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Luck in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, November 7 2007 08:23 Profile #6
Luck adds to armor, resistances, and slightly increases item drops (but only before you enter the area). There is a slight chance of avoiding dying but this is usually in the Avernum games.

Having a point of luck near the start helps, but usually it's not worth adding more.
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Episode 4: Spiderweb Reloaded. Something like that anyway. in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Tuesday, November 6 2007 20:33 Profile #293
Dikiyoba, that was a base trick you did to me.
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RPGs with Unusual Mechanics in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Tuesday, November 6 2007 20:32 Profile #29
Exile games had the feature that as you got more powerful the monsters would flee from you. It kept you from fighting weak monsters at higher levels as random outdoor encounters.
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Fantastical Thoughts On RPG Game Mechanics in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Tuesday, November 6 2007 13:51 Profile #74
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There are no rules for aiming (I guess it's assumed to take up part of a shooter's round) or called shots, but I've never seen a D&D group that didn't want to make a called shot from time to time.. and the move to more tactical combat has brought other complications, like flanking and attacks of opportunity.
Play Hackmaster which was based on original 1st and 2nd edition D&D. Plenty of called shots and other tactical combat. Too bad Hasbro isn't renewing the license for the game.
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A5 world in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Tuesday, November 6 2007 13:46 Profile #32
Evil masterminds stay safely hidden in their fortresses so they won't accidently die to lucky shots. Minions are replaceable cannon fodder that can be sent out to do the dirty work.
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Fantastical Thoughts On RPG Game Mechanics in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Sunday, November 4 2007 23:02 Profile #59
The biggest constraint is that the game designer has to be at least as creative as the player so the game can allow for many possible actions. Tabletop gaming has the ability for the gamemaster to change to new circumstances while a computer can only accept the inputs that were programmed into it.

Back when only text games were available, a player was given or had to figure out the words that the game would accept as valid input for actions. Adventure was known for having some strange actions that were needed to get through the Colassal Cavern.

To get what Synergy wants, there has to be a list of actions that players can use beyond the straight hack and slash.
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Original names in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Sunday, November 4 2007 19:43 Profile #4
I'm too lazy to change my PDN from what I started with. Besides it would create confusion now since I don't have a noticeable gimmick like some other people or an easily recognizeable member number.

Now creating a second identity to plague you with has possibilities.

[ Sunday, November 04, 2007 22:08: Message edited by: Randomizer ]
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Crsytals souls on A3 in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Sunday, November 4 2007 13:03 Profile #9
Soul crystals and crystal souls are different in that one is used to trap souls to be used for the similacrum spell and the other has a revered soul to be preserved forever.
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Some places i could not access.. in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Saturday, November 3 2007 20:05 Profile #2
3) Patrick's tower locked doors or any place else with a high difficulty is usally a quest reward place. Using unlock will eventually get them open. Some of these are listed in the spellbook topic.

The only one is in the Castle where there is a diff. 90 door to an empty room.

You might want to use the link in Strategy above the topics list to see other places that might have answers.

Most cave-in places aren't meant to be passed,
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geneforge 3 in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Saturday, November 3 2007 14:28 Profile #11
I'd forgotten that little incident. Not that I missed it.
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Crsytals souls on A3 in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Saturday, November 3 2007 14:21 Profile #6
A3 has extra quests from people in town that aren't in E3. Also reputation seems to be more affected. Otherwise they are similar. A2/E2 has the fewest differences that I can recall.

Too bad E4 will never be made to fix the flaws in the A4 plot.
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geneforge3 using enhancements in Geneforge Series
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Saturday, November 3 2007 09:47 Profile #2
Most of the early enchantment items that you find are better off being sold so you can use the money to buy spells and training.
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can i get a cd? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Saturday, November 3 2007 09:42 Profile #5
It'll take longer to ship and the rates for postage are on the order form.
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Thoughts on Custom Titles. in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, November 2 2007 20:48 Profile #105
quote:
Originally written by Thetan Operating Theater:

Drakey: Don't double post, please. You have been officially warned.

—Alorael, who will now run very far and very fast. Maybe he can get far enough away that James will be distracted by a nap.
Alo - I see you've given up on ever getting a custom title. Next time just edit one and delete the other. Keep him from catching up in post count.
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Hero of old spell in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, November 2 2007 20:41 Profile #18
quote:
Originally written by Synergy:

Y'now, we beta-testers really should stop pointing these things out to Jeff, ya think? ;)

-s-
Good idea, let Jeff wait to version 1,0.1 after release to fix the game balance. He's nerfing all the good game exploits.
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can i get a cd? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, November 2 2007 16:54 Profile #3
The CD has both the Windows and Mac versions of the game in case your next computer isn't the same type as your current one. Also the CD has demos of the other games included.
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Which way does the water swirl? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, November 2 2007 15:09 Profile #3
Starting a topic that is already going down the drain with the first post. A novel idea.

You need to move further south to where you wished the seasons changed. I makes you nostalgic for seasons that end when they are supposed to instead of a gradual drop out of 100+ temperatures.
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Hero of old spell in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, November 2 2007 13:41 Profile #15
Jeff nerfed parry in later games. Something about it being abused so you rarely took damage.

I know Jeff nerfed Roman druids after I showed him how over powered they were even though they couldn't do as much as Celtic druids.
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Creation Armour in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, November 2 2007 06:15 Profile #2
quote:
Also, how on earth do they gain experience? I have tried using either one of my creations (or used Greenfang) exclusively to kill things and they doesn't seem to ever gain more than one of two points. What exactly causes them to gain experience and how do I achieve this?
Creations gain experience, but when you have more than one it appears to go up slowly since you are fighting things in the first area west of Southforge that don't give much. Overall you get more experience for the total group with several creations that a few.
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Episode 4: Spiderweb Reloaded. Something like that anyway. in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Thursday, November 1 2007 13:43 Profile #272
Day of the Dead?
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More Melee attacks in Avernum in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, October 31 2007 22:28 Profile #2
I'd comment on battle disciplines, but the last two times that I did to Jeff, he made them harder to get and nerf one.
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Name Choice in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, October 31 2007 13:46 Profile #42
I need to clean my computer after looking at that definition. It was too disturbing.
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Stairway (Windows) in Blades of Avernum
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, October 31 2007 13:41 Profile #2
You don't die. But your health has to go to zero so don't heal.
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A5 world in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, October 31 2007 13:38 Profile #21
Jeff gave the beta testers a date, but then Leopard occured. If you've read the fuss over the graphics in A4 and GF4 using Leopard (the new Mac OS X), then you'll understand that there is no longer any certainty on when it will be done. We won't know until Jeff issues an update.
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Boo in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, October 31 2007 09:05 Profile #9
quote:
Originally written by Maldito sea el nacimiento...:

—Alorael, who intends to go for a walk and observe the wonderful costumes of others.
I thought that you would be having fun with a fresh crop of unsuspecting pedestrians. For the first few hours everyone would be commenting on the authentic looking piles of corpses, until they start to smell.
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