 Profile Homepage #8
Elite Warrior is the most useful for a fighter. After that, what beats Divinely Touched?

—Alorael, who can make a case for Fast on Feet. That's really all.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
I've made a script / story in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 23 2006 19:00 Profile Homepage #404
This is a tragedy in the style of Shakespeare, isn't it? The script will end when seven thousand Spidwebbers plus some odd noobs all die gruesomely.

—Alorael, who hopes some kind of batch process is devised. This could get old before the first thousand shuffles off this mortal coil.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Who will lock this topic? in Richard White Games
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 23 2006 13:25 Profile Homepage #1
Your mom.

—Alorael, who didn't lock this topic.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
RWG needs alot of spam! in Richard White Games
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 23 2006 13:22 Profile Homepage #5
So am I, but I always have time to lock a thread.

Just not this one. Omlette's reappearance deserves better!

—Alorael, who frowns menacingly at Mycroft. Well, grumpily. Okay, it really looks like he's slightly pained, possibly from dyspepsia, but he tries.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Which do you prefer? in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 23 2006 13:20 Profile Homepage #26
I have a question. What are you doing here if you don't like the games and sneer at the people?

—Alorael, who missed the second page of this thread and Kel's post. Kel has already said what this signature said pre-edit.

[ Thursday, March 23, 2006 13:24: Message edited by: This is just to say EEP. ]
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
The Periodic Table of Spiderweb in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 23 2006 13:15 Profile Homepage #3
And prone to odd configurations.

Jeff strikes me as oxygen. Necessary for Spiderweb life, but also necessary for Spiderweb flames.

The Creator is a diatomic molecule that combusts into carbon and ash.

—Alorael, who would rather think of himself as helium. This is because he is noble, aloof, and largely inert. He can also be inhaled for entertainment value.
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need help A3 in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 23 2006 08:50 Profile Homepage #5
The roach monster type doesn't have to kill the priest monster type for time to trigger the replacement of the priest with a roach.

—Alorael, who would guess that that's what happened. Normal priests don't have giant bugs in their humble abodes.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Milking the Bunker A3 in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 23 2006 08:48 Profile Homepage #8
They also supposedly boost your resistance to all fire damage. If that's true they're by far the best Bunker weapon, but I haven't verified it and I'm a little skeptical.

—Alorael, who takes the Cooling Amulets anyway. The other weapons aren't useful, so something that may or may not be useful can only be a step up.
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Call me crazy... in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 23 2006 08:44 Profile Homepage #30
quote:
Originally written by Shaper Lord:

Alorael will be an old grandpa... never married.
Oh my.

—Alorael, who has faith in the ability of most individuals to walk and chew gum simultaneously. Many are even capable of the amazing feat of posting on Spiderweb and living fulfilling lives. But you're right; he will still be old and alone in an attic with only the bottle and a rifle for company.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Avernum V in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 22 2006 22:09 Profile Homepage #151
Scrying only works on what you look for, presumably. Excess population looking for new frontiers has never been Avernum's problem. Excess frontiers with horrible monsters are the problem. As soon as Avernum ran out of obvious sources for new terrors, the mages probably breathed a collective sigh of relief and put the covers back on their crystal balls.

In times of peace, exploration becomes more interesting, especially when you could find untold riches or, even better, exciting new dungeons to delve into. Maybe both!

Heck, all it requries is another portal to Lower Avernum, a small quake that opens new tunnels, or a newly dug cellar that ends up being more exciting than first expected.

—Alorael, who didn't hear anyone crying foul at the sudden appearance of cave systems beneath the Great Cave and the Eastern Gallery. Another layer below that could be found, and another, and another, and whoops, it looks like there's a Greater Cave down there!
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A4 questions in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 22 2006 21:56 Profile Homepage #4
quote:
Originally written by Randomizer:

The bonus special skills will make up for the lower levels. Having a lower level will mean that the penalty for party to monster level will kick in later.
Quoted for emphasis. Since the limiting factor on your level is usually the fact that you end up fighting monsters that give no experience, not a shortage of monsters to fight, an experience penalty has minimal impact on your characters. The bonuses are hefty, though.

Really, A4 isn't so hard that you can really screw up a character with poorly planned traits. I'm fond of giving my fighters Elite Warrior and Divinely Touched, but Fast on Feet is very nice too.

—Alorael, who would consider an all-disadvantage character (as is currently being tried) a true challenge. It's hard in A2, although it was done, but A2 doesn't inflict "bonuses" that weren't so that the negative traits got you coming, going, and in between.
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Milking the Bunker A3 in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 22 2006 17:38 Profile Homepage #2
The most useful of the weapons is not the one you think.

—Alorael, who bases this on unverified reports of a concealed benefit to the amulets.
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