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Originally posted by chevalier mal fet:
If being denied the godlike prowess of the ninth (and tenth) level spells is gonna cramp your style, you can always just pop the 30 bucks for Throne of Baal expansion now, before you go much further in the game. TOB cracks everything wide open , and gives even more powerful spells, while allowing you to finish out your SOA game seamlessly. Theres an experience cap in that game too....It stops you right around demi-god status(lev 35-40).
Or, you can always hack the game(cheat).
Chev
LOL,
TOB would probably cramp my gaming more than some 1 or 2 spells I can't scribe. No biggy( heh, getting familiar with all the other spells is tuff as is). I also got 2 other games I bought during the same time as this one, one being Lords of Magic and I haven't even touched that one.
With the idea of "just play" I was a tiny bit disappointed when I found out Anomen doesn't become a paladin which I thought he would turn into from knighthood.
In reading up on some of the rules however I've understood the game better. And the reminder that there is a cap isn't something that would make me drop the game, Not in a million years [img]smile.gif[/img]
And for the thing about the cheat, I don't really like the idea tho I can't say Im'a purist. If there is a way to get money like there is by stealing and selling, I use clua for faster money knowing the game makes it non-issue. However, using it to periodically change stats or create stuff out of blue is best left to those not going at it for a first time.
I see nothing wrong with ppl making mistakes and correcting them for that time being with shadowkeeper or such. I made a noobie mistake and on my first few rolls stuck to a set only becuase I saw a natural 19 for str. I had been getting some 17 str 17 dex and 16 con in rolls but didnt know better. SO to "fix" that I just rolled a 6 sided die and told myself subtract 1 to whatever number it is and add it to my dex. I can live with that just like I can knowing mages won't get lvl 9 spells.
Put it this way, in finding all the cool stuff there is to know about this game and how it causes nastalgia of playing old D&D board games, I'm sure to see good things about it and some things I can live with. All embraced.
Gah, and now that reminds me that I played my first cardboard game hrm, 12-15 years ago? =(