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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 9228903" data-attributes="member: 54629"><p>I loved Marathon 2, but I never got a chance to play the first or third ones since they were rare Mac-only games. I do recognize your username as coming from the Marathon franchise.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I like the Crypt of the Talhund better than Talhundereth itself. I’m not too bothered about what the hydra eats. If the gnome can swim in to the crypt from elsewhere in the Underdark, then the hydra can probably swim out to find food – or perhaps other creatures not as nimble as the gnome swim in and get eaten.</p><p></p><p>EDIT 2: I’m not as big a fan of Gibbet’s Crossing if only because, again, it feels too small. It doesn’t feel like it could have supported three factions of merchants. The factions’ strongholds each have sleeping and eating quarters but lack food preparation and toileting facilities.</p><p></p><p>This is nothing new, however. Still, I think the Underdark trading post detailed in <em>Out of the Abyss </em>is more believable (and more satisfying from a fantasy perspective since it’s built into a massive stalactite hanging above an underground lake).</p><p></p><p>I’ll note that Justin Alexander, in his haste to complain about how the hyper-intelligent mind flayer ought to be able to figure out how to get through to the obelisk fragment easily seems to have missed the bit indicating that Qunbraxel is <em>“more interested in establishing a court of grimlocks and turning Gibbet Crossing into a lair”</em> than it is in accomplishing its mission. That certainly goes a long way to explaining why it hasn’t made any progress in weeks.</p><p></p><p>That being said, Qunbraxel is also apparently keen to join the mind flayer fanatics … so you’d think it would be more keen to complete its tasks but anyway …</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 9228903, member: 54629"] I loved Marathon 2, but I never got a chance to play the first or third ones since they were rare Mac-only games. I do recognize your username as coming from the Marathon franchise. EDIT: I like the Crypt of the Talhund better than Talhundereth itself. I’m not too bothered about what the hydra eats. If the gnome can swim in to the crypt from elsewhere in the Underdark, then the hydra can probably swim out to find food – or perhaps other creatures not as nimble as the gnome swim in and get eaten. EDIT 2: I’m not as big a fan of Gibbet’s Crossing if only because, again, it feels too small. It doesn’t feel like it could have supported three factions of merchants. The factions’ strongholds each have sleeping and eating quarters but lack food preparation and toileting facilities. This is nothing new, however. Still, I think the Underdark trading post detailed in [I]Out of the Abyss [/I]is more believable (and more satisfying from a fantasy perspective since it’s built into a massive stalactite hanging above an underground lake). I’ll note that Justin Alexander, in his haste to complain about how the hyper-intelligent mind flayer ought to be able to figure out how to get through to the obelisk fragment easily seems to have missed the bit indicating that Qunbraxel is [I]“more interested in establishing a court of grimlocks and turning Gibbet Crossing into a lair”[/I] than it is in accomplishing its mission. That certainly goes a long way to explaining why it hasn’t made any progress in weeks. That being said, Qunbraxel is also apparently keen to join the mind flayer fanatics … so you’d think it would be more keen to complete its tasks but anyway … [/QUOTE]
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