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| Displayed name | Randomizer |
| Member number | 6785 |
| Title | Law Bringer |
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| Registered | Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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| Avernum 1 Singleton in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, March 3 2007 03:10
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You might as well take the penalty. I forgot about the level cap when I started and would have done it differently. Once your reputation is high enough you can buy knowledge brews from Silverlocke and that will compensate for the slower rate of advancement. I had rune reading of 31. Intelligence of 20 gave me 10 points to arcane lore add I added 2 more. This combined with priest 18 was enough. I doubt you neeed as high an intelligence to increase spell damage. Without dispel barrier there will be limits on what you can do. I don't remember what gets blocked off in the later part of the game, but there are a limited number of piercing crystals and you use up the early ones doing the Mertis Spiral. In A4 it wasn't as serious a problems since you mostly missed spell books and getting knowledge brews. You can always remove your armor to use dispel barrier and forgo natural mage. Not having strong will didn't seem to hurt. I think the high intelligence eventually compensates. [ Saturday, March 03, 2007 03:12: Message edited by: Randomizer ] Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| On the Road to Weapons of Mass Destruction in General | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 22:23
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Since there have been several manuscripts found that had the original text removed so they could be reused for another text, saving manuscripts was probably based upon what the current group thought was important. Some old versions survived because the groups thought it was important. Take a look at the number of copies of the same text found in the Dead Sea Scroll caves. The biblical texts were the ones that they thought applied to their situation, and then there were mostly one pertaining to the sect. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Hypothetical Greek Weapons of Mass Destruction Suck in General | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 22:15
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There isn't a need to apologize. This isn't really covered in US classrooms and most of the people in this forum are under 20 years old. They don't remember the events. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Phariton = Monarch? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 22:08
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GF3 has a Sholai ambassador wandering around Dhonal Keep looking for information about their lost expedition. Because of the Sucia Island coverup, he has been told that they were never in Shaper territory. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Avernum 1 Singleton in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 22:02
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I looked some more at my character. It was mage 9 to get dispel barrier, priest 18 to have all those great spells. Tool use of 10, but I don't remember why and it is dexterity derived. Cave lore of 10 and I think there was a trainer for 5 levels and the rest was derived from intelligence 20. Potion making was raised to 9 so I can make energy potions. There are a limited number of energy potions/elixirs in the game and I probably will use most of them. A little bit for strength, dexterity, and endurance but a lot less than most people would. There really should be a better thread on singletons and what works. I know I would have done this one differently on traits. Fast on feet is great for fighters when you want a second attack without a haste, but doesn't help for spell casting. I still like having mage spells because I could start with lightning spray and take out packs of monsters from the start. Priest don't get an effective equivalent until much later. [ Friday, March 02, 2007 22:45: Message edited by: Randomizer ] Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Avernum 1 Singleton in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 20:35
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Since you will spend a lot of time as a spellcaster you will want natural mage. I wasted the other trait as sickness prone to go up quickly at the beginning. Elite warrior would have been better since there are time when you want to fight with weapons. Those mung demons are the best example when they dumbfound your spellcaster. I really should have finished that game, but I got interested in other games. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Chitrach Attack in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 20:29
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You will also have to separate out the spawner generated chitrachs, since the longer you take the more of them there will be. I don't think there are more than 100. It just seems like they never end. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Oh, Happy Day! in General | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 20:24
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Congratulations. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Zimbabwe. in General | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 20:19
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The US only helps out now for oil or to fight Al-Qaeda. We'll leave it to the Europeans. [ Saturday, March 03, 2007 21:42: Message edited by: Randomizer ] Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| On the Road to Weapons of Mass Destruction in General | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 20:16
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One example of how fallible the Bible is was the Dead Sea Scrolls. When comparing those versions with modern texts, they found that a copying error resulted in the deletion of several verses when the scribe jumped to the same word further down in the text he was copying. He had stopped at that word to copy a group of lines and when he looked up to continue he went to the wrong place. Assuming that no mistakes or changes were ever made by man is the chief reason not to believe in infallibility. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Phariton = Monarch? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 20:04
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quote:Monarch doesn't control his creations. He uses a control baton to try and control those in his immediate vicinity and lets the rest run rogue. There are numerous mentions about damage to his clothes and previous control batons that implies that he wasn't that successful in controling them all the time. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| What happens when I gain a level? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 19:59
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You also gain skill points that can be trained to improve different skills and abilities. The down side is that now you are more powerful, so you get less experience for fighting monsters and disarming traps. Eventually you get nothing for most of your actions. At least you no longer see the GF1 message about getting nothing. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Parry Skill in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 19:55
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Fight the Vahnatai Lord in the end and you will see how nasty parry becomes. Area attacks work great against him because of the ridiculous high parry ability. Still having some parry ability is useful. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| what is the best A game in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, March 2 2007 19:52
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quote:He was harder to get to in Exile since if you wanted to maximize looting, then you have to fight the first level more than once to reach the upper floor. Avernum 2 simply increased the patrols outside after you start attacking the fort. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Nethergate: Resurrection in Nethergate | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, March 2 2007 19:46
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One other thing with switching to BoA engine is spell point recovery in a dungeon is no longer possible with long wait. This will change the way druids cast spells in dungeons where you can leave like under the Ruined Hall and with the three crones. No more closing the door to a room to rest until restored. I did like the old skill point/experience system since in the beginning you can improve your characters quickly. Still it will fix some inconviences in the interface. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Hypothetical Greek Weapons of Mass Destruction Suck in General | |
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written Thursday, March 1 2007 22:00
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quote:Japan was relatively isolationist after WWII since the US wanted to keep them out of Asian affairs. They are more active now since they need raw materials and energy. They have a self defense force that isn't a military in name only. They haven't built up their weapons as much as they could, but that is changing. Between North Korea's nuclear tests and China's push to claim territory to gain access to undersea oil reserves, Japan is beefing up its military. Since they have a large nuclear program for energy generation and the technology, they could have a bomb faster than anyone else that doesn't already have one. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| On the Road to Weapons of Mass Destruction in General | |
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written Thursday, March 1 2007 19:25
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We had the question of carbon-14 dating with the Shroud of Turin debate last summer (?). Depending how it is done there can be a wide uncertainty in date calcultations. However in studies where a second dating system can be used in comparison like tree ring counting or comparison to artifacts at the site with known dates, it is fairly accurate. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| what is the best A game in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, March 1 2007 19:21
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Dark Waters was a challenge in exploring while being cut off from help. Like the ZKR scenario in BoA you have to plan for the unknown since you can't go back for something you forgot. Of course after the first time you try to figure out how to maximize the loot without leaving behind something you will need to do everything. Now Exile 2 made you sell or take everything with you. There was no place to leave equipment behind until after Dark Waters. It required a little different strategy. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Singleton in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, March 1 2007 19:15
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By using a combination of spells and infinite arrows you get to conserve spell energy. When you use first aid you can get back more energy than you used in combat sometimes. I found that most chitrachs would die from a firebolt and then an arrow at close range. Bow of decay is even better especially when clearing pylons. It provides an extra bit of damage combined with spells so you can destroy a pylon from outside it's attack range. It will take longer, but who cares when you aren't getting damaged. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Hypothetical Greek Weapons of Mass Destruction Suck in General | |
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written Thursday, March 1 2007 19:07
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The US uses its militrary to enforce its views around the rest of the world. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the next largest power with possible expansionistic plans is China, then Iran. While an air force and a navy can destroy a country, as Bushm Cheney, and Rumsfeld found out it takes a large ground force to control what's left. While I think it was a mistake to go into Iraq before Afghanistan was finished, we are now stuck with rebuilding the country to prevent it from becoming a terrorist base. Both Iraq and Afghanistan lack a strong government that is able to control their countries. This is why the Taliban is making a resurgence in Afghanistan and the body count from bombings is so high in Iraq, The US can't afford to reduce it's military unless it wants to go isolationist. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| On the Road to Weapons of Mass Destruction in General | |
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written Thursday, March 1 2007 18:56
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There is a second part to the arguement on something happening that has a small probability of occuring. When you are looking for it among a large number of occurances, it is unlikely. But with evolution, the unlike occurance has to have occured in or for you to debate it. Now the chance of finding another world where it happened and occured in a time frame where we can see the result is probably low. There are only a finite number of planets that could have evolution occur on it and we currently can't detect those types of world yet. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Phariton = Monarch? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Thursday, March 1 2007 18:42
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Monarch wanted to forget his past except that he wanted revenge on the Shapers. Changing a name that he failed under makes sense. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Singleton in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, March 1 2007 18:39
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With the change in combat system to eliminate wait means that having a range attack helps to weaken or kill a monster before it can reach you. It doesn't take much to make bows effective. Just the skills from divine touch, nephil, and what you can buy for training makes a bow very effective. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Did you feel herded? (*spoilers included*) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, March 1 2007 16:08
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At least with this reputation you are being judged for actions instead of what you say. In the earlier games you could profess loyalty to one side while you slaughtered them. Maybe if more actions were added to reputation like slaughtering all or most of friendly cities it would fix some of the problems. I'd still like to see a separate reputation to deal with stealing, even though I finance most of my character's expenses with seeing how much I could take. Consider it a shoplifting cost. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| what is the best A game in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, March 1 2007 15:59
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Avernum 2 out of the given choices. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |