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A3 help? in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, April 5 2007 10:55 Profile Homepage #2
Have you tried entering the battle and the running away instead of standing and fighting? Unless there are many khazis insistently throwing fireballs and such at you, you can probably make it out with your skin intact and your dignity shattered.

—Alorael, who otherwise thinks using the editor is the way to go. You can either use the editor to make the battle winnable and then lower your stats again or you can use the editor to return your party to Fort Emergence and go back to somewhere where you won't be killed.
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When ordering a game? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, April 5 2007 10:51 Profile Homepage #10
As someone who had played no Geneforge games before Geneforge 4, I agree. It's a great game even if you know virtually nothing about the prequels. I'm still an Avernum partisan, but I think Geneforge 4 is probably the objectively best game, if that makes any sense.

—Alorael, who really recommends downloading a bunch and trying them all for a few minutes. It costs you nothing but a little time, and it's quite possible that you'll end up registering an enormous number of games. They really range from good to amazing.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
All In The Family in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, April 4 2007 13:00 Profile Homepage #91
It's only about 44,000 miles to a communication satellite and back to Earth. That's not quite a quarter of a second. While some of us are quick thinkers, I don't know if anyone but TM could come up with a blistering retort that fast.

—Alorael, who supposes it's important to receive a response to information sent, so meaningful two-way communication requires an 89,000 mile trip of half a second plus some time for thinking on the other end. In today's fast-paced world, that might as well be forever.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Aranclonetar in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, April 4 2007 08:24 Profile Homepage #65
quote:
Originally written by Tyranicus:


quote:
Originally written by King of Kokomo:

TNG = quite possibly the best show ever?
Hardly. Even if you hate Star Trek, and I know that many people unfortunately do, you have to agree that there are much worse things out there. Even some of the other Star Trek series **coughcoughEnterprisecoughcough** were worse.
KoK says, "TNG is great!" You respond, "No, TNG is great?"

Tyran, you've outdone yourself with that post.

—Alorael, who believes 4~5 for large values of four and small values of three. It's also perfectly reasonable to approximate them both as 1. You're within an order of magnitude.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Plato vs. Aristotle in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, April 4 2007 08:03 Profile Homepage #8
"Aristotle was a mere maker of lists. Plato was a real philosopher." Bonus points to anyone who can recognize the source of the quote, but I don't think I agree. Their philosophies are very different, but I guess I'll give Aristotle bonus points for natural philosophy despite his failure to invent the scientific method.

—Alorael, who also happens to be a big fan of the Poetics, especially the section on comedy. He maintains that it is, in fact, a very avant-garde form of meta-humor.
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Jeff, please respond - Magic and Avernum 5 in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, April 3 2007 19:47 Profile Homepage #53
It's Beastslayer. The sword is not useful in itself and a waste of perfectly good mithril for another AP-giving sword from Carmine. Besides, it's more effective to just run past the babies than it is to stop and freeze them all.

[Edit: Me kill English good!]

—Alorael, who found that was the only point in A3 that he really missed Stealth. Hiding from monsters is not standard Avernum behavior.

[ Tuesday, April 03, 2007 19:48: Message edited by: Adjutant 5M ]
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Happy Passover in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, April 3 2007 15:52 Profile Homepage #19
You know, there was another guy who started out Jewish and had a messiah complex...

—Alorael, who is pretty sure it wasn't Mr. Koresh, name notwithstanding.
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Alorael for Admin in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, April 3 2007 10:51 Profile Homepage #98
Admins have absolute despotic power. Mods can just lock or move threads and delete or edit anyone's posts in the forums they moderate.

—Alorael, who is mostly interested in getting access to the Even Krazier Kwilting Korner. They've got patterns not meant for mortal eyes there!
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Happy Passover in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, April 3 2007 10:46 Profile Homepage #11
I'm nominally Jewish, but I try to always celebrate the first evening of Passover with a bread sandwich. That's a slice of bread between two other, preferably different, slices of bread. Mmm. Then I half-heartedly avoid leavened foods, although I just don't see how cereal, which constitutes around 30% of my diet, is leavened.

—Alorael, who only kicked half the puppy because the other half was obstructed by the wall against which the puppy was being kicked.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
The Episodes: the poll in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, April 3 2007 10:43 Profile Homepage #28
quote:
Originally written by I.F.M.:

Okay "New Arrival" :P
Please, for the love of all that is good and right in the world, stop talking about newness and noobness! That goes for everyone. I now feel fully justified in editing or deleting any posts that do, because they're either obnoxious and content-free or flame bait. Or both.

—Alorael, who believes the "or both" is redundant here. Any content-free post will attract flames on Spiderweb. Mini-modding is taken seriously here.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
A2 Page from Garzahds tower. in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, April 3 2007 10:41 Profile Homepage #6
Oops, you're right. I'm thinking of A1's sugar. Carry on!

—Alorael, who has only just realized that Fort Avernum, despite its name, can only be entered in half of the games that bear the same name. Not bad!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Alorael for Admin in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, April 2 2007 20:01 Profile Homepage #91
Imban was banned and unbanned repeatedly? I think you're thinking of TM, and you're thinking of him much later.

I think your TM story details are also a mix of fact, slightly altered fact, and fiction. TM was never, as far as I know, an admin. He also wasn't banned from the Ikonboard. He was a mod for many sections, at at least by the time he was on the UBB he was often called the megamod. Then a banner with a personal attack appeared on the top of Miscellaneous. Scorp and TM were both de-modded for the incident although it seems like TM wasn't really responsible. TM never became a mod again, but he stuck around for several years with a few bannings and reappearances until he happened to catch Jeff's eye in a bad way. The rest is history, and it is history with very little TM in it.

—Alorael, who brings you this history hour on behalf of the murky days before the PPP recorded everything for posterity.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Happy Passover in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, April 2 2007 19:55 Profile Homepage #2
Being the chosen people is not always fun. In fact, sometimes it uses language that is not kosher according to the CoC. You've been warned.

—Alorael, who is working on his reputation as a doer of pernicious deeds. He also kicked at least half a puppy today!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
A2 Page from Garzahds tower. in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, April 2 2007 19:53 Profile Homepage #3
Sugar is actually a special item, I believe. You have to steal it from the storerooms in Fort Avernum, and completing the quest hurts your reputation.

—Alorael, who wouldn't be suprised if some of the supply quests never ended.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
All In The Family in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, April 2 2007 19:49 Profile Homepage #54
The union of Dareva and Slarty has apparently produced two fine children, and Dareva has unilaterally produced Andraste as well. Well, okay. But I have sprung full-grown from MM's head without any help and then produced Tyran by budding?

—Alorael, who really wants to know where this tree came from. This is not a happy family. This is a family that cries out for help, or at least judicious pruning.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Meet the speed breed! in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, April 2 2007 13:46 Profile Homepage #15
quote:
Originally written by Malakos the Freshly-Plowed:

w00t
—Alorael, who brings you a post free of new material courtesy of Kel. Signatures don't count.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Song from exile One in The Exile Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, April 2 2007 13:44 Profile Homepage #9
Okay, but where's carthag.mod from? Google provides the music but no source, and it could have been taken from E2.

—Alorael, who wouldn't be surprised if Jeff got non-exclusive rights to music. He just doesn't see any evidence.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Mhff... in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, April 1 2007 08:38 Profile Homepage #5
TM couldn't have been responsible for Canning two years ago. He may have talked to people and pulled strings, but he did not personally perform the Canning.

Oh, and welcome back, Rowen!

—Alorael, who has a vague memory of you. That's pretty good for only one hundred and some odd posts.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Useful creations/spells in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, April 1 2007 08:35 Profile Homepage #1
I've never tried to keep a roamer around for more than one or two battles, but they're useful. There are plenty of monsters that are highly resistant to fire and/or cold, and if you're going with fire shaping only roamers are a great source of acid damage.

—Alorael, who mostly agrees. Rotghroths have their supporters, but they don't seem to be worth the battle shaping investment. Anything likely to die quickly (charged creations) or designed to explode on impact (pyroroamers) just isn't worth the time it takes to shape it.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Google TiSP in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, April 1 2007 08:29 Profile Homepage #9
My favorite is still the MentalPlex. TiSP is moderately humorous, but the new Gmail Paper is great. It even has a LotR reference!

—Alorael, who has also been impressed by the offerings of Uncyclopedia on this joyous day.

[ Sunday, April 01, 2007 09:05: Message edited by: Tranvia Terrifico ]
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Really anticipated ideas for A5?? in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, March 31 2007 20:46 Profile Homepage #101
quote:
Originally written by Synergy:

Umm, whose phone number is that, Alo? If it is a phone number.
Call it and find out!

—Alorael, who does not, in fact, recommend calling it. That would be silly.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Really anticipated ideas for A5?? in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, March 30 2007 18:58 Profile Homepage #92
You wouldn't happen to have a sibling who might post here, would you?

—Alorael, who advises you to invent one if you don't. They make great transparent internet excuses.
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What have you been reading lately? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, March 30 2007 10:44 Profile Homepage #351
I'm now reading through Glen Cook's Dread Empire trilogy. It's okay, but it has a formal style that doesn't quite work. Cook seems to be at his best when he can be colloquial because he's speaking through a narrating character.

quote:
Originally written by Spent Salmon:

He is either brilliant, has a remarkable personal assistant, or is a deeply disturbed human being.
Yes. And yes and yes?

—Alorael, who may be the only fantasy-lover left who just doesn't think George R. R. Martin is anything special. He read the first two books and got about halfway through the third before losing interest and picking up something else. He almost never puts down a book, either. There's just something about Martin's style and characters that doesn't appeal.

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(10:12:57 PM) AlecKyras: BHHHHHH in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 29 2007 18:28 Profile Homepage #10
BHHH

—Alorael, who is always glad to see a thread that promotes interesting discussions. There are some elsewhere.
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