ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

I have fond memories of pool of radiance

We had this discussion a while back, and the big stumbling block was that the game is designed for characters and monsters to be "the same" in terms of abilities. Playing on Normal, the character is considered to be elite status (same as elite monsters and maybe bosses, I forget) which con...

Ah, is this the strangeness that affects Bree? That was a surprisingly nasty fight.

hought it might be interesting to run a bit of a questionnaire now that we are pretty close to a finished game. So, anyone interested in filling this out partially or completely please feel free. I'm always interested in peoples' opinions and how to design things. To everyone: 1) What is your favori...

Carn Dum isn't a real threat? Seriously? Unless you're doing it at level 20 I have trouble seeing it. Lots of big, strong monsters with damage shields, ranged confuse, and many with various ranged attacks. I've found it to be worth taking seriously for anyone who isn't ready for the Master.

Carn Dum isn't chilly enough for you?

While the Sandworm Lair certainly has plenty of sand, I agree that a desert themed one would be fun. Maybe an open plains one north of Mordor focusing on the ruins of Rhun. Also, there's always Erebor and dragons.

Stopwatch started!

It'll get to zero the exact moment the new beta is released.

Hah, that's great! Ok, this is cheating because it refers to another 'band, but it reminds me of perhaps my all-time favorite screenshot. It was of a character I had who was going after the Mad Alchemist in Entroband (an optional, extremely hard boss, somewhat like Melkor in ToME 2) after killing th...

Wow, a level 90 multi-hued wyrm? Yikes.

Just found a vault in the Master's Tower (Level 20 or so Wyrmic) that I wasn't able to map out properly because it had a whole bunch of level 42-44 undead of various sorts including a heavy mix of elites. Was able to kill 4 or 5 but they just kept coming and the risk just wasn't worth it, so I split...

Why? If you're losing too much mana, just don't keep as many going.

I was fiddling with some files and accidentally deleted Beta11. After I reinstalled it, I realized I couldn't remember what I listed my Online profile and user ID as being. I'm testing userIDs and passwords that I often use, but with no luck so far. Is there any way to recover this?

I dunno, I'm sympathetic to the interests here, but I have to admit I haven't heard an idea I like yet. I kinda like the system the way it is. If mithril (and the other higher materials) didn't have significantly higher stat requirements, then you can bet the first thing anyone would do after cleari...

Yeah, the racials are really why I felt the elves are stronger than the dwarves. The dwarven racial is useful and all, but imo, its the weakest of the "activateable ability" racials and the gap, imo, is worth more than 2 starting stat points (The Noldor special is absolutely amazing for lo...

Nice list, but I don't understand what the boots of trailing do...