Seasoned Roamer Vee Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Spoilers for the main quest might follow! So, I've reached the corruption and gone to the border land zone. I entered the tower (where the pact soldiers are) and drank from a basin in there. It said "Nothing happened. As far as you can tell." Or something to that effect. Did I just make a biiiiiig mistake? Or am I being psyched out by Mr. Vogel? 8D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Probably psyched out since there are other basins with the same message in Avadon 2 and other games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer Vee Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 That's a relief. I will update this topic if things turn out otherwise... As a warning to future Hands not to flout the 3 rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer ... Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) . Edited June 27, 2023 by ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Considering the placement, I think that one's probably meant to be part of the camp's store of clean water. It looks awfully pink for clean water, yes, but that's what happens when you reuse graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Gilgamesh Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 As soon as I saw that tub of water I saved then drank from it. And then that message? Ooo man. It'd be pretty disappointing if nothing happened, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd stars2heaven Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Apparently a few things really are safe to eat/drink in that area. I found a host of spider eggs, bits of meat, and mushrooms that could be safely eaten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Necris Omega Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 ... Okay, so I'm a bit further than this and I've found explicitly corrupted pools of water, complete with sippy cups and crazy straws nearby (not really, but it is a direct "say, want a taste?" option). You'd think seeing blue would be a better sign, but seeing as I'm in a cave, and a pink reflection of the stone above would actually be less disconcerting, I'm justifyaby hesistent. The corrupted spiders nesting nearby are also a sign that perhaps drinking what looks like windex is a bad idea. Having already seen what this water does to at least that poor gent in Avadon, I'm really, really, really not as thirsty as the dialog suggests. But I do have to ask, dear Hands, what really DOES happen when you drink the unspeakably evil, explictly poisonous water, potentially soul stealing water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd stars2heaven Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 If you drink it it says that some of your spells and abilities will be more powerful while in the Corruption but it's more malevolent effects remain unknown. I didn't drink it for my actual game so I don't know what happens as far as the story line goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 There is a bad effect in the final text, however I never played to find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan eaintree Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 (edited) Corruption water is not water in basins that look like other basins you find, in both A1 and A2. Corruption water is, as we've established the unspeakably evil, explictly poisonous water, potentially soul stealing water[/Quote] and it's in a taller, thinner basin. A text box appears if you approach it: "you know you shouldn't drink this water, but it looks so clear and refreshing..." then giving you the option to drink. If you do, you take a few swallows and then it suddenly seems disgusting. Having chugged it down all four times, I can tell y'all that the only effect it has during the game is that in the final Miranda fight, once you've severely damaged her she throws some kind of effect at you that's meant to infect you with the Corruption, rip your soul out, whatever. It doesn't work, and she realizes that you've already got it in you, freaks out a bit and then reasons that you're not going to have the chance to die horribly later because she's going to kill you horribly right now. (Also, the construct that talks to you while you're hunting Miranda says something to the effect of, "you're one of us, you know that the intruder must be expelled for the Pure Land to maintain balance...") Then in the ending texts, after the wrap-ups about how you fare in your new position, whatever it is, and the fates of all your companions, it's revealed that you eventually start to get very sick, nightmares, scales on your skin and so on. Avadon healers can't do a thing, and you know that the Corruption's come home to roost. But it doesn't kill you, and Avadon figures that as long as you're still doing competent work in this now-splintered land, they can accept your disfigurements. That's it. Edited November 8, 2013 by eaintree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 What if I broke the second rule of the Corruption? I ate a mushroom growing from Monitor base C. ----- -Nightwatcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan eaintree Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 You need to take vitamin supplements for a week. ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer Vee Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 I totally ate some dirt ham from around base D. I'm proud to say no enhancements resulted from drinking water at the tower. I did find one of the basins later in the corruption which gives you the "sooo refreshing!" option described above, so that's definitely a thing! I did not choose to drink of it. I'm glad other people are apparently as into the food/drink aspect of the game as I am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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