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Easter eggs in The Avernum Trilogy
Grain of Salt
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 written Sunday, April 16 2006 04:46 Profile #5
Wasn't there a deli sandwich in Nethergate too?

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OoC Thread for "An RP in the World of Avernum... *Reloaded*" in General
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 written Sunday, April 16 2006 04:42 Profile #343
Still waiting for a response from Lazarus and TM, if they're still around.

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A Simple Moral Question -GF2- in Geneforge Series
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 written Saturday, April 15 2006 12:29 Profile #4
That would be me :D .

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Demon Lord Bhorralon missing? in Avernum 4
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 written Saturday, April 15 2006 01:16 Profile #7
Thuryl's back?

Did I miss the announcement?

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A door I can't get through...? in Geneforge Series
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 written Friday, April 14 2006 02:22 Profile #4
SPOILER

Chadwick Prison.

/SPOILER

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Which spiderweb software game is best? in General
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 written Wednesday, April 12 2006 09:03 Profile #35
quote:
Originally written by Alorael Seven:


BoA would do better if it had a BoE-like interface that hid the majority of the simple scripting. People are probably frightened away by the complexity before they learn that scripting isn't impossible.
Words of gold. I personally have a mortal fear of any programming system that involves actually typing stuff. I'm amazed at what you can do in BOA but have not gotten the editor because of Avernumscript. Jeff would gain many more customers if he made the interface resemble BOE more, IMO.

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UBB Quirk? in General
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 written Tuesday, April 11 2006 14:16 Profile #14
There is in fact someone named Lazarus. He just doesn't post too often.

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Sudden Big Leap in Difficulty *post-Honeycomb spoiler* in Avernum 4
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 written Tuesday, April 11 2006 14:13 Profile #2
Kill the pylons on the way in. They don't anger the surrounding area.

And copying Alorael's sig is likely to result in a painful death by snipage. Don't say I didn't warn ya.

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Are fantasy RPGs inherently conservative? in General
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 written Tuesday, April 11 2006 14:12 Profile #24
I would like to point out that Geneforge is the complete opposite of the "basic RPG mold" outlined in this topic. I find this refreshing, if not morally fufilling, and is probably what has made Geneforge so popular.

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Do we have a new moderator? in General
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 written Tuesday, April 11 2006 14:08 Profile #12
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Originally written by Drakefyre:

Jeff said that he doesn't want the boards to become a political battleground and that they should be welcoming to everyone.
Ah. I see. If only he could have made that clear in his post, us whiners wouldn't be whining.

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Do we have a new moderator? in General
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 written Tuesday, April 11 2006 11:30 Profile #9
Debates on abortion are only murderous if you're anti-abortion :P .

But anyway, to steer the topic away from that, what questionable locking deciscions have you made? Worst I ever saw was Imban not banning TM after a post he made that was nothing but repetitive strings of "I have no clue why I'm not banned yet."

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Happy pesach! in General
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 written Tuesday, April 11 2006 11:17 Profile #10
Blech. Matzah, while tasty in cracker-like form, is a bad substitue for bread. You wouldn't make matzah ball soup "bread ball soup", would you? Then please, major corporations, no matzah stuffing!

EDIT: Or matzah bread crumbs! Or matzah cereal!

[ Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:19: Message edited by: Wonko The Sane ]

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Do we have a new moderator? in General
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 written Tuesday, April 11 2006 11:14 Profile #7
I was pretty annoyed when he closed that topic too. I have no clue why he did it, though. He made it seem like he didn't like us arguing, but there are currently two spirited arguments here, and he hasn't closed them.
But after Ashgate, with the completely unnecessary deleting of topics and giving Ash no clear warning, I've accepted that these boards are basically a dictatorship.

We're lucky if this topic isn't closed. Ah well.

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Frozen by the Pylons in Avernum 4
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 written Monday, April 10 2006 15:41 Profile #2
The mods should put a link to one of the countless help topics about this in the forum header.

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I Guess I Just Don't Get It in Geneforge Series
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 written Monday, April 10 2006 12:26 Profile #12
Did you beat him yet?

If not, then get Alwan and Greta. Use them against the worms. Have perhaps a fyora and you attack the Creator. Buy all the ice crystals the shop has. They take 3 AP and do 40-46 damage a pop. Use Daze against the worms. Then, when the worms overwhelm your defenses, Daze them one last time and unload all the ice crystals you have on you. This fight is extra-tough because you can also talk your way through with 10 leadership, I think.

That's how I did it, anyway. And Zeviz is right: if you want to be a solo magic user, play an Agent.

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I Guess I Just Don't Get It in Geneforge Series
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 written Monday, April 10 2006 02:07 Profile #1
Ice crystals. Ice crystals are the answer. They're cheap and they hurt.

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Twelve Pills in General
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 written Monday, April 10 2006 01:25 Profile #8
Oops. Sorry, didn't see that.

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Twelve Pills in General
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 written Monday, April 10 2006 01:15 Profile #6
EDIT AGAIN: Oops. Nevermind

[ Monday, April 10, 2006 01:26: Message edited by: Wonko The Sane ]

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The Sequel in Geneforge Series
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 written Monday, April 10 2006 01:05 Profile #11
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Originally written by Nick Ringer:

Wonko: can you clarify what you meant about spells? I've never played Exile. I too would like to see more multitarget spells, perhaps some that aren't too expensive -- but I guess that's what spray/swarm crystals are for. And what is summoning?
You seriously don't know what summoning is? You've never played Avernum or Exile or Nethergate?
Boy, you're missing a lot. In any case, summoning spells summon creatures to fight for you that disappear after a limited time. They're usually not that useful, but they're fun.
Jeff could even have an option when shaping something to make it disappear after a short time, like those fading creations that defended the spawners on Harmony Isle. Making a fading creation would be cheaper.

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SW-Arena Synopsis in General
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 written Sunday, April 9 2006 12:25 Profile #7
The Looters

The Looters attacked Krizsan with the Guild, winning the battle but losing their objective (the magical tome) when the Hunters burnt it.

More recently, Drale sent ten elite soldiers out to villages and towns to find and kill Agents. Currently one Agent and one soldier have perished.

The Looters have an alliance pending with the KIL (Karnold Isles League). They have plans to combine their own armies, the Anama's, the Guild's soldiers, and KIL forces for a devastating attack on the Dominion. Drale wants access to the magical library Demetrius has.

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OoC Thread for "An RP in the World of Avernum... *Reloaded*" in General
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 written Sunday, April 9 2006 10:57 Profile #292
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Originally written by radix malorum est cupiditas:

Please.
Er... was that a response to my question? A general complaint? A request?

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OoC Thread for "An RP in the World of Avernum... *Reloaded*" in General
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 written Sunday, April 9 2006 10:45 Profile #290
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Originally written by The Worst Man Ever:

I will be taking control of the Alliance. I have a lot of experience with faction-juggling.
So what's happening to Goldenking? Is he taking up yet another faction? Has he been vaporized?

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Running the games on Intel Macs? in Tech Support
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 written Sunday, April 9 2006 09:42 Profile #2
Once I saw everything installed on a friend's computer turned into SimCopter saved games.

He didn't even own SimCopter, either. It was strange.

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The Final Spire - Beta call in Blades of Exile
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 written Sunday, April 9 2006 07:39 Profile #1
I won't pretend that I actually have a hope in hell of getting the beta, but if you can't find anyone else...

Name: Wonko the Sane will do fine.
E-mail: elirose93@sbcglobal.net
Platform: Macintosh
Previous Beta Experience: None whatsoever.
BOE Playing Skill: I'd say I'm pretty good. I got up to Castle Relaford in FS with a singleton. I beat every Arc scenario legitimately. I beat Quintessence. I nearly beat Revenge with a level 1 party, but forgot to go get the black amethysts.

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The Sequel in Geneforge Series
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 written Sunday, April 9 2006 01:29 Profile #2
Do you think anyone will choose "I do not want to be able to shape?" Shaping is the hallmark of the Geneforge series; you take away shaping, you're left with an Avernum that has a few quirks.

As for everything else I checked that I can remember:

New Spells: He should keep taking from Exile. Multitarget spells would be nice. So would summoning.

New Creations: A must. Probably the aforementioned Sea Drayk and maybe a creation that splits in two when you kill it, like a Doomguard.

Another thing that would be cool (but isn't going to happen) would be creation melding. You could blend an artila with a fyora for an essence cost and have a fire-and-acid spitting snake. Or blend a drayk with a battle alpha and you get a huge, two-legged reptilian fire-breathing monster (sort of like a Drakon actually)

Sholai: I think that they should be another faction. Maybe the Sholai look down on the warring peoples of Terrestia and decide that shaping caused it all. They try to wipe out all shaping with advanced magic or something. It would be interesting to lead raids on shaping halls and fight both the rebels and shapers as they battle.

New Factions: I think that four factions is a perfectly reasonable number. Sholai, Rebels, Loyalists, and Awakened. The Awakened need to come back again. Period.

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