ShaggyMoose
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IIRC, you can import your party between the games in the same series also. Assuming that is the case, its another incentive to play through in order.
Yes, and Death Knights of Krynn is the best game in its trilogy, in contrast to the quartet of games that starts with Pool of Radiance, one of the best CRPGs ever, before declining substantially for Curse of the Azure Bonds and then declining substantially again for Secret of the Silver Blades.IIRC, you can import your party between the games in the same series also. Assuming that is the case, its another incentive to play through in order.
Fascinating article. Quite a lot of research done there. I particularly like the part about enemy morale in each encounter. Makes the Curse spell more deceptively effective. Though, not all the Gold Box games from memory allow you to use Curse from what I've seen. I wonder if casting Curse multiple times would stack the morale penalty. Does anyone recommend changing difficulty levels in Gold Box? I haven't play Death Knights of Krynn yet (currently halfway through Champions of Krynn) but I heard about that crazy boss fight in Dave's Challenge in the thread here.Difficulty level mostly affects HP (novice=1/2, squire=3/4, veteran=nl, adept=5/4, champion=3/2); some games like Secret it'll affect your ability to run away from random encounters. Occasionally the number of enemies is affected (as in the boss fight in Dave's Challenge in Death Knights of Krynn). In the first few games it affected XP, but you only got a few more--they were going by the standard XP/HP formula in the 1e DMG. Goldbox, particularly near the beginning, was big on being tabletop-accurate--that was the whole point of the series, to play D&D on your computer.
The exact formula has been figured out, by Stephen S. Lee:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/564785-pool-of-radiance/faqs/73869
It's 0.4*cleric levels + 0.8*mage levels + 0.5*(AC below 0) + 0.5* (THAC0 below 21) + 0.1*HP.
Yes, this means you can walk around with your armor unreadied and run into smaller enemy parties.
That's pretty awesome. Thanks.Difficulty level mostly affects HP (novice=1/2, squire=3/4, veteran=nl, adept=5/4, champion=3/2); some games like Secret it'll affect your ability to run away from random encounters. Occasionally the number of enemies is affected (as in the boss fight in Dave's Challenge in Death Knights of Krynn). In the first few games it affected XP, but you only got a few more--they were going by the standard XP/HP formula in the 1e DMG. Goldbox, particularly near the beginning, was big on being tabletop-accurate--that was the whole point of the series, to play D&D on your computer.
The exact formula has been figured out, by Stephen S. Lee:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/564785-pool-of-radiance/faqs/73869
It's 0.4*cleric levels + 0.8*mage levels + 0.5*(AC below 0) + 0.5* (THAC0 below 21) + 0.1*HP.
Yes, this means you can walk around with your armor unreadied and run into smaller enemy parties.
I thought they were great. But I also read them when I was 12.The game offers little to no exploration, and the plot seems to be a linear epic tale about some war I know nothing about (I've never read a Dragonlance novel, and I doubt I'm missing out much),
I thought they were great. But I also read them when I was 12.The game offers little to no exploration, and the plot seems to be a linear epic tale about some war I know nothing about (I've never read a Dragonlance novel, and I doubt I'm missing out much),
Aside from the Finder's Stone trilogy, are there any other series worth reading?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Forgotten_Realms_novels
I'm all for it. This thread is busier than all discussions of BG, IWD, and PST (lol) combined.Apparently we can't have threads dedicated to different gold box series, all posts must be cornered in here. What about merging every Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment discussion into a single Infinity Engine megathread? That would make just as much sense.
Besides, this thread is a disgusting circle jerk.
Aside from the Finder's Stone trilogy, are there any other series worth reading?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Forgotten_Realms_novels
Aside from the Finder's Stone trilogy, are there any other series worth reading?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Forgotten_Realms_novels
I would recommend the early works of RA Salvatore.
Namely the Dark Elf Trilogy and after that the Icewind Dale Trilogy.
Good old eighties forgotten realm novels.
Aside from the Finder's Stone trilogy, are there any other series worth reading?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Forgotten_Realms_novels
I would recommend the early works of RA Salvatore.
Namely the Dark Elf Trilogy and after that the Icewind Dale Trilogy.
Good old eighties forgotten realm novels.
I only read the first Drizzt book and it definitely did not tempt me to read the rest.
Aside from the Finder's Stone trilogy, are there any other series worth reading?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Forgotten_Realms_novels