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Originally written by Infernal Flamming Muffin:

How exactly do you become a mod?
I have been curious about this for a while.

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Originally written by Swashbucklery Muffin:

What is this for?
(starts spewing fire)

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Originally written by Delicious Vlish:

I am guessing that interest in this game has slumped. Nobody comments on the insidious infiltrator, and not many folks are commenting here.

So I guess I am going to save the effort and hang this up.

For the record, I mooshed the golem in the fen, and I went toe to toe with Monarch and survived.

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Originally written by Calphrexo:

Imban, as I've heard it, has a different IP than Imban's Cat-Eared Maid. Imban's Cat-Eared Maid has posted videos allegedly of him playing against Imban. Imban's Cat-Eared Maid has shown no evidence of knowing the same people here as Imban himself knows.

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Originally written by DrPraetorious:

It wouldn't be that much of a departure from the rest of the series to have you play a servile/lifecrafter. You have the *option* of play one in GF4 (although it's the weakest class overall, I'd say.)

I should summarize what I had in mind from the previous thread:
* Area is wilderness with significant circle-of-the-drayk type infestation.
* You go on a vision quest and come back able to shape.
* There are ruins there with scads of valuable goodies in them, both sides think they will change the direction of the war.
* The shapers, rebels and sholai have all shown up to try and get their hands on the buried treasure.

In terms of gameplay this isn't a departure from other GF games at all - it just has four factions instead of two.

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Originally written by DrPraetorious:

Anyway, what quests does the circle of the drayk want you to perform?

You get your initial magical powers as a result of an ascetic vision quest - there are additional visionary quests you can perform for various rewards. These rewards come as magical tattoos which cause social problems later in the game, in a fashion similar to (but parallel with) the canisters.

Orthodox:
* There are humans trying to settle our lands. Kill them and wear their skins!
* Find the drakons, bring back their teachings.
* Get the shapers and the rebels to kill one another, when they are weakened, we can eject them by force.
* Bring back choice sacrifices to the circle.
* Prove that the reformists are weak, human-sympathizing apostates.
* Drive away the sholai to prove our strength.
* Raid passing caravans for loot, slaves and sacrifices.

Reformist:
* Convince the humans not to settle here - negotiate peaceful co-existence with the distant humans.
* Avoid being pulled into the drakons conflicts.
* Get the shapers and the rebels to fight somewhere else.
* Bring magical objects, treasures and lore to the circle.
* Get the orthodox to calm down.
* Come to a negotiated arrangement with the sholai.
* Make trade agreements with our neighbors to strengthen the prospects of peaceful co-existence.

In addition, there are a number of vision-quest type mysterious errands that provide tattoo rewards.

You get the rewards from individual drayks. Some of the drayks are pretty insane, some of them find being worshipped by serviles somewhat revolting. None of them want anything to do with the rebels - and most of them would rather keep hiding from the shapers than fight them.

Possible tattoo rewards:
* Skill increases.
* New spells.
* Permanent personal regeneration.
* Permanent personal spine shield.
* Permanent boost to AP.
* Permanent boosts to one or another resistance.
* Secondary melee attacks.

Also, some of the drayks will teach you spells or shaping if they like you.

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Originally written by DrPraetorious:

There's not a lot of ambiguity about who is and is not an alchemist, even if the alchemists are poorly organized, or totally dependent on shapers to pick and train them, they've clearly got some kind of formal training and certification in their specific field. Invariably they would have their own political interests - especially if they're stuck in the middle of a civil war.

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Originally written by saunders:

So who was it who has been reading "the Code Book"?
*grins*

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Originally written by DrPraetorious:


It'd be nice if creations (as well as other allies) had a secondary attack button so that they too could switch attacks. This has been a gripe of mine about fire creations since GF1, that it can be a real pain to get them to bite people.

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Originally written by DrPraetorious:


Liberal shaper stuff:
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Conservative Shaper stuff:
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Originally written by DrPraetorious:

[QB]

Lesser Mages (not a faction per se):
* The mages who do all the crystal stuff ("Lapidaries") are trying to continue their crystal research in spite of the war, which is hard. They're obviously shaper clients, but many of them are rebel sympathizers (if not actually rebels.) If you can help them, they should give you a golem.
* The alchemists ("Alchemists") are trying to hold society together. They're heavily involved in the public health and welfare programs that the liberal shapers are instigating. If you can convince them that you're sincere about minimizing casualties, they'll send a juicer mercenary with you - his secondary attack causes him to chug a random pod (so he either buffs or heals himself,) for 3 AP and a pile of spell energy (representing his somewhat limited supply of pods.)
* Whoever it is who does the crazy architecture and obviously magic-assisted construction ("Masons") want to explore pre-shaper ruins. One of them is a scholar and will go with you if you bring back an interesting report - besides filling the game's profound need for a hot archeologist chick with glasses, she knows war blessing and speed.QB]

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Originally written by Swashbucklery Muffin:


Infernal Flamming Muffin: I am Infernal Flaming Muffin with an extra “m”, and I will not eat you, in fact I will help you.
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Aldo: Hello, Infernal Flaming Muffinm!

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Originally written by Dikiyoba:

Why? I might do one or two stages, but if I have to do them all, I'm not even going to bother.

I mean, I get that you want to change your name, but why else? Someone will give you a name eventually.

Dikiyoba.

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Originally written by Dintiradan:

By Lenar:

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Besides, Jeff tends to focus (almost obsessively) on being original.

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Well, five of his games are remakes... of his own games. I've never heard of that before, so yeah. ;)

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Originally written by An Iffy Muffin:

Check ET's post, minimod. :P

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Originally written by Ek Wayid:

GF 5 will bring out the aweful truth, that which we have dreaded to ponder, the reason that the shapers have kept the shaping powers so secret... see, long long loooong time ago the lifecrafters invented a new creation, one which was intelligent, functional and in the end gained shaping powers themselves... these were the humans, which were created in the shaper's image (except their noses were a little smaller...) These humans eventually rose up against their creators and after a long struggle actually defeated them...and enslaved them...and reshaped them... into the simple serviles which we know of today. Anyway, the "Creators" have returned to Terrestia, and man are they p*ss*D off, at the humans, and the serviles in the revolution, all degenerate children of the shaping arts... it will take a united coalition of Shapers and Rebels to save Terrestia from the new threat of the "ancient creators"...

Anyway, that's how GF 5 would look from my humble perspective...

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