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Darth InSidious
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NWN1 OC == higher rated than MotB? Curious.
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Anyway, I was never a big fan of the SW setting - one suspects that without lightsabers it wouldn't have been nearly as popular.
Well there is still the force, you know the main theme of the setting. So take that, lightsabers and space out and you have a fairy tale.
I'm not so sure: where's the child-eating, rape and gruesome murder?
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Less money to do it, ambitious new features for a game that doesn't support them from the start, and Obsidian's history with bugs? Yeah, you certainly couldn't expect something perfect!
No, indeed. I didn't intend to imply anything different, although I do think that Obsidian's problems with bugs has been somewhat overstated, in particular when compared with, say, Bioware - at time of release, both the first KotOR and Mass Effect were quite buggy, for example. So, yes.
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Agreed, but there should be room for that; a lot of older Star Wars games were just that. That it's only that is what annoys me, I think; why so few SW games at any one time? The complaints, curiously enough, seem to have sprung up after the KotORs and the Dark Forceses... es stopped being made. Although Jedi Academy's plot was certainly a cause for alarm... >.>
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I'm now having fun making items and, even more importantly, giving them names worthy of the WoRst FAntASy SeTTinG EVaR!
My Blade of the Fell Apple Crumble (+2) is especially good.
Does that belong to the Mystic Pastrymaker prestige class? 
(Requirements: Sugar Resistance 5)SoZ is OK; it's not nearly as terrible as some make out, although it's no MotB, I'll grant you.
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Dark Forces 3 from Raven
Has Jedi Knight II not come out in Austria, Morg?
Think you mean Dark Forces V. And yes, the series really is that old now...the disappointment and despair created by the various Lego titlesBull, that's just snobbery on the part of some people who think themselves above Lego.
Having played them, they're fun, witty, and, dare I mention it again, fun. I don't care about your views on Lego; I will proudly attest to still playing with it, and I see nothing wrong with that.
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Armageddon Max Hastings
A big fat book about the fall of the Reich. Rather apposite considering the fuhrer-bunker feel of the house at the moment.
Hastings is a good guy all round, and while getting political in his old age it's hard to undermine his scholarship.
I don't think he's exactly getting political now - he was editor-in-chief of the Telegraph, after all - but he may be becoming more vociferous now. And like a lot of ex-DT journos, of course, he's gone over to the Mail (and vice-versa, leading to the ghastly Mailograph now sold).
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All right, so no more Star Wars games except for KotOR III, Battlefront 3, Empire at War II, Republic Commando II and Dark Forces V?
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There was a strategy game too, what was it's name again? And I'm not talking about Force Commander.
Empire at War? There was also Rebellion/Supremacy in '98, which was 4X.
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Well, you say that, MC, but have you looked at LA's recent non-SW output? Monkey Island aside, there's... what? Fracture? Which was not exactly brilliant by most accounts.
You've convinced me.
LA is crap. No more LA, please.
Heh.
To be fair, while they've turned out some real old tat (Galactic Battlegrounds, anyone?), there have been some gems, like the KotOR series, too. Battlefront was entertaining, Republic Commando is meant to have been pretty awesome, and the Dark Forces series is, barring JKA, meant to be pretty good. And I still maintain that that game could be vastly imrpoved simply by removing the character of Rosh from the SP campaign... and Tavion. And the cultists. And Ragnos. And the giant worms. And the first level.
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Well, you say that, MC, but have you looked at LA's recent non-SW output? Monkey Island aside, there's... what? Fracture? Which was not exactly brilliant by most accounts.
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How about Lucasarts giving Star Wars a rest and doing something else, for a change? I mean, how many Star Wars games have been released so far, a Quajiguillion? Haven't you people had enough?
Up to a point. Yes, the franchise has been milked to an absurd degree; nevertheless, a single-player KotOR III, especially one developed by Obsidian, is highly desirable.
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How about an Obsidian-developed KotOR III?
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but my point is that most people get thier Christmas shopping done in October, November and early December.
Nno-o, most people get their Christmas shopping done at about five minutes to closing time on Christmas Eve, or if feeling organised in the week leading up to Christmas. I don't believe anyone actually does their Christmas shopping two months early - it'd make coordination in-family almost impossible.
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From The Compendium of Bowl World Loot & Treasure (Splat Book 37), Monte Carlo publishing, $49.99 (softback):
Bowl World is noted for the large number of crates and barrels littered over it's strangely bowl-shaped landscape. Some of them are trapped, and glow red as a warning. Others contain a couple of gold coins and a hand axe, although a far larger number contain returning frost darts.
It is rumoured that somewhere on Bowl World there is a crate containing a Dread +96 Adamandtheanzum True Keen Sword of Infinite Goodness vs. Narcoleptic Liches, also known by it's name of Doomsinger. But that's rumours for you - the truth is, it's in a barrel.
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It's a fake. They guy stole a hell of a lot of content, and the rest seems to be invented. He's been trolling the SW/Jedi Academy community for six years. AFAIK, the current release doesn't work - and he's been promising imminent release for years.
It's similarly been doing the rounds for about as long. From what I can tell, the current release is a collection of custom skins an a few maps - none of which were probably made by TimFX - promising to be "part I" of the mod.
Seriously, don't give this guy the time of day. He's a scammer. He's gone so far as to get people to "donate" to his mod before.
Edit: news page from JK3Files on the subject: http://jediknight3.filefront.com/news/Knig...m_JKFiles;36708. You might find something to your taste there. The Open Jedi Project, JA+ and Movie Battles II all seem to be quite popular.
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(Mage) Spells are only invented/developed by people with extremely silly names, and are then named after them; however, once they have invented/name one spell they can't invent or name any others. So your lvl1 light spell is called:
Prackajam's Luminiferous Orb
Other first level spells include:
Lady Smackduck's Ineffectual Decay
Huffblurgle's Irrelevant Explosion
Overtump's Spittle of Slight Annoyance
Spindrum's Wimpy Shield
Brother Tuckunder's Extraordinary Eyebrows
Thingummy's Ineluctable Memory-Loss
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How about Lologotharik The Dread Necromancer of the Foul, Pestilent Pit?
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The existence of paper buildings on Bowl World creates intriguing possibilities, not least the Papier Mache Master, a warrior who can Bend Paper to His Will! His arch-enemy is the Origami Summoner, a feral sorcerer who can spew forth millions of tiny folded up demons to do his bidding. The slums of Rimtip are known for producing the greatest Summoners on the whole of Bowl World, beings who can turn a two-up-two down cardboard hovel into a ravaging horde of tiny paper demons!
The Warrior Maidens of Laaaa experienced a major doctrinal schism when their grand War-Mistress, Vixonia XVIII, hired a mercenary army of Papier Mache Masters to assault the paper walls. Their subsequent conduct in the slums of Rimtip caused a major reputation loss, leading to the formation of the Fell Order of Warrior Hags (all of whom obtained the Harlequin Death-Jester Ninja prestige class).
I hope someone is writing all this down for the splat-book.
And the Rimtip are always scared of the amazing enemies from beyond the edge of the world (to them) that have *gasp* steel blades!
Yes, the horrifying races from the SPIRAL plane, known as the ZOMBOCOM and the OBMOZCOM. Originally they were a single race, farmed by the interdimensional empire of some humanoid-eating birds called the Stymphalides, until the brothers ZOMBO and OBMOZ rebelled and overthrew the Stymphalides with the terrifying power of knives. Then, at the Declaration of the Two Sites, ZOMBO and OBMOZ split, and so did their races. Now, the ZOMBOCOM inhabit the centre of the Spiral, in what is known as the Viral City, while the OBMOZ live on the outer spiral. Neither is able to attack the other, though, except on primary planes, because of the constant twirling, twirling, twirling.
not even knives... safety scissors!
Safety scissors it is.
Oh, both the ZOMBOCOM and the OBMOZCOM have a philosophy of freedom and the total perfectibility of their races that borders on anarchy without ever actually becoming it, thanks to their strict caste systems and horrendous xenophobia. They also look almost identical.
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Playing NWN2 OC. Currently a lvl6 CG human Warlock, and just got to Neverwinter. Anyone know what the gang quest(s) are like? Thinking of doing that instead of going with the Watch.
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The existence of paper buildings on Bowl World creates intriguing possibilities, not least the Papier Mache Master, a warrior who can Bend Paper to His Will! His arch-enemy is the Origami Summoner, a feral sorcerer who can spew forth millions of tiny folded up demons to do his bidding. The slums of Rimtip are known for producing the greatest Summoners on the whole of Bowl World, beings who can turn a two-up-two down cardboard hovel into a ravaging horde of tiny paper demons!
The Warrior Maidens of Laaaa experienced a major doctrinal schism when their grand War-Mistress, Vixonia XVIII, hired a mercenary army of Papier Mache Masters to assault the paper walls. Their subsequent conduct in the slums of Rimtip caused a major reputation loss, leading to the formation of the Fell Order of Warrior Hags (all of whom obtained the Harlequin Death-Jester Ninja prestige class).
I hope someone is writing all this down for the splat-book.
And the Rimtip are always scared of the amazing enemies from beyond the edge of the world (to them) that have *gasp* steel blades!
Yes, the horrifying races from the SPIRAL plane, known as the ZOMBOCOM and the OBMOZCOM. Originally they were a single race, farmed by the interdimensional empire of some humanoid-eating birds called the Stymphalides, until the brothers ZOMBO and OBMOZ rebelled and overthrew the Stymphalides with the terrifying power of knives. Then, at the Declaration of the Two Sites, ZOMBO and OBMOZ split, and so did their races. Now, the ZOMBOCOM inhabit the centre of the Spiral, in what is known as the Viral City, while the OBMOZ live on the outer spiral. Neither is able to attack the other, though, except on primary planes, because of the constant twirling, twirling, twirling.
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Silveredge9's Brotherhood of Shadow: Solomon's Revenge and SithSpectre's Revan Animated Cape mods are reasons enough to reinstall KotOR. Seriously good stuff.
Fixed.
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How many prestige classes does that make now? I make seven. Perhaps there should be only a single base class - Useless Hobo - which has access to all of the low-level requirements for prestige classes, so you simply have to decide which of the eight-billion prestige classes to multiclass with.
Also, a little more background on Rimtip:
Also known as The Seasick City, Rimtip balalnces precariously on the edge of Nefer-Khetef or BOWL-WORLD as outsiders call it, about twenty miles from Sod It, I'll Settle Here. Ruled over by His Tired Emotionality, King Oliver LXVIIIth, the city's balance is maintained in two ways: first, by carefully planned weight distribution in the form of housing estates made of different materials. As a general rule, the wealthy live in the brick and stone middle, while the poor live (often rather briefly) in the paper shanties that make up the outer rim. The second method by which the city's precarious balance is maintained is by the constant civil war, which keeps the population in motion long enough to prevent any one part of the rim from being populated by more than any other.
The city is entirely inhabited by pirates, and non-pirates are quickly robbed and/or slaughtered upon arrival, if male, and if female, slept with. The city's main rivals are the Warrior Maidens of Laaaa, who have assaulted the city six times in the last century, and each time have been defeated and returned forcefully pronouncing their chastity. They consider the pirate city an abomination against Yulie, which is partly why Yam Greatest and Best suggested its foundation to Black Toby One-Beard in the first place.
Does that belong to the Mystic Pastrymaker prestige class? 
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Oh. Sorry, for some reason I interpreted this as being your valuations of the games. >.<