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<blockquote data-quote="Demetrios1453" data-source="post: 9303088" data-attributes="member: 6801060"><p><strong><em>Pool of Radiance </em>(Part 30): The Nomad Camp (Part 1)</strong></p><p></p><p>Having gotten our reward for clearing the Temple of Bane, it's time to visit the shop and rest up before going to find the nomads. First stop, the weapons store:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354451[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Come on! Authentic symbols of Bane, directly from the temple! Surely someone would want that as a collectors item!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354452[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Not bad.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354453[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Huh, I guess wooden holy symbols have a better market than leather. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354454[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Buffy has a nice selection of useless weapons for us to get rid of and earn some nice gold.</p><p></p><p>After selling our weapons, here are our funds:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354455[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Hmm. I was hoping for more by now.</p><p></p><p>Wait a moment.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354456[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The four scrolls at the top are just 2 copies of <em>restoration</em> each, which are very handy. The other ones, though, don't have particularly useful spells for the most part. I bet they will sell for a pretty platinum, as well as clearing out a lot of Brother Baltor's inventory space (if you hadn't figured it out by now, each character only gets this one page for inventory).</p><p></p><p>I'll keep this one, as it does have useful spells. <em>Cure disease</em> can be very useful when we fight a certain type of undead in the graveyard. And an extra <em>prayer </em>can't hurt.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354457[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Looking through the rest, they can go. And, yes, they do sell for some very good cash.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354458[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A couple of more scrolls sold, and our funds look much better.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354459[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Again, we're close to the 5000 pp, so it's off to the silver shop to get another fine longbow!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354460[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We'll just cut to the chase and appraise some jewelry this time.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354461[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354462[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After selling a couple of pieces, we're ready to get another fine longbow.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354463[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This one is for Brin. She trades her <em>shortbow +1 </em>to Brother Baltor (who, despite using a blunt weapon in melee, can use any weapon with his multiclass).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354466[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Now back to the inn to scribe some spells!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354469[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Not terribly exciting, but, as you can see, I'll have lots of exciting spells ready once the magic-users hit 5th level and can scribe 3rd level spells.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of 5th level, Brother Baltor's memorized spell list is looking pretty nice now!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354471[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A quick look at the party as we head out to search for the nomads.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]354472[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>All rested up, we head towards the dock to catch a boat.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354473[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We'll head east this time.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354474[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]354475[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Hmm, looking at the GBC map, we could have just gone basically straight up from Phlan itself and saved a bit of time. It's not a significant difference, though, so it's not a big deal. We'll walk directly back to town once we've finished with the nomads.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354476[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The actual overland map in-game. It obviously shows a much smaller area, which means before the days of GBC, you were having to search around a lot more for destinations. Most are still marked on this map with some sort of icon, so you'll know when you're close to something most of the time.</p><p></p><p>Also, we have horses?</p><p></p><p>We head north to reach the nomad camp, wary of random encounters.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354481[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Very interesting! This sort of discovery is completely random - it's actually part of the random encounter list, but instead of some wandering monsters, you find a location to explore. As they're not particularly common compared to the monster encounters, it's a nice surprise to get one first. So, let's go in and see what's inside!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354483[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We didn't enter here just to turn around! We move forward.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354484[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Not a good sign.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354485[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Giant lizards aren't terribly tough foes at our level.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354486[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]354487[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We explore the eastern section of the cave, and then move back south to explore the western sections. As we head west...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354488[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Two go down twice as fast as the four did earlier.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354489[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We head north in the western section of the cave. In one room, we find something interesting!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354490[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]354491[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Nice, let's see how powerful of an item it is!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354492[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Meh. All my melee have +1 or better shields already.</p><p></p><p>We explore this room, and then head to the northwesternmost sections of the cave. As we do...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354493[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Oooh, minotaurs! First time we've met them. They will make this fight at least a bit more challenging.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354495[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>But this battle still goes fairly quickly.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354496[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]354497[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After that, we complete the exploration of the cave, and head out.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354498[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We continue north towards the nomad camp.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354499[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Yes we do.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354500[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We move forward a bit, until we hit a tripwire and the nomads confront the party.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354501[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>(Which is what this screenshot is supposed to have stated. I swear I had clicked on it and the screenshot had the text, but apparently I was a second too late - and forgot to go back and check, and now I'm far too far along to re-screenshot it).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354502[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]354503[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]354504[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>What will we do? Well, that's for the next post!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Demetrios1453, post: 9303088, member: 6801060"] [B][I]Pool of Radiance [/I](Part 30): The Nomad Camp (Part 1)[/B] Having gotten our reward for clearing the Temple of Bane, it's time to visit the shop and rest up before going to find the nomads. First stop, the weapons store: [ATTACH type="full"]354451[/ATTACH] Come on! Authentic symbols of Bane, directly from the temple! Surely someone would want that as a collectors item! [ATTACH type="full"]354452[/ATTACH] Not bad. [ATTACH type="full"]354453[/ATTACH] Huh, I guess wooden holy symbols have a better market than leather. [ATTACH type="full"]354454[/ATTACH] Buffy has a nice selection of useless weapons for us to get rid of and earn some nice gold. After selling our weapons, here are our funds: [ATTACH type="full"]354455[/ATTACH] Hmm. I was hoping for more by now. Wait a moment. [ATTACH type="full"]354456[/ATTACH] The four scrolls at the top are just 2 copies of [I]restoration[/I] each, which are very handy. The other ones, though, don't have particularly useful spells for the most part. I bet they will sell for a pretty platinum, as well as clearing out a lot of Brother Baltor's inventory space (if you hadn't figured it out by now, each character only gets this one page for inventory). I'll keep this one, as it does have useful spells. [I]Cure disease[/I] can be very useful when we fight a certain type of undead in the graveyard. And an extra [I]prayer [/I]can't hurt. [ATTACH type="full"]354457[/ATTACH] Looking through the rest, they can go. And, yes, they do sell for some very good cash. [ATTACH type="full"]354458[/ATTACH] A couple of more scrolls sold, and our funds look much better. [ATTACH type="full"]354459[/ATTACH] Again, we're close to the 5000 pp, so it's off to the silver shop to get another fine longbow! [ATTACH type="full"]354460[/ATTACH] We'll just cut to the chase and appraise some jewelry this time. [ATTACH type="full"]354461[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]354462[/ATTACH] After selling a couple of pieces, we're ready to get another fine longbow. [ATTACH type="full"]354463[/ATTACH] This one is for Brin. She trades her [I]shortbow +1 [/I]to Brother Baltor (who, despite using a blunt weapon in melee, can use any weapon with his multiclass). [ATTACH type="full"]354466[/ATTACH] Now back to the inn to scribe some spells! [ATTACH type="full"]354469[/ATTACH] Not terribly exciting, but, as you can see, I'll have lots of exciting spells ready once the magic-users hit 5th level and can scribe 3rd level spells. Speaking of 5th level, Brother Baltor's memorized spell list is looking pretty nice now! [ATTACH type="full"]354471[/ATTACH] A quick look at the party as we head out to search for the nomads. [ATTACH type="full"]354472[/ATTACH] All rested up, we head towards the dock to catch a boat. [ATTACH type="full"]354473[/ATTACH] We'll head east this time. [ATTACH type="full"]354474[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]354475[/ATTACH] Hmm, looking at the GBC map, we could have just gone basically straight up from Phlan itself and saved a bit of time. It's not a significant difference, though, so it's not a big deal. We'll walk directly back to town once we've finished with the nomads. [ATTACH type="full"]354476[/ATTACH] The actual overland map in-game. It obviously shows a much smaller area, which means before the days of GBC, you were having to search around a lot more for destinations. Most are still marked on this map with some sort of icon, so you'll know when you're close to something most of the time. Also, we have horses? We head north to reach the nomad camp, wary of random encounters. [ATTACH type="full"]354481[/ATTACH] Very interesting! This sort of discovery is completely random - it's actually part of the random encounter list, but instead of some wandering monsters, you find a location to explore. As they're not particularly common compared to the monster encounters, it's a nice surprise to get one first. So, let's go in and see what's inside! [ATTACH type="full"]354483[/ATTACH] We didn't enter here just to turn around! We move forward. [ATTACH type="full"]354484[/ATTACH] Not a good sign. [ATTACH type="full"]354485[/ATTACH] Giant lizards aren't terribly tough foes at our level. [ATTACH type="full"]354486[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]354487[/ATTACH] We explore the eastern section of the cave, and then move back south to explore the western sections. As we head west... [ATTACH type="full"]354488[/ATTACH] Two go down twice as fast as the four did earlier. [ATTACH type="full"]354489[/ATTACH] We head north in the western section of the cave. In one room, we find something interesting! [ATTACH type="full"]354490[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]354491[/ATTACH] Nice, let's see how powerful of an item it is! [ATTACH type="full"]354492[/ATTACH] Meh. All my melee have +1 or better shields already. We explore this room, and then head to the northwesternmost sections of the cave. As we do... [ATTACH type="full"]354493[/ATTACH] Oooh, minotaurs! First time we've met them. They will make this fight at least a bit more challenging. [ATTACH type="full"]354495[/ATTACH] But this battle still goes fairly quickly. [ATTACH type="full"]354496[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]354497[/ATTACH] After that, we complete the exploration of the cave, and head out. [ATTACH type="full"]354498[/ATTACH] We continue north towards the nomad camp. [ATTACH type="full"]354499[/ATTACH] Yes we do. [ATTACH type="full"]354500[/ATTACH] We move forward a bit, until we hit a tripwire and the nomads confront the party. [ATTACH type="full"]354501[/ATTACH] (Which is what this screenshot is supposed to have stated. I swear I had clicked on it and the screenshot had the text, but apparently I was a second too late - and forgot to go back and check, and now I'm far too far along to re-screenshot it). [ATTACH type="full"]354502[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]354503[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]354504[/ATTACH] What will we do? Well, that's for the next post! [/QUOTE]
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