@453 said in Mushroom steak:

@Pallas-Athene said in Mushroom steak:

If you want to get those other two items yourself, one way would be with Pandora’s Box: with the Lockpicking aptitude, watch for a byte that changes from 16 to 0 when you learn the skill, then change it to 1 or 2, then Divide Food.

This might be a bit beyond me, I just get the mushroom steak, even after changing that 0 to a 1 or 2. I am curious about the "yetch" and "not bad" food items though ^_^

Did you at least succeed at getting it to list "Lock Picking (1)" in the skills list? Because none of the bytes I changed seemed to affect it at all. I haven't used Pandora's Box much, though, so I might be doing something wrong.

@Pallas-Athene said in Mushroom steak:

Based on the sprites, my best guess is that 0xD5 was intended to be a category of Seldane food. Maybe there was supposed to be a Seldane Emesa who would give you random (less tasty) food.

I'm mildly amused that the game was seemingly an arbitrary ID choice away from having an edible map, tunic, or inkwell glitch. I think you're right about the Seldane food theory. The second one looks like it might have been intended as a drop from the slugs and/or land jellies (and apparently taste disgusting). Also, what is that big two-half sprite(s) before the mushroom steak?

@Pallas-Athene said in Mushroom steak:

If you want to get those other two items yourself, one way would be with Pandora’s Box: with the Lockpicking aptitude, watch for a byte that changes from 16 to 0 when you learn the skill, then change it to 1 or 2, then Divide Food.

No luck on this so far, but I might give it another go later. None of the bytes that changed from 16 to 0 seemed to affect the Lock Picking skill.

Since "Lock Picking" produces a mushroom steak, but "Lock Picking (0)" (rogue aptitude) produces a strange device, is it possible to hack a save to test what happens with Lock Picking (2) or something?

@Wizard said in Mushroom steak:

I still wonder why the mushroom steak exists at all but is never used in the game. Maybe it was for a quest or something.

There's an awful lot of content that was either cut or never fully implemented. I suspect the mushroom steak was supposed to be one of several "not very good" food items, but I guess it could have been intentionally unique.

@Wizard said in Mushroom steak:

In regards to the source of the bug and possible fix, why doesn't this happen with other foods/skills? Do most skills have a subtype or is it more to do with overlapping IDs?

Probably overlapping IDs. There don't seem to be any skills/spells/etc. with an index/ID of 69 (0x45) or 231 (0xE7).

Yeah, Ayrit is definitely south of LKH. I was probably thinking of the hole in LKH that leads there. I also remembered LKH as an abandoned Seldane city, but I couldn't figure out where I got that impression at first. Then I found this Pelagon quote: "LandKing Hall was once a place of power for the Seldane, until we drove them from it, and others." So yeah, definitely a Seldane site of some sort.

@breadworldmercy453_bot, on 08 July 2018 - 11:23 AM, said in DnDing Cythera:

I'm guessing LKH was structured with Seldane magic, which Alaric is no longer able to maintain.

I like this theory. My first impression was that it was Alaric's "bond to the land" or whatever breaking down, and then later I assumed it was Seldane-related because earthquakes are earthy and so are Seldane. Your explanation is sort of both, but makes more sense.

I always assumed that kesh and odd helmets were both made from harpy eggs since they're found in the same room and look similar, but now I'm not entirely sure. Maybe the odd helmets were just in the grotto as sort of a hazmat suit when dealing with harpy eggs/kesh? In which case, what is the "altering the magic flux of a person" effect of kesh that Palaestra describes?

Maybe he was studying Alaric's daily routine so Pelagon could do an convincing impersonation in the bad ending. ¯\(ツ)/¯

LKH also has connections to the Seldane (given Ayrit is underneath it as well as Magpie's presence), which might be worth considering, although I feel like it's far more likely that the guy was spying on Alaric. I have no idea why, but infiltrating the home of a powerful dude you plan on assassinating doesn't sound like the worst idea.

Yeah, unless something has changed in the last few years, I doubt gandreas is interested in divulging Cythera 2 plot ideas. My impression is less that he has no interest in Cythera anymore, and more that he doesn't want to release sequel ideas unless he's making a sequel.

TJ, if you still want to try, he was active on his board about a year ago, so there's a chance he'd respond to a PM or something there.

This post has been edited by Buzzzzy : 21 June 2018 - 08:34 AM

@two-jacks_bot, on 27 March 2018 - 11:48 PM, said in DnDing Cythera:

Slayer's guide has the minimaps of everything but is it possible to get all the high-res maps? I can't remember if anyone's stitched those together or not

Yeah, Wizard did: http://www.cytheraguides.com/maps/

@two-jacks_bot, on 27 March 2018 - 11:48 PM, said in DnDing Cythera:

Looks like Pallas Athene compiled contents of the books and dialogue but the links are down from this post. Anyone have a back up or know him?

http://www.cytheraguides.com/dialogue/

I've only played DnD like twice in my life, but in general I'd second 453's suggestion of taking a look through Wizard's site. It's pretty comprehensive.

@breadworldmercy453_bot, on 26 December 2016 - 02:06 PM, said in How the Grinch Stole Cythera:

I feel like this is a Christmas present for me, because it's full of Cythera jokes, which are one of my favourite things in the world <3

I'm fine with you thinking of it as such, but my thought process was basically "Man, I miss Cythera, it's been a while, why don't I write a brief silly Cythera story…15 hours later…Welp, nevermind the 'brief' part." And yeah, it was a long night. I started at like 7:30 and finished at around noon (with breaks for food, YouTube, and looking up Elmo/Toad/Rainbow Dash on Google Images).

Also, re: Uzsuy cameo/Yesterday's Dawn reference, see, I didn't even remember the name of the TS. :p All I remember is hopping in without reading it, and Selax somehow actually incorporating it into the story (sort of). I apparently made other contributions, too? I honestly have zero recollection of any except the first. Probably for the better.

This post has been edited by Buzzzzy : 27 December 2016 - 04:42 PM

@ikaterei_bot, on 27 December 2016 - 05:48 AM, said in Set Sail on Kronos' Kronos Ship:

I didn't know (or didn't remember) that you read any of Sail. Cool! But I stopped posting new chapters to the forum, which makes it kinda hard to finish reading. >_> You may as well wait until the final version is done, probably in 2017 (if I don't die of impatience waiting on my editor.)

Yeah, I just discovered that. Shows how much I've been paying attention to the boards lately. I read to like chapter 5, I think? Seems like a good idea for me to start over when the final version is done anyway.

Thanks! :) I just read this thing through for the first time since writing it, and I basically came away with two conclusions. 1. Considering everything, I'm impressed with how relatively coherent this was, and B. I went way overboard with the references :p

@selax_bot, on 25 December 2016 - 02:38 PM, said in How the Grinch Stole Cythera:

I have to say Bellerophon deserves a lot of credit: negotiating the wine contract? Saving Cythera doesn't even begin to compare!

Right? Truly great accomplishments just never get the appreciation they deserve.

@ikaterei_bot, on 26 December 2016 - 09:27 AM, said in How the Grinch Stole Cythera:

Grapper will always be there to save the day.

He will forever be the hero Cythera needs.

This post has been edited by Buzzzzy : 26 December 2016 - 12:18 PM