Gold Box SSI's Gold Box Series Thread

[mediocrepoet]

champions of Krynn was a cakewalk compared to this

pls stop throwing 50 hob goblins at my level 1 party

Did you start a fight in the square when you were supposed to be watching the auction?

I have no idea what you’re talking about. This is an encounter in the sewers with the hobgoblin archers

Just trying to figure out how you ran into 50 hobgoblins at lvl 1.

USian public education. The actual number was 4.

 

[octavius]

The actual number is probably 7. One Sleep spell should solve the problem.

 

[Butter]

The real kick in the balls is when you get 21 exp for that encounter.

 

[smaug]

Grinded to level 2 and came back and killed everything.

now I need a fireball spell…

 

[smaug]

Can’t kill these stupid trolls because there’s no fireball spell and this stupid well where I get surprised by kobalts constantly

crawling in my skin, these wounds they will not heal

 

[smaug]

Does Hold Person work on Ogre’s or trolls?

 

[mediocrepoet]

Does Hold Person work on Ogre’s or trolls?

You'd need the much higher level hold monsters for that.

Spoiler

Sleep can work on one ogre though, which is a totally worthwhile use of that spell. Be careful how you aim.

 

[Butter]

Can’t kill these stupid trolls because there’s no fireball spell and this stupid well where I get surprised by kobalts constantly

crawling in my skin, these wounds they will not heal

The cheese strategy is to move someone onto the troll's spot so he can't get back up again.

 

[Cael]

Isn't Burning Hands fire damage?

 

[The Limper]

Isn't Burning Hands fire damage?

Yep…. It exist for trolls, otherwise its weak.

 

[Cael]

Isn't Burning Hands fire damage?

Yep…. It exist for trolls, otherwise its weak.

It is unavoidable damage. It is helpful, especially at high levels, as it doesn't have a cap, IIRC.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Stinking cloud, oil flasks... going elsewhere and leveling up first...

 

[octavius]

Stinking cloud,

The most powerful spell in the game, and works quite well on Trolls.
And as someone else mentioned, try to Sleep one of the Ogres.
You can also use Hirelings. The lvl 4 Hero is a good front fighter.

 

[Cael]

Stinking cloud,

The most powerful spell in the game, and works quite well on Trolls.
And as someone else mentioned, try to Sleep one of the Ogres.
You can also use Hirelings. The lvl 4 Hero is a good front fighter.

The best spell to use on dragons prior to DBF...

 

[smaug]

Should I just turn Search on all the time? I found some random loot unaware I was in searching mode.

 

[smaug]

I just found like 2k worth of exp and tons of items while in search mode.

Fuck me bro

What is even the point of turning search mode off?

 

[rojay]

I just found like 2k worth of exp and tons of items while in search mode.

Fuck me bro

What is even the point of turning search mode off?

While search is active, time passes much more rapidly, as I recall. This means that before you clear an area, it means you're more likely to get random encounters. I don't recall if there are other effects.

 

[octavius]

In PoR with a set amount of semi-random encounters on each map, it means the random encounters will be concentrated at the start of the map.

Buffing spells expire quicker. Not very relevant in PoR, though, but at higher levels Enlarge will give you STR 23 for several hours.

 

[smaug]

instant poison death, paralysis instant death, spider archer sleep spam

everywhere I turn is just instant death

 

[octavius]

Poison isn't really instant death. It just looks that way.
Use Neutralize Potion Poison. Unless you have scrolls, you'll have to go to a Temple for that. But remember to turn off Search, for if you take too long time the character will be really dead. You can use Slow Poison to increase the time.

 

[smaug]

Poison isn't really instant death. It just looks that way.
Use Neutralize Potion Poison. Unless you have scrolls, you'll have to go to a Temple for that. But remember to turn off Search, for if you take too long time the character will be really dead. You can use Slow Poison to increase the time.

My characters die in combat instantly as soon as they get hit with poison.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Poison isn't really instant death. It just looks that way.
Use Neutralize Potion Poison. Unless you have scrolls, you'll have to go to a Temple for that. But remember to turn off Search, for if you take too long time the character will be really dead. You can use Slow Poison to increase the time.

My characters die in combat instantly as soon as they get hit with poison.

He's saying they go down but they're not dead. They're poisoned. PoR is really primitive and is the first game in the Gold Box series. Some stuff isn't really intuitive at all.

 

[smaug]

Poison isn't really instant death. It just looks that way.
Use Neutralize Potion Poison. Unless you have scrolls, you'll have to go to a Temple for that. But remember to turn off Search, for if you take too long time the character will be really dead. You can use Slow Poison to increase the time.

My characters die in combat instantly as soon as they get hit with poison.

He's saying they go down but they're not dead. They're poisoned. PoR is really primitive and is the first game in the Gold Box series. Some stuff isn't really intuitive at all.

Are you serious? The GBC menu say they died when they got poisoned.

Gold box guy fix plz

 

[mediocrepoet]

Poison isn't really instant death. It just looks that way.
Use Neutralize Potion Poison. Unless you have scrolls, you'll have to go to a Temple for that. But remember to turn off Search, for if you take too long time the character will be really dead. You can use Slow Poison to increase the time.

My characters die in combat instantly as soon as they get hit with poison.

He's saying they go down but they're not dead. They're poisoned. PoR is really primitive and is the first game in the Gold Box series. Some stuff isn't really intuitive at all.

Are you serious? The GBC menu say they died when they got poisoned.

Gold box guy fix plz

https://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2011/06/pool-of-radiance-combat.html

Reading through this might be worthwhile for you. The entire thing is doing a simulation of 1st edition AD&D as well as it could on old computers.

Here's a bit for you though:

The way this game implements poison is particularly galling. In later D&D rules, poison causes attribute drains or continual health loss, which is bad enough, but in this game, a poisoned character "dies" instantly. You have to drag him back to a temple for healing, or you have to take a chance with the second-level "slow poison" spell, which brings the character back to life for a few hours, but if you can't get to a temple fast enough, the character dies for real. In my opinion, "slow poison" isn't worth it.

 

[Jaesun]

Zed Duke of Banville what were the poison rules for 1ed D&D?