tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post8542047221846775854..comments2024-03-28T13:31:55.554-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Dark Sun: The Ungreat EscapeCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-30073129516316426572021-10-26T22:28:14.363-04:002021-10-26T22:28:14.363-04:00The most-touted solution among those with the rele...The most-touted solution among those with the relevant backgrounds is carbon taxation. It’s something that a lot of countries (and 11 US states) already have in place, in some form or other. The taxation just needs to be applied economy-wide, and at the appropriate price point. It should also be ‘revenue-neutral’ as Australia’s was. That means that revenue collected from the tax is paid back to taxpayers, thus not increasing the tax burden overall, while encouraging businesses and consumers to lower their emissions.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6228121386189067692021-10-26T21:59:42.799-04:002021-10-26T21:59:42.799-04:00#4 is also objectively true when the people who do...#4 is also objectively true when the people who do believe choose the most expensive and least effective methods to deal with the situation.Halligan39https://www.blogger.com/profile/06660360026558547112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24623733884746033672021-10-25T04:24:18.795-04:002021-10-25T04:24:18.795-04:00Sorry for doubting your comment, it was shocking f...Sorry for doubting your comment, it was shocking for me to read your confession about dnd rules. <br />Then again, I salute you for being a wonderful role player still after all these years and games and never falling to the terrible minmax mindset which I regretfully have and which imho is the greatest immersion breakerarmagan tuzcuogluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597311550662390146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62935023837850208622021-10-23T23:19:01.478-04:002021-10-23T23:19:01.478-04:00That soundtrack is begging to be covered using rea...That soundtrack is begging to be covered using real instruments, like Chrono Trigger was.cavalier973https://www.blogger.com/profile/16018249706585207161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78697303002528268402021-10-21T22:38:35.026-04:002021-10-21T22:38:35.026-04:00Good catch Radiant! That is almost certainly the g...Good catch Radiant! That is almost certainly the giant's issue.jebmakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465842548268743147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47627929336965901012021-10-21T22:23:37.018-04:002021-10-21T22:23:37.018-04:00Yes. I was on a different computer and having trou...Yes. I was on a different computer and having trouble logging in.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-57734007669537671072021-10-21T16:07:15.407-04:002021-10-21T16:07:15.407-04:00Is this the real CRPG Addict on the comments?Is this the real CRPG Addict on the comments?armagan tuzcuogluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597311550662390146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47473347008795954022021-10-21T13:19:40.125-04:002021-10-21T13:19:40.125-04:00Dark Sun also has dual-wielding, and high dex will...Dark Sun also has dual-wielding, and high dex will mitigate the penalties you get for that. If Dark Sun is using these particular 2nd Ed. rules, the penalties should be -2/-4 to hit with main and off hand at Dex 15 or less.Klausnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-89429378845666306982021-10-21T08:42:18.884-04:002021-10-21T08:42:18.884-04:00One of the pluses of the game is the beautiful and...One of the pluses of the game is the beautiful and varied landscape of each section. It looks like they went all out on making the setting sumptuous and evocative of a desert world. Vaguely reminds me of David Lynch's Dune movie from 1984. JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053720305901355076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60815317694983892922021-10-21T06:40:55.200-04:002021-10-21T06:40:55.200-04:00Later versions of D&D do allow various tweaks ...Later versions of <i>D&D</i> do allow various tweaks so Dexterity affects hit chance, but I don't think such options were available back in 2nd edition. Maybe in one of the multitude of class handbooks.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48612432687442988682021-10-21T06:03:35.527-04:002021-10-21T06:03:35.527-04:00James Neal is mistaken. It's the other way aro...James Neal is mistaken. It's the other way around: these monsters have in fact appeared before in D&D rulebooks, but not in any earlier D&D computer games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44268442152298675282021-10-21T05:10:57.344-04:002021-10-21T05:10:57.344-04:00This wasn't a new thing. All ssi crpgs put a s...This wasn't a new thing. All ssi crpgs put a short text block if it was a known d+d monster and a full stat block + description for new monsters so people could use them in their tabletop campaigns.Borothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22635165781889220322021-10-21T03:13:52.895-04:002021-10-21T03:13:52.895-04:00Traveling without a canteen in your inventory also...Traveling without a canteen in your inventory also significantly increases likelihood of encountering dehydration event. I believe the canteen staves it off for a time and that timer is reset when you visit any town.Alexander Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100095032496713664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68903987447635141702021-10-20T16:38:21.095-04:002021-10-20T16:38:21.095-04:00It may not make sense, but D&D and most of its...It may not make sense, but D&D and most of its (many) derivatives have traditionally decided that strength is for offense, dexterity is for defense (i.e. it affects armor class) and ranged attacks, and consitution is for hit points.<br /><br />If your giant is missing a lot, that's most likely because he's using a weapon he's not allowed to. Clerics take a hefty penalty with edged weapons, and since this is a religious restriction (as opposed to simple lack of skill) it doesn't matter that fighters ARE allowed to use those.Radianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03866535042372152723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-61898078376986884562021-10-20T12:43:40.574-04:002021-10-20T12:43:40.574-04:00That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I woul...That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I would think DAMAGE relies on strength but accuracy relies on dexterity. Then again, there's a lot I don't understand about D&D. All I can say is that my giant has very high strength but seems to miss a lot.CRPG Addictnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25589190529387356962021-10-20T12:40:25.907-04:002021-10-20T12:40:25.907-04:00I only recently pledged to spend more time talking...I only recently pledged to spend more time talking about game music in the first place. It's something I don't normally care about or notice, and most of the time I'll continue to leave it turned off even if it's good. So let's see how I do with this small addition before we start talking about scoring my entries from top to bottom.CRPG Addictnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-81117563915928815572021-10-20T12:34:11.987-04:002021-10-20T12:34:11.987-04:00#4 is, alas, objectively true when so much of the ...#4 is, alas, objectively true when so much of the rest of the population believes #1-3.CRPG Addictnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18390645357899634802021-10-20T12:31:56.947-04:002021-10-20T12:31:56.947-04:00I don't know enough about the Dark Sun setting...I don't know enough about the Dark Sun setting to validate this, but if it's true that they made up monsters just for this game, that was a weird way to say it.Chet Bolingbrokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601143418173376083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46166711177003766622021-10-20T11:45:04.462-04:002021-10-20T11:45:04.462-04:00It's implied that you scavenge for water while...It's implied that you scavenge for water while traveling. Low outdoorsman skills raise the likelihood of suffering a dehydration event, though I've never invested a point in that skill and only seen this happen once. One of the characters (Tycho IIRC) also explicitly mentions water in a dialog branch that gives you a permanent skill boost.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131989140638867919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17367321432227578762021-10-20T11:42:01.924-04:002021-10-20T11:42:01.924-04:00I believe low outdoorsman skill results in random ...I believe low outdoorsman skill results in random events when you "spend hours looking for water" and get a minor debuff. But that's about it.PRACZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08592683064103453423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20272472964292978662021-10-20T08:47:48.456-04:002021-10-20T08:47:48.456-04:00Ksmb: Opinions are going to differ on what's &...Ksmb: Opinions are going to differ on what's "important" and "interesting". You probably get that, but it's not clear from your statements. You aren't interested in video game music, and that's cool. (I'll confess I don't usually look at the box art very closely.) But I certainly think it would be valuable to sample five or so minutes of the score (good or bad) while reading a new post.asimpkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-63554195115238754922021-10-20T07:57:37.838-04:002021-10-20T07:57:37.838-04:00When you are dualclassing your human be aware that...When you are dualclassing your human be aware that the second class doesn't have to be as high as the first, when the third class is the highest you get the benefits from both previous classes. So a galdiator8 -> psionic7 -> preserver 9 would work well for example. <br />I recommend a fast leveling class (druid or preserver) for the third class. cure888https://www.blogger.com/profile/17201066327084128298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62912157027776841292021-10-20T07:14:28.474-04:002021-10-20T07:14:28.474-04:00I would say that pc video game music peaked with t...I would say that pc video game music peaked with the Monkey Island 2 use of imuse, but that was a lot of work, a headache for the developers and composers. Sierra were doing a great job in music since the late 80s, Westwood had Keplacki and co who were mastering the fm synthesis and the wavetable as good as Sierra but with more sparse results, Cryo had Stephane Picq and co... but yeah, these were exceptions. Even when the cd rom era came, loads of games came with an awful use of the instruments and a cacophonic arrangement. Ralph Thomas here was more specialised in sound effects as I see in mobygames and he went to a very industrial/metal inspired sound that really does not fit, but at least he was better than what Mike Bross, God bless your soul probably you are a great guy and probably you are way better at music than I will ever be, did in Bloodnet, Ripper or Hell (I actually appreciate his work in Dragonsphere)Risingson Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915480026187953569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48518100453944057922021-10-20T06:30:48.759-04:002021-10-20T06:30:48.759-04:00Love fallout but does seem a bit odd you don't...Love fallout but does seem a bit odd you don't need water given the main quest for a microchip that manages water systems. "Hmm, dunno why the overseer made this big deal about needing water, I've been wandering out here for months without having a drop!"Borothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40097824007385998622021-10-20T04:36:48.499-04:002021-10-20T04:36:48.499-04:00I really like the survival aspects of Burntime, bu...I really like the survival aspects of Burntime, but yeah, there isn't much of an RPG there. But I remember being disappointed in Fallout back in the day, because it didn't had the "scavenge for food and water" aspects that Burntime did really well.Klausnoreply@blogger.com