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Switching A1 demo party to the full version? in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, May 22 2007 13:45 Profile Homepage #1
Since you're just entering a code to unlock the rest of the game, your party works just fine. You won't even need a new program.

—Alorael, who would hate to make significant progress in a game, decide he likes it, and have to start over.
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I just thought some of you might want to be informed of this potential heretic. in Richard White Games
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, May 22 2007 13:44 Profile Homepage #11
Nope. The punishment is enduring what has been wrought.

—Alorael, who will not lock this topic. Evil laughter goes here!
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Pied Piper Project IV: A New Bot in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, May 22 2007 13:42 Profile Homepage #8
PPPIV: Quest of the PiperBot

—Alorael, who hopes the bot has mastered virtues as well as archiving.
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, May 21 2007 18:10 Profile Homepage #72
There is nothing wrong there. That's a perfectly respectable letter æsc (or ash, if you prefer) from Old English. It's also a legitimate combination of A and E from Latin, British English, and other languages, but that's not how I'm using it.

—Alorael, who would like to be shown where he said those very words or have them removed from your signature. He's not comfortable being directly quoted when he in fact wrote no such thing.
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, May 21 2007 17:03 Profile Homepage #69
What's wrong with the words you see?

—Alorael, who wants to know where the quote of his is from. It's devoid of context and he can't find it with the board search or Google.
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, May 21 2007 15:36 Profile Homepage #67
But Aran! you know þæt wæs god cyning!

—Alorael, who happens to like good ol' Scyld.
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, May 21 2007 13:21 Profile Homepage #65
The good doctors of this forum should be making Faustian bargains to get the recognition they deserve right about now.

—Alorael, who at least thinks some of them should be doing that. Others have already turned to evil long ago.
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Vids in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, May 21 2007 13:16 Profile Homepage #3
Snapz Pro is the Mac video capture tool I'm most familiar with, but I'm sure there are others.

—Alorael, who has better advice if you have a new MacBook. Rig mirrors so that the camera in the laptop can be used to record what's on the monitor. Messy? Yes. Genius? Yes!
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Add free-roam features in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, May 21 2007 13:13 Profile Homepage #9
I'm pretty sure that party and roguelike don't go together.

—Alorael, who considers ASCII fairly important but not essential to roguelikes. You could make a very strong case for Diablo as a direct descendent of Rogue. Roguelikes tend to offer far more choices, though. When was the last time you carefully created and destroyed walls to arrange the perfect chamber for killing an enemy slightly slower than you in a non-ASCII game?
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, May 20 2007 09:47 Profile Homepage #54
Actually, the CoC says it's okay to have an army behind an account as long as you accept that you'll be treated as one and only one person. I highly recommend bifurcation, though, or you'll just cause confusion.

—Alorael, who thinks talk of being smart is cheap and actions speak louder than words. Besides, for those whose IQs are well below the Spiderweb average all the talk of brilliance is just hurtful.
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It's About Time in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, May 19 2007 20:30 Profile Homepage #18
Although I've never owned Starcraft, I'm excited for the sequel. Expression of joy!

—Alorael, who liked heroes well enough in Warcraft III. They were, in fact, a logical expansion of all the unique characters in Starcraft. Heroes seem like they should be unique in Starcraft, though, because the spirit of the game is things exploding and dying messily, not things surviving to wreak indefinite havoc.
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avernum party makeup and size in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, May 19 2007 20:22 Profile Homepage #4
I agree with DV on the last two. You'll want two priests frequently and two mages reasonably often. It's a good idea to have two characters who can do both.

The first two characters have to be able to pummel foes and that's about it. Having one thief type is helpful. Archery is okay, but you probably won't do too much damage with it. Giving the fighters a bit of priest skill actually works out nicely, especially against certain enemies who like to pick on casters.

—Alorael, who advises using only the berserker out of the premade classes. Custom is much better for everything but a swordsman and works just fine for that too.
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, May 19 2007 20:19 Profile Homepage #44
I agree with DV. Insults should stop here.

DV, do not taunt happy fun Ed memories.

quote:
Originally written by Delicious Vlish:

Second rule about Mod Club... Don't bring a club to a sword fight.
FYT

[Edit: Missed the key!]

—Alorael, who brings you wisdom on behalf of Saunders and her waveblade.

[ Saturday, May 19, 2007 20:22: Message edited by: Song of Light Returning ]
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Avernum 1 in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, May 19 2007 06:18 Profile Homepage #41
Nephilim are slightly easiser than nepaharim. The names are misnomers, though, because the Nephilim Fort has nepharim as well and is undeniably the tougher of the two, as you can probably tell from the first ten steps there.

It makes more sense to tackle the Nepharim Fort first, but I don't think it's essential. If you can handle the tougher Nephilim Fort now, go ahead.

—Alorael, who recommends the powers of basic observation. A crude fort hacked out of a cave is less impressive looking than a giant castle. The difficulty matches.

[ Saturday, May 19, 2007 06:21: Message edited by: Vat Munchies ]
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Jeff Interview at IMG in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, May 19 2007 06:14 Profile Homepage #18
Even Universal will be outdated one day. And to be honest, I liked the changes from Exile to Avernum (although I know I'm not necessarily in the majority on these boards). I think new things are great, but I'm fine with seeing a mechanical overhaul with the same plot once in a while.e

—Alorael, who thinks A4 shows what mechanics can do. A4's plot is, well, minimal, but the engine is fun. If the engine had been used for a remake of an older Avernum, there would be no room for complaint on that score. There would be complaints, of course, but that's life.
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Jeff Interview at IMG in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, May 18 2007 16:53 Profile Homepage #3
Stygium, obviously.

—Alorael, who wouldn't take these series finales too seriously. E3/A3 was the last, remember?
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, May 18 2007 05:36 Profile Homepage #20
Hey, there were a few elections after mine. They just lacked the acrimonious Florida 2000-style ending. Still, there have been some good smoky back rooms. Logo vs. Lady J? Fun times fondly remembered!

—Alorael, who feels he should point out that his modding was not modding done to him but rather modding done by him. Do you ever wonder why everyone is Imban when they used to be Zxquez? You're welcome.
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, May 17 2007 23:56 Profile Homepage #16
A man, no. A boy, though... Well, Drakey's got a past.

—Alorael, who will have you know that Krazy Kwilting can be an intense experience for the unprepared. Stay out of the Korner if you're not ready for real Kwilts. And sometimes tentacles.
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, May 17 2007 16:47 Profile Homepage #8
Aran was chosen by popular acclaim and the fact that he programmed half of those who were then mods himself. Well, at least one, anyway. But to be fair, I'd programmed him, too, so I knew he could be trusted.

—Alorael, who denies all allegations of circular causality. He also now notes with amusement that all mods who were removed for malfeasance have been either banned or eaten by the UBB.
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, May 17 2007 14:53 Profile Homepage #3
The UBB has a hard limit of four mods per section, so it's not always a trivial matter to add a mod. Sometimes it requires gladiatorial combat to determine who shall mod and who shall die.

—Alorael, who misses simpler days when gladiating was unnecessary. Once a conspiracy and a few knives in backs were sufficient.
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Favorite Avernum Dialogue in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, May 17 2007 08:49 Profile Homepage #5
You meet a young, vahnatai man. He is sitting by his fire reading a scroll. He stands when you approach. "Welcome, humans. Sit by my fire a bit. I am Mentos." His friendliness is a fresh experience.

He proffers several small pieces of vahnatai candy to you. You try one. It's pretty good. It makes your mouth tingle pleasantly.

—Alorael, who also likes Anaximander's special reward and the turgid drones of Almaria. Also the man exiled for being depressed you can meet in A1.
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What have you been reading lately? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, May 16 2007 20:59 Profile Homepage #396
More Than Human by Ramez Naam. He's an incorrigble optimist of transhumanism, but it's fun. And he's less of a crackpot than Leon Kass, at least.

—Alorael, who wants his internet telepathy and robot arms now. Immortality would be nice too.
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Nethergate: Resurrection in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, May 16 2007 08:42 Profile Homepage #110
I'm not sure what world map you mean. The outdoors? It's still there in all its Nethergate goodness except for a few minor but nifty alterations.

—Alorael, who really thinks the only loss from the original Nethergate is the level system or lack thereof, and it was, as Jeff noted, amusingly broken.
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A time for celebration in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, May 15 2007 20:35 Profile Homepage #7
I can't cheer the death of anyone, no matter how much I disagree. Falwell is only the spokesman for the lunatics, anyway. His death doesn't make them go away.

—Alorael, who will if nothing else mourn the loss of the man whose name was synonymous with, well, Jerry Falwell. [Edit: As in, you know, being able to say Falwell and have everyone know what you mean.]

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Pen and Paper Anyone? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, May 15 2007 16:14 Profile Homepage #18
That depends on how your DM runs thinks, doesn't it? Most people I've talked to prefer lower scores. I tend to agree with you that higher is more fun than lower, but it's for much the same reason that I think games shouldn't start at level 1 (and probably even why Jeff complains about starting out pathetic).

—Alorael, who thinks a lot of that system is built around D&D's assumption that all your abilities will be boosted by magic items. Actually, that may be one of the few ideas started by D&D and not Tolkien, Vance, or company. The walking magical armory is definitely a game mentality.
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