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About special skills (lethal blow etc.) in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 12:43 Profile Homepage #13
In many cases its the cost of the skill itself. Magical Efficiency just isn't good. I wouldn't buy it for one skill point even if I didn't have to unlock it first.

—Alorael, who can't think of anything that's too hard to unlock but then worth investing in once you've got it. The skills worth an investment are worth it even with high costs.
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What happened to... *POSSIBLE SPOILERS) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 12:41 Profile Homepage #5
The protagonist of G3 can't be mentioned by name because the name is chosen by the player and therefore isn't anything specific, and his or her actions can't be referenced too specifically because you can do very different things and get very different endings.

Really, the only thing that's certain is that by the end of G3 your character will be very powerful and probably have other important people scared and/or angry.

—Alorael, who thinks Jeff did a reasonable job of conveying that. He also thinks this from the perspective of never having finished G3, so he understood everything that wasn't mentioned!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Range of Experience in Richard White Games
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, March 24 2007 18:39 Profile Homepage #16
I have no moral objection to cannibalism as long as the humans are raised humanely, pun unintended but duly notied. Human sacrifice is fine as long as you're getting a good return on your investment. Aztec gods are bad. Sacrifices to the almighty dollar are excellent!

—Alorael, who thinks he's descending down a slippery vertical drop into the realms into which only Thuryl dares venture.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
In Which I am Bothered by the Whole Insanity Deal in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, March 24 2007 12:26 Profile Homepage #4
We're not all insane. We've just left our sanity elsewhere. What does that make us? Only observation can say.

—Alorael, who has marked nonsensical and weird jokes as one of the first symptoms. Others include EVOL, gimmicks, and TM.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Carcassonne, Caylus, and Catan in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, March 24 2007 10:03 Profile Homepage #4
I think the setting isn't really responsible for the popularity of the games, but it is interesting that they're all set in times well before modern .Then again, there's no a Starfarers of Catan game, or so the advertisement in my box tells me.

If there is an anti-expansion lesson in the games, it's unintentional. The problem is usually either beginning to expand without being able to finish (Carassonne) or getting into futile expansion wars while someone else quietly finishes smaller projects (Settlers). The lesson might be think small.

—Alorael, who has never even heard of Caylus. He'll have to look into it. He'll also have to find the name of another game he's played, which is non-medieval because it's wholly abstract. He figured out that the game always ends the same way, and it's always by making one player who can't win choose which of the others will. It's certainly an interesting dynamic, but it gets old fast.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
G/A/E muitiplayer? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, March 23 2007 19:58 Profile Homepage #9
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

Keep in mind that half the reason most of us play SW games is the fast pace of gameplay compared to commercial bloatware; the simple animations and short load times mean we spend most of our time actually playing stuff instead of watching it.
Hear, hear!

—Alorael, who has now realized that Battle for Wesnoth is set up perfectly to make the Empire War into a strategy game. Anyone feeling frustrated by BoA and looking for a new creative outlet?
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Boo! in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, March 23 2007 19:51 Profile Homepage #10
My punchlines have been stolen! But hey, good results for a zero word post.

—Alorael, who knows he should have voted for Alcritas.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
G/A/E muitiplayer? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, March 23 2007 10:17 Profile Homepage #5
quote:
Originally written by E=MC Hammered:

Geneforge could be possible since Jeff just recently finished the last edition to the series, although I do doubt it happening.
Geneforge 4 isn't the last game in the series. We're expecting at least one more.

I actually think one could make a fairly good MMORPG out of the world of Avernum, but I think it would go best with A1 or pre-A1 as the setting. The caves have become too tame since then and the surface is generic fantasyland. I think it would do better as a very niche game or somethin in the style of A Tale in the Desert.

Either way, it's not going to happen. Too much risk, too little experience, and Jeff already has a market for single player games.

—Alorael, who is always slightly surprised that there's no Exile/Avernum MUD. It's a good thing, though. Even though Spiderweb isn't full of graphical wonders, the caves really do require a visual representation.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Quick Avernum 5 Update, March '07 in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, March 23 2007 10:11 Profile Homepage #77
Garzahd's brief reappearance was effective in its creepiness. Once was enough, though, and I really think Jeff knows that.

—Alorael, who wouldn't be too disappointed to suddenly find a bunch of young vahnatai named Rentar. Hero worship can be a good thing.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Best PC class? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 22 2007 16:53 Profile Homepage #3
The way I play I've always found that a lifecrafter that uses mostly magic with a dash of shaping does even better. The small improvement in shaping is worth the small losses elsewhere.

—Alorael, who still has very little trouble with a dead weight shaper. Aside from the occasional battle in which you are forced into the middle, you can easily trail far behind your creations so they do all the fighting for you. If that's scary, keep a few back as bodyguards.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
OLD OLD game. in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 22 2007 16:50 Profile Homepage #13
quote:
Originally written by Infernal Flamming Muffin:

All I have to do is look at you for "funny".
Then again, I don't know what you look like...
My face and sunny Florida beaches now have something in common, and you know something about what I look like now!

—Alorael, who actually spent a few seconds going through pages of eyeball skewer Google results to see if Homeland was on there.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Government conspiracies and martians in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 22 2007 16:45 Profile Homepage #12
All done here.

—Alorael, who isn't sure whether or not this thread went from bad to worse. It definitely never broke even.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Quick Avernum 5 Update, March '07 in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 22 2007 10:46 Profile Homepage #60
quote:
Originally written by Blake81:

And did you know than before the releasing G4 for Windows took ONLY TWO DAYS for the cheats to appear,That's VERY QUICK.
Not really that quick. It had been out for Mac for a long time before that. Besides, the question isn't about what cheats are available, it's about what will be available. That is known by at most three people in the world right now.

—Alorael, who would expect all the A4 cheats to return. There's no reason for Jeff to carefully remove them from the engine.

[ Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:01: Message edited by: Amber Device ]
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Quick Avernum 5 Update, March '07 in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 21 2007 20:30 Profile Homepage #53
Oh, come on. Solberg hasn't lived in his tower since A2. In A3 he was a ToM resident until evicted by demons, and in A4 he was a bitter, bitter inhabitant and administrator of Patrick's Tower.

—Alorael, who thinks that's about as low as a mage can sink. Having to work in a tower named after someone else? That's cruel!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Quick Avernum 5 Update, March '07 in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 21 2007 18:11 Profile Homepage #51
Judging by precedent, I'd guess that A5 will cost $28.

—Alorael, who expects other information will be revealed in due time. Or perhaps not. Anticipation is good too.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Range of Experience in Richard White Games
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 21 2007 18:11 Profile Homepage #13
Get off my forum!

—Alorael, who would like to know how it is a good idea to latch onto and emulate one of Spiderweb's favorite public enemies. A martyr complex is not Tullegolish.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
The U.S. and Iraq in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 21 2007 18:04 Profile Homepage #54
Both Clintons are Democrats. Democrats are left of the Republican right, but the real left, which has no major political party on its side, rejects the Democrats as being too close to center. Alec's in that camp.

—Alorael, who loves a good discussion that ends in refusal to discuss. There's no better way to advance politics.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Exile 2 Pricing in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 21 2007 17:38 Profile Homepage #9
MM was fishing for responses and he got one! He's been here since day one, and in fact arrived on day one of the Spiderweb Ikonboard that predated this UBB. His account was eaten by a forum bug, but the number was salvaged even though the post count and join date were lost.

—Alorael, who really thinks avoiding mentions of spelling or noobness is in the best interests of most newbies and all whose spelling abilities are not beyond reproach. Stones and glass houses!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Quick question.............. in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 21 2007 10:08 Profile Homepage #32
Everyone in this topic sucks. Also their mothers.

—Alorael, who assures you that this post is, indeed, spam. This is true even though every word is absolute truth.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Quick question.............. in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, March 20 2007 21:09 Profile Homepage #25
Aran is harassing me and should be banned immediately.

—Alorael, who may have to see how much of the infraction checklist he can get covered in this thread. Speaking of which, you can get registered versions of all Spiderweb games here!
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 Tuesday, March 20 2007 17:13 Profile Homepage #5
I think it's at least part guitar as well, and the intro musics for Nethergate, the Avernums, and the Geneforges are all little sound bites put together just for those games.

—Alorael, who is glad that Spiderweb gets unique music and sad that the intros to Nethergate and A2 aren't actually parts of longer and wonderful pieces.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
The U.S. and Iraq in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, March 20 2007 12:01 Profile Homepage #41
The fact that humor is deadpan by default on the internet is no reason for everyone to have to add a LOL sign to funny posts.

—Alorael, who supports subtlety. There's no better way to sneer at the oblivious.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Quick question.............. in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, March 20 2007 08:57 Profile Homepage #15
No, no, no! More dots!

—Alorael, who only understands that more dots and the death of English are linked.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Quick Avernum 5 Update, March '07 in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, March 20 2007 08:48 Profile Homepage #33
Actually, the new highest priest spell will be Martyr's Terror. You horrify and appall your foes until they flee, weeping, but in exchanged your forced into the Path of Postmodernism. Oh, and probably banned, too.

—Alorael, who is quite sure that Solberg is old enough that he's now 90% magical replacement parts, as he informs you in A4. He also deserves better than to be shunted off to somewhere that isn't the center of events. He needs to go set some Anama missionaries on fire!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Spiderweb Game of the Year and... in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, March 19 2007 22:58 Profile Homepage #16
I think you meant "meant" there.

—Alorael, who means well. He doesn't mean to be mean, but you lose meaning when you demean a language.
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