Oh jeeze another conversation. Can my heart take it? At least this guy is sitting in a sweet ass chair.
He couldn't possibly be the guy in charge, could he?
Gonna leave me hanging then? Gonna ignore me for Julia? Cool.
I guess they have to balance out how much talking I am going to be doing. - Name
What could your job possibly be I wonder?
- Julia
Oooooooooooh really now?
Okay this line is kind of confusing. So basically people who aren't from this world or whatever age like super slow when they are here. I think most of the Warrior's of Destiny fall under that list, as well as Lord British. And on top of that I think wizards also live super long. This shit is confusing yo.
Wink wink.
- Empath Abbey
- Love
Okay, one of my options here is -Afraid. Refresh my memory as to why this is one of them.
Okay I guess that works. What is that - Eternal Flame you were talking about?
Oh man, so it's kind of like the end of Krull. Got it. - Evils
- Protection
- Keeps
- Shadowlords
Okay so this pretty much spells out that we need to do something with the keeps to get rid of the shadowlords. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out how to match them up, either.
I am sure I will need to use some sort of magic item that I will need to fish out of someone's dialogue tree.
Get out of here Shamino you don't count.
Yeah why not.
Yaaaaaay story time :V
Oh fuck don't tell me it's Air Bud. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE RULES THAT SAYS A DOG CAN'T BECOME AVATAR.
Okay I am not sure if it is Air Bud anymore.
Okay not so much Air Bud.
Hey there is a goal for me to seek. Thanks bro! Now tell me about - Serpent's Hold
Okay now - Lycaeum
So I guess the mages are going to be annoying to get a hold of. Typical. Let's kick off the stupid Blackthorn discussion with - Opression
- Blackthorn
Pretty much the same story that we've heard a few times by now.
Okay, my last option is to ask about - Barbra
Okay cool. That wraps up talking to Lord Micheal.
hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng
Okay now we are done for real.
Time to look upstairs for some cool stuff. Unfortunately there is nothing cool here aside from more people.
But look, a jester. Let's make the update even longer by talking to him.
"Now's not the time." What a bitch. As if you have anything else to do.
He is supposed to be right at the front door of this place, but he wasn't there when i got here. So I follow him downstairs to have a chat I probably didn't need.
Ugh.
What kind of dumb name is Hardluck?
Yeah but Avatar is an okay title. Speaking of which, TELL ME ABOUT MYSELF.
I didn't know about all of the other people, but whatever. - Job
So you suck? Okay. - Empath Abbey
JUGGLE FOR ME BITCH
Oh screw you. How about a joke?
God you are the worst.
Shamino you too.
Don't flatter yourself. Let's round this trainwreck up with some - Songs
Would I have asked you about it if I didn't want to hear them?
...
No thanks. I already got it from the other four people I have talked to here.
Who is this - Tim guy
Well I sure am glad I asked you to sing then. Seeya.
Thankfully no one interjects and the conversation is over.
Okay I'll probably be back later when I get around to it. At this point I've decided to go to Britain to talk to Gwenno. I don't think Yew is going to have much for me. And besides, I could check on Lord British's castle, which might have some clues or something.
Oh hey some ruins and junk. Could this be something interesting?
Nah, it's just full of rats.
Fuck you rat.
Nope, nothing interesting at all.
So there are a ton of woodland creatures running around. If you force attack them, you can actually kill them.
They drop meat. There are better ways to get food in my experience.
Fucking insect swarms. It is impossible to see them, and they usually come in groups. Luckily they are chumps.
BEAR!
The trick to combat so far is to just have my ranged dudes kite the fuck out of things.
And then when I get bored of that I have everyone kick the shit out of stuff.
So, I can loot bears.
And they are meat pinatas. In the time it takes to kill a bear you will have maybe killed like 2 deer. I am pretty sure deer only yield one meat. Bears are probably going to be my food source through the game.
Lookit dat food counter.
At this point I am kind of lost in the woods.
Gremlins are kind of weak.
WHACK WHACK WHACK WHACK
Gremlins usually just pop food out when they die. The problem gremlins present is that they can steal food from you.
Okay, so there is a kind of useful minimap in this game. It comes in handy, since in a 3D game I can just rotate the camera all over the place and lose track of where I am going at any time.
You can also travel by it, so that will be pretty good later on when I am walking between towns and crap later on.
I am back on the trail, but
wolf.
A worthwhile trip. My companions didn't do shit while I fought this wolf. They can go to hell.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Phase spiders are kind of dicks. They kind of teleport on you. They don't present much of a challenge though. I don't think.
So here is this body of water.
Okay, in hindsight I know where I am now. Back then I was confused as hell. I am somewhere around the point my mouse cursor is. I kind of had a loose grasp of where I was, but this threw me off while I was playing. Next update I will throw a big version of this map up so I can demonstrate how little I know of Britania's geography.
This time I find a giant spider.
Ow. Notice that the Avatar is poisoned. There are potions that cure poison, and the healers all can cure it.
Wolves can't cure poison, but killing them can comfort me a little bit.
Ow, maybe not. Okay, let's show off the magic a little bit. I am not sure how learning magic works in this, as it seems like as soon as you hit the level you know all of the spells, and everyone has all of them. Maybe the second level spells require teaching from mages, but I am not too sure yet.
Hi spellbook. This is where you see how many reagents you have. It also shows you the spells, and when you select the spell, it shows what it takes to cast. There are bookmarks for quick selection as well.
There is a cure spell in here, so let's whip that out.
Select the spell, hover over your target, and right click.
Bam. No more poison.
It is officially night time. At this point, moongates start popping up. I am not near any, so that doesn't mean much to me.
I get back on track, but hey look a glowy spot on my map.
In this little grove thingy, bloodmoss is growing. Cool.
THIS IS WHAT REAGENTS ARE!
Okay, back to Iolo's house. I could just camp, but I want a bed.
Gotta wake up early in the morning. In the camp screen, I would choose who if any I want to keep watch while everyone else sleeps. In this case, I imagine that the Avatar gets the bed while everyone else just sleeps on the floor. You get a lot of sweet perks when you become the Avatar.
This is what you see when you sleep.
It's morning now. Next update I will start heading towards Britain. It'll be cool.