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Pillars of Eternity |OT| You must gather your party before venturing forth.
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For a first playthrough? Of course not.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
DONE!
And here we go...
And here we go...
cripterion
Member
Damn, already treated with nice music, dialog, graphics. All the makings of a really special game, can't wait to have more time to get into it deep.
Made a barbarian ocean folk that looks almost exactly like portrait 31/66. Wasn't expecting much voice acting too, but so far pleasantly surprised with this intro.
Made a barbarian ocean folk that looks almost exactly like portrait 31/66. Wasn't expecting much voice acting too, but so far pleasantly surprised with this intro.
His Majesty
Banned
Admit it, you already know the answer.
Vincent Grayson
Member
If you like CRPGs at all, you should buy this immediately.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Game is ready. Now I'm gonna relax, eat dinner, wait till it's dark outside and then.....then I'm gonna play some roles.
[insertjokehere]
[insertjokehere]
Name: Outenne
Race: Death Godlike
Class: Druid
Culture: Old Vailian
Background: Dissident
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The crispy carapace of decaying beetle shells weathered translucent after fortnights of rats gnawing for scraps of delicious insect innnards tastes of rotten lemon; physically bearable but conceptually revolting. So I try not to lick my lips often because then I get to thinking about it rather than enjoying the oddity of fragrant citrus breath.
So it's not all bad, being me. Just mostly, especially at the start. Frankly I'm bloody ugly and the constant peeling chunks of exoskeleton flaking off my face doesn't give me very long to flash a winning personality.
Everyone asks me, Outenne, so how did you survive being a disgusting demon baby?. Ok, so they don't actually say those words but the narrowed eyes and clenched jaws send the right signals. Mostly luck I would say, as everyone in my swampy backwards Old Vailian fishing village was covered in mud, filth, and a thick mucus-like oil the resident 'healer' made to keep the more dangerous predators away. No surprise a place like this has a grotesque cursed child.
In a way I was an asset to a shithole like that. Almost a symbol of their identity and what with all that magical potential accompanying my creepy affliction face it was only a few seasons before I was 'donated' to that village shaman figure. My actual parents were gone before daybreak the first night I was away but how can anyone blame them. How would you feel watching yourself birth a crusty bug faced monster?
Beatings, queer almost sexual psychological tortures and an occasional dose of insightful simple life philosophical ramblings comprised my formative years. Eora is a hard place and I learned to read, concoct disgusting yet effective tinctures, and how to run a cult. That, of course, was the racket he had going. Yet he never treated it as a game to be played with the people, but a challenge to protect them from their own limitations. Never bend the world to your will, instead guide others through the maze.
I don't think much of his name but on the ledger sheet of life I consider that crazy swamp rat and I even.
All things must change and civilization won't ever let you forget it. My village, as many others in Old Vailian, was swallowed up in a rash of raiding from the Eastern Reaches Vailian Republics. Fancy representatives in their poofy clothes extend the arm of trade only to drag us down and stomp the entire place into the ground. Cannons, raping, enslavement...the standard operation. By this point my primal magic had come into its own and I shifted into the form of a boar, slipping away during the chaos.
Still regrets that I couldn't be stronger, couldn't have predicted this would happen. Seeing the predatory drive of civilization as I began my journey to the Eastern Reaches; the effects of this colonial era leaves me cold. I sit here bells after the full moon watching a Revuan drifter attempt to catch crabs in the dark; the only time he can find a way to eat without being accosted. I sit here and know that this type of world, this 'society', is not the way I want things to be.
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Also going to be streaming and roleplaying all the dialogues. Was something I did cooping Divinity with my friend. Coming up with unique voices for hundreds of characters is a blast.
Pillars!!!
Race: Death Godlike
Class: Druid
Culture: Old Vailian
Background: Dissident
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The crispy carapace of decaying beetle shells weathered translucent after fortnights of rats gnawing for scraps of delicious insect innnards tastes of rotten lemon; physically bearable but conceptually revolting. So I try not to lick my lips often because then I get to thinking about it rather than enjoying the oddity of fragrant citrus breath.
So it's not all bad, being me. Just mostly, especially at the start. Frankly I'm bloody ugly and the constant peeling chunks of exoskeleton flaking off my face doesn't give me very long to flash a winning personality.
Everyone asks me, Outenne, so how did you survive being a disgusting demon baby?. Ok, so they don't actually say those words but the narrowed eyes and clenched jaws send the right signals. Mostly luck I would say, as everyone in my swampy backwards Old Vailian fishing village was covered in mud, filth, and a thick mucus-like oil the resident 'healer' made to keep the more dangerous predators away. No surprise a place like this has a grotesque cursed child.
In a way I was an asset to a shithole like that. Almost a symbol of their identity and what with all that magical potential accompanying my creepy affliction face it was only a few seasons before I was 'donated' to that village shaman figure. My actual parents were gone before daybreak the first night I was away but how can anyone blame them. How would you feel watching yourself birth a crusty bug faced monster?
Beatings, queer almost sexual psychological tortures and an occasional dose of insightful simple life philosophical ramblings comprised my formative years. Eora is a hard place and I learned to read, concoct disgusting yet effective tinctures, and how to run a cult. That, of course, was the racket he had going. Yet he never treated it as a game to be played with the people, but a challenge to protect them from their own limitations. Never bend the world to your will, instead guide others through the maze.
I don't think much of his name but on the ledger sheet of life I consider that crazy swamp rat and I even.
All things must change and civilization won't ever let you forget it. My village, as many others in Old Vailian, was swallowed up in a rash of raiding from the Eastern Reaches Vailian Republics. Fancy representatives in their poofy clothes extend the arm of trade only to drag us down and stomp the entire place into the ground. Cannons, raping, enslavement...the standard operation. By this point my primal magic had come into its own and I shifted into the form of a boar, slipping away during the chaos.
Still regrets that I couldn't be stronger, couldn't have predicted this would happen. Seeing the predatory drive of civilization as I began my journey to the Eastern Reaches; the effects of this colonial era leaves me cold. I sit here bells after the full moon watching a Revuan drifter attempt to catch crabs in the dark; the only time he can find a way to eat without being accosted. I sit here and know that this type of world, this 'society', is not the way I want things to be.
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Also going to be streaming and roleplaying all the dialogues. Was something I did cooping Divinity with my friend. Coming up with unique voices for hundreds of characters is a blast.
Pillars!!!
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Well I'm off to a productive start.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
The first loading screen after pushing the new game button is taking an eternity. I suppose thats not normal.
EDIT could not even exit the game, had to restart my PC by force. Already had to bluescreen before that this morning. Not good news
EDIT could not even exit the game, had to restart my PC by force. Already had to bluescreen before that this morning. Not good news
Stevey
Member
EviLore lives!
It was instant for me- although I have it installed on a SSD.
I've promised myself that after I get home from work, I have to force myself to send out a job application I've been wanting to do for the past few days before I can start playing.
I think I've decided on playing as a Barbarian. My very first runs through Baldur's Gate and BG2 way back when they first came out were as a Paladin, and most of my subsequent playthroughs have been as casters or monks, so I want to do something a little different.
Still deciding on a race. Aumaua looks nice, but also seems too obvious for a Barb. Currently thinking about playing as an Elf.
I think I've decided on playing as a Barbarian. My very first runs through Baldur's Gate and BG2 way back when they first came out were as a Paladin, and most of my subsequent playthroughs have been as casters or monks, so I want to do something a little different.
Still deciding on a race. Aumaua looks nice, but also seems too obvious for a Barb. Currently thinking about playing as an Elf.
Sir Garbageman
Member
Well I'm off to a productive start.
LOL holy shit.
AegisScott
Neo Member
Is this out? My Steam library still says Unreleased. Yipes!
Ban this sick filth of a game.Well I'm off to a productive start.
Restart Steam and go at it again, should resolve issue.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
the deadline on a project was just moved to April 9, I can either not play and have a normal work routine, or play and crunch like a mad man.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Well I'm off to a productive start.
Murder simulator!
JimmyRustler
Member
Just played around a bit. I dig this. Plays almost exactly like the bit I played from Planescape Torment.
i think you and i both know the answer to that...
TheContact
Member
Woot the steam backer bonus content downloaded. Obsidian Cloak and Spectral Pig pet ftw lol
Shake Appeal
Member
Curse you all. At least I'm able to read the books while I wait. The lore is great so far. Kind of a curious mix of the British Empire (Aedyr) being turfed out of the New World (Dyrwood) with some under- and overtones of Anglosaxon/Welsh/Cornish colonization of Ireland, too (in terms of language and culture). And then you have Vailia as kind of a decadent French/Italian/Mediterranean culture crumbling in on itself.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Godamnit, I think the data folder isn't availible in the Mac version, I can't add custom portraits. And the two dwarven ones don't look anything like what I'm going for
I've done zero planning and somewhat dread the amount of time I'll spend on character creation when I get home.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
Just saw this game on Steam top seller list. Can't tell if it's a strategy or adventure game? Does it have a cover system like xcom?
Blargonaut
Banned
Nice!
I love doing full bios and lore for my characters; I used to spend hours writing up my character biographies for Icewind Dale 1 and 2, full parties of six and even a duo that I attempted a playthrough with (ended quickly and badly). Now I'm using them in my writing and stuff... I posted my intended main char back in OT1:
Basra Ciy a'Var
Shake Appeal
Member
That was one of my early character sketches. She was female and used the scarred, bouffant dwarf portrait. Good luck!
It is a classic top-down roleplaying game, of which there have been relatively few good examples in the 21st century. It does not have a cover system.
Well I'm off to a productive start.
Goddamn lol
Already encountered the first bug: when hovering over a piece of armor in someone's inventory (like a dead guy, you know), it always shows the woman's scale armor as equipped. Off to a great start lol.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
And then even when you do settle on a character you end up rerolling an hour in and going through the process all over again ala Skyrim.
Murder. She Wrote
Member
Yeah I finally decided on being a chanter and now i'm stuck at the stats screen.... maybe I should've researched this sooner.