Avernums how many people do you prefer to use in each of the Avernum games?
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Warrior
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 10:34
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How many people do you like to use in the Avernum games. [ Friday, September 01, 2006 06:17: Message edited by: ginger8445 ] Poll Information This poll contains 2 question(s). 43 user(s) have voted. You may not view the results of this poll without voting. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=MYPhcsKMFvgJ"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=MYPhcsKMFvgJ"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window   Posts: 130 | Registered: Saturday, May 13 2006 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 10:44
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I prefer to play with one, and sometimes I'll go for two. Both are more fun for me than three or four, and about the same as six from Exile. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 15:05
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i fully concur with drakeybaby on that one. edit #1: its much easier to develop a personal relationship to only one or two chars than to the full load. and i think fewer chars are more effective. edit #2: though i prefer two chars over one. [ Saturday, August 12, 2006 15:08: Message edited by: Rent-an-Ihrno ] -------------------- OH MY GOD IT'S THE FUNKY ****!!! Posts: 425 | Registered: Wednesday, January 28 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 17:30
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I've played all the games with a full party. After doing Avernum 4 as a singleton in torment, I'm going to go back and try the others as singletons. It's easier the first time through to use a full party to cover sloppy playing. You can usually recover from mistakes and there are more slots to carry all that loot. I've always gone with custom characters since I haven't found a good set of pregenerated ones. The hedge wizard seems the closest to what I would do for a spellcaster. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 18:59
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Berserker's not bad, but I use four customs. It's hard to make an abusive mage-priest without customizing and most of the classes use their extra points on useless things like Throwing and Underwater Basket Weaving. —Alorael, who will never attempt to use reed javelins again. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 19:06
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I normally use two customs. One is a melée fighter with enough priest knowledge to heal himself and lots of cave lore. The other is a spellcaster with a bow and lots of tool use. -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Councilor
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 21:22
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Dikiyoba uses four customs: a melee-priest, two mage-priests, and a rogue-priest. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 23:34
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I'm getting a feeling that Dikiyoba likes priests. I like to have 4 characters each of whom specialises in 2 things, which I mix and match from among pole, melee, bows, assassination, mage, priest, potions and lockpicking. In other words pretty much like the pre-fab party but with a little bit less redundancy. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Saturday, August 12 2006 23:51
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I use alweays 4 cause I like to keep fighters as fighters and spellcasters as spellcasters and in AV1 and 3 I used default party and AV2 I made custom (and small mistake). Posts: 48 | Registered: Monday, July 31 2006 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Monday, August 14 2006 04:13
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I have tried a singleton in A3 but it was a bit difficult and I gave it up and picked up the NPCs. Otherewise I use 4 Characters: melee-warrior, pole-warrior/priest with mage 3 (can hasten) and two priest/mages. Having 3 priests is very useful against undead. -------------------- My Avernum Walkthroughs Posts: 45 | Registered: Wednesday, June 21 2006 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, August 15 2006 05:22
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Catweasle: Yep 3 priest is nice against undeads but only undeads that fighters just don't hack to pieces are those which drain and Vampires and Demons (not actually undeads but very close) and big litchs so 2 is quite enough. Posts: 48 | Registered: Monday, July 31 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, August 15 2006 10:11
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Let's see... I've used the full four nearly every time. Up to A4, it went tank, archer/rogue, priest, mage. Fairly boring. At BoA, I started diversifying by mixing in magic with the tank and archer. By the time I hit A4, second time through I just used four magic-focused PCs and dominated. Sadly, my interest had flagged in a second run about halfway through. But going back to A2 and 3, I tried something rather fun. Start with a singleton chock-full of personality, then pick up the other NPCs as I went. It was a fun method. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, August 15 2006 10:28
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I create my party with each character doing a diferent thing like: Berserker(For fight and leadership), Rogue(For disarming and bows), Cleric(Priest spells and first aid) and a Sorcerer(Mage spells and potions) or Archer(Range attacks), Rebel(Disarming and lore), Shaman(Fight, priest spells) and a Hedge Wizard(Both spells and potions) Posts: 65 | Registered: Wednesday, September 15 2004 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, August 17 2006 04:29
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In response to Dado's answer I think that's great but I was wondering how are you able to develop a relationship with your NPC's? Posts: 130 | Registered: Saturday, May 13 2006 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, August 17 2006 06:24
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the same way you develop a relationship to a car or your comics. or your girlfriend. but thats another story. it appears to me that effectiveness mostly cuts down the fun. one of the best parties ive ever played was an all-warrior party. 2 sliths (pole), 2 nephils (melee). all have bows, lore etc blabla, which adds up really well. as a variant, all had priest lvl 1 and mage lvl 3, but healing, curing, blessing, light and hasting. of course thats problematic later, without diving restoration and divine warrior, but there you go. edit: btw, what the hell is up with the poll? the numbers on the second questions cant be right. [ Thursday, August 17, 2006 06:25: Message edited by: Rent-an-Ihrno ] -------------------- OH MY GOD IT'S THE FUNKY ****!!! Posts: 425 | Registered: Wednesday, January 28 2004 08:00 |
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Councilor
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written Thursday, August 17 2006 06:55
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On the second question, voters were allowed to vote for as many options as they wanted. That's why the numbers are so odd. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, August 18 2006 03:54
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oh. hm. that makes sense. i found the thought of having other chars than custom ones so ridiculous i didnt think the thing through. -------------------- OH MY GOD IT'S THE FUNKY ****!!! Posts: 425 | Registered: Wednesday, January 28 2004 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Friday, August 18 2006 06:27
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For me, it varies a lot. In A1 and A2, I like 2 chars. In A3, BoA, and A4, I haven't really mastered the art of having anything but 4. I've tried 3 in various configurations, but to no good effect. I've never really tried 1. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Monday, October 23 2006 06:15
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Hi. I wanna try playing Avernum with only one custom character (à la Elder Scrolls series) but I can't quite figure out how to make a viable one. Posts: 3 | Registered: Monday, October 23 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, October 23 2006 07:19
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quote:Your best bet would be to give that character the Natural Mage and Strong Will traits. Because the last thing you need is one easily-encumbered spellcaster with a tendency to get paralyzed. Generally speaking, when you play with just one character, you get a lot of experience really quickly, and then it levels off after a while. So you should be able to reach a stable character build pretty quickly. Oh, and if you want to learn more, I'd advise using the Search function on the boards and entering 'singleton'. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, October 23 2006 08:35
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I prefer 4 custom people. That way, I have an easier time training them the way I like them; I train all 4 to be both priests and mages. It's expensive, I know, but worth it, especially towards the endgame. I also give all 4 the "Natural Mage" trait, making their spells inherently more powerful at the beginning. -------------------- Either I'm crazy, or everybody else is nuts. And I know I'm not crazy because the little man who lives on my shoulder told me so. If people don't think there's something wrong with you, there's something wrong with you. Posts: 558 | Registered: Friday, September 15 2006 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, October 23 2006 11:40
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I prefer 4 customs. A Fighter-Priest, an Archer Mage, a Cleric-Mage, and a Mage-Cleric. Add in Divine Touch on all of them, give the fighter Elite Warrior, the Archer Beastmaster, and the Mage/Clerics Natural Mage... For some weird reason they just don't get close enough to me to really hurt... Can't imagine why though ;) . - Archmagus Micael [ Monday, October 23, 2006 11:43: Message edited by: Archmagus Micael ] -------------------- "You dare Trifle with Avernum?" ~ Erika the Archmage -------------------- My Scenarios: Undead Valley : A small Undead problem, what could possibly go wrong? -------------------- Richard Black - PROOF of his existance (the Infernal one's website). -------------------- MY FORUM! Randomosity at it's highest! :) Posts: 1370 | Registered: Thursday, June 10 2004 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Monday, October 23 2006 12:17
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-X- usually has four Slithzerikai, two are Spearmen who morph into Spearmen / minor Priests (One of the spearmen is a miniscule Mage as well), A Cleric / Useful Skill person. And a Mage / Archer. -X- also occaisonally has a party of four pure Archers And, even rarer, a singleton Mage. Once, -X- tried a lone warrior, but needed those multiple target / area of effect spells. -------------------- May the fires of Undeath burn in your soul, and consume it. Posts: 1636 | Registered: Wednesday, January 5 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, October 23 2006 17:24
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Avernum 1 limits your characters to level 40. So you can easily reach that point as a singleton before getting halfway through the game. Most parties with 4 never encounter that problem. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, October 23 2006 18:33
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I always take the characters I'm given, changing only names, appearances and race to make sure I have at least one of each race. Then I just character editor the hell out of them all. I never lose. So... this topic was successfully resurrected? Come on oldbies, I would have thought you'd jump at the chance to scold whoever for posting here two months late! Don’t you thrive on that kind of thing? -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
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