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Good old fashioned snakes.

Does the item you use for consturction affect the time it takes to do it?

Also, what was it that happened to me in this-

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I had some spasms while starting construction of my safehouse.  Once I start vomiting a grey goo, I immidiatly grabbed by IDs from the evac shelter and started down the road for a science lab.  I didn't find one, but eventually I found a missile silo, with a military patrol (sadly, no military IDs) and a science patrol.  I continued north, despairing that I would die, when I came upon a thing of Royal Jelly with booby traps.  I took that, so now I'm fine.  I haven't been poisened by anything as far as I know of, or run into fungaloids or anything.

Did you see a message mentioning a blazing flash of light, or something similar? There's a monster that can hit you with a stare attack from a long distance, and you'll never know it unless you see the message. It can cause those effects.

Yes, there are always free dwarfs. Well, for now.

Update soon, etc.

or now!

Stories from Oceanbridge: The Never-ending Siege

Tirist was beginning to worry about Gar. During the first month or so of their imprisonment, the man had been constantly coming up with new ways to escape, usually ways that involved killing as many goblins as possible in the process. (the last suggestion had involved blowing up the fortress by setting all of the alcohol on fire, which had also worried Tirist a lot). But now, Gar had gone very, very quiet.

Then there was the ghost. He decided that he had to mention the ghost, at least. He cleared his throat, and said, "Hey... Gar? I don't want to worry you, but there's... sort of a ghost, hovering over you?"



Gar shrugged, and looked up. His expression of mild disinterest changed when he saw the ghost itself, to one of shock. "Holy hell... Kill it! Bash it to pieces with a barrel... no, damn it all, set the barrels on fire! Blast that thing to shit!"

Tirist did the only thing he could think to do. He picked up a handful of their only weapon, (sand) and threw it. Not at the ghost, but at Gar. It was a desperate, possibly suicidal move, but he was in no mood to get burned alive in booze. Drowned, maybe. But not burned.

It worked, sort of. By the time Gar had stopped cursing and had got the sand out of his eyes, the ghost was gone.

Tirist waited a little bit longer, hoping the pause would help bring Gar's anger down.  "Sorry about that... but your were kind of talking like a mad man. What was that?"

"Something that shouldn't have been there, man. Something that shouldn't be a ghost. Now help me with these barrels, I think I finally figured out a way out of here." Gar rolled his eyes when he saw Tirist cautiously picking up another handful of sand. "I'm not going to blow us up, damn it, though I might kill you if you do that again. Just help me. We're getting out, now."

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Meanwhile, Mr. Anderson had finally been slain by the goblins.



But he had survived worse things.

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From the Journals of Aban Brothertreaties:

Well, to melt down aluminum, we need a furnace operator! The problem: all of our furnace operators are long dead, and they haven't come back, at least not in any ways that I recognize. Well, this weaponsmith is going to have to do the job:



Billon is his name. Another refugee. (Are there any of us left who aren't?) Anyway, I hope that he doesn't get the blame when he inevitably fails to produce our new mayor's all important "item". He seems nice enough.

There are actually more important things going on now, though the mayor doesn't realize it. Neo, the Soldier, Firehawk, and some others (and yes, myself, though I'm not enthusiastic about swords) are going to try to break back up into the first floor. Onto? One of those things.

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Next: Taking Back the First Floor

A group of rebellious dukes announced that they were going to demand that I be made emperor, and to my surprise, they succeeded. The old emperor, my cousin, caved to their demands.

Why is that a bad thing? Well, the Byzantine Empire is fighting a losing war with the Seljuks, the powerful duke of Thrace is pressing his own claim on the empire, and I'm actually still imprisoned by the ruler of the Seljuks. He just threw me in the oubliette.

No, I haven't died yet. But it's pretty much a certainty at this point. It's just a matter of how.

((as usual, got to start with a small one))

From the Journals of Aban Brothertreaties

We have a new mayor, and that means we get to get to know all about our new mayor!

And that's always frightening.

This man, Id has had me spend the day digging through trash piles. Why? Because our dear new mayor has requested (read: demanded) that we make an aluminum item. What sort of item, he refuses to say. We don't have any bars of aluminum. So I'm digging around in the detritus of the past ten years, looking for other aluminum items to melt down and recast into a new aluminum item.



I don't like the new mayor.

Meanwhile, Remalle and Ishar have gone missing. I'm sure that they're still alive, or at least that Remalle is still alive. I'm sure they're fine. I mean, they were last spotted digging a tunnel under the ocean. How dangerous can that be?

I... think I may need to go look for them.

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Next: People

Man, I don't even like burgers. With or without cheese.

I bought it anyway. I'd forgotten about the restored content mod. I never got the chance to try that thing out back in the day, and that's enough to convince me to give the game another try, I guess! Maybe I'll join the dark side this time.*



*I won't. I never can, even if I want to. I get the guilt.

I'm struggling with the temptation to buy KOTOR 2. On the one hand, i thought the story and gameplay were frustrating the first time i played it, and at times infuriating. On the other hand, I still liked it over all, and it might be nice to play it one a computer that can actually run the game, and my discs are long gone anyway. And on the third hand, it's still one of the few rpg's that i've ever finished...

I don't know.