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Some guy Registered user I'm baaaack. Last page view: 5602 days, 19 hours, 45 minutes and 11 seconds ago. |
Hi everybody, I somehow got interested in this game again, so I'm back, and playing a druid. Something weird just happened, and I've never heard of this before, so I figured I'd come and share it. I was just going through the ancient dwarf's quests, enjoying how easy they were for once (I only had to kill a large spider, and found SLBs in the Animated Forest). But, after I became champion of the arena, the ancient dwarf told me to kill a goblin to prove my valour! He didn't give me any treasure. He didn't even say "congratulations." After I killed that goblin, THEN I got my fourth quest reward, and then I got the fifth quest as usual. Is this new? My only theory as to why it happened is that the druid quest code is weird in general. For instance, I didn't get to choose between knowledge or power after killing Keethrax - all I got was an ammy of balance and bracers of toughness. The following is a real Adom message: The homunculus hits you. You suddenly fall asleep! Do you want to continue to read the spellbook of Calm Monster? [y/N] |
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Maelstrom Registered user The Knight of the Black Rose Last page view: 3116 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes and 36 seconds ago. |
You are a druid. You've entered the animated forest before getting the second quest. A pessimist sees a dark tunnel. An optimist sees a light at the end of that tunnel. A realist sees a train. And the train driver sees three idiots on the tracks. |
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zv Registered user Last page view: 5659 days, 21 hours, 28 minutes and 45 seconds ago. |
I guess you forgot to ask him for the fourth quest before becoming the champion of the Arena. I did stuff like this few times (most often forgetting to get the reward for Bloodax quest and hitting the closed portal while on the dive). |
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Some guy Registered user I'm baaaack. Last page view: 5602 days, 19 hours, 45 minutes and 11 seconds ago. |
I did not enter the animated forest until the second quest was assigned. I did not become champion of the arena until the fourth quest was assigned. You are both assuming I'm stupid, and I don't appreciate that. Let me spell this out more clearly - here's what the dwarf told me to do, as I asked him about "quests": 1. Kill a large spider. -Finished, and was rewarded for it. 2. Cross the animated forest. -Finished, and was rewarded for it. 3. Clear out the ogre caves -Finished, and was rewarded for it. 4. Become champion of the arena -Finished, and was NOT rewarded for it. 5. Kill a goblin. -Finished, and was given the ARENA REWARD. 6. Kill the greater demon -Finished, and got Big Punch. Weird, eh? The following is a real Adom message: The homunculus hits you. You suddenly fall asleep! Do you want to continue to read the spellbook of Calm Monster? [y/N] |
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Maelstrom Registered user The Knight of the Black Rose Last page view: 3116 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes and 36 seconds ago. |
We don't assume you're stupid, just that you're on our level and forget stuff. Seems a bug made the elder dwarf forget that he gave you the 4th quest. His age justifies that bug ;) BTW - Druids don't get to choose between power and knowledge, they get a special reward. A pessimist sees a dark tunnel. An optimist sees a light at the end of that tunnel. A realist sees a train. And the train driver sees three idiots on the tracks. [Edited 1 time, last edit on 4/8/2008 at 17:38 (GMT -5) by Maelstrom] |
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Sulangatori Registered user Tourist Last page view: 1441 days, 2 hours, 38 minutes and 12 seconds ago. |
I'm putting my money on not receiving quest number four in the first place. Perhaps you killed all the ogres, went to get arena-quest, typed quest and hit enter two times. Forgot that reward comes before new quest and went for the arena. |
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Some guy Registered user I'm baaaack. Last page view: 5602 days, 19 hours, 45 minutes and 11 seconds ago. |
Sorry, nevermind the "stupid" comment; I'm not sure where it came from. Sulangatori: I guess that could be possible. Would I get the same pile of equipment as a reward for just killing another random monster? Though, I'm still pretty sure I was told to become champion of the arena. Maybe I've just played this game so much that I now see text before it reaches the screen. The following is a real Adom message: The homunculus hits you. You suddenly fall asleep! Do you want to continue to read the spellbook of Calm Monster? [y/N] |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 4896 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 20 seconds ago. |
> I didn't get to choose between knowledge or > power after killing Keethrax - all I got was an > ammy of balance and bracers of toughness. A druid also gets a ring of minor elemental mastery for completing the druid quest. In fact, I think it's the best reward item. The bracers are nice, but morgia makes them obsolete. The amulet is occasionally nice. It's good if you want to kill the EG a few times, or do some other chaotic acts, but mostly useless. The guidebook is a bit misleading about that. It states: "The PC may choose between "knowledge" and "power.". Then goes on to state: "Guth'Alak provides additional rewards to druids who complete this quest. Druids do in fact not get 'additional' rewards, they get alternate rewards. Really cruddy ones, if you ask me. The spellbook is much more beneficial to druids. > After I killed that goblin, THEN I got my > fourth quest reward I've never heard of the dwarf quest anomaly that you've described, but I have recently encountered some anomalies of my own. Perhaps when your current game is won (hopefully!), you can try to duplicate those results with another druid. Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4067 days, 21 hours, 55 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
How does morgia make bracers of toughness obsolete? They'll always give four extra points of toughness and thus quite a bit of extra HP and PV, right? You just have to take them off to train toughness to the max. 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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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 4896 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 20 seconds ago. |
Indeed you are correct. For me, the value of the bracers is reduced by finding morgia, but not obsolete. If they were +7 TO, they would ne nice, but not the standard +4 variety. I usually leave those in the pack, or dip into a PoE. Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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Some guy Registered user I'm baaaack. Last page view: 5602 days, 19 hours, 45 minutes and 11 seconds ago. |
At this point I'm pretty sure that I just didn't take the arena champion quest in the first place. So, I guess I haven't found anything new afterall. Yeah, I was hoping for the spellbook of Nether Bolt, but I've found uses for each of the other items the druid gave me. I had to clear the puppy cave and Keethrax dungeon with about 50 max hp, but bracers of toughness +7 instantly put that over 100. The following is a real Adom message: The homunculus hits you. You suddenly fall asleep! Do you want to continue to read the spellbook of Calm Monster? [y/N] |
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J. Registered user You'll never get rid of me Last page view: 5663 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes and 44 seconds ago. |
At that point of the game most of my chars will not have found any bracers, so the bracers are useful... but I'd probably still prefer the spellbook. If you're feeling happy, don't worry, it'll go away. Originally posted by noob: "I'm everytime amazed how you people know to exploit every single little bug (or not-bug) for elaborated scumming tatics even if the feature seems completely useless or bad." |