Profile for Imban
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| Displayed name | Imban |
| Member number | 75 |
| Title | Shake Before Using |
| Postcount | 3234 |
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| Registered | Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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| Article - Items: Balance and Cool Stuff in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Sunday, April 18 2004 05:26
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Does it slay them or does it SLAY!!! them? (Are we talking Slays Priests 2 or Slays Priests 10 here? :P ) Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| You dont have to read this Because It's just me being an Idiot in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Saturday, April 17 2004 18:59
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AHH THE CREATOR™ Creator and TM should not have their names that close to each other. *shudder* Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Roses of Reckoning (BoA) is Released! in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Saturday, April 17 2004 06:55
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I think he was referring to his actual scenarios. :P Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Article - Items: Balance and Cool Stuff in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Saturday, April 17 2004 05:08
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Corollary - Scenarios in which you mess with the party's stats or items could be fun in BoE. However, and I find it difficult to stress this quite enough, you should probably not do this in a non-Low-level scenario. Messing with stats is almost guaranteed to unbalance or ruin a party that goes through your scenario, especially if your player loses or gains a lot - please, don't feel the urge to do this in a non-Low-level scenario. Meanwhile, items are more shaky ground. You're not going to permanently ruin a party by nuking their items, but I'd be annoyed if I permanently lost any and all cool items I had when I played your scenario. If you're going to return all the items at some point, feel free to steal a party's inventory. However, if you're not, your scenario might be better-suited for Low-level parties. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Article - Items: Balance and Cool Stuff in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Saturday, April 17 2004 05:08
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Corollary - Scenarios in which you mess with the party's stats or items could be fun in BoE. However, and I find it difficult to stress this quite enough, you should probably not do this in a non-Low-level scenario. Messing with stats is almost guaranteed to unbalance or ruin a party that goes through your scenario, especially if your player loses or gains a lot - please, don't feel the urge to do this in a non-Low-level scenario. Meanwhile, items are more shaky ground. You're not going to permanently ruin a party by nuking their items, but I'd be annoyed if I permanently lost any and all cool items I had when I played your scenario. If you're going to return all the items at some point, feel free to steal a party's inventory. However, if you're not, your scenario might be better-suited for Low-level parties. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| You dont have to read this Because It's just me being an Idiot in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Saturday, April 17 2004 04:53
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Milla - I'd say no, but I have no ability to check on this board. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| VoDT: Steal the waveblade? in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Friday, April 16 2004 12:49
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"Flaming" and "Lightning" weapons did typeless bonus damage in BoE. They properly do elemental damage in BoA, according to the docs. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Roses of Reckoning (BoA) is Released! in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Friday, April 16 2004 07:48
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I, uh, strongly doubt that TM would let you, since he doesn't plan on doing it himself. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Lord Of the Rings Graphics? Anyone? in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Thursday, April 15 2004 20:33
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Arkenstone was... an unusual scenario. Not horrible, exactly. Anyway, Drakon Master, my advice to you is to work on your scenario with dummy graphics in place. Once you're almost finished and have solid results to show people, ask for custom graphics then. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Lord Of the Rings Graphics? Anyone? in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Thursday, April 15 2004 20:33
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Arkenstone was... an unusual scenario. Not horrible, exactly. Anyway, Drakon Master, my advice to you is to work on your scenario with dummy graphics in place. Once you're almost finished and have solid results to show people, ask for custom graphics then. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Thursday, April 15 2004 13:54
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Wasn't he banned?  Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| My apologies in General | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Wednesday, April 14 2004 17:45
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Thou a doubly-damnèd sinner art. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Gunbound in General | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Wednesday, April 14 2004 14:50
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Eh, what the heck are you getting at? Personally, I just never liked the style of the Boomer and just outright hated the A. Sate. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Gunbound in General | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Wednesday, April 14 2004 12:03
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The Grub and Bigfoot? I've played as both, but my favorite mobile is the Mage. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Wednesday, April 14 2004 11:24
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Er. I doubt such drastic measures are necessary, but, ah, how old is your sister? If she's younger than 10 or so, perhaps she shouldn't be posting on message boards... -_- [ Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:31: Message edited by: Imban ] Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Dungeons and Dragons? in General | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:48
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I liked 3rd Edition D&D even more than the previous ones simply because it allows you more freedom in character design. *shrug* Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| 1 Character Party with 4 People In in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Monday, April 12 2004 20:49
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The romantic parts of Quintessence are unusual and trippy enough without having to be homosexual as well. :P EDIT : Generally, the strongest scenarios plot-wise make SOME assumptions about the party. For example, the leader of the party in Redemption has a brother who was McNemier's apprentice. [ Monday, April 12, 2004 20:59: Message edited by: Imban ] Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| 1 Character Party with 4 People In in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Monday, April 12 2004 20:49
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The romantic parts of Quintessence are unusual and trippy enough without having to be homosexual as well. :P EDIT : Generally, the strongest scenarios plot-wise make SOME assumptions about the party. For example, the leader of the party in Redemption has a brother who was McNemier's apprentice. [ Monday, April 12, 2004 20:59: Message edited by: Imban ] Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| UA and Control (Topic Split) in General | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Monday, April 12 2004 10:18
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*burns this topic with the flames contained inside* Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Post yer monster scripts here in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Sunday, April 11 2004 15:37
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You can use for loops to do it in that case, can't you? Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| Post yer monster scripts here in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Sunday, April 11 2004 15:37
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You can use for loops to do it in that case, can't you? Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Sunday, April 11 2004 14:42
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*whaps a few people (Sir David among them)* Zephyr Tempest is Zephyr Tempest was Flaming Blade is FB. Unseen Avocado is UA was UranusAlien. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| scenario criticism in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Sunday, April 11 2004 13:25
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Methinks our man doth miss the point. Anyway, while it's true that turning up the difficulty will make the game harder by increasing the statistics of one's enemies, this only makes them more difficult in the sense that they're larger, tougher, harder-hitting versions of what they were before. Real difficulty typically comes from the author putting forth effort to make tactical challenges, not from the author just throwing large, tough, hard-hitting goblins in your way over and over again. A goblin at level 50 still fights like a goblin, after all. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, April 11 2004 10:14
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If that wasn't a rhetorical question, yes.  (ADoS - I felt that his post was best left in the other topic. Or maybe I just forgot to move it. Oh well. laaran - TM's beaten my record by a LOT.) [ Sunday, April 11, 2004 10:16: Message edited by: Imban ] Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
| scenario criticism in Blades of Avernum | |
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Shake Before Using
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written Sunday, April 11 2004 10:03
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The point of a difficult scenario is to provide a tactical challenge to the player at the recommended level. If a player doesn't feel confident, he can always come in with a higher-level party. We shouldn't have to drag level-1 parties into adventures made for supermen in order to obtain a challenge - after all, there are interesting tactical possibilities for high-level parties as well, and the typical 'difficult scenarios' allow us to put these in action. (Points to Creator for Deadly Goblins, an atypical difficult scenario in that it is made for a beginner party and made to be difficult for that party.) Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |