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by Jendai
Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:54 pm
Forum: Gameplay Hints
Topic: Insectoid Mages
Replies: 3
Views: 4475

Insectoid Mages

I'm trying a party of four Insectoid mages. I went with evasive and natural armour for the front two, aura and skilled for the back two. Each one is specializing in one of earth, air, fire, water. Will be leveling staff defense as well. Level one went well despite only the fire mage being able to ca...
by Jendai
Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:22 am
Forum: Grimrock 1 Discussion
Topic: Food / Torches
Replies: 5
Views: 6666

Re: Food / Torches

Thanks for the replies. I'll keep wearing out my ESC key then. Regarding torches, it appears wall holders stop the timer. Putting a dead torch in a wall holder won't relight it. However, putting a dimming torch into a holder will keep it light. So one strategy is to continually swap new found torche...
by Jendai
Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:36 am
Forum: Grimrock 1 Discussion
Topic: Food / Torches
Replies: 5
Views: 6666

Food / Torches

Are food and torch "duration" time based or movement based? I.e. does food last X seconds or Y number of tile movements? I am playing old school mode and want to know if I should esc/pause the game while drawing the map and making notes. By the way, awesome game. Although I have many choic...