Sacrosanct
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Hi all. This is an excellent game but the manual appears to go out of its way to give you no information whatsoever on the most simple of questions. Example: I am assuming cleverness is similar to intelligence and will increase my magic user's damage.
Answer, straight from the manual:
"Cleverness (CL)
This includes intelligence and the capacity for logical thought, the ability to
analyze a situation and draw relevant conclusions and to quickly recognize and
understand worldly and magical situations. A high cleverness score requires a
high level of book learning and a good memory."
What in hell's name is THAT supposed to tell me?
All I want to know is what the attributes actually do for characters in combat. The attributo spells for example: dex for thief, cleverness for mage, str for warrior, yes? You may have gathered I know nothing at all about the TDE ruleset.
Things like dodge and constitution are self explanatory but most of the other things couldn't possibly be more confusing. I would like any help in determining how to enchance skills and performance in combat particularly with magic.
I really don't understand for example what raising a magic talent actually does. Should I raise them all? Obviously cure poison and the light spell are just one offs but if I raise the thunderbolt skill does it do more damage or does it just give me a better chance of casting it successfully?
Also, unrelated but I may as well throw it in here... the camera system isn't the worst I've seen (that would be NWN 1 and 2) but no matter how many times I zoom out to get an overhead view as soon as I move the camera zooms right back in again to the most unhelpful angle imaginable. Is there any way to get a fixed overhead camera view?
Sorry this is so long and many thanks in advance for any help with these problems.
Answer, straight from the manual:
"Cleverness (CL)
This includes intelligence and the capacity for logical thought, the ability to
analyze a situation and draw relevant conclusions and to quickly recognize and
understand worldly and magical situations. A high cleverness score requires a
high level of book learning and a good memory."
What in hell's name is THAT supposed to tell me?
All I want to know is what the attributes actually do for characters in combat. The attributo spells for example: dex for thief, cleverness for mage, str for warrior, yes? You may have gathered I know nothing at all about the TDE ruleset.
Things like dodge and constitution are self explanatory but most of the other things couldn't possibly be more confusing. I would like any help in determining how to enchance skills and performance in combat particularly with magic.
I really don't understand for example what raising a magic talent actually does. Should I raise them all? Obviously cure poison and the light spell are just one offs but if I raise the thunderbolt skill does it do more damage or does it just give me a better chance of casting it successfully?
Also, unrelated but I may as well throw it in here... the camera system isn't the worst I've seen (that would be NWN 1 and 2) but no matter how many times I zoom out to get an overhead view as soon as I move the camera zooms right back in again to the most unhelpful angle imaginable. Is there any way to get a fixed overhead camera view?
Sorry this is so long and many thanks in advance for any help with these problems.
- Joined
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