Algernon's Cloak too powerful?
Laura
score of the wearer by 2. This is acceptable, I think, but the ability to
cast Charm Monster at will seems a bit too powerful. I just tried abusing it
in the Peldvale area, and soon found myself with a small army of followers
including Hobgoblins, Black Talon Elite, War Dogs, Huge Spiders, Bandits,
Bears, Gibberlings, and Squirrels.
This charm spell (or spell like effect) causes the victim to make a saving
throw vs. Breath Weapon(!?!), or be permanently charmed, until attacked by
another friendly.
A regular Charm spell would wear off in time, but this one doesn't.
What are your findings and opinions of this item? Too powerful? A cheat?
Laura
Kim Goldbæk
is a bit too powerfull...I don't think I'll be using it like that - Too
boring!
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Kim
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Tal'n Lazarus
them from one area to another, and it doesn't work against higher level
enemies either
I don't think
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= Tal'n Lazarus
"It's all right, it's just a horse in the bathroom."
-Professor Urban Chronotis, the Regius Professor of Chronology
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Laura <la...@secret.dk> wrote in message
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Raoul De Kezel
>
> What are your findings and opinions of this item? Too powerful? A cheat?
>
I used it extensively in a solo game till the bandit camp, which I finished
without being hit once. Then I stopped to use it. It just wasn't fun.
So yes, I think it's really too powerful. It would have been vastly nicer
if it had say 20 charges instead of near infinity.
On the other hand, my daughter loves to charm dogs and wolves and play
with them.
> A regular Charm spell would wear off in time, but this one doesn't.
??? Seems to me that the charm disappears after some (many) hours.
--- Raoul
Wesley Martin
Take the number and change the cloak charges to this number. Make sure you
forget the amount it was, and you will soon solve that problem
Wez
Laura wrote in message <7mdbel$jfj$5...@news.cybercity.dk>...
>The description of Algernon's cloak states, that it will raise the charisma
>score of the wearer by 2. This is acceptable, I think, but the ability to
>cast Charm Monster at will seems a bit too powerful. I just tried abusing
it
>in the Peldvale area, and soon found myself with a small army of followers
>including Hobgoblins, Black Talon Elite, War Dogs, Huge Spiders, Bandits,
>Bears, Gibberlings, and Squirrels.
>This charm spell (or spell like effect) causes the victim to make a saving
>throw vs. Breath Weapon(!?!), or be permanently charmed, until attacked by
>another friendly.
>A regular Charm spell would wear off in time, but this one doesn't.
>
>What are your findings and opinions of this item? Too powerful? A cheat?
>
>Laura
>
>
Tal'n Lazarus
When I first saw the name Algernon, that story was the first thing that
popped into my mind
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= Tal'n Lazarus
"It's all right, it's just a horse in the bathroom."
-Professor Urban Chronotis, the Regius Professor of Chronology
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Peter Ferguson <pf...@home.com> wrote in message
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> I'm just curious why they called it Algernon's Cloak, I should re-read
> the stuff on it (If it's the same one I have.)
>
> Algernon (from my knowledge) was a mouse's name in "Flowers for
> Algnernon" or "Charlie" - (The movie's title). He was a mouse that had
> testing done on him to make him smarter.
>
>
> I suppose there could be another reference, or they just picked the name
> out of thin air, or just liked it.
Sean Kasun
Peter Ferguson wrote in message <378AA1D6...@home.com>...
>Algernon (from my knowledge) was a mouse's name in "Flowers for
>Algnernon" or "Charlie" - (The movie's title). He was a mouse that had
>testing done on him to make him smarter.
Seems an awful like Minsc and Boo too...
-sean
Kai van Lopik
encounter, of course it's kind of a cheat. But if you use it as if it had
charges (just to placate someone you've failed to pickpocket or to charm
one or two bears to travel with you), it's a good item to have. In short:
if you think it's too powerful, don't use its charm ability... it's you
playing the game, and if you don't like a certain "feature" it's up to
you whether or not you take advantage of it.
In article <7mdbel$jfj$5...@news.cybercity.dk>, la...@secret.dk says...
Rockz
Algernon's version is way too powerful no doubt, with 65K charges and
works from a distance. It would have done game balancing lots of good
by making this one exactly the same way as the Nymph Cloak.
BTW, the charm does wear off, after 10 turns or so.
In article <7mdprt$nbn$1...@epos.tesco.net>, The_U...@tesco.net says...
> Do what i did. Roll yourself a d100
> Take the number and change the cloak charges to this number. Make sure you
> forget the amount it was, and you will soon solve that problem
>
> Wez
>
> Laura wrote in message <7mdbel$jfj$5...@news.cybercity.dk>...
Peter Ferguson
Tal'n Lazarus wrote:
>
> Never used myself, so I wouldn't know, but still, it's not like you can take
> them from one area to another, and it doesn't work against higher level
> enemies either
> I don't think
>
>
I'm just curious why they called it Algernon's Cloak, I should re-read
the stuff on it (If it's the same one I have.)
Algernon (from my knowledge) was a mouse's name in "Flowers for
Algnernon" or "Charlie" - (The movie's title). He was a mouse that had
testing done on him to make him smarter.
Jans556
have totsc installed
Fylla & Sprit
throne very simple.
In article <7mdi2g$fmu$1...@nntp2.atl.mindspring.net>,
"Tal'n Lazarus" <taln...@NOSPAMmindspring.com> wrote:
> Never used myself, so I wouldn't know, but still, it's not like you
can take
> them from one area to another, and it doesn't work against higher
level
> enemies either
> I don't think
>
> --
> = Tal'n Lazarus
> "It's all right, it's just a horse in the bathroom."
> -Professor Urban Chronotis, the Regius Professor of Chronology
> --
> Laura <la...@secret.dk> wrote in message
> news:7mdbel$jfj$5...@news.cybercity.dk...
> > The description of Algernon's cloak states, that it will raise the
> charisma
> > score of the wearer by 2. This is acceptable, I think, but the
ability to
> > cast Charm Monster at will seems a bit too powerful. I just tried
abusing
> it
> > in the Peldvale area, and soon found myself with a small army of
followers
> > including Hobgoblins, Black Talon Elite, War Dogs, Huge Spiders,
Bandits,
> > Bears, Gibberlings, and Squirrels.
> > This charm spell (or spell like effect) causes the victim to make a
saving
> > throw vs. Breath Weapon(!?!), or be permanently charmed, until
attacked by
> > another friendly.
> > A regular Charm spell would wear off in time, but this one doesn't.
> >
> > What are your findings and opinions of this item? Too powerful? A
cheat?
> >
> > Laura
> >
> >
>
>
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Ephraim
"Laura" <la...@secret.dk> wrote:
> The description of Algernon's cloak states, that it will raise the
charisma
> score of the wearer by 2. This is acceptable, I think, but the
ability to
> cast Charm Monster at will seems a bit too powerful. I just tried
abusing it
> in the Peldvale area, and soon found myself with a small army of
followers
> including Hobgoblins, Black Talon Elite, War Dogs, Huge Spiders,
Bandits,
> Bears, Gibberlings, and Squirrels.
> This charm spell (or spell like effect) causes the victim to make a
saving
> throw vs. Breath Weapon(!?!), or be permanently charmed, until
attacked by
> another friendly.
> A regular Charm spell would wear off in time, but this one doesn't.
>
> What are your findings and opinions of this item? Too powerful? A
cheat?
>
> Laura
>
>
Ari
Laura
Wesley Martin wrote:
>Do what i did. Roll yourself a d100
>Take the number and change the cloak charges to this number. Make sure you
>forget the amount it was, and you will soon solve that problem
>
Sounds like a good idea, but how do I do that?
Help appreciated.
Laura
Mark Blunden
>hey, i have Algernon's cloak and i can't see anything about charm
>charges....i have totsc installed
To use the special abilities of certain items (like cloaks) you have to
click on the 'satchel' icon at the bottom of the main screen. It'll be
greyed-out if you've got nothing useable on you. Then just click the cloak
icon that comes up.
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Jans556
you will meet this guy named Algernon...you can pickpocket the cloak
Peter Ferguson
Tal'n Lazarus wrote:
>
> They made a movie out of it?!
> When I first saw the name Algernon, that story was the first thing that
> popped into my mind
yea, it's a really old movie, like early-mid 70's. We watched it in
English Class back in Grade 9. I don't know which book you had, but on
the cover of ours, was a picture of a man and lady by a beach or water's
edge. Thats straight from the movie.
Laura
Ephraim wrote:
>How do you get Algernon's cloak?
>
>Ari
Not surprisingly, Algernon has it. He is on the first floor of Feldpost's
Inn in Beregost. He's the fat guy wandering about all the rooms up there,
claiming them all to be his own.
Pick his pockets.
Laura
André Frost
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Laura
André Frost wrote:
>Or if you're evil, kill him. >;)
If you're anything but Lawful Good, kill him. His territorial claiming of
all the rooms, and his antisocial insulting behavior should justify it :-]
Laura