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The Enduring Priest-Tank in Avernum 4
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 written Wednesday, January 4 2006 16:10 Profile #9
Speaking of Enduring Armor, Enduring Shielf, Protection and all that crap..Have you a clue what and how much Arcane Shield boosts?

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Long Distance Traveling in Avernum 4
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 written Wednesday, January 4 2006 16:07 Profile #13
quote:
Originally written by A = A:

Unlike portals, the pylons apparently cause no sensation of being violently disassembled and then carelessly reassembled on arrival and do not evoke sensations of colors never meant to be perceived.
Not quite. Listen to the Portal Mage in Fort Avernum. He says that you will be taken to the location, along with "..Most of your spirit."

Most of it, not all of it. I think that's enough to cause an unpleasant sensation.

..Of course, to know for sure, we would have to first ride the pylon, and then do it the Douglas Adams way.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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'Real' Area spells in Avernum 4? in Avernum 4
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 written Wednesday, January 4 2006 16:03 Profile #14
quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

So Lighting Spray is really the Searing Orbs of Geneforge, isn't it?

Dikiyoba.
Correct, Lighting Spray is a clean rip from Geneforge, except with better targeting. In Geneforge, it would only hit "close" enemies in the same direction. Now you can have your mage stand with one foe infront of you, one to the left and one to the right, and hit them all. In Geneforge, you would have hit all if they were all standing to the left/right/back of you, or one, if they were not.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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A4 Demo in Avernum 4
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 written Wednesday, January 4 2006 15:58 Profile #23
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

quote:
Dear Alorael- first of all, why do you alwayse refer to yourself in the third person?
He doesn't always — just in his signature.
He? Aloreal is a HE?

..Man, somehow I always figured it to be a she.

Weird.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Unique Item Locations. in Avernum 4
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 written Wednesday, January 4 2006 15:54 Profile #29
Another intresting location. How would I get to the ruins of Erikas Tower?

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Avenger's Ring vs Pearlescent Band in Avernum 4
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 written Wednesday, January 4 2006 15:53 Profile #4
My Archer traded his Archer's Band for Shadow Ring. I thought it was a pretty good deal.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Avenger's Ring vs Pearlescent Band in Avernum 4
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 written Wednesday, January 4 2006 13:14 Profile #2
As I thought then. +2 Levels of Damage, +2 Anatomy, +2 Lethal Blow and higher Armor than Pearlescent Band makes Avengers Ring cleary worth it.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Avenger's Ring vs Pearlescent Band in Avernum 4
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 written Wednesday, January 4 2006 12:04 Profile #0
I came across the Avenger's Ring, and it looked real nice, too bad my main warrior alrleady had the Pearlescent band, which worked good for him (being a Slith with Polearms and all).
I asked myself which one I shoudl choose, and quickly came to the conclusion that the Pearlescent Band gives +2 Polearms, but the Avenger's Ring give 2 extra levels of damage in combat, and Anatomy (which gives extra damage vs humanoids, too) and increased armor.

Now, what is my question? My question is if 2 levels of Polearms gives equal damage increase as "2 Extra levels of damage in combat."
An increase in Polearms, does it give an extra 5% to hit and an extra level of damage, or is it more?

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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'Real' Area spells in Avernum 4? in Avernum 4
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 written Wednesday, January 4 2006 11:14 Profile #6
Divine Retribution is one of the last spells you get.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Unique Item Locations. in Avernum 4
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 written Wednesday, January 4 2006 09:41 Profile #25
quote:
Originally written by Synergy:

Slith Warspear — Slith Altar — Savage Slith Lands
Girdle of Life — body in lizard cave — Savage Slith Lands
Charmed Plate — Tattooed Giant — Savage Slith Lands
Avenger’s Ring — Chief Gyasss — Savage Slith Lands
Where's the Savage Slith Lands, and how do you get there? The only "savage" Sliths I have encountered was across the river from Fort Dranlon (sp?) and then across the river again, using an underground tunnel.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Mertis Spiral in Avernum 4
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 written Wednesday, January 4 2006 09:37 Profile #1
Run down (about 2-3 screens down) to the Tower Colony, and learn Dispell Barrier. All it takes is a short quest, which involves killing a demon (not too hard on Normal). That's what I did, got tired of all the barriers.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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FIne Slith Spear, not so fine? in Avernum 4
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 written Tuesday, January 3 2006 13:29 Profile #2
Okey, I guess that makes sense, but where does the "level" say for weapons, for us regular folks that don't know much about scripting, editing or even in-depth knowledge of statistics?
I mean, it could just say that it does exactly that..

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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FIne Slith Spear, not so fine? in Avernum 4
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 written Tuesday, January 3 2006 12:40 Profile #0
I was pondering getting one of 'dem Fine spears for my Slith Warrior, and I went to Gnass to buy one from their highly-reputed smith, Shath. He doesn't seem to like me, but I got plenty of coin to pay with, so I don't care.
Now, I checked the stats for Slith Spear. It says "Abillities: Slith Spear - Base damage 8-24."

That's not too much, I got Spear of the Fen, and it does plenty of more damage (12-36).

I check the FINE spear, and hope it will do a very decent damage, like in Avernum 2. This is what I saw;

"Fine Slith Spear.

Abillities: Slith Spear - Base damage 6-24"

Err? You see something wrong with this? The Fine Slith Spear does even less damage than a normal Slith Spear (And is apparently a Slith Spear, while the normal Slith Spear has the abillity "Spear." Weird.)
Is this a bug, or is Shath trying to rip me off on purpose?

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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A4 Demo in Avernum 4
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 written Tuesday, January 3 2006 11:58 Profile #2
The demo is pretty long (one fifth of the entire game), and pretty good.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Long Distance Traveling in Avernum 4
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 written Tuesday, January 3 2006 11:57 Profile #1
After you investigate Fort Avernum, you gain the abillity of teleportation inbetween those stone pylons you have found around Avernum.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
Posts: 522 | Registered: Wednesday, May 4 2005 07:00
Testing chambers *spoilers* in Avernum 4
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 written Tuesday, January 3 2006 01:23 Profile #12
Ah, thank you.
And as I previously mentioned; I have bought the game.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
Posts: 522 | Registered: Wednesday, May 4 2005 07:00
Testing chambers *spoilers* in Avernum 4
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 written Monday, January 2 2006 15:39 Profile #10
I have returned!
..And you better have bloody-well missed me.
Haven't posted on Spidweb since I got bored with Geneforge 3, but now I am back, having bought A4 and all.
This post seems to be the quickest way to solve my current conundrum; Where the blaze is the third test?

Nice to see you all again.
Cheers.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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What do YOU want to see in G4? in Geneforge Series
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 written Saturday, August 20 2005 04:04 Profile #274
I think it has been decided that you won't be playing a Shaper in G4.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Fatal Computer Game Marathon in General
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 written Wednesday, August 17 2005 09:05 Profile #17
When I am on vacation and have nothing to do I usually sit by the comptuer for 12h, sleep for 12 h. So do many of my friends. Not always something to do.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Who's your favorite villain? in General
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 written Wednesday, August 17 2005 07:19 Profile #1
Sephirot. My all-time favorit Villain. I know I can think of several other good ones, but he is the only one that comes to mind, and he deserves the #1 spot.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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How do you like your creation army to be? in Geneforge Series
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 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 16:49 Profile #10
quote:
Originally written by mok:

quote:
Originally written by Contra:

I don't use an army, I use only one creation, since a multitude of them eats my XP.
I use whatever strongest creation is available for my prefered Shaping skill.
I'm curious about the eating effect on your XP, Contra. With only 1 creation throughout, what level did you reach at the end of the game?
Never finished game as a Shaper or Guardian so far, but one creation eats roughly about 3 XP per 25 gained. This means 9 XP out of 25 with three creations. That is close to half of what you would normally gain.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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what would happen if I give the canister to Lankan? in Geneforge Series
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 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 10:29 Profile #4
Biggest, but not final. Final is on IoS.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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How do you like your creation army to be? in Geneforge Series
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 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 05:33 Profile #7
quote:
Originally written by Wilowah:

Hmm. Are you a guardian, Contra? Mentioning classes might help... I'm a Shaper, never played whole game through in any Geneforge with other classes yet.
This goes for whatever class I am playing. I never use more than one creation unless it is obviouse that one special encounter will not be handled by just one creation. In such a case,I make another one, then kill it right after said encounter have been dealth with.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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How do you like your creation army to be? in Geneforge Series
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 written Monday, August 15 2005 12:33 Profile #4
I don't use an army, I use only one creation, since a multitude of them eats my XP.
I use whatever strongest creation is available for my prefered Shaping skill.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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The Tower Path... bug? Or is it meant to be? (spoilers) in Geneforge Series
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 written Monday, August 15 2005 10:09 Profile #1
It's ment to be that way. Don't mess witht he Drayks.

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