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Ash Lael

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  1. I would argue that the definition of "Demon" is pretty much "a being of pure evil", so giving them some other motivation may not be appropriate. I would argue that for this reason, they are a really bad idea. I want Jeff to stop telling the story of Avernum and start telling the story of a few people who happen to live in Avernum.
  2. Quote: Originally written by Dintiradan: Seriously people, these are good BoA ideas. No they aren't. "Here's an enemy to beat" isn't a good premise for anything.
  3. Okay. I'll have to do it without magic or only using one hand or something...
  4. Is beating the demo with a singleton worth bragging about in any way? Because I'm not likely to register. EDIT: On Torment, of course.
  5. Member numbers in the 3000 + range and they're called oldbies? Good grief. (I'm an exception)
  6. Oh my gosh, what a great topic, and I missed all the fun! Well, I'm saying my bit anyhow. Way too much Bob talk for me (and I came up with the term). He's an inevitable symptom of putting the player in a situation where they can do pretty much whatever they feel like. There are much more important things to worry about. What *I* would like to see is a story that is more personal and less political. When was the last Spiderweb game where the story wasn't all about faction X fighting faction y? Having that stuff in there is cool, as a background, but it's not engaging as the main plotline. With war movies, the movies aren't actually about the war, it's just a backdrop to the story about the characters. Imagine the next Geneforge game running like this: Battle lines are being drawn between the Shapers and those who oppose them. You're a farm boy living under Shaper rule, who gets drafted into the army. Under the command of a Shaper, your troop (or whatever) goes to seize/destroy some bunch of canisters/something along those lines that the rebels have. Through a twist of circumstance, you find yourself in the room with the canisters. A bunch of rebels burst in, and you look doomed... only hope is those canisters. You heard they made you powerful or something. You quickly use them and trash the rebels. Then in comes your commander with a few other soldiers and creations. Your commander looks at you, at the empty canisters, and at the dead rebels before you. He orders everyone else out of the room. He explains his problem. They won the battle, the canisters are destroyed, so the objective is complete. Trouble is, you, a regular human, have come into possession of Shaper power. Shaper law makes no provision for circumstance, you're pretty much up for the death penalty here. He shows mercy and tells you to run. Out on your own, as a fugitive from the Shapers, you decide to go home and try to find your family. You haven't heard from them since you were drafted and are worried about how the war might have affected them. ...and on it goes. That sort of beginning sets the stage for a very different kind of game; one that is much more personal than political, and as a consequence, feels fresh.
  7. Quote: Originally written by Delicious Vlish: Quote: Originally written by Ash Lael: Is playing A4 singleton seriously that much harder than playing Diplomacy With The Dead level 1, fully disadvantaged, and with no magic? Ever seen that movie Starship Troopers? Avernum is swarming, SWARMING with bugs now. There are also ogres, capable mages, archers that hide behind well defended murder holes, more bugs, assassins with absolutely deadly poison attacks and insanely high levels of quick action that will pump you full of poison, undead that you must allow to hit you first before you can damage them, and they hit hard, more bugs, demons, insane necromancers, power hungry necromancers, insane power hungry necromancers, gazers, eyebeasts, giants that will overrun you in swarms, terror wolves that will chomp your bones, drakes, crocolisks, basilisks, mutant lizards by the dozens, liches, more bugs, and let us not forget the pylons. LOTS of pylons. Pylons that fire mind control terror rays, death rays, freeze rays, burning rays, pain pain pain! Oh, and more bugs. Remember to bring your bug spray. You are going to be cleaning out many bug infestations. People's cellars are infested with bugs, various caves, a hive, oh geeze there are bugs everywhere. Edit. Also forgot. Muggerers, buggerers, murderers! That's Hedley! I'll take that as a no.
  8. Is playing A4 singleton seriously that much harder than playing Diplomacy With The Dead level 1, fully disadvantaged, and with no magic?
  9. Caught out. Yes, I'm guilty of not reading the thread properly. Sorry about that, but there's only so much tactical discussion of a game I can't play that I can find interesting. Anyway, levelling up problems likely won't be much of an issue. "Be tougher than the other guy" is an effective tactic, but I don't use it too often. I'm more a fan of "Don't get hit". Okay, I'll stop flexing my e-muscles now and just wait for the windows version so we can see how it goes.
  10. Quote: Originally written by Skippy the bush kangaroo: Quote: Originally written by Ash Lael: Seriously, I can't imagine it would be that hard. Jeff's combat is really easy. Expand your mind and be a bit more imaginative - it can be that hard. Particularly if you can't level up... Why would I not be able to level up?
  11. Quote: Originally written by Synergy67: PARTY SIZES: Forget playing as a SINGLETON. I doubt it's possible to win a game with one unless you are a serious glutton for punishment, mind-numbing tedium, multiple reloads, and crippled leveling up early on leaving your singleton way behind the level-up curve. Jeff designed A4 for a party of four in particular. Jeff’s word on this matter was that playing A4 as a singleton should be like playing Civilization campaigns with nothing but phalanxes. This challenge of course will only prompt someone to prove that it can be done. More power to you. Let’s hear how you did it when you pull it off......you deranged lunatic. Bring on the windows version! Seriously, I can't imagine it would be that hard. Jeff's combat is really easy.
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