Ultima: Quest of the Avatar - Humble Shepherd Run Part 21

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Published on August 24, 2019 4:29:54 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOxP99St8TA

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Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (1985)

Duration: 1:26:05

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Rules:
-Shepherd Main Character
-No deaths
-No Orbs (exceptions: Mariah gets 1 Orb from Wrong, 1 from Shame; Janna gets 1 Orb from Wrong; may add 1 Orb from Covetous for Geoff)
-Hack used to halve the Might values of physical range weapons, and also shift a quarter of the stat influence for physical range attacks from Dexterity (the actual Dexterity) to Strength
-No Virtue drops or farming
-Given spells may be banned as deemed fit
-No using the Paladin or Tinker

I think in light of the recent mass shootings, I'd want to get a good project off the ground. Obviously, anything involving guns casually (Advance Wars or Lost Frontier) is out, but why not involve something involving welcome messages. Obviously, Ultima 4 is dated with Guide Dang It handling and other questionable handling of its own virtue system, but the ideas are certainly there at least, and I'd rather make it clear that #VideogamesAreNotToBlame no matter how messed up video game communities in general are. Besides, I'm for going with something tame enough at the moment after my venture with Startropics, even if 2x Speed would be recommended for usage with this series, because the combat system IS rather dated.

Good lord, the dungeon Wrong ate through my time and my Reagents. This was with the Avatarhood stuff AND 2 Crossbows running around. Now I'm so glad I waited to do this dungeon, because good Heavens do I wish the dungeon provided more money from the stashes. Random encounters with Lich spam or Lava Lizard spam didn't help matters either, though somehow it was the rooms having enemies like Reapers and Gazers that drove up the time more.

Once again, the text handling of the "test" for the Stone is ill-handled. This time, the text responses are mixed up. Mercifully, the effect is correct for saying "yes" as well you should, but it's still jarring to be told that you fail for it. I could datamine the text information off the ROM and search for what happened, but it honestly wouldn't be worth the trouble as it stands when these "tests" are just dialogue anyway. If you ARE wondering, the response is supposed to go like this:
"Then I shall grant you the Green Stone of Justice. Open the box!"

Oh, and by the way, the 69,105 thing was just a page count for Calumny's spellbook, with the number referencing some old company named Infocom. However, the coordinates, being conveniently near the dungeon of Despise, allowed me to realize I could go to Castle Britannia and get stuff going there, so at least that helped at the end.

All spells learned.

Coordinates of note thus far:
-69,105 - misconstrued as significant coordinates, but proved to be useful as a marker of being north of Britannia Castle and thus south of the dungeon Wrong
-149,46 - unknown so far, but search should be done during double New Moons
-54,182 - search during double New Moons for Manroot (confirmed as that totally not suspicious poison swamp)

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