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blessing in Blades of Avernum
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Well, at level 3, it hastes you. At level 4, it provides magic resistance (which is what that blue wand thing represents). Every level after that just increases the duration of all the effects. I'd say level 3 and above are pretty darn useful.

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Alternative character graphics? in Blades of Avernum
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Personally, I think that if and when you need resistance, you should just cast Radiant Shield; at level 3 or above, it provides resistance to all elemental attacks. It's not that expensive to cast, and it affects the whole party.

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Natural Mage & Encumberance in Blades of Avernum
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Mages can still cast mage spells up to and including Slow even when encumbered. It's only spells after Slow that are affected by encumbrance. Did you try casting any spells that were higher-level than Slow?

[ Friday, September 30, 2005 21:04: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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I am Hollywood. in General
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Seems as if the correct form is "la República Dominicana".

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Nature Lore & Pathfinder in Blades of Avernum
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Originally written by Muji:

Would that allow only the character with Pathfinder to walk over poison swamps unharmed, or the whole party?
The whole party.

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And Nature Lore, if a special checks for it, I'm guessing it takes into consideration your total levels of Nature Lore? Or does it check the highest level, or even both?
It can do either depending on how the scenario designer scripts it. I believe that all current uses of it check the total level in the party.

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Other than for getting the Pathfinder skill, is there a particular reason to focus your Nature Lore on one character in particular, or are you better off spreading it around to take advantage of the cheaper SP cost of the lower levels?
Apart from the aforementioned weapon in Druids of Krell that does damage based on the wielder's Nature Lore, no. You may as well spread it out.

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Tiny Orb of Mist in Geneforge Series
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No, it doesn't increase your AP. I think it boosts Quick Action if you put it on a weapon.

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E2 and E3 loophole in The Exile Trilogy
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It's a bug. Also, it only works on Windows. If you try it on a Mac, you get a message telling you that the Long Wait command can only be used in town mode.

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Editer in Blades of Exile
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Jewels, "never mind" is two words, not one. :P

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Mad Ambition help in Blades of Avernum
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The update doesn't change the .bas file, though, only the scripts.

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Avernum 4? in General
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Drakey implied that Rone appeared in A4. SupaNik suggested that Rone might return as a villain. Alo pointed out that there was no reason to suppose that Rone would be a villain, because there are lots of returning characters who aren't.

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MMMMM in General
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There really isn't a practical treatment that works against a wide variety of viruses once they've infected someone, nor do we expect that there ever will be. The trouble is that viruses are all very different from each other, so if you target something specific to a virus, it'll only affect one or two kinds of virus.

Also, "virii" is a completely ludicrous plural of "virus". The correct plural is "viruses".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus

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Well, the time has come for the last name of the month to be unveiled, before I return to being boring old Thuryl. After spending a month savaging doctors and various other people who claim to be able to improve human health, justice demands that I point out that they're not all bad.

In that spirit, today's name is Inaction. Throughout history, misguided or unscrupulous medical practitioners have caused death and suffering to their patients, sometimes on an enormous scale. But many people have died of curable diseases because they were unable or unwilling to access the best possible medical diagnosis and treatment, whether through financial hardship, distrust of the medical profession or fear of being diagnosed with a serious illness.

It must be remembered that human life expectancy has improved dramatically with the rise of medicine and public health in the past two centuries. Most of the time, medicine does more good than harm.

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Mad Ambition help in Blades of Avernum
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You don't need to start over; just leave town and re-enter after you upgrade.

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Mad Ambition help in Blades of Avernum
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Are you using Windows? Do you have anything other than the most recent version of the scenario? If the answer to both questions is "yes", you've run into a bug.

Get the latest version from here.

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how to get lots of money without cheating in Geneforge Series
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Exploiting a bug counts as cheating. :P

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how to get lots of money without cheating in Geneforge 2
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Exploiting a bug counts as cheating. :P

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Editer in Blades of Exile
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And it's not a demo, either. You get the full version of the editor for free. The only catch is that without registering BoE, you can't test the scenarios you make. :P

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Next Scenario in Blades of Exile
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Much as I'd like to take credit, I'm pretty sure Bob was written by Stareye.

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Specific spell immunity in Blades of Avernum Editor
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Fake it with scripts. You can fake anything with scripts.

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Specific spell immunity in Blades of Avernum
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Fake it with scripts. You can fake anything with scripts.

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Name everything in General
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* A little over $100 in notes

* $20 in coins for the voracious parking meters around university

* a student ID card

* a driving licence

* an outdated car insurance membership card (I've renewed the insurance since, but I don't keep the new card in my wallet)

* an Internet banking card (essentially a fancy piece of paper with my user ID on it)

* a health insurance card

* an outdated concession card (I should throw that out)

* a bank account debit card

* a bank account passbook

* a credit union debit card.

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Testing grounds Part II, Section 3+ in Geneforge Series
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Golems are quite vulnerable to magic and acid. Artilas or searing artilas will probably work best. That area is particularly difficult, though; come back later on if you have too much trouble.

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The Foolish Giant released! in Blades of Exile
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I think he means he wants it in the forum header -- it's already on the tables on SW's site.

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MMMMM in General
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Today's name, Antibiotics, is another example of a good treatment that's been horribly misused. You probably all know this story already: doctors prescribe antibiotics for colds to appease demanding patients, hospital floors are sprayed with antibiotic solutions instead of disinfectants, livestock are fed antibiotics even when healthy just to enhance their growth.

Result: the most strongly antibiotic-resistant bacteria survive and reproduce best, and an increasing number of bacterial infections are resistant to such a wide range of antibiotics that they can't be effectively treated at all. The misuse of antibiotics is one of the greatest medical catastrophes of our time, and the effects are only going to get worse. And everybody and nobody is to blame.

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MMMMM in General
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For those who don't know, by the way, those commas are the European equivalent of decimal points. I mention this only because over here, 139,386 means 139386, or over one hundred thousand dollars, which clearly isn't what you meant.

EDIT: Oh, and the throat IS part of the pharynx.

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Wikipedia sez:
The pharynx is the part of the digestive system of many animals immediately behind the mouth and in front of the esophagus. In mammals, it is where the digestive tract and the respiratory tract cross, commonly called the "throat" (which term may also include the larynx) The pharynx attaches to the larynx, which is the first element of the airways. The human pharynx is bent at a sharper angle than other mammal pharynges, enabling us to produce a wider variety of sounds, but also putting us in danger of choking.

The human pharynx is divided into three sections: the nasopharynx, lying behind the nasal cavity; the oropharynx, behind the oral cavity; and the laryngopharynx, posterior to the larynx.



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