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Prepare For Glory! in Blades of Avernum
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[ Sunday, April 08, 2007 18:07: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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A3: What special metal does Carmine needs? in The Avernum Trilogy
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Mithril.

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GF 1 - Shaper Crypt in Geneforge Series
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You haven't dealt with the Geneforge yet? You could always use it and then go back to clear out the Crypt; it gives you a huge boost in power.

(Make a backup savefile first, though; using the Geneforge changes your ending significantly.)

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Why there? *warning: displays secret of G1* in Geneforge Series
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Originally written by Spokesman of the Dead:

And don't underestimate Nalyd.
That would be quite impossible.

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GF2 - Is it possible to join multiple sects? in Geneforge Series
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Originally written by Infernal Flamming Muffin:

You can't in Geneforge 1 (at once) because you can't be with the obeyers and Awakened/Takers, and the Takers requier you to kill the Awakened leader (to join).
Not true. You can get in without killing him if you have 12 Leadership.

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A3: Can't clear Troglo msg quest because I killed vothkaro in The Avernum Trilogy
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Well, you can't, can you? Should have thought of that before committing regicide.

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Why there? *warning: displays secret of G1* in Geneforge Series
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Originally written by Eugi:

Salmon, you are welcome to your opinion of course but
You know, this kind of statement has always come off as a little condescending to me. It seems to say "I don't have any confidence of converting you to my side so I'm going to try and pass this off as a difference of opinion while at the same time suggesting that you're just not intelligent enough to see the wisdom in mine."

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GF2 - Is it possible to join multiple sects? in Geneforge Series
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Originally written by Eugi:

I also believe that in GF1 you can finish the game without aligning yourself in either sect and either using or not using the Geneforge, right?
Yep. All you have to do is get to a boat so you can get off the island. You'll want to do something about the Geneforge situation if you want a good ending, though.

Anyway, it is indeed possible to join and leave multiple sects in the course of a single game. It requires you to manage your reputation and quests carefully, of course -- if you kill the Awakened leader for the Takers, you obviously won't be able to join the Awakened later on.

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Where will G5 be? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Originally written by Micawber:

One minute Terrestia is the wilder and less settled of two continents, the next it's the seat of power of the Shaper Council.
It could be both. Sometimes a capital is deliberately established in a neutral area for political reasons.

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your favorite geneforge in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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It's like GF2, but with several significant added flaws, including a less open plot and an awkward interface for movement between islands -- think of the Western/Eastern Rise in GF4, only there's five of them throughout the game.

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Frostbite problem in Blades of Avernum
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Originally written by The Gators Win it All....... Again:

Is this a problem I should fix, or is it a fairly uncommon occurence? Do most CMGs come compressed as the one in FB, or are they in some other format that doesn't cause this problem?
The basic problem is that Stuffit royally sucks and keeps making versions with poor backwards compatibility. (Also that Jeff is a dinosaur and insists on using resource forks.) The best option is probably to compress it in the first place with the oldest version of Stuffit you can find. You could try compressing it with something like MacBinaryConverter, which will probably lead to larger file sizes but should open properly in any version of Stuffit Expander.

[ Friday, April 06, 2007 18:39: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Help with party in Blades of Avernum
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Firstly, you need at least one melee fighter. You can give her either Melee Weapons or Pole Weapons skill. Once her level gets into the high 20s or low 30s, make sure she has at least 6 points in both Melee Weapons and Pole Weapons so you can start getting Blademaster, which increases accuracy and damage with both melee and pole weapons. Strength is good for increasing your damage and carrying capacity, but Dexterity isn't very important; it's easy enough to hit reliably even without it. Assassination is very good, and only gets better at higher levels, but you don't need all that much; keep putting points in it until you assassinate most enemies most of the time. Endurance becomes increasingly important as you level up: you don't need any at level 1, but after gaining a few levels you should start investing in it. Defence is handy for lowering encumbrance once you start wearing heavy armour -- you don't want to lose AP. Special skills besides Blademaster aren't very important, although Quick Strike is decent if you don't mind investing a few points in Dexterity.

You're also going to need at least one mage and at least one priest. The more priests, the better: healing magic is cheap and effective. Mages are OK, but I don't find them as versatile as priests: Haste is always useful and Create Illusions is a powerful defensive spell at any level, but their attack magic becomes less cost-effective at higher levels as enemies get more HP and your damage doesn't keep up. Start your spellcasters with at least 5 points in Mage Spells or Priest Spells, so they get a good set of spells to start with. (Enduring Barrier is a lifesaver early on.) Intelligence is less important than you'd think: its main benefit is that it gives you more spell points. Spellcasters should normally be keeping their distance from enemies, so they don't strictly need Endurance, but it's useful in some scenarios where enemies don't just target your fighter.

Archery sometimes comes in handy. Making a pure archer is sort of a waste of a character, but it's a very good secondary attack form for mages or priests, since attack magic is so expensive that you won't want to use it all the time. Slings are a perfectly viable option: they do a little less damage than bows, but you never have to worry about ammunition. If you have an archer, make sure to put some points into Dexterity so you can get Sharpshooter.

I always like to use one fighter, two archer-priests and one mage-priest, but most people don't like archery quite as much as I do. There's a fair amount of room for variety in builds.

[ Friday, April 06, 2007 01:03: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Surprises in General
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ABLIS

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Ideologies of Geneforge (4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Originally written by Retlaw May:

1) Shapers really only do anything to you if you openly or actively oppose them.
Or learn shaping without their approval, or happen to be born a drayk...

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2) Have you ever seen a poor person in a Shaper controlled city? I get the feeling that most people are prosperous under the Shapers.
You're mixing up cause and effect here. Shapers have wealth and power, so they get to live in all the best places. We know that Shaper lands are sometimed affected by famines (remember Captain Zakary's story?); that doesn't happen to "prosperous" people.

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3) Note that some upcoming Shapers like Alwan are extremely loyal, but talk about the need for reform in peace. It is because of the war that such reformers are shouted down by the conservatives.
Well, that's a plausible excuse, I suppose. I wonder why the Shapers didn't bother to do anything much before the war. The historical sum total of their "reforms" prior to the rebellion seems to have been banning torturing creations and making them participate in blood sports, which is a start, I suppose, but not much of one.

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4) If you truly think that your Nazi analogy is true for the Shapers, you should most readily accept ET's terrorist analogy with the Drakons/Rebels, which is much more fitting.
So? Nelson Mandela was a terrorist too. Sometimes terrorism is the only way to get anybody to listen to you.

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Frostbite problem in Blades of Avernum
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It was definitely compressed okay -- I just tried downloading it from nethergate.net and the CMG came out fine. Whatever the problem is, it's on her end. If redownloading doesn't work, it's likely the decompression utility that's at fault, in which case somebody is going to have to recompress it in a different format before she can use it.

[ Thursday, April 05, 2007 18:22: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Frostbite problem in Blades of Avernum
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Originally written by Meter Maid:

BTW: in both scenarios which I cannot play (Amnesia and Frostbite) I found cmg-files without data.
What version of Stuffit Expander are you using to decompress the scenarios? Try updating to the most recent version that will run on your computer.

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Ideologies of Geneforge (4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Originally written by Student of Trinity:

Where do you get the idea of semi-independent multiple minds? More gazers seem monomaniacal to me, as though they had rather less than one mind.
Well, I'm assuming the fact that sometimes a Gazer refers to itself in the plural and sometimes as "the Eye" isn't just some kind of linguistic peculiarity, but a reflection of their psychology.

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SSF time zone in Tech Support
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See, this is what happens when I try to post after writing three essays in the space of as many days. :P

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Ideologies of Geneforge (4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Originally written by Student of Trinity:

Now that we know that gazers reproduce sexually, we do have to ask how their young develop. Do gazers lay eggs?
Strictly speaking, all we know is that their process of reproduction is "very biological". Given how intensely solitary and territorial they are, and the fact that each of them seems to consist of multiple semi-independent minds, I can imagine them reproducing by budding. And I suppose if they can bud, they might also be able to fuse or recombine or shuffle themselves around.

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Are Drakons superior beings? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

Shapers would not accept drayks, there is no assumption here. The facts are that their existence is illegal.
So are Geneforge-altered independent serviles, but the Shapers are willing to ally with one of those and even let him remain in a position of some influence after the rebellion is crushed.

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Plato vs. Aristotle in General
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I just hope this topic doesn't attract any LaRouchies.

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SSF time zone in Tech Support
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If you think 3 hours is a hard time difference to adjust for, think what it's like for we Australians.

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I intend to find out who has the most treasure, kill them, take it, and repeat the process.

(Hey, someone had to say it.)

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Now is the time ... in General
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Originally written by Drew:

So you do object to mandatory food and product recalls? Thuryl, how do any of these policies really serve to limit the meaningful experiences of your life, other than perhaps by forestalling your death?
I could ask you the same question. What exactly does a mandatory recall achieve that a mandatory notification of risk doesn't?

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Originally written by Drew:

I used "tainted" in my example about a meat recall as a part of my assertion that we generally don't object when the government intervenes to protect citizens' health, even when the population at risk is actually very small.
You mean you don't object to it.

I find it interesting that you used the Ford Pinto as an example, given that its recall is widely recognised in hindsight as a tremendous blunder driven by panic, anecdotal evidence and political pressure.

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