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Chemistry at home, part 12 in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 31 2005 13:22 Profile Homepage #64 I'm glad you asked. See, I've been more or less constantly out working in the garden at my family's holiday home since Wednesday. Said work included dragging loose bundles of chicken wire through dense shrubbery, shovelling a literal truckload of mulch into bags for future use, and (and from this next item comes the odour) picking fruit off both the trees and the ground. Since we don't visit the holiday home all that often, and don't always have time to do everything around the house when we do, some of the fruit on the ground were already in an advanced state of decomposition. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
To Register or Not to Register... in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 31 2005 05:41 Profile Homepage #1 You're not supposed to kill the shade until quite near the endgame. As for whether you should register, well, let me put it this way. You have the $25 needed to register, or you wouldn't be asking. If you weren't going to spend that money on Avernum 4, can you think of anything else to spend that $25 on which would be likely to give you significantly better value, and which you wouldn't buy if you were going to purchase Avernum 4? If you're asking whether Avernum 4 is worth buying in se, well, if you liked Avernum 3 and don't mind seeing more of the same but set in Avernum instead of on the surface, A4 won't disappoint. [ Saturday, December 31, 2005 05:42: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Unique Item Locations. in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 31 2005 04:56 Profile Homepage #11 There are at least two Pearlescent Bands in the game as well. Unfortunately, I don't remember where the other is. Then again, this is turning into more of a "really neat items" topic than a "unique items" topic anyway. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Search more than once in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 31 2005 04:53 Profile Homepage #1 It means that you'll still be kept in "look" mode if you control-click on the thing you want to look at, so if you want to look at more than one thing, you can click again without clicking the Look button again first. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Nociduas (spoilers) in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 31 2005 03:27 Profile Homepage #1 Only ever speed potions? He doesn't drink healing potions, which would at least be remotely sensible? Wow. I guess Jeff's claims about writing AI code in 5 minutes whilst drunk just might be true. I also guess this means that I might have found the game easier if I hadn't gone through the whole thing without casting Terror once. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Assassination, bows and Strength in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 31 2005 03:24 Profile Homepage #1 Assassination and Strength have no effect on missile weapons. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Cutscene clumsiness and other problems in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 31 2005 02:21 Profile Homepage #1 Remember, you can only call move_to_new_town if the party activates the special encounter by stepping on a blue special rectangle. If you call it from a terrain script, a creature script, the START_STATE, or anything else except a special rectangle, it won't work. By the way, including yourself as a character in your scenario isn't classy. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Cutscene clumsiness and other problems in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 31 2005 02:21 Profile Homepage #1 Remember, you can only call move_to_new_town if the party activates the special encounter by stepping on a blue special rectangle. If you call it from a terrain script, a creature script, the START_STATE, or anything else except a special rectangle, it won't work. By the way, including yourself as a character in your scenario isn't classy. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Singleton party in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 31 2005 00:51 Profile Homepage #54 Enduring Shield and Enduring Armour don't even do the same thing, despite the misleading description. They give different status effects, and Enduring Shield doesn't increase your maximum HP; however, Enduring Shield and Enduring Armor don't stack with each other (i.e. if you already have one effect on you, casting the other will have no effect). I'm not entirely sure whether the Enduring Armor effect also encompasses all the benefits of Enduring Shield. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
About a older (not yet found) thread in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, December 31 2005 00:36 Profile Homepage #17 He confused you with Archmage Alex, I think. I've done the same in the past. It's because both your names start with A, you see. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
About a older (not yet found) thread in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 30 2005 23:29 Profile Homepage #15 The Xian Skull topic went inactive a few times, was revived a few times, and was eventually locked. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Blades Scenario Chat in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 30 2005 23:24 Profile Homepage #4 That's about 3 pm Thursday my time, isn't it? Chances are I won't be able to make it. Just a suggestion, but might a weekend time not work better? I know that holding it on a Saturday night would bitterly disappoint all the social butterflies in our community, but it might make it easier for people from other time zones to attend. [ Friday, December 30, 2005 23:27: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Unique Item Locations. in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 30 2005 22:37 Profile Homepage #9 I'm pretty sure there are at least two Charmed Plates in the game. I can't recall offhand where the other is, although I believe it was toward the endgame -- possibly the Darkside Loyalist base under Erika's Tower. There are two pairs of Putrified Gauntlets in the game as well; Rone's apprentice gives you one for killing the shades. I preferred the Answering Gauntlets, but they're pretty nice all the same. The Eyebeast Chitin, unless my memory fails me, is dropped by an eyebeast in the tunnels leading to Rentar's final fort. You can't really miss it; there's a whole pack of giants to fight at the same time. And of course, our old friend the Emerald Chestguard is on a corpse in Nociduas's lair, which is itself behind a secret passage in the northwest area of the Slith caves to the west of Fort Dranlon. Since nobody has posted the link in this thread yet, I'll direct interested parties to Slartucker's item stats list here. [ Friday, December 30, 2005 22:55: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
A4 Bugs in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 30 2005 22:19 Profile Homepage #11 quote: Originally written by Duality: And, you can only train twice in riposte. You have to leave the training screen and come back, then you can train twice more. I had a similar problem with Sharpshooter -- I was only able to raise it once for each time I brought up the training window. Oh, and then there's the Annatolia/Crewl bug, which I've already sent to Jeff and received a reply along the lines of "Thanks; I'll look into it." [ Friday, December 30, 2005 22:20: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Where is the Wyrm? in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 30 2005 21:54 Profile Homepage #5 That was one of those quests I felt slightly bad about finishing. After all, the wyrm doesn't really seem to want to hurt anybody. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Formello? in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 30 2005 21:53 Profile Homepage #4 I don't recall Silvar having FLSes, but I do recall a reference to Dharmon Face-Leaping Spiders at some point. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
BoA Editor Remake in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 30 2005 21:29 Profile Homepage #156 quote: Originally written by i: I enjoy using your tool profusely.* Careful there, i -- that's the sort of quote that has a tendency to get put in people's signatures. :o -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973* \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
BoA Editor Remake in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 30 2005 21:29 Profile Homepage #156 quote: Originally written by i: I enjoy using your tool profusely.* Careful there, i -- that's the sort of quote that has a tendency to get put in people's signatures. :o -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973* \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Chemistry at home, part 12 in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, December 30 2005 20:30 Profile Homepage #61 quote: Originally written by Ephesos: An "I just got back" post should never have this high of a graemlin-to-word ratio... it needs to be diluted quickly. :) :D ;) :P :cool: :eek: :rolleyes: Guess that's my way of saying I'm back after a few days away. I have 68 mosquito bites and still smell of rotting plums, but at least I'm alive. Did anyone miss me? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Hack and slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash... in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, December 27 2005 12:52 Profile Homepage #8 None of the Exile games, including BoE, allowed you to fight outside of combat mode. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
what does A4 offer us? in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, December 26 2005 23:22 Profile Homepage #24 quote: Originally written by Two pipe solo: We still haven't accounted for the Vlish population. What happened to them in Avernum? Sea monsters. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
The End (Spoiler Warning) in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, December 26 2005 18:37 Profile Homepage #1 Yes. You can convince her to either surrender to the Vahnatai, or to leave Avernum alone and bother the Empire instead. Starrus and Ghall-Ihrno will be less than pleased if you pick the latter option. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Stat boost for evil deeds? in Nethergate
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, December 26 2005 17:24 Profile Homepage #1 Huh. Now that you mention it, I remember that place. I think your guess about what it does may well be right on the money; I'll have to try it out some time. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Vahnatai fortress in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, December 26 2005 16:40 Profile Homepage #3 If you're even more patient, you don't even need a fighter at close range. Two hasted archers can usually damage a pylon slightly faster than it can heal itself. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Trio in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, December 26 2005 15:36 Profile Homepage #3 quote: Originally written by Slartucker: Whatever happened to the idea of putting all your junk in a pack, and putting the pack down automatically when those chitrachs jump out at you? Well, dropping items no longer requires action points, so you can drop all your junk in one round and be ready for battle the next if necessary. It's just somewhat tedious to manually drop everything and pick it back up. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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