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 Oh boy look at that badass dragon. Yeah that is a logo alright.  Hey it is moderately more readable than the Ultima 7 font!  BANE OF THE COSMIC FORGE  The sixth Wizardry game! Let's see what the Wiki says. Wikipedia posted:Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (originally known as Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge) is the 6th title in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games. It was the first in the trilogy surrounding the Dark Savant, which was followed by Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant and Wizardry 8. It was developed by Sir-Tech Software, Inc. and was released on the Amiga and DOS platforms in 1990 by the same company, and for the Super Famicom in Japan in 1995 by ASCII. Well now, doesn't that sound interesting? IT SURE DOES I THINK. This is gonna be a mostly blind LP. I have done a couple of the floors of the first area but other than that I know almost nothing. I am doing this because of a couple of factors. Firstly, the game is available on GOG.com. I had only played Wiz8 previously (and not legitimately, I must say). The game comes bundled with the seventh in the series http://www.gog.com/game/wizardry_6_7 Secondly, this program. http://www.davidwaltersdevelopment.com/tools/gridcart/ THIS THING. It is a great thing. It is an awesome thing. It is well worth the 5bux. I suggest everyone to get it. Yes. EVERYONE. Yeah. Basically I am gonna Etrian Odyssey this.  Let's go forward, shall we? Update 1: Possible party members Update 2: Entering the Castle Update 3: First fight, first fuckup Update 3.5: Mapping concerns Update 4: Treasures! Update 5: A key! Update 6: The Southern Towers Update 7: Iron Keys Update 8: High and low. Update 9: Negotiating. Update 10: Opening the Jail Update 11: The Dead Man's Log Update 12: It was the dog's name? Update 13: Snoopcheri and L'Montes Update 14: The Belfry Update 15: The Queen's Boudoir Update 16: STERV's new getup. Update 17: The king's diary? Update 18: The Book of the Ramm Update 19: The Hazard Area Update 20: Out of the Hazard Area Update 21: Pirate's Log And Ring. Update 22: Aye Aye Cap'n! Update 23: Bell's Rope Update 24: Hook Rope Update 25: A mountain? Update 26: Fuuuuuuuuck Darkness Update 27: Darkness with NO Auto map? Get out of here. Update 28: Changes maybe? Update 29: Ch-ch-ch-changes Update 30: Somethingsomething Update 31:A sprocket? Update 32: Gettin' Lost Update 33: Confusion Update 34: Rock Climbing Update 35:The most disappointing treasure Update 36: A restaurant? Update 37: Trolling for tolls Update 38: An Attempt Was Made Update 39:Trollsbane Update 40: Boulderdash Update 41:Wizard Head and Book of Rapture Update 42: Angel's Tongue Update 43: Rubber Band Applied. Update 44: Bullseye Update 45: A Haus. Update 46: And the giants go down. Update 47: Giant screenshots, and AMAZULU ZOMBIES Update 48:  Suddenly, tits.Update 49: An Empty Sack Update 50: A fleeing Chest. Update 51: A Bad Idea Update 52: Beast Headed Door Update 53:Devious Traps Update 54: A pit! Update 55: More traps. Update 56: Things go boom. Update 57: The Idol Of Mau-Mu-Mu Update 58: Mau-Mu-Mu Update 59: Backtracking Update 60: The Guardian of the Rock Update 61: Two eyes and nowhere to set them on Update 62: Plotdump Update 63: Wizard's Cave Update 64 Behind the skull Update 65: Backtrack Update 66: Apparitions Update 67: The Isle of the Damned Update 68:Doomed Update 69: Faffing Around Update 70: Wasting time Update 71: Ninjaing. Update 72: The key of Minos. Update 73: The Tombs Update 74: Grinding amond the dead Update 75: Vanishing demons for fun and profit Update 76: Contrasts in combat Update 77: Cheesing it quite a bit. Update 78: Miracles! Update 79: Walking on Water Update 80: Water everywhere Update 81: Offscreen: Dead Key Update 82: Dead Island Update 83: The Halls of the Dead, or The Game Takes The Kid Gloves Off Update 84: Skeleton Key Update 85: The Royal Mausoleum Update 86: Guardians Update 87: The Queen Update 88: A waste of time Update 89 The DOOR OF EVIL Update 90: Inprisoned Update 91: Out of the jail Update 92: A dark forest Update 93: A faery circle Update 94: A Stone Ship. Update 95: The Queen of Faeries Updae 96: Divination Update 97:The Temple of the Ramm Update 98: TELEPORTS, WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE TELEPORTS Update 99: Meeting Xorphitus Update 100: A lot, but not enough grinding Update 101: Even more grinding. A LORD. Update 102: Xorphitus Update 103: Kind of an anticlimax Update 104: Wait. What? Update 105: Two endings. Luisfe fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Oct 19, 2016 |
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Well now, we can't. Because we do not have a party. We need to generate one. Here are the things. We can be HUMANS. You know, regular people things, I guess. These seem to be the human portraits available.                 Elves. Pointy eared things. I have an elf blademaster in Might and Magic X. I dunno. They are elvish.      Dwarves. Shorty, stocky, and I always imagine them with a Scottish accent. I guess they use axes or something.       Gnomes and Hobbits: Ones are tinkerers and illusionists with a fondness for Turnips in Baldur's Gate, the others are short and have hairy feet. I have no idea if I put some of the Gnome portraits in the Dwarf section but eh whatever. Hobbits also like to have 5 meals per day.   Faeries: Winged things. THey are things. Yes.   Lizardmen: Lizard folk. Scalies. Reptiloids.  Dracon: I am gonna assume it's some sort of dragon thing. Portrait looks like a bug to me though.  These may still be humans, but maybe they are the Dracon and the previous one is also a Lizardman. Not sure though.      Rawulf: Dog furrypeople.  Felpurr: Cat furrypeople  Mook: Chewbacca furrypeople  Also a portrait of a Grim Reaper can be chosen.  Any character of any race can have any portrait, as far as I know. It is funny that way. The characters can have also a profession! Look at this list: Fighter: They fight things. I guess they beat people to a pulp with melee weapons Mage: They mage things. They blow up things utilizing magical powers of mighty things. Wizards, you might say Priest: They priest things. Bah that is getting old, in any case I guess they are clerics of some deity that beat things up and use magic for other things. Thief: They can steal things and quite likely deal with horrible traps that will murder the entire party several times over because they pay attention to the environment and or things. Ranger: As far as I know, Wiz 6 does not take place on foresty areas, but I guess they are bow users. I guess. I am not certain. Alchemist: They try to turn base metals into gold, as a metaphor for the improvement of oneself and the transformation of base matter into higher things. No idea. Bard: They swill beer, and sing. Songs are important for morale you know. Psionic: Big brains. Psychic powers! Valkyrie: FEMALE-ONLY class. Sounds better than a regular fighter I must say. Lord: I guess this is the male equivalent? Though it sounds less badass than the divine takers of the slain in the battlefield. Bishop: Old religious farts of high ranking. Do they come with a funny hat? I have no idea Samurai: I guess they are into hanzo steel Monk: They do kung fu Ninja: They dress in black, or alternatively, in very colored garbs. We need six characters. Luisfe fucked around with this message at 02:56 on Feb 6, 2014 |
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Feb 6, 2014 02:38
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Make a Grim Reaper Samurai and (if we're allowed to suggest multiple dudes) make Maid Marian here () into a Valkyrie.
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Feb 6, 2014 02:47
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Senerio posted:Make a Grim Reaper Samurai and (if we're allowed to suggest multiple dudes) make Maid Marian here ( But would that grim reaper need to be human or what. The portraits and classes don't seem to be race-restricted!
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Feb 6, 2014 02:49
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Make it a race that is not represented in the end.
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Feb 6, 2014 02:52
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The entire Wizardry 6-8 trilogy is also available on Steam. I say female faerie mage. Class right now is not important. What's important is that she become a ninja in 7.
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Feb 6, 2014 02:55
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Female dwarf monk, any portrait.
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Feb 6, 2014 03:17
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Oh god. This game brings mixed memories. I didn't get tooo far, but I do remember a lack of NPCs, shops, or a feeling of getting anywhere. The last of which I also felt in 7, so maybe I'm just not Wizardry material. You have lizardman and dracon right. Dracons are dragon people, agile and like to spit. Do you get a copy of the manual on GOG? I'll suggest a Rawulf Lord, with the Rawulf portrait. Maybe called Sir Barksalot. They are handy IIRC.
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Feb 6, 2014 03:36
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Hurray, Wizardry 6! I'm going to suggest Melia, the greedy human spellcaster. Alchemist! We like gold. If you multiclass (this game multiclasses a lot) go for other casters.
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Feb 6, 2014 03:42
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I had forgotten to mention that the games are also on Steam, which is quite worth it if for some reason you would rather have them there instead of on GOG. Hell at first they used the GOG.com pictures. It was funny http://store.steampowered.com/sub/31551/ Tylana posted:
"Bonus content included for FREE with purchase: Wizardry 7 DOS (PC, English) 2 cluebooks 2 manuals soundtrack character sheet magic word icon list map quick reference card Wizardry 7 DOS (Mac, English)" Hooray for extras!
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Feb 6, 2014 03:44
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Ohhh snap! This should be VERY fun! Also since I'm on a bit of a Metal Gear binge with Crawl and the Civ5 LP, let me formally request a Human Thief or Ninja (whichever you'd want more/feels more thematically fitting to you) named Snake. Not sure any portrait here really fits with Big Boss, so improvise I guess!
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Feb 6, 2014 04:11
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Dwarven Bishop* named Death Pope with that Grim reaper av *IIRC Bishop requires high stats so if you can't get enough bonus points to get it then Priest is fine as well. Thanks for linking that grid cartographer. Now I can finally get cracking on playing all the old greats of this style of game (pretty much the only reason I've not is not having a good program to make maps). Genocyber fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Feb 6, 2014 |
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Feb 6, 2014 04:21
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Father Mittens, the cat bishop
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edit: should read thread before posting. grr
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Feb 6, 2014 04:31
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Neat to see another Wizardry LP Luisfe! I like the variety offered in character choices and enemies in this series. Plus seeing the ideas people have for characters is always cool (and often good for a laugh!). Rather than recommend any particular character, I'll just ask that you please choose some of the more offbeat ideas! In games like this that offer more classes than Fighter-Thief-Wizard and more races than Human-Elf-Dwarf it's always good to see the new and different ones. Looking forward to this LP!
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Feb 6, 2014 04:44
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Might I offer a LP All-Stars Four Pack for you to choose from: GEOP the Human who is some kind of fighter thingie I don't know BADMUNKI the Dwarf who will one day become a Lord STERV the Cat Bard Flavah the Dragon-Ninja
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Feb 6, 2014 04:52
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I suggest Male Faerie Monk. Assuming you can get the stats to line up, haven't played 6 so not sure how bad the creation is. I think it was often hard to get the stats for a Faerie Monk in 7, and Faerie Monk can get nigh untouchable.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:55
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Araganzar posted:
Bahaha, can I also vote for Sterv? It'd be silly, not really even belong in here, but drat if I wouldn't still watch/read that. He likely wouldn't even be very hard to "roleplay" as he's basically a literal retard who had destiny thrust upon his misshapen shoulders. You'd also get the excuse to have even MORE abuse of  !
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Feb 6, 2014 05:08
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How can a cat bard pluck the lute. Either cat bard or Father Mittens is gonna be a party member because I find both mental images hilarious. Hm.
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Feb 6, 2014 08:59
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I'd say go with Father Mittens because in-jokes are loving terrible (unless father mittens is also an in-joke).
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Feb 6, 2014 16:56
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Genocyber posted:I'd say go with Father Mittens because in-jokes are loving terrible (unless father mittens is also an in-joke).  It helps that a bard that can claw off someone's eyes sounds like it would be pretty metal. 
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Feb 6, 2014 17:23
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This dude is MONMOON the Psionic and while he may look like a dorky Elf he is a Rawulf at heart and if you imply otherwise he'll write very angry posts about how you're oppressing him in his diary because blogs haven't been invented yet. dijon du jour fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Feb 6, 2014 |
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Feb 6, 2014 17:49
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DETPOPE the grim reaper Dwarf Bishop is generated. As well as STERV the furry catpeople bard thing. Names, races, classes and portraits are required for FOUR more characters. I forgot to mention, we only have 7 letters, all in capitals, for the name of the character.
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Feb 6, 2014 18:03
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Luisfe posted:I forgot to mention, we only have 7 letters, all in capitals, for the name of the character. poo poo, I guess my character's name is now MONMOON.
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Feb 6, 2014 18:16
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dijon du jour posted:poo poo, I guess my character's name is now MONMOON. YES. Selected.
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Feb 6, 2014 18:24
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SIRWOOF then if you go for Doglord?
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Feb 6, 2014 18:33
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TINYSAN the Hobbit Samurai
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Feb 6, 2014 18:34
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I need a name for the faerie whatever, either mage or monk will do. But I want a faerie in the party.
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Feb 6, 2014 18:37
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HowsaboutSSSIMON the Lizard fighter? Very enthusiastic about fighting. Might eat the people he defeats.
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Feb 6, 2014 18:40
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Faerie names : SPARKLE? TWINKLE? MRSFLAP (or MRFLAPS)? DUSTY? I'd probably suggest a mage. I'm not sure how forgiving this game is on party make up, but at leat you can make new peeps and try to grind them back up, IIRC?
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Feb 6, 2014 18:41
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Name the faerie Harold
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Luisfe posted:I need a name for the faerie whatever, either mage or monk will do. But I want a faerie in the party. Faerie Monk: TINKLEE Tink Lee trained hard to make her body a deadly weapon after years of people making fun of her name by calling her "Tinkle". She'll show those fuckers, she'll show them all (a close up of her fist)!!!
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Current roster: STERV, the Felpurr Bard DETPOPE, the Dwarven Grim Reaper Bishop MONMOON, the So far unnamed Faerie something And two more. Samurai hobbit is tempting but it is still open! Edit: Holy poo poo, TINKLEE is pretty much perfect, might go for that.
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Feb 6, 2014 18:48
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A lizardman ninja called George. Good luck, you will need it if I remember the character generation process correctly.
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Well, if you're still looking for more characters, I could come up with another one, if nobody else comes up with anything better. This is KILIT, the first of a brand new species, freshly dredged from the primordial muck. Its race doesn't technically exist yet so it just adopted the race of a wandering Dracan caravan who accepted it into their own and funneled its dumb strength into the art of being a fighter. It was named by the first human it encountered, who pointed at it and said "Kilit!". Kilit was very thankful to the man for the nice name but then the humans tried to poke Kilit with pointy swords, so Kilit had to eat them. Much later Kilit made its family very rich in the fighting pits but then when Kilit said he didn't want to fight in the pits anymore they got mad and tried to hurt Kilit so Kilit had to eat them too. Naive to a fault. Looks vaguely like a bug. Smells weird. Hungry.
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Feb 6, 2014 21:41
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Party has been generated. We shall see a bit of stuff in a while.
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Part 2: Character creation and party Let's create a bunch of assholes.  CAT BARD. STERV, coming from a line of people with feline qualities, STERV chose the path of the Bard as his profession. Following some sort of ad in the last tavern that ran him out for singing the SONG OF HIS PEOPLE, he finds himself at the doors of adventure. Or horrible death. That can happen, too.  STERV did not get such a good roll, with the stats shown there being the baseline catfurry statistics. Strength, Intelligence, Piety, Vitality, Dexterity, Speed and Perception, with Karma being special, which shall be seen later. Let's see what the Bard looks like.  Bards are not front line combatants, so STERV gets little strength. With any luck he won't get hit too much. Lute players need dextrous hands and fingers though, so that goes there. Though I have no idea how a cat person could properly play a stringed instrument if they have pad-like structures in the hands. Or not. I dunno.  The Karma roll could've been better! But it'll do, I guess. Karma is rolled AFTER points have been allocated.  God drat, Sterv did not get poo poo in the skill points. Let's give him one in throwing at the moment.  He's really good at music though, but his hp and stamina are poo poo. Also let's give him some oratory (well, bards need to negotiate things! Maybe that is why he got ran out of them taverns) as well as a bit of legerdemain. No, I am not implying that catpeople swindle and steal poo poo. Why would I need to imply that?  Next: DETPOPE, the DEATH POPE. Clerical being of great power, and skeletonicity. DETPOPE, being otherworldly, is in front of the Castle, in search of the fabled Cosmic Forge (more on that later). He joins with the party in order to acquire such a thing and utilize it.  A slightly better roll! Though it does not show the entire list of things that he could be. Let's make him a Bishop, which is clearly a status lower than what his name would indicate.  He needs to be rather pious, to be a pope don't you think? No, I don't think so, no, but we need high piety here.  12 Karma. Could've gone better  Ah, yes, magic. I forgot to screenshot how many bonus points he got, but eh, does not matter. Also, for being a goddamn pope, 3 hp? What. That is "get sneezed at and die" range! I guess becoming some sort of horrible grim reaper being has its drawbacks.  Ah, the magic selection screen. Both the Water spells available are appropriate for a horrible spooky dwarven grim bishop reaper. There were several spells that could've been chosen. Fire school had: Energy Blast Water had: Chilling Touch and Terror Earth had : Armor Shield and Direction Mental disciplines had: Sleep That is on level one though. Let's see what else is available once we have chosen Chilling TOuch.  Yes. THat.   Bless and charm, eh?  Oooh that's more like it. A grim reaper would go for making them, but we need HEALTH.   Yes. That is fine.  MONMOON, the  drat! That was a good roll! MONMOON could be whatever he wants!  He is a psychic thing. Yes. Max intelligence? Yes please. Should've made him faster, I guess.  That works. He does not shave, for a reason.  Mental attack it is!  Also sleep. Sleep is really important. Insomnia sucks, you know?  TINKLEE, the diminutive Faerie Monk. Who said sprites could not be martial artists? She ran away in order to become all she can be, and become the absolute puncher.  She packs a wallop! Also, she is more durable than the goddamn skeleton.  Ayup.  And yeah why not, let's give her some Ninja skillz. You never know when that is gonna be useful.  Uh what the gently caress is Kirijutsu. Also she follows Madam Blavatsky.  Better punching.  Hailing from other lands, SNAKE, the ninja. His Snake is Solid, not naked. Hm. Should've gone with Raiden then. Not Rules of Nature Raiden though.  THat looks more or less balanced to me.  : "Kept you waiting, huh?" Huh, he is skileld in hands and feet? Okay. I would've thought swords or daggers but that's fine.  Skilled in the art of flipping out, though he is not particularly stealthy.  Let's make him a bit more of a rogue. Even though he is an rear end in a top hat loner with massive ptsd.  TINYSAN, the Hobbit Samurai. Eschewing pastoral tranquility for the way of the Sword, this particular Halfling finds himself in a quest to prove himself. Also, he still likes 5 meals a day.    GOD drat that is a bad karma roll.  He is samurai.  He follows the way of the sword.  And with that we have a party. Let's organize it.  TINKLEE and TINYSAN will be the frontliners, since they are skilled in physical things. DETPOPE is a caster, Snake... Well I don't know yet. We'll see. STERV is a utility class and he will throw poo poo, so being behind is better for him. MONMOON is a caster. Positioning matters!  Oh uh. DRM?  This is the universal password (no it isn't)  It worked. We can go in.    : "The ad in the tavern said this was abandoned! Felpurr not liking this one bit!": "THE FLYER SAID CLEARLY 'DANGEROUS WORK. ' IT IS FAR TOO LATE FOR YOU TO BACK DOWN FROM THIS. I WOULD NOT ALLOW IT.": "This is a procure on site mission, correct? ": "As far as I know, this is a 'bring your own gear' mission. So I did.": "Figures. " "Small scampering noises echo down far distant corridors, a reminder that it is you who are the intruder here..."  And now the party is inside the Castle. What waits for them there?
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Female Faerie Ninja named Titania If Wizardry 8 has taught me anything, it's that faery ninjas are th rmaster race/class e: gently caress too late PotatoManJack fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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Feb 7, 2014 00:33
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You asked what Kirijitsu does? It's the critical hit skill of the game. Without it, you can't inflict one. With it, you have a chance to score a critical on every successful hit, and crits in this game inflict instant death. A mostly blind LP of this game should be an entertaining trainwreck. Wizardry 6 and 7 are pretty drat brutal if you don't figure out how the game expects you to build and play characters.
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The adventure begins... So are there three different rows in the party? How does the game deal with that? Is it something like high damage/low defense average damage/average defense low damage (except with long range attacks)/high defense? Luisfe posted:Also, for being a goddamn pope, 3 hp? What. Look, it's hard to get your daily calcium intake when you have no digestion system. 
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