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    Age of Decadence Reviews

    Sure, but how much more powerful would crafted items have to be, compared to items you loot, if instead of investing in one skill you had to invest two or more to forge gear? If one of Vince's issues is that he doesn't want crafting to be too powerful compared to looting, this wouldn't really be...
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    Age of Decadence Reviews

    I haven't played AoD in a while, but let me use Dungeon Rats to illustrate my point. My last playthrough (on psycho) I went with a high charisma/intelligence/Per character, with alchemy and crafting maxed first and crossbows increased more slowly as needed (no defense skills until very late in...
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    Age of Decadence Reviews

    You can make high level crafting something that improves the powerful gear players can acquire through looting and exploring (which I'll call "artifacts" from here on), rather than something that (necessarily) competes with it. Preferably, these improvements should come in the form of unique...
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    KickStarter Darkest Dungeon AKA the Celerity Attention Whore Thread

    If there's no other choice, you can cancel the pub/abbey treatment. You won't get the money back though. However, since the only penalty for failing a mission is some stress for everyone, simply withdraw if things get out of hand (if the character you were going to treat is about to reach 200...
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    Game News The Age of Decadence Released

    I am glad PastAckermanus kept his BMT email, because now I can finally enjoy the final version. Hadn't played since the first Teron demo to avoid spoiling myself, and oh boy is this a treat. Wasn't able to progress that much yet, sadly, but the combat animations have improved a lot (dodges in...
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    Shadowrun Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

    You only ever go overkill in Charisma if you have more than 6 points, because with conjuration 6 you get Haste IV, arguably the best spell in the game. Even if you are stock full of cyberware or bioware, you still want conjuration because you have enough spell slots to be constantly hasted...
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    Resident Evil 5 actually *is* terrible

    Alright, gave in and bought RE5. Was only 7 euros on steam, so why not. Also managed to convince a friend that if he didn't get it, the terrorists would win, and he concurred. We'll likely be able to play tomorrow evening. Will bitch or fanboygasm post valuable impressions then.
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    Resident Evil 5 actually *is* terrible

    There's an option to automatically succeed in (most?) QTEs in RE6, came with a patch, at least on the PC version. Which is a godsend, because I can see the game being infinitely more enjoyable with it. Shame I never got to try it out because I wasn't sure if it also worked on gameplay QTEs...
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    Grunker vs Zombra: Is fudging rolls in PnP acceptable?

    First part spoilered because it's long and very tangential to the rest of the post/thread, but fuck it, might as well relate the "incident" that reading part of this wonderful discussion has led to. Now, while this may be a coward's choice, I really don't think there's any point in me saying...
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    Retardo Does anyone know what this thread is about?

    :4/5: + Usage of D&D is worth extra rage points and forced me to log in. + Mentioned prestige classes. ++ Failed to mention the loss of spellcasting/feats/attack bonus/hit points/etc necessary to join and in some cases level up in those PrCs. + Decent number of replies. + +/- Blackguard...
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    Incline The Valkyria Chronicles Thread

    Certainly, I meant the spirit of the whole fight. That is, for me, it makes much more sense for the game to end with a struggle against another tank commander, than what was actually delivered. Also, despite his artificial stupidity, I still had to restart that battle a couple of times (although...
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    Incline The Valkyria Chronicles Thread

    So, finished the game. A few missions were bullshit/boring, but overall the game was such a joy to play through. Sure, it isn't perfect: later on the tank becomes mostly pointless, in my opinion, as everything it can do, infantry can do better with the proper orders and for less cost, with the...
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    Incline The Valkyria Chronicles Thread

    Well then, that puts to rest any questions regarding my mental capabilities.
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    Incline The Valkyria Chronicles Thread

    - Codex recommends game. Codex hasn't failed so far, buy game at reasonable price. - Surprisingly good baring some cringe-worthy dialogue. Am happy. - Reach mission 8. Get reckless because I'm used to shocktroopers and not wusses scouts. - Second try. Die to retaliation fire after 1/2 hour of...
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    Review RPG Codex Review: WH40k - Dark Heresy, 2nd Edition

    Thanks, might just use that inescapable attack fix when the group finally gets to play. One thing about Desperados though: If you pick Highborn, you get fellowship twice, which means you can have all those awesome aptitudes plus either weapon skill or strength. Granted, you'll take a hit to...

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