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Thievan in the night: an Age of Decadence demo tale
Index of Thievan!
I'm a Georgian not a Lithuanian you motherfucker!
First a video for all those of you who do not yet know what Age of Decadence is:
Now that you have been enlightened it is time for the prestigious LP itself.
We start at the character creation screen. After picking the thief background AoD allocates stats for us. We are however free to redistribute them. Backgrounds affect our starting reputation which cuts off or pisses off certain quest paths/factions, drifter is the neutral one.
And thus our "hero" is created. Liberal, born of Georgian soil, skilled in the art of THIEVAN IN THE NIGHT! Obviously Liberal does not believe in the cultural "lie" called etiquette.
As for the stat picks the justification is rather simple. CHA is useless on a thief, CON is the dump stat even on a pure combat character (at least in the demo, in the full game it will give poison damage reduction and allow safe exploration of toxic locations), I didn't bother with having more than 6 for the 40 HP. Armor and dodge or block are your primary defense in AOD rather than pure HPs, which by the way do not increase. INT is godlike because we need faster SP gain in the limited quest content of the demo.
A dumb thief is a dead thief anyway. PER is quite good because it is often used in the Iron Tower Ultimate Action System(tm). Also it provides a universal bonus to accuracy, which will make up for Liberal's crappy initial bow skill. Not to mention the ranged weapon range bonus it provides. Taking more than 6 STR is dumb period, the bonus damage isn't really worth it. Now if it gave you bonus armor penetration, that would be great.
The following loading screen disappears too fast to actually read all that. As you can see the world of AoD is not that different from Georgia after its war with Russia. Liberal should feel right at home.
: My skills are an honored family tradition you fucking asshole! I deserve all the loot *I* bring back. You should pay *me* for being in this fucking thievan gay circle-jerk of yours.
: Well fuck you!
Replace the sea with mountains and that description definitely matches Russians.
: It is time for some thievan, in the night.
We encounter the patented stealth portion of the Iron Tower Ultimate Action System(tm). Don't be fooled by the screenshots, it may look like it is fully dialog based but in fact lots of awesome is happening. You just have to close your eyes and IMMERSE yourself in the thievan.
Sneakan is thievan therefore Liberal picks that. Odds are he would succeed the DEX check but it is not thievan enough. As you can see, even throwing is an important skill in the Iron Tower Ultimate Action System(tm).
: These fuckers would remain oblivious even to the sound of shells in the night.
The lockpick minigame of the Iron Tower Ultimate Action System(tm) is as sophisticated as the sneaking segment. I press the "1" key and hope Liberal's lockpickan skill has been sufficiently inclined during character creation.
: No doubt another crooked Russian trader trying to rape the Georgian motherland of its precious resources, like manganese ore. I will redistribute his wealth to the needy.
DOUBLE SUCCESS! I can feel the AWESOME flowing all over me.At any rate the trader will soon be killed by anassassin lithuanian hitman. If you pick the assassin hitman background you are the guy who kills him. If you pick a merc you can kill the assassin but only after he kills the trader. Oh and the hitman is a tough son of a bitch so fighting him is unwise. He even tells you that he only got paid to kill one so he just lets the merc go. A drifter is renting a room next door and arrives at the scene after the assassination. Meanwhile our thievan gets the fuck out before the hitman arrives.
We have the option of keeping the valuables. However Cado will bitch that we did a shit job by bringing in so little. If we give him all of the trader's possessions he rewards us with AWESOME.
Awesome in the form of of lockpickan. Liberal derps around a bit to let you bros know the Teron 40 Thievan Guild better.
Time to Liberal's thievan and archeran. Bows, dodge and maybe critical strike (after Liberal has sufficient thievan) will be his only combat skills.
Liberal puts arag hood on his head to look more thievan. It adds to the IMMERSHUN. Also we talk and buy some crap from the thievan guild's vendor. Surprisingly the hitman guild does not have a vendor, they do have an alchemist though.
For maximum thievan a longbow is bought along with 3 different kinds of arrows. One for unarmored plebs, one for armored tough motherfuckers and barbed arrows which rip apart flesh for the Russians. Because that's what they deserve for shelling Georgia.
Crossbows are a better weapon due to their special effect which is knock-back. But liberal is going thievan and crossbows are for hitmen. I pick a longbow because more damage=less mitigated by DR. I think. At any rate his battle tactics will be cripple the enemy's legs (and headshot if the enemy is crippled)>use remaining AP to run away>end turn.
This is Liberal's gear, I forgot to buy Liberal a studded leather armor. He'll visit the Commercium's vendor and get one in the next update.
: Hammers? Fucking hammers?! What kind of fucking thief are you, you asswhipe?!
Continued in next post...
Index of Thievan!
- Chapter I: I'm a Georgian not a Lithuanian you motherfucker! (this post)
- Chapter II: On the quest for maximum thievan.
- Chapter III: More than just a *mere* thievan.
- Chapter IV: Free at last...
I'm a Georgian not a Lithuanian you motherfucker!
First a video for all those of you who do not yet know what Age of Decadence is:
Now that you have been enlightened it is time for the prestigious LP itself.
We start at the character creation screen. After picking the thief background AoD allocates stats for us. We are however free to redistribute them. Backgrounds affect our starting reputation which cuts off or pisses off certain quest paths/factions, drifter is the neutral one.
And thus our "hero" is created. Liberal, born of Georgian soil, skilled in the art of THIEVAN IN THE NIGHT! Obviously Liberal does not believe in the cultural "lie" called etiquette.
As for the stat picks the justification is rather simple. CHA is useless on a thief, CON is the dump stat even on a pure combat character (at least in the demo, in the full game it will give poison damage reduction and allow safe exploration of toxic locations), I didn't bother with having more than 6 for the 40 HP. Armor and dodge or block are your primary defense in AOD rather than pure HPs, which by the way do not increase. INT is godlike because we need faster SP gain in the limited quest content of the demo.
A dumb thief is a dead thief anyway. PER is quite good because it is often used in the Iron Tower Ultimate Action System(tm). Also it provides a universal bonus to accuracy, which will make up for Liberal's crappy initial bow skill. Not to mention the ranged weapon range bonus it provides. Taking more than 6 STR is dumb period, the bonus damage isn't really worth it. Now if it gave you bonus armor penetration, that would be great.
The following loading screen disappears too fast to actually read all that. As you can see the world of AoD is not that different from Georgia after its war with Russia. Liberal should feel right at home.
Replace the sea with mountains and that description definitely matches Russians.
We encounter the patented stealth portion of the Iron Tower Ultimate Action System(tm). Don't be fooled by the screenshots, it may look like it is fully dialog based but in fact lots of awesome is happening. You just have to close your eyes and IMMERSE yourself in the thievan.
Sneakan is thievan therefore Liberal picks that. Odds are he would succeed the DEX check but it is not thievan enough. As you can see, even throwing is an important skill in the Iron Tower Ultimate Action System(tm).
The lockpick minigame of the Iron Tower Ultimate Action System(tm) is as sophisticated as the sneaking segment. I press the "1" key and hope Liberal's lockpickan skill has been sufficiently inclined during character creation.
DOUBLE SUCCESS! I can feel the AWESOME flowing all over me.At any rate the trader will soon be killed by an
We have the option of keeping the valuables. However Cado will bitch that we did a shit job by bringing in so little. If we give him all of the trader's possessions he rewards us with AWESOME.
Awesome in the form of of lockpickan. Liberal derps around a bit to let you bros know the Teron 40 Thievan Guild better.
Time to Liberal's thievan and archeran. Bows, dodge and maybe critical strike (after Liberal has sufficient thievan) will be his only combat skills.
Liberal puts a
For maximum thievan a longbow is bought along with 3 different kinds of arrows. One for unarmored plebs, one for armored tough motherfuckers and barbed arrows which rip apart flesh for the Russians. Because that's what they deserve for shelling Georgia.
Crossbows are a better weapon due to their special effect which is knock-back. But liberal is going thievan and crossbows are for hitmen. I pick a longbow because more damage=less mitigated by DR. I think. At any rate his battle tactics will be cripple the enemy's legs (and headshot if the enemy is crippled)>use remaining AP to run away>end turn.
This is Liberal's gear, I forgot to buy Liberal a studded leather armor. He'll visit the Commercium's vendor and get one in the next update.
Continued in next post...