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Level One: Gonzaga, Part 2 In which we prove our honor, or don't, and pass on to the Castle Perilous. Those suggesting a chivalric response had the right idea; by getting Gonzaga to fight on our terms, we had a chance to actually best him. That being said, there is a solution that works quicker (in the sense of fewer selected actions), and one person nailed it: Qrr posted:He's not on a horse this time so we could probably run around him. He's in armor and we're not and it doesn't sound like he's standing at a choke point or anything. Of course that would ruin our relationship but the game doesn't track state so I'm sure it's fine.
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Oh my God, I love that "run around the guy in full plate and laugh at him while you disappear into the horizon" is an option.
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Jun 4, 2018 13:51
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For someone who could have killed us multiple times, Gonzaga's a cool guy.
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Jun 4, 2018 13:58
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PurpleXVI posted:Oh my God, I love that "run around the guy in full plate and laugh at him while you disappear into the horizon" is an option.
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Jun 4, 2018 15:16
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MadMaze posted:Nope. But surely the power of friendship will work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXqBdYaCJ70&t=267s
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Jun 4, 2018 15:59
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Level One: Castle Perilous, The Approach In which we fail to enter the Castle Perilous despite a brilliant plan or two, then cheat to make the game easier. Sorry about the shorter length here; we should be seeing a lot more stuff in the next few updates as the options spiral madly out of control. Another 2-3 updates, probably, just to clear this one PoP. First things first though, we gotta get inside. But how?
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Jun 5, 2018 00:33
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Find the servants entrance. I have little faith in our climbing abilities, especially at night, and a disguise seems prone to us failing a bluff check (e.g. someone demanding a password). So it's either the servants or hoping there's another secret entrance by the cliffs.
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Jun 5, 2018 00:42
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I'm actually going to suggest trying The Cliffs, because I think I remember someone mentioning seaside cliffs earlier.
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Jun 5, 2018 00:49
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I agree. The Servants Entrance seems like the best chance -- I would think plenty of people would be coming and going through there. An evil castle can only keep servants for so long.
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curiousCat posted:I agree. The Servants Entrance seems like the best chance -- I would think plenty of people would be coming and going through there. An evil castle can only keep servants for so long.
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Jun 5, 2018 01:26
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curiousCat posted:I agree. The Servants Entrance seems like the best chance -- I would think plenty of people would be coming and going through there. An evil castle can only keep servants for so long. This.
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Jun 5, 2018 01:58
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I say the cliffs; those were indeed mentioned.
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Jun 5, 2018 02:10
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nweismuller posted:I say the cliffs; those were indeed mentioned. Agreed.
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Jun 5, 2018 02:13
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Let's try the cliffs, they're probably not quite as perilous as the castle itself will be.
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Jun 5, 2018 02:23
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I vote the cliffs as well. The servants aren't stupid, and would probably get in trouble if they let in an intruder.
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Jun 5, 2018 02:36
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Was there an option at the secret exit besides ambushing the guards, or was all that text given at the same time? Servants' entrance seems very likely to work.
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Jun 5, 2018 04:19
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Qrr posted:Was there an option at the secret exit besides ambushing the guards, or was all that text given at the same time?
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Jun 5, 2018 06:22
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Approach in Disguise by which I mean knock on the door and ask to be let in without the whole, "Beat me, I am an idiot," routine.
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Jun 5, 2018 06:48
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I want to know what's around to the north.
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Jun 5, 2018 14:05
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Level One: Castle Perilous, Within In which we get inside the castle, and also try all the other ways of getting inside the castle. Turns out that there weren't any alternate solutions for this one, which is too bad. Any time one could flee, however, one can escape the PoP safely and try again. Discretion the better part of valor and all that.
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Jun 5, 2018 14:21
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Head up until we can head up no more. We need that magic sword, and it is allegedly at the highest point of the castle.
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Jun 5, 2018 14:52
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This castle is probably one of those with a super-confusing layout to try and confuse invaders, so the only way to reach the top is to paradoxically go down the ladder.
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Jun 5, 2018 17:48
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We were told to go up, right? So the spiral stairs.
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Level One: Castle Perilous, Valterre In which we do just about everything there is to do in the Castle Perilous except finish it. Join us next time when we finish the tutorial of MadMaze.  Oh I guess we have to kill a weird scorpion monster first, but I'm sure that won't be a problem.
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Jun 6, 2018 04:19
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Aim between the mandibles.
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Jun 6, 2018 04:40
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Between the mandibles or one of the armpits is my best guess, too. If this is some kind of scorpion monster, it's got an armored exoskeleton all the way around. Our only sensible options are at joints or openings in the exoskeleton. Also, "The Varnish Wars"? Was King Carlon deposed over a matter of furniture polish? Or does Sheltem's malevolence extend even to the MadMaze?
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The woodsman guy said to stab it in the back, so leaping to the back and stabbing it in the spinal cord is my vote, even though the woodsman has never seen Ogrok, and his experience is likely wildly irrelevant to magic scorpion monsters. Also, if our ghosts can go on to talk to the Elder, than he should know whether or not the previous runner died. I don't know if that's just a one-time killscreen thing that only comes up in Perilous and is never relevant again, or if it's a hint that our predecessor isn't dead yet, but I guess we'll see.
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Nakar posted:Oh I guess we have to kill a weird scorpion monster first, but I'm sure that won't be a problem. quote:You can make out a monstrous form, a hexapod with huge pincers and a sting. Clacking its mandibles hungrily, it advances toward you.  Presumably it has no spine and therefore no spinal cord, so that route won't work. I'd go for eyestalk, but if they can mention nonexistent spinal cords then they can mention nonexistent eyestalks. Go for above the posterior sting. Should keep us away from its mandibles at any rate, unless we approach it stupidly (which we well might do). Kangra fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Jun 6, 2018 |
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Jun 6, 2018 06:48
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Go for the eyes
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Kangra posted:
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Go for the throat, of course.
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Level One: Castle Perilous, King Carlon In which we level up enough to qualify for a class change. And that's the first level. Hopefully it's been of some interest, but if it hasn't, fear not: It's about to get considerably weirder. We'll be traveling from the vaguely Arthurian European myth setting into something right out of Arabian Nights with nothing but our wits. And our horse. And our vast riches. And a magic sword. But mostly our wits. ManxomeBromide posted:Also, "The Varnish Wars"? Was King Carlon deposed over a matter of furniture polish? Or does Sheltem's malevolence extend even to the MadMaze?
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Jun 6, 2018 13:31
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The first level was already such a fun read, can't wait for the next one.
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I'm liking this LP a lot, even though I didn't catch any of the puzzles in time. Minor nitpick, though, I don't know if you are transcribing or have the text dump, but in the Level One: Gonzaga, Part 2 update, Gonzaga says: quote:"No parasan!" I'm assuming that Seņor Gonzaga is a Spaniard, so it should be "No pasaran!" instead. And there's also the missing accents, but who cares about those. Thanks for the LP!
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MadMaze posted:The months pass I hope this means the Elder ends up assuming that we have failed. Our predecessor got, what, three months?
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HardDiskD posted:Minor nitpick, though, I don't know if you are transcribing or have the text dump, but in the Level One: Gonzaga, Part 2 update, Gonzaga says: It isn't the only typo in the game if indeed it is one, I've just corrected the ones that obviously were (such as "also also" or other doublings up on words) and left this one because I had no idea what they were going for here. As for the puzzles, fear not. Once we get to some of the meatier ones I intend to offer more time to work them out rather than frantically posting past them. ManxomeBromide posted:I hope this means the Elder ends up assuming that we have failed. Our predecessor got, what, three months?
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Nakar posted:Better question: How did our predecessor get past this part, if indeed she did? She clearly never rescued King Carlon. "This [maze] is a creature of chaos. It may take many incarnations." Her version of the maze just bypassed Castle Perilous.
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Nakar posted:Remember again, the game doesn't remember
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Level Two: Recurrence In which all that has happened before happens again, except different.
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Well, given we're supposed to talk to the lyon... perhaps greet it?
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