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Displayed name	Ephesos
Member number	4153
Title	Law Bringer
Postcount	4130
Homepage	http://www.freewebs.com/ephesos
Registered	Friday, March 26 2004 08:00

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science, philosophy or religion? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, April 11 2005 18:27 Profile Homepage #20 quote: Originally written by Universal Specific: —Alorael, who would not be happy with any of the above components of a balanced life withotu the all-important argument. Very true... without the ability to question it all, the three parts kind of fall apart. Flexibility helps build a healthier mental state... -------------------- 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
science, philosophy or religion? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, April 11 2005 13:54 Profile Homepage #17 -Philosophy: On the plus side, it gives us a way to discuss higher-level ideas. On the other hand, we often wind up arguing over how a certain term is defined (i.e.: what is "good"?), and we get nowhere. -Science: Gives us a semi-flexible, universal idea of how things (should) work. However, it tends towards cockiness far too often, and we seem to be wrong a lot. -Religion: Gives us a direct, concrete interpretation of the meaning of life (For your average monotheistic religion, anyway). Sadly, it's easily used to manipulate people, and it may be horribly warped and/or limiting. Thus, like I said before, you need a bit of all three to stay sane. -------------------- 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
science, philosophy or religion? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, April 9 2005 12:50 Profile Homepage #13 I agree with i, in that philosophy includes the others. Still, you need a bit of all three to really get a stable view of life. Rely on one of the three too much, and you're out of luck if it collapses on you. Also, all three have some very good points, so why limit yourself to just one? -------------------- 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
Bahs and LP are on SW in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, April 5 2005 13:53 Profile Homepage #1 They are? I don't see them... -------------------- 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
stuck in canopy in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, April 3 2005 18:09 Profile Homepage #1 Hmmm... I think I remember a bug like that as well... there's a missing bracket in the town script, somewhere. I can't remember where, you've just got to guess, add a bracket, and try it out again. -------------------- 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
Party Making- What is your ideal starting party in The Avernum Trilogy
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, April 2 2005 18:19 Profile Homepage #1 Uhh... I believe there's a topic already devoted to this kind of thing... just follow the link and head toward the light. The Abominable Party-Building Topic -------------------- 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
Missile Weapons In Avernum in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, April 2 2005 18:15 Profile Homepage #4 quote: Originally written by Toasty Warm: There are also a bunch of nice magical bows Klinger's Bow, Alderauge, Quickfire Crossbow, etc. Quickfire Crossbow? Where was that one? -------------------- 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 Abominable Party-Building Topic in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, April 1 2005 10:16 Profile Homepage #49 Oh... of course I got it... how could you ever suggest such a thing? (dashes back into Canopy) -------------------- 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 Abominable Party-Building Topic in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, April 1 2005 07:50 Profile Homepage #47 My mage has enough dexterity to get fairly good priority, and thus has a fairly good amount of accuracy with the scepter. Try increasing Mage Spells, though. Which scenario is Maximilian in? -------------------- 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 Abominable Party-Building Topic in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, March 31 2005 19:05 Profile Homepage #44 Well, I admit my strategy could use some work, but here's my contribution to this already abominable thread... My structure (and I use this same party in every scenario... they're level 50 now): -Fighter: Yes, he's a bit of a tank. With the Halberd of Calindor (thank you Kelandon) he can deal absurdly huge amounts of damage, sometimes close to 400. I've found stuff like Plate of Electrocution (or Razor Plate... that kind of works) helps soften up attackers a bit. He has a passing acquaintance with Priest Spells (healing & blessing himself). Also, he's loaded down with extra AP items (though everyone in my party is by now). Lots of Quick Strike and Blademaster really help with this, and he's got huge amounts of Pole/Melee Weapons skill. However, I learned not to make him too strong thanks to Kelandon's interesting trick in Bahssikava (turning your first character against you). He had Manslaughter then, and it was impossible to get by him (I had to take his weapons from him before trying again). -Archer/Rogue/Assassin - A bit of all three, with some basic Mage Spells thrown in. And he's a Nephil. Lots of Sharpshooter, Bows, Dexterity (to get high combat priority), and Melee. Absurdly huge Tool Use (I think I might've used the Char. Editor a bit). Nimble Fingers & Fast on Feet definitely help. For some reason I had him using Hendrickson's crossbow, but Alderague is much better. Nothing but Acid/Blessed Bolts, and he carries Manslaughter now that my fighter has Calindor's Halberd. -Mage - Ever since he got Morog's Scepter, he's been very useful. Anything that can't burn gets smited by that scepter. 11 Luck right now, 16 Magery, and 9 Magical Eff. Natural Mage, of course. For equipment, Robe of the Magi, Dagger of Defense, Miracle Shield, and of course the Scepter. I'd like to speak up for mages, as well. Fireblast has saved me quite a few times, particularly for those melee-immune monsters (Dark Chitrachs in Bahssikava) which my priest just can't quite do much to. Slow also helps quite a bit, for when you just need that moment's reprieve. -Priest - My priest is a slith, and she's naturally got high Priest Spells, along with Potion Making and Magery (a bit of Mag. Eff. as well). Potion Making really does work wonders, and it really lowers your dependency on the Character Editor. She wields a sling (blessed), the Black Dress of Speed, a Magic Slith Spear, and she has enough combat stats to do a bit of damage (not much, but still helpful). Anyway, this format has served me well, and is getting me through Bahssikava with minimal difficulty (except for the part when your 1st character goes crazy). As a side note, I find an interesting challenge in fielding an all-priest party (like the Anama, but not quite), all with huge Nature Lore scores. I dub it a Druid party, and I'm looking at ways of improving it (not surprisingly, everyone in that party wields special weapons from my still-in-development 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
A4 wants in The Avernum Trilogy
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, March 31 2005 18:19 Profile Homepage #26 Now that could be interesting... I can see slith having a fire fixation (divine fire-esque... gotta keep the holy element), nephilim focusing on summoning, and humans focusing on ... whatever's left. I don't know quite how it'd work, but it would definitely be cool. On the other hand, programming 40 unique spells per species (well, minus the standbys like healing and Light) would be a living nightmare for anyone. -------------------- 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 wants in The Avernum Trilogy
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, March 30 2005 12:16 Profile Homepage #20 quote: Originally written by Rent-an-Ihrno: the greatest thing would be a multiplayer-avernum.... where you can talk through your characters, have adventure love stories and stuff like that :D you know beside the single-player plot-based version, like ultima/wow. or do whole thing similar to diablo. Okay, how would that one work? This isn't exactly an online-play-friendly game... you'd need an über-sprawling world like Valorim, and tons of endless monster plagues. (Which I am personally sick of, I'm not sure about everyone else) -------------------- 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 wants in The Avernum Trilogy
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, March 29 2005 17:04 Profile Homepage #12 Why on earth would it need an editor? That's Blades! Oh yeah, it'd be great to see a few of the half-finished promises of A3 be fully realized. After all, "buying a house" should mean having more than one option. Not to say that Hawke's Manse wasn't cool, but it'd be nice to have a house where my equipment didn't start disappearing at random. Also, true open-endedness would entail being able to join the dark side, correct? Thus, A3 should've allowed you to join Rentar's army, or (even better) get all of Avernum's forces to cooperate with the Vahnatai. -------------------- 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
Magery v. Priest-ery in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, March 29 2005 10:08 Profile Homepage #4 Let's see... I don't think there's anything more satisfying than using Fireblast to roast 8 targets for 200 damage. Also, Simulacrum is definitely a good last-resort tactic. Oddly enough, I'm getting a lot of use out of Create Illusions (level 10) now ever since I got it in somebody's scenario (probably Canopy). Still, I think my priest runs out of SP much faster, if only because she's so busy casting multiple radiant shields per turn, and my mage has higher Magical Efficiency. In the end I think that both are necessary, because forgoing either is expensive and heavy. -------------------- 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
How did you got your username? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, March 29 2005 09:55 Profile Homepage #37 Let's see... picked this as my own gaming avatar (tried to pick something new and random), and it turned out to be the name of Greek city as well (go figure). I use this name in almost every RPG I play, and it's even in the scenario I'm working on. -------------------- 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 you think there is a Hell? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, March 29 2005 08:02 Profile Homepage #24 quote: Originally written by ben2: Of course, and you'll go to it if you don't accept Jesus. Urgh... that mindset is annoying. As an atheist, I have no problem with others' religions, but this sort of "you're going to fry if you don't convert" thing makes me sick. Anyway, pardon my rant. I think Hell is what you make of it. If you don't believe in it (and I don't), then it won't exist for you. On the other hand, if you do believe in it, karma dictates that you'll wind up in some form of it eventually (probably hell on earth). -------------------- 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 wants in The Avernum Trilogy
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, March 29 2005 07:51 Profile Homepage #7 Okay, I stand corrected, though I still have my doubts as to when it'll come out. I just don't want to see another "stop these plagues" story. They're interesting, but get old quickly (you can only kill so many roaches before you get bored). EDIT: I forgot.... bring back Beast Ceremony!!! [ Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:12: 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
A4 wants in The Avernum Trilogy
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, March 28 2005 18:41 Profile Homepage #2 There have been numerous threads about this sort of thing... Jeff has even promised it on the main Spidweb website. Really, I don't think it'll happen. Ever. After all, Blades is already inspiring so many sideline plots (not to mention ones that build off of A1-3) that an attempt at A4 would doom many a scenario idea. Although I must admit that it'd be cool to see what Jeff could do to follow up on A3... a mission to thwart the Vahnatai? [ Monday, March 28, 2005 18:45: 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
Character Traits In detail in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, March 28 2005 18:35 Profile Homepage #16 Beastmaster doesn't help you avoid fights... only Cave Lore/Nature Lore does that. Beastmaster just summons a monster, with increasing power as you level up. It would be a lot better if you could use it more than once per day, in my humble opinion. I have never seen an encounter which could be avoided by Nature Lore in Blades, except in Backwater Calls (and those were special encounters, not the standard "your Nature Lore skill would let you avoid this" message from A3). -------------------- 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
Encumbrance in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, March 28 2005 18:29 Profile Homepage #3 I believe the "Strong Back" character trait does this... but I don't think there's another way besides adding an item with negative encumbrance. -------------------- 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
Intro Pictures in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, March 28 2005 14:32 Profile Homepage #5 Awesome! Thank you! I think I might have had a corrupted resource... switching a new one in seemed to help things. -------------------- 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
Intro Pictures in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, March 28 2005 14:32 Profile Homepage #5 Awesome! Thank you! I think I might have had a corrupted resource... switching a new one in seemed to help things. -------------------- 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
Intro Pictures in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, March 28 2005 14:09 Profile Homepage #3 Well... I tried that, and now it just quits when I try to open the PICT part of the resource. Just how much memory did you guys set aside for it? -------------------- 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
Intro Pictures in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, March 28 2005 14:09 Profile Homepage #3 Well... I tried that, and now it just quits when I try to open the PICT part of the resource. Just how much memory did you guys set aside for it? -------------------- 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
Character Traits In detail in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, March 28 2005 13:26 Profile Homepage #14 quote: The beastmaster trait just gives you the Summon Beast ability, I think you'll find. Pretty useless. Hey, low-level characters can really benefit from summoning another monster to help! If nothing else, another target on the field can buy you a turn to heal sometimes. -------------------- 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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