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How do you say it? in Nethergate
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 written Friday, May 6 2005 20:29 Profile Homepage #8
This is an old topic, but apparently (we're doing Yeats' Cuchulain plays in English) Sidhe is pronounced "she." Fomorians is pronounced exactly as it looks- O as in "no".

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Music Preference in General
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 written Friday, May 6 2005 20:26 Profile Homepage #45
I don't like opera music much, but I do like rock operas.

I have Quadrophenia, Tommy and Thick as a Brick on my playlist as-is.

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From AOL News in General
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 written Friday, May 6 2005 20:23 Profile Homepage #12
Thuryl, you've heard of the lab rat study in the 70's where the mother was exposed to stressful conditions, right?

Essentially, the gist of it is that mothers who were exposed to stressful conditions during pregnancy released a hormone mid-pregnancy that suppressed the effects of testosterone in mental development by way of outsourcing. Offspring of the stressed mothers exhibitied receptive (female) sexual behavior, despite their being genetically male. The conclusion of this study would be that homosexuality is a natural population control- see, for instance, Lemmings. With respect to homosexual tendencies, because Creator is right for once insomuch as a gay "gene" wouldn't last very long, my hunch is that there is not a gene strictly for homosexuality but rather one for propensity to be affected by the hormones.

Here's hoping Stuggie (the biochem major) can shed some light into this situation.

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Some very basic questions by a very beginner in Blades of Avernum Editor
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 written Friday, May 6 2005 19:48 Profile Homepage #2
Another suggestion as well- try not to use Warrior's Grove.

It's just a poor idea in general. Learn to make your own towns.

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Some very basic questions by a very beginner in Blades of Avernum
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 written Friday, May 6 2005 19:48 Profile Homepage #2
Another suggestion as well- try not to use Warrior's Grove.

It's just a poor idea in general. Learn to make your own towns.

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Undead Topics Need Loving Too (aka "Give Me Your First-Born") in General
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 written Friday, May 6 2005 19:47 Profile Homepage #510
Ah, Gizmo. Always reminding me how thankful I am for living in this part of the state. (A redneck here under your criteria is nonexistant. Mindless republican partisanship despite relative poverty is a much more suitable criterion.)

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Help to tone down weapons... in Blades of Avernum Editor
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 written Friday, May 6 2005 10:48 Profile Homepage #1
The Hidden City Spear does 16-96 + 1-6/level damage. This means that it is, at higher levels, only ~50 more damage than a regular spear. Making this weapon 1-7/level and lowering the amount of base damage would be much better- try setting the bonus to 7 and the damage per level to 7.

The Hidden City Dagger is REALLY weak. If you want, though, you could make this a "defensive" weapon- that is, give it the special ability of high elemental defenses (somewhere around 30-50%) and maybe some percentage not to be hit in melee. If you give it evasion, though, be sure to take away some of its elemental resistances.

Hidden City Longsword is also very weak. I would suggest giving it the same stats as the Hidden City Spear I suggested above, just in case the party doesn't use spears.

The Hidden City Short Sword, if it is to be significantly weaker than the Longsword, aught to be better in terms of abilities- for instance, give it a high bonus to hit the enemy, +2 AP, and a few levels in Lethal Blow.

The Hidden City Greatsword is WAY TOO POWERFUL!!!. If you want to make it the best weapon in BoA (except for maybe the Adlerauge), give it 11 damage per level instead

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That should do it for the weapons. Oh yeah! You should probably scatter them around your scenario, like I did with the Miracle items in Canopy.

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Help to tone down weapons... in Blades of Avernum
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 written Friday, May 6 2005 10:48 Profile Homepage #1
The Hidden City Spear does 16-96 + 1-6/level damage. This means that it is, at higher levels, only ~50 more damage than a regular spear. Making this weapon 1-7/level and lowering the amount of base damage would be much better- try setting the bonus to 7 and the damage per level to 7.

The Hidden City Dagger is REALLY weak. If you want, though, you could make this a "defensive" weapon- that is, give it the special ability of high elemental defenses (somewhere around 30-50%) and maybe some percentage not to be hit in melee. If you give it evasion, though, be sure to take away some of its elemental resistances.

Hidden City Longsword is also very weak. I would suggest giving it the same stats as the Hidden City Spear I suggested above, just in case the party doesn't use spears.

The Hidden City Short Sword, if it is to be significantly weaker than the Longsword, aught to be better in terms of abilities- for instance, give it a high bonus to hit the enemy, +2 AP, and a few levels in Lethal Blow.

The Hidden City Greatsword is WAY TOO POWERFUL!!!. If you want to make it the best weapon in BoA (except for maybe the Adlerauge), give it 11 damage per level instead

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That should do it for the weapons. Oh yeah! You should probably scatter them around your scenario, like I did with the Miracle items in Canopy.

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Since people always seem to be going "Yay, my 1000th post" in General
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 written Friday, May 6 2005 03:19 Profile Homepage #11
*voted in for 0-50 posts*

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Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00
the Empire's capital city in General
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 written Friday, May 6 2005 03:17 Profile Homepage #23
Put this way, then- it's Solaria in AtG, E:A, B2, and a bunch of other places in those two arcs. On the other hand, those two arcs are also REALLY late in the Empire's history- near the end. So it's more than likely that it changed names after or during times of political upheaval. Heck, it could change location, even. Rome wasn't always the capital of Rome, you know.

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Least Fun Scenarios in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, May 5 2005 19:32 Profile Homepage #14
USUALLY not. But there are exceptions. This is one.

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Combat in Canopy Poll in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, May 5 2005 17:28 Profile Homepage #24
You need to update to the most recent version of BoA and/or Canopy.
AP should be subtracted when you cast the spells. This not having happened is a result of either (or both) condition above.

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How Old Is Valorim? in The Avernum Trilogy
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 written Thursday, May 5 2005 14:40 Profile Homepage #0
At the time of A3, how many years- as a guestimate- would you say that the Empire was present on Valorim? My guess is somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 years.

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DO YOU WANT TO BE A TESTER? - Undead Valley Testing 9.0 in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, May 5 2005 07:47 Profile Homepage #14
Just a recommendation- if you have a powerful weapon, make it two-handed. Then, make a really good shield somewhere else in the scenario. That way, the party will have to choose which item its primary fighter will weild!

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Least Fun Scenarios in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, May 5 2005 07:44 Profile Homepage #12
Clearly, you do not understand the metaphor! :P

It is like goatse. It is bad, it is not pleasant to behold, and yet one seeks it out, knowing that it is bad. I've known that the community is rife with dimwits for as long as I've known that the receiver is an ass.

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Canopy v1.0.4 in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, May 5 2005 03:17 Profile Homepage #3
That ain't even a bug, though- beamer.txt ain't used in the scenario.

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I have survived through 1000 posts... in General
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 written Wednesday, May 4 2005 18:58 Profile Homepage #51
Zing! You go, sistah~!

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DO YOU WANT TO BE A TESTER? - Undead Valley Testing 9.0 in Blades of Avernum
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 written Wednesday, May 4 2005 17:10 Profile Homepage #10
quote:
Originally written by Toasted Basilisk on a Shish Kebab:

3) I liked the undead gauntlet-- using the idea of crossfire ruby skeletons with icy skeletons with advancing monsters. This could be greatly improved. What would make it really challenging is to put some spawning platforms in it.
If Micael integrates spawning platforms into UV, I swear to god I will give his scenario a 1.0.

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Music Preference in General
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 written Wednesday, May 4 2005 16:12 Profile Homepage #26
Yeah. Like getting laid.

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I don't wanna pay that much! in Blades of Exile
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 written Wednesday, May 4 2005 16:01 Profile Homepage #33
There's a cogent reason as to why I'm going to a public school.

...

Other than a pervasive lack of scholarships.

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Combat in Canopy Poll in Blades of Avernum
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 written Wednesday, May 4 2005 15:31 Profile Homepage #22
My justification for this is the justification for Tetra-Disaster. If you have all explosions at once and then damage, it will:

1) Still take lots of time for the damage
2) Be nonsensical, what with creatures being damaged after being hit

I might consider this for v1.0.5, but time is running low. We'll see.

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Undead Topics Need Loving Too (aka "Give Me Your First-Born") in General
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 written Wednesday, May 4 2005 14:51 Profile Homepage #485
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goatse

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Music Preference in General
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 written Wednesday, May 4 2005 13:49 Profile Homepage #20
Hamasaki Ayumi. JAM Project. Steely Dan. Doobie Bros. Gackt. T.M. Revolution. Morning Musume. Utada Hikaru. Shiina Ringo. Billy Joel. Chicago. CSNY. Eagles. EW&F. ELO. Jethro Tull. Journey. Jimi Hendrix. Steevie Wonder. Tom Lehrer. The Who. See-Saw. Do As Infinity.

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Canopy v1.0.4 in Blades of Avernum
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 written Wednesday, May 4 2005 13:06 Profile Homepage #0
http://tm.desperance.net/Canopy.html

LOTS of updates- many of which are ESSENTIAL to the game. Including...
* Fixed a bug in the Catacombs
* Powered up Saljuq and made it one-handed (!)
* Fixed a bug that allowed both powerful swords to be had! Thanks, spy.there!
* Repaired errors in the scenario script
* Fixed a bug that made God parties get stuck in the Border fortress
* Adjusted item values due to suckitude or awesomeness.
* Prevented the Dark Idol fight from being unspeakably easy. Thanks, Thuryl!
* Gave Shroud-3 higher resistance to magic
* Fixed the special spells readme (typo)
* Major Bosses can no longer be summoned!!!
* Added over 10,000 XP to this scenario, to make sure that the party itself gains more than 4-5 levels throughout the scenario.
* Fixed the Todmacher/Klugman confusion bug once and for all (hopefully)

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DO YOU WANT TO BE A TESTER? - Undead Valley Testing 9.0 in Blades of Avernum
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 written Wednesday, May 4 2005 12:15 Profile Homepage #4
terrorsmartyr@wi.rr.com

Be prepared for the worst. I will critique your scenario ruthlessly, and offer as many valid points as I can manage. (I will also run your scenario through a spell-checker.)

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