Profile for Sarachim
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| Displayed name | Sarachim |
| Member number | 95 |
| Title | For Carnage, Apply Within |
| Postcount | 567 |
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| Registered | Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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| Avernum Mage Poll! Who was craziest? in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Monday, February 14 2005 15:44
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If he is, do you think he'd admit it? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: More fun than a kick in the shins! Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Equipment Interpretation in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Monday, February 14 2005 15:43
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It affects both. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: More fun than a kick in the shins! Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Tatermedallion- Help in Blades of Exile | |
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written Monday, February 14 2005 15:40
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If you have to start over, try focusing your fire on the Avian lords. Killing one will either make the other flee or just end the battle (forgot which in this storyline, sorry.) -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: More fun than a kick in the shins! Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Getting my butt kicked, advice needed in Blades of Exile | |
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written Monday, February 14 2005 09:54
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Archery is pretty much totally worthless, as is lockpicking. Don't waste skill points on either. Some people like alchemy, but I've never found it to be worthwhile. Also, never, ever, ever make a character who is just a preist or just a mage; instead, make all your spellcasters know both. One you've already poured skill points into intelligence and SP, it's a relatively small investment to train in the other school of spellcasting. It makes your spellcasters more versatile, and also means you don't need more than two or three, freeing up extra slots for fighters to do the real work. For tactics, Thuryl's advice is pretty much dead-on. Always, no matter what, bless anyone who's going to be using physical attacks. Also, don't overlook Light Heal All; it heals almost as much damage as Heal and in general is a better use of SP if more than one PC is hurt. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: More fun than a kick in the shins! Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| The Oort Cloud in General | |
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written Monday, February 7 2005 18:48
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It probably won't ever be. The planet thing is mostly media hype; even though Sedna is the largest thing we've discovered beyond Pluto, it's only about 20% larger than the second-biggest, and much smaller than Pluto itself. We only started finding planetesimals beyond Pluto a few years ago, so chances are we'll find something bigger before very long. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| The Oort Cloud in General | |
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written Sunday, February 6 2005 20:14
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Not to sound pedantic, but the Oort cloud isn't exactly unobserved. We've found bits of it, or at least bit of what we suspect are its innermost reaches. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Naples in General | |
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written Sunday, January 30 2005 19:29
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Volcanos don't erupt in such a predictable way. If it might erupt 100 years from now, there's no way of knowing whether it'll really go off in 10 years or 500 years, or not erupt at all for millenia. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Root of all evil in General | |
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written Friday, January 28 2005 08:58
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quote:If your heart or lungs were removed, chances are your ability to think would be drastically reduced. Doesn't mean those organs are responsible for thought. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Repeal Amendment XXII in General | |
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written Wednesday, January 26 2005 06:03
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The only difference between Clinton and every other president in living memory is that his opponents got him to take an oath. Call me crazy, but I'd rather have the president lie about his love life than about non-existant WMDs or secret wars in Central America. [ Wednesday, January 26, 2005 06:04: Message edited by: Turumby ] Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| In this thread, we have an abstract discussion without befouling pastries of any size in General | |
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written Tuesday, January 25 2005 22:53
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From a moral perspective, it's hard to see why an inheritance tax is immoral while other taxes are not. Creator (or anyone else), if you have a good argument for why you have a greater right to your property after death than you do during life, I'm all ears. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Root of all evil in General | |
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written Monday, January 24 2005 03:28
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In modern interpretations, God is usually thought of as infinitely wise. While the Old Testament seems to conflict with this at some points, the Abrahamic tradition more or less agrees on God's limitless knowledge AFAIK. Therefore, if anyone is in a position to figure out what the most practical standards of morality are, it's God. And, of course, power doesn't hurt. The courts can only tell us what to do because they have the police to back them up, but most people don't see that as proof that their judgements are inherently invalid. [ Monday, January 24, 2005 03:29: Message edited by: Turumby ] Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| THE WORST MAN EVER: Round 1 in General | |
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written Sunday, January 23 2005 16:41
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Look up Tunguska, and tell me again Wisey can beat Siberia. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| New Arena RP: The Empire Always Loses in General | |
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written Saturday, January 1 2005 11:04
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Dolney has seperate boards for "literate" and "semi-literate." And they said irony was dead. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Tatterdemalion in Blades of Exile | |
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written Friday, December 31 2004 13:44
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I believe the answer is "heron." If that's not exactly right, then I think the clue was in the Bodyguards' town, and I think it came from Arichat. [ Friday, December 31, 2004 13:45: Message edited by: Sarachim ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: More fun than a kick in the shins! Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| New Arena RP: The Empire Always Loses in General | |
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written Thursday, December 30 2004 06:23
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We've just started a new RP, and we're hoping to get as many members as possible. Those of you who remember the old Arena's RP will find this pretty familiar, but for everyone else, it's simple and all the details (as well as the RP itself) can be found here: The Empire Always Loses [ Thursday, December 30, 2004 06:24: Message edited by: Sarachim ] Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| New Year's Resolutions in General | |
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written Wednesday, December 29 2004 15:08
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Unless the equinoxes are precessing a lot faster these days, the stars will not be appreciably different for a couple thousand years. Look for next year to be just like this one. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| A Hypothetical in General | |
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written Sunday, December 26 2004 15:10
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If you're going to base punishment on the outcome of actions rather than the intent or the negligence that caused them, it follows logically that accidentally killing someone should be a crime. That would deter people from doing things that might kill somebody, after all. In practice, of course, we would find this absurd and unjust. Of course, punishing an "accidental" murderer would probably satify the family to some extent. The problem there is that satisfying a victim's thirst for vengeance is not the justice system's job. Its purpose is (or, logically speaking, ought to be) to rehabilitate criminals, to isolate them from society until that rehabilitation occurs, and to deter potential criminals from acting. You can argue which of those is most important, and that's a seperate question. Purely retributive justice is barbaric and inhumane, and punishments that don't serve as deterrants are a waste of the taxpayers' money. If you find yourself wronged in a way the courts can never truly fix, well, vigilantiism is due for a comeback and the private sector is ready to help. :P Anyway, getting back to Thuryl's question, punishing accidental consequences of a criminal action can't possibly be a deterrant. The actions of each posed an equal threat to society, and which one killed somebody is basically a matter of chance. Their sentences should be the same. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| THE WORST MAN EVER: Round 1 in General | |
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written Friday, December 17 2004 01:37
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If Alcibiades is armed, we have to permit Secretariat to wear some sort of armor on his head. This would likely make the difference between skewering and trampling. [ Friday, December 17, 2004 01:37: Message edited by: Sarachim ] Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| THE WORST MAN EVER: Worst Men List (Initial) & Discussion in General | |
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written Thursday, December 16 2004 18:19
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You mean Scipio Africanus, right? There's at least one other Scipio from the same time period, but he wasn't nearly so successful. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Confused! in Blades of Exile | |
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written Saturday, December 4 2004 14:26
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The first five stand alone pretty well. After that, each one depends increasingly on the ones before. As for the rune battle, I recommend blessing and hasting your fighters, and backing them up with Wound spells. Throw everything you've got at one rune- once you kill one of them, you win the fight. It may take a couple of tries, but with luck, you'll get it. As for getting there in time, just don't waste time and you should be okay. If you find yourself short on time, you can save a few moves by moving in combat mode instead of town mode. [ Saturday, December 04, 2004 14:28: Message edited by: Sarachim ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: More fun than a kick in the shins! Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Conflict with Avernum future Storyline in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, December 2 2004 12:35
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Eh, I say go ahead and contradict whatever you want. This is Avernum, not Exile, and *i and TM, talented though they are, aren't the same thing as the source material. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: More fun than a kick in the shins! Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Avernum 4 in General | |
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written Monday, November 29 2004 00:44
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IIRC, being on the surface is mildly debilitating for the Vahnatai, not merely uncomfortable. I think this was part of the reasoning behind their using plagues rather than attacking directly. But I can't remember exactly what the Vahnatai in that surface crypt said, so I may be wrong. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Demo questions **spoilers** in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Tuesday, November 16 2004 00:44
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2. Some Kobolds wandering around in the outdoors north of the school have it. You can either pay them for it, or kill them and take it. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: More fun than a kick in the shins! Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Singleton Characters? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, November 14 2004 20:45
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I don't think my singleton's ever been hit with forecage. Apparently, monsters are smart enough not to bother. Anyway, for my singleton, I took a different tack. I started with five levels of mage spells and one of priest spells, and relied mainly on Ice Lances and Bolt of Fire at low levels. As I went on, I concentrated on building up fighting skills, but also trained in mage and priest as well. Combine that with the Divinely Touched skills, and the guy was nearly unstoppable by the time I hit ZKR. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: More fun than a kick in the shins! Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
| Shah mat in General | |
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written Thursday, November 11 2004 16:13
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The Israeli army will bulldoze whole villages in the Gaza strip, without warning, if they consider them dangerous, and leave the people there homeless. They frequently shoot unarmed, unbelligerent Palestinians. Settlers acting outside the government's mandate are frequently even more extreme, and the army looks the other way from their activities. The only thing keeping them from being classed as "terrorists" is that they're on our side. Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |