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All spawning from Shadow. That's how great of an NPC he was It's still on topic(ish)! :D

Why don't you put her in charge?

First you have to find me! I could be in that tall grass over there....or perhaps behind that building. But by the time you get there, I'm now on top of the building....and you never heard any of it :D Come to think of it, I bet our two characters could play a sweet game of cat and mouse.

Hudson

Or a C7 rifle!

But I can quickly move away and you won't be able to hear me! I'll know where your clumsy footsteps are across the map! Unless you have eyes in the back of your head, you'll always have to be looking behind you.

Do you remember the question sequence? Still....if I'm camo'd with Stealth, that has to give some sort of penalty before you finally see me on the map. I bet they balance out (unless I'm standing straight up in the middle of a flat field). But what happens when we meet in the day time? What good do you Night Ops do you for then!?!? :D EDIT: You could wear both night goggles and UV? I always figured they were mutually exclusive so never tried.

What does it matter if it is in any case?

Hmmmmm. I don't recall every getting the Night Ops skill. Certainly not x2 I think I usually gave myself a teaching attribute as well, so I could get those pesky Militia up and going a bit faster. Still...you have a hard time seeing me with my Stealth and Camo as well....so there has to be some trade off. Though I don't know what bonuses the Night Ops gives you.

IWD definitely runs away with it. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing.

Games that require reflexes are often called "twitch" games. Since the IE let you pause the game with the biggest button on the keyboard, I don't consider them twitch games as it is easy to pull personal reflexes out of the equation.

I can see what it was "limited" in the CRPGs. Though, as you say it's up to the DM...in this case the DM being the game itself, to say "you can only do this" with it. :D

I disagree. I don't think any of the IE games had twitch in them. It's hard to be "twitch" when you can insta pause the game at any time. How else could Hades (the anti-twitch) complete it? I do agree that people underestimate the combat in it though. I think it's probably because it doesn't seem to have as much focus as other IE games.

I have never played a PnP adventure that would have had me coming close to using a 9th level spell. What's the "real" wish like? Just whatever you want happens?

Since I haven't bothered to read the thread at all: Iolo, Shamino, and Dupre

I hated it when an NPC would "notice" something behind a trap that had just popped up for me. I'd have to tell them to stop, which would only work until their next heartbeat at which point they would try to go interact with it again.

IMO no other 9th level spell compares to Timestop. That's just me of course.

I think she just does it because she knows it will get under some people's skin. There's plenty of games out there worse than Torment.

I always felt it was a silly munchkin spell.

That would explain their recent dominance of the console market.

This is a little disturbing. I may read too much into it, but it sounds like Obsidian wants to branch out into other genres than just RPG. I know Josh, for example, is an avid fan of games like God of War and Ninja Gaiden Black.. Own technology + Console only + freedom to the type of game they can create = ? Are we going to see action games coming from Obsidian in the future? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If they're good then I seriously do not care.

What? If that's what you got from Gromnir's post, then I'm not sure what to think....

Since no one else gave them props, I feel I should give some mentions to my homeboys Iolo, Shamino, and Dupre!

That would be interesting... Especially for the controversy that would spill out for all those who want Revan marrying Bastila.... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> All the more reason to make it canon!

Which is why I'm wearing the UV goggles as well. It is nice to sneak up right behind a guy and kill him with a single shot to the head though. I know you get sneakier as you level up, but I've never noticed a complete absence of sound like I do with the stealthy skill. IIRC it also gives you a silencer at the beginning of the game.