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OT: Legend of Zelda in Blades of Avernum
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The question becmoes... can we turn this into a useful topic?
Here's what I'll pose for everyone: The Legend of Zelda is considered one ofthe quinteesential console classics: would anything worth releasing necessarily come from reusing the familiar engine?

My answer: you can't tell. Modding is like that: sometimes you strike gold, others, you don't.
I have no idea what you could do to draw an entirely new game, or new scenarios out of the Zelda engine; but that doesn't mean that someone else won't.

(And this is the part where some of you come up with ideas)

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The Silent Assassin actually pulled off an experiment without destroying anything.
The laundry room is grateful.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
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Artwork request - Encyclopedia Logo in General
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quote:
Originally written by Drakefyre:

Well, it might make more of a difference if Slarty and I weren't the only non-Aran contributors.
Some of us are working on that.

By the way, Aran, I keep getting an error when trying to access the EE boards:

quote:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting ';'
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The Silent Assassin just blew a hole through the topside roof.
And now it smells like peppermint in here. Great.

[ Sunday, October 01, 2006 21:42: Message edited by: Robert Daniel Oliver ]

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
I Bear Tidings From TM in General
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Alas, for Organizational Policies have Restricted Access to this Site.

Also, I do believe that I am in before the lock.

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The Silent Assassin can communicate with spirits.
Or at least, that's what the spirits say.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
The Doomsies in General
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-adan. -adan.

Hmm. that may explain why all of my Project Dikiyoba emails to you got rejected.

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The Silent Assassin recently borrowed a book from our local library, to help in his research on explosive candy.
The library no longer wants the book back.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
The Doomsies in General
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EBM: Ed. You try to be one of the few on the boards to be patient with him and then get cursed off multiple times, and see how long your patience lasts.

BEP: The Evil Overlord, of course. Or maybe Tyran.
Nah. Dintiridan.

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The Silent Assassin has decided to take down the glass box on the condition that I finally watch his slide show from Detroit.
Which isn't too bad a deal, as I still want to know the story behind the Al Capone thing.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
The Doomsies in General
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quote:
Originally written by Jewels:


BEP - The Silent Assassin - Really, encasing someone in a glass box is pure evil. More-so when that person is supposed to be a friend. My sympathies to Lenar.

He's not evil.
He just gets moody.
Especially when I compare him to mimes.

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ALRIGHT, I SAID IT! LET ME OUT!

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
sound won't work!! in The Exile Trilogy
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I'm familiar with the sounds stuck error; I first encountered it in Windows 95b (don't comment), but have seen it even in Windows 98 (I confessably have yet to run an Exile game in XP).
If you run a program that already uses the sound card while starting up an Exile game (I found this prevalent in Exile 2), there's a good chance that the Exile sound engine will think that all of your system's sound resources are already taken.

If you want to listen to music or multitask or whatever, start up the other program after you start up the game.

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The Silent Assassin is upset because his pink bunny slippers have disappeared.
It wasn't me, I swear.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Spiderweb Games.Is It Just Me? in General
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One could create a creature script that makes the subject mimic another character, much like the Mime class in the nintendo-based FF series.

But that could easily get irritating.

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Upon reading the current turn of this thread, I joked with the Silent Assassin about mimes.
I am obligated to report under threat of air-hole closure that he has since encased myself and my pc in a rigged glass box.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
What have you been reading lately? in General
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I'm about to begin the latest work of Terry Brooks: a novel called "Armageddon's Children."

This looks to be a step up from his latest few...
I'll report when I'm finished; which may not be a while, as I have a film and three papers due within the next week.

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The Silent Assassin is working on a powerpoint slideshow of pictures and video he took while in Detroit.
Looking at something that happened to be on the screen... it does really look like Al Capone is in the shot of the flaming Burger King.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

I like speaking my mind, when the voices let me hear it.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Cut Scenes in Blades of Avernum Editor
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Is it specific steps that get skipped, or is it just random every time?
If specific, which ones?

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Teh Slient Assassing cna't spll.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
The Spiderweb Art Movement. in General
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How about music?

This is the First Draft.
Not sure what I'm calling it yet.

I wrote this one based on the surface in Exile 3.

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The Silent Assassin believes himself to be an artist.
Or at least, that was the response he gave when questioned about the disappearance of our neighbor's propane grill.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Walking with Spiderwebbers in General
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[Blank] gets to be a [blank]!
How [blank]!

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The Silent Assassin has censored this post for reasons unknown.
Jerk.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
September BoA Chat in Blades of Avernum Editor
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I have a gig that afternoon, but I'll join if I can.

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The Silent Assassin is due back anytime from his vacation to Detroit.
I am somewhat looking forward to his return. It's been too quiet around here.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Sex! Yay! in General
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quote:
Originally written by Synergy:


{see just above}

Why did you have to do that, Syn? I wanted to stay out of this thread.

(Disclaimer: The following has absolutely nothing to do with sex. It is merely condtructive criticism. Read at your own peril and risk of boredom.)

Syn, your analysis of Law is accurate, and yes, you are correct in assuming that in the Church Age (the Period of Grace, call it what you will), the Law no longer applies.
But.
You combined two quotes taken out of context to draw a conclusion.
You proceeded to combine the essence of the Law with the essence of Grace, in order legislate grace.
And in doing so, you made a mistake that the First Corinthians was written to address.
I mean, is this the same liberty, Syn?
quote:
1 Cor 5:1-2
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: a man has his father's wife! And you are proud!
Whether or not I have it all wrong, and I'm comparing apples to oranges, Paul does make it clear that the Christian faith is not about Liberty.

quote:
1 Cor 5:9-13
I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people - not at all meaning the people of the world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case, you would have to leave this world. But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater, or a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler. With such a man, do not even eat.
What business is it of mine to judge those outside the Church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you."

Yes, Syn, we are free to drink to our hearts' content, we can eat food sacrificed to idols, ignore kosher, and do all sorts of things that would make a more liberal practicing Jew cringe if not flee altogether; this liberty exists because Grace nullifies the Law.
(incidentally, for the sake of those who have not yet referenced the entire passage that Syn quoted, "not everything is beneficial" refers to the benefit of others. Christians are not to pressure other Christians to do anything that the other party thinks is wrong.)
But there are still standards; and yes, while the "Judeo-Christian" uber-legalist sects can't deal with Grace alone, there are obviously things that need to be avoided regardless of "Legality". All may be forgiven (if one is under Grace), which is quite relieving, but not all is acceptable behavior to continue in. Sin is still sin, Syn (sorry, couldn't help myself).
quote:
Galatians 5:13
You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
Paul even explains what Christians should avoid (some of this should sound familiar):
quote:
Galations 5:19-21
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, idolitry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissentions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.
Yes, Syn, the Law does not apply. But the lack of the law does not give us authority to decide to do whatever we dare please.

I hope I didn't come across as preachy or angry or anything. I didn't mean to. It's just that the whole out-of-context synthesis rubbed me the wrong way, and I need to make a point that you can't go drawing conclusions that directly contradict the source that you're drawing conclusions from.

And Syn, since you quoted scripture (though not for this particular argument), and as all scripture is for reproof... Paul does say exactly what not to do with our physical bodies. This is only the first example that I came across, but probably the plainest.
Linked because I said I wouldn't talk about sex.
Yeah, I suck at keeping with my disclaimers.
Please don't take the linked passage as my contribution to the thread, unless as an example of the Christian standpoint.

EDIT: hyperlinks annoy me.

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The Silent Assassin sent me a coded E-mail stating that he won't be back from Detroit until Friday.
He also metioned something about Al Capone, Jerry Lewis, and the Beatles.
Or at least, that's what he said if I got the encryption right.

[ Wednesday, September 20, 2006 21:23: Message edited by: Lenar, Inc. ]

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
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Chat Now. AIM Room Spidweb! in General
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I must send my regrets, between my network's firewall's inability to allow me to log into aim, and then kicking me off of the Internet completely, not three minutes after I got on.

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The Silent Assassin is still in Detroit.
He has yet to send any messages back, so I'll assume that he's still communing with nature.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Soon there will be no need to do this in General
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quote:
Originally written by Papal Legate Pablo:

RWG, my soon-to-be-existing personality cult, Cult of the Cow or whatever it is, and the Cult of Clthulhu. The Cult of Cthulhu might be stretching it, which would bring us down to three, and then of course my cult is still in its early stages, so I suppose you could argue that there are two. But not to me.
You left out the Vahnatai Creationists.

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The Silent Assassin is on vacation in Detriot.
The party starts in an hour!

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Crystal Souls in General
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quote:
Originally written by Micawber:

Ghandi would be a good crystal soul.
Maybe in the mentor respect, yes.
But as a figurehead... well, you can't go on a hunger strike if you can't eat...

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The Silent Assassin is on vacation in Detroit.
I almost miss him.
Almost.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Crystal Souls in General
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quote:
Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

Alorael would make the perfect crystal soul from ZKR. Confused, tortured, insane, twisted, cruel and always eager to spout gibberish at anyone foolish enough to enter his domain. Oh, I've just been informed that the gibberish is in fact some language called Spanish. But the rest still goes.

:P

You know what...
I like your version much better.

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The Silent Assassin is now off on vacation.
I'm having the bunker child-proofed in his absence.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Soon there will be no need to do this in General
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Hey... my post count was back to normal this month.

Possible solutions to the drop:
Release of G4.
Religious/political flame war.
Religious/political debate.
Religious/political debate turned flame war.
Increase in posting games.
Increase in people posting about random stuff.
Fanfic, anyone?
Return of general chats.

And I could probably come up with a few more if I didn't have to run to class...

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The Silent Assassin is still preparing for his vacation in Detroit.
If I've told him once, I've told him a million times, the Cat is not going with him.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Crystal Souls in General
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Now that I'm not double-posting...
I'd like to say to Aran that I hate you for stealing three of my nominations (I hadn't thought of Asimov. good choice), and add Cicero and Machiavelli to the list.

I'd also like to add that immortal politicians would also mean that we'd probably have to change the age restrictions on certain positions of high authority. Thurmond? He was a young guy.

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The Silent Assassin is continuing in his preparations for his soul search in Detroit.
I've already told him three times that he is not allowed to pack the biohazard suit.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Because it's been forever since the last one in General
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With all due respect, the SpiderWeb Matchmaking Service did not intentionally bring forth this demon from within Nicothodes when it began the thread...
Though this particular member of the endeavor would like to say that he still thinks the Nik-Nico pairing to be quite cute.

-signs off to avoid volley of pencils-

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The Silent Assassin does indeed have a heart.
He carved it out of the leftover rosewood from our kitchen dresser after he set the kitchen on fire for the first time, long ago.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Crystal Souls in General
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I realize that this is not an answer to the question, but I have come to believe that Alorael may or may not be a Crystal Soul.

Think about it for a second: a singular being of indeterminate age and limitless wisdom, who refuses to give any sort of physical identity, and lives nowhere near anyone else on the boards...

Ah, the joys of being a conspiracy theorist.

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The Silent Assassin believes that Albert Camus should have been a Crystal Soul.
Why? Because the Silent Assassin wants the chance to kill him slowly.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
What is inspiring you? in General
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I find that my best inspiration comes eitehr while I'm asleep and slightly before or after.
Dreams, I find, can inspire tales of horror, adventure, and love.

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The Silent Assassin is inspired by a need to get stuff done.
Like the need to get the neurotoxins out of the bathtub. Quite inspiring.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
2006 Candidates in General
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I can assure you that the current Secretary of State Blackwell will not be running to hold his postition; because he's running for Governor, duh.

Aside from that...
I live in Ohio most of the year, shouldn't I know this?

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The Silent Assassin invented deranged subterfuge.
He also invented the Internet, pants, the two-way radio, and the ice cream sandwich.
Or at least, that's what our refrigerator magnets read right now.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
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Finished Avernums in The Avernum Trilogy
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I do recall my first experience beating Rentar-Ihrno.

Enter, begin combat. No Erika. Rentar sumons creatures. Melee and firestorm way to podium. Get teleported back. Repeat several times.
Finaly get to podium, discover that I must've missed a mirror downstairs somewhere.
Reload.
Go back, check all mirrors.
Begin combat. Erika appears. Life is good. Erika summons demons. Rentar summons demons. Demons summon more demons. All demons, and Rentar, and Erika summon other creatures.
Move one step toward podium. Wait five minutes as demons summon more creatures and each creature takes a turn. Move another step toward the podium. Wait seven or eight minutes as all creatures take their turn, and more baddies are summoned. Wait because my path is now blocked. Go upstairs, go to the bathroom, get a drink, return to my computer, and still wait a minute as monsters finish their turn.
Get frustrated, turn sounds and effects off, and change speed to highest setting.
Wait. blur. wait. blur. Path is clear, so step. blur. save. wait. blur. one step away from the podium, return settings to normal.
accidentally step the wrong way...

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The Silent Assassin took an old bottle, filled it with gasoline, taped a sock to the opening, set said sock on fire, and tossed it at our neighbor's new Corvette.
He needs to stop listening to The Offspring.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
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