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I'm not sure how the damage mechanics work in the Exile games, but would, say, a 4 damage weapon with a 5 bonus do more damage than a 9 damage weapon with a 1 bonus? I know the bonuses also apply to the To-Hit chance, so there's that, but do they multiplied etc? ps hello alorael *slow wink*

This is an intriguing legal and ethical issue that has an interesting basis in a number of historical cases. Is the consumption of human beings ever appropriate social etiquette? http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/930107--is-eating-people-wrong Quote: Is eating people wrong? Published On Fri Jan 28 2011 Tracey Tyler Legal Affairs Reporter It maybe wasn’t the ideal subject for cruise ship passengers. There they were, somewhere between Australia and China, hungry for a little food for thought. That’s when guest lecturer Allan Hutchinson, a professor at Toronto’s Osgoode Hall Law School, began talking about the Mignonette case. The Mignonette is not a petit steak, but the name of a racing yacht that sprang a rather large leak en route from Southampton to New South Wales in 1884, leaving its stranded and starving crew to resort to cannibalism. “I thought, ‘Do I really want to be talking about life boats and survival?’ ” said Hutchinson, thinking back to his seminar with South Seas vacationers. “Then I thought, ‘Yes, because it’s the most immediately gripping of these cases.’ ” By that Hutchinson means the great cases that shaped the common law, the bedrock of legal thinking today in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. Eight of those cases — “rich slices of social life,” as he describes it — are recounted in his new book, Is Eating People Wrong?, published by Cambridge University Press. The answer to the book’s unsettling question — as with almost everything in law — is “it depends.” Forced to abandon ship after an enormous wave tore into their vessel as it approached the Cape of Good Hope, the Mignonette’s three senior crew members thought they were following maritime tradition when, after 19 days adrift, they decided to kill and eat their orphaned cabin boy, Richard Parker, 17. After they were rescued and returned to England, the trio was tried and convicted in a case that established necessity is not a defence to murder. Given the unique circumstances in which the men found themselves, a political compromise was reached when it came to sentence, which spared them the death penalty and limited their punishment to six months in prison. “It not so much eating people that’s the big deal,” said Hutchinson in an interview. “It’s killing them first, then eating them. That’s the big no-no.” Hutchinson, 59, said the idea for the book had been brewing for many years, but crystallized after he had been invited by a cruise line to give a talk on one of its voyages in 2008. The cases and the stories of the people behind them seemed to fascinate his fellow travellers and challenge their perceptions of the law. Most thought of history’s big cases as spectacles such as the O.J. Simpson trial. Hutchinson wanted to present the law not as a murky and mysterious world populated by people who speak a convoluted language, but as a boisterous, human enterprise. The great cases, he argues, show the law is not a fixed set of rules and regulations, but a messy, knockabout, “down-the-street” endeavour that develops in an almost ridiculous, haphazard fashion. After all, much of negligence law, including the ability to sue manufacturers for product defects, began in a Glasgow café in 1928 when a snail slithered out of a bottle of ginger beer. Lawyers might try to dress it up as something grander, but the law “is really a bunch of people struggling to answer the difficult questions society has,” Hutchinson contends. Major new decisions often raise more questions than they answer. Hutchinson compares it to a sprawling chain novel, with each author adding their own chapter. And there is perpetual tension between society’s desire for predictability — to stick with what has worked — and its desire to see the law evolve and change. In the Mignonette case, for example, the English courts were afraid that acknowledging a necessity defence would lead to it being raised in an expanding list of cases, excusing many troubling crimes. But, more than 100 years later, the issue has not gone away. In Canada, the Supreme Court has wrestled with the question many times, most recently in the case involving Robert Latimer, the Saskatchewan farmer who admitted he had intentionally killed his 12-year-old disabled daughter, Tracy, in 1993. Latimer said he did so to end her unbearable suffering. In upholding his conviction in 2001, the court said that while a defence of necessity is available, it is extremely limited and an accused person must show they faced imminent peril, and no reasonable, lawful alternatives to taking a life were available. The question of necessity may be more relevant at sentencing, when a court is deciding whether some leniency is warranted. Latimer was given a life sentence with no parole for 10 years, the least restrictive sanction for a second-degree murder conviction. He was released last November. Less well-known to the public today, but even more influential, was the case involving Frank Roncarelli, a Montreal restaurant owner whose support for Jehovah’s Witnesses made him a target of persecution by Union Nationale Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis. The case that began with a police raid of the restaurant and Duplessis’ decision to revoke Roncarelli’s liquor license in 1946 served as the building block of Canada’s constitutional and administrative law. It established that elected officials can’t engage in a purely political or arbitrary exercise of power and must abide by the rule of law. As always, there were elements of serendipity, and much hinged on politics, personality and timing. Roncarelli had persuaded the renowned constitutional scholar Frank Scott to argue his case — the first time Scott had ever appeared in court. In the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in 1959, the court’s Quebec francophone judges supported Duplessis, as they had in three other cases alleging abuse of power by his government. Two of those judges were sons of former Quebec premiers. Hutchinson has a long history of trying to make the legal system more accessible. (One of his 16 previous books is devoted to the subject). This one builds on that theme. The message from these cases is that people shouldn’t glorify the law or put judges on a pedestal, because they are bound to fall off. The law is not a thing of beauty but has sore spots and ugly features. It is no better than the lawyers, judges and commentators who comprise its dramatis personae, Hutchinson said. And like any good play or story, it never fails to entertain. “We can all vacation there and come back refreshed and invigorated,” he writes. A cruise isn’t really necessary. I am looking forward to some meaty discussion on this matter *stares at Alorael*

I know what you're thinking! There are many misnomers out there about Alorael being a very difficult meat to cook. The truth is, however, that a good quality piece of Alorael is far from impossible. In fact, with just a few considerations, he can be cooked to perfection even by the novice! The two primary tips about cooking him boil down to these: LOW and SLOW. If you remember this, you can't possibly ruin dinner! Alorael is very lean and that is great both for your health and your waistline! Accordingly, it is important to remember that while in the kitchen. Try not to cook him to well done or overly done. Here are some other tips that you should consider when attempting this delicious meat: Alorael Burgers I cannot emphasize enough that Alorael DOES NOT shrink as regular beef hamburger does. He also take less time to cook. If the grill or pan is too hot Alorael may stick to it. Nevertheless, Alorael burger is foolproof when added to recipes such as chili or meatloaf. Char-Broiled Alorael Steak Rub your favorite cut of Alorael with a combination of garlic salt, cooking oil, ground black pepper and lemon juice. Sealing him in a very large baggie overnight is a good way to lock in the juices. The lemon will make him tangy, as well as giving him a zippy flavor! I hope you find this advice useful for planning your next large meal. Alorael is a GREAT way to impress your guests, and far less thick and stringy than other wild game. Have fun! -Scorpie

I'd like to meat Alorael

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*clucks at you lasciviously*

1) The Royal Plans are the plans you steal back from the gremlins for the lone soldier in the Great Cave. You get a pair of gauntlets in return. 2) If you mean the crystals used to repair the Crystal Cave, I'm pretty sure there's only six of them. There are other types of crystals, though, but they're unrelated. There's no crystal in the Pit Drake Lair. 3) The Wishing Well does nothing.

I am totally queer for the old graphics, thanks for posting. Do you have the character and animation sheets as well?

Quote: Originally written by Thuryl: I don't think towns ever forgive you in Avernum, unlike Exile. WELL THAT'S JUST DANDY

I have managed to piss off the whole damn island by killing the innkeeper and taking the necklace. Do they eventually forgive me?

Cool, what about the plagues and item quests?

Does anyone have the list of important E3 dates? I know that the ToM disaster is pretty far off, but I remember there's people you have to speak to before a certain date for (I think?) side quests, as well as cities that get destroyed.

sank yuu vogeru-chan!! I look forward to the windows port

I adored it

I'd like to see a return of the surface world. And yeah, as Alorael said, time limits are horrible.

Quote: Originally written by Randomizer: I forget which button does what, but one turns on the bridge dropping trap and the other turns it off. Try crossing before using either button and if that fails then try using only one button. I know I wanted the trap enabled so I could get the experience for killing the basilisks after I got the treasure in the room beyond the bridge. It worked, thank you Randomizer-chan!

After killing Sss-Thsss, there is a bridge to his treasure trove with two buttons nearby, but no matter how I press them (1 then 2, 2 then 1, or just pushing one of them) I keep falling into the basilisk pit below. Anyone know how to deactivate the trap? The one thing I notice is that the buttons can be turned gray or orange when you push them.