scars and skin appearance

bloodninja · Post by **bloodninja** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:45 am

Does anyone else`s character look like a giant, walking scar?

My first time through the game I was playing a fighter character on the good side of alignment, I was spending xp whenever I could and was taking all the boasts I could to try and bring in cash (and by far the easiest boast was to do quests naked). I wasn`t all that practiced, and I would just get myself torn up when surrounded by groups of enemies. So, halfway through the game, my character looked like a gray-haired, decrepid, walking scar; he had scars covering both sides of his face, all over his chest, and down his back. Well, I for one don`t think that looks very cool, at least not for the goody-goody pretty boy look I was going for with my first character.

So my second time through, I`ve been playing as an evil archer/witchhunter type, and I am halfway through the game, my only experience spent was used to buy slow time (so my character is still 18, even though I think his skin is starting to wrinkle or get veins, either from using magic or being evil) and most remarkable to me, I have only been hit TWO TIMES (once by whisper in the beginning while I wasn`t paying attention, didn`t notice the scar until later, and once by one of the bandits that surround you during the fight with twinblade, and I didn`t feel like doing the whole thing over) that have been recorded with a SAVE WORLD or SAVE HERO, and I still have a HUGE, UGLY three-striped SCAR across more than half of my face. I know scars don`t affect my appearance stat, but I hate them (none of the characters shown in the in-game preview have scars, not even the horned evil ones, or magically glowing ones) and don`t want them. So is there any way to get rid of scars? Can you prevent them by always wearing armor, and prevent them on your face by wearing a helmet when you go a-fighting? Or do you have to never EVER get hit in order to keep from having them? I know you can decrease your age at the temples of Avo and Skorm, and that if you are fat you gradually get thinner by not eating, but scars do not seem to fade from what I have seen.

Also, has anyone noticed characters tanning in sunlight, or paling in moonlight? I heard that they did, but both my good character and my evil character seem to have really pale skin, even though I`ve left them naked in the sun for entire daylight cycles.

Other questions I have about character appearance are: is it true that tattoos fade as you age? How many xp do you need to put into magic before you start getting the magic runes or whatever on your body? does buying Will skills age you faster than other skills, or does using will abilities age you? If you are evil, does your horn size increase with age (my second character is only 18 because I only bought slow time, and is almost all the way evil but his horns are as small as the day he got them).

Any observations or suggestions on how to finely tune a character`s appearance are appreciated.

Thanks

Mad Loco · Post by **Mad Loco** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:43 am

I think magic will age you faster the more you use it. I'm not sure about tatoos fading the more your characters ages, the tatoos on my characters are fading but i put that down to all the fighting i've been doing. You're going to get scars sooner or later anyway, but I would suggest alot of dodging and rolling around.

Thats all I know anyway

Assassin · Post by **Assassin** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:12 am

Physical Shield

Use Physical Shield alot it prevents all attacks on person, so that means you don't have to have any scars. Just make sure to keep you will up since it doesn't replanse itself when using this spell. Oh yea try not to use too much magic when using this.

Dillinja · Post by **Dillinja** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:24 pm

Tattoos

The tattoos don't fade as such, I read that body hair grows over the tattoos as you age...and I think when I had some tattoos I changed them for a better one and the previous tattoo was a pale blue colour and it looks well cool

Avatar · Post by **Avatar** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:29 pm

1-. The scars actualy come from battle, in my 3 characters only one have scars in the face

2-.The skin DO get pale or taned

3-.tatoos only get ugly if you remove and place several times...

Gromph · Post by **Gromph** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:58 pm

My guy is aslo a walking scar i just let them wail on my guy, he can take the pain so i dont care

P_a_l_a_d_i_n · Post by **P_a_l_a_d_i_n** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:54 pm

btw physical shield does not prevent scars.. I had a melee dude with phys shield and I also was a walkings scar...but I really couldn't care less... It's not like it affected the gameplay or anything..unless you're queer