Xazo-Tak

The Xian pants do not lower endurance. Unless you are using some other version of Avernum 3 where the pants are worse.

Who thinks the BoA engine is the best? Sure, the second trilogy has fancy graphics, but the first trilogy just seems better in every other way.

There are other inaccessibile areas in the game. Such as one mysterious room in the northwest upper level of the filth factory which, judging from repeated walking into walls and casting farsight, is impossible to enter. Perhaps this is how developers troll people.

I know that cleverbot is a complete lunatic 99% of the time, but that's because thousands of lunatcs use it every day. If similar code to cleverbots was used, and only a limited number of people got involved with it (as explained in the thread) it might be able to pass the turing test. If it sees enough useful information being spoken.

You do realise random quests and NPCs would require an AI to form a conversation? I have no idea how they can get an AI that good. Oh, wait, hold on, here's a thread on how to get one.

Originally Posted By: Skwish-E Avernum as 3d multiplayer realtime game?... I would never play. Turn-based RPG allows me to use my slow, old-man brain. And I can play offline. Exactly. That idea was dumb. That's why I said nevermind.

I'll give you a small hint for radiant shield level 3 here: Click to reveal.. It is in the tunnels of flying blades. You may need farsight. Smite level 3: Click to reveal.. The city of undead with many vampires in the centre.

My current soul crystal contents: Alien slime (I don't need this slot.) Drake lord (Pretty darn cool. Soul crystal (Ironic + Ownage) Dark wyrm (Does nothing but blow enemies up.)

Here's something to do if it's too easy for you: 1. Capture soul of soul crystal. 2. Use other spell to summon about 5. 3. KILL THEM ALL! 4. End up dying in attempt to.

An AI that points out your faults, if you're a self perfectionist.

Wait, you thought that would work? Lol. That's like increasing magery expecting to get higher melee damage. If I were you though, I wouldn't use wands at all, I'd just learn the spells. And I prefer the fury crossbow to any number of blessed javelins.

Contrary to you, I think you should build the computer from scratch. Just to help you, the case I'd reccomend is "Raidmax ninja" if you have parts that are likely to make a lot of heat, or want your PC to never go above "cold metal" temperature.

Sorry for complaining at the mods, but isn't this in the wrong section?

Somebody once showed me quite a clever AI system: It became more and more intelligent by speaking with other users online. As a result, it knows quite a lot. What if this was tweaked a bit, so it looked lots of acted out scenarios in the game, where an actor was playing as whoever the player is talking to? In other words, Player: Hi there! Shopkeeper: Hi. P: Will you give me the iron dagger for 10 coins? S: Nope, it costs 20 coins. P: Fine, I'll buy it. *They trade* P: Bye! S: Bye. Then various other acts are done, such as just chatting, robbery, flame wars, other type of flame war, town put in extreme danger, being absent from the shop to go to a bar, etc. Eventually, the AI will know how the actor reacts to everything, such as if insulted, they may get angry, they learn how to value items, to run away if giants attack, and their reactions to personal attack/robbery. With its collected knowledge, it is put into a game, not being controlled, since it's AI is fully developed. Might be diffucult to do, but is quite clearly possible. Above mentioned AI: http://cleverbot.com/ Yes, I know cleverbot is crazy, but that's because it's use is unregulated, unlike what is suggested here.

Trogolodytes-Giants Giants-Humans and Trogolodytes.

My most ownage character in A3: Meowmeow: Has mithril blade, fury crossbow and boots of speed, all 3 of these increase ap by 1. So 9 ap when hasted, enough to attack 3 times on the spot, and 7 ap when not hasted, enough for a spell and an attack. Does almost 200 damage in melee, and has some knowledge of both priest and mage spells. Most ownage in A3 (with cheats) 100 strength is just stupid. It really is.

We all like to make powerplaying characters sometimes don't we? Even without cheating, it's possible to make something absolutely crazy. Or, have something just plain stupid, like minimum endurance but 15 strength, melee and blademaster skill. I'm just curious to see what people have made in avernum.

Originally Posted By: Dogar The way it is now, my weak ass mage is in the front of the party, which means he always gets his ass stomped when battle starts. Can anyone tell me how I can get my badass Slith Polearm guy up to the front row? Decent game by the way. Ugly, but nice. You used the word "ass" the same number of times as you have ever posted on here. 3, Lol. Btw, you do realise you posted in the wrong section? Because Avernum 6 is a second trilogy game, this is the first trilogy section.

Originally Posted By: goblindolf I would like to see him get rid of the damage cap, which I really disliked, where you could waste skill points on skills which you expected to increase your damage, just to find you had hit a damage cap. Wait, there's s damage cap? So that's why I can one hit kill alien beasts... I keep on leveling up things like melee weapons, assasination, blademaster, but nobody said there was a damage limit. D: Time to increase endurance/hardiness then, so I can replace my armour with lighter clothing, and cast spells. (Actually, since I use xian armour on one character, just a bit more poison resistance.)

The things I would like to see is first trilogy with second trilogy graphics quality option, Avernum multiplayer, and customizable spells. Hmm, but generally multiplayer + turn based game = fail. Avernum as a 3D, realtime multiplayer game then? But that would mean players would only be able to control 1 person, and I don't think many people would want to be priest, because they don't get to do much other than support others. So THEN you would have to change the EXP system, and probably the storyline, and what if somebody made a customizable spell that summoned creatures capable of creating more of themselves? (Same way arcane summon can summon elder arenas, and they can cast arcane summon) THEN there would be server costs, and loads of lag, complicated spell aiming system, etc, etc, etc. DUMB IDEA. So actually, how about just the first two wishes?

Here is probably what I want to make my soul crystal have: Haaki Requires level 2 capture soul. This rare demon can be found on it's own using ritual of sanctification in spider cave. Already got it. Dark wyrm (Level 3) Absoulute ownage. It has a range attack that does over 100 damage, and has similar effects to divine retribution. If target doesn't die on first hit, it can do this twice. Same goes for its series of close range attacks, it can do 2 series of close attacks if target doesn't die. Got it. Drake lord (Probably 3) Easy enough to find one in the demo. That one is the only one I've found but not killed. Alien slime! (Level 1 or 2, not sure.) Killed it, but not before taking it's soul! I have this weak one purely for fun.

Originally Posted By: Arch-Mage Solberg I bet that's probably the last we see of Xazo-Tak. I hope not...he/she/whoever has brass ones for doing that on their very first post. Post #562 Nope, when I use forums for a game I like, I stay on the forums. Btw, it's a he.

I haven't seen much of A1 and A2, but I've been an A3 fan for years. I like A3, because you get to explore all sorts of places, such as the tower of magi, blackcrag fortress, massive multi-layer dungeons. One had four huge layers, meaning the dungeon took a while to solve, especially as it interacted with 4 outposts. Won't say what dungeon though, I don't like to give huge spoilers. But A3 is cool. Massive world, I've played for ages yet still haven't seen it all. I prefered A3 demo to full A4. It's that good.

The first Avernum trilogy has a better story and gameplay, while second trilogy is just killing things. Also, 1st trilogy has MUCH better load time.

Originally Posted By: Zephyr Tempest Behold! The topic rises once again! Okay, now I'm a bit of a ways into Avernum 3, and I have the following abominiations' souls trapped in a Soul Crystal: 1. Alien Slime 2. Drake 3. Demon 4. Basilisk Since I'm currently retrieving the Orb of Thralni, most of these guys are pretty good. But, the Drake and Demon have the same spells, both have good resistances and hitpoints. But, which one has more hitpoints and which one is a better spellcaster? I could find out the hard way, but it would take a while to find both, so I'm wondering if anyone here already knows. I'm not sure which is more powerful, but if I were you I'd replace one of the two with an eye beast, those can do priest spells. Maybe replace drake with drake lord (if you're powerful enough to) and demon with eye beast, that way you have an extremely powerful mage and a good balanced mage/priest unit.