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by hermetic
Sat Oct 06, 2001 9:13 am
Forum: Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Topic: Need Help Starting Jaheira TOB Romance
Replies: 1
Views: 731

Need Help Starting Jaheira TOB Romance

Hey folks! I'm looking to start TOB from scratch with a Jaheira romance. Would anyone out there be so kind as to tell what the final romance values are for Jaheira at the end of Shadows of Amn? That includes all the values such as all those concerning plot twists, etc. I know there are easier ways ...
by hermetic
Wed Aug 29, 2001 9:51 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: Evolution. One word replies only!!
Replies: 135
Views: 2362

moosehead
by hermetic
Wed Aug 29, 2001 9:45 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: What is the absolute best CD you have ever heard?
Replies: 63
Views: 1513

I'm a big PF fan, BUT only the pre-Wall stuff. Roger Waters thought he was Pink Floyd and the others just his musical assistants. Children of the 80's praise Waters up the wazoo, and indeed he was a great bassist and lyricist, but he alone was not PF. The pinnacle of PF was the soundtrack-ish sound ...
by hermetic
Thu Aug 23, 2001 7:17 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: MMORPGs
Replies: 19
Views: 916

I played UO on Atlantic, a true pvp gangster with GM Magery, GM Fencing, and GM Tactics, back in the day when the game was a good killing ground. Now with Felucia & Trammel it's completely gay. I quit well over a year ago. UO began a cool trend, but I hope future online games like Neverwinter Nights ...
by hermetic
Thu Aug 16, 2001 10:40 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: What is your religion?
Replies: 190
Views: 3350

Hmmm...this is one risque discussion. I suppose a question as blunt and traditionally rude as "What is your religion?" will induce talk of Nazis and Inquisitions.

I think Marx said it best when he called religion the "opium of the masses". Dogma does indeed lead to slavery of the mind. But godless ...
by hermetic
Fri Aug 03, 2001 1:35 pm
Forum: Dungeons & Dragons
Topic: X.P. Cost In Item Creation
Replies: 7
Views: 1315

Well we're pretty elitist and biased with regards to who within our group can contribute so heavily to the story (i.e. have both DM & PC rights). Otherwise some of our rather less-experienced players might wreak havoc upon our sensible setting. Those people who do take turns being DM keep a log of ...
by hermetic
Fri Aug 03, 2001 8:22 am
Forum: Dungeons & Dragons
Topic: X.P. Cost In Item Creation
Replies: 7
Views: 1315

Well not quite. We all take turns managing our own campaigns but we all contribute to the creative progression of our world. Working out of an urban centre, we're quite liberal with which characters we choose to use for any given gaming session. It's the player's choice. What has happened naturally ...
by hermetic
Fri Aug 03, 2001 7:52 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: Football
Replies: 325
Views: 7140

I follow Belenenses, which is a minor club in Portugal (actually the 4th in terms of successes and history in Portugal, but I'm sure many of you only know of Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting), the local club in my quarter of Lisbon. In European competition I generally support Portuguese teams, but ...
by hermetic
Thu Aug 02, 2001 1:34 pm
Forum: Dungeons & Dragons
Topic: X.P. Cost In Item Creation
Replies: 7
Views: 1315

That's pretty cool. I don't use temporary stat changes nearly enough, pretty much only when a character/creature suffers stat damage such as from poison.

Re: mules (a term first used in Ultima Online I believe): I don't let them abuse the gameplay at all since I'm the God of the game. But for ...
by hermetic
Thu Aug 02, 2001 10:31 am
Forum: Dungeons & Dragons
Topic: X.P. Cost In Item Creation
Replies: 7
Views: 1315

I think WotC intended for item creation to become far more widespread in 3E than in previous editions. Indeed progress through the levels is so much quicker now that it doesn't seem like a big loss to give up xp for items. More heart-breaking is to lose xp when casting certain high-level spells; the ...
by hermetic
Fri Jul 27, 2001 8:43 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: If you were living in ancient Greece which deities would you pay homage to?
Replies: 125
Views: 3676

Greetings all,

A Sumerian god eh? Well fable, I had no idea you were involved in the new world order. Break out your amanita muscaria folks, Gamebanshee is shooting for world domination!
VAE VICTIS!

Ah Hekate...
If we continue with our philological ways we may be ostracized as elitists. But ...
by hermetic
Thu Jul 26, 2001 8:00 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: If you were living in ancient Greece which deities would you pay homage to?
Replies: 125
Views: 3676

Chairete!

@fable: ugh, it's not the Corpus Hermeticum I need but rather a Greek-English lexicon.

@Hekate: fratri in animis sumus sed non in religionibus.
My charms are more deceiving, but less spiteful. Your devotees are feared, your name spoken in hushed tones. Nonetheless I respect your gnosis ...
by hermetic
Wed Jul 25, 2001 1:01 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: If you were living in ancient Greece which deities would you pay homage to?
Replies: 125
Views: 3676

Vale dearest Hekate,

As a disciple of the Thrice-Greatest Argeiphontes, I must say that I am quite in awe to be in the presence of one as sorcerous as yourself. You are a scourge to mercurial individuals such as I. But we the servants of Hermes have always been open to dialogue so as to preserve ...
by hermetic
Wed Jul 25, 2001 8:40 am
Forum: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Topic: Does anyone use cleric undead turning?
Replies: 23
Views: 1791

How about using Viconia at the Shadow Temple out in the Umar Hills? Those shadows or shades can be mustered together to make a huge army. if only there were some cool enemy to slay with all those undead under your control. At the higher levels Turn Undead is fantastic; skeleton warriors are turned ...
by hermetic
Wed Jul 25, 2001 8:23 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: Anatomy of a GameBanshee Forum Member: Describe Yourself
Replies: 885
Views: 13962

Greetings

I've been lurking SYM for quite awhile now and have been using Gamebanshee in general since I first started with BG2 sometime before Xmas. If I'd been the least bit excogitant about this thread I would've introduced myself earlier. Voila!

Sex: Male
Age: 23
Height: 5'8''
Weight: 160 lbs ...
by hermetic
Wed Jul 25, 2001 8:01 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: If you were living in ancient Greece which deities would you pay homage to?
Replies: 125
Views: 3676

Wow, this thread has been graced by the presence of two deities, namely Hekate & Minerva.

Re: Uranus or Ouranos (Gk. for "heaven" or "sky")
Anybody care to share some comparisons to Uranus from other pantheons? The older story of Aphrodite springing from the severed genitals of Uranus is far more ...
by hermetic
Tue Jul 24, 2001 8:43 am
Forum: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Topic: CLUAConsole JaheiraRomance Values Needed
Replies: 1
Views: 1190

CLUAConsole JaheiraRomance Values Needed

Hey I know this has been requested many times on these boards and if anyone can just direct me to the thread I'll be thankful. I'd like to begin ToB with a Jaheira romance and am wondering what her romance values are. I think her LoveTalk ends at 73 with SoA but that's all I know. I don't know what ...
by hermetic
Tue Jul 24, 2001 2:54 am
Forum: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Topic: Jaheira Romance Walkthrough (MAJOR spoilers) ...
Replies: 84
Views: 90519

Would anyone be able to post the exact CLUAConsole commands and values for the Jaheira romance at the beginning of ToB? Or just lead me to a thread that has this information? Should the Lovetalk be 73? What about everything else like the Bodhi episode & that Dermin guy?
by hermetic
Tue Jul 24, 2001 2:23 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: If you were living in ancient Greece which deities would you pay homage to?
Replies: 125
Views: 3676

Hmmm...I remember something about Zagreus now. Isn't the myth related to the Bacchic mysteries somehow, or the Orphic? Those tales of the Titans vs. Olympians remind me of Lovecraft - Ancient Ones vs. Elder Gods. Very good Sci-Fi is Greek Myth eh?

Re: mortal heroes such as Hector, I must say that I ...
by hermetic
Mon Jul 23, 2001 1:30 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: If you were living in ancient Greece which deities would you pay homage to?
Replies: 125
Views: 3676

As fable stated, it'd be quite odd if you actually worshipped all the gods only because there was a deity for practically everything from the sky & sun to that booger in your nose.

The best way to look on it is that the commoner looked up to a set of the more central gods (more or less like the ...