A rookie's list of questions... Please help? :3

ZeoZark · #1 01-21-2011, 05:37 PM

Hey all. I recently bought the game + the expansion after playing the demo for a bit, and the new additions/mechanics implemented with the later patches and the expansion pack have befuddled me a little. I was wondering if you big, bad and experienced adventurers could help me? Thanks!

1. I was down in the dungeon exploring, when a message popped up: "Someone is setting traps in town!" or something like that. And shortly after it told me that the Warmaster had killed the Apothecary. I was all like WTF and went back up, only to see the corpse of the Apothecary over a pool of magma, right in the middle of the NPCs quest group. I think the Warmaster was a little hurt too.
So what's up with that? I understand if the Warmaster tried to light a couple magical matches under the Apho's feet, she was kind of a jerk anyways.
My question is, is that pool of magma always gonna be there? Can I get rid of it somehow?

2. So now the NPCs bash on each other all the time until they die. Sure, I can talk to them to stop the fighting (I think), but they just get back on each other's throats a couple of minutes later anyways. So why not just let them smash each other to bits?

3. I think (I'm not sure, I could be very wrong) I just spotted one of the Depths of Peril barbarians down in the dungeon, selling maces! How cool is that?
Was that added by a patch or the expansion?

4. Is there a way to directly raise a NPC's happiness? Or do I just give them money and hope for the best in the long run?

5. So the Apothecary is dead. Is there some way to get a new one, like a quest or something? What do I do?

6. Is there a real penalty to dying? I just pick up the soulstone and carry on, I get the debt EXP cleared after a while. Then again, I'm only level 10 or so.

7. Is there a way to actually lose the game? Like, lose lose? Like GAME OVER lose? I know you can win by getting your rep to a certain level, but can you lose the same way?

Sorry for the long post, and double sorry if this is the wrong place to ask these questions... I'm a newb to both the game and the forums. x3

Roswitha · #2 01-21-2011, 06:33 PM

1. In the original Din's Curse, the townspeople just stand in one place and occasionally have quests. In the expansion, the townspeople wander around and have happiness and money, and interact with each other. As for the magma, it will likely go away, but it depends on how it got there.

2. If a townsperson's happiness gets low enough, he's likely to cause trouble, start fights, poison the water supply, turn traitor, etc. If a townsperson dies, it reduces your reputation (I think).

3. There are barbarian vendors. That was introduced as part of the original game.

4. Not sure.

5. A quest will show up eventually where you can get a new Apothecary. There are optional quests for more smiths and vendors, etc.

6. Not unless you choose to play hardcore. When you're killed in hardcore, you're permanently dead.

7. If your Warmaster, Steward, and Apothecary are all killed or otherwise incapacitated (petrified, etc.), you lose the town. You get a stern lecture from Din, lose some reputation (I think) and have to start a new town. I don't think it's possible to get a bad enough reputation to have Din fire you.

FloodSpectre · #3 01-21-2011, 06:42 PM

Hey, welcome to the forums! Glad to see another new player enjoying the game

1. I'm pretty sure the only way to remove that is by playing as a Rogue with the Disarm Trap skill. Personally I've never seen an NPC use magma as a trap in town before, and it seems like maybe they should only be able to lay "normal" one-shot traps instead of the "pool of liquid" type.

2. Well, they won't always actually kill each other, often it's just a brief scuffle. Unfortunately I haven't found a reliable way of keeping them away from one another, though I believe you lose some reputation from the NPC's death.

3. I think as vendors they've always been around, but the expansion added new ones that raid the town. Never seen one before but I hear they're incredibly deadly.

4. Other than completing personal quests for them it doesn't look that way.

5. The game has a sort of internal countdown before it will offer you a quest to replace the Apothecary. Be patient and it'll show up eventually.

6. Playing on hardcore mode will lead to a game over if you die, and is also the only real major drawback to character death beyond XP debt. I want to say there's another option tat loses the town if you die but doesn't prevent you from using the character again with a new town.

7. See above.

Hope that answers your questions well enough!

Aet · #4 01-21-2011, 06:46 PM

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