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Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S Originally Posted By: ShieTar in my version of the game (Windows/Steam), the cost of the second training is NOT twice that of the first training. Training twice just comes at a price of "x+x", not "x+2x". Not doubting you, just wanting to make absolutely sure this crazy difference between versions is real: you are actually training one character twice and paying the same amount each time, right? Just seeing the difference between "Learn Spray Acid" and "Improve Spray Acid" for 2 different characters can mislead you, since points from a spellbook are tracked separately from trained points. Think there is a genuine difference. In my copy (Windows version, downloaded directly from SW) training the second level of a spell has the same cost as the first level. For example from Throndell I trained my priest in Mass Healing, the first level cost 800, second level for the same character also costs 800. Finally, the windoze users get a break

That sounds rather like one of those xkcd diagrams, with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs on one axis, and Distance I'm Prepared to Walk on the other

It maybe depends on the conditions you have to walk in. 10 miles in a blizzard, or across a desert, probably not. 10 miles walk by the river on a nice summer afternoon, absolutely, I would do the walk just for the pleasure of the journey. Still, walking along beside a busy road is not one of the more pleasant situations IMO. Cycling might be better.

Avernum: Escape from the Wit, a place where you can take refuge from forum posting games

I think it's the autocensor that has been messed around with, e.g. when you type Exile it displays as Avernum. Which is wrong on multiple levels.

The subject says E3, but the post says A3. If you meant A3, it should install ok *if* you download the latest version of the demo from the spiderweb website (it installs fine on my 64 bit windows). However, any versions you had downloaded a few years ago, or received on a CD-ROM, might not work. If you have problems with your game being unregistered, just e-mail spiderweb explaining (and giving the name & address from which you originally registered) and they will give you a new registration code. To avoid doubt, E3 cannot be installed on a 64 bit windows, for that you need to use a virtual machine (e.g. VirtualBox). Edit: Alright can we stop messing with the boards now? It's getting confusing.

#2 is from the last episode of Blake's 7, Avon confronts Blake (it doesn't end well).

Originally Posted By: Miramor As far as I know, the "Pacifist" detriment does not exist in BoE or any of the Exile games. Exile 2. But they can't even cast haste or bless, so basically pretty useless.

Same thing happened to me, as described in Edit #2, except it was the character in the 2nd slot.

Originally Posted By: Thaluikhain Should have been more clear, I didn't mean just random ghosts, there are a few that seem to know all about you, your quest, and what you will end up finding, and who are opposed by something else that makes them disappear after giving you cryptic hints. I think that's supposed to be Bon-Ihrno.

It is due to your opinions; as soon as you get that message ("You may have a harder time dealing with them now") you are locked out of Awakened shops forever, even changing your reputation to pro-servile won't fix it. A new stuff done flag is set when you visit Medab with reputation >=115, and it cannot be reset in game. You can fix it with shift+D, entering SDF 17 10 0 and SDF 17 11 0.

I still don't really understand what you're trying do here. Intelligence does not make your spells better, nor give you access to new spells, it just gives you more spell energy (and essence).

What exactly is it you need, more spells or better spells? Either way, at least one of the character editors allow you to raise a specific stat. See the links in the Geneforge 4 strategy central thread.

I think it's also likely Jeff himself restrains the art, since he wants the games to be family-friendly. After all, he is marketing to a lot of teens who rely on their parents to make payment. In terms of demographics, I would guess that the majority of customers are teenaged or young adult males. But not exclusively. Anyway some of the male clients might like the 'nearly nude' men as well, who knows.

Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S Yeah, some of those things are generic far beyond LOTR. For example, "The core character has some suggestive dreams" happens in every other epic story going all the way back to Gilgamesh. I bet someone 3500 years ago was saying the Epic of Gilgamesh is too derivative, it lifts too much material from the cave paintings in the next valley over

Thanks Stareye. Fyi a couple of line breaks are missing, e.g. before imdrained.

I can't get a purchase on this topic, somehow.

Originally Posted By: Dantius The villain of he first opera, Alberich, is short, dirty, greedy, and has a long nose. He's a dwarf. Certainly being short, dirty and greedy seem are normal dwarf characteristics. Where is it said that he has a long nose? Not that I am denying Wagner's anti-semetism of course, which was explicitly expressed in his writings. Originally Posted By: Erasmus p.s. are you sure about the Nibelungenlied? I just wikied it and the story seems more akin to the Illiad than to LotR? I'm 100% certain the Ring cycle is based on the Nibelungenlied. I make no claims about any link from LOTR to the Ring cycle (and thence the Nibelungenlied), but others do.

Originally Posted By: Master1 Then again, LotR is based on Wagner's Ring, so I'm reading a fanfic of a fanfic? I'm not sure how much Wagner's Ring cycle is really the basis of LOTR, but as it happens the cycle is itself based on the Nibelungenlied, so Inheritance would be fanfic^3 by now. What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom? Not sure anyone has ever described the Ring cycle as fanfic though...

Sylak's talking skull says: "Hi, I'm a talking skull!"

On the fourth day of Vlishmas, My Shaper shaped for me Four battle betas Three ur-glaahks Two growling thahds And a wingbolt in a dead tree. Edit: See, unlike Alorael, I don't know the song that well and am easily confused by syllables

Yes, it will work if you copy the registered version of the prefs file from your desktop to your laptop. Alternatively you can first install the registered version from the CD and then reinstall using the latest demo, the game should stay registered. (Backup the registered prefs file first in case!)

First let's clarify what we are talking about. Avernum 4 is the best example because it shares the same world as Avernum 1 (or A:EFTP). Avernum 4 forces linearity by erecting various obstacles that confine you to a particular region until you are "ready" to move on. E.g. you can't leave Formello region until you get permission, you can't get past the Silvar bridge until you are given permission, etc. There's even a bridge that's initially broken to keep you trapped, but supposedly get repaired later. It was the same in Avernums 5 & 6, and Geneforge 3, 4 & 5. Whereas in Avernum 1, 2 (chapter 4) & 3, and Geneforge 1 & 2, you could go pretty much anywhere you wanted the only real limit being survivability. Therefore this is what I have suggested: given the "barriers" in discussion are nothing more than SDF checks at certain gates/bridges, it would be straight forward to program in an addition override that allows you through if a "don't fence me in" game option was set. Of course, in order for this to not break the game, the plot would have to be written with a bit less linearity. Which is what a lot of us would prefer, in fact. Jeff rightly points out that he doesn't want to lose customers by making it too easy to die in his games by accidentally wandering in to the wrong area. I am just trying to suggest a way this could be done without forcing a 100% linear plot.

Originally Posted By: Vent The difficulty in Avernum isn't managed just by simple zone well delimited so those optional barriers are a false solution. You misunderstand - I like the open format of Avernum 1/2/3 and would hate that to change. I don't think Jeff plans to make that magnitude of changes to the legacy games. But the newer games do have the barriers, which a lot of us dislike, and it would be great if they were optional. Edit: Obviously, Avernum 2 literally does have barriers in Chapter 1; however Chapter 4 is completely open and that's by far the biggest part of the game.

Originally Posted By: DragoWaffle what was wrong with the sentence How to use You're and Your