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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4450 days, 5 hours, 17 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
Well I'm back from my hiatus and... nothing's happened. Oh well, hopefully we'll get some more progress soon. Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4279 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 38 seconds ago. |
This is about to change, as I send Rhea to vogonpoet. I just hope HE'S ready for her. You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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Yeah, email received, but might have to wait until tomorrow to download it - serbian dial-up connections make downloading huge scalable vector graphics a pain in the ass.. will the connection die before the download finishes? 5.7 KB/s wow, ptt is cooking on gas tonight... I intend to continue to sort through casino stuff, and ID everything. Might even do some gambling and shopping - Rhea is a merchant after all. Back down to 2.4 KB/s... She made it - download complete. Will probably play tomorrow though, after work. Catch youse all later |
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That was me by the way <doh> <cheers>vogonpoet |
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vogonpoet Registered user Last page view: 5167 days, 12 hours, 48 minutes and 12 seconds ago. |
I finished picking everything up and ID'd the stock before breakfast this morning. Will post to screen shot thread so people can comment on shopping potential. |
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Subconscious Registered user Adventurer of the Human Mind Last page view: 5602 days, 4 hours, 31 minutes and 14 seconds ago. |
Congrats vogonpoet! Catlord is one of those enemies which I fear even with high level. He can be so randomly powerfull - Im glad to hear hes dead. "The white baby dragon equips the small shield." WTF :D |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 5108 days, 7 hours, 34 minutes and 24 seconds ago. |
vogonpoet, that game report really had me laughing! Forgetting to put on the AMW before the CL is pretty dangerous, I'm just glad it wasn't the Archmage : ) It's great that the CL is dead, that was the most dangerous point for quite a time. Sounds like you handled him easily enough though. Good thing too, I would have felt REALLY wierd about killing those cats, if he had killed Rhea. On a side note, I didn't know Wyrms could drain stats. Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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vogonpoet Registered user Last page view: 5167 days, 12 hours, 48 minutes and 12 seconds ago. |
Its kinda funny in a totally not funny sort of way - the AMW is so overpowered I tend to leave it on for the whole game, a habit which may have contributed to Rhea's pain. As for the stats, I'll check when I get home. If it was just DEX, I might have put it down to being strained! in the casino, but I am pretty sure two stats were lowered - will try to include more concrete stats in final game report, rather than just a comedy of errors. One of the dragons already dropped some 7LBs btw, so thats one item we can scratch off the shopping list. |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4279 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 38 seconds ago. |
You know, a W upside down - is an M. You could've described the vault a lot easier :) Anyway, good job! Apart from the mild blunder, there was pretty much no way you could have handled this more efficiently. You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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vogonpoet Registered user Last page view: 5167 days, 12 hours, 48 minutes and 12 seconds ago. |
I have this lovely signature in RL which kinda has 2nd order rotational symmetry due to my initials being MW, so I got a kick out of your reply Silfir. However, I was in my usual overly pedantic mode thank you very much, so nah nah: For (majority browser fonts; W != M upside down) ;-p |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4279 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 38 seconds ago. |
The vault is not similar to any kind of browser font :) You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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vogonpoet Registered user Last page view: 5167 days, 12 hours, 48 minutes and 12 seconds ago. |
Dude its an ASCII based computer game, its ALL fonts |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4450 days, 5 hours, 17 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
Hah, hilarious... You missed out on a chance for an April Fool's joke by telling us you got her killed though ;) Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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vogonpoet Registered user Last page view: 5167 days, 12 hours, 48 minutes and 12 seconds ago. |
Don't think it didn't cross my mind, but at end of day, I'm just N-, not even CN, and so I couldn't stand the idea of such duplicity for such a lame reason. _______________________________________________ Game sent on and report plus screen shot threads updated. Turns out that Wyrm screwed Rhea over big time :(. Over to Subconcious |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 5108 days, 7 hours, 34 minutes and 24 seconds ago. |
That's a bit of bad luck about the stat draining. I for one, didn't know that great white wyrms were stat drainers. The guidebook doesn't list them as such either. No way for you to know really. Anyway, with a couple of exp. level ups, I'm sure it more than evened out. I wish to put forth a few ideas about equipment, of particular interest is this: Should we try dipping the bracers of speed into potions of exchange. There is a fair chance to get bracers of resistance, which we could use the scrolls of defense/protection on. Of course that's not gauranteed, but I hope we don't wind up dipping rings though. If the 'bracers' idea doesn't fly, let's at least use the scrolls on SOMETHING. The girdle, the boots, whatever, I don't care what. I'm counting a possible 6 points of DV and 2 points of PV, that are just burning a hole in our inventory. Let's put them to work for us. Also, there are 7 scrolls of increase melee accuracy and damage. I'm thinking the battle axe of penetration, or some one-hander of devastation, but anything is fine really. A few potions worth drinking: potion of learning, 3 uncursed potions of troll blood, uncursed potion of raw mana, and the uncursed potion of education. One last suggestion... I promise : ) We should charge the teleport wand a bit. That's not the kind of thing, one wants to do in an emergency. Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 5108 days, 7 hours, 34 minutes and 24 seconds ago. |
> Seems like Vogonpoet was going back upwards but > I decided to dive downway. Good. I'm happy with going toward the gate : ) With the level up, PoGA and 'healthy' talent, we are steadily building up to an Earth Temple victory. > I had lots of them after me...They keep dissolving > junk from our equipment That had me laughing good! You're supposed to drop your inventory on the previous level, before those kinds of fights! : ) Don't sweat the equipment loss though, we'll pick up more as we go. I do hope the 7LB's are ok though. Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4450 days, 5 hours, 17 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
I agree on using the scrolls (we have SLBs now, right?) and the troll blood should definitely be blessed and used to get us a better healing rate. Also we need to ditch all the junk we're carrying (there's no need to pick up so much worthless stuff!) and check out the Casino more. And Jesus Christ do we need some morgia... Can't believe we beat the cat lord with 200 HP. Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 5108 days, 7 hours, 34 minutes and 24 seconds ago. |
I second the thoughts about the CL. A good piece of work there. I've kind of had an 'itching' feeling from the start of this game... that I might wind up being the player, who's turn falls on the Archmage. After looking at the playing order, I'm trying to add things up, and it seems a possibility. I'm currently batting about 1 for 6 against the Archmage in my own recent games. None of them have been as well equipped as Rhea, but with the low HP's, anything could happen. Regardless of who faces the Mana Temple, it will be quite a dangerous moment for Rhea. Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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Sulangatori Registered user Tourist Last page view: 1652 days, 10 hours, 42 minutes and 16 seconds ago. |
Just had a match against Archus myself and he's really quite a guy. Had detect traps at 100, but I guess that being bloated counts for something as I managed to set off every single trap on my way in there. My amulet of light was of course destroyed, but he actually came out into the hallway almost right away. In darkness, with bracers of war, his bolts and rays took some 2-300 hp each hit. I think if Rhea gets past MT, she'll go all the way. However, right now, she looks a fair bit from match form. If something needs to be bought from the casino shop, why not buy them right away and not after restocking and doubled prices? |
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Subconscious Registered user Adventurer of the Human Mind Last page view: 5602 days, 4 hours, 31 minutes and 14 seconds ago. |
"You're supposed to drop your inventory on the previous level, before those kinds of fights! : )" Umm... Sorry if I sounded like I was desperate, just the situation was like this: stairs at the upper level was crowded with enormous amount of enemies and the vault entrance was open straight from the start to the stair room on the vault level. There just wasnt any other chance and thats why I went to the right part of the level to find room where to drop the necessary equipment and thats why I passed the turn limit coz I was so concentrated on it.... PHEW :D Got it? I might sound like newbie but trust me, I know what to do in situation like that. But I know also how you feel. Black dragons can be good if we dont have the acid immunity already. They are between us and stairs anyway or so. :) "The white baby dragon equips the small shield." WTF :D |
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vogonpoet Registered user Last page view: 5167 days, 12 hours, 48 minutes and 12 seconds ago. |
Well I did think we ought to head back to the level with the herbs, and actually get some decent amount of morgia, and actually do our shopping in the Casino - earth temple will be easy if care taken with the axe, but Mana Temple... Do the prices double after restocking???? I like never actually gambled there, and very rarely buy anything (in fact, I'm a Casino n00b, having only ever robbed it in the past). |
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Subconscious Registered user Adventurer of the Human Mind Last page view: 5602 days, 4 hours, 31 minutes and 14 seconds ago. |
Why we wouldn't tackle the Mana Temple? We have pretty hefty arsenal and IMO it should be easy with this character. She has light source, death ray resistance, massive damage output and so on... Well its true that she has low hp but I dont think its TOO low either. Im not sure about that Casino restock thingy but what I know is: If you gamble, you must buy something. And: you must buy more than you have won. Thats pretty annoying if you dont have much money when you start to play with the machines. I've once managed get stucked in casino level becouse the guards didn't let me go. :/ "The white baby dragon equips the small shield." WTF :D |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4279 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 38 seconds ago. |
Ever heard of wands of teleportation, Subconscious? You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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Sulangatori Registered user Tourist Last page view: 1652 days, 10 hours, 42 minutes and 16 seconds ago. |
Firstly, when any shop restocks, (normally) new price tags appear, not only on the new wares, but also on (some of) the old. I think that either the whole shop gets new price tags or only the old items which are similar to new ones after restocking. The Casino Shop might also be special in some way. Anyway, if there is an artifact at 500 000 gp in the casino, it is likely that its price tag is considerably higher after restock (although a doubling might have been too much). Secondly, I have never bought for more than I've won. If I've won 500 000, the guard lets me go after spending perhaps some 300 000 in the shop (no matter how much I had when I started). |
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Subconscious Registered user Adventurer of the Human Mind Last page view: 5602 days, 4 hours, 31 minutes and 14 seconds ago. |
Silfir, yes I have heard about 'em. :) Just not my playstyle to rely on them so much, I always save them to bigger treats. "The white baby dragon equips the small shield." WTF :D |
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FantomFang Registered user Last page view: 6009 days, 15 hours, 47 minutes and 43 seconds ago. |
So I have received Rhea and am going to play her soon...any advice on dealing with the dragons? Going for 2nd win |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4279 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 38 seconds ago. |
Wyrmlance, maybe? We still have that, right? You might look into using a penetrating weapon on them, too. You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4450 days, 5 hours, 17 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
Wyrmlance should deal with them pretty nicely, though you may find yourself getting hit lots. If that's the case then I'd say switch to the devastating broadsword with a shield. The only one-handed penetrating weapon we have is destructable. Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4279 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 38 seconds ago. |
We're fighting white dragons, so using our penetration weapon is fine. Not to mention that we not only have the axe. We also have the eternium two-handed sword of penetration. THAT would be as, if not more, effective than Wyrmlance. I'd go all out and berserk with either of the two. I don't think it's that good an idea to continue using our devastation swords. We should train two-handed weapons heavily up to the point where opponents can't hit us because we kill them first. You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! [Edited 1 time, last edit on 4/5/2008 at 13:30 (GMT -5) by Silfir] |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4450 days, 5 hours, 17 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
I thought it was black dragons... Oh well. I'd say Wyrmlance would be better than the 2-handed sword of penetration - quite curious to test that now actually. Personally I prefer not to be hit through having supreme DV, which is more easily achieved through further shield training. I guess we'll all up alternating as we do whatever we want :P Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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