The Dungeon of Apolyton - Page 15

Rasputin · April 1, 2004, 23:53

finally bought the game,, once i get internet access at home i will doenlaod this little beauty...

hope jamksi still puts me in next installment even though my posts upset him

Jamski · April 2, 2004, 03:03

Yeah, its only your posts though, not you

-Jam

Tuberski · April 2, 2004, 03:30

He'll just make you die in a very violent manner.

ACK!

DrSpike · April 2, 2004, 07:31

A character who spams lightly painful arrrows in all directions wherever he is could be quite funny.

Spiffor · April 5, 2004, 00:05

Finally got my hands on NWN - SOU, so I played the Dungeon for the past hours. Good work Jam: the dungeons lasts long, and the difficulty is well balanced

. The characters get XP and items quite quickly, but then again, the monsters progress quite quickly as well.

Besides, some things are really hilarious. I think Arrian is my favorite character

However, there are a few annoying bugs...
- I never managed to speak with Aaglo (there's the blurb in German saying there's a problem with the mod)
- When I take xenobrew and go to UR, the same blurb appears.
- I brought Doc's head to Skanky, and I brought Skanky's wine to your wife, yet Skanky wouldn't open me the door (fortunately, I could bash it): he always ask if I found DrSpike, and I can only reply that I wet my pants (although I did kill him)
- I met ADG after killing Fez first. Same blurb.
- Jessica Rabbit after killing Fez first. Same blurb.
- Jamski right at the entrance of lvl 11. Same blurb.
- A really annoying bug: I have killed Trip in lvl 11 because he couldn't bear my good character to try talk some sense with Tass. And now, all civilians are against me. I had to take another save, before Osweld's quest, to solve it.

I think that's all I saw tonight. Other than that, great job

Jamski · April 5, 2004, 03:06

You HAVE to speak to people in the right order Spiff (untill I finally get off my arse and completly re-write this whole section) otherwise it won't advance the variable needed to get people off the "default" conversations. If you miss one step, the whole lot is ruined.

I really need to rip that whole dialog tree (tree? its a blinking spiderweb) right out and replace it with a more structured system.

Trip I know about, its the same bug as Vlad.

Anyway - if you had fun, then my mission is fufulled

-Jam

DrSpike · April 5, 2004, 04:24

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Originally posted by Spiffor

- I brought Doc's head to Skanky, and I brought Skanky's wine to your wife, yet Skanky wouldn't open me the door (fortunately, I could bash it): he always ask if I found DrSpike, and I can only reply that I wet my pants (although I did kill him)

How many reloads?

Maniac · April 5, 2004, 08:41

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Originally posted by centrifuge
Okay, I just finished a short killing spree through apolyton town, an Skanky's bar, I attacked everyone that I saw

, which means R.I.P. to Maniac.

How dare you!?

/me grabs his axe and charges at centrifuge...

centrifuge · April 5, 2004, 10:12

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Originally posted by Maniac

How dare you!?

* Maniac grabs his axe and charges at centrifuge...

The undead have risen

*Centrifuge searches frantically for his crucifix, while trying not to wet his pants...

Spiffor · April 5, 2004, 12:37

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Originally posted by Doc
How many reloads?

Zero. I had to reload quite a few times to get LeChuck, and to kill your girlfriend, but the fight against you was extremely easy: maybe because I could attack you immediately without being bothered by too many henchmen (you died about as quickly as the average henchman). What exactly makes you dangerous?

DrSpike · April 5, 2004, 12:38

No idea, other than the fact the creator said I was quite tough.

Jamski · April 5, 2004, 12:50

Notes for v2.0 - make Doc slightly harder.

Spiffor - what about all Doc's crazy hordes of Elite Orc Archers? Did you not get pin-cushioned just trying to get close to him?

-Jam

Spiffor · April 5, 2004, 13:43

I am a cleric, I have big armour and shield. The elite archers hardly hit me. The elite grunts were much more of a pain, as I don't hurt too much (mace +3, and strength modifier +2).
Given the objects he dropped, I suppose DrSpike was an electricity-based foe. Had I suffered from his electrical attacks, I'd have trouble I think.

Also, had I been hit more often by his archers, I could have had more trouble healing myself.

BTW, could you explain me how spells work in D&D: I don't understand how many spells a day I can launch, and how to increase this amount...

Spiffor · April 5, 2004, 13:50

Aside from that, I tried to kill LotM's wife after my triumph over DrSpike. She's frigging HARD! She hits me once every two attempts, and she always do something like 15-20 damage, with henchmen who are also powerful like that. Many, many reloads.

Worse, she nearly always manged to interrupt my heling spells when I cast them in the middle of the melee (concentration 8 + very high wisdom). That helped making her incredibly hard.

Also: the undead pirates in level 8 aren't considered undead: my "turn undead" doesn't work on them at all, and the specific bonuses of my mace don't help.

One last thing I can think of: I went back to see Kody before killing Vovan, with his mace equipped. I said I give it back to him in the dialog box, and he thanked me. Yet, I kept the mace equipped, and couldn't interact with Kody anymore.

DrSpike · April 5, 2004, 13:53

So LotM's wife is tougher than a big bad orc? Jaaaaaaamskiiiiii!!!

Jamski · April 5, 2004, 13:58

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I don't understand how many spells a day I can launch, and how to increase this amount...

As you level up you get more spell slots. If you open the spellbook tab you can select which spells you want to memorise. Higher wisdom also gives more spells per day. Basically, each time you level up, open the spellbook and choose what spells you want memorised, then rest. Each time you'll have more available.

You get new spell levels every second cleric level, so at levels 1, 3, 5, 7, 9...

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Aside from that, I tried to kill LotM's wife after my triumph over DrSpike. She's frigging HARD! She hits me once every two attempts, and she always do something like 15-20 damage, with henchmen who are also powerful like that. Many, many reloads.

She's one to come back to when you're tougher.

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Worse, she nearly always manged to interrupt my heling spells when I cast them in the middle of the melee (concentration 8 + very high wisdom). That helped making her incredibly hard.

Constitution effects concentration, not Wisdom. I also reccommend the feat "Combat Casting"

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Also: the undead pirates in level 8 aren't considered undead: my "turn undead" doesn't work on them at all, and the specific bonuses of my mace don't help.

Another one for the ever growing list.

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One last thing I can think of: I went back to see Kody before killing Vovan, with his mace equipped. I said I give it back to him in the dialog box, and he thanked me. Yet, I kept the mace equipped, and couldn't interact with Kody anymore.

And another one

-Jam

Dis · April 5, 2004, 15:03

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Originally posted by Spiffor
Aside from that, I tried to kill LotM's wife after my triumph over DrSpike. She's frigging HARD! She hits me once every two attempts, and she always do something like 15-20 damage, with henchmen who are also powerful like that. Many, many reloads.

Worse, she nearly always manged to interrupt my heling spells when I cast them in the middle of the melee (concentration 8 + very high wisdom). That helped making her incredibly hard.

Also: the undead pirates in level 8 aren't considered undead: my "turn undead" doesn't work on them at all, and the specific bonuses of my mace don't help.

One last thing I can think of: I went back to see Kody before killing Vovan, with his mace equipped. I said I give it back to him in the dialog box, and he thanked me. Yet, I kept the mace equipped, and couldn't interact with Kody anymore.

cheese tactic. Use Space05us for a meat shield

. he's unkillable! and then pepper her with arrows or your spell of choice. Something Noober could never do- be a great meat shield.

Spiffor · April 5, 2004, 17:00

Jamski:
I have finished your mod. Good job

I especially like it in the last levels, when we feel we are really approaching the real core of 'Poly, and enemies become more "computerish" (at least in name). It reminds me .Hack//Sign, for those who know

One last bug though: killing Coracle makes every civilian angry at you (except the owners and the big bosses). And killing him is mandatory. This is sad, because I cna't benefit from Bob's text after taking the final portal, and I like endings

I hope this is one bug you'll fix

Jamski · April 5, 2004, 18:00

You can actually hide in shadows and pickpocket him for the keys... in theory

Yeah, he needs to be fixed

Glad you have fun though Spiffor

-Jam

Dis · April 6, 2004, 16:34

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Originally posted by Jamski
You can actually hide in shadows and pickpocket him for the keys... in theory

Yeah, he needs to be fixed

Glad you have fun though Spiffor

-Jam

pickpocket who? Bob or the coracle?

I've never been a big pickpocketer, I don't think I put any points into it.

what does bob say at the end anyways?