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Pied Piper Project 3: Revenge of the Boards in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, January 13 2006 17:51 Profile Homepage #39
Well, we already use "normotensive" to describe someone with blood pressure within the normal range, so I came up with "normodactyly" based on that. It gets the right idea across, at least. :P

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The nephilim language in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl
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 written Friday, January 13 2006 17:41 Profile Homepage #54
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

Thuryl, do you perchance have OS 10.4?
Nope. 10.3.9.

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Unique Item Locations. in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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 written Friday, January 13 2006 17:17 Profile Homepage #60
The prison is a large building to the west of Cotra, just to the north of the alchemist. Head downstairs to find the place where the eyebeast is kept.

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Might have done somthing out of order (spoilers) in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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 written Friday, January 13 2006 17:10 Profile Homepage #2
The bug, by the way, is that it isn't supposed to be possible to dispel the barriers in Fort Emerald until the plot requires you to.

The main consequences of triggering this bug are that you can't do any further quests along the Almaria/Ghall-Ihrno plotline (so if Almaria is still hostile at the time you find the box, it'll stay hostile forever). Other than that, the game is perfectly finishable.

(There's no way to save Houghton, by the way, even if you play the game normally. If you keep him alive until the end of the fight, he dies of poisoning from the scratch inflicted on him when the Vahnatai first appeared.)

[ Friday, January 13, 2006 17:14: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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to all who play bahssikava scenario in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, January 13 2006 17:04 Profile Homepage #8
Once you get to the Guardpost (which isn't too far away from where you are now), you'll find someone who can identify and buy your stuff.

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Opening .Rar for Mac. in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, January 13 2006 16:45 Profile Homepage #4
Here's a tougher one: does anyone know of a Mac utility which will decode .ACE files?

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Pied Piper Project 3: Revenge of the Boards in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, January 13 2006 16:39 Profile Homepage #37
What's wrong with "normodactyly", anyway? Is it half Latin and half Greek or something?

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There really is a conspiracy in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 22:22 Profile Homepage #1
If you're that motivated to cause your boss suffering, it sounds like what you really need is a better boss.

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Pied Piper Project 3: Revenge of the Boards in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 22:20 Profile Homepage #33
Unfortunately, "orthodactyly" is also taken as the name of an abnormal medical condition. It's when you're incapable of bending your digits.

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Pied Piper Project 3: Revenge of the Boards in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 20:46 Profile Homepage #30
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Originally written by Januarist Revolutionary:

You know, polydactyly is a strange name for the disorder. It's obvious when you think about it, but then when you think about it more it makes no sense. If you are monodactylous, you have a significant disability.
Clearly, then, the correct state is one of oligodactyly. Or would that be having more than one digit, but still fewer than normal?

A quick search reveals that the term is in fact used to mean having fewer digits than normal. I suppose we'll have to stick with "normodactyly", then.

[ Thursday, January 12, 2006 20:48: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Level Caps... in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 20:09 Profile Homepage #15
Someone tried... modifying... his Blades of Exile saved game to give himself more than 250 health once. It didn't work very well; every time he gained a level, it reset back to 250.

(It's possible to get to 251 health through normal means if you're at 249 health and train in Health. But again, if you gain a level it resets itself to 250.)

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Nociduas (spoilers) in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 17:09 Profile Homepage #14
There are two areas full of dark sliths. The one where you find the Emerald Chestguard is west of Fort Dranlon. Look for a secret passage in the far northwest of that area. Don't go in unless you're well-prepared.

Note that you need to talk to Ariadne in Fort Dranlon before you can find the secret passage.

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Colonization in Richard White Games
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 17:07 Profile Homepage #4
Would a machine designed to allow you to write in ancient scripts more quickly be a Linear B accelerator?

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GF3: Double code? in Tech Support
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 17:03 Profile Homepage #6
I believe SW games use a different format for preferences across platforms. Transferring your Mac preferences file to Windows won't successfully transfer your preferences across. I'm not sure of this, though; you could always try it.

I do know that they're in the same format for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, just stored in different places.

[ Thursday, January 12, 2006 17:04: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Level Caps... in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 16:25 Profile Homepage #10
If your fighter was called John Doe, was your mage called John Dee? :P

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Soon I Shall Be Rich in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 16:24 Profile Homepage #7
There's also a point at which newbies should no longer be treated with special sensitivity. 300 posts is well past that point.

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Keyboard control in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 16:09 Profile Homepage #7
How would you implement keyboard-based targeting in a game with area-of-effect spells, anyway? The only solution I can think of would be to number all the rows and columns on the screen with a Battleship-style grid, allowing the player to type in "b7" or whatever to target the square at the centre of the area of effect.

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Level Caps... in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 16:06 Profile Homepage #8
Actually, Geneforge 1 has a level cap at 30. But you can only get past the mid-20s by repeatedly creating and killing your own creations, since nothing else will give you XP.

Avernum 4 supposedly has a level cap at 60, although this can only be reached by massive cheating -- you're likely to end no higher than the mid-30s for a normal party, or the mid-40s for a singleton.

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Need Vahnati Info for new RPG idea in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 15:58 Profile Homepage #2
Note that a lot of stuff on Drakey's page isn't strictly canon. The titles are, though.

[ Thursday, January 12, 2006 15:58: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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dispel barrier please!!!! in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 14:56 Profile Homepage #24
Dispel Barrier is a reward. Talk to Kelner after killing the demon, and he'll unlock a door in his room, allowing you to read a book which teaches you the spell.

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Keyboard control in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 14:47 Profile Homepage #1
In Avernum 4, you'll still need to use the mouse occasionally to target spells and missile weapons, select items, and so on, but many things (including moving from place to place) can be done with the keyboard.

Unfortunately, I don't think Geneforge 3 has keyboard movement, so you'd be using the mouse a lot more for that.

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Save this forum! in SubTerra
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 14:23 Profile Homepage #2
To make room.

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Colonization in Richard White Games
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 14:19 Profile Homepage #1
And here I was thinking this topic would be about the old Sid Meier game.

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The nephilim language in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, January 12 2006 14:16 Profile Homepage #48
It worked fine for me.

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Demons or not? in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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 written Thursday, January 12 2006 13:57 Profile Homepage #8
A data point: in Exile 2, Demonslayer and Ravage Spirit did work against Rakshasi, so it seems that at that point Jeff considered Rakshasi to be demons. This was changed by BoE, in which demon-slaying weapons and spells no longer affect Rakshasi; I'm not sure whether or not they were considered demons in Exile 3.

I don't believe Demonslayer or Ravage Spirit ever worked against efreeti, though.

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