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Eschalon: Book 1 - Interview @ RPG Codex

(PC: Single-Player RPG) | Posted by Dhruin @ Friday - February 03, 2006 - 20:29 -
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RPG Codex has posted an interview with Thomas Riegsecker of Basilisk Games about the indie RPG we uncovered a couple of weeks ago, 'Eschalon: Book 1'. Here's a cool snippet:
7. What other non-combat activities are in the game? What does a skill like Cartography do? How do they affect gameplay?

All the Skills are based on a 1-100 range, with 100 being godlike and would require a lifetime of devotion to achieve. Cartography is a good Skill to talk about: the automap in the upper right corner of the screen does not work at all until you have at least one point in your Cartography Skill. With just one point, your automap will work but it will only produce a crude outline of your surroundings. The more points you allot to your Cartography skill, the better the automap will look as color and details emerge. Eventually you can even get creatures and NPC locations to show up on the automap if your Skill rating gets high enough. Other non-combative Skills such as Lockpicking, Skullduggery (trap disarming), and Move Silently work the same way.
 
 
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