tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post5954090664684979632..comments2024-03-28T12:11:15.628-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Realms of Arkania: Won!CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-30897594953762460412024-03-09T22:22:06.414-05:002024-03-09T22:22:06.414-05:00Disco has dice-based skill checks. Disco has dice-based skill checks. Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18038149839805690032024-03-09T16:15:35.841-05:002024-03-09T16:15:35.841-05:00I think Disco Elesium is largely based on these ty...I think Disco Elesium is largely based on these type of checks and shows you the results, but I could be wrong; I've just seen it used as the basis for a LOT of jokes. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-513405679669248812023-07-24T01:43:09.526-04:002023-07-24T01:43:09.526-04:00As a Nirvana fan, I laughed out loud at your capti...As a Nirvana fan, I laughed out loud at your caption!Walter Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330883867672142212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26801170049809621132023-05-09T19:29:45.642-04:002023-05-09T19:29:45.642-04:00My guess was 'gravity'. Remove (about) hal...My guess was 'gravity'. Remove (about) half of it and you have 'grav'. Squint and you have 'grave' :)asdasdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459638043573476026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-43741199147259524332020-02-23T19:37:41.623-05:002020-02-23T19:37:41.623-05:00My memory of the latter-day Obsidian RPGS (Pillars...My memory of the latter-day Obsidian RPGS (Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2, and Tyranny) is that, after enabling an option in the Settings menu, they give you full details of what skills are being tested, when a high skill has enabled a special result, and what options would be available to you if you had additional skills (or backgrounds).<br /><br />None of those games roll dice against skills - either the skill is high enough or it isn't. I have many complaints about the combat interface of those games, but the non-combat interface was nigh-perfect.<br /><br />I feel like the Divinity Original Sin games also have this option, deactivated by default but available in the menus, and I *think* the Beamdog Enhanced Editions of the Infinity Engine games also have some version of this though it may be incomplete.GregThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532920274312703426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-11765923979547016102020-02-15T22:24:35.247-05:002020-02-15T22:24:35.247-05:00The only thing I remember about this game is hatin...The only thing I remember about this game is hating it after its save process managed to corrupt my hard drive. Still don't quite know what happened but I had to reinstall the OS, DOS/3.1 at the time I think.<br /><br />Glad to see you managed to complete it, I never had the patience to try again.FrostburnXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21867176987535163812020-02-15T06:10:18.423-05:002020-02-15T06:10:18.423-05:00Tatzelwurm and Lindwurm are not original to DSA, s...Tatzelwurm and Lindwurm are not original to DSA, so a German player might be somewhat familiar with them even when not knowing the source books. The Lindwurm being more well-known because Siegfried and the Nibelungen saga. The Tatzelwurm is more of a southern German/Alpine thing, I hadn't heard of it before. <br /><br />Tatzelwurm and Lindwurm are the two dragons you fight in "Drachen von Laas", so maybe this was a reference to the earlier Attic game.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270991090065636515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-63767295617079996202020-02-15T05:16:41.769-05:002020-02-15T05:16:41.769-05:00Yeah, that seems to be the main problem with this ...Yeah, that seems to be the main problem with this game that it only really plays lip service to the players who didn't play the original RPG. There's a lot I really like about this game, but without the internet and the cluebook, I would have been totally lost. And even with these things, there's details that I'm missing that end up being in the rulebooks.Deanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030651394605861730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-49562373892384066812020-02-15T05:14:27.642-05:002020-02-15T05:14:27.642-05:00This still has a bit of a problem where this kind ...This still has a bit of a problem where this kind of description of these dragon-like creatures is only really within the source books so even though the original German would let you know they're different creatures, it still relies on you knowing the RPG to understand why the adventurers have that reaction. Pretty poor writing, which is a shame as otherwise it's a good encounter and detail. Deanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030651394605861730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-69872090214419178992020-02-13T19:20:58.591-05:002020-02-13T19:20:58.591-05:00Forthcoming.Forthcoming.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-36666236176201150632020-02-13T18:39:25.715-05:002020-02-13T18:39:25.715-05:00Hi!. What happened with the gimlet and final thoug...Hi!. What happened with the gimlet and final thoughts for this game?Gerardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13525959209843868133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59372966702862890932020-02-13T11:22:07.227-05:002020-02-13T11:22:07.227-05:00 That really was bothering me, so thank you very m... That really was bothering me, so thank you very much for this explanation. Maybe I’ll play the next one in the original German. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24191470879205139452020-02-13T11:04:02.043-05:002020-02-13T11:04:02.043-05:00As for the "wyvern", the translators dro...As for the "wyvern", the translators dropped the ball just a bit: <br /><br />In the original game the stinky creature in the cave is called "Tatzelwurm", and it's a lesser relative of dragons, but lacks all the things that make them cool: it can't fly, breathe fire or do any other magic, and its hoard is generally quite underwhelming. On the other hand, it emits a noxious stench that can not only nauseate an opponent, but stick to them for weeks after the encounter. From the perspective of an adventurer (who has no concept of "experience points"), it's the kind of monster that's probably not worth the trouble fighting.<br /><br />Here's an unofficial picture: https://www.deviantart.com/pechschwinge/art/Aventuria-Bestiary-Tatzelwurm-581427798<br /><br />The second "wyvern" that flew over your party's heads was a very different creature, of the kind called "Riesenlindwurm" in the original. These are proper dragons – indeed some of the largest in Aventuria, even though their intelligence and magic ability is mediocre. Their most distinctive feature is that they have three heads, which explains the six eyes. Killing one of those or plundering their hoard would be a very profitable mission, but also a suicidal one for all but the most skilled and best prepared parties.Alrik von Premnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-43214516494960891342020-02-12T17:15:42.153-05:002020-02-12T17:15:42.153-05:00I think the logic to the riddle is based more on l...I think the logic to the riddle is based more on lore, the half-moon being the symbol of the Orcish god of death in RoA, I think. The half-moon is the wheel snapped in half.Zhternnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65735059439783047842020-02-11T10:09:04.200-05:002020-02-11T10:09:04.200-05:00For anyone interested Matt Barton did a 4-part int...For anyone interested Matt Barton did a 4-part interview with Guido Henkel a few years ago on his youtube channel (ep. 216-219). In ep. 218 they talk about RoA 1+2Mordekaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08401946904752171722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38152682952060160972020-02-10T12:23:49.212-05:002020-02-10T12:23:49.212-05:00In Star Trail at least, there's a "Kukris...In Star Trail at least, there's a "Kukris-Mengbilar" (in the German version) that applies one dose of Kukris to whatever you hit with it - one time only. After that, it's a regular Mengbilar, which is an unimpressive but very stylish pointy-type weapon.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16594966196618648451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60999918119377760512020-02-10T11:30:17.897-05:002020-02-10T11:30:17.897-05:00There's nothing more frustrating in a book or ...There's nothing more frustrating in a book or movie when everyone refuses to even listen to one character. It's even worse in a game where you're ostensibly supposed to be in control of the characters!Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02820538967423341664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-157689594953528372020-02-10T03:36:59.995-05:002020-02-10T03:36:59.995-05:00I don't know anybody who wouldn't reload i...I don't know anybody who wouldn't reload in such a case. Maybe a true DSA diehard would, though. Either way, I don't think this giving and taking is a good way of balancing. Even next to the fact that making no progress is kind of boring.sucinumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80944818114307781872020-02-09T22:26:24.949-05:002020-02-09T22:26:24.949-05:00Like Anon, I struggled with the "Wheel" ...Like Anon, I struggled with the "Wheel" answer, but eventually I imagined that "all things" was slightly overstated, since many things have a "heel" on one end, and "heel" is "Wheel" with at least a portion taken away, so one could imagine that taking away a portion of "Wheel," it becomes their (lower) end.<br /><br />Nice to hear the "Boron" logic, which is so much more sensible than my imaginings :)Rangerous the Secondhttp://www.fategatesofdawn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70711619229816326802020-02-09T13:18:21.373-05:002020-02-09T13:18:21.373-05:00Hah. Failtroll!Hah. Failtroll!Mayhaymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35816679482466222902020-02-09T08:24:53.704-05:002020-02-09T08:24:53.704-05:00In my case they always approached and attacked the...In my case they always approached and attacked the other party members, and the champion, Even before I took a turn. So its not just that. <br /><br />And if I used a spell the person just died right there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5800749479467502502020-02-09T08:15:29.744-05:002020-02-09T08:15:29.744-05:00"The encounter led to the desultory Sienna sa..."The encounter led to the desultory Sienna saying, "Let's move on" as I screamed "NO!" at the computer." <br /><br />I had the very same reaction. I wonder what the developers were thinking when they coded that encounter.Teladurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3433686728840722322020-02-09T08:07:46.797-05:002020-02-09T08:07:46.797-05:00I think this is a translation error: in the game &...I think this is a translation error: in the game "kukris" is a strong venom and there exists a dagger-like weapon (a mengbilar which is a geographic reference in game world context) that can be filled with it. Probably a pre-filled instance of that weapon was looted.Teladurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40303863223409147022020-02-09T07:56:17.528-05:002020-02-09T07:56:17.528-05:00The cluebook that comes with the GOG version of th...The cluebook that comes with the GOG version of the game has a table with the weapons and the corresponding modifiers. That should have been in the manual if you ask me - comparing weapons properly without that is nearly impossible. But of course, many of the original player would have had that information already from the P&PTeladurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35021426588857250262020-02-09T07:22:54.498-05:002020-02-09T07:22:54.498-05:00According to the fan page I mentioned in some comm...According to the fan page I mentioned in some comments, the "half moon disk" has no purpose in the game. It probably was intended to, because the official solution book said it would be required for the final battle, but people who analyzed it in very detail, said it has no effect.<br /><br />The half moon disk (red moon disk in the German version) is no creation of Blade of Destiny, but part of the RoA universe. It is the symbol of the Orkish idol Tairach.Marcenoreply@blogger.com