Different Races Different Stuff

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  1. Madness

    Madness New Member

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    I've noticed that different races get different stuff from some chests.

    Noticable Chests

    Crash Site: The Kite Shaman is dancing around it near a fire.
    Shrouded Hills: Fancy Chest in Bessie Toone's Mine
    Tarant: Chest to the left of the Schyuler bros.

    And others...

    Good Races to be for good items.
    I noticed when your human, you get a charmed plate in the Bessie Toone mine and the Mystic Great Sword in Tarant.
    When you're Dwarven, you get two sets of Chainmail in the Crashsite.
    When your an elf you get some shield in Shrouded Hills.
    But there's some chance that the racial exception item will not appear at all, only sometimes.

    Does anyone else know of good stuff for [race] in [location]?
     
  2. Wolfsbane

    Wolfsbane Well-Known Member

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    I haven't got a clue. I mostly buy my equipment from wise womans or other merchants. I do know that if you're a dwarf, you'll get a pure ore in the Bessie Toone mine.
     
  3. Maximus

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    Never seen any of that, regardless of race, except when I played the patch from here (there's some extra bits added in).

    To my knowledge, all chests are randomly stocked. Sometimes you get good loot, sometimes rubbish, rarely wickedly cool stuff like what you mentioned. That or I'm just unlucky.
     
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    And here I thought Arcane Chest had to do with Magical Diddies! :p
     
  5. Langolier

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    I've heard that what you get in chests is determined by the name, race, and background of your character.
     
  6. Madness

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    It could be name, as I had named my character 'Dante' and I always found the Arcane Great Sword.
     
  7. Wolfsbane

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    You might actually be onto something there. I just happen to get the same equipment when I play my HO Burr. Interesting.
     
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    I rarely found any arcane equipmant at all apart from the arcane dagger I think. Whenever I found equipment inside arcane chests it'd either be magickal or enchanted. I figured I may have had a crap magical aptitude as I normally do. Even if I am a mage I rarely ever get to 100% magickle alignment. I'm that may also have something to do with it. Then again it might not. I seem to get good things when I be Reynold Swarthington. The swarthingest adventurer there is!
     
  9. Langolier

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    They did a whole bunch of tests on the Sierra boards a long time ago and pretty much proved that it's related. I believe each time you turn on the game it might change a little, but regardless, what you name your character, their race, and their background have a large hand in determining what random loot you get in chests.
     
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    I've found that the character's name seems to have an effect too... I had two characters with identical stats and the same abilities, Lahtrebiel and Suka, and I did three start games with each, and while they each got the same items each time, they had VERY different items from each other.

    (And Laht got SO ripped off, she only ever got 13 gold and a Kathorn Crystal.)
     
  11. Madness

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    Sorry, I couldn't post any other good items for races info. I just played thru with the human race. The other races I stated were just purely from messing around with races in the beginning of the game.
     
  12. Maximus

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    Very interesting. I'd almost be willing to agree with the name thing. I've played the game a number of times as Vader and got cursed magickal stuff and minute arcane plate every time I went through the Tarant sewers, regardless of race. As Maximus, I get more loot, potions, and swords.

    Quick, somebody check the code! I bet if your character's name starts with an X or Z or something you get the best stuff around.....
     
  13. Madness

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    I'm very sure it depends on the race as well. Remember when I told you dwarves get two sets of chainmail? The two were a standard size one and a small sized one. I'm sure they only put that for them small guys, because if your human you wouldn't need a small chainmail.
     
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    Maybe. That might account for the Minute Arcane Plate when I was playing a dwarf.
     
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    The Tarantian sewers, back with the big horde of slither-snake-things.
     
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    Do you know where spicifically?

    -I guess you're right... I went there but I found a Mystic Platemail.
     
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    What if someone here named their character "Troika" or "Troika Cow"?
    I mean, what kind of massive loot would one find, then?
     
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    If you were to try 'Tim Cain Rocks' I'm pretty sure you'd get some good loot. I wonder what 'Tim Cain Sucks' would do?
     
  20. Wolfsbane

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    Cursed loot everywhere, or a permanent crash.
     
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