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Member number	4153
Title	Law Bringer
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Registered	Friday, March 26 2004 08:00

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My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, January 8 2006 10:35 Profile Homepage #26 Did you hit Refresh at some inopportune time? -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, January 8 2006 10:35 Profile Homepage #26 Did you hit Refresh at some inopportune time? -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
dispel barrier please!!!! in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, January 8 2006 10:30 Profile Homepage #4 Prismatic Shield should help against the dazing. Mindshield scrolls might also be helpful. Best weapon against him, particularly when he summons annoying stuff: Lightning Spray. It also works with the hit and run strategy described earlier. -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
To keep or not to keep. in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, January 8 2006 10:27 Profile Homepage #12 You get two eyestalk quests in the game, as far as I know: (SPOILER) -One from the mage in East Cotra (if you kill the gazer under West Cotra, question it first, then go tell the mayor that it wasn't helpful, then go kill it, and the mayor never gets angry) -One from the potion-maker in Fort Remote, but only after you do the quests fetching Graymold and Mandrake. All of that person's quests show up on the job board in Fort Remote. -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, January 7 2006 14:51 Profile Homepage #16 quote: Originally written by Kelandon: quote: Originally written by Inthrall: Also, im not sure whether to make this story set in avernum, and just make it a demon. Im not sure on many things actually. Better to keep it out of Avernum. Too many scenarios (one of them mine) are set in Avernum with demon villains. Set it on the surface... we need more good scenarios on the surface. More specifically, some dry canyon kind of place would probably work well. And it'd save you work on graphics, since you could just use the dry ground floors/cliffs/walls. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, January 7 2006 14:51 Profile Homepage #16 quote: Originally written by Kelandon: quote: Originally written by Inthrall: Also, im not sure whether to make this story set in avernum, and just make it a demon. Im not sure on many things actually. Better to keep it out of Avernum. Too many scenarios (one of them mine) are set in Avernum with demon villains. Set it on the surface... we need more good scenarios on the surface. More specifically, some dry canyon kind of place would probably work well. And it'd save you work on graphics, since you could just use the dry ground floors/cliffs/walls. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 22:33 Profile Homepage #3 Please don't do this! Mazes are bad, particularly when they have secret passages... they just aren't fun. [quote=Inthrall It will not have a storyline[/quote]Aigh!!! Very bad! The storyline is the main reason that scenarios exist! This is an RPG, after all! I suggest that you incorporate a maze into a true scenario, and make the maze, how shall I put this... less of a maze. By which I mean, make it less intentionally infuriating to the player, and make it fit into the story. (the Deep Crawler mission in ZKR is a good example of a justified maze... and it doesn't even look like a maze, now does it?) Surely, you can be more creative than a simple maze. [ Friday, January 06, 2006 22:35: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. //www.freewebs.com/ephesos/]I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
My aMAZEing idea... in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 22:33 Profile Homepage #3 Please don't do this! Mazes are bad, particularly when they have secret passages... they just aren't fun. [quote=Inthrall It will not have a storyline[/quote]Aigh!!! Very bad! The storyline is the main reason that scenarios exist! This is an RPG, after all! I suggest that you incorporate a maze into a true scenario, and make the maze, how shall I put this... less of a maze. By which I mean, make it less intentionally infuriating to the player, and make it fit into the story. (the Deep Crawler mission in ZKR is a good example of a justified maze... and it doesn't even look like a maze, now does it?) Surely, you can be more creative than a simple maze. [ Friday, January 06, 2006 22:35: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. //www.freewebs.com/ephesos/]I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
I Want to Crush Your Dreams. in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 21:02 Profile Homepage #24 Dareva, as long as you understand the scripting, you can make a scenario. And anyone here can help you with that, as well as any story-related issues (as we've demonstrated in this thread). As for the chat, next week is good with me. My classes don't start up again until the 17th, so I have nothing to do until then. (So in all honesty, given the rush with which I completed DoK, I could conceivably have a finished product by then. I probably won't, though.) And for clarification, DoK2 is not abandoned, just temporarily on the shelf. The new project (tentatively named Embers of Rebellion) is just a way for me to give myself a break from the world I've created and actually get something else released. And about the crone in Nicothodes' scenario, couldn't you just use a set_mobility call, or does that wear off in combat? EDIT: Alright! My post beat TM's! [ Friday, January 06, 2006 21:07: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Druids of Krell bugs in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 20:50 Profile Homepage #9 Thank you for the compliment. And as for the updated version, I sent it in, but it hasn't appeared on the tables yet. So if anyone needs an updated version, let me know. (I have no website from which to host it, regrettably) EDIT: Don't forget to rate it at the Lyceum! [ Friday, January 06, 2006 20:50: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Need a translation in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 19:36 Profile Homepage #9 Hm... let's see. How could a spider-pult be worked into a scenario? -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Need a translation in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 19:36 Profile Homepage #9 Hm... let's see. How could a spider-pult be worked into a scenario? -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
I Want to Crush Your Dreams. in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 15:17 Profile Homepage #21 Nicothodes, the old crone route doesn't quite make sense. If there's been someone who can translate magic living in the village all this time, then the isolation angle kind of collapses. Arachnid, here's an idea. Remember those swamp creature things from ASR? Flood the mine a bit, and you've got your monster problem solved. Well, not in a literal sense, but you know what I mean. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Martial Arts? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 11:33 Profile Homepage #5 Could be a challenge for a BoA scenario... though that would be freakishly difficult. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
The Mountain of Shadows RP in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 11:27 Profile Homepage #478 OoC: Thralni, I hadn't been planning on a scenario of this RP in particular, thought that might come later (perhaps a group effort? anyone?). I was just wondering if people wanted to "donate" characters, as it were, to the scenario I'm working on. Just wanted to interrupt to say that I won't interrupt anymore. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Moral dilemmas in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 11:22 Profile Homepage #4 I felt genuinely bad about those adventurers... particularly once I realized that they were on the same mission as me. -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Uh... Mayday? (possible issue/ spoilers warnng) in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 11:20 Profile Homepage #1 Uh... that's not good. I assume you managed to dispel the barriers in Fort Emerald by yourself, and that's what led to this problem. And you were supposed to make sure that the vahnatai envoy didn't get killed. How did that happen? -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
I Want to Crush Your Dreams. in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, January 6 2006 11:12 Profile Homepage #16 quote: I need to find a decent bad guy - demons are too... cliche. And they have no real reason for taking the portal. Apart from that though... I don't think a demon is automatically too cliche. I mean, a well-characterized demon beats a poorly-characterized but creative enemy. But don't use Grah-Hoth unless you're prepared to really commit to that, because then you'll be bound hand and foot to game canon. It's much easier to invent your own enemy. And as for motivation, demons have that simple tendency to want to show off (I mean, look at all the demons of A4). Or, this one might want to escape from the netherworld/imprisonment somewhere, and see that this portal is their best shot. EDIT: quote: Originally written by Slith Lord: Anyway I started once a scenario, but then my computer crashed. Storyline: Party shall clean a big Avernum cave to secure the burial of Motrax´ remains. Party fights many lizards. Party finds old still used Empire Fortress. Party kills big fortress residents. Party gets back and shows the "empty" caves, fights angered Pyrog´s Spirit and wins. Questions: -Still used Empire fortress? Why are they still there? Did they never hear of the truce? Wouldn't they be dead by now? (remember, well-written undead are an acceptable plot device, but random plagues are not) -Couldn't you just stick with the lizards, and have some particularly-powerful drake or something leading the pack? -Why Pyrog's spirit? [ Friday, January 06, 2006 11:16: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
anyone got an xbox? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, January 5 2006 20:04 Profile Homepage #23 quote: Originally written by MyBuddy: quote: Originally written by MyBuddy: thing nice too say dont say anything.....or something like that........... do you see this? Yep, I see it. And it makes just as much sense as the rest of this thread... -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
anyone got an xbox? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, January 5 2006 19:55 Profile Homepage #20 Kill this thread, please! -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
I Want to Crush Your Dreams. in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, January 5 2006 19:40 Profile Homepage #7 Nicothodes, having a merchant wander in doesn't seem very... sensical. It's too random. Instead, you could just have the party discover a spellbook belonging to the prophet. This could be accomplished through the party having to return a quest item to the prophet, and the prophet's convenient and temporary absence. As for the reduced scenario plan, here's mine, since I need to take a break from DoK2 for a while: Party sent to small valley on a courier mission to the local empire fort, and once the delivery is made, a large bomb tears apart the biggest town in the area. Party is left to figure out who is responsible, either the Empire or a local group of rebels. (Inspiration is from the heavy-duty explosives being developed by the rebels and Empire in ASR) And I'm running on CST. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
The Mountain of Shadows RP in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, January 5 2006 19:10 Profile Homepage #471 OoC: Nazgul, those look great! And a sitting graphic would be appreciated, but it's not completely necessary. (After all, not a single druid in DoK was sitting) -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
The Mountain of Shadows RP in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, January 5 2006 10:28 Profile Homepage #467 OoC: Not bad, Thralni. A little bit of a stretch, but I think we can allow it. We've seen worse here, anyway... -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Ghall-Irno quest in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, January 4 2006 19:12 Profile Homepage #1 Regrettably, it has to be a fine waveblade. -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Rentar's Keep in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, January 4 2006 18:20 Profile Homepage #4 This is a good question... I'm rather curious about how many others let Rentar live... -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00

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