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| Member number | 496 |
| Title | Shaper |
| Postcount | 2333 |
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| Registered | Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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| Nether Circle! in Nethergate | |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, April 12 2003 16:05
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The Talking Skull says where they all are. Eventually. That's at the centre of a bunch of celebrating monsters on a hill w. of the bridge that takes you to the two key trade towns. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Hybrids Anonymous or How to Differentiate an Opaki from a Choirboy in General | |
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Shaper
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written Friday, April 11 2003 16:09
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Oh, you are quick, PBR. But no - apparently, it was the custom to castrate choirboys to preserve their high voices beyond (wht would have been) puberty. The Vatican choir had eunuchs in it until the 1920s, something that surprised and mildly shocked me (was their no limit to their parents' ambition?) and such individuals were renown for their great height. I'm sure there's an endocrinologist out there than can give you the full gen on this. Is someone going to cast 'restore topic' now? Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Hybrids Anonymous or How to Differentiate an Opaki from a Choirboy in General | |
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Shaper
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written Friday, April 11 2003 15:50
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Human eunuchs grow to enormous size too. A hormonal thing, apparently. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| The meaning of life. in General | |
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Shaper
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written Friday, April 11 2003 15:16
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I prefer how the Python boys asked the question. :D I can't see this topic surviving much longer unlocked though, regardless. BTW, before the Enlightenment, people didn't bother asking about the meaning of life. For all its faults (and I am not a fan), the Church gave them one. EDIT: To preclude any misunderstanding, when I wrote immediately above that "the Church gave them one", I meant a meaning of life, not any breach of clerical vows of celibacy at the expense of an unreasonably compliant Medieval peasantry (though there was that too). [ Friday, April 11, 2003 15:19: Message edited by: X ] Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Hybrids Anonymous or How to Differentiate an Opaki from a Choirboy in General | |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, April 10 2003 09:06
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Just a couple of points: 1) There's conflict between the races in Avernum because there isn't a great deal of room down there. By dumping all its dissidents there, the Empire was trying to 'pour a quart into a pint pot'. Some conflict arises as some of Avernum's inhabitants are wicked types--demon worshiop and that--but most is just typical Darwinian conflict for resources. 2) I only asked whether there was a nephil / rakshasi connection as nephils always end up getting blamed for rakshasi excesses, suggesting the latter are setting them up deliberately rather than it being pure human prejudice. The rakshasi keep cats, but not nephilim, suggesting their affection does not extend to all fellow felines.... (PS: On the subject of affection for felines, I think speculation on human / nephil hybrids is in poor taste  )Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Hybrids Anonymous or How to Differentiate an Opaki from a Choirboy in General | |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, April 5 2003 12:09
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A quibble: I thought the Sliths only became demon worshippers after arriving in Exile, and not all of them at that. I thought the cult of ancestor worship through statues more typical and original. On the Nephilim, you never see a city of theirs in Valorim, their original home, and there's every suggestion that all existing cities were built by the Empire during their invasion via Blackcrag rather than simply siezed from the Nephilim. Are the ruins occassional found recently destroyed by trogas, giants and other plague-creatures or more ancient Nephil cities destroyed by the Empire hundreds of years before? Or aren't they naturally city-dwellers, which would explain why their culture was never complex (like the goblins, who apparently never sussed out metallurgy) and why the Empire swept them aside so easily? And what is the relationship between the Nephilim and the Rakshasi - just their 'patsies' or something more? Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| the puzzle box in Nethergate | |
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Shaper
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written Friday, April 4 2003 19:18
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And I thought it was just there to amuse us...! :rolleyes: Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Gah in General | |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, April 1 2003 09:51
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I thought Sir Davide was working his way through all those names already. I still recommend Aleister as a default name (GF joke :D ). Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| the puzzle box in Nethergate | |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, April 1 2003 09:27
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It's the 'nerd in the backpack' bit that gets me. It definitely thinks it's funny than the rest of us do! :rolleyes: Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| the puzzle box in Nethergate | |
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Shaper
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written Monday, March 31 2003 06:57
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At least it's silent, unlike the "hi, I'm a talking skull". Is it's info really worth the experience of toting it about? Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Does anybody use the berzerk skill? in Nethergate | |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, March 27 2003 06:45
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I try to steer clear of all that nasty woad myself. So unattractive! Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| POLL: how did you like my scenario? in Blades of Exile | |
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Shaper
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written Monday, March 24 2003 09:06
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Deep joy. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Satchel (Romans) in Nethergate | |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, March 22 2003 15:49
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The provisioner there sells you torches + L1 of the mine (the first 4 rooms) are replete with torches and candles, won by just offing a few rats. And there's no reason you can't do the whole of L1, L3 and good parts of L2 (where the only ranged attacks are from the goblin shaman) without light anyway. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Nethergate's Popularity in Nethergate | |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, March 20 2003 23:40
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I agree it was experimental, but very much liked the attention to historical detail, the classical quotes before each section and so forth. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| ANNWN---Help in Nethergate | |
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Shaper
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written Monday, March 10 2003 10:54
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The Crown is reachable round the back of the Hall of the Dead. I think you have to go through the Temple of Judgement to the W of it, but will really need the key o get in. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| ANNWN---Help in Nethergate | |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, March 9 2003 10:59
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Which arera? If it's the battlefield, try skirting along the S edge and you should be able to grab the key and get to the S teleport ion the middle just before the rival armies descend on yu (and each other). Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Exile; A movie? in The Exile Trilogy | |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, March 8 2003 08:34
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Yeah - where is that party of enraged adventurers teleportinmg in from another dimension when we most need them? :D Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Exile; A movie? in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, March 6 2003 09:16
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Ha, ha! Yes, the ideal role - though a bit of wishful thinking there too, Lone Flame. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Exile; A movie? in The Exile Trilogy | |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, March 4 2003 09:01
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Ooh, well I never! :P Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Exile; A movie? in The Exile Trilogy | |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, March 2 2003 09:52
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Thanks for reminding me of Erika's Legacy (boos off...). I guess I'm in favour of the gratuitous nudity now. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Exile; A movie? in The Exile Trilogy | |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, February 27 2003 09:15
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I'm sure Demi Moore wouldn't take the role - unless we can work gratuitous nudity in somewhere. :D Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Exile; A movie? in The Exile Trilogy | |
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Shaper
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written Monday, February 24 2003 10:48
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Thinking on it, Can'tActio looks a bit like a goblin - those skinny limbs + big head. No pointy ears tho'. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Exile; A movie? in The Exile Trilogy | |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, February 23 2003 10:40
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Leonardo diCaprio should definitely play someone that doesn't involve acting. 'Gangs of New York': can'tActio v. ham-actio! Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, February 22 2003 07:32
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To fit an approx. 100 minute format, you'd have to brutally edit it, maybe one E3 plague and exploring the three way nuances between Erika, Prazc and Rentar. Contrast the average length of a movie + information-richness (not!)with how long Exile takes to play through. + Jeff would like the royalties, I'm sure. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
| Where are the Celt NPCs located? in Nethergate | |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, January 26 2003 05:46
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A simulation of the Ogham alphabet perhaps? Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |