Darth InSidious
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The stupidity of that woman... defies reality itself.
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The Colour of Magic, which I believe is the first book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
It's pretty good, but I guess I'm a little disappointed because I am a huge Douglas Adams fan and everytime I mentioned that people were like "you should read Terry Pratchett, he's even better". And I usually don't take people by their word so quickly, but when at least fifteen people say the same thing to me I can't help but build up a certain expectation.
Rincewind is a great character though, and DEATH IS A VERY INTERESTING CHOICE FOR A SUPPORTING CHARACTER.
The first few books are little... atypical of the series. Once you get to, say... Guards! Guards!, you should have a clearer idea of whether you want to stick with the series or not. Personally, I started with Jingo.
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^ No, LAZY should be an origin story. A very short one.
Lazy Origin Story: Dwarven Tunnel-Scout (Male)
Snorg Rockbeard stirred from his sleep and climbed out of bed. The dreams had returned: a world in flames, a being of ancient evil awakening, a band of heroes facing insurmoutable odds...
The Clerics of Sven Golden-Hammer, deity of the Rockbeard clan, swore that this marked Snorg as The Chosen One, the one Dwarven legend called The Stone-Hero. As a young Tunnel-Scout, a warrior trained in tracking the subterranean goblin foes of the clan, he was supremely qualified for the task. Already he had won The +38 Crossbow of Steel for his exploits in the tunnels and caves of the Granite-Fist mountains. The other young dwarves already looked up to him, and none in the clan doubted his ability to drink ale and wield his battle-hammer, occasionally at the same time.
He walked from the tunnel complex and looked out over the Fjords of Frosty-Nose peaks, taking in the bracing air and feeling the apple-sized snowflakes on his ruddy face. The weak winter sun sat low on the horizon and he could hear the wailing of a Snow Troll Eisteddfod in the distance. A great quest awaited...
"Hoots, mon, Sod that fer a laff, laddeh," said Snorg, heading back to bed, "I'm gonnae have meself a bacon sandwich then goo tae t'pub. Haggis, gold, etc."
And so ended Snorg Rockbeard's part in the Quest to halt the Dark Shadows Rising of the Colon of: The Narcolich.
Fixed for awfulness.
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... Why? The trilogy was always planned as three SPRPGs, IIRC.
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Is it just me, or is both the "official" art and Morgoth's much too tame? If you're going to do the "t3h h4wt s3cks" gambit, then Sie should be centre-stage and more... strutting. Like the Red Alert 3 cover.
That said, the covers of the best-selling PC games are pretty diverse - the covers of Cossacks and Counter-Strike are pretty awful, for example. And the covers of Diablo II and NWN, to take two examples, are hardly bright. IMO, in a world of oversaturated advertising, low-key stands out.
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Given the recent poll on KotORFiles ( link ), I'm fairly certain that the majority of KotOR fans are up for the MMO, even if I'm not. And the non-fan playerbase are far less picky about stuff like whether it's an MMO, TBH, and are for the most part of the "zOMG, KotOR II suxxx, it r 2 broked" camp.
That was a trailer, I wont be judging it for good until I watch some people play it. For now, I'm only calling it trash.
I wasn't commenting on the game's eventual quality, but on the popularity of TOR amongst gamers. Given that the sample at KotORFiles is very much the hardcore, we can imagine pretty easily that the rest of the playerbase have an even higher pro- proportion.
And you really shouldn't believe things you read on YouTube comments. 98.9% of what's written or posted on YT is utter tripe.
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Having played Kotor 2 and seeing that Obsidian had difficulty capturing the feel of the Star Wars universe the way Bioware had, I wonder whether they are up to the task of capturing the real world in Alpha Protocol.
Uh... "capturing the feel" wasn't the point. The level design frequently reflects the themes of the game.
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Given the recent poll on KotORFiles ( link ), I'm fairly certain that the majority of KotOR fans are up for the MMO, even if I'm not. And the non-fan playerbase are far less picky about stuff like whether it's an MMO, TBH, and are for the most part of the "zOMG, KotOR II suxxx, it r 2 broked" camp.
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If they say oldschool, they're probably referring to LucasArts 'golden age' of the 1990's which is the period from X-Wing to Grim Fandango. So no republic commando for you! Hah!
A man can dream. :_c
Wait, scratch that:
A man exists to dream.
But what can change the nature of a dream?
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^ Indeed.
We already have the Corsairs of Odge, who are pirates. Now we need an order of Mysterious Eastern Assassins
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I've been checking out a few modules for NWN2. First up, I went fo Christian Mayr's A Bet, A Corpse. The word "insane" is best applied to this; it's eccentric, frequently psychedelically lit (no, seriously - there are more than a few areas like the inside of a lava lamp), and either I'm playing it wrong, or it's quite bugged, too. There's no XP and virtually no combat, either - this is basically a very screwed-up adventure game.
I'd try the Purgatorio demo, but I'm on a d/l limit, and that thing is huge.
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nvm - double-post.
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There should be a prestige class for cleric/martial types called the Gladys Knight.
I don't get it.
They've got soul/pun on Eldritch Knight.
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Do you have any mods installed, and if so, which?
Also, do you have the 1.0b patch? And what are your specs?
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There should be a prestige class for cleric/martial types called the Gladys Knight.
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need an "Age of" in the title.
Hmm. I was thinking an extra colon could really add to the awfulness.
Age of Darkness: Shadows Rising: Hordes of the Narcolich?
This gives the acronym AoD:SR:HotN.
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You should also be warned that the first act is a lot slower than the rest of the game. After the trial, the speed picks up again quite quickly. I mean, it's still positively breakneck compared to NWN1's opening, but still.
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For myself, I am intent upon archaism sufficient as to maintain the status quo for the next century.
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There's a distinct lack of "shadows" in that list
That's a point. How about: Dark Shadows Rising: Hordes of the Narcolich?
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The over god should be Munchkeeen (three Es). Who rewards followers for rules lawyering.
Does it have an overgod? I was thinking there should be a Quasi-Autonomous Non-Partisan Executive Board, made up of the eight gods... (now Vagus is dead) Perhaps Munchkeeen acts as chairperson?
Edit: According to my post on p.6, there is the Mysterious Overgoddess Mum (also Mom), which explains why there are only eight dark gods... Ah, well. I'm sure we can retcon this in such a way that none of it quite fits together. :D
Also, we are turning this into a module... right?Would love to, but I have the technical skills of a tadpole.
I'm sure a team could be assembled.
Perhaps it could be called Rouge, Duh...
I am collating this precious source material, though, and will post spoof Bio-hype style puff-piece about how BOWL WORLD - SHADOWS OF THE SLUMBER-LICH is the most ground-breaking piece of interactive art since Pac Man (etc).Excellent. :D
Although it needs more words like "Dark", "Night", "Hords" and other such words in its title (as well as mention of the premium module, Chub-Fuddler).
There will be a really, really lame dark elf prestige class called DUAL-WIELD SCIMITAR DIETY or something, too.The dark elves were obviously enslaved by the light elves for a long time, so that there can be clumsy and ham-fisted insertion of Real-World Issues .
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I've been aked a few times to be a bit more "pacific" when asking something. I may know what they mean, but I'm going to be as literalist and annoying as possible.
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Not to forget, the hero should suddenly turn from a schmuck, barely able to lift a shovel, into a master swordsman just because some powerful villain taunted him how he had butchered the population of the hero's village.
The powerful villain and his guards should also all look like the guards in Prince of Persia 1:
The hero is also saved from being slaughtered with his entire village at the last minute by a mysterious bardette who only joins the party early in Act II (if there's 3 acts. Act III if there's five), called Cheery Topping, who sings in rhyming couplets, forcing the guards to dance in circles. She's an old enemy of the Moderate Bad who attacks the hero's village, and her presence annoys him immensely.
Or is that too absurd?
More Utter Genius. Cheery Topping is definitely in, as is bowl world and sticky things. All of the evil sultan's guards will look like their uniforms were designed by Liberace. All of the evil baron's guards will look like their uniforms were designed by Marilyn Manson.
Many thanks for the kind words about my Narcoleptic Lich, he is seeking the power of the widget so he can combine it with sticky stuff and create a potent Gatorade / Red Bull type brew that will keep him awake long enough to CONQUER BOWL WORLD. He also wants Cheery Topping's mortal essence, Cheery is in fact a fallen Warrior Maiden of Laaaa. Hot cleric chick distrusts her, not least because she looks fantastic in leather armour. Farm boy will be taken under dark elven psycho-warrior's tutelage and learn the Ways of Sword, Spear and Bow. The corsairs of Odge will do battle with the wandering gypsy folk, Farm Boy will make a faltering but heart-warming speech on the eve of battle..
We still need a dragon and a demon to make this work, but generally this stiff is red hot. It's so bad that I'm wondering if it could make a half decent Forgotten Realms supplement.
Her class should be a l.8 Choral Bard who multiclassed Prestidigitator.
There should be a race of desperately short "humourous" characters; they live in the cities, and all of their ghastly vidya-gaem-humourousness is a facade to hide their true role as the mafia/black market/gangs across the world. Sort of a cross between the Shadow Thieves of Amn, the Godfather and Grobnar.
The central spire of the world is absurdly tall and thin, and supports Discus, the City of Falls, which is so named for the habit of its inhabitants of falling off the edge. It is inhabited almost entirely by people who would describe themselves as "philosophical", and who wonder around all day with a vague expression. Discus is also known as Cloud-Bloody-Cuckoo-Land, and is ruled over by Her Fury, the Permanently Disgruntled Lady, who has a head-dress made entirely of rolling-pins, and wears a large, floral apron.
She was married to Vagus, God of Improbably Delicate Mechanical Things, but she got fed up and threw him off the edge, too. As a punishment, Yam trapped her in Discus, and forced her to manage it as a punishment. How the city manages to balance on the top of the Great Central Mountain, no-one knows, because no-one who might find out stays longer than is absolutely necessary, and anyone who's there for more than five minutes learns to block out Her Fury's incessant raving about the amount of things she has to do and how useless men are and...
She punishes anyone who disturbs the peace or gets in her way in one of two ways: by either pushing them off the edge, or by making them clean the bird crap off the underside. No-one knows how the birds manage to crap on the underside, but they do seem to take a perverse pride in annoying the PDL. Most inhabitants of Discus therefore, inasmuch as they have any forethought, tend to put it into not mentioning the Lady, and avoiding having her shadow.
Also, we are turning this into a module... right?
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i dont give a **** about who to blame. everybody who had anything to do whit the making of this game should be burned alive as judes.
Lulz. That's going in my sig.
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Moved to proper forum, although it only seems halfway related to Kotor2. Maybe more info could help solve your problem?
I say he needs some sedatives.
He'd need a brain for them to sedate first.
Yeah, so, Neverwinter Nights 2...
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The stealthed rogues are annoying, yeah; the only real way to take them on is about one or two at a time, which means no rushing through the mansion. You may also need to retreat and rest a few times; this isn't that huge a deal though, really. I found it eminently doable with a screwed-up Favoured Soul build and again as a Drow Warlock. Not tried with a non-magic class, though.