Drunk in Arcanum: Did I miss something!?!?!?

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  1. wayne-scales

    wayne-scales Well-Known Member

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    Admitedly, I haven't played Arcanum in a while, but something just occured to me:

    Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I don't re-call dialogue options ever being different when you're drunk!! Am I wrong and/or has anybody else noticed this!?
     
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    Muro Well-Known Member

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    Being drunk decreases your intelligence, so when you get drunk enough to have trhe stupid dialogue options, you speak like stupid.
     
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    wayne-scales Well-Known Member

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    I can't remember, does your intelligence decrease the more you drink? Or does it just go down once?
     
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    Muro Well-Known Member

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    It decreases with every bottle, the more you drink, the more drunk you get. I don't remember if there's a limit of decreases in one shot.
     
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    silver New Member

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    do u get any long term effects from the alchohol, or just sleep it off and ur fine, everytime?
     
  6. Grossenschwamm

    Grossenschwamm Well-Known Member

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    It wears off with time. It's pretty neat, but if I could do anything to improve it? Alcohol poisoning. First time, you get knocked out, and suffer permanent constitution damage. Second time, you die.
    It's been a while since I've actually drank anything in the game, I don't remember if it gives temporary bonuses to anything.
     
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    Vorak Administrator Staff Member

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    I'm pretty sure strength goes up.
     
  8. wayne-scales

    wayne-scales Well-Known Member

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    Constitution does as well, I think. But it's bonuses aren't worth it's fall-backs
     
  9. jfkoski

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    Re: drunk did I miss something

    Try getting blind drunk at Madam Lil's. There should be some dialog options there. I think a couple were broken though. Did I post a fix, elsewhere?
     
  10. wayne-scales

    wayne-scales Well-Known Member

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    If you find it please post a link.

    Does it make a difference if you're drunk or just plain stupid?
     
  11. jfkoski

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    It counts the drinks you take, but I think there's another error that could let him give you another one when your stat is on 1.
     
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    wayne-scales Well-Known Member

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    It doesn't go any lower when it gets to 1 (obviously), but you can keep drinking.
     
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