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Some towns change more than a little bit, and yes, you can stop it. End a plague before a town in the area has been destroyed and it won't be destroyed.

 

—Alorael, who particularly likes seeing a ravaged Krizsan, although it's difficult to see it unless you try. Slimes are quite easy to eliminate.

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Has anyone determined how many stages of destruction a city or town undergoes in A3? I got the impression it was only two: the state you initially find it in—under some degree of attack by the local monsters, and a second ravaged/destroyed state if enough time passes. Are there any in-between stages anyone has noticed? Also, it appears only certain cities are set up to be attacked directly and others will not. What happens after 200 or 300 days? Surely not the whole of Valorim is laid waste.

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The larger towns definitely go through multiple stages of deteoriation as the plagues progress. If you would like to see for yourself, periodically come back to Kriszan and do not defeat the slimes. Defeat the roaches so that you can move on to bigger monster quests. Section by section the town will crumble.

 

The smaller towns usually only change once, and the ones that eventually become overrun have an intermediate stage.

 

Major changes in the major towns usually give you a blank automap if I am not mistaken.

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I haven't seen many big towns, as I only have the demo of Avernum 3. I did see though, that Krizsan definetely had more than two stages. Also Shaydar had more then two. Well, I didn't see them both destroyed, but in Shayder eventually the mayor fled to Sharimik, so i can't tell her I defeated the roaches and collect my reward. grrrr.

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Yes, it's true, most cities have several states of "decay". As as mentions before, Kriszan has several - I remember the first time I played through I took about 30 days to even GET to the surface; by the time I had cleared the Agate Tower, the chick in the shrine in the NE corner of town was gone, and I think they got that Archer NPC that would otherwise join you (Hawk?), as well. More barriers and busted up buildings than when I first got there. And, of course, it all stopped after I finally found and offed the Slimes for good.

 

It would be kind of fun to buy a stack of food and Rest, coming back into town every few days to see what the slimes/cockroaches have done to it.

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It's not just the major cities either. They fall apart in multiple stages, but even if you never raise a finger to help them there will still be something left. Some little towns get wiped off the map.

 

—Alorael, who is quite sure that no Avernite towns change other than the ToM disaster, which is programmed differently, and Blackcrag doesn't change either.

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