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Quote: Originally written by -X-: Exiled Necromancer gets a "Plm" point due to his unimaginative name and inability to use actual English. Given that your name appears quite similar to his, you think you would know that 'X' is not a necromancer!

Ah, the censorship begins.

Everyone will tell you something different, no doubt. I'll suggest Nephil's Gambit, which has by far the most interesting and believable story of any scenario I've ever seen. The story is well-delivered, and the gameplay and writing are both solid, full of wonderful details. Also, it's one of exactly two scenarios I've seen (and the only one for BoE) that build on the world of Exile in a way that makes any sense whatsoever. I can't recommend it enough.

As long as the clawbugs don't look like chitrachs

Nah, I've been busy. Light drinkers would be well advised to stay away from today's menu item. -- Artequila

Nope, stun resistance is based on Strength. Luck will also contribute a little. And Alorael is right -- Intelligence does not contribute to spell strength at all. (In Exile, it was the ONLY thing that contributed to it, but that has changed.)

I guess that means I'm going to have to name my character Tim.

It's hard to balance a set of things where each thing has a unique effect. It's also usually better for a game to have some underpowered stuff than some broken stuff. Most designers of computer RPGs don't have the time to focus on perfectly balancing every spell, since so many things demand a designer's attention. So, some spells will always tend to be useless. I can think of a few games where this isn't the case, but they are all games that had a small number of spells (Dragon Warrior had 10, for example, only 6 of which were combat spells).

It's hard to balance a set of things where each thing has a unique effect. It's also usually better for a game to have some underpowered stuff than some broken stuff. Most designers of computer RPGs don't have the time to focus on perfectly balancing every spell, since so many things demand a designer's attention. So, some spells will always tend to be useless. I can think of a few games where this isn't the case, but they are all games that had a small number of spells (Dragon Warrior had 10, for example, only 6 of which were combat spells).

There are a number of people who refer to each item. Off the top of my head, Demonslayer is referred to by Efram and Anastasia in Silvar, Boutell in Fort Draco (I think), Solberg, Patrick, Micah, probably Rone and some other folk. The Orb of Thralni is definitely referred to by people in the Castle (where it was stolen from) and Fort Remote, and probably others as well.

Did you say chapter 2? That, too, makes me happy. Having chapter divisions has been as good an indicator of a great Spiderweb game as anything else. (See: Exile 2, Nethergate)

Sweet.

I am fairly sure that you can only get Aodare's ending (he's the one character who alludes to it) by killing all of the sect leaders. The ending I'm talking about specifically states that the Shaper Coüncil is pleased that you demolished all four sects.

Accepting the quest doesn't matter. And in order to get the non-aligned ending, you have to kill the people you listed PLUS Zakary. 5/6 is not enough.

Bhahahaha. Nice one Andraste!

The comments in those files are not always 100% accurate...

Honestly, it might be worth the investment for someone (presumably other than Jeff) to spend 20 minutes putting up some new screenshots.

They're grrreat! ...I'm shhhiverrring. -- Frosted Cryodrayks

Just for clarity's sake: Encumbrance is determined by what you wear (not what you carry), and it has two effects, which can be partially mitigated by Defense skill: lowering your to-hit chance, and making your mage spells fail. I seem to recall finding a plethora of superb 0 and 1 encumbrance armor pieces in all three Exiles. Maybe not enough for a party of six mages, but if you have six mages then how is anything making it to melee range anyway? Make one mage a tank for when you're in a narrow maze and you should be fine.

What's the BIG change?

Are there any other creations that somebody wrote an entire tract about the overpoweredness of? No, I didn't think so. Vlish aren't really overpowered in G1, although they are still extremely useful there. And in G2, they are slightly overpowered, but not head and shoulders above every other creation as in G3.

It's definitely not going to be General Greiner's Chicken. Although that would be appropriate.

I'm not sure Item Lore will ever work with 100% effectiveness. It certainly doesn't at party skill of 10, which is the highest I ever tried.

The problem is that Item Lore is so expensive, in gold but mainly in skill points. At FOUR skill points per point of Item Lore, it's easily the game's worst value. (Well, maybe it's better than buying Health directly.) Item Lore is a relatively small convenience, for which you are willing to give up 2 points of Edged Weapons, or 1 1/3 points of Intelligence? Or most of a point in Luck or Priest Spells? Absurd. I have sometimes edited 10 points into my singleton games, just to make monster drops less than totally useless.

Yes... what Alorael said. I think I might as well be Red Mage himself.