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| Title | Shaper |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, March 28 2007 20:08
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There's likely to be a lot of activity in the Nethergate forum, even if it remains solely as the existing one, which I'll wager it will, though perhaps it will get an upgraded name. We will then surely want more mods for it, so Schrodinger doesn't get overwhelmed, if the noobs start soiling its pristine corridors next. I'd vote for Tyranicus as well, though I'd also add one or two more. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 28 2007 20:00
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I'll have to send my "sucky" Infiltrator out to teach you a lesson, if you don't stop picking on perfectly polite, reasonable, and intelligent people. >:P -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, March 27 2007 19:42
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When my Infiltrator goes into combat in the later game, Mental Magic is not her primary strategy. It is supplemental and for her amusement. She often starts one of her two earlier hasted attacks with Mass Madness, Charm, or Strong Daze, and her second move involves redlining or killing something else. She is not automatically dead if something is able to attack her. She does feel vulnerable in the last Chapter though, and this is a good time to put Create Drakon to good use. The Infiltrator at times requires more singleton-like strategies of luring off one or two enemies at a time to kill instead of running into the thick of a swarm. But she can kill things very quickly. And this is also what is fun about running an Infiltrator. precisely that she requires more careful strategy and timing. It is very satisfying when it is made to work according to her skills. Mass Madness is certainly very fun and effective for larger mixed social gatherings. I've started Chapter Five with my Infiltrator saga and will post on how it's going. Her mental magic is still plenty effective enough to be useful. There are just certain creations on which mental magic is not very effective, and upon which it never has been much. Kyshakks and Wingbolts, for instance, are difficult to affect significantly. Battle Creations Charm or whatever else I tell them to do nearly every time. I haven't been in any fights wth Fire Creations yet this chapter, but we shall see soon enough how readily they Charm and Daze. Part of the excitement is the smaller window for making mistakes with an Infiltrator. But she won't have many turns to make them, because she kills so effectively. -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, March 27 2007 15:53
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You misunderstand me. I actually rather like TM. I'm not convinced his likability factor is the primary reason for his popularity. He probably would make a good mod, and I wouldn't be sorry to see him around again. No need to extrapolate from one point which doesn't even indicate my own opinion. I think a lot of people enjoy having TM around for the entertainment factor, even if they dislike him. -S- [ Tuesday, March 27, 2007 15:55: Message edited by: Synergy ] -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, March 27 2007 15:32
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quote:I don't think that's quite what it indicates. People enjoy being scared in horror movies, watching people beat each other up in a ring, and laugh when someone else gets hurts on Funniest Home Videos. We slow down when we drive by a totalled automobile in case there's something especially gruesome to be seen. TM may be popular, but that's not necessarily the same thing as well-liked. Anna Nicole Smith, Paris Hilton, Simon Cowell. See what I mean? ... Meanwhile, I'm wondering whether Alorael has any say in whether Alorael would like Alorael to be an admin. I have to concur he's an optimal choice if he's actually interested in wielding ABSOLUTE POWER. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, March 27 2007 01:56
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I came around the forums here in Sept. 2005 as "synergy67" after playing the Avernum trilogy and BoA and was wanting to look into BoA scenarios to keep feeding my addiction. I began here with my prophetically lengthy first post. I moved on to dicussing party sizes and configurations in playing BoA. Kelandon was the very first person who responded to me here. I had five Karma points until I innocently asked what the heck this Karma thing was. I was amused by the ruckus that double-posting incited, but agreed to comply with community wishes, even if I found this particular anality absurd. Soon after, I fell more into what is probably perceived as trademark Synergy stride with my adoring review of Canopy, which remains my favorite post here to date. I was thereafter slowly drawn into the other abounding inanities beyond the pure gaming experience at SW and wound up beta testing Avernum 4. At the same time, I was one year into a Masters in Psychology program here in Seattle, as I had decided to leave behind a perfectly good career as a union electrician to fulfill what I always sensed I was meant to do in my life. I had already had one near meltdown in the process. Not having an income for over a year, going into debt for the first time in life, and having been frustrated with failing to find someone I wanted to date, but feeling weary of being alone, SW games and fora were a nice distraction. By Spring 2006, I felt I was wasting too much time and energy here and resolved to leave, at the very least until beta testing the next game came around. I was gone for around half a year and did more real life things again and things really picked up for me, especially when my best friends moved back into state for the second time in three years. Then Geneforge 4 came out and I haven't been quite able to get away since. /:P But I feel it's in balance now, well, most of the time. I have two big goals at present: to build a private practice and to find my mate in life and get on with the business of loving someone wholly and forging my own family. I really liked your heartfelt account, Ash. Good for you, man! You got me a little choked up. What I love about life and the passage of time, is that to my experience, especially once you embrace the notion, it just keeps getting better all the time. We can keep growing and evolving, even in dramatic ways for the rest of our lives. You never need dial it in and lock it down. There's always something more and a new way to look at things. -Synergy- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, March 27 2007 01:03
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Or become a magically ferocious Infiltrator whose Daze actually keeps working. >:) -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, March 27 2007 00:59
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Huh. Well, apparently Lennyhipp thinks he experienced otherwise. If one could lure and trap Alwan and/or Miranda in one of the buildings and block the doorway, would they stay at 1 HP indefinitely? -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, March 26 2007 19:23
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During the beta testing, I pointed out to Jeff that I had killed Alwan, Miranda, and all the shapers in Poryphra Ruins, but then they showed up again, quite alive, later in the game. He explained that they are supposed to be unkillable. After that, they became much harder to kill. They are not, however, impossible to kill. I should go try it with my Infiltrator again now, come to think of it. I find it unlikely Alwan is beatable in Rivergate Keep, however. Maybe a Lifecrafter with a horde of cryoas could manage it. Has anyone ever done it? -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, March 26 2007 19:14
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Maybe we could distract him for a while with some Reeces Pieces. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, March 26 2007 09:47
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Hee hee, oh man, now we get animations in Alex's inimitable, understatedly hilarious cartoons. I don't know if I can handle the added spontaneous explosion into laughter factor. But man, a picture sure beats a thousand words sometimes. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, March 26 2007 09:37
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quote:I'm not sure I understand your question. What is it you would like to know exactly? :confused: -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, March 26 2007 04:57
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It sounds like you might be playing a pro-Rebel game, and if you have been doing so consistently enough, you will not have been able to get into Shaper Camp Gamma in the fens, and will not have been able to help the refugees there. You have to skirt the fence or play two games with different loyalties to go evertwhere in this game. G4 is worth a second game though, doncha think? But I'm with you—I hate missing anything in a game too. I missed a good number of things in my first game, one reason being because of all the door-opening levers Jeff hid behind pillars. -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, March 26 2007 02:03
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quote:I confess I am curious to know, what things do you mean? -S- EDIT: sloppy UBB abusage [ Monday, March 26, 2007 02:03: Message edited by: Synergy ] -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, March 26 2007 01:36
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There is perhaps no absolute point of distinction between sanity and insanity. However, to his credit, a man of questionably sound mind like Edgar Allen Poe could write well, and therefore is remembered fondly. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, March 26 2007 01:21
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VALETA III Chapter Four—Final Part: Taking Stock  Lost in reverie and anticipation as she meanders casually back toward Derenton Freehold, Valeta fingers the cold Puresteel Charm in her pocket, so recently surrendered from Ghaldring as a reluctant reward for the disposing of Salassar. It looks good amongst her other accumulated trinkets, and she welcomes the boost to Strength it infuses magically into her lithe and lethal body. After all, she has been careful throughout to invest not a point in Strength as the magically purist Valeta III she is determined to remain.  But first, she has a little matter to which to attend in the Valeya ruins. With precious cargo in hand, she strides through the now ghostly streets of the town and makes her way to the anvil out in the building on the little island. The water laps quietly outside, while she fashions a formidable new artifact upon the enchanted anvil. Perfect the Shaped Boots with Tincture of Mandrake and Bile of Demon. Tink tink. Infuse with Salassar's freshly-donated Ur-Drakon Skin and the Deep Focus Orb we stole from Eliza's bunker so long ago. Tink tink. Salassar's timely demise has proven much more providential than to merely sate Val's typically indifferent inclinations toward vengeance. Behold, she now holds in her slightly trembling hands a glistening new pair of Shapemaster Boots!  Oh, the mighty creations she will ultimately shape wearing these. She finally arrives little worse for the wear at Derenton Freehold, and informs Litalia of the treachery and ominous omens that have taken place in Quessa-Uss. Litalia wastes no time in bestowing the capable Valeta with a mission to find Northforge Citadel and assist the Drakons with their dubious project. We'll see about that. Valeta is not necessarily sold on the idea of unleashing the horrors of the Unbound upon the world, as much as she despises the iron-fisted rule of the Shapers. We panic for a moment thinking we've botched up Val's intended reputation sequence, when she first detours to report on Quessa-Uss to General Alwan, and finds that she doesn't yet merit her second reward from Shaper Grim. We know that Shapers will have left Poryphra the next time we choose to return. But only Alwan and Miranda leave Poryphra at this point, giving Val their own new mission to infiltrate Northforge and to look for them in hiding nearby at a future point. Thankfully, the cheerless Shaper Grim remains behind in Poryphra to give us further rewards, as we commit future pro-Shaper deeds. There really is very little else we can do for the rebels in the upcoming Chapter Five, except to wipe out the Shaper camp at Litalia's request. In a disturbingly parallel fashion, Koerner in Poryphra has requested a final favor that we kill Litalia, which effectively means wiping out Derenton Freehold, if Val chooses to go that route. Val will have to decide which way to go with her loyalties ultimately. Valeta will be highly entertained by anyone who wants to make a prediction what she is going to do in this final chapter. Meanwhile, Val's pretty much done everything there is to do in Burwood Province and elsewhere, though she will return to some of the early Shaper zones to whittle down some more worthy opponents with her wickedly improved abilities. The immovable Black Door she noticed in Monarch's Realm still haunts her memory. Val doesn't like it when doors are closed to her, and she felt mysteriously drawn to the sense of foreboding beyond that impenetrable barrier. She has a vague, yet compelling sense that she will be revisiting the great black door before it's all over. She certainly won't hesitate, if anything remotely warrants her return to find out what lies beyond. Here's how Valeta is looking stat-wise right now at the end of Chapter Four.  The above stats are based upon the following gear she currently equips.  Ring of Eye’s Purity (+3 Battle Magic) Frozen Blade Girdle of Genius (+2 Intelligence) Shaper Trueweave Agent Cloak (+1 Battle Magic / +1 Mental Magic / +1 Blessing Magic / +1 Spellcraft) Talisman of Might (+4 Strength) Polychromous Shield Gloves of Savagery (+2 Strength / +2 Melee / +4 Quick Action) Flameweaver Greaves (+2 Battle Magic) Stability Boots (+2 Dexterity) Lucky Charm (+1 Luck) Physician's Charm (+1 Healing Craft) Skein of Wisdom (+1 Intelligence) Gruesome Charm (+2 Intelligence, + 2 Dexterity, -2 Endurance) Mental Focus Charm (3) (+3 Spellcraft) Infiltrator’s Charm (+1 Leadership / +1 Mechanics) Blademaster Charm (+1 Quick Action) Puresteel Charm (+1 Strength) At present Valeta is effectively boosting her Battle Magic by ten through gear alone, when counting both Battle Magic and Spellcraft as magical strength boosters. At some point in Chapter 5, Val will be wanting occasional side-kick creations to help out in key confrontations. The first Infiltrator I ever ran (much less efficiently) was able to fashion Ur-Drakons and an Eyebeast in the end, which I enjoyed immensely. I believe it takes 6 Magic Shaping ability to make an Eyebeast. Valeta has four Magic Shaping ability when she equips her Shapemaster Boots and her Black Talisman necklace (thank you, Gazer Aphorelik.) It takes, surprisingly enough, only a paltry three Shaping ability to fashion any basic fifth tier creation, including a Gazer. It looks like we'd have to invest ten or eleven skill points into Magic Shaping if Val really wants an Eyebeast. On the other hand, we could use those points for another level of Spellcraft. What would you do? Eyebeasts are soooo much fun, but on the other hand, Val wants to demonstrate how wickedly powerful she can become magically. We're open to thoughts and arguments on the matter, but don't wait too long. If we don’t choose to invest the Skill Points in Magic Shaping necessary to shape an Eyebeast, Val can just start using some of those Wands of the Inferno and Torrent Gems she always lugs around but rarely bothers to use. But we will have no trouble shaping a couple of Ur-Drakons in the near future, as soon as we acquire all three levels of Drakon-shaping ability. We already have 7 Fire Shaping ability with a Shaper Robe, Shapemaster Boots, and Volcanic Fetish (or Black Pearl Talisman) equipped. Heck, we've even got 4 levels of Battle Shaping with our gear. We can make War Tralls, but wouldn't that be a waste when we could summon an army of unstoppable and delicious Ornks to our side? We'll never go hungry again, that much is certain. We have Leadership of 12 and Mechanics of 17 on demand with our two pieces each of Infiltrator and Tinker gear along with Dhonal's Band and the Infiltrator Charm. This will go up one level more in each category, when we acquire the Infiltrator Shield in Chapter Five. We could also make the Cloak of the Shadows for a +1 Boost in stats over the Infiltrator Cloak once we've been to the Breeding Pits, which is typically one of the last things done in the game and not very useful to really put to use for Leadership or Mechanics so late in the game. We really don't need any more of either though, and probably could have invested one less level in Leadership earlier and maybe even more than that in Mechanics. I'd have to look back at where certain levels were needed, and where we picked up the enhancing gear, in order to see how much I may have wasted points. Keep in mind that Val doesn't like backtracking a whole lot in the name of absolute skill point efficiency, however. It's also about the satisfaction of feeling strong and capable at each stage, and this means things like not having to backtrack to disarm mines in The Boiling Mudpits two chapters after we first went through. We’re looking at our strategy for where to go soonest. These look especially attractive at the moment: Quicksilver Bulwark (+1 Action Point) — Frostwood Pure Crystal Shard to make the Cloak Of The Shadows (+1 Action Point) — Breeding Pits Essence Charm (+1 Intelligence) — Breeding Pits Quicksilver Sandals (+1 Action Point) — Gesselin Freehold So, Val is contemplating making a beeline path through Khima-Uss, Frostwood, and the Breeding Pits, then up to Gesselin and Northforge, saving as much of the rest of the game for after she can acquire these useful boosters. We will be optimizing magic and action points a bit later on, I do believe. Right now Val is using a lot of gear to boost Strength, when magic could be even higher with alternate gear. NEXT: Chapter Five—The Bar Is Raised...Ante Up! -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, March 25 2007 22:03
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Salmon, you'd only say that if you were hopped up on Goofballs—or because you actually miss the somewhat tolerable old noobs compared to the wholly aggravating, crazy-making new noobs by comparison. I can't say I'd blame you for the latter. The former would be yer own damm fawlt, junkie. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, March 25 2007 19:16
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quote:Well, I'd be delighted to award you the points, Drew, but you'll have to come up with the correct answer first. CLUE: Think about one of Synergy's admitted preferences of the past—perhaps the distant murky past to many here. It wouldn't be a challenge if it weren't a tiny bit obscure. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, March 25 2007 19:06
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VALETA III Chapter Four—Part Seven: Quonquering Quessa-Uss We've gotten missions from both Litalia and Alwan to go see what's going on with the Drakons in Quessa-Uss, so I guess we may as well get on with it. Coming in from the north, we bump into Salassar's lackey, Scourge Vossizon. He's just itching for a duel and irritatingly blocks our way. We could turn on our Infiltrator charm and use our formidable Leadership qualities to talk Vossizon down, but what fun would that be? What Vossizon doesn't realize is how much we're itching for a fight with him as well. This will become a recurring and fatal theme with the Drakons, who apparently have a little problem in underestimating the capacities of us lowly humanlings.  All those annoying Drakon Sentinels can't just sit still over by the arena ground if we go there to fight as instructed, but instead waste a lot of our precious time roaming about in circles when we'd rather be hammering Voz into Drakon burgers. So, the first thing Val does is get right on with the duel here at the bridge as the Drakons all cluelessly meander off to the north. Wrack, Shackle, Kill. Comin' atcha, Big Boy. Combat commences with mercifully fewer distractions.  Vozziewozz is not one to trifle with. His slowing ranged attacks are painful, and his worms, like Shaper Krogstad's, can be lethal if permitted to swarm Val. She chooses to Daze them and get on with the business of punishing Vossizon for his insolence. Who's he think he's trying to push around, anyway? We've got more important work to be doing in your stinky Drakon hovel.  We note that Lifecrafters are immune to Voz's attempt to terrorize us. I'm wondering if this means all five classes are immune. Has anyone ever noticed being susceptible to his Fear effect? Val certainly isn't, as she uses some Lightning Aura to finish off the big brute. Timber.  Voz leaves behind a Vampiric Breastplate which we probably won't use, though it has been fun to use in other games. Val will for now stash it at the gates of Derenton Freehold in her pile of loot to which she's a bit too attached to part with presently. Trophies. Her Frozen Blade (thank you Guardian Dameron!) is much more effective at leeching life from her adversaries than the Vampiric gear. Val saunters freely into Quessa-Uss without any further hindrance. Unfortunately, she gets shacked up like a prisoner in the guest quarters until finally she is invited to the first in a series of increasingly perilous—and amusing—Drakon conferences. Finally we meet Ghaldring, the supposed leader of the Drakons, but who seems to be lost in the background behind the influence of the upsurgent Salassar, who clearly has no fondness at all for our presence.  We mock Salassar in our most nonchalant and savage fashion, infuriating him, but giving much amusement to the rest of the assembled Drakon honchos, and especially Ghaldring, as it would appear. From Salassar's reptilian line of questioning, Val is expecting mischief that night as she returns to her quarters to actually sleep for once in this game. Man she is tired! But she is also prepared when a party of Drayks and a rogue Drakon slip into her chambers that night with murderous intent. She makes quick work of them by hanging out and dispatching them from next to the healing and essence pools. At the next conference she accuses Salassar of culpability and is granted visitation to see Greta, who Val knows is being held here somewhere. Greta points us to the laboratories of the Drakons, where some other mischief is afoot. We clobber a few clutches of Drayks guarding the labs no problem and begin to scour the lab for clues...and of course for loot. The labs do not disappoint. There is more to haul out of there ultimately than we can carry in one load. But we also stumble upon the new horrible secret of the Drakons: their terrifying new experiment of the Unbound Creation. It doesn't seem so terrifying to Val, however, when it breaks loose and lunges at her and she decides to carve it into gristle. It's brutal, but we're brutaller than thou (fool!) There is no penalty for killing the Unbound during our window of opportunity. Why wouldn't we? We'd love to stop at least one of these lethal abominations from being loosed upon the earth, as the Drakons might well be inclined to do. We also want the experience points. We haul all our lab goodies out and talk with Greta before attending another wearisome conference with the big, belligerent lizards. After enduring some more of Sal's hollow harranguing and indulging in some more looting of the labs, and finding to our amazement and amusement that no one seems at all upset we slew the Unbound, we finally are given the privilege of challenging the sleazy Salassar to a duel. Yesssss! Val's no dummy though. Before the final meeting leading right into the duel, she fuels up at the essence pool and casts all her buffs and hasting, then runs in fight mode to the conference. By the time the duel commences, she is still all magicked up and ready to clean the clock of this big dolt once and for all. Val even permits Clueless here to bring along a couple pet Drayks to help him out, even though once again she could use her Jedi Mind Tricks™ to shame him out of the cowardly intention. Instead she charms them and uses them against sinister Sal to keep him busy while she puts her new Frozen Blade to some good use, just for kicks. The Drayks don't last long facing the wrath of Sal's truly hideous breath (man, what's this guy EAT, anyway?), but then again, neither will Sal be lasting long.  Val is having fun playing with this big clod, so Sears him, stabs him, and finally does him off with some truly potent Ice. If she didn't want to mess around at all, she could have killed Sal with three strikes of Ice alone.  You know, this Drakonskin Cloak Sal drops would have been a lot more useful earlier in the game before other cloaks became available. I suppose it might be a nice addition for a Servile intent on buiding a stronger defense.  Ghaldring emerges with much amusement at our sport, and he also emerges clearly as the true power lurking within Quessa-Uss, despite previous appearances. We have been pawns in his little game to honorably eliminate his adversary Salassar. We're annoyed, but less so when we take Ghaldring's somber advice to pay the very rapidly-assembled tomb of Salassar our last respects...and find a Perfect Drakon Skin inside. We'll just help ourselves to that, thank you —we've been wanting one of these for a long time now. We also don't complain about the Puresteel Charm which Ghaldring bestows upon us when we bother to ask him for a reward for serving his interests so effectively. Hrrrmph! Least he can do. Val's tired of this place. Let's blow this joint, but we'll tolerate coming back one last time to pick up all that loot from the lab we piled up in our guest quarters. Greta has already hightailed it back to Derenton Freehold in the meantime. NEXT: Chapter Four—It's a Wrap -S- [ Sunday, March 25, 2007 19:48: Message edited by: Synergy ] -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, March 25 2007 16:33
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written Sunday, March 25 2007 16:25
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For God's sake, IFM, take one of the M's out of your name. I can't stand it any more. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, March 24 2007 23:00
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Hmm, I may resemble the remark, but would it help any if I explained that I make my lists when beta testing a game, so I can maximize strategy and enjoyment during repeated playings? Eh, didn't think so, but I thought it was worth a shot. -S- P.S. Wait till you see my Nethergate list. :D P.P.S. It's the fluffy turtle part, not the insanity part, that I find disturbing. It just makes no sense at all, and it makes my brain get all :confused: [ Saturday, March 24, 2007 23:12: Message edited by: Synergy ] -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, March 24 2007 22:42
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Every time I see and try to pronounce Dylan's inverted nomer, I keep thinking it's a synonym for "gonads" for some reason. Meanwhile, from the present abundance (gross overabundance) of evidence on hand, I am wondering whether we might conclude that Dylan -X- demonstrates disturbing tendencies towards Narcissim or towards a budding Antisocial Personality Disorder? -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, March 24 2007 22:08
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Didn't I mention that I will be publishing the Complete Tales of The Insidious Infiltrator in hardback form upon completion here? I expect you all to buy a sympathy copy. -S- I did work on an increasingly ambitious fantasy novel until my early twenties. I wound up spending more time rewriting it and making it "better" than I did ever getting around to finishing it. I do believe I have at least one book in my future, but it won't be fiction. Thanks for the compliment. -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, March 24 2007 21:59
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quote:Yes you may, and so you did. Impressive, and honorable. quote:Yes, this is the downside to finally graduating. One no longer has an excuse to not have a real job. I'm giving myself two more weeks till I buckle down to it. Meanwhile, everyone who knows I'm also an electrician has a job for me. There's a weird irony in graduating in one's much beloved new field to find oneself with jobs popping up in one's former not so beloved profession. But hey, bills to pay. [quote]At least it's from one U of A to another U of A.[/quote]So...you won't need to be changing your monogrammed letterhead then. Dolphin: thank you for honoring this thread with your return. I know I've commented here once or twice in the past that I was sorry I never had the opportunity to enjoy your company here, as apparently I arrived about the same time you departed. Do stick around, if you'll be so good. Clearly you are appreciated here. And if one must be spammy, I would have to say that it is good to be artistically spammerific. Salmon, finally I understand your signature. I haven't yet had the courage (or foolhardiness) to try the goofballs I was thoughtfully given absolutely free of charge by someone on the wrong side of the tracks. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |