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Fantastic! I've been wanting to see this game LPd for a while, because it's really a forgotten and somewhat unknown gem. For its time and quality, it has a lot of really interesting features, a great story and very cool mechanics in terms of gameplay, inventory and RPG elements. I'd definitely say that Magician is a strong choice for specialization for an LP, because it's both interesting, fun, spectacular and hilariously stupidly broken once you get yourself up there. Also it rewards creative gameplay, and we won't have to watch you Conan your way through eleventy billion morons. So I'm voting for that. As for name, Discount Merlin? Arshan Wizard For Hire? Shallefex the Somewhat Certain? I'm honestly not good with names.
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Poil posted:This game looks interesting. It's surprisingly well written, iirc. I like all of those suggestions, but how about Goondalf the Gray or maybe just Goondalf for short?
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Apr 23, 2018 21:19
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Klingon w Bowl Cut posted:You know, I'd never actually tried to enter a name that long. Apparently the limit is 14 characters. Which means Goondalf the G would fit. It's very wizardly to leave people guessing what the G stands for, imo. I agree a lot.
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Apr 24, 2018 10:17
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Klingon w Bowl Cut posted:Magician has a pretty commanding lead and has held steady, so I'm calling the vote. I went ahead and changed the first and second posts to be background information. I have recorded enough for the first few updates, now I just need to sift through for screens and maybe gifs. The first update of the tale of Goondalf the G will begin some time within the next couple days! Klingon w Bowl Cut posted:
Fantastic. I was gonna say, I've never seen that map before so that's really cool. Where did you find it, if you don't mind sharing? SoA and related stuff is basically internet/games archeology at this point and it's really lucky for you to even have a playable version. I lost mine ages ago and the only thing I managed to find online was a german version, which is nix gut. That you've managed to find any information at all online is impressive. Also, that's a great portrait for our protagoonist. Did you find it or make it?
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Apr 25, 2018 20:18
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Fantastic start. First time through I did the beetle quest with the beginner charge spell. Took forever.
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Apr 27, 2018 20:25
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Klingon w Bowl Cut posted:lol, wow. Even a rusty dagger is better against beetles than Charge. You were certainly brave! Certainly an idiot. Great update, I like how well this format of LP works for this game. It's actually much better than a video LP would be, because of all the running around and loading different areas. I actually miss playing this game now, it must be something along the lines of the best -technically freeware- game out there. I have to go digging in my old computers to see if I have any old functioning versions. Thanks for bringing this back to life.
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Apr 30, 2018 08:57
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Xander77 posted:Never heard of this game, but it certainly looks interesting. It's a surprisingly big game, but it was originally billed as a sort of modular deal, where certain chapters were specifically suited for a character type (Warrior, Scout, Mage) and could be skipped to go straight to the end. The developers thought it would make sense to make the chapters mostly individual and standalone, and so you bought and played as many chapters as you wanted. I don't know how well that would have worked. Well, I guess it didn't work all that great. I consider every chapter a must play at least, and I would hate the final chapter without enough experience. You'll see what I mean. Anyway, I agree wholeheartedly, because this is a very interesting and well-written game and we really haven't seen anything yet.
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May 2, 2018 07:03
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Black Robe posted:Liking the LP, I've heard of this game but never played it myself. Agreed. The game has a lot of dialogue up front which is very deceptive, as it is totally quite action packed once you get out the gate. As an introduction, this game does the start of a game/story rather well. I've always really liked the start.
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May 2, 2018 20:26
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Lahren is such a goon in a well.
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May 3, 2018 21:03
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Such a goon in a well. Thank christ the «wrong» answer didn't screw us out of that Shadow spell, because it comes in handy. I knew that answer was wrong but I couldn't say anything without spoiling it, and besides, this is a good example of this game subverting expectations just enough to keep the player guessing and avoiding the obvious answer... some times. It's not going to be the last time.
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May 5, 2018 09:20
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That is a neat gameover, really shows how they went above and beyond on the design on this game. Not only do we get an actual end to the story besides a meaningless "game over", we even get a glimpse of the future that makes a lot more sense as we progress and we learn the cost of our failiure. The game over text even changes depending on our progress if I'm not misremembering. And yes, gently caress this game's difficulty. This game will kill the poo poo out of you if you go into this thinking it's some kind of Diablo-like. It isn't.
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May 7, 2018 19:43
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Klingon w Bowl Cut posted:It is. Each of the 6 chapters has a different death journal entry, and I will definitely be showing them. Probably involuntarily. There's at least one monster capable of one-shotting you in this game no matter yours stats and it might not be what you all readers think. This game is a motherfucker.
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May 7, 2018 21:07
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Klingon w Bowl Cut posted:Having now played through almost the entirety of the rest of Chapter One, I can confirm this. Thankfully the game lets you save whenever and wherever you want, or I would have long ago pulled all of my hair out. It's definitely old school. Reminds me of the first Gothic games, difficulty scale wise.
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May 9, 2018 16:47
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Black Robe posted:And so begins Goondalf's TRUE quest: to collect every single pair of pants in Avalon. So many pants... Poil posted:Ah, the joys of very low level adventuring. Exactly. That Warrior is a bastard and a half before you're really set up to do damage. I have no idea how a fighter/scout would do it this early in. Klingon w Bowl Cut posted:He uses the Heal spell animation on us, but turbocharged because it’s always 100%, and restores Mana too. Back into the fray!  He does? OH god damnit. All that time spent waiting to recharge mana so I could heal and then wait some more and then 
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May 11, 2018 08:29
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LucyWanabe posted:I'm glad you're lping this. I remember when this game first came out, and I begged and pleaded with my mom to get it for me, because it looked so awesome. Unfortunately I never got the chance to play it, and being a broke teenager never got my hands on a copy. I look forward to the further adventures of Goondalf. I found out about it by complete accident, and had a hell of a time even getting my hands on it because this was at the end of Digital Tome. I rember it fondly as a cult classic. Maybe once the lp is finished it's possible to collaborate and try and get a copy working for goons. It's abandonware at this point, so I wouldn't see a problem with it, and Klingon probably has some great advice for getting it running. It's worth the effort in my opinion, especially if you like older games.
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May 16, 2018 16:26
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That. God. drat. Mage. And his god damned Hold spell. That motherfucker killed me more than the entire village combined. He is incredibly hard if you're not prepared for him, as a fighter or a scout I don't know how I would have dealt. Also, dun dun duuuuun! The Sha'Ahoul are digging a hole. I wonder what it could all mean.
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May 27, 2018 18:23
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TitanG posted:Welp, that's some hardcore betrayal there Yeah, it turns out the betrayal was coming from inside the walls! This first chapter is a brilliant introduction to the game in my opinion, it really showcases a lot of new things, has a coherent and interesting plot and gives you plenty of opportunity to practice combat. Goondalf the G(oner) is gonna need that with what's coming, because now the easy part of the game is over  Those pauldrons by the way are pretty nice, but I'm not sure I ever collected them. Not mage-y enough.
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May 30, 2018 19:37
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I'm seeing a lot of things I never discovered on my run, so I'm pretty happy with this update. I never brought any companions for the reason you mentioned, but then I never found that scout. I'm going to enjoy seeing how you handle things from here.
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Jun 5, 2018 08:06
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Xander77 posted:Huh. The Firewalker journal is rather affecting. Do ingame spells actually function that way? Not sure, I think there's some dot component to some of the spells, but on the other hand that's just Mithras. He's just that loving scary.
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Jun 6, 2018 08:13
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You are encountering a bunch of things I never had any idea of. This game really rewards exploration and there really is just tons of hidden stuff.
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Jun 11, 2018 12:13
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Black Robe posted:Goondalf's personality seems to be starting to tick back and forth like a pendulum, these days. But then, he's living in a madhouse and being taught by a skeleton (I love this game), so it's quite understandable. Any mage worth his salt is a little bit insane. Accordion Man posted:All the fame is going to his head. It's not so bad once you get used to it and realize this really really isn't Diablo. But it's pretty bad at the start of the game, parts of the middle of the game oh yea and also the... last... part of the game you know what? Never mind. E: Felious is such a goon  and fairly stereotypical for "good" necromancers. But Bones, though, there's a champ. Also, holy loving hell I never knew about that breastplate, that is insane. Goondalf is armored to hell and back.
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Jun 13, 2018 06:35
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Yes, those sure are some... Spooky caves. Let's just hope there's nothing spooky in them.
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Jun 16, 2018 09:27
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TitanG posted:Probably just bats, albino insects and echos. I mean what are the odds on there being some magical bullshit there to fight? Magical bullshit? In my ominous mystic ancient caverns of indescribable darkness and evil? It's more likely than you'd think.
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Jun 19, 2018 09:31
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Klingon w Bowl Cut posted:Yeah, that's one thing I would change if I were remaking this game. I mean, the Chapter One death scenes have you waking up in the infirmary after losing all your HP, surely companions could at least have something similar. Leaving aside how fun it would be to make a party of skellingtons, of course. Thanks for a great update, yet another bunch of things I missed I see. Those are some important pants. Also, this game does not handle companions well. I am absolutely 100% on board with the idea of having an expendable skeleton army. Fortunately, the game actually solves the problem of you not being an army later in the game. In a manner of speaking. We haven't even begun to see Goondalf's potential realized. These caverns though... Gosh darn them to heck.
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Jun 20, 2018 06:42
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Klingon w Bowl Cut posted:I'm sure that will be the end and none of this will come up again. Yes, I'm sure things will be perfectly peachy from now in in. Nothing ominous at all. It'll be fine. There is nothing to worry about. What's that noise?     This is gonna go great 
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Jun 25, 2018 20:53
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Black Robe posted:Well, the lich utterly ignored us, so who knows. Maybe he's a good guy. We've already buddied up with the necromancer and his skeleton pal, and we're apparently going to try and save a lot of the monsters around here. Yes, the undead monstrosity - who is so ancient and powerful that the great mage Goondalf himself is unworthy of even reacting to - might be a good guy who's friendly and misunderstood and in no way poses a danger to us in the slightest. I'm optimistic about this, guys. I think we made a new friend.
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Jun 26, 2018 13:59
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Klingon w Bowl Cut posted:We don't know it's ancient. Maybe its death was just very unfortunate and caused it to lose most of its skin. Also calling anything an "undead monstrosity" in this game is very bigoted of you! Bones would be disappointed. You know, that's a good point. That's totally ageist of me. I shouldn't be judging someone based on the colour of their skin - wherever it may be - or the content of their eldricht nightmare portal to the shadow dimension/heart. Judge him not on the visage of his decrepit husk but on the quality of his totally not ͓̉̍̓͐e̪̠͚͇̪̠v̳̥͕ͫ͒͛̇̓͑̑ȉ̥̮͚͓͍l̬͉̮̂ ̻s̞o̟̥͍͙͕̤̗͗u͎͔lͯ̈́̚. Totally. Live and let unlive I always say.
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Jun 26, 2018 14:31
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gently caress that lich. gently caress that lich so loving much goddamnit what a motherfucking rear end in a top hat.
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Jul 2, 2018 06:43
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AlsoKlingon w Bowl Cut posted:Avalon: Fortress of Yeah, spot on. Maybe try tipping your fedora at the evil eldritch undead husk. "M'lichy"
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Jul 2, 2018 06:49
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That son-of-a-lich did it! He actually did it! Well, gently caress that lich with the power of a thousand fireballs. I spent ages getting past that rear end in a top hat, ages more fighting him thinking I could kill him (you can to my knowledge not). At least we got some cool emo clothes. TheGreatEvilKing posted:Yea, kinda surprised he couldn't teach us how to raise some skeletons. Sure you did, in Harry Potter. Totally a thing.
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Jul 9, 2018 07:10
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Ah yes. Infiltrating the Sha'Ahoul camp. The stealth chapter is pretty fun, and infinitely easier with spellcasting. We'll now find out more about our mysterious enemy through the power of pig masks and pantomime.
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Aug 22, 2018 11:03
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Holy hell those items. I missed so much 
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Sep 12, 2018 08:05
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I too want to get on mr. Bones wild ride. Fantastic update, very spooky.
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Nov 2, 2018 08:30
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loving amazing update. I really appreciate you going the extra mile with the dialogue, you are really adding a lot to the game itself.
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Nov 15, 2018 22:00
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Black Robe posted:The resolution to the Lurkers' story was pretty cool. I love how much detail they put in, giving all of them unique comments when you talk to them. One more chapter to go, huh? It's criminal that there aren't any other games in this universe and that this isn't better known. My thoughts exactly, it's quite well flushed out and feels more or less like a good D&D campaign. That said the whole astral guardian business is a bit extra. Most of the stuff here, travelling in portals, visiting realms and magic really makes it all feel like the wizarding chapter, which I guess it's supposed to. But overall the game kind of feels like it's better suited to a mage than the other classes, though that's probably my own biases talking.
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Extremely cool and good LP and I learned a lot about the things I missed going through the game. Also Mithras kicked my rear end something fierce on my playthrough, he is a bastard and a half.
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