Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I did a brief search but can't see anything pertinent. After defeating the first plague, my party keeps having visions of goings-on in Avernum. Who can I speak to/what can I do about these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I think that's tied to having an item in your possession. I think its the Pyrrhic Gloves. No idea what to do about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Kennedy Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 From what I remember the visions were tied to a special date or holiday (day of visions?) though I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan BenS Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I've been having some visions even though I haven't defeated the first plague yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Definitely don't have any named items yet. I'm on Day 15/16 if that pins it down any? Encountered on both the surface and Avernum. Kind of annoying having them pop up constantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 That's strange since I didn't get them until mid game after I got Pyrrhic Gloves. I played through several times and only had two games with those visions. Player's location in the game doesn't matter. Maybe it's tied to Dark Altars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt TriRodent Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 6 hours ago, nikki. said: Kind of annoying having them pop up constantly. Wait until the Xian Skull shows up... I never encountered those visions in my run throughs. Do you have any 'special items' that seem out of the ordinary/might be causing them? Could you quote what one of the visions says? (you aren't talking about the skull are you?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan BenS Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Are these the "Dark Thoughts" (noted as a Special Item, but sadly incurable per the Hint Book)? If so, I'd love to know what I did to contract them... Interestingly, 1 of them seemed to be about those refugees from the slimes you meet just a bit W/SW of the Dryad's Grove. After I cleared the slime plague and spoke w/ them, they returned to their homes and I think I got a Reputation boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Dark Thoughts are a minor curse to your attacks that occurs when you read the wrong spell books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 I like the Xian Skull. It's just as good in this game, except it doesn't play audio that says "Hey I'm a talking skull". :'( I didn't have one while playing yesterday, but one was about sliths chasing down avernites, and one was about a long dark warren of waterfalls. Clearly throwbacks to previous Avernum games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan BenS Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Randomizer said: Dark Thoughts are a minor curse to your attacks that occurs when you read the wrong spell books. Ugh. Well that's annoying, as now I'm stuck w/ it for the entire game. For future reference, can you clarify what the "wrong spell books" means? I would assume either I had the accumulated lore to read a spell book or I didn't. I find it odd that the game would penalize me like that and then not give me a chance to remedy it. In any case, I think you're saying that the Dark Thoughts are separate from the visions, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Definitely separate from the visions. I remember Dark Thoughts from the Tower of Magi spell book, and one in Tomb of Vahkohs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan BenS Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 13 minutes ago, Randomizer said: Definitely separate from the visions. I remember Dark Thoughts from the Tower of Magi spell book, and one in Tomb of Vahkohs. Very strange. I did read a spell book in the south/center area of the Tower of Magi in a hidden room, that gave me a level in Arcane Summon (which I can't obviously cast at my current level). It appears Jeff decided to penalize me for doing that. What's further odd is that the hint book does not reference this as the Tier 3 location for Arcane Summon. So I'll just ignore it for my 2nd game. Lesson learned. As for the Tomb of Vahkohs, the hint book shows that as the location of a Tier 3 priest spell, however. I'm really hoping the book that gives you Dark Thoughts is in addition to the "good" spell book, as I don't think we should be getting penalized for learning a Tier 3 spell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 There are two spell books in Tomb of Vahkohs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan BenS Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 ^ Noted; thank you as always for being so helpful. If I figure out what actually causes the visions, I'll come back to post it here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt TriRodent Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Using the tomb as an example: There's the one good L3 priest spell book And then there's the one "Animating Zombies for Dummies" (or something like that...). Reading 'that' bad book is what gives you the Dark Thoughts. Save before reading books is the easy solution, but the DTs don't seem to impact you too much if you happen to collect them. Just brooding thoughts while relaxing in your 'new' mansion or sitting around a campfire... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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