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Maybe not so much GTA, but Just Cause. Plenty of opportunity for over-the-shoulder rampant destruction, not so much for commandeering other vehicles. You could maybe get away with having enemy mechs you could climb aboard and beat up and throw out the other pilot, but that somewhat negates the purpose of customization (although a robust customization system would allow for a large variety of enemy mechs to fight).

I've never played Armor Core per se, just a couple different installments of Mechwarrior, but I can imagine a mech game with customization in a large, destructable sandbox environment. Possibly in multiple locations - instead of just one island, with its myriad environments, as in JC2, multiple planets/systems/warzones, each with their mix of environments.

Of course, it is also kind of hard to imagine in what universe would a clandestine - as opposed to mercenary - mech pilot operate (as opposed to a clandestine human operative).

Interesting. Found two identical (except in name) randart rings in a minivault on d:26. MP+9, Dex+4, Int+5. Too bad I'm a heavy armor fighter.

There was actually a gold dragon hide on D:9, and I probably, finally, have enough strength and armour skill to use it... too bad I only ever found one scroll of enchant armour across the entire game so far, which I used on a shield while reading unIDed scrolls.

Advice: 2,6 Eveningstar {Venom, Inv, rC++, Str1}, or 7,5 Demon Whip of Freezing? Skill in m&f is 13, high enough to max the attack speed of the whip, but I don't know how to calculate whether the eveningstar will put out more damage due to higher base damage (or how the brands work out). Also a demonspawn, but no idea what bonus damage they get from demon weapons.

I somewhat expect that a giant ice ship won't exactly balance on its keel. Unless the ship we're talking about is a flat bottomed barge or an eastern junk.

So yes, it is quite possible that a mundane use of an ice ship would still result in blood.

Scrolls of fog will help against ranged attackers too. Less so if you're one hit away from dying, but it may give you the opportunity to flee around a corner.

If you're only a couple tiles away (rather than at max LoS), moving toward the centaur may sometimes cause the centaur to close distance rather than stand 1 tile away and plink. This may or may not be a good idea depending on whether they have a melee weapon and what it is. In my experience their melee is less dangerous than their ranged attacks, but moving closer this way only really works if you're 2-3, max 4, tiles away. Though, that strategy won't help against an imp with a bow.

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The ghost moths make clearing spider pit a pain in the ass for me. I only tend to get casters that far, and despite following Sif or being a mummy, it is nigh impossible to deal with them before they drain you dry. I could try summoning an army, but they are permanently invisible, so most of my summons do nothing. About my only method of success is hoping I can get enough OoDs off before I'm dry, because even with channeling there's no way to build up enough mana to get off a spell when one's coming at you. Maybe an army of dogs?

Or, I guess, potions/cloaks/rings of invis.

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Is Demonic Guardian still a bad idea for an Okawaru worshipper? I thought losing allies caused piety loss, but I don't see anything about it on the knowledgebot, and there's no messages from him when my imps die. Not even sure where I might've picked the idea in the first place. Maybe I am confusing it with attacking your own allies?

Self-answer: I guess so. I missed all the 'you feel guilty' messages before since they just in normal grey text and not colored as piety usually is. Damn. This was a pretty sweet character too, good mutations and nice weapons.

Pah. I thought a +0 pair of boots was as bad as the gifts get, but Oka just gave me a -2 cap.

Thanks, god. Really.

It sounds like he was using Elona terms. Corruption = mutation (although there are two kinds of "mutation" in Elona), especially as he refers to cures and a list of 'corruptions'.

Regarding the discussion over Demigod apts, I never see the fact they have an EXP modifier of 160% mentioned. Does it only apply to experience put toward increasing your character level (which is duplicated and independent of experience put toward skills), or does it stack against your aptitudes as well?