Davies

On 10/1/2019 at 11:30 AM, Velitace said:

You can use the sign decoration to label the shops, though it doesn't show up on the minimap.

Okay, where's the option to select a different sign? I tried putting up signs on my first two buildings, but I got the smith sign on both of them.

I'm considering whether to go for the Voyager of the Night medal. Does sharing your dreams with the Nisse give them any combat advantages in the final battles?

16 hours ago, madrigan said:

Yeah, but Queen Sharyn is pretty badass.

She'd probably be even more so if they hadn't stolen her orb.

That's one thing that I would have liked in the denouement -- if your PC finds her orb, and brings it back, that adds to her 'impressed' level.

My first run I did southern Vol first, then became alarmed at how my Quicksilver upkeep from a mere two Apothecaries exceeded my production, and so went on to the Ahriel second. On my second run, I pretty much did Ukat, then Vol, then Ahriel.

Two things I don't like about it:

1. The lack of personality in your companions, a real step back from the way things were in Avadon. That said, I understand that managing your relationships with the various NPCs is hard enough, and that adding that level of writing would make the entire thing that much more complex.
2. The limited inventory, which I suspect led to me missing out on a lot of cool items because I just couldn't carry them all.

Everything else is great fun (though the last battle with the Nisse had me tearing my hair out) and I'm definitely looking forward to the sequel.

So I've cleaned up Murkhala and the Ashen Foundry, but now I'm being told to go look around Murkhala for something. Where, exactly am I supposed to look? I've already fought the Hidden Prince, and I can't find any other enigmas there.

Edit: Nevermind, I found it.

Finished my third playthrough (loyalist/sycophant) last night, and again I got the "You never see Nathalie again. You hear stories and rumors, but you never learn for sure where her quest for knowledge and power takes her." ending after I sent her away before the final confrontation, even though I A. told Nathalie that I wouldn't tell anyone about the library and B. didn't tell anyone about the library.

I'm not sure about that. My first successful playthrough was as a RedBeard loyalist who earned the loyalty of all my companions anyway, and after I sent Nathalie after her books after telling the librarian about them and never mentioning the fact that I'd done so to her, Nathalie was never seen nor heard from again.

Okay, how exactly am I supposed to make a pact with the Ogres here? Every time I approach the sentries they become hostile and that turns their boss hostile as well. How do I approach him in a calm mood so I can get that "Making Bad Choices" medal.

Can I access the full ending text for the game? I finished it, liked it, will probably play through again, but I probably won't play the fifty or so times it would take to see all the possible combinations.

"textplot" in the Scripts directory.

So i've been playing Avadon 2 lately, and I just met Basilia. I've got a feeling she was in Avadon 1, but can't find any info about it. Is it true, or am i mistaken?

You're mistaken, there were no tinkermages in Avadon 1.

He has one in the second Avernum Trilogy so maybe the haven't gotten around to installing it.

My head canon is that when they asked, he promptly replied 'Over my dead body.'

... well ... he got his wish.

1. Only the armored figure is a Hand, the baby and the woman are both citizens of the Pact being sheltered from the horror of the Outlands by the Hand of Avadon. It's a propaganda image, how Avadon would like to present itself.

2. Nope. Possibly as set-up for something that will feature in the next game.

3. It's never elaborated on. (My headcanon is that that Hand Esmee, the Hand who gives you the Eye Dymas questline, is the PC from the previous game. She made the fatal mistake of letting Duke Gryfyn walk away to avoid a difficult fight and get back to Avadon in one piece, and then lying about it to Redbeard's face. He was not happy, hence her exile to this post and her dissipation. Her friends are scattered all over.)

Remember that at the start of Ava2, the PC is NOT a Hand; you're just a lowly scout-in-training. It's extremely doubtful that the rebels could have predicted that the PC was going to get conscripted by Avadon and then prearranged the defection of scout in order to later recruit the PC.

Here's a possible sequence of events:

1) The scout is captured legitimately; the PC is ordered to travel to Avadon.

2) The scout is held for some time in the trapped lair; the PC travels to Avadon.

3) The PC returns from Avadon and spies inside Rockridge Keep discover that the PC has become a Hand; they inform Konstina.

4) Konstina immediately pulls the scout out of the lair ("rescuing") and starts to work brainwashing him/her for the sake of a planned subversion of a Hand of Avadon.

Random gameplay question: if I report to Calan about my companions (after doing their quests), does it have any effect on the game?

None whatsoever. If you've reached the level cap and need some more money, it's a good way to get it. (You get more XP if you cover for them.)

Thank you a thousand times over, Mr. Vogel. Will there be some way to ALTER that course before embarking should you find it unsatisfactory?

The only one that I've ever even a little bit hesitant about is Yoshiria, because I still think she's actually a Grey Raptor. Otherwise, these are what you need to do to earn the loyalty of your companions. So you do it, and live with the consequences.

When you go to kill Grah-Hoth, there's an encounter where you'll get a helpful note from Solberg telling you that you really ought to do get the Orb if you haven't already done so, as though the huge canyon separating you from his fortress wasn't enough of a hint. But it's not a quest, as such.

On the other hand, there are some things you can't buy. Like Reputation.

Never said it did.

Sure there is. Equip one member of your team with the Rod of Attraction. Send that teammate off to the side, and have him or her use the Rod to pull the Charmed Khemerians out of your way. Then send the two other party members to the entrance to the Beast's lair, and wait for the Khemerians to kill your party member. Exit combat. The sacrificed party member will respawn at your side. Enter the Beast's lair, and you've avoided killing the Charmed Khemerians. When you exit the Beast's Lair, remember to go off to the east side of the map.

It's the fate of an idealist in a world where the pragmatists -- or rather the self-serving b-----ds -- are winning the day. You did win. You died with the courage of your convictions intact. And if that's not enough for you ... reconsider your strategy.

So, you think Garzahd is gone for good, eh? I can hear faint evil laughter wafting from the infernal reasons where he and his demon half-brothers are plotting their revenge. Beware. You're on the menu.

... welllll ... <looks at Avernum IV> I don't think that worked out too well for them, if so.

Siding with the rebels results in a slightly weaker Avadon, but how strong or weak it is depends on your other choices and actions. Siding with Dheless all the way (kill Redbeard and become Keeper to sabotage it behind the scenes) results in an ending where you're able to escape the Pact when they move against Avadon, under circumstances that result in a loyalist Keeper's demise. Also, siding with the rebels opens up the possibility of a romance in the ending.