Guest Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I was replaying Avernum 3 and found a couple of Bitter Loss scrolls. I usually preemptively ditch these things after identifying them because they are cursed items, but for some reason I looked at the item description. It says "Changes Experience when used, Makes user very ill, adds 10 skill points" The 'Adds 10 skill points' caught my attention, so I used the scroll. Lo and behold, I gained ten skill points. Unfortunately I lost 3000 XP, and became severely poisoned and acidified, but late in the game this wouldn't really matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Zaego Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Wait.. what? What? *perks up in the chair* I never noticed that, actually. I had a weird tendency of gathering all sorts of malevolent items like Searing Balms and Poison Elixirs, even these scrolls, but the descriptions just slipped past my attention. I haven't played Avernum 3 in a long time; thus I wonder if the XP loss drains levels? For example, if you have level 50 character who has 2999 XP accumulated towards the next level, does the -3000 XP drain a level, resulting the character gaining +10 Skill Points but winding up being level 49? EDIT: Yep, at end-game consuming even five Searing Balms didn't affect my parties' characters in the slightest... And even if one is unfortunate enough to have characters with low endurance, there's nothing that Divine Restoration wouldn't fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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