Temple of Elemental Evil discussion thread (merged)

[Jeremy]

Thanks Dreeble! GameFAQs actually had it listed what the components are but of course, I'm well past selling off one of them. Ug. And I can't scribe a scroll of fireball because my sorceress just hit level 9 and chose her last feat. Well, I guess I could make level 10 a wizard level, but that seems a bit much.

Anyone found a scroll of fireball anywhere? I can cast it, but I need it in scroll format.

 

[Aquila]

Sigh, I was about 1/3 through the game in Ironman mode when I faced a near tpk, but managed to prevail and find

Spoiler

Thrommel

and make it out of the temple and back to Hommlet, only to get a crash to desktop, and corrupted save. So much effort wasted.

btw

Spoiler

It's a very good idea to have a Chaotic Good Elven fighter in your party, that specializes in Bastard or Great Sword

 

[Dreeble]

Jeremy:

Maybe Burne knows Fireball? If you can still recruit him, he could scribe it for ya. Doesn't solve Gust of Wind, of course.

[Edit: Oh, also, I never did this and am unsure how it works, but you could go to the Hommlet Inn, drop a PC, add a new Wizard PC, level the Wizard PC up to 5th, scribe Fireball, drop the Wizard, get the old PC back, good to go. Except for Gust of Wind.]

Take care,
Dreeble

 

[Jeremy]

Actually, it's a very good idea to have a chaotic good warrior of any type not proficient in the greatsword or bastard sword who full power attacks, full expertises, and fights defensively all the time. *nudge nudge wink wink*

That is assuming that Scather ever gets delivered. *mutters*

 

[John Crichton]

Rather than start a new thread, I figured I ask here: How buggy is this game? I can't stand bugs and crashes. Drives me away from PC gaming more than anything. Should I buy this game or wait for more patches?

 

[Dark Jezter]

Rather than start a new thread, I figured I ask here: How buggy is this game? I can't stand bugs and crashes. Drives me away from PC gaming more than anything. Should I buy this game or wait for more patches?

The unofficial patch has fixed many of the more annoying problems with the game. There is an official patch due out before the end of the month as well that is supposed to fix several bugs and interface problems.

How much it crashes will probably depend mostly on your system. I played through the entire game and it only crashed on me twice, but I've read reports from a few people who can't play for more than a few minutes without the game crashing.

 

[John Crichton]

The unofficial patch has fixed many of the more annoying problems with the game. There is an official patch due out before the end of the month as well that is supposed to fix several bugs and interface problems.

How much it crashes will probably depend mostly on your system. I played through the entire game and it only crashed on me twice, but I've read reports from a few people who can't play for more than a few minutes without the game crashing.

Hmmm, thanks for the info. My system is pretty stable and it runs most popular games with relative ease. I guess what I'm asking is - as a person who can't STAND crashes of any kind and is quickly frustrated with them (to the point of never playing the game again) would it be better to wait a few weeks to make a purchase.

 

[Valavien]

Specs

How well do you think it would run on a:

Duron 1300
384mb ram
Geforce MX440 64mb
SBlive

 

[DM2]

Hmmm, thanks for the info. My system is pretty stable and it runs most popular games with relative ease. I guess what I'm asking is - as a person who can't STAND crashes of any kind and is quickly frustrated with them (to the point of never playing the game again) would it be better to wait a few weeks to make a purchase.

You should probably wait, given what you've said. It will certainly crash on you here and there.

I'm a little more easy going about it...it crashed on me last night when I tried to use my 9th level wizard's new quicken spell feat, and I just shrugged and figured I wouldn't use that feat until the patch.

I can see how others would have more trouble.

Definitely avoid swearing off the game because of crashes, because it is a lot of fun, and the best implementation of D&D rules since the pool of radiance gold box series (the originals).

DM2

 

[Li Shenron]

Temple of Elemental Evil

A few days ago I saw on TV a program about reviews of PC games, and they reviewed Temple of Elemental Evil. I didn't understand much (can't still speak much of Finnish yet... ), except that it got an average mark 8/10 and I got that the mark was lowered due to several engine bugs.

It looks like it's very similar to the Baldur's Gate series, which I quite liked. So, has anybody already played it through? I have no idea when it actually came out, so maybe someone might have already finished it!

Is it based on 3.0 rules entirely or 3.5? What are any differences worth of note? I would be glad if it was either 3.0 or 3.5 compliant, but I guess there must be something twisted, like in Neverwinter Nights.

Are there any hard restrictions? For example, I am quite sure that Leadership doesn't exist, but what about familiars/animal companions?

One of the limits of BG's series was that too often there was just a way to open a door, get an item or kill a monster... despite the fact that 3rd edition rules offer countless of options in "live" RPGing. Does ToEE has this sadness still? For example, BG had some many times this kind of situation: a closed door to a secret room, but no way to open it even with a top-skilled rogue or with the most powerful spell, or to smash it with the strongest creature; no way, unless you go through the subplot and find the exact item that magically opens the door.