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A4 Bugs in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, February 14 2006 17:33 Profile Homepage #62
It seems right to me that attacking takes 5 AP or all remaining AP if that is less than 10. I can't explain why, except that the possibility of stepping up to an enemy, attacking, and then stepping away bothers me.

—Alorael, who thinks many targets would become trivial if one could move after attacking without haste. Pylons, fungi, and shrubs would be no challenge at all because you'd never have to end a turn in range (even more so than already). Even mobile enemies would be easy to pick off or attract one by one.
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Favorite Charecter? in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, February 14 2006 16:29 Profile Homepage #7
Oh. I somehow misread your edited post and thought things were clarified.

This conversation has swerved into unhelpful.

—Alorael, who is a fan of the hunter who asks you to kill a wolf for him and who then dies before you can return.
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problems with E.D.F: why? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, February 14 2006 16:22 Profile Homepage #22
Another departure has gone unremarked, and I think this conversation has no chance of helping anyone and a good chance of making tempers run higher.

For the record, bringing up EDF in any context has been step one on the path to bad things.

—Alorael, who prescribes a lock, stock, and barrel without the last two.
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The Spiderweb Instant Custom Title Generator? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, February 14 2006 16:21 Profile Homepage #109
Thinking an opinion or even a set of beliefs are idiotic is not the same as thinking the opiner or believer is idiotic. This doesn't look like it will be resolved happily, though. Certainly not in a public setting like this.

—Alorael, who would like to request that Ash remove all the words between "pants" and "and" in his signature and replace them with an ellipsis.
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Hanged? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, February 14 2006 16:11 Profile Homepage #30
Iranian society isn't harmed, but Iranian women are.

Look through Nicholas Kristof's columns in the New York Times for a very different perspective on rape in Islamic countries. I don't know how the statistics compare, but it's certainly a problem there too, and it's more of a problem because the law is on the side of the attackers, not the victims.

—Alorael, who believes that laws for the good of society at the cost of individuals are generally considered human rights violations. If you would like to argue about the moral relativism of human rights, you may do so, but be clear that that's what you're doing.
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A4 Bugs in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, February 14 2006 16:03 Profile Homepage #59
Ending your turn after an action unless you have enough AP for another action strikes me as a good decision for balance. I can't articulate why, but I thought about it during the beta and decided I liked it.

The chitrach bug isn't a bug. You get a message when no more chitrachs are coming, but that doesn't mean no more are out but not yet visible. You could have killed that last bug by looking in the cave.

—Alorael, who also never knew about C for casting spells and who was bothered a little bit by clicking when targeting. His solution was simply to press the necessary buttons to cast the spell (or aim the bow) again if he mis-clicked.
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FEUD!!!! (CLOSED) in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, February 14 2006 08:13 Profile Homepage #7
quote:
Originally written by Dintiradan:

You know, when you're told to leave your sanity at the door, you aren't forced to comply.
Oh, but you really are.

—Alorael, who wishes everyone a happy Valentine's Day of introspection as well as delirious happiness or delirious unhappiness.
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Patrick's Tower in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, February 14 2006 08:11 Profile Homepage #24
Trap difficulty hits its maximum at around 15. Doors keep on going. Opening doors with a thief is a much greater expenditure of skill points than disarming traps.

Opening locks with a non-thief mage is a large expenditure of skill points too, but you get someone good at something besides doors and traps out of the bargain.

—Alorael, who loves him his glass cannons.
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Shipping and Handling Charge in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 20:17 Profile Homepage #9
If you were charged for shipping and handling, email Jeff. You shouldn't be unless an object was shipped and handled.

—Alorael, who would also make sure you didn't order a CD by accident.
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lol in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 20:14 Profile Homepage #18
There's an error in your cartoon, Alex. It should be "meta-reject." The meta is critical for sounding pompous.

—Alorael, who lols about idly on the internet.
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SupaNik, will you be my valentine? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 20:12 Profile Homepage #82
All the Keirsey/MBTI tests I've seen, which have been mostly but not exclusively disreputable, have suffered from confirmation bias. You tell the test what you're like and then, lo and behold, it can tell you what you're like, on average! Well, mostly what you're like, but the wrong parts aren't so important, right?

It's entertaining, but I'm not sure I have much faith in the MBTI's psychological underpinnings.

—Alorael, who could arbitrarily come up with any number of axes upon which judge people and divide them into 2^n categories.
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Patrick's Tower in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 20:00 Profile Homepage #22
It's a little late now, but the question isn't really what to do with your thief but why you have a thief at all. It's quite possible to get through the game and to open even most of the more ridiculous doors with only a mage. I think I managed to open up to 38 by the end. However, since mage and thief skills complement each other for unlocking, it's best not to have one thief.

My own approach was to give all my knowledge brews and wisdom crystals to the mage/thief to let it thieve effectively without sacrificing magic, but you can experiment with different builds.

—Alorael, who thinks the real lesson is that the hardest doors are opened by keys, quests, or not worth the effort.
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Favorite Charecter? in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 15:38 Profile Homepage #5
Tyranicus, you're no fun.

—Alorael, whose previous post made much more sense in the context of the pre-edited preceding post.
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lol in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 15:36 Profile Homepage #12
Laughing out loud is also a cookie-cutter way to express happiness or amusement. Everyone does it. Do you intend to reject that trend as well?

Discuss.

—Alorael, who believes that the use of the pseudo-word "lol" correlates directly with societal decay, urban violence, and meta-rejection of the network-relationship structure upon which civilization is founded.
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"expand their horizons?" in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 15:31 Profile Homepage #5
He'd have one cent, actually. That's the value of a penny. Now if he had a penny for every time this topic came up...

Jeff Vogel once touched on this very subject in an interview. His perspective was that it would be fun and interesting to step out of the RPG niche, but it would also be stepping into the territory of unfamiliar design, unfamiliar programming, and a search for a new market. Spiderweb follows the path of least resistance for most sales, and that's RPGs.

He mentioned the online games very, very recently in a thread here. In a word, no.

—Alorael, who can't say he's terribly disappointed. Unlike RPGs, most other genres do benefit significantly from higher end design. Turn-based strategy is the only other genre in which independent programmers and designers don't start from a large disadvantage.
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The Spiderweb Instant Custom Title Generator? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 13:38 Profile Homepage #89
The transvetitism is a new addition, I think, and the asexuality flies in the face of accepted canon.

—Alorael, who would it to be known that he is not particularly sweaty, either. You may make comments about loaded responses as you wish.
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Patrick's Tower in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 13:32 Profile Homepage #12
I must have missed something. Skill bonuses from traits don't help with unlocking? Wouldn't that make them bonuses on paper only?

—Alorael, who could see extra Tool Use from Nimble Fingers not counting towards the 1.5x points for Unlock Door, maybe. Anything else is just cheating by A4.
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Hanged? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 13:29 Profile Homepage #8
In fixing the soundbite you also changed the meaning, Ash. War for peace is like a woman prostituting herself to raise money to end prostitution. That's a little harder on the tongue, but it's still a decent clip for the talk shows.

—Alorael, who supposes he should be politically correct and point out that any men wishing to prostitute themselves to end prostitution have an equal right under the law to do so wherever the law does not forbid such.
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Shipping and Handling Charge in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 11:04 Profile Homepage #7
I'd want some verification of handling. How do I know that the contents that were not shipped were properly handled if I myself never get to observe them? Perhaps video footage would be required.

—Alorael, who almost talked about package handling. Then he realized that TM has been at his finest lately and doesn't need any more fuel for his fires. Yes, that is a possible innuendo.
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lol in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 10:57 Profile Homepage #2
Thank you for the non sequitur followed by a double post!

—Alorael, who doesn't boycott lol so much as not use it. Even if he does chuckle at what he reads, he doesn't feel a need to inform everyone that it was funny. THey can figure it out for themselves. He also doesn't write "achoo" when he sneezes.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Shipping and Handling Charge in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 09:07 Profile Homepage #5
if you don't buy anything that requires shipping (i.e. BoE, Nethergate, or a trilogy CD), you aren't charged for shipping and handling. Period. It looks like you may be, but you aren't.

—Alorael, who has never quite understood why handling has to be considered a separate cost. Is there any way to ship without handling?
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The Spiderweb Instant Custom Title Generator? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 08:50 Profile Homepage #80
IMAGE(http://www.jerseyproduce.com/images/Red%20Valentine%20Card.jpg)

For you, Slarty! I love you! Be my Valentine!

—Alorael, who wants to know if he can kill right now or if there are forms to fill out first.
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A4 Bugs in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 08:47 Profile Homepage #49
Enemies have always healed very rapidly if they aren't able to attack you or move closer to you. If you're not doing a lot of damage that can easily make it seem like you aren't doing damage.

—Alorael, who didn't need another reason to make Elite Warriors.
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SupaNik, will you be my valentine? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, February 13 2006 08:43 Profile Homepage #45
quote:
Originally written by SupaNik *:

quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

You know, men have a lot more respect for you if you have the money to buy them luxurious gifts.
FYT :P
Fixed your typo!

—Alorael, who needs to point out that while instant messaging can lead to unusually long conversations, it also leads to an uncommonly high level of content-free communication.
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Favorite Charecter? in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, February 12 2006 19:34 Profile Homepage #3
Charectar?

—Alorael, who couldn't resist. Not even to avoid a one word post. With some fragments.
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