Circle of Eight Modpack 5.8.x/5.8.xNC General Commentary & Discussion Thread

I got a new one I never saw before but I don't believe it's just for 5.8.1. I think it's a general but could easily be wrong.

In the water node, when you fight the 4 water beholders, about the 3rd or 4th round in, they start doing strength drains. What happens is that after the freaking strength drain wears off, you are still over encumbered.

What happened to me was my fighter got smacked with ability drain 3 times and the 4th one paralyzed him because his strength score was -4! He couldn't move or do anything. I finished the node and teleported back to Hommlet to rest. After I rested and got rid of the ability drain, I still had the red, over-encumbered icon on the fighter. I don't recall how I got rid of it but there it is.

 

Move some stuff off your person to inventory and then back. That usually clears it.

 

How about the troll in the large main room of the temple, right by where you enter? You know, the one that sometimes is trapped in the wall.

The rest of the priest's troops seem to target him instead of my party.

 

There is an invisible troll just before the room with all the fungi and the treasure chests.
If you enter from the Zuggety side Hedracks minions attack him.



There is a jackel with the were jackels and gargoyles just off the room with the will o the wisps which doesn't attack you but if you wound him is set upon by the others.

 

That troll has always been there. If you pass by him and start fighting the fungi and whatnot, he'll come out at the back of the party and attack whoever's in back, usually the wizard. I think that was intended. I think it should be a 20th level temple assassin though, to pretty much guarantee a quick easy wizard kill with sneak attacks.

 

Uhmm .... yeah that troll.

Re-read my post and boy was I vague.

 

I've always named my jackals 'Fluffy', as in 'Fluffy the Jackal', but 'Wacky Jackal' DOES sound good. Hmmm...

 

I always name them Jack (X), as in Jack I, Jack II, Jack XIII, etc. I once made it to Jack XV, until I switch over to bears, named Fozzie I.

 

"The Circle of Eight Mod Pack: A Step-by-Step Download Guide" has not had a valid link to the actual modpack since June 17, in case anybody still cares about that.

 

I have 3 things today. Now, these happened while playing 5.5 but I'd bet a year of Ted's salary that they are universal throughout all the modpacks.

1. The extraplanar chest. Again. I accidentally found an exploit with it. If you use it and keep it in the blacksmith's area and then sell it without taking it back into your inventory, it will stay there and always be there for you, no matter what. I pretty much used it to store stuff for a seriously long time until the end of the game because I didn't have a rogue to open the smith's normal chest with the horn.

2. Senshock. If he tries to make an escape and you kill him with an AoO on his turn right before he gets to escape, the end cutscenes will say that he escaped to Verbobonc and plans revenge. One really peculiar thing about this is that when it happens, about half of his inventory disappears! His robes and scrolls and whatever else just disappear!

3. Prince Thrommel. If you rescue him and then teleport back to the inn, you get the goodbye dialog with him but he doesn't leave, he just stands there. You can still interact with him at this point even though he's not in your party. At the endgame cutscenes, it will say that he turned into a vampire and Fragarach was lost to the mists of time. I've also had this happen when I teleport him to Terjon's temple and Burne's tower.

As a side note, the Smith & Westrealm .50 kicks much ass on the failor and Zuggtmoy. It all depends on your level. The higher you are, the better the chance of overcoming their spell resistance. My mage was firing away and had greater spell penetration. At 16 th level, he hit the failor 6 times out of 10 in 2 rounds. He shot Zuggtmoy 9 times out of 10 in 2 rounds at 20th level. It does anywhere between 30 - 45 damage per hit, more if critical. Killed the fiendish minotaur in the first shot! elvicthr