DraQ
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What do you have against characters making sense in the story and setting?
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Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity [BETA RELEASED, GO TO THE NEW THREAD]
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no that was because of the question
Space Satan
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Yeah I remembered, my mistake. Still, Tabitha's original gender is not known.
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Yes it is. She was/is a woman.
Don't be a mutantphobe.
Dreaad
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Next update 
Space Satan
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He sure became more active on the forums:
Strengths and flaws?
I like virtue/flaw systems, especially in classless systems. I could see them working in PoE, but they would be out of scope for this game. Sorry.
Will mages be able to use any weapon and wear any armor?
Correct. Any class can use any gear, though classes often have bonuses with specific types of weapons (e.g. wizards gain bonuses with wands, rods, and sceptres via their Blast passive AoE ability).
All actions (other than movement) slow down, so you will cast fewer spells over the course of a battle or they will go off later than they would normally.
...one of MCA's companion-writing pillars is that they have to stroke the player's ego.
It is not one of my requirements and I discourage it unless it really makes sense for the character and situation.
PoE's companions are going to have similar styles of transformation as F:NV's companions. When I designed the roster of F:NV's companions, each character had a central conflict that was defined for them. These transformations were not dramatic, but represented shifts in the characters' attitudes and goals. For Boone, it was dealing with his wife's death and Bitter Springs. There's no point at which Eric had Boone say, "You know what? I actually think the Legion is super cool now." For Raul, it was dealing with his past as a gunslinger, his failure to protect Rafaela and Claudia, and his concerns about being too old to be playing cowboy. Raul is fairly apolitical, and Travis' writing reflects that.
Like F:NV's companions, PoE's companions are all adults who have enough life experience under their belts that they aren't going to radically change their interests and concerns within their span of time with the PC. That said, the PC can significantly shape how the companions work through their conflicts, just as they did with all of the companions in F:NV.
Strengths and flaws?
I like virtue/flaw systems, especially in classless systems. I could see them working in PoE, but they would be out of scope for this game. Sorry.
Will mages be able to use any weapon and wear any armor?
Correct. Any class can use any gear, though classes often have bonuses with specific types of weapons (e.g. wizards gain bonuses with wands, rods, and sceptres via their Blast passive AoE ability).
All actions (other than movement) slow down, so you will cast fewer spells over the course of a battle or they will go off later than they would normally.
...one of MCA's companion-writing pillars is that they have to stroke the player's ego.
It is not one of my requirements and I discourage it unless it really makes sense for the character and situation.
PoE's companions are going to have similar styles of transformation as F:NV's companions. When I designed the roster of F:NV's companions, each character had a central conflict that was defined for them. These transformations were not dramatic, but represented shifts in the characters' attitudes and goals. For Boone, it was dealing with his wife's death and Bitter Springs. There's no point at which Eric had Boone say, "You know what? I actually think the Legion is super cool now." For Raul, it was dealing with his past as a gunslinger, his failure to protect Rafaela and Claudia, and his concerns about being too old to be playing cowboy. Raul is fairly apolitical, and Travis' writing reflects that.
Like F:NV's companions, PoE's companions are all adults who have enough life experience under their belts that they aren't going to radically change their interests and concerns within their span of time with the PC. That said, the PC can significantly shape how the companions work through their conflicts, just as they did with all of the companions in F:NV.
Duraframe300
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Rake
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How bad it is?
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How bad it is?
It's not that it's bad, he's just upset because he has to listen to all of it.
And so do I!
Rake
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Cool. After you do so post the points of interest.How bad it is?
It's not that it's bad, he's just upset because he has to listen to all of it.
Duraframe300
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Chris first crpg was Bard's Tale 2.
Though that might have been already known.
Though that might have been already known.
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Josh Sawyer's desktop as of yesterday:
Things of interest: 091913 public playtest--define "public"? That's too early for the game journalist thing, possibly a demonstration for the team at Obsidian.
Pallegina is a female Vailian name. Could that be the feather woman??????????
Things of interest: 091913 public playtest--define "public"? That's too early for the game journalist thing, possibly a demonstration for the team at Obsidian.
Pallegina is a female Vailian name. Could that be the feather woman??????????
Duraframe300
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Holy shit. Chris just praised the Fallout 3 opening and said its open-world was much superior to Fallout 1+2.
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Well, if you take a certain definition of "open world" then yeah, it was.
Sensuki
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That is a cool desktop background.
Duraframe300
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Echo Mirage
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Ophelia by John Everett Miiais. A good work of art. And one that many people seem to think is, or use, as a portrait for the lady of shallot.
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