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Requesting a dwarf, I want to be drafted into the miltary by the name of "Reds"

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Just three?    Also, I have a distressingly low amount of experience with Western style RPGS.

1, Xenogears.  2, Breath of Fire IV.  3... uh, I dunno, Legend of Mana?

I'm not sure if Final Fantasy Tactics counts, but it's definitely my favorite out of the series.

Try Morrowind, it's considered one of the best western rpgs without being too old.

I've tried Morrowind on Xbax, if that counts for anything.  I know no mods makes a difference, but man, it was so unfun.  You have to make physical contact AND roll alright on a to-hit chance, you moved SO slow across the GIANT landscape, and stamina made it bad for you to go fullspeed.  Maybe I had a bad experience because I tried to walk instead of taking the silt strider like the game told me to, and thus got attacked by cliff racers and some huge boar-thing that blindsided me from the back, without warning ("Oh, it can't be that bad.  Every game I've ever played always goes "oh, it's dangerous and spooky", when it never is!").  Just, ugh.  I tried Oblivion, too, and it was just... boring.  I don't see what the big hype is.

I've got PS:T, but I had it when I was a kid, without a good computer to play it on, and I actually never even found Pharod.  I've tried Baldur's Gate 1, too - Wizard, first game.  Until I found a sweet guide to to take me to hidden quests and phat loot, it would have been an exercise in pain.  Beyond that, Fallout, Icewind Dale, Ultima, EverQuest, X-Com... I'd never even heard of those until, like, a couple years ago.

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Yeah, the xbox does not do it justice at all.
And cliff racers, and the dangerous natives of the ash wastes are not something you should fight with at all, until you are quite a bit better.

I can't comment on the xbox version - but that's what I liked most about morrowind, and something that's not quite there with Oblivion without mods - a huge open world with areas which are genuinely too difficult to explore without some hefty levelling up. I haven't played ether for a long time now, but as I've just gotten my sweaty hands on a GTX 580 I'll be reinstalling Oblivion as soon as the GOTY edition comes on sale on Steam.

As for top 3?

1: Morrowind
2: Stalker ShoC (it really is more RPG than FPS)
3: Disgaea (weirdest but also the most fun weapon levelling system I've seen in a game. Haven't spent enough time on it to really do it justice though, it needs a lot of playthroughs to get to the levels you need to do the big bosses - Laharl at level 9999? cripes. The grind. THE GRIND.)

I want to give honorauble mentions to deus ex and the system shock series too. They just look a little dated now - still superb though.

I've sadly not played enough of the classics though - Baldur's Gate, Planescape etc.

I have played Baldur's Gate, But not planescape

Bauldurs gate was extremly fun.

are you a native english speaker? because your post doesnt make much sense in response to my statement...

Yeah, But im to tired... Things tend to get less sensible... Im heading to bed soon and going to look this over in the morning...

I gave up on the seris when it went 3d myself, But it was fun going aginsit my sister and her friend with my friend and watching TV as we waited for our turn

Anywase, Nah Never downloaded any mods for it... So can't recommend any

If you had a time machine, and went back to enact a mandatory appreticeship for kids, then I'd have to dust off my time machine, and go back in time to give you a piece of my mind.
I really wouldn't want my carefree childhood to be spoiled by somebody who just doesn't have enough commitment to work on his skills himself, or at least enough humility to recognize that the fault lies in his choices, and not in the education system.

I would like to have the option of Apprentenceship starting at the end of Jr. High, It would benifit the person beacuse buy that time they -SHOULD- know there intrests and get a head start in life, But Figureing how the auther was dureing his childhood he wouldn't have joined.... Besides that point I can't appaly for post secondary classes untill latter in highschool, Thus not allowing me to learn programming or something about from a structed learning program untill Im almost on the last Leg, I guess untill then its my Programming book and me

Maniditory should not be implmented beacuse the point of it is for genral knowledge.... Specialaztions will stem from collage, Intrests anything really.... It all depends on a childs motivation. And besides pursue what you wanted or want right now wishing for the past to be changed is going to do nothing.

Also, This was not put in as offensive or any intent, I understand your reasoning and see where it is comeing from and it is understandable. Children do have a lack of motivation and manditory apprenticeships would help build skills.... But it also reminds me of a book called "The Giver"

Mmm, my Freezing throwing knives are still far from perfect but what the heck...
[INORGANIC:FREEZE]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SUBSTANCE_TEMPLATE]
   [STATE_NAME:ALL:ice]
   [STATE_ADJ:ALL:ice]
   [SPEC_HEAT:7000]
   [MAT_FIXED_TEMP:1000]
   [IGNITE_POINT:16000]
that's one of the things I use (some of the other mods have cold templates that can be a better example)...but it's definitely just a "for fun" thing. It just takes a veeerrry loooong time to actually freeze someone completely because it's not continuous effect all the time probably because of the other temperature factors (you're freezing!you're freezing!you're freezing! ooops, it warmed up OH! you're freezing!you're freezing!, etc).

Freezing their lungs or brain is what usually kills them...crushing their skulls is faster but it's just satisfying to look at an Elf as his head slowly freezes from a enchanted knife stuck in his mouth (frostbite slowly spreads from the mouth, then the teeth, then the whole head, what FUN!).

Thanks for shareing, Should be fun

Sorry, firebreathing is for AI's only. Though you could do what some of us did and just add some custom reactions like magic missiles, fire & ice knives, etc.

Mmmm... I know how to add fire Knifes, But How would one go about adding ice knifes?, Care to share?