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Blades question in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, October 6 2005 05:05 Profile Homepage #9 New computers can't start up in OS 9, but if you have OS 9 installed you can still use Classic. Eventually, once Intel starts making chips for Apple, it's likely that Classic support will be dropped entirely. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Tell me random events... in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, October 6 2005 04:06 Profile Homepage #27 quote: Yes, in general, eating terrestrial carnivores is a bad idea. Now why is this? Protein concentration hierarchies? Taste? Partly there's the issue of bioaccumulation of heavy metals or other stable toxic substances in whatever they've eaten, but unless you are an Inuit you are probably not going to be exposed to enough of anything to have serious health effects by that route. And since nepenthes is a tropical plant, I suspect you're not an Inuit. (Besides, the above applies as much if not more to aquatic carnivores as terrestrial ones. The amount of mercury in flake is likely to be more of a potential health concern than any heavy metal or pesticide residues in a lion or wolf.) A more practical consideration is that because of their lifestyles, the muscles of carnivores tend to be low in fat and high in collagen, making them quite dry and tough. This is true to some extent of most wild animals (which is why game meats have to be cooked carefully), but it's especially true for carnivores. [ Thursday, October 06, 2005 04:21: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Blades question in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, October 6 2005 03:58 Profile Homepage #7 Yes. But assuming that your computer isn't so new that it didn't even come with Classic, waiting a minute or two for Classic to start up isn't that onerous. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, October 6 2005 00:37 Profile Homepage #311 Okay, send me an email and I'll try to get some more detailed suggestions to you by the weekend. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, October 6 2005 00:37 Profile Homepage #311 Okay, send me an email and I'll try to get some more detailed suggestions to you by the weekend. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, October 5 2005 22:35 Profile Homepage #309 So if a back door is unrealistic, don't have them enter through a back door. Make the party build a tunnel under the fort or something instead. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, October 5 2005 22:35 Profile Homepage #309 So if a back door is unrealistic, don't have them enter through a back door. Make the party build a tunnel under the fort or something instead. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
E3: Rings of Resistance vs. other protective rings in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, October 5 2005 19:48 Profile Homepage #1 Any item that has the Full Protection ability (including Rings of Resistance and Pachtar's Plate) will protect you from magic, fire, cold and poison. The protection is the same as what you'd get from other items that provide individual resistances. The effects of different items that provide resistance to the same thing don't stack, so you only need to wear one at a time. [ Thursday, October 06, 2005 01:00: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Tell me random events... in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, October 5 2005 19:29 Profile Homepage #25 There are a number of ways to make an XOR gate. For example, four NAND gates (equivalent to an AND gate followed by a NOT gate, although usually it isn't really made that way) arranged like so: are equivalent to an XOR gate. (Actually, you can build any logic gate entirely out of NAND gates if you really want to. Sometimes it's the most practical way to do so, because it's actually quite simple to make a reliable NAND gate.) [ Wednesday, October 05, 2005 19:36: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
dumb question - what exactly do weaopn "bonuses" work? in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, October 5 2005 13:17 Profile Homepage #5 quote: Originally written by Desert Pl@h: Does one get a damage bonus for using a bow with a high bonus? I believe the answer to this is "no", although I'm not completely sure. quote: I thought that the damage bonus is 1.XXXX times the level of the weapon…? (That's not a question, but…) I'm not sure where you got that idea. [ Wednesday, October 05, 2005 13:17: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, October 5 2005 13:10 Profile Homepage #307 The best puzzle is one that makes sense in the context of the plot. Why does your plot require a puzzle at that point? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, October 5 2005 13:10 Profile Homepage #307 The best puzzle is one that makes sense in the context of the plot. Why does your plot require a puzzle at that point? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
3 months in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, October 5 2005 13:05 Profile Homepage #2 Firstly, what SW is constantly tight on is server space, not bandwidth. (So we're told, anyway; it seems odd, but there you go.) Secondly, a new account probably takes up not inordinately more server space than this thread. In terms of overhead, there's the profile page and that's about it. Also, there have been plenty of people who left for months or years and then came back. [ Wednesday, October 05, 2005 13:20: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Terror's Martyr in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, October 5 2005 13:01 Profile Homepage #31 TM never posted goatse; that was TGM. Different person. One speaks a language nobody can understand, and the other's Finnish. [ Wednesday, October 05, 2005 13:02: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
E3: Wyrmsbane, Mace of Disruption, Boltblade, Flaming Sword in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, October 5 2005 03:33 Profile Homepage #1 You can get Wyrmslayer from the Bunker if you report that the dragons are responsible for the plagues. The other three are just high-value treasures which will randomly be dropped by powerful monsters. At least, the Flaming Sword and Boltblade are; I'm not sure if anyone's ever actually reported finding a Mace of Disruption. [ Wednesday, October 05, 2005 03:36: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
dumb question - what exactly do weaopn "bonuses" work? in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, October 5 2005 01:06 Profile Homepage #2 Specifically, every point of bonus is +5% to hit and +1 to damage. In general, the damage bonus is a lot more useful than the to-hit bonus, since it's relatively easy to get enough weapon skill that you hit all the time. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Solo party recommendations in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, October 4 2005 22:59 Profile Homepage #9 Natural Mage only gives a tiny bonus to spellcasting anyway. At level 1 it's significant, but it doesn't increase as you gain levels. (Note: this is based on my testing of the Natural Mage trait in BoA, but it probably works the same way in the series Avernums.) -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Geneforge 2 Trainer in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, October 4 2005 22:53 Profile Homepage #199 The last post in this topic before you posted in it was in July. It is now October. You posted in a topic that has not been posted in for a long time, and you posted multiple times in a row. Both of these things are considered poor form here. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Geneforge 2 Trainer in Geneforge 2
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, October 4 2005 22:53 Profile Homepage #199 The last post in this topic before you posted in it was in July. It is now October. You posted in a topic that has not been posted in for a long time, and you posted multiple times in a row. Both of these things are considered poor form here. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Next Scenario in Blades of Exile
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, October 4 2005 22:47 Profile Homepage #17 Or it wouldn't be, except that there's no way to make an equippable item give you resistance to webbing. (On the other hand, there are ways to remove webs, but that doesn't help if you're already webbed into immobility. Just keep in mind that the special node to add and remove webs has a bug; if you try to add webs it removes them and if you try to remove webs it adds them. This isn't a problem as long as you remember it.) -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Terror's Martyr in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, October 4 2005 20:08 Profile Homepage #16 TM has waited eleven weeks already; he can wait another two. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
MMMMM in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, October 4 2005 20:02 Profile Homepage #388 quote: Originally written by VCH: I was thinking of interferons. It was a few years ago I read something in a text-book about their anti-viral abilities. It's true that interferons stimulate the immune system, improving the effectiveness of the immune response against viral infections and some types of cancer. Unfortunately, they're not always effective, and they have fairly serious side effects. They also depend on the patient having a reasonably strong immune system; infants, the elderly, and patients who are already seriously ill tend not to benefit as much due to their weakened immune systems. [ Tuesday, October 04, 2005 20:04: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Pop-rivet my skull, please. in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, October 4 2005 06:17 Profile Homepage #11 My suspicion is that there are some terrain properties which automatically make a terrain look-at-able, overriding the te_can_look_at property. Try deleting lines one by one from the terrain definition and seeing if the terrain can still be looked at after each line is removed. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Pop-rivet my skull, please. in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, October 4 2005 06:17 Profile Homepage #11 My suspicion is that there are some terrain properties which automatically make a terrain look-at-able, overriding the te_can_look_at property. Try deleting lines one by one from the terrain definition and seeing if the terrain can still be looked at after each line is removed. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Waldby's Bazaar in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, October 4 2005 06:13 Profile Homepage #4 Shift-w, actually. But it's cheating anyway. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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