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| Displayed name | Thuryl |
| Member number | 869 |
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| Postcount | 9973 |
| Homepage | http://thuryl.desperance.net/blades.html |
| Registered | Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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| Thralni and the orb in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Wednesday, September 14 2005 03:36
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quote:Lots of people think this, and I've no idea why. "Slaughtered to a man" is a perfectly good English idiom for "completely slaughtered". Jeff tried to be gender-inclusive and, apparently, obscured his meaning in the process. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 14 2005 03:17
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Today's name, Strychnine, is a powerful poison that acts by overstimulating nerves. Because of this method of action, it was once popular in tonics. These tonics probably did have some beneficial effects on concentration and alertness, but fatal overdoses were all too common. Nowadays, strychnine is still available in some places as a rat poison, but it's not intended for human consumption. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
| Customize? in Tech Support | |
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written Tuesday, September 13 2005 21:01
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There's no officially supported way to add character graphics. You can mess around with the game's graphics if you really want; how to do this depends on whether you're using the Mac or Windows version of the game, and we take no responsibility if anything goes horribly wrong. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
| Getting mad at Mad Ambition in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Tuesday, September 13 2005 20:19
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If you have an invulnerability potion saved up, you can win that fight really easily by overloading the generator (don't try this if you're not invulnerable, or you'll die). If you have a wand left with a couple of charges, it's pretty easy too. I've beaten the scenario with a no-magic fighter, so it's not as if it can't be done. If all else fails, lower the difficulty level in the Preferences. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 13 2005 04:16
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That's not a calculator program, that's C++. :P -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 13 2005 03:47
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Today's name, Phrenology, is more a matter of bad psychology than bad medicine, but I think it still counts. Phrenology was practiced by the ancient Greeks and experienced a resurgence of popularity in the 19th century (what is it with the 19th century, anyway?) Phrenology was a method of assessing personality traits by measuring the shape of the head, the idea being that bumps on the surface of the head reflect bumps on the outer skull, which reflect enlarged regions of the brain, which correspond to personality traits and mental abilities. Well, there were a few problems with this idea. Firstly, bumps on the surface of the head don't correspond to bumps on the skull. Secondly, bumps on the skull don't correspond to enlarged regions of the brain. Thirdly, enlarged regions of the brain don't correspond to personality traits and mental abilities in anything like the way phrenologists thought they did. Three strikes and phrenology was out. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
| best class... in Geneforge Series | |
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written Monday, September 12 2005 16:26
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In Geneforge 1, the Shaper is probably the easiest class, as long as you let your creations do all the fighting for you. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, September 12 2005 16:26
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In Geneforge 1, the Shaper is probably the easiest class, as long as you let your creations do all the fighting for you. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, September 12 2005 15:14
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You probably should turn it into a link, because Tripod doesn't allow hotlinking of images, so all that any of the rest of us get is the Tripod logo. :P That said, no discussion of Escher is complete without this:  -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, September 12 2005 04:33
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Today's name, Snake Oil, surely needs no explanation. Yes, there really were patent medicines which claimed to contain snake oil. Some may have actually contained snake oil; most probably didn't. The ones that didn't probably worked just as well as the ones that did. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
| AP penelty in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Sunday, September 11 2005 22:16
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Yes. Every 2 points in defence reduces your effective encumbrance by 1. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Sunday, September 11 2005 12:53
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If you can't win a random wandering encounter without using up too many of your non-renewable resources (first aid kits and pila), running away is just the sensible thing to do. If you feel you absolutely must fight a particular battle, well, rely on potions first and foremost, since you can get those back after the battle. Try and manoeuvre your party so nobody is getting attacked by more than one monster at a time. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Sunday, September 11 2005 04:03
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The 19th and early 20th century, as you are likely beginning to appreciate, was a fertile breeding ground for quackery. Another in the long list of the era's useless medical treatments was the electric belt, sometimes advertised with claims to cure every disease known to man. (If you're going to lie, you may as well make it a big lie.) Electric belts generally applied a weak electric current to the skin, which was unlikely to do anything but cause discomfort. Many belts had to be dipped in a solution of acid before use, which was likely to cause even more discomfort. [ Sunday, September 11, 2005 04:04: Message edited by: Electric Belts ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Saturday, September 10 2005 22:15
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Those who want education least usually need it most. :P -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
| *Mad* Ambition in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, September 10 2005 17:49
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You are not the first to notice this. It's probably best not to ask too many questions about TM's artistic motivations. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
| Mad ambition in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, September 10 2005 11:54
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One person has previously reported a bug similar to this, but we've had difficulty replicating it. Can you please tell us exactly when the crash occurs (i.e. after what line of dialogue?) [ Saturday, September 10, 2005 11:55: Message edited by: Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Saturday, September 10 2005 05:11
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quote:She once banned someone for posting a dictionary definition. There's a story behind this, but it's been told many times before. quote:Scorpius and TM (two members of this forum community) conspired to make a banner calling ADOS (another member) a "lagot" and put it in the forum header of Misc. The administration was distinctly unamused. quote:Your title, like so many others, is a Marathon level. quote:Practice, practice, practice. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Saturday, September 10 2005 04:56
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I have to keep this up for another 20 days? What was I thinking? Today's name, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, was one of the most famous and popular patent medicines of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, advertised for the treatment of disorders of the reproductive system (a fairly common claim among patent medicines, for some reason). The fact that the medicine was over 15% alcohol probably contributed to its popularity. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
| Script ProofReader in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Friday, September 9 2005 16:02
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The script-checking utility you've likely been reading about is Alint, which is only available for Mac OS X. (Unfortunately, Khoth's site seems to be down at the moment, so you can't even get that.) Why do you say that Jeff must have one? I'm sure he's capable of proofreading and testing his own scripts. And since you'll eventually need to test your scenario the old-fashioned way anyway, Alint can only do so much. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 9 2005 16:02
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The script-checking utility you've likely been reading about is Alint, which is only available for Mac OS X. (Unfortunately, Khoth's site seems to be down at the moment, so you can't even get that.) Why do you say that Jeff must have one? I'm sure he's capable of proofreading and testing his own scripts. And since you'll eventually need to test your scenario the old-fashioned way anyway, Alint can only do so much. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 9 2005 15:47
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mathworld.wolfram.com says that the set of rational numbers does in fact have the same cardinality as the natural numbers. (Incidentally, so does the set of algebraic numbers.) -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 9 2005 15:24
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quote:Why on earth would you want to wish for a polar bear? -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 9 2005 02:44
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(Hope nobody minds the double post to bump the topic.) Today's name, Radium, is a radioactive element which has the interesting property of spontaneously emitting greenish-blue light. In the early 20th century, it was popular for painting clock faces and dials so they would glow in the dark. Radium was also used medically; in one popular product, a disc of radium was left to sit in water with the intention of infusing the water with radon, a radioactive gas which is the decay product of radium. Radium compounds were even administered by injection in some cases. Sellers of radioactive medicines proudly advertised the "health-promoting" effects of the radiation emitted by their product. Radiation, unfortunately, turned out not to be so health-promoting after all. Of course, radiation is still used in modern medicine for procedures such as cancer treatment, but with somewhat more caution. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 23:28
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Aran, don't use addition on infinite sets. It gives misleading results. :P -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 17:28
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Getting someone boozed out of their mind was a pretty common early form of anaesthesia, yes. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |