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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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Do we have a future? in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, December 30 2005 11:54 Profile Homepage #22 Of course, there are scenarios like the early versions of Canopy, which just crashed for god parties. That's a really good way of discouraging god parties. And, responding to green kid's complaints, you could always learn BoA scripting and make it harder for that kind of stuff to happen... we could always use more designers. -------------------- 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
Chemistry at home, part 12 in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, December 29 2005 21:45 Profile Homepage #57 quote: Originally written by no chicken for sale here: .... :P .... :) .... :D .... :D .... :P .... ;) Aigh!!! Too many graemlins! It burns my eyes! An "I just got back" post should never have this high of a graemlin-to-word ratio... it needs to be diluted quickly. -------------------- 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
Do we have a future? in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, December 29 2005 21:39 Profile Homepage #18 Hm... have we thought of trying to revive discussions at the Lyceum? I mean, besides the fact that the ezBoard system is evil incarnate... Alternatively, we could drag people from the Lyceum over here... but forging some greater link between here and there might really help things pick up again. (Returns to working on 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
Cutscene problem in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, December 29 2005 21:29 Profile Homepage #12 That's odd... TextEdit has always worked fine for me. -------------------- 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
Cutscene problem in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, December 29 2005 21:29 Profile Homepage #12 That's odd... TextEdit has always worked fine for me. -------------------- 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
Cutscene problem in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, December 28 2005 21:55 Profile Homepage #1 I doubt this, but maybe it's the space before "begintownscript;" Honestly, I can't see what would give an Improper Command error... but here's one unrelated pointer, regarding this bit of code: As is, the code will erase the new bubble before the player ever sees it. It should read: -------------------- 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
Cutscene problem in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, December 28 2005 21:55 Profile Homepage #1 I doubt this, but maybe it's the space before "begintownscript;" Honestly, I can't see what would give an Improper Command error... but here's one unrelated pointer, regarding this bit of code: As is, the code will erase the new bubble before the player ever sees it. It should read: -------------------- 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
Favorite and Most Hated Music To Play in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, December 28 2005 10:42 Profile Homepage #12 I have next to no musical talent when it comes to instruments. I prefer singing, and it's usually bearable. The only instrument I ever learned anything for was the recorder, and it was required in my elementary school (I get the feeling that a lot of schools torture their students thusly). Those concerts were horrible... quote: Originally written by Two pipe solo: —Alorael, who holds a special place of hatred in his heart for every composer who betrayed the true flute by writing for traverso. The recorder will rise again! If the recorder ever rises again, then it will be like one of those horrible zombie movies. I mean the kind where someone like Hitler comes back from the dead. I will be more than pleased to put a shotgun shell (or a shovel) between the eyes of said zombie woodwind. [ Wednesday, December 28, 2005 10:44: 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
Um - NPC help... in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, December 28 2005 10:38 Profile Homepage #9 quote: Originally written by Thralni, chicken god prophet: However, i'm not sure if you can control it like becca in Av 2. i think the computer simply controls it. The computer has total control of the NPC... so script them well. -------------------- 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
Um - NPC help... in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, December 28 2005 10:38 Profile Homepage #9 quote: Originally written by Thralni, chicken god prophet: However, i'm not sure if you can control it like becca in Av 2. i think the computer simply controls it. The computer has total control of the NPC... so script them well. -------------------- 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
Annatolia or Crewl? (possible spoilers) in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, December 28 2005 10:33 Profile Homepage #3 I wish I'd realized that it's possible to get by without killing either of them (those traps in the passage under Bargha aren't really that bad). I just wound up thinking that Annatolia was a bit more dishonorable... and I wish I'd thought to kill her without saying it to her face. It was really "fun" trying to run out of Spire without killing anyone... -------------------- 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
Active Designers? in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, December 27 2005 21:29 Profile Homepage #17 quote: Originally written by Niemand: I'm also a bit stuck because my master plan now calls for a number of custom graphics which I am now not so confident of drawing. Put in a graphics request at the Louvre. -------------------- 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
Active Designers? in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, December 27 2005 21:29 Profile Homepage #17 quote: Originally written by Niemand: I'm also a bit stuck because my master plan now calls for a number of custom graphics which I am now not so confident of drawing. Put in a graphics request at the Louvre. -------------------- 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
Formello? in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, December 27 2005 18:05 Profile Homepage #2 How many appearances do the Face-Leaping Spiders make in the game? I know it was more than Formello... -------------------- 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 Tuesday, December 27 2005 13:04 Profile Homepage #444 IC: Once he and Lisha had caught up to the elf, the hissing sound took a minute to register in Sequoia's mind. Then, before he could search for the sound's source, a section of the wall beside him collapsed with an ear-crunching crumble. When the cloud of frost and rock dust settled, Sequoia, Lisha, and even the elf had drawn weapons (Sequoia had instinctively reached for the broken halves of his staff and now brandished them with a slightly embarrassed look). Behind the wall stood two of the four warriors they'd met earlier, and Sequoia was pleased to see that the demon-possessed one was absent. Still, the man and woman with masks seemed the worse for wear. As recognition set in, the masked woman (Sequoia tried to remember... Edith, was it?) lowered her ring, and the masked man (Sequoia surprised himself by remembering Tuulentekija's name) relaxed noticeably. "My, my. I think our lonely luck has just changed." Edith said. Sequoia still felt as if the words weren't quite taking the normal path from ear to mind, but he couldn't quite place the feeling. He shelved the thought back into his mind. "What brings you here?" Sequoia asked. "We think the mountain has forced us in this direction." Tuulentekija said. "Why are you three still here?" At this time, another scrap of parchment chose to blow down into the passage, landing squarely between the five travelers. The breeze still smelled of sulfur. The elf cautiously picked it up, then sighed and tossed it aside. Lisha caught it in midair, and glanced at it briefly. "It's blank. No writing, no runes, no ink." she said, dropping the parchment onto the dark ice. Sequoia could almost feel a wave of frustration emanating from the elf. "It seemed so close..." she barely whispered. After a moment's silence, Lisha spoke again. "I believe we've been lured here as well." Nobody said it, but everyone thought Perhaps Orloki wishes to wipe us all out at once... Another silence followed, and the sulfurous breeze died down. Casually glancing around the tunnel, Sequoia could no longer spot the parchment, which should've stood out against the dark ice. Another illusion? The elf spoke next. "What happened to the others? Shouldn't there be two more of you?" Edith shrugged. "You saw what became of Cain, and we don't know if he escaped the cave-in." "But apparently Filbert survived." Tuulentekija nearly spat. "The last time we saw him, he was flanked by two Uruk-hai. What has happened to his mind, I'm not sure I want to know." "Possessed?" the elf asked. "Perhaps, but I'm—" Edith said. "That's the only way a demon would obey him." Tuulentekija interjected. "And you should know, we think he's following us." A loud rumble echoed up the passage to them. "I bet the tunnels are changing again. That's the main reason we ended up here." Edith said. (Are her lips even moving? Sequoia thought) "Then shouldn't we get moving before we get trapped here?" Sequoia asked. "Perhaps. Let's go." Lisha said, anxiously looking up the tunnel. So Orloki wants us to move toward the top? I'll be ready. And this mountain's taint shall be removed once and for all... OoC: There. Can we get moving again? I don't plan on posting again until Aran or David does... EDIT: Hey, this is post #444, and you know what that means! Another meaningless number that just happens to line up enough to look important... [ Tuesday, December 27, 2005 18:42: 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
Reptile Island (spoilers) in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, December 27 2005 12:50 Profile Homepage #5 quote: Originally written by Two pipe solo: —Alorael, who can think of one semi-exception, but it's both quite obvious and still not something that can wreck your game. I can think of two rather important characters you get the dialogue option to kill... and both can have rather unpleasant consequences. And of course, there are the bounty hunt quests... all three of them. -------------------- 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
Giscard in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, December 26 2005 19:13 Profile Homepage #4 I want to say that there's a vintner somewhere around Formello... but I could easily be wrong. It was somewhere before the Tower of the Magi, and I could've sworn he sold a bottle or two of gremlin wine. -------------------- 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 does A4 offer us? in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, December 26 2005 19:10 Profile Homepage #17 quote: Originally written by Delicious Vlish: I realised who did it the moment I saw a razordisk in the mines by Fort Draco. As soon as I saw a chitrach drop a piercing crystal and a razordisk in the Eastern Gallery, I knew it for sure. Before then, I had successfully fooled myself into thinking that the vahnatai were not the main enemy. -------------------- 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
Do we have a future? in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, December 26 2005 19:04 Profile Homepage #8 BoA is understandably dormant, what with A4's arrival and all (not to mention how some of us were diverted from designing by testing). But, once it sinks in that this is all of Avernum that we'll see for a long time (since Jeff mentioned distinctly non-Avernum projects), I think people will return to BoA. Besides, A4 gives us all a lot of plot to work off of, though the next person who brings back a major character (like Rentar in UV) gets slaughtered. By all means, let's revive and restore the discussions. I've personally been happy to see more threads and questions in the BoA forum, as well as the editor forum (even if most of them are from one person). So there's definitely still hope. We just need another motivator... maybe another contest once the A4 hype has subsided. Hopefully it will not go the way of The Pearl. -------------------- 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
new scenarios in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, December 26 2005 18:56 Profile Homepage #1 The way I see it, you have two options... 1) Make one yourself. 2) Be patient, this is 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
If I Could Make My Own Fantasy Game... in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, December 25 2005 22:08 Profile Homepage #43 quote: Originally written by Dikiyoba: Dikiyoba, who didn't actually mind arghhhhhhhhh's creature topic and was disappointed that it was locked before Dikiyoba could post some bizarre fantastical creature. Uh... pardon me for asking, but why are you imitating Alorael's sig? Because I believe we've had an epidemic of that already. And that topic would've probably just resulted in more unpleasant lung-boring insects. -------------------- 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
Is this game nothing but combat? in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, December 25 2005 21:12 Profile Homepage #50 quote: Originally written by Slartucker: The plot -is- extremely slow to get going. From what I've seen so far, I'm cautiously optimistic. I always wished that something more had been done with the Bon-Ihrno Prossis-Bok vs. Rentar-Ihrno Glantris-Bok dichotomy, and it looks like that might happen. After Ex/Av 3, though, my expectations aren't that high. Well, Bon-Ihrno did die in A3, after all. And quite honestly, the Olgai Council weren't given deep enough characters to return in A4. EDIT: Okay, let me put it this way. The fact that they weren't ever mentioned in A3 (which was a mistake in itself) makes you wonder if they're even still in power down there. I mean, I could've missed a bit of dialog somewhere, but I don't think any of A2's council is mentioned in A4. [ Sunday, December 25, 2005 22:05: 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
Dodge maximizing in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, December 25 2005 20:45 Profile Homepage #1 I thought the whole issue was that you'd never get to level 36, given the total lack of experience points. -------------------- 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
Wikipedia: Skribbane in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, December 25 2005 20:14 Profile Homepage #19 quote: Originally written by Gungungunian: —Alorael, who would have made the skribbane article if there were a category for fictitious drugs. Why not just write it for the Encyclopedia Ermariana? EDIT: I almost forgot to mention... nice moniker, Alo. EV Nova, I assume? [ Sunday, December 25, 2005 20:55: 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
Is this game nothing but combat? in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, December 25 2005 19:49 Profile Homepage #45 quote: Originally written by iluvhorses: Also, before, when you were in a town you had to actually begin a fight with the "combat" command, but in A4 no matter where you are, town or outdoors, the game automatically launches me into combat mode and I have to scroll the screen around to figure out where the enemies are, and sometimes I still can't see them. I swear, this has been a bug since the beginning of beta testing... it happened first with a group of fungi in the Eastern Gallery (around that one ogre... Swamplouse?), and again in a field of pylons. The first time, there were no enemies in sight... anywhere. The second time, I think it happened because some friendly NPCs were fighting something nearby, but out my sight range (honestly, I don't know, but that's what Jeff said after I sent him a save file). I definitely miss being able to enter combat mode willingly... though it led to some interesting abuses of spellcasting in A1-BoA, particularly with group haste. Still, in A4 it seems that the game will occasionally delay entering combat mode. I remember some shambler-type things over by Erika's Tower that almost never initiated combat mode unless you actually hit one. The same went for some Cauldron Icefingers in the Spiral Crypt (again, Jeff did not comment on this after I sent a save file). EDIT: Missed a bracket in the quote tags... [ Sunday, December 25, 2005 19:51: 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

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