Temple of Elemental Evil Forum Highlights

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(Originally posted by Gopher)

Here are recent Greyhawk: The Temple of Elemental Evil forum highlights. Please take into account that these are only single parts of various threads and should not be taken out of context. Bear in mind also that the posts presented here are copied as-is, and that any bad spelling and grammar does not get corrected on our end.

Huy Nguyen, Magic and Interface

Quote: Man I need a Dragonlance series of games... that's special!

i picked up the new (?) Dragonlance D20 sourcebook the other day! i didn't even know it was coming out, so it was kind of pleasant surprise. ...haven't really had a chance to go thru it but i hope it's good. i sincerely hope they aren't assuming campaigns to be played in that dumb "Age of Mortals" thing...

How does spontantious casting work?

while the radial menu is open, holding down the SHIFT key will "transform" all spells to their appropriate spontaneous version (if possible - i.e. you can't spontaneous domain spells).

Quote: Can NPC followers loot corpses, and how much?

i'm quickly skimming the thread, so forgive me if i missed anything, but yes NPC's that loot may loot heavy items, bringing them into worse encumbrance states. to get them to remove items that you as a PC do not have access to, one option is to take them to a shopkeeper, and they will sell items "as they wish".

cross your fingers!

Quote: [On Screenshots] The really cool part, is that the skeletons seem to be summoned/raised and fighting on the party's side!

wow whip! where did u pick up this screenie? this is part of the batch i made last week, but i didn't know they had been put up yet. cool deal!

yes, the Skeleton Gnolls are commanded by my Eeeeeevil dwarven cleric!

let me try to narrate what's happening:

Meleny, the highlighted NPC, has just hurled a Produce Flame at one of the bugbears that is webbed. I was unable to snap a screenshot in time, but that set the whole Web on fire, burning those trapped.

the "action bar" is only at yellow right now, signifying that Meleny has just used a standard action (the green portion of the bar) to cast Produce Flame and used the free touch attack to throw the flame at a bugbear.

the PC's currently have at least Bless and Prayer active. the large character currently has Enlarge and probably Bull's Strength active, and also is flatfooted (seen by the "boot" on top of her portrait, she is the left-most along the bottom). along that note, Meleny is currently under Medium Encumbrance (the "bell" looking icon on her portrait, second from the bottom right).

conversely, the Prayer has negatively affected the bugbears. a few of the bugbears may have Barbarian Raged and/or used a Potion of Bull's Strength (that actually happens later in the combat, IIRC).

i initiated combat with the bugbears and the high priest on the far right manually, even though i was currently working on a mission for the high priest; i figured this area might make for some good combat screenshots.

are the rest of my screenies up somewhere? i'm kinda curious, even though i have all of them sitting right here on my hard drive, heh.

hope that was informative!

[edit]: oh yes, that is my monk in the bottom right corner - you can't really see it, but he is in a monk stance; i think i took a few screenies of him kicking and punching and doing twirling kicks. it's hard to show with screenshots though :/

the monk's critical hit anim is pretty sweet, i haven't gotten a critical with my monk, but i've seen others' do it!

my gnome wizard currently has Mirror Image cast upon her; she's right next to Meleny. it's hard to see the ghostly images in this shot, but i took at least 1 or 2 more that more clearly shows the images

Steve Moret, Lead Programmer

Quote: What is the ideal Ironman party? I'm going for: Dwarf Fighter, Human Cleric of Pelor, Elf Ranger/Rogue, Elf Wizard, Human Bard.

I think the ideal ironman party is going to end up going back to the inn several time for fresh meat if you know what I mean.

Quote: Can we replace fallen party members with new characters (we roll) at the inn or are you referring to gathering NPC's?

You can roll new ones up at the inn, and if you're playing ironman I applaud you if you never have to do that. And yes, to answer someone elses question, there is no point buy in Ironman.

Dan the Intern, Intern and 2D Artist

Quote: [On the Walkthrough Movie] Is this the secret passage from outside the moathouse or something else?

There was indeed a hidden door which was taken out. After you defeat the ogre guard, Lubash, There was a sliding wall/door which concealed a long stairway to an even lower part of the moathouse. This door was taken out and is the one mentioned in the video.