Seasoned Roamer Shrapy Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 So what exactly is Blades of Avernum? A series of side-stories from side characters from the Avernum Series? Or is it a loosly based spin-off? Or somthing else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Blades of Avernum is two parts. An editor to create your own scenario and the game that will load scenarios so you can run in your own or other people's adventures. There are plenty of scenarios ranging from a single town to several towns and areas that are almost equal in size to a regular game. It's whatever the creators want to do, but most are set in Jeff's Avernum and relate to his world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Pretty much what Randomizer said, but I'll add this: it's awesome, and a lot of people have put a lot of time into making scenarios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Xaiya Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 And check The Shadow Vale Scenario rankings if you need help in deciding which scenarios to play. And avoid my first scenario (Muffin's n' Hell), Undead Valley, and, most of all, Foal Hoards. Those are bad scenarios. (Though my second one will be much better than my first) Or course, you must play through the starter scenarios first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 If you think your scenario's so bad, why do you keep it on your sig? The Last Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Originally Posted By: Iffy Foal Hoards OH NO! TOO MANY BABY HORSES! MY HEAD IS EXPLODING FROM ALL THE CUTENE*splat* Quote: Or course, you must play through the starter scenarios first. Be careful how you use the word "must", because in this case your statement is false and misleading. The only scenarios you can play in the unregistered version are the tutorial and Valley of Dying Things, but if you've registered, you can skip all of the starter scenarios completely and get straight to the user-made scenarios if you want to. Not that I'd recommend that though. I've only ever played VoDT in BoA, but it was excellent and the BoE versions of A Small Rebellion and The Za-Khazi Run were as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 A lot of people think that The Za-Khazi Run is bad and Diplomacy with the Dead is mediocre, and that both are best skipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I've never played DwtD, but Za-Khazi Run is one of my favorite BoE scenarios. Other people's opinions on what's good can be helpful, but take them with a grain of salt. EDIT: Although if you play BoA's ZKR, stay away from the Gazers. Just what I've heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I don't know why people don't like ZKR or DwTD. They may not be the best scenarios out there, but Jeff's work has a certain charm to it. If you haven't played them before, they're definately worth a go or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I liked ZKR as well. I didn't like everything about it, and I didn't like it as much as more plotful scenarios, but I did enjoy it. DWTD, not so much. It alternated between being confusing, boring, and weird. Ultimately it was just very unengaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Originally Posted By: Critique Critique I liked ZKR as well. I didn't like everything about it, and I didn't like it as much as more plotful scenarios, but I did enjoy it. Agreed. And, now, I never play SW scenarios when starting a new party. I typically start with RoR, for the nice stat boost, and then AGB and TV, for the same reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I like that DWTD has a potentially friendly griffin. ...At least, that's what the script I looked at seemed to imply. I haven't actually played it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I've said before that I think that BoA-ASR is worse and BoA-ZKR better (for BoA) than BoE-ASR and BoE-ZKR. BoA-ASR is missing things that would be expected of a BoA scenario like it (more vibrant cut scenes, action sequences) but that would be less expected of a BoE scenario. Unless I misunderstood something, Jeff was aware of the poor reputation of BoE-ZKR and made deliberate improvements for BoA. The result, though, is that ZKR has a worse reputation and ASR a better than they deserve based strictly on BoA. I never did get anywhere in DWtD, so I can't say anything about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer Shrapy Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Do you have to buy the...I don't know what to call it...syestem to make a "scenario"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 The scenario editor is free, but you need to buy the game to be able to play any scenarios you make. So yes, you need to buy the game to create scenarios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yeah, you can get started on a scenario right away, but you won't be able to make it any good until you can playtest it yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Nicholas Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 so really, no point on making a scenario. DAM! now i have to stick to blades of exile. ): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Well there is a point, if you purchase BoA. And, what with all the user-created scenarios out there already, it's a pretty good investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 With my contributions alone, the game should be worth fifty, no, sixty dollars. I've emailed Jeff this information on many different occasions but he has yet to get back to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Nicholas Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 well at least blades of exile there is a free full version. and slith nice BoA website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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