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Displayed name	Lazarus.
Member number	6193
Title	Lifecrafter
Postcount	900
Homepage	http://www.geocities.com/lazarus989/myscenarios.html
Registered	Monday, August 8 2005 07:00

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Chimney in The Avernum Trilogy
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Friday, November 30 2007 22:34 Profile Homepage #5 Yep. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Exile 3 robbing the Anama in The Exile Trilogy
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Friday, November 30 2007 12:05 Profile Homepage #7 It's reasonably well protected, so if you're looking to get quick access to good gear with a low level party you might have some difficulties. Basically if you're strong enough to kill the black shades guarding it and escape Shaydar, you're probably too strong for it to be worthwhile. If you decide to go through with it, make sure you've done everything important in Shaydar (Finished the plague, got artifact location, etc.) -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Hardest Spiderweb Game EVER!! in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Friday, November 30 2007 07:17 Profile Homepage #6 I assume you mean E3. And there's always the Temple of Assbeating if you're looking for.... well... an ass beating. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Hardest Spiderweb Game EVER!! in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Thursday, November 29 2007 19:49 Profile Homepage #3 Most of Jeff's games are pretty easy. I remember E3 as being somewhat challenging at places, and playing on torment made the beginnings of the Avernum trilogies pretty tough (but once you started leveling you breezed through the rest.) The only really hard games I've played are BoA and BoE, because you have nut cases like TM, Thuryl and the Creator at the helm. :P -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Chimney in The Avernum Trilogy
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Thursday, November 29 2007 19:00 Profile Homepage #2 Blades of Exile is now open source, though, so you can download it for free and play Nephil's Gambit if you want to see Chimney. It's a quality scenario IMO, and in some people's minds it's one of the best. As long as the Exile engine doesn't bother you it's worth looking at. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Eat It! in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Thursday, November 29 2007 13:22 Profile Homepage #23 Quiznos, Firehouse Subs, Sonic and Checkers are where it's at. I wouldn't really consider Chipotle to be a true fast food joint, but if we're counting it then Moe's and Chipotle win by a mile. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Automatic game creation potential? in Blades of Avernum
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Thursday, November 29 2007 08:47 Profile Homepage #7 Been a while since I looked at it, but it was quite quirky as I remember. Spontaneous errors when monsters drop items was probably the biggest problem. That said I got through thirty-some levels I think, so it's not THAT buggy. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Automatic game creation potential? in Blades of Avernum
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Wednesday, November 28 2007 12:44 Profile Homepage #1 This reminds me, whatever happened to Blades of Rogue? -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Dragons and Vahnatai-The superiors.Foolish or mighty? in The Avernum Trilogy
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Tuesday, November 27 2007 19:19 Profile Homepage #3 Wait, what's your argument about dragons? That they're foolish for not accepting help from humans? How is it foolish to not want to associate with a race that has a long history of pilfering your treasure hordes and attempting to hunt down and eliminate your race from the earth? -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Did Thralni leave? in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Tuesday, November 27 2007 10:42 Profile Homepage #9 Drakey, Schro, Khoth, Brett, Saunders, Imban.... And I do seem to remember Thralni briefly leaving. Or was that Snafta or whatever that guy's name was? -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
The Abominal Desktop Thread Continued: A New Abomination in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Saturday, November 24 2007 22:23 Profile Homepage #1 Nice picture, although it clearly isn't of Scotland. Not enough kilts, not enough woad, and not enough public drunkenness. Gonna have to wake up even earlier next time if you're gonna pull one over on me. :P -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Stuffing into Small Places? in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Saturday, November 24 2007 22:13 Profile Homepage #92 Pizza saves me when hunger strikes late at night. Crappy, greasy pizza suddenly looks a lot better when you realize everything on campus is closed, as is every reasonable restaurant. Five Star ftw! -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
FAQ Update: Who CAN and CANNOT post in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Friday, November 23 2007 21:47 Profile Homepage #18 You need to do yourself a solid and not post for a little while. Sit the next few plays out, ya know. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
SD Flags: in Blades of Avernum
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Friday, November 23 2007 21:39 Profile Homepage #4 Kel just gave you a fairly thorough explanation, but let me just add that the matrix/grid thing isn't really important to a basic understanding of flags. If it confuses you, just forget about it. What's important is that you have a list of flags for a town (and you definitely SHOULD keep a list of what each flag corresponds to) and you know that each flag is only set when the player has done the appropriate corresponding action (Like killing a bandit, or receiving a quest reward) and checked when you want to know if said action has been completed. So (0,2) would check if you've received the quest from the mayor, and nothing else. It'd be set in the dialog node where the quest is given, and checked, say, at the entrance of the dungeon or even in NPC's dialog nodes to allow you to ask other townsfolk about your quest. It would NOT be checked if you want to know how many bandits the player has killed, you'd use a whole new flag for that. "Building The Basic Quest"-- an article by Jeff Vogel,-- might help as well. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Tree Graphics in Blades of Avernum
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Wednesday, November 21 2007 22:43 Profile Homepage #6 Not a fan of the mix. At least not all of them in one spot. A few at a time might work better. I preferred Eph's trees, for the record. Pic 2 is pretty good too, but as has been pointed out, the deciduous trees suddenly outnumber the pine trees in that one. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Help make Geneforge/Avernum XFire supported! in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Wednesday, November 21 2007 22:12 Profile Homepage #24 quote: Originally written by Excalibur: I am only irked by his invectives. That doesn't really leave much to like. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Tank Cat! in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Wednesday, November 21 2007 22:10 Profile Homepage #15 It means you're about to be quoted out of context. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Picky details in Blades of Avernum Editor
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Wednesday, November 21 2007 21:31 Profile Homepage #1 Seems alright, though I never use get_stat_levels_bought, so I'm just going to have to assume that it works the way the docs describe. Those two abilities seem to do nothing. No default creatures use them, and if you assign them to a creature they just behave like a normal ability-less creature. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Gleep! in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Wednesday, November 21 2007 07:25 Profile Homepage #30 [i]Aaaiiiieeeeee!!!!![/i] In conclusion, it's good to have Alec back. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
The next level in RP, personal thoughts. in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Monday, November 19 2007 11:54 Profile Homepage #36 Ooooh, an RP in a world invented by Goldenking? Count me in!!! How long ago did Reloaded die? I suppose I might get involved if it were revived-- but making empty promises and then promptly losing interest and never actually coming through is kind of my thing. :P -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Gleep! in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Monday, November 19 2007 11:35 Profile Homepage #19 Relax, hoss. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Call for input: Standardizing on a rating rubric in Blades of Avernum
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Thursday, November 15 2007 22:17 Profile Homepage #7 Usually I'm not a fan of rubrics, it tends to focus too much on the parts and not a much on the scenario as a whole. But in the case of the Blades Forge it presents the interesting possibility of, say, searching scenarios based on combat scores, or plot scores, which would be pretty cool. I think if you give reviewers a rubric to fill out, you should also have a field for overall score, which would be independent of the sum of the rubric scores and would instead be a subjective 1-10 Lyceum style score. There's still something to be said for coming up with a score based on impressions of the scenario rather than picking apart its strengths and weaknesses. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Call for input: Standardizing on a rating rubric in Blades of Avernum
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Thursday, November 15 2007 11:38 Profile Homepage #4 Brett's Rubric for those who haven't seen it. I don't have time to reread it right this second, and I don't remember my impression of it the first time I saw it. Anyway, Brett was pretty big on rubrics if I'm not mistaken, and he was definitely pretty big on designing, so his thoughts on the topic are definitely worth noting. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Synergy? in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Wednesday, November 14 2007 11:24 Profile Homepage #19 quote: Originally written by Us: quote: Originally written by Lazarus.: Guy has the American approach to problem solving-- if it doesn't work just shoot it. FYT. A face full of buckshot isn't proof that it won't work. Another shot would have done it by my reckoning-- from a high caliber rifle maybe? Guy's just a quitter. :P -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Synergy? in General
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Tuesday, November 13 2007 21:04 Profile Homepage #3 Guy has an interesting approach to problem solving-- if it doesn't work just shoot it. -------------------- "NOW PASS ME MY BOOTS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FACE." -Nikki Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00

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