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Captives of the turtle pit, hear ye, hear ye! in General
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I think Aran is hiding his 30 per day mark of shame.

—Alorael, who has no shame to hide.
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Poetry in General
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Right here.

—Alorael, who prefers Michie's's answer.
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HELP avenum 3 in The Avernum Trilogy
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Here.

—Alorael, who thinks that specifically ought to be put back in the forum header.
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I've made a script / story in General
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I didn't even get a monologue? Come on!

—Alorael, who will now have a moment of silence and hold himself in the light. It's rather less narcissistic than it appears, really.
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Poetry in General
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Not unless your TV has rocks in it and only fleeting images.

Actually, based on "fleeting," I'm going to guess that it's an oscilloscope. I'm not sure what the rocks are, but they're probably important.

—Alorael, who believes any riddle can be made into a difficult riddle through the judicious application of stretched metaphors and insanity.
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small edit to the forum header... in The Avernum Trilogy
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Thank you, Silver!

—Alorael, who suddenly has knowledge and power at his fingertips again. He can stop temporizing and answer questions!
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The Origins of YOUR Custom Title in General
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quote:
Originally written by saunders:

Not only are Khoth's and Arctic's titles linked, but at least one of them had to be shortened to fit.
I whimper in sympathy.

—Alorael, who can barely comprehend the sacrifices that were necessary. And, quite possibly, the adapters.
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Poetry in General
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As always, it loses something in translation.

quote:
Verde que te quiero verde.
Verde viento. Verdes ramas.
El barco sobre la mar
y el caballo en la montaña.
Con la sombra en la cintura
ella sueña en su baranda,
verde carne, pelo verde,
con ojos de fría plata.
Verde que te quiero verde.
Bajo la luna gitana,
las cosas le están mirando
y ella no puede mirarlas.

Verde que te quiero verde.
Grandes estrellas de escarcha,
vienen con el pez de sombra
que abre el camino del alba.
La higuera frota su viento
con la lija de sus ramas,
y el monte, gato garduño,
eriza sus pitas agrias.
¿Pero quién vendrá? ¿Y por dónde...?
Ella sigue en su baranda,
verde carne, pelo verde,
soñando en la mar amarga.

Compadre, quiero cambiar
mi caballo por su casa,
mi montura por su espejo,
mi cuchillo por su manta.
Compadre, vengo sangrando,
desde los montes de Cabra.
Si yo pudiera, mocito,
ese trato se cerraba.
Pero yo ya no soy yo,
ni mi casa es ya mi casa.
Compadre, quiero morir
decentemente en mi cama.
De acero, si puede ser,
con las sábanas de holanda.
¿No ves la herida que tengo
desde el pecho a la garganta?
Trescientas rosas morenas
lleva tu pechera blanca.
Tu sangre rezuma y huele
alrededor de tu faja.
Pero yo ya no soy yo,
ni mi casa es ya mi casa.
Dejadme subir al menos
hasta las altas barandas,
dejadme subir, dejadme,
hasta las verdes barandas.
Barandales de la luna
por donde retumba el agua.

Ya suben los dos compadres
hacia las altas barandas.
Dejando un rastro de sangre.
Dejando un rastro de lágrimas.
Temblaban en los tejados
farolillos de hojalata.
Mil panderos de cristal,
herían la madrugada.

Verde que te quiero verde,
verde viento, verdes ramas.
Los dos compadres subieron.
El largo viento, dejaba
en la boca un raro gusto
de hiel, de menta y de albahaca.
¡Compadre! ¿Dónde está, dime?
¿Dónde está mi niña amarga?
¡Cuántas veces te esperó!
¡Cuántas veces te esperara,
cara fresca, negro pelo,
en esta verde baranda!

Sobre el rostro del aljibe
se mecía la gitana.
Verde carne, pelo verde,
con ojos de fría plata.
Un carámbano de luna
la sostiene sobre el agua.
La noche su puso íntima
como una pequeña plaza.
Guardias civiles borrachos,
en la puerta golpeaban.
Verde que te quiero verde.
Verde viento. Verdes ramas.
El barco sobre la mar.
Y el caballo en la montaña.
—Alorael, who is also a fan of a certain three word poem by one Ogden Nash. "Parsley / is garsley."
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What was those forums again? in General
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Really? I thought of it as extortion. It has the demonstration of seriousness with implied further consequences if help is not immediately rendered.

—Alorael, who also thought many other things, some more fit to print than others.
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Avernum V in Avernum 4
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Magic seems to have limits in the world of Avernum, and cross-breeding hasn't been seen yet. It's also a process that's remarkably difficult to rationalize.

Energy/matter is conserved except when magic intervenes.

Every force exerted on an object results in an equal and opposite force exerted by the object except presumably magical forces, which don't have an object to be acted on.

Incompatible species cannot breed except when magic starts altering genes so they are functionally the same but somehow compatible between very different organisms?

—Alorael, who can conceive of Dorikas being part of a good plot. He can also conceive of Rentar-Ihrno's return to the surface ending being the one used in A5 so that it is exactly the same as A3. Who knows?
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What was those forums again? in General
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InvisionFree is the obvious free host of choice, or maybe MyIB. Ezboard also works, but it's painful.

—Alorael, who wonders what the average life expectancy of the free forum is.
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magery vs spellcraft in Avernum 4
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I've found that the investment required to get Magical Efficiency up to a level that produces noticeable effects would be more efficiently spent on Intelligence for more energy, First Aid for more energy recovery, or other skills. I had no magical efficiency and blasted through everything, yet I still played through A4 without ever drinking a single potion.

100 Magical Efficiency is just not possible without cheating.

—Alorael, who will admit that he is also energy conscious. It's amazing how far a few Bolts of Fire will take you and how much less they cost than lobbing Fireblasts around.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
magery vs spellcraft in Avernum 4
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Spellcraft and Magery are functionally identical. Raise whichever costs fewer skill points (so you'll eventually raise both). They increase the bonus in the formula for spell effects.

Magical Efficiency doesn't improve your spells, but it has a chance of reducing the amount of energy you expend by casting them. Since this is a random chance and not very likely even for significant amounts of Magical Efficiency, it's generally considered a nearly worthless skill. I wouldn't bother putting points in it.

—Alorael, who can also add that all skills affect mage spells and priest spells identically except for the obvious pair of skills dedicated solely to one or the other.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
(Brag Thread) Avernum 3! in The Avernum Trilogy
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I once beat A3 with a singleton equppied only with a pair of pants and a stick.

—Alorael, who may or may not have had a rather different party dynamic before changing a few things at the very end.
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A-2 in The Avernum Trilogy
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The simple answer is yes. Register and all sorts of doors and barriers open to you.

The longer answer is that the barriers actually come down at the end of the demo. Unfortunately, you can't get to the barriers. Fortunately, the editor can return you to Fort Ganrick so you can explore a short way past the barriers. There's not much to do before you register, but there's some entertainment value.

—Alorael, who can only say that Solberg's time is too valuable to waste on soldiers. Royalty is an entirely different story. Clearance is everything.

[ Wednesday, March 15, 2006 09:04: Message edited by: Euphemism Wrapped in an Innuendo ]
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Experience in Avernum 4
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There's nothing stopping you from assaulting every woodland creature you pass.

—Alorael, who thought about adding "except basic decency and respect for life." Then he realized that adventurers are habitually lacking in both.
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Minor Bug? in Avernum 4
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Screen refresh errors happen. If it doesn't repeat, it's just one of those computer voodoo things.

—Alorael, who prescribes the ritual sacrifice of one blank CD-R under the full moon.
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Poetry in General
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Dream quest to the Mountains of Madness, Aran?

Lorca's "Romance Sonámbulo" goes here.

—Alorael, whose poetic talents start and end at the limerick. He once wrote a ballad, and it proved his point.
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Avernum V in Avernum 4
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quote:
Originally written by Croikle:

quote:
Originally written by Epicaricacy:

Describing a nephar as having nepil heritage is iffy, but I don't want any interspecies hanky-panky.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Nephar just bigger, stronger, sterile Nephilim? Some just turn out differently (I remember some analogy with mules, though I don't know how correct that is), and then they're called Nephar.

Right, and that's what makes "nephil heritage" a strange choice of words if Randolph is pure nephar. That would be like saying nephils have nephil heritage. It's true, but it's so obvious you wouldn't bother saying it like that.

—Alorael, who is sure a First Expedition scenario could be worked out if necessary. The BoE scenario Truffle Days involves a survivor, in fact. Still, that kind of survival oriented game seems more suited to a scenario than a full game, or the game would end up being very unlike other Avernums.
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A-2 in The Avernum Trilogy
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I thought that was outside the demo area.

—Alorael, who believes the SPOILER 1 didn't become the SPOILER 1 until A4.
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Experience in Avernum 4
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Experience is divided equally among all living members of your party. Dead members don't count. Experience bonuses and penalties apply to each PC's experience portion separately.

Note that experience gained from a kill is reduced as your party's level increases. I can't remember if it's based on the average or the highest level, but it has a significant effect. A level 1 PC could kill a goblin for 8 experience and a party of four level 1 PCs could kill it for 2 experience each. After killing thousands of goblins, though, the single character would have a higher level than any of the PCs in the four person party but the four would have a higher combined experience total than the singleton.

You get experience for disarming traps, I believe, but not for picking locks.

—Alorael, who recommends piling on those penalties and avoiding experience bonuses.
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The Origins of YOUR Custom Title in General
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Your story is not like Saunders' story, which should be made available for all to read on Aran's site like it is here.

—Alorael, who considers it both a work of art and a necessary piece of evidence that should not be withheld.

[ Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:16: Message edited by: Epicaricacy ]
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A-2 in The Avernum Trilogy
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If you mean a small door north of the nephil fort, head back to Fort Ganrick and there should be an attack by the nephils. When you kill the attackers one of them will be holding a scroll with the password.

There's another door that requires a password that's closer to sliths, but I'm pretty sure it's not in the demo.

—Alorael, who hopes he's thinking of the door you mean.
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Rentar's Pylon Question in Avernum 4
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No, the pylon should take you to the ending sequence. Does it give you a message in a window or text on the bottom of the screen?

—Alorael, who has now heard of two bizarre ending bugs. Fun!
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I've made a script / story in General
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Now I'm getting even more of an image of Hannibal Lecter.

—Alorael, who is also and unrelatedly hungry.
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