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| Displayed name | Randomizer |
| Member number | 6785 |
| Title | Law Bringer |
| Postcount | 4643 |
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| Registered | Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, June 3 2006 23:16
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I've seen it at least twice before and I don't usually read this forum. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| hints. exile1 escape from the pit in The Exile Trilogy | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, June 3 2006 21:24
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I went all the way back to the Castle to ask King Micah. Guess what? I got no reply. You're in for a fight so get ready. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Red Rain in India in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, June 3 2006 21:22
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The worst part is the leader of Iran believes that he is helping to usher in the Islamic version of the end of days. With a nuclear bomb and the belief that he is doing Allah's will we could get it. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Red Rain in India in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, June 3 2006 18:40
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We've already been invaded. Don't you remember the Antartica meteorites from Mars that might have had cell life in them? Actually it's been hypothesized that organic molecules could hitch a ride to Earth on meteors. This used to be pushed as an explanation for the origin of life here. Don't worry until you see gigantic cylinders plunging to Earth and metallic tripod creatures emerging. Then just get drunk while they take over. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| One thing say and ask in Avernum 4 | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, June 3 2006 18:32
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There is a limit on the number of items you can place in an area before the game starts removing them. It helps to separate the piles and makes it quicker to find items. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Peer Review Process (was Evolution Stuff (was What is Religion, exactly?)) in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, June 3 2006 15:13
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There's an easy proof about life appearing as a random effect. In all places where life doesn't appear, there's no one around to argue about their origins. So "intelligent " life has to be generated for a debate to occur. Peer Review: There are two things I remember hearing back when I still had to publish through the peer review process. Reviewers will hold up publication if their relevant work isn't cited (I saw it happen). The second is rare but some people block publication in order to get priority for themselves or friends. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Absynthe? in Avernum 4 | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, June 3 2006 15:02
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Use an area effect spell to determine which one. You will have this problem with a twist in the Spire Fortress, Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| My God can beat up your God! in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, June 2 2006 20:56
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quote:Actually a few years ago Denamrk considered the old pagan religion based upon Norse mythos to be allowed along side mainstream religions. So this is a legitamate religion at least there. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Peer Review Process (was Evolution Stuff (was What is Religion, exactly?)) in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, June 2 2006 18:17
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Since we are having so much trouble with definitions and convincing ID supporters that it is possible to form complex ordered systems by natural laws, let's try a different approach. If life is the result of intelligent design, the let's example human design. There are several parts of modern man that shouldn't be there if we were designed from scratch and didn't evolve from another lower life form. The coccyx, the 3 tail bones at the end of the spine serve no purpose in a human, but could be the remains of a tail from primates that have fallen out of use as man evolved. The appendix, that vestigal organ in the intestinal system, that's only known function is to become infected so removal is needed to keep a person alive and provide doctors with income. Since I didn't go to medical school, I am unfamiliar with other examples. But there is recent research that man is still evolving and that there are changes in the gene code added only 11,000 years ago. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Frail + Brittle Bones in Avernum 4 | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, June 2 2006 17:55
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Everything scales downward with the highest party member's level. Monsters and trap disarms provide so little experience that quest rewards are the most noticeable. At least you don't see the Geneforge message, "You are too high a level to get experience" every monster kill. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Shade essance quest difficulties in Avernum 4 | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, June 2 2006 17:43
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Also it's easier to do it in Blosk rather than Dharmon. Make sure you're hasted so you can just flee east or west through a deserted area to get away after you get the sample. There will be a message when the Shade returns to the wasted area. There is no sense risking the loss of an NPC that might provide a quest/reward later in the game. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| A 2 part 3 stuck in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, June 2 2006 04:38
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You can do the 3 tests without the Ritual of Welcoming, but you will find that Vahnatai outside of Avit speak gibberish. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Peer Review Process (was Evolution Stuff (was What is Religion, exactly?)) in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, June 1 2006 20:27
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The ID arguement that an organized system such as an eye could not have evolved is slowly being refuted. Research is showing that intermediate steps have occurred with slightly different functions than the final evolved form. That evolution can't show all the steps now does not make it wrong, it is just incomplete. What has been shown is an existing systems with a specific function becomes modified through mutatiton into having a different system with a new function. The most recent example is flaggelation in simple organisms as a form of locomotion. While the third law of thermodynamics states that the overall system will tend to disorder, there is nothing to prevent localized order from occuring. So small groups of molecules can combine to form more complex molecules and these can combine to form more compex and ordered items. It has been shown that amino acids can form in the presence of certain clays to form the building blocks of DNA. You get enough and the more complex DNA forms by itself. Given enough time the more ordered system of a cell can form. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Tweaking G3 in Geneforge Series | |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, June 1 2006 20:10
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It might just be my playing style, but I always wind up with extra crystals and other items at the end. While spells are technically unlimited, if you use wands and crystals as backups for above your level monsters and extra attacks there are enough. I still think the base number of dice damage should be 1 or 2 lower to make them competitive with spells. You can increase missle weapon almost as fast as agents increase battle magic so there is little difference between them. Without dexterity in place of spellcraft the damage is almost the same. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Xylgham udwlnit skretcko!1!! in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, June 1 2006 17:34
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quote:Worse we have to get a translator. *shudder* Raising Commander Eddie or some one like him. I liked how he died in Episode 1. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Afraid of consequeses(SP?) in Avernum 4 | |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, June 1 2006 17:27
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If Sleater has already "blessed" you so you can more easily attack undead, then it doesn't make much difference. You did get his experience reward for telling him that the way was clear? There are some people that you shouldn't kill until you are sure that you got everything from them. There was an earlier thread where the portal mage below Fort Avernum was killed so the endgame couldn't be reached. Most NPCs are killable with no real consequences. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Tweaking G3 in Geneforge Series | |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, May 31 2006 19:33
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While tweaking the item weights gets rid of an annoyance, it eliminates the main restriction on agents and shapers. They usually can't afford to carry much because they don't increase strength like a guardian. If you reduce too much weight even for minor items then you pile up junk that you wouldn't collect until after an area is cleared and would probably carry it around. I thought that baton damage should be reduced to keep it in line with spell damage reductions. Batons and crystals with missle weapon skill are almost as deadly as spells, but easier to obtain. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| The Topic To Perhaps End Some Topics in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, May 30 2006 18:47
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They'll be back when there's a new game to play. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Playing on Torment in Geneforge Series | |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, May 30 2006 18:35
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Playing on torment means you have to pay more attention to the game. There is less room for making mistakes. On the lower levels you can get sloppy and do things that won't work on torment mode. Besides finals are a great excuse to relax with a game to escape the pressure. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Spell scam? in Avernum 4 | |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, May 29 2006 17:58
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There are certainn spells that don't really improve past the first level. Augmentation, shield and armor spells increase duration with level, but you usually go back to town before they wear off. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Where to go? in Avernum 4 | |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, May 29 2006 17:55
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You can't do Fort Spire until you finish most of the Castle quests, then you get told to go back to Fort Avernum for a way into Fort Spire. Only after you get that message is there a way. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Demonslayer reward in Avernum 4 | |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, May 29 2006 00:36
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You also get some experience as a reward for see Solberg. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Buying Training in GF2 in Geneforge Series | |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, May 28 2006 18:43
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Start the game with mechanic at 6 to be able to open most locked doors and boxes. Leadership at 2 until after the first two areas and then raise it to 5 to get more conversation options, You don't need to do much more for a long time with those 2 abilities. Use living tools to open things that only need 1 or 2 and record where the harder ones are for later. Raise leadership just before joining a side until you can avoid having to do quests that you might find morally objectionable. This seems to work for me even though it weakens my combat and shaping skills at the start. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Strategy Central in Geneforge Series | |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, May 28 2006 18:34
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I think this is a more useful than some of the information in the FAQ about character building. There are many different ways to achieve a winnable character and it comes down to playing style. [ Sunday, May 28, 2006 18:34: Message edited by: Randomizer ] Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Missile Conclusions. in Geneforge Series | |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, May 28 2006 18:12
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I tried a Missle Agent in GF1 in Torment mode. At missle weapon 10 the crystal damage was between half and two thirds of spell damage at battle magic 18 and spellcraft 12. This makes sense since crystals start at 6d6 level and spells start at 1-3d? depending upon training. Even better swarm crystals hit 4 creatures versus maybe 3 with searing orbs. When you factor in AP 3 for crystals versus AP 5 for spells a missle capability is great. I'm trying out a missle agent versus a missle shaper in GF2. Specializing in one shaping class makes the ones you get more powerful. Since you usually get fire based creatures first it makes sense to use them and save magic shaping for the area after the demo for the next group to be used. Thrads make nice shields, but I prefer range attacks when possible. Wasting AP to close with a monster is a good way to die with so many range attacking monsters. [ Sunday, May 28, 2006 18:18: Message edited by: Randomizer ] Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |