Chief Spider watching The Simpsons

The Isle of Big-Ail Revived by the wicked priest Anohar, the new Anama Church has spread evil since at least before the year 833. People far and wide have been subdued by its seductive call, with promises not worth the time. People were persecuted and subject to other undeserved punishment. It is a dark organization indeed. The Anama has bended the minds of common people with the promise of relief from troubles of the times. When the roach plague struck on the Isle of Bigail, also the location of the Anama’s headquarters, free healing was offered, with the priority to members and serious candidates. Who in his right mind wouldn’t? A healing spell was offered for free by an Anama administrator in a small town in the Monroe province, where it was taking its toll from the Golems. Easy access to powerful Priest spells and alchemical recipes were offered to adventurers who would give up their magic to become less powerful in the world, and thus, less influential in the critical, dangerous work environment. And finally, in the same area, mind-bending narcotic drugs were shipped to Gale in Monroe, where most of the money was sent to fight the most powerful monsters of all (Golems and Drakes in particular), explaining why that city in particular was so ineffective in fighting the monsters and how the Anama became so rich at the same time. These drugs were secretly being produced in and around the Isle of Bigail by farmers who were instructed to do so under secret penalties. It is said that Anama members would not interact with people not associated with their clique because it made them feel uncomfortable. Although this is true to an extent, the major reason is because Anama leaders instructed their underlings to shut themselves off from the outside world, receiving all news and propaganda from its own shameless Church. Questions of acceptance into the Church were rigged to make the listener sympathetic (such as the story of a very young girl happening to die in a magical experiment gone wrong, somehow supposedly discrediting the value of magery entirely). The real, secret agenda of the Anama Church was to cut itself and as many members as it could muster to gain off from the Empire and the world. Although this is generally admirable, it is not in the strict sense because of its intention: Isolated domination. The Anama wanted to create a subliminal form of slavery of its own worse than the Empire. Mages were forced into hiding, people of opposing views in the area were persecuted and jailed, and the non-Anama mayor of Shayder suffered an attempted assassination by poisoning. Imperial soldiers wandering about the Island of Bigail were in terrible shape as opposed to the Anama members fighting for what was supposedly the same cause of removing the cockroach plague. To go on further about the cockroach plague, it is suspected that the Anama knew about the location of the Filth Factory and the solution to the plague the whole time, but kept the knowledge discreet and refused to reveal such information. It is suspected that the Anama were in contact with the Vahnatai and helped in the creation of the plague because of the common cause to exterminate Empire citizens. Such evidence is that there were many human items within the factory, and that magical engineers created signs that shifted languages to the preference of the viewer. That said, amnesty from the effects of the plague was guaranteed to administrators in the Anama. Cockroaches were programmed to not attack priestesses, high priests, and officers and administrators within the Anama business. This enabled the Anama to further her reputation by being able to stand up and heal the sick, also with the threat of failing to heal those in desperate need who were not members. Buildings and crops were destroyed (including a small meditation center nominally Anama without anyone with amnesty there) because the Anama priests hid the secret well, placing a powerful Sanctuary spell over the path that led to the factory. The Anama had no reason for the curse to be lifted, and could only take credit in front of the people when it was. The Anama continues to spread, and it’s up to people like you and me to stop it. Only make scenarios that include the condemnation of this evil organization. Call your senators and tell them that you support listing the Anama as a hate group, and that they rely on your votes. You can also make financial contributions in the form of $5, $10 $20, or even $500. It’s important that we eliminate the spread of their terrorist agenda NOW. If you would like to donate, please print out and complete the form below. Send completed form and payment to: Ermarian Religious Watch 7727 46th Place W. Mukilteo, WA 98275 Make checks payable to “Christopher Fossedal” _ Yes! I would like to help stop the Anama terrorists in their tracks! I am sending my donation in the form of: _cash _check I am sending: _$5 _$10 _$20 _$500 _Other:____ _ No, I am not able to contribute financially now, but you are in my prayers. Please sign me up for the following e-newsletters: _NOM (National Organization of Magery) _MAA (Mothers Against Anama) _The Naked Vahnatai _The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth _Divine Lucre’s “You can take it to the bank” _Anti-Anohar Weekly

Oh, I think it is! Who needs a lifeshield when you've got luck! Just pick up a couple of K-Brews and take a stroll down to your local 24-hour fitness representative in Silvar, Formello, or Almaria...

If none of that works, I'll just pick up a free, old computer from the college, put the game on it, and send it to you. You just take care of the shipping.

It's included with the game.

Quote: Originally written by Ephesos: Quote: Originally written by Chief Spider watching The Simpsons: [qb]The difference between Fireblast and Divine Fire is that Fireblast can kill goblins, but Divine Fire is able to kill goblin fighters. Most of the time. But at least DV only costs 7 SP! What? Goblins? Bolt of Fire can kill goblins. Fireblast and Divine Fire have the tendency to actually melt goblins down to their constituent pixels... they're that powerful. Unless you're talking about another scenario's goblins, like EM or Backwater Calls, that is. And Fireblast is infinitely better than Divine Fire, it's just that priests don't have access to the spell, so Divine Fire is the next best thing. QB] I was not saying Divine Fire was more powerful, I was humorously making the point that the two spells are about even when it comes to goblins. It was a joke.

That's got to be because there was no kind of "Major Heal" spell (in-between Minor Heal, Heal, and Revive) like in Exile. Now there's just Heal, and Divine Restoration, but at different levels.

Locke, do NOT get suckered into this. Do NOT join the Anama if your actual, real life depends on it. It's got to be the greatest religious rip-off in history besides King Henry's Church of England, and despite the "peaceful" propoganda the Anama spreads, they are really just cowardly murderers and thieves of the people. It's a gang that secretly manufactures addictive gateway drugs and ships them out to where the real money to fight the monsters was sent: Gale. It's a conspiracy, Locke, and don't you want in on it. Ever. This is for your own good, and the good of everyone.

It really doesn't matter what game it's in as long as we yak on and on and on and on and on... Yes, the only things healers are remotely good for is uncursing items (that you shouldn't have put on before knowing what it is anyway) and raising dead (only if you're one of those "all-natural" players who doesn't save or reload). Remember, MagicPatrick, never put on unnaturally shiny-looking armor given to you by strangers. You don't know where it's been.

It almost sounds like he used a Mac to download the Windows version. Or, more likely, vice versa.

Oh my, I was about to make a post about that! What a weird transfussion between two games, similar but just not right. I still miss Recharge.

The editor is one of those things... It borders on the line of good and evil. We can use it to do good, but in our stubborness, we often don't. We can use it to do evil, and when we do, we always find a way to assure ourselves that nothing scandalous has occured before the "save as" button is clicked. No one knows exactly why it was created. But we're too afraid to go in and deactivate it, like the guardians to Grah-Hoth's realm. It's best to set it aside, and only use it for healing when you have a break in a dungeon. Otherwise, don't tread too close.

Does that mean people age faster? Oh, and I'm pretty sure that at least some months go on for more than 28 days, because once I was just waiting and waiting for the next month to come, and it went past 31, and went all the way to about 38 or 40.

Does that include, like a "magic" class sword or something?

Well, it doesn't seem to take 200 hours while walking around outside! Or does it? Some of those distances outdoors are pretty screwed up. How many months are there? Suncome, Icefall, Leaf-fall, Empire, Radiane, Rememberance, Frost, any more? And don't the months generally have 40 days?

Really? So do I! Why don't you come out of that tower of yours sometime and email me your ideas. Mr. Vogel always listens to ME.

Maybe, but that demon Prazac acknowledged that the Empire would end up paying for its crimes against Aver/Exile and the Vahnatai. It has to happen eventually. I wouldn't mind another Empire war. I didn't feast on enough of their horrible entereils during the first one. Sometimes, at the Red-pass gates I had already gotten experience from by passing, I wanted to walk up to them with some a gray pass and a crystal soul and say something like: "See this, Imperial filth? We took these from deep inside your dungeons slaying your master's cohorts and ruining your twisted projects along the way. Who knows? Maybe we killed one of your brothers or your best friends! We hate the Empire and dare you to attack us. You see, it must be extra frustrating for you seeing that you have no chance because we've proven our strength in your pathetic excuses for 'fortresses.' In fact, we have in this urn the ashes of the head of your pitiful Garzhad, whom, along side his demons and Dervishes, we dispatched of with great ease. We also broke into a ladies locker room in Pyrog's Lair, cast Control Foes on your daughters, and raped them, before breaking the Pheonix Egg we found in the high-security building there, incinerating everything in your now ruined fort. There are some photos in our pack if you want to see. We put them with the special items. We would also like to thank you, on behalf of all Avernum for your stupidity of declaring war and painstakingly teleporting down all kinds of food, metal, and other goods so you can have them stolen and your troops slaughtered by us. We will now accept a sacrifice of ten beaten, chastised Empire Dervishes with their legs, arms, and most personal apendages brutally removed with poisoned saws so that we may laugh and spit in their faces before we go on our merry way to destroy more of your overconfident Empire one cell at a time. If you refuse to cooperate, we will force you and the Dervishes to writhe in some worse agony. What we've done before and what we demand now is more than you deserve. Thank You."

The difference between Fireblast and Divine Fire is that Fireblast can kill goblins, but Divine Fire is able to kill goblin fighters. Most of the time. But at least DV only costs 7 SP!

Do you know one Exile spell I miss? Recharge.

That's a question I've been wondering about for a while. I think it can also help you avoid physical blows. It's just like they say, "Luck is one of the greatest skills you can have!"

I always use custom characters: Human melee warrior (who also happens to use the lockpicks), Slith pole-weapons warrior, Priest, and Mage. Pretty generic and absolutely pathetic, but it works the way it should. By the way, the six-character parties are not coming back for A4.

My favorite would have to be... Spider.

You can also capture a guard. Oh and by the way, if you want a demon, just cast Daemon.

Quote: Originally written by Espionage: I just realized that if you summon a creature using Simulacrum then you dont get any experience for the things that it kills. That sucks and makes the whole skill basically useless. No, you think?

Stupid mirrors.

Yes, but a little too so with "Middle Earth." Why the heck did there have to be a "Middle in it?" Oh, and my new Vahnatai discovery: Mind Crystals are really just Crystal Souls that have gotten sooooooo old that they aren't of any guiding use anymore. So they give one last gift as a sense of fulfillment... or drain your mind as a final strike before they go to Hell... Amazing! Absolutely Amazing!