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AuthorTopic: Confused by Essence
Corydon
Apprentice
Member # 7993
 written Thursday, February 1 2007 12:24 Profile #0
Hi all, new player here. I've been fumbling around with Geneforge 4 for a couple of days. Some of the stuff is familiar-- I played Exile and Blades of Exile, oh, ages ago, so I know the basic setup-- but other stuff has me confused.

In particular, I'm flummoxed by how essence works. I figured that, to give the game a go, I'd try a character who relied mainly on spells, so I built an infiltrator. I have one little fyora following me around.

What I've discovered is that, while I have tons of spell energy, I have almost no essence. This makes spellcasting... difficult, as many spells require essence.

What am I missing? Is there a way to recharge essence? As it stands, I fear that this character is close to unplayable.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated; thanks!
Posts: 6 | Registered: Thursday, February 1 2007 08:00
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Thursday, February 1 2007 12:33 Profile Homepage #1
Your fyora is tying up some of your essence and you can't get it back until it dies or you reabsorb it. (Fyoras are pretty cheap but low-level characters don't have a lot of essence and improving any of the fyora's skills increases its essence cost.)

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, February 1 2007 12:50 Profile Homepage #2
I wonder if Jeff could make this more explicit by making the portion of your essence bar that's semi-permanently tied up in creations a different colour than the portion of the essence bar that's simply been expended by casting spells.

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Corydon
Apprentice
Member # 7993
 written Thursday, February 1 2007 14:10 Profile #3
quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

Your fyora is tying up some of your essence and you can't get it back until it dies or you reabsorb it. (Fyoras are pretty cheap but low-level characters don't have a lot of essence and improving any of the fyora's skills increases its essence cost.)
Right-- I knew that the fyora was tying up some, so I absorbed it. But I'm still only at 31/53 essence. I know that I can get essence back through pods; is there a way to regenerate it in a similar way to how you can get health and magic points back?
Posts: 6 | Registered: Thursday, February 1 2007 08:00
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Thursday, February 1 2007 14:12 Profile Homepage #4
You need to find an essence pool or return to a friendly town.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Corydon
Apprentice
Member # 7993
 written Thursday, February 1 2007 14:53 Profile #5
Ah, okay. For some reason, I thought it worked differently from the other stats.

Thanks for your help!
Posts: 6 | Registered: Thursday, February 1 2007 08:00
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Thursday, February 1 2007 18:47 Profile #6
Essence is the only stat that doesn't comeback with time. Spell energy returns. Although if you are doing a lot of spellcasting you might want to occasionally use essence pods to speed up the process in major fights.
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
Thuryl
...b10010b...
Member # 869
 written Thursday, February 1 2007 20:18 Profile Homepage #7
quote:
Originally written by Randomizer:

Essence is the only stat that doesn't comeback with time. Spell energy returns.
Well, health doesn't either, although you can of course heal it by expending spell energy and essence.

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