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Anzac Day in General
Imban
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Member # 75
 written Friday, April 22 2005 09:25 Profile #2
Well, it's apparently a national holiday there or something. Still, three days in advance? This is hardly necessary.

And hey, the USA has its Veterans' Day.
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Ahhh...School in General
Imban
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 written Friday, April 22 2005 09:22 Profile #38
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How? in General
Imban
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Member # 75
 written Wednesday, April 20 2005 10:23 Profile #1
You're a dirty spammer, that's how.
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99% of all Statistics are made up. in General
Imban
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Member # 75
 written Tuesday, April 19 2005 16:14 Profile #6
Just be careful it does not lead to your death.
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What would you like to see developed after Geneforge 3 and Avernum 4? in General
Imban
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 written Monday, April 18 2005 19:11 Profile #20
This is a dead topic. It has been dead for some twenty days. Please do not ressurect inactive topics to post on them.
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Favorite Spiderweb Game in General
Imban
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 written Monday, April 18 2005 19:03 Profile #18
TOPIC NECROMANCY/10
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Do you think there is a Hell? in General
Imban
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 written Monday, April 18 2005 17:08 Profile #262
The bible isn't always as clear-cut on the issue as the NIV is, and a look at the KJV reveals the infamous "the effiminate, and the abusers of themselves with mankind" phrase, which is open to a lot more interpretation.

The phrase is commonly interpreted to refer to homosexuals, and clearly the NIV interprets it as such, but translation is always at least partially interpretation.

(EDIT: On the other hand, I'm somewhat annoyed by how some more liberal-seeming bibles would translate the phrase. "A person who does sex sins, (...) or people who do sex sins with their own sex" seems silly.)
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Revamping Saljuq... in Blades of Avernum
Imban
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 written Monday, April 18 2005 16:20 Profile #2
I'm in favor of the 1H version. I'd never take the 2H one over Maximilian.
Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Crescent Valley in Blades of Avernum
Imban
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 written Monday, April 18 2005 16:14 Profile #20
I'm feeling in a helpful mood, so I'll just contribute the necessary code to fix your spellbook bug. Basically, it seemed as if you were trying to add one to the levels of the spell every time you read the book, to a maximum of 4, but instead you were gaining your level + 1 levels each time you read it, so long as your current level was 3 or lower.

Basically, the change_spell_level call's last argument is a modifier to the player's current spell level. It doesn't set it.

i = 0;
while (i < 4) {
lvl = get_spell_level(i, 0, 16);
if (lvl < 4)
change_spell_level(i, 0, 16, 4 - lvl);
lvl = get_spell_level(i, 0, 19);
if (lvl < 4)
change_spell_level(i, 0, 19, 4 - lvl);
lvl = get_spell_level(i, 1, 15);
if (lvl < 4)
change_spell_level(i, 1, 15, 4 - lvl);
lvl = get_spell_level(i, 1, 17);
if (lvl < 4)
change_spell_level(i, 1, 17, 4 - lvl);
i = i + 1;
}


[ Monday, April 18, 2005 16:18: Message edited by: Imban ]
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Singleton Vs. Spellcaster in Blades of Avernum
Imban
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 written Monday, April 18 2005 10:00 Profile #11
Never make Invulnerability Potions with potionmaking. Make Protection Brews instead.
Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Crescent Valley in Blades of Avernum
Imban
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 written Monday, April 18 2005 02:00 Profile #14
Fixed my post. From your messages, I assume I'll find spell boosts when I comb through the scripts today. :P

EDIT: I just did, and updated my spell list. I did some script reading for the book that you guys mentioned.

If you have level 0, 1, or 3 of the four spells it increases, repeated reads (3 for 0, 2 for 1, 1 for 3) will increase you to level 7 of those spells.

If you have level 2 of the four spells it increases, reading once will increase you to level 5 in that spell.

If your spell is already level 4 or higher, the book will have no effect.

To simplify things in my spell guides, I ignored the level 2 -> level 5 path, as it is less desirable in any case.

EDIT: And I updated my skill guide, too.

[ Monday, April 18, 2005 03:15: Message edited by: Imban ]
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Crescent Valley in Blades of Avernum
Imban
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 written Sunday, April 17 2005 20:23 Profile #6
Updated my item guides for this scenario. I'll look through for spells and skills later.

[ Monday, April 18, 2005 01:59: Message edited by: Imban ]
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Attention Criminals! in General
Imban
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 written Sunday, April 17 2005 19:11 Profile #12
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Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
The second weekly international spiderweb contest will now begin in General
Imban
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 written Sunday, April 17 2005 19:09 Profile #15
Homeland is an RPG. It sucks.
Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
canopy (this is weird)(and funny) in Blades of Avernum
Imban
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 written Saturday, April 16 2005 20:39 Profile #30
Hm. That means TM isn't clearing the summon levels on his NPCs. He probably should.
Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
"Tough guy" NPC round three in Blades of Exile
Imban
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 written Saturday, April 16 2005 19:38 Profile #1
Voted San-Racku, because I want him to win. :P

The Master, on the other hand, is described as being as strong (or stronger?) than Erika, who is winning against Rentar in their duel at the end of E3. Thus, the Master wins there.
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The International Contest of Spider Games shall now commence! in General
Imban
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 written Saturday, April 16 2005 14:55 Profile #9
BoE, BoA, Exile 3, Exile 2, Avernum 3, Avernum 2, Avernum, Exile, Geneforge, in order from best to worst.

No opinion on Nethergate or Geneforge 2, having not played them.
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Moderator Board - What are they up to? in General
Imban
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 written Saturday, April 16 2005 08:33 Profile #17
I'd rather not be associated with "eating ding dongs", thank you. >>
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Most Notorious Weapons in Blades of Avernum
Imban
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 written Thursday, April 14 2005 15:38 Profile #4
Alien Blade is okay in BoA. Demonslayer well and truly blows, though. Use a Blessed Greatsword instead.

Jade Halberd also isn't very good. The stat bonuses look huge, but in the end, the damage sucks for a fighter. I'd give it to a mage in a heartbeat, though.

It's surprising that the Obsidian Spear, the best one-handed weapon in the professional BoA data, went unlisted, however.
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Moderator Board - What are they up to? in General
Imban
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 written Thursday, April 14 2005 11:28 Profile #5
The moderator board is rarely pruned. Thus, topics there date back to July 2004.

EDIT: If you try to go to the mod board and are told "you do not have permission to access this area!", your name still shows up on the visitors list.

[ Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:29: Message edited by: Imban ]
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post-canopy badness in Blades of Avernum
Imban
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 written Thursday, April 14 2005 11:14 Profile #18
quote:
Originally written by The Asphalt of Apathy:

A level 40 character with all skill points in Dexterity, Bows, and Sharpshooter consistently does between 150 and 300 damage with Adlecheatrauge.

Dammit, a level 1 character with the right skill points can pick up the thing and expect to consistently do 22d9 damage (which works out to 22-198)

There is no way that can be considered fair. No goddamn way.
Your parties start out with 15 levels in bows? That seems slightly high to me.

EDIT: Okay, I just tested it. So you can do it if you make the most statistically unbalanced character possible. Alright. :P

[ Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:17: Message edited by: Imban ]
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post-canopy badness in Blades of Avernum
Imban
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 written Thursday, April 14 2005 11:12 Profile #17
McGuffin is something which, if you have it, it makes a puzzle or a combat a snap, regardless of the difficulty it should have had.

Paralyze versus non-magic-immune bosses in BoE, for instance, was a McGuffin.
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Tough NPC Tournament round two in Blades of Exile
Imban
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 written Wednesday, April 13 2005 04:55 Profile #5
Wasn't the Master also trapped in his own mind or something? That would make him especially vulnerable to San-Racku, wouldn't you say?
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Tough NPC Tournament round two in Blades of Exile
Imban
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 written Tuesday, April 12 2005 10:24 Profile #2
Yeah, but San-Racku's a gigantic demon that can take on 50 dragons.
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Do you think there is a Hell? in General
Imban
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 written Monday, April 11 2005 13:00 Profile #196
IMHO- Well, uh, no. Miracles in the sense that's being considered right now means "something otherwise impossible that happened because God made it happen", so if your first assumption is that there is no God, you've already contradicted the definition of a miracle.

Instead, an argument against miracles needs to show that the miraculous events were not otherwise impossible but for God's intervention.

EDIT 1: Anyway, for further debate, once something has happened once, it's technically no longer impossible - it's happened, and thus it's possible. However, if there's a demonstrated correlation between a behavior (prayer to God) and a result (the occurance of a seemingly miraculous event - something that has apparently happened in only one in every million cases, for example), yet no scientifically understood link between the cause and effect, I could see considering the occurance miraculous.

EDIT 2: Something which is supernatural is something for which cause and effect can (supposedly) be established, but for which the physical sciences have not found an explanation.

[ Monday, April 11, 2005 13:07: Message edited by: Imban ]
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