Moiraine, I've been into other worlds since I was a kid, reading Narnia, then Lord of the Rings, followed by a torrent of others in a similar vein. There was something about reading of kings, castles and snow when I was surrounded by dry riverbeds and red dust in the North-West Australian outback. We moved there for four years when I was a child, and because I was from 'somewhere else' (Sydney) and totally didn't fit in, took my thinking internal.
This ended up fostering both the escapist and the entertainer. Roleplaying became an extension of the books that also had begun to include historical non-fiction and books about other countries.
Then computer roleplaying meant I could game to my hearts content without having to rely on the ever diminishing circle of people who played.

Thus that's what I mainly play in computer game terms. Roleplay and historical strategic games. I'm not into hack & slash adventure games, or reflex speed clicks. 'Thief - the metal age' looked great for an adventure game when I played it on a friends computer. (I don't own a 3d card though, any computer improvements I buy are generally sound related.) You had to think a lot and take time. Immersion seemed possible.
I'm going to hit the sack I think.
Merry Christmas if I don't talk before.
Nice chatting with you

I'm busy with the windspear quest - I killed Firkraag's liitle mage, rescued the girl, and then decided to have a go at the big dragon himself. I used Yoshimo's traps, and after a hefty liitle fight, in which I lost 2 npc's, he died..... and here's the funny - i got no experience points, and counldn't find any treasure, swords etc anywhere around the body - I only used arrows, swords and magic arrows during the fight ???? do i need to go at it again ???

I think it is the snare thing : I have killed the same Lich twice
(I play 2 games, one in solo, one in multi with my husband),
once with snares only, and one "a la mano",
and I didn't get any XP with the snares.
Hope it helps !

Sounds weird. If you have some reflection spell going and a beholder petrifies themself and then you smash them with a hit I don't think you get any exp. Could it be similar? I'm totally hypothesising though. Who knows?

You still get EP if you get a beholder to petrify itself. You get the experience when it becomes petrified, not when you smash it into pebbles.

Re the snares I once played four PC thieves. An Assassin, Bounty Hunter, Swashbuckler and Dwarven Fighter/thief, each specialising in one or two fields. The Assassin - stealth, The Swashbuckler - Pickpockets (200 pts - could steal almost everything from stores, including the Copper Coronet!! Sold them in the Docks) The Dwarf was named 'The Locksmith', and the Bounty Hunter had heaps of points in set traps and detect illusion.

Anyhow a particular ambush was about to eventuate which I knew about in advance, so I set every trap the Bounty Hunter had, and they went off when the ambushers turned red. It totally stunned me when every single foe died almost instantaneously - and, to the point of this reply, the Bounty Hunter got the kills registered as hers in the information window and the party got the experience for each person that died.

I never noticed any exp when the Beholders petrified but I'll take your word for it Armisael.

Bloody hell. I've never really used snares a lot. What kind of damage were they doing?
That party sounds like a damn lot of fun, too. Heh.

Hi everybody.

By the way, Yorick, what is a 'Vocalist' ? A kind of opera singer ? Or what ?

It certainly was Armisael. Had NO cash flow problems - only ever bought stuff from the Adventurers Mart (can't steal from Ribald). The Assassin would take out any opposite wizard with one blow. I had Edwin and Korgan and intended to Dual class the Bounty Hunter to a Cleric. After that effect I reconsidered though.