Burgeoning Battle Gamma Thaeris Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I've recently realized... after a stint of myself being puzzled... that I've failed miserably at one of Avernum 2's most useful puzzles. This of course is the Chitrach Shrine puzzle, where your party must bring three chitrach larve husks from the tower in the south to the shrine in the north. For some reason, perhaps I was tired, I did not realize that multiple trips were in order... so in my latest play-through, I totally trashed that shrine. ...Granted, it was in all likelihood not a good shrine, but free Blademaster is one thing to make anyone a bit less picky. Add in that I've been living dangerously with only one save, there's no recovery point, either. Buth those 50 experience points... But I suppose that happens. It is kind of humorous, but if there is a re-set option for that scenario in the editor, I'd be tempted to run it. Otherwise, I may just need to use the editor to... pretend the scenario was executed properly. To that effect, loading up your last save before a character dies is kind of cheating, too. Q&A&Commentary aside, feel free to add in any additional debacles where they have occured. It's all fun until you quit out of rage, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Jerakeen Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Welcome to the boards, Thaeris! Please leave your sanity at the door - you won't be needing it anymore. My worst disasters consist of loading up an old save to check something, and then saving over my current game. The first time I played A2, I also destroyed that shrine, but I had no idea what I had missed until much later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Mosquito---Slayer Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Mine would have to be playing through abut 3/4th of A3 and then finding out that my file had a bug that made items disappear and that it couldn't be corrected either, I never played A3 again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 [Trenton] LETS GO LETS GO! Frrhrr gets smashed by a wall [Trenton] Dammit. Not again. Anyone have the, "Restore Life" spell? [Kathryn] Sorry. All out of mana. [Micheal] IS THIS A REASON TO STOP RUNNING? WE ARE IN THE TOWER OF SHIFTING WALLS! I lose a guy almost every single time. Stupid walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Thaeris Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Going back to the Shrine puzzle, I have to wonder this... Is Blademaster a requirement for pulling out the Alien Blade? Or does a given character just need to have a lot of strength? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 i'm not sure. My favorite moment of "oh no," and I know it's one that's shared widely, isn't something that can be predicted (on the first playthrough), isn't something that makes a huge difference in the game, and can be overcome fairly trivially. But I still manage to lose horses just about every time I play A3 and ride them into the Filth Factory. —Alorael, who has had the related problem of losing boats. Not in the sense that he can no longer use it, but in the sense of there being a large coastline and a boat left on it... somewhere. He appreciates the fact that E1/A1 gives you the chance to buy extra boats in most of the shipyards. (Boatyards?) Sometimes it's worth the expense not to have to go searching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Avernum 2 in the Vahnatai lands had a game glitch where my boat returned to start and I needed the cheat code to get my party back to the zone start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Walkthrough mentions only strength as requirement so prolly not bladesmaster required (my party was mediocrish at A2 and still got AB). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Thaeris Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 That's the problem with an all-caster party. As much as it makes them awesome, it also limits their max levels in base skills due to needing... all the base skills! Even then, your characters tend to be biased towards certain skills regardless. Priests end up being pretty good fighters in most cases; combine that with elite warrior and you've got a really scrappy trooper. And I'd really love to give my priestess something a bit better than that steel greatsword... but meh, I'll yank it out of there sooner or later. (Just don't keep trying to do that, or you'll be waiting a long time indeed to level up again. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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