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Edgwyn

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  1. The descriptions of slith lairs definitely seem to reinforce a reptilian not mammalian cycle. An argument could be made for some fish aspects but I think that something along the lines of turtles would be closest breeding wise, definitely not any biological reason for nipples or navels. It does make sense that a AI with a lot of furry art is going to have a mammalian bias.
  2. I found it interesting that the Freeforms had substantially more scales/rougher skin than the non-freeforms
  3. Erika does, but I think that you have to either have a higher reputation or do some quests first before she offers the training, but I cannot remember which for sure.
  4. I wish A4 would get the map style from A1-3, but I am just happy that A4 is going to get remade, even though we are talking 3-5 years from now
  5. Yes, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the community.
  6. QW is probably closest to Avadon in style, Avernum is an older style (and I personally prefer it). The side quests in Avadon can help make you stronger which can help with the end game.
  7. What is not really clear from what we see is how many staff Avadon actually has. In Avadon 1, if I recall correctly, there is only enough space for half a dozen hands and three or so Hearts. The quality of the hands seems really poor (common RPG problem where the PC is the best option there is) with the brand new recruit/draftee being the only one who can do anything, which seems to be part of the problem with assigning completely wrong personalities to the missons
  8. Compensation seems to be another issue. A big part of a hand's compensation package seems to be what they can extort from various people, often ones who are in great need. If the Hands were being well compensated and held accountable then bribery would be at least a lot more expensive.
  9. Avadon has a lot of lessons in how not to run an organization. Don't forget the lack of accountability
  10. Peter Ustinov posed as David Niven's Batman during World War 2 to make it socially acceptable for the two actors to socialize more openly then their ranks in the British Army would otherwise have allowed.
  11. Arguably Sam is the only character that we spend much time with from the lower class. The rest of the companions are all some kind of nobility/upper class (Gimli, Legolas, Boromir, Aragon, etc). Sam's characterization is probably not all that far from the reality of the England of Tolkien's youth.
  12. I am currently reading the Ring of Fire series. That should keep me occupied for a long time
  13. Several people have completed various no magic play throughs. One of the great things about these games is that you have a lot of different build options that you can explore and most of them will work well enough to let you complete the game.
  14. In addition to the shareware CDs, there was also some coverage in hard copy computer magazines that focused on the Mac market. That is another mechanism that essentially does not exist any more. Not just because hard copy magazines are going away, but also because there are so many more games on the market that covering a small indy game is unlikely.
  15. This data is really odd. It is showing that A:CS grossed slightly more than A:EFTP despite selling half as many copies. That could be possible if A:EFTP wasn't originally on the site and A:CS caused people to buy A:EFTP at a discount, but it is still odd
  16. Water clock is probably the easiest solution. It is possible that when the original mages created/altered the glowing fungus that they gave it a day/night cycle as well.
  17. Edgwyn

    Avernum series

    I like Avernum 2 the best as well. Story wise I like 1 and 2 equally well, but 2 seems so much bigger to me even though it is only slightly bigger. It also just seems better developed, but that is probably because it was the second game developed (going back to the original version).
  18. My notes are inconsistent on this. I show a quest from Micah to Destry Garzahd which results in access to the Divine Host and Arcane Blow Level 3 spell books. And elsewhere I show no reward
  19. The link with the image of the pillar does appear to be broken to me. However, a few items above there is the link to the map that Jerakeen made of Jhereth Deeps that has all of the blue ore locations marked which should help anyone who is having difficulty with this quest. Jerakeen has not been on here in several years so I doubt we are going to see a fix to that link.
  20. I believe that the option of killing Redbeard in the first two games was put in by Jeff just for the sake of giving the players options. From what I remember, his death is non-canonical and so all of that pain serves no purpose. I had read enough of that here at the time that I did not kill him on my first play through and found the game much more enjoyable that way.
  21. It is West of Formello, depending on where you are in the game you might need a boat to get to it. More specifically, it is in the Southwest portion of the square to the West of Formello.
  22. The empire fits in pretty well with a lawful evil designation with high organization towards evil ends. The Nazis were pretty good record keepers too.
  23. Ladyonthemoon, as I stated earlier in this thread, I grew up playing games well before automap. I like automap. If your opinion of my work ethic is based on my approach to playing computer games, I think that you may want to question your judgement. I play computer games for fun. I have plenty of time at work each day to do calculations, research products and techniques and do other difficult things, so I read for fun and I play computer games for fun. If you believe that the only way to play computer games is to make maps with pencil and paper and have perma-death, then that is what you must enjoy. I don't.
  24. They are really just a bunch of bureaucrats so the best that you will find are empire records and papers for Fort Remote
  25. It certainly looks old when compared to Skyrim or Fortnite or any of their peers, but it does not look that bad compared to mobile games which are played by the same demographic. Queens Wish's graphics are not hugely better than the older games, but there are a lot of interface improvements that I think make the re-mastered games more enjoyable to play, and more accessible, such as the junk bag and the auto mapping.
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