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# of games bought from jeff in General
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #6
Bought - Exile 1-3, Blades of Exile, Avernum 1-4, Blades of Avernum, Geneforge 1-3, Nethergate, Galatic Core

Free as beta tester - Geneforge 4, Nethergate: Resurrection, Avernum 5 (incomplete version)
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I Win in General
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #17
I should have been watching member numbers. Congratulations Thuryl.
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Insert Random Nethergate: Resurrection Questions Here in Nethergate
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #90
Originally written by Igor:
North- Crate Crate Barrel.

What does that mean?

Push the 2 crates and barrel until they line up on the rugs along the west wall. When they are in the proper order, the portal send you to a different location.

Where are the goblins the witch wants you to kill to get her skulls back? She said east, but the only goblin settlement I found was Galag-Trav. I looked all around Galag-Trav and
didn't find them.

The goblins are hiding to the north and south outside the mountains surrounding Galag-Trav. One in the trashpit and the other in a cave near the river.

Why does the Blade of Vengeance do extra damage to goblins but not formorians?

Formorians need the Fomorian slayer blade. They are classed differently than humanoids since they are giants.
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Romans are wimps in Nethergate
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #4
Roman singleton on torment can't kill Raven and Reptrakos. Celt singletons can summon wind warriors to kill everything.
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Can't get Exile to run in The Exile Trilogy
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #6
Try using ctrl mouse click to get the menu where you can choose the option for open with and then select classic to open the game to force it.
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A5 Beta (testing)? in Avernum 4
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #3
When Jeff posts for later beta testing he is usually looking for different operating systems and computer models as well as experience. Only Jeff knows what will be accepted.

If you do submit, Jeff can take over a week to reply to those he wants. Once you submit a non-disclosure agreement, it can be 3 or more days before you here from him again.
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A5 Questions in Avernum 4
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #8
It's still in a state of flux. Jeff can change his mind at any moment.
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Question about Avernum Trilogy CD in General
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #2
The CD-ROM includes the registration codes so when you install from it the full version is ready. Real handy if you need to reinstall.

It also has demo versions of the other games, so you can try them out and later register them without having to download them (except Nethergate Original that is on a separate CD).
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Can't get Exile to run in The Exile Trilogy
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #4
I have an iBook G4 too. There should be a CD-ROM that came with the computer that has Classic (OS 9). Install it and when you need to install or play and OS 9 program it will run to give an OS 9 screen and allow you to play. You may need to reboot to install Exile games.

There used to be a topic in General explaining Basilisk installation. This is one of several emulator programs that allows you to play older games on Intel based Macs by creating a virtual environment that makes the game think it's running on an OS 9 machine.

Someone else like Tyran can explain it better since he's done it.
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A5 Questions in Avernum 4
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #5
It's a matter of the time required to balance a feature with the rest of the game. A5 adds battle disciplines so fighters have more options than melee or missle.

We've barely started testing and Jeff was surprised that I had adrenaline rush before leaving the demo (Yeah, it's my fault that you can no longer legsweep with starting characters, too). It affected the balance that it was too easy to acquire new battle disciplines so it's now takes longer.

When you have jaded min/maxers that take the game to an extreme any new feature can get out of hand. Also some features were dropped because players didn't like them.

[ Friday, August 24, 2007 19:23: Message edited by: Randomizer ]
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Can't get Exile to run in The Exile Trilogy
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #1
Exile 1-3 and original Blades of Exile are OS 9. You need to have Classic mode available or if you have the newer Intel chip Mac use Basilisk or an emulator.

Khoth has a version of Blades of Exile the runs in OS X (here).
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Romans are wimps in Nethergate
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #1
Jeff purposely nerfed Roman spell casting after seeing repeated abuses from the original game and early beta testing. You don't need war circle spells about 4 (quicksilver boots - haste). You can after the demo get up to 8 in craft or beast circle spells.

Armor use increases the damage reduction of the armor and Romans are the only ones that get the best armor.

Tool use gives experience that is lost with pass portal spell.

Romans are supposed to be at a disadvantage in this strange place. You would be surprised how much they can kill with these disadvantages. Still Celts have it much easier because of their spells.
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A5 Questions in Avernum 4
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #3
4. The only weapon poison is the Alien Waveblade and Assassin's Dagger.

3. Fields are out because the AI doesn't have a way to handle them. It's the biggest exploit that you can hide behind them and monsters won't go through them to attack you. Only chitrachs going through a null bug's antimagic field.
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Help with Frostbite. in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #4
Otherwise start with a single character of at least 15th level and preferably higher. No spell casting allowed.

This is why the pre-fab is recommended.
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Exile 3- Selling (need help) in The Exile Trilogy
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #1
Exile 3 isn't as nice as Avernum. The two closest places to sell stuff is west and a little north to New Cotra and go outside and southeast to Krizan.
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A4 Mayor Augustus poofed in Tech Support
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #1
He might be dead. If you saw the shade in Silvar and retreated in the direction of the Inn, the shade can follow and killed townspeople in that direction before retreating to it's lair.
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Xbox 360 XBLA support in General
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #21
quote:
Originally written by Variable Seasons:

Jeff programs for Mac first, though. Hell to port backwards probably isn't his cup of tea, and starting on PC probably isn't either.

—Alorael, who at least hopes not. Getting the games first is nice Mac perk on Spiderweb. (Cue Mac vs. PC flamewar and queue topic lock to follow.)

Actually XBOX games were first tested and demoed on Mac computers when the XBOXs weren't ready. Microsoft regularly developes graphics on Macs and then ports them to PCs.

I love that Jeff releases games first on Macs. Considering how few games have Mac versions it's a definite perk.
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Hall of Lamps (spoiler) in Nethergate
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #9
I was referring to beta testers.

I did it on torment as a single Roman soldier.
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Me Too!!! in General
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #5
This is an Alorael milestone. Near a round number, but not quite so it's different than the other conventional.
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I Seek to Obtain the Meaningless Approbation of my Fellows in General
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #7
Congratulations, but didn't we just congratulate you for making sage?

This is just getting spammy. We need to hold out like Aran until 8000.
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Hall of Lamps (spoiler) in Nethergate
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #7
quote:
Originally written by Nightwurm:

Come on people it's not that hard, I went in there before I even went to Castle Aethedoc on Normal. What I'm wondering is what happens if you choose the option to enslave the djinn? Do you get like a super power up?
We're referring to torment mode and we did it before Goagh Nar.

If you enslave the djinn you get +1 to strength, dexterity, intelligence, and endurance but then it gets interesting.
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Crystal Wand in Nethergate
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #2
No items, but there is a desk near the target range where with enough faery lore you can gain levels.
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