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Elminster's Ecologies IIIa - Why so many?

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:33 am
by Kurwa
In whatcher's keep there is something like 9 Elminster's Ecologies IIIa. Is there a reason for all of these books?

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:36 am
by dragon wench
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 :D

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:40 am
by fable
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?" :D

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:33 pm
by Dueller
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...

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:07 pm
by Link_542
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.

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:46 pm
by Mr.Waesel
In the end, to make more money.

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:08 am
by nephtu
Well...

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

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:55 am
by SP101
[QUOTE=nephtu]Presumably, for the same reason that vampires keep stakes lying around in their lairs ;) [/QUOTE]

So I'm not the only one who find this stupid
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:34 am
by fable
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. :rolleyes: 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. ;)

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:48 am
by SP101
Shocking enemies in KotOR was my favourite hobby :D

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:33 am
by Blue Boo
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....

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:27 am
by fable
Okay, this is another thread that's had its question answered, and is turning into a spam zone. It's closed. :)