tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post2695692537271990668..comments2024-03-29T09:18:29.803-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Gateway to the Savage Frontier: Things Get RealCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-89214968073046376252019-01-08T12:22:19.923-05:002019-01-08T12:22:19.923-05:00A fun fact, what I found out playing the game on N...A fun fact, what I found out playing the game on New Year holidays. The main battle on the bridge in the Loudwater glitches if you fight all of the side encounters before it. After the first side encounters it really gets smaller. But then all of them are cleared, apparently some internal counter goes to -1 and in the main battle only the manticores appears. About the same amount as all of the enemies combined in the top screenshot, 25, I think.<br /><br />I actually won it, but I was playing cheap, using characters modified to all 18 stats, and it still was very tough.VladimIr V Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673420469663885531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70404247331858618722016-04-12T23:10:00.054-04:002016-04-12T23:10:00.054-04:00@Andreas Mattern - See, the thing is that the Tarr...@Andreas Mattern - See, the thing is that the Tarrasque (if you can pierce his AC in the 1st place) , the bugger regenerates without even resting.<br /><br />And I believe the Tarrasque is large enough to 'Swallow' a Pit Fiend whole for an insta-kill. The Tarrasque also never sleeps, smacks you dead in a single hit, gets back to full health if left alone for just a short moment and lay waste to entire towns & villages.<br /><br />I guess after his appearance in Monster Manual II, TSR nerfed the hell out of him later.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76646232929587314692016-04-11T22:40:21.108-04:002016-04-11T22:40:21.108-04:00But Bioware's NWN 1 & 2 allows your charac...But Bioware's NWN 1 & 2 allows your character to challenge and even eat gods.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56217120358349893442016-04-08T13:24:26.682-04:002016-04-08T13:24:26.682-04:00I should have guessed, but no, I didn't know i...I should have guessed, but no, I didn't know it. I never actually had a mirror in the game.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85871819317938690422016-04-07T23:00:30.417-04:002016-04-07T23:00:30.417-04:00Good call on that, I forgot about that whole "...Good call on that, I forgot about that whole "get it to -30 hp THEN cast a Wish, to wish it dead" requirement lol.<br /><br />Yeah, a "properly" DM'd Lower Planar should just wipe the floor with any party. One of those funny places where the DM kinda has to fudge things to avoid a TPK.old wow bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219195579845781590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20707565142127344212016-04-07T14:29:45.218-04:002016-04-07T14:29:45.218-04:00Me Grimlock! Me Smart now!
Ah, those were the da...Me Grimlock! Me Smart now! <br /><br />Ah, those were the days, >30 years ago, damned I´m getting old...Andreas Matternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354645637567670994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62453610430401794052016-04-07T14:27:50.870-04:002016-04-07T14:27:50.870-04:00Well to kill Big T you probably need a Pit Fiend s...Well to kill Big T you probably need a Pit Fiend since he has the wish that´s required and can gate in reinforcements once per round with 100% chance of success to do the killing.<br /><br />But the scary thing about outer planars is the Teleport Without Error for even minor ones. Just imagine fighting an enemy that can attack you at any minute, never sleeps and if you can´t kill him in one round will just teleport out again. Forget about spell memorization. Think of BSG episode 33 if you know that one... Add illusions to turn every village and town against you and whatnot. It´s not just direct fighting power. :) Andreas Matternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354645637567670994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90685839995797854342016-04-07T13:04:35.252-04:002016-04-07T13:04:35.252-04:00And the Harpers and the Zhentarim were the big, se...And the Harpers and the Zhentarim were the big, secretive players which turned many of the cogs that the characters would occasionally glimpse the extent of.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85809015747691604502016-04-07T12:14:31.120-04:002016-04-07T12:14:31.120-04:00If it's not too late, try holding on to some m...If it's not too late, try holding on to some more modest gear, like +2 swords and such. I seem to remember it was only the completely absurd stuff like the +5 swords and +3 plate (and maybe cloaks and ioun stones?) that disappeared in the transition.Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805219432946673379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38154818849012583012016-04-07T12:01:51.024-04:002016-04-07T12:01:51.024-04:00Regarding "if you're not a great hero...&...Regarding "if you're not a great hero..." This is something that the original pen and paper setting books specifically tried to undercut by putting in non-heroic forces on a national level that were bigger and badder than a given party of heroes was ever likely to be.<br /><br />IIRC, the Flaming Fist (that was later featured so prominently in Baldur's Gate) was kind of the ultimate example of this - a mercenary company with thousands of leveled fighters, clerics and wizards led by a trio of very high-level characters. They weren't heroic or villainous; just in there as an example of a force that even the mightiest of PCs and worst of arch-villains would think twice about antagonizing.<br /><br />It took a little while for the lone heroic model to overrun the Realms. Jonathonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424548045152722964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7286930069247595372016-04-07T11:27:25.903-04:002016-04-07T11:27:25.903-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Joet88https://www.blogger.com/profile/06298640825880372478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35868629747638675542016-04-07T10:49:20.081-04:002016-04-07T10:49:20.081-04:00An easy way to kill Vaalgamon is to cast stinking ...An easy way to kill Vaalgamon is to cast stinking cloud on him and take him out with arrows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-33320064249350032552016-04-07T09:00:43.906-04:002016-04-07T09:00:43.906-04:00A few of the timelines depends on the source - eg ...A few of the timelines depends on the source - eg the novel and the module for Pool of Radiance say 1340 - but in the PC game it's directly preceding the events in Curse of the Azure Bonds, which happens in 1357.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-350561589739070852016-04-07T08:35:06.316-04:002016-04-07T08:35:06.316-04:00Interesting sidenote- you ran into Lord Nasher. Re...Interesting sidenote- you ran into Lord Nasher. Recently played through Neverwinter Nights, and he's still "town leader." Did some digging, found out NWN is set in 1372, Baldur's Gate in 1368, Pool of Radiance in 1350. If you can import your PoR characters, that makes Gateway around the same time. I guess in Toril if you're not a great hero with a noble destiny, you're just waiting to be destroyed by some great ancient evil.Joet88https://www.blogger.com/profile/06298640825880372478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17089450716998327352016-04-07T02:31:48.293-04:002016-04-07T02:31:48.293-04:00Do it word for word, not character for character. ...Do it word for word, not character for character. The left message contains the first, third, fifth etc. letter of each word: "costs all at it guard. castle the of corner southwest the to it take will guards the threatened if. dock the to down door south the through vault its from taken be will statue the." Read the words in reverse order to get the message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51317424263816184582016-04-07T01:32:16.346-04:002016-04-07T01:32:16.346-04:00Is it just me or does the "weave the two lett...Is it just me or does the "weave the two letters together" puzzle fall apart a few words in regardless of which end you start from?Jonothanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06305455959377150878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68790573862445524322016-04-07T01:30:50.157-04:002016-04-07T01:30:50.157-04:00Say 'No!' to safe spaces in monster-infest...Say 'No!' to safe spaces in monster-infested dungeons. inhibiting monsters from traveling where they choose makes our society weak.<br /><br />Kids these days grow up soft, without the XP that constant, punishing random encounters provide. Make Toril great again!Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28835629009779078872016-04-06T22:50:59.043-04:002016-04-06T22:50:59.043-04:00When playing Legend of Grimrock I mixed up "G...When playing Legend of Grimrock I mixed up "Grimrock" and "Grimlock" the dinosaur bot from the Transformers. So my characters all had slightly mangled versions of Transformers names: Unicorn, Dumblebee, Starscreen...Stephen Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15870830727459657131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6015383773301158232016-04-06T22:40:55.200-04:002016-04-06T22:40:55.200-04:00"The mirror, you have to hold like a weapon a..."The mirror, you have to hold like a weapon and it reflects the medusa's gaze."<br /><br />I'm pretty sure you know this, but just in case, the mirror can be held in the offhand/shield slot, so that you can keep your weapon in your main hand. One of the things I like about gazers is, while keeping a mirror is trivial as a solution, it basically forces you into having a worse armor class while you've got them equipped, giving an advantage to anything accompanying the gazers. And especially if you don't want to be fiddly in a dungeon that brings them in on and off, it's like a low-grade defensive penalty for an entire dungeon. It's well placed toward the end of the game, when you've probably got some decent magical shields, and it hurts a little more to leave them unequipped.<br /><br />Quirkzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409671254311123117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44953927358913688882016-04-06T19:33:17.326-04:002016-04-06T19:33:17.326-04:00No, you'll have to fight the battles again. Bu...No, you'll have to fight the battles again. But the losses on your path will be lower if everyone fights the battles wearing magical plate mail and the other good items from the beginning.cure888https://www.blogger.com/profile/17201066327084128298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-27054241007533873962016-04-06T18:12:25.140-04:002016-04-06T18:12:25.140-04:00Pretty sure the Solaar is the baddest of the bunch...Pretty sure the Solaar is the baddest of the bunch.<br /><br />It's kind of an odd contest. Most of the powerful Planars can summon other Planars. So while a single Solaar can't quite kill the Tarrasque solo he can with the posse he Gates in.<br /><br />Most Baatezu and Tan'ari can as well IIRC. old wow bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219195579845781590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60653887585182876682016-04-06T18:03:53.378-04:002016-04-06T18:03:53.378-04:00And the 3rd edition with questions like "if t...And the 3rd edition with questions like "if the Tarrasque is wielding two pit fiends are they considered as +5 weapons ?" truth to be told I would had loved to a be fly in the ceiling when that question was voiced. :p<br /><br />Though we had similar issues with "whales, tight spaces and extremely high altitudes".<br /><br />Thank god 3.5 had came out and saved from answering to that one as a GM since unlike 3.0 3.5 clearly stated that "creatures cannot be summoned to a habitat that doesn't support them" (ie. a fish on dry land).Petri R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74320143052276990332016-04-06T15:30:46.847-04:002016-04-06T15:30:46.847-04:00"The game is way too liberal with safe places..."The game is way too liberal with safe places to rest. There should have been one safe place per map. It would have made the entire game more challenging and tactical."<br /><br />That's one thing I feel like they never got right in the first few batches of games past Curse or Pools. It kills the challenge in games like Gateway to just be able to rest anywhere.<br /><br />IIRC by PoD and DQoK they finally get it "right" again.old wow bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219195579845781590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-45292366469424303282016-04-06T15:28:26.951-04:002016-04-06T15:28:26.951-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.old wow bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219195579845781590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78749085354493765652016-04-06T12:52:02.600-04:002016-04-06T12:52:02.600-04:00I never thought about that. You can retreat all th...I never thought about that. You can retreat all the way back to entry after fighting the battles, and when you re-enter, the areas are still clear?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.com