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Everardo Laboy
Avernum Remix is a sort of "mod" for Avernum: Escape from the Pit that changes how some game mechanics, spells, abilities, and items work, in order to make the game more balanced and more fun. It isn't really intended for new players, but if you're coming back to the game and want to be able to use spears or bows as effectively as swords, or do more with battle disciplines or some of the less useful spells, Avernum Remix can add quite a bit of variety, and fun, to your tactical options. Read on down the page to hear about what it changes.
INSTRUCTIONS: Avernum Remix is a set of text files. You can replace some of the text files that come with the game, with these. How to do this will differ by platform, but the files you are looking for are in the "Resources" folder, which may be in Avernum's folder, or in the application package itself. If you choose to use these files, you should make a backup copy of your game first. There is no "easy uninstall" option, and there are no warranties expressed or implied regarding the use of these freely available text files. And if you need help, please don't bug Spiderweb Software, as they have nothing to do with this.
You no longer need to refill your ammo supply when using thrown weapons; when you equip the weapon, it is assumed that you are taking care of that (just as you don't have to refill arrows for bows). Thrown weapons are also stronger. Javelins have a chance of doing some extra piercing damage, pinning an enemy down, or knocking it back. Razordisks, on the other hand, have a high chance of striking a second enemy.
Spears have a 50% chance of doing 2x normal damage, reflecting their ability to pierce armor on a good thrust. Halberds do slightly more damage in general, and have a much higher chance of cleaving into a second enemy for additional damage.
As the lighter melee weapons available in the game, swords are Avernum's "finesse" weapons. As such, they are slightly weaker than the other weapon types, but gain greater benefit from the use of battle disciplines. Sword-and-shield users will experience the greatest damage increase when they use a special technique, while dual-wielders will get an extra strike with their second weapon. In both cases the battle disciplines are invaluable. Sword users can expect to use a discipline every 2-4 turns in battle.
Large shields of the style used in Avernum are bulky and clumsy, but provide good protection. Shields are now stronger and more restrictive. They provide a Parry bonus instead of an armor bonus, making them extremely effective for melee fighters who also invest in the Parry skill, but less valuable for spellcasters in the back row. This is a real incentive to play a one-sword fighter. Shields also require more strength to wield, and mages in particular will find their bulk interfering with the gestures they need to make when they cast spells.
Quick Action is now a valuable skill. In the same way that training in a spell expands the powers of that spell tremendously, so does improving Quick Action expand the powers of nine of the battle disciplines. Also, battle disciplines now have shorter fatigue times, but there is much less fatigue reduction equipment, making Quick Action invaluable for reducing fatigue.
There is one very useful battle discipline that can only be unlocked, and improved, by training in Riposte. There are also more items that provide riposte ability, making it a more viable skill to focus on.
All the old battle disciplines have been improved. Most have shorter fatigue times. Focus Spirit, Bladeshield, and Battle Frenzy no longer end your turn when you use them. And there are four new disciplines with neat effects: Misdirection Attack, Fighter's Sweep, Rapid Fire, and Sword Dance.
Mages are specialists at focusing magical power into a small area. They can contain its energy to a one or two targets, or unleash it as a devastating cone of magical force. A few spells have had their powers reduced -- most notably, Haste no longer gives a chance of Battle Fury at level 3. Other old spells have been improved: summons, for example, now summon better creatures, and provide Battle Fury at level 3. Finally, several old spells have been eliminated and replaced with new ones: Cone of Cold, Heartshock, Blink Blast, and Arcane Binding.
Priests are good at manipulating the battlefield to keep their party healthy. Although they still have area attacks, and they are somewhat more flexible in their targeting than mages, the power of their magical onslaughts has been reduced more. Instead, priests have more ability to inflict curses, to stymie and to knock back their enemies. Healing spells have also been rebalanced to make more of them useful. A few old spells have been replaced with better, modified versions: Holy Scourge, Splinter, and Divine Echo.
Hundreds of changes have been made to the items you will encounter. The basic varieties of weapons and armor have not changed much, but the unique, magical ones have been modified extensively. You will now be less likely to pick up a new magical item and say, "Huh, that looks worse than what I already have." You will now be saying "Wow, that's pretty good but also completely different from what I have!" Many of these items have new names to reflect their new abilities. There are also a few balance changes, like making armor heavier to make tanking less widely available.
A few graphical alterations have been made to fix errors in the original. For example, the enemy cone of ice ability displayed a cone of fire, not ice. Tooltips have been updated not just to incorporate these changes, but also to fix inaccurate tooltips in the original. For example, Lethal Blow has always improved at a rate of 5%, not 3%. Finally, a few changes have been made in tooltips, help text, and item names as tributes to other games and stories, especially some of the Spiderweb characters I have loved the most.
One of the changes is that which stats "power up" abilities are hardcoded based on the ability type and, if it deals damage, the type of damage. Having different "big steps" in an ability, as with Avadon action abilities and AEFTP spells, is still modifiable, and you can choose what stat that follows. But the "power up" stats cannot be changed.
And by all means, please give feedback! I spent pretty much 3 days straight making this remix. One of the main things I've gotten from it is an appreciation of how much easier it is to criticize game balance than to create it. Every tiny edit I made, I kept asking myself: will this mess things up? And I had the benefit of already knowing exactly what the balance was to begin with, from my extensive analysis of the game.
I've also realized how thick-skinned you have to be to deal with as many beta testers as Jeff has, all making different demands and finding different "bugs" that may or may not actually be bugs. This is not a complaint about any of you, by the way -- I appreciate the feedback, and Alorael gives good reasons for sharing it that go far beyond me -- rather it's some empathy for Jeff's position.
It's a bit harder on Torment, but part of that is the way Jeff coded battle disciplines so they had different attack dice than the weapon. The first bow one seems to do less damage than a normal attack.
If you want battle disciplines to be great options, you really need to invest in Quick Action -- or in the case of the ranged ones, Sniper. I think you only need 1 or 2 points to get the first of the two damage increases for Flawless Shot.
For the lower average damage weapons (swords, thrown weapons) the disciplines will be good right off the bat, and better if you invest in QA/Sniper. For polearms and bows, you'll need a little investment before they are worth using. This is part of the trade-off.
There are a few disciplines that are always good. Adrenaline Rush will always get you a free attack, for example, although you need 10 QA if you want the full 20 AP for 2 extra attacks. So a polearms user might decide to ignore QA and wait for AR and Battle Frenzy, while a dual-wielder will be more likely to leap onto QA.
So has the difficulty of the game changed at all? I normally play on hard, so is hard the same in this remix? Once I finish my current play through I will definitely try out this "remix", and thanks for all the work.
If you were used to exploiting the most powerful effects, like Adrenaline Rush and AoE spells, the game may be a bit harder. If you play on Torment, you may find you need to put more effort into your healing skills. But the difference will be minimal.
If, on the other hand, you did things that sound like good ideas but actually aren't in the final analysis -- like using pole weapons, or archery, or single-wielding swords -- you will find that the game is much less punishing.
- Party of riposting priests. 2-3 sword and spear users who train Blademaster, Parry, and Riposte; also some Priest Spells. This party will take a lot of damage, which is why all the priests are important. But they are full of riposte, and with multiple powered-up Sword Dances, it's melee AoE goodness. Spirit Echo helps position them correctly. 4th position mage provides backup.
- A4 style: forget the warriors, let 2 ranged weapons users lead. Pump Dex and use evasion items (I increased their percents closer to Avadon levels). Pump Sharpshooter and Lethal Blow and watch their damage skyrocket. Use Gymnastics to increase AP. Support w/ priest and mage.
- Versatility: 1 sword-user can switch between tanking w/a shield, and charging w/2 blades as needed. 2 thrown weapons users can toggle between cleaving razordisks and isolating javelins -- 2 of those can really break up an enemy offense. Mage/priest on backup; add more priest minors as needed.
Would you find the mage's summoning spells more useful (or simply more interesting) if each one summoned a specific creature, rather than a random one? If you knew you'd be getting a hellhound or a demon, say, would they be better the assortment of zombies and rats and slimes you get now?
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