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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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Long Distance Traveling in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, January 4 2006 18:10 Profile Homepage #14 quote: Originally written by Contra: ..Of course, to know for sure, we would have to first ride the pylon, and then do it the Douglas Adams way. Ouch... that's even worse than Alo's double entendre... But the "most of your spirit" bit would explain the rather maniacal look of Vidrain on Fort Avernum. He was never that disheveled before... -------------------- 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
'Real' Area spells in Avernum 4? in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, January 4 2006 10:29 Profile Homepage #4 One day, that'll be coded into the games... and then I'm sure one of the cheats will require saying "you shall not pass!" -------------------- 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
'Real' Area spells in Avernum 4? in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, January 4 2006 10:24 Profile Homepage #2 Divine Retribution is, simply put, the best spell in A4. Fire, stunning, and a heck of a lot of targets. That, and it's just so much fun to shout "RETRIBUTION!!!" at the screen... Just kind of wanted to say that. And in an attempt to say something useful, Arcane Blow is also an area spell now, as are the strange spells Aura of Flames and Diamond Spray, which only exist in wand form. Lightning spray is kind of an area spell, though it can be really weird about what targets it hits. -------------------- 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
The Mountain of Shadows RP in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, January 4 2006 10:15 Profile Homepage #458 OoC: Thralni: I thought I had made it clear that the staff's being broken didn't mean much anymore... that just kind of annoyed me, though I acknowledge that from an IC perspective, Filbert would not know this. However, since you had read it, I would've hoped that you would have Sequoia do something before getting smashed up. And about the Zephyresque tendencies, just try to ease up on the demon angle a little bit, and try not to disable half of the remaining characters in a single post again. And if you ever sprout extra arms, we kill you. :D All: I keep noticing something. Very few characters here have taken much damage at all, or so it seems. Sullust, Sequoia, and Caecus are the only ones who ever lost consciousness once (excluding Brail's death by bear). Personally, I recall Sequoia being unconscious twice now, nearly being killed by Zephyr twice (once after I dropped a rock on him, and once in Verwey when he had me by the throat), and one of two people who ever had their weapons damaged (Andros being the other). Just thought I'd point it out, because one more decisive hit like that and Sequoia is going to have to die for real... plot devices can only revive you so many times... In summary, stop focusing the beatdown on Sequoia, if you'd be so kind. Sorry for the interruption. -------------------- 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
BoA CHAT!! in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, January 3 2006 21:16 Profile Homepage #3 EDIT: How about posting a synopsis after the chat? (Changed to reflect the stupidity of my earlier post) [ Tuesday, January 03, 2006 21:28: 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
BoA CHAT!! in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, January 3 2006 21:07 Profile Homepage #1 What? No! I thought we'd moved it to Saturday! EDIT: Stupid, stupid, stupid... that's what I get for looking at my computer's clock after midnight and not thinking about it... Anyway, I'll be there. [ Tuesday, January 03, 2006 22:50: 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
Testing chambers spoilers in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, January 3 2006 15:09 Profile Homepage #15 quote: Originally written by ArsonPerBuilding: Oh well...the stone circle outside of Rentars final fortress certainly gave me a startle for a moment. Has that circle actually done anything to/for anyone? Or is it just there for show? -------------------- 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
Postaroni, Pizzabella! in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, January 3 2006 15:06 Profile Homepage #36 Check the list again... saunders is on there twice. The newer account (5563 on the list) is the one that moderates General. [ Tuesday, January 03, 2006 15:06: 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
Exodus Progress in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, January 3 2006 13:19 Profile Homepage #2 Can't wait to see the final product... though I sincerely hope to see fewer undead in this one. And it's good to see that this one will have outdoors. While interesting, the all-town nature of Bahss lowered the quality just a bit. -------------------- 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
A4 Demo in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, January 3 2006 13:15 Profile Homepage #7 quote: Originally written by Glafna: dammit, i was looking forward to seeing the surface. Then play A3 again, or load up BoA. The Avernites have begun moving to the surface (and Empire citizens have moved to Avernum freely), but that's just not where the action is. The plot is in Avernum, and the Avernites been kind of cut off from the surface momentarily (if you play through, you'll see why). -------------------- 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
Nephilim Mystery BUG in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, January 3 2006 13:11 Profile Homepage #12 Fair enough... I just can't wait for the next beta of Shipwrecked. I want to see the style improve (and I trust that it will). -------------------- 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
About a older (not yet found) thread in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, January 3 2006 13:07 Profile Homepage #50 quote: Originally written by The Almighty Doer of Stuff: That George W. Bush deserves to be drawn and feathered, tarred at the stake, and burnt and quartered. I imagine that would look very... interesting. You wouldn't see the feathers, and I dare you to try and slice up a burning chunk of tar. -------------------- 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 Tuesday, January 3 2006 10:34 Profile Homepage #453 OoC: I expect that Cain will join us shortly. (restrains urge to kill Filbert, as well as urge to just die and get it over with) IC: Pain lanced through Sequoia's body. The impact of ceiling and floor wouldn't have been so bad, but a few unluckily-placed stalactites on the ceiling had done a fair amount of damage. Trying to croak out a warning to Lisha had drained most of his remaining energy, and he lay silently cursing as he slowly lost consciousness. The druid's vision began to grow dark, and he could feel the taint of the mountain creeping between him and the cave floor, more solid than before. And then, it vanished. Sequoia could suddenly feel every inch of the cave floor beneath him, which puzzled his slowly-fading mind, and stopped the string of obscenities he had been thinking. He felt the sheer density of the stone, down to the roots of the mountain. As lights burnt out in his mind, a fragment of his druidic training flashed into his mind. Brother Copperbough was explaining the methods of drawing energy from the land, relying on the power of nature to recharge one's mind. All that one needed was to feel the pulse of the land. (Sequoia had previously discarded this idea as patently ridiculous) Now Sequoia felt the pulse of the mountain, an almost-sickly thumping which rattled his mind (or what remained of it). In what seemed like a reflex, his mind reached out for the pulse of energy. And he felt the mountain's energy course through his body. The taint which Sequoia had vowed to erase now seeped into his mind, along with the natural power of the mountain. The lights came back on, and the druid's first full thought came out in a frenzied rush, something to the effect of YEAAIGH!!! He could feel his body again, and it was complaining loudly. The druid's mind filled with the conflict of his own thoughts and the mountain's taint, an argument which threatened to erase what little remained of his sanity. As a spasm of mental confusion ran through him, he gripped his necklace with a bleeding hand. The pain subsided a bit, and the druid's vision returned. He felt the taint weaken, and his momentarily-heightened mental power inferred that the necklace must have been enchanted to provide resistance to mental magic. He lifted his head enough to scan the battle scene momentarily, and his body shuddered. He saw Edith crouched on the ground by some faintly smoking herbs, with a look of anger tinged with panic in her eyes. He saw Lisha, her shoulder bleeding, facing down an angry Uruk-Hai, and Tuulentekija was busy charging at Filbert, sword drawn. Melora still looked a bit surprised, but had drawn daggers and appeared to be calculating the risks of fighting. He saw Filbert, eyes filled with demonic hatred, rushing alongside a Uruk-Hai to try and skewer Tuulentekija. And lastly, Sequoia saw the Uruk-Hai standing over him, fangs dripping with what looked like saliva, eyes burning like... something that burned very evilly (Sequoia's mind skipped a beat on the analogy). The pain dulled as anger filled every nerve in his body. He wasn't sure how much control the taint had of his mind, but he was more worried about the demon leering over his prone body. He thought about his training. About his travels. This journey. And when his mind returned to the present, what little remained of his calm shattered like aged glass. Hatred surged into the front of his mind, and a spell rose unbidden to his lips. The flash of green and white light filled the passage, illuminating the surprised look on the Uruk-Hai's face before the bolt struck. The sound of magic tearing into the demon's skin caught everyone's attention, particularly Filbert, who narrowly avoided Tuulentekija's sword as he cast an almost-frightened look at Sequoia before refocusing on his duel with Tuulentekija. Sequoia struggled to stand up as the pain of his wounds returned. But the sight of the small pile of the demon's remains recharged his mind, and the anger returned. He will pay! He will suffer! With a bloodcurdling scream, Sequoia drew himself up to his full height, as a few of his wounds continued to bleed. He could feel them slowly closing, but the pain lingered. He would not die, but he would have a hard time surviving. He painfully drew the halves of his staff from his bloodied cloak, and they immediately glowed a deep, angry red. Then, he screamed again, for all of the pain brought to him by the accursed mountain, and for the small remaining shred of his sanity which remained. His mind cleared a bit. Turning to see the Uruk-Hai menacing Lisha, hatred filled his mind again, and he half-staggered, half-charged at the demon, beginning to bellow a spell as his wounds slowly bled. Return to your hell and leave mine, tainted fiend! he thought, before the hatred completely consumed his mind. OoC: Note that this is only meant to be a temporary insanity. The taint will remain, but it won't be this bad again. I'm personally rather proud of this passage... [ Tuesday, January 03, 2006 22:47: 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
Getting extra skills in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, January 3 2006 10:26 Profile Homepage #1 Arcane Lore and Nature Lore work best when the whole party has about 20 total. However, you don't need all of that until towards the end of the game. Giving every party member 3 or 4 points early on won't hurt, as the skill point requirements are so low. Then, if you find a cache/book you can't open/read, then you'll probably be able to just use some leftover skill points to raise Arcane/Nature Lore on the spot. -------------------- 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
Nephilim Mystery BUG in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, January 3 2006 10:20 Profile Homepage #7 quote: Originally written by Akai Hoshi: I found a bug in Nephilim Mystery. When I play it, it sucks. If only that was a bug... But as for Anna's bug, I think you had to go smash a crystal east of the trog fight. It was in the same hut where you find the mithril bar, I believe... I could be wrong though. Where's Seletine been lately, 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
Avernum:4 vs Blades Of Avernum which is the best? in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, January 2 2006 21:49 Profile Homepage #1 Oddly enough, this could actually be a worthwhile discussion... so I'll list the better points of each (or at least how I perceive them). Blades of Avernum: -Variety in style -Creative plotlines -Not being bound to the main Avernum plot -Better graphics -Replay value (particularly if you become a designer) Avernum 4: -Far more to explore -Good ol' Avernum, for better or worse -More well-designed combat situations -Longer -More overall game to play (until Blades designers such as myself get more work out there) -------------------- 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
About a older (not yet found) thread in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, January 2 2006 20:03 Profile Homepage #47 quote: Originally written by harf'er'melora: quote: Originally written by Eldibs: Saying GWB is perfect is like saying that cigarettes are good for you. Except that cigarettes are good for the economy because they lower the life expectancy and bring in a lot of tax money. Whereas Bush just does the former, but not the latter. :P (applause) Somebody defuse this debate, please. And personally, I think you've got to get over 4000 before you get to the really quality members. I mean, how rare is it that people past 4000 stick around? [ Monday, January 02, 2006 20:06: 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
Testing chambers spoilers in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, January 2 2006 12:42 Profile Homepage #9 The sixth test was just generally easy... by that point, you should have all sorts of ridiculous shielding spells, and nobody should be able to harm the wolves. In fact, the last time I did that one, none of the enemies even had a chance to harm the wolves... they died too quickly. -------------------- 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
What is Scribbane? in The Avernum Trilogy
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, January 2 2006 12:38 Profile Homepage #8 quote: Originally written by got any skribbane? Plzz dude: skribbane is not as bad as some people would like it to sound. Its a very effective and nice herb I believe that as soon as you can obtain skribbane, you should take it since it is very good and gives blessing. and when you have become a good skribbane addict you can enter the city of skribbane addicts near some mountains in the eastern part. if you arent skribbane addict there will come a bad dialogue saying something about mad men talking gibberish and drooling attacks you. I'm starting to wonder if this is some older member in disguise... or just someone with nothing useful to say. -------------------- 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
Postaroni, Pizzabella! in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, January 2 2006 12:34 Profile Homepage #18 Khoth, would you enlighten us as to what led to your custom title? -------------------- 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
If I Could Make My Own Fantasy Game... in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, January 1 2006 17:17 Profile Homepage #53 STOP DOUBLE POSTING!!! In all honesty, someone's going to ban you if you keep this up... -------------------- 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
Giscard in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, January 1 2006 17:12 Profile Homepage #8 What on earth are you talking about? You can't make gremlin wine... you're not a gremlin, and the only two gremlins in the game are rather disinclined to make more. -------------------- 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
Testing chambers spoilers in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, January 1 2006 17:09 Profile Homepage #2 Slow and Steel Skin are your friends... and actually, so are blades that curse the target (i.e.: Ghostly Blade, Frozen Blade). The weaker they get, the more likely you are to survive. -------------------- 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
Reptile Island (spoilers) in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, January 1 2006 17:05 Profile Homepage #8 quote: Originally written by arghhhhhhhhh: there's drakes? come on jeff you can do better then that! next you will have a mysterious cult of people who can create living beings and also fight vilish and their monster plaugers arghhhhhhhhh, register the game, for the love of all things good and pure. Just buckle down and buy it, so you can learn the plot for yourself, instead of pestering us. Avernum without the occasional drake would just be wrong. Think of all the awesome treasure we'd be missing out on. EDIT: I see you did register, now that I looked at the other thread... so play the stupid thing for yourself! You'll learn that hardly any of the drakes figure into the plot at all! [ Sunday, January 01, 2006 17:07: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- 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
Druids of Krell bugs in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, January 1 2006 17:01 Profile Homepage #7 Hm... sequel. Well, the one I've got in the works is kind of a sequel. You get to go to the island where it all began, anyway. I'll probably just leave the details of DoK's conclusion up to players' imaginations. And most of the graphics were from the Louvre. Wonderful resource, really... though I take full credit for the treetops. -------------------- 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

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