Elminster's Ecologies IIIa - Why so many?

Kurwa · Post by **Kurwa** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:33 am

In whatcher's keep there is something like 9 Elminster's Ecologies IIIa. Is there a reason for all of these books?

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:36 am

I suspect they just want to be sure you find at least one copy so that you can figure out how to defeat certain monsters with your keyboard intact

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:40 am

Think of it as being like those moments in Mel Brooks' films where a character says some important piece of exposition that the person they're talking to doesn't need to know, but you do--and then that same speaker turns to the theater audience and snarls, "Everybody got that?"

Dueller · Post by **Dueller** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:33 pm

I suspect it's so people don't get out their best magical weapon and wonder why a blue fiery-looking guy laughs at them...

Link_542 · Post by **Link_542** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:07 pm

because on level 4 of watchers keep you will face magic golems and what would you hit him with if you forgot to bring normal weapons along? It's so you know how to defeat some of the monsters in watchers keep and they want to make sure you get that knowledge.

Mr.Waesel · Post by **Mr.Waesel** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:46 pm

In the end, to make more money.

nephtu · Post by **nephtu** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:08 am

Well...

Presumably, for the same reason that vampires keep stakes lying around in their lairs

SP101 · Post by **SP101** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:55 am

[QUOTE=nephtu]Presumably, for the same reason that vampires keep stakes lying around in their lairs

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So I'm not the only one who find this stupid
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fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:34 am

No more stupid than a certain villain in KotoR keeping his vital second in command at the same location he occupies, or the fact that so many computers in "evil" bases have graciously provided the means to automatically destroy much of their staff.

At least in BG2's case, there was a belief that younger players wouldn't know where to locate stakes (and we've actually had numerous threads asking for this). KotoR has no excuse, unless you include lame villains and creative poverty when it came to designing a computer skill.

SP101 · Post by **SP101** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:48 am

Shocking enemies in KotOR was my favourite hobby

Blue Boo · Post by **Blue Boo** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:33 am

Um...cause Elminister is a really self-important character who dumped off his book all over the place to make sure everyone was aware of how intelligent he was....

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:27 am

Okay, this is another thread that's had its question answered, and is turning into a spam zone. It's closed.