Grimrock

Apologies for necro-ing a two year old thread, but I've managed to stumble across a bug and...well, the thread does say to post bug reports here. In the Foundry, I accidentally picked up the chestpiece of valour from its display stand through the far wall, from the square just behind the gear-key-lo...

Sorry. I was half asleep when I posted, and didn't make it clear that I was meaning as an explanation for the strafing issue (which might explain it as a separate issue if a similar explanation was found for the going backwards one).

If you cast the spell after strafing so a wall is directly in front of you, then the spell will hit in the square in front of the wall, ie the one you're in. That also applies for gates which are rising, as I know to my cost.

You'd probably need to use one of the mods that adds a method of teleporting, if you want to recreate the dungeon accurately. Portalcraft is the obvious choice.

well, swining a sword also makes ppl swet. do you want me to work out barbels if i play to get the right feeling? if there is a balancing issue, id say balance it by the cooldown of the spells and let the virtual guy do the work. I've never heard of 'ppl swet'ing, 'swining a sword', or several othe...

What you need to realise is that most of the time that you play, especially on the first playthrough, you'll be using spells you've learnt from scrolls. While, with your idea, the rune system would still 'exist', in that you could cast with that, you have no real reason to. Why would you, if you can...

all of the Minotaurs I know are brutish oafs So, how many Minotaurs do you know? Mind introducing any? :P Seriously though, that's a good point. Has it occurred to people, though, that only 12 points into Assassination you can attack with melee from the back row? Even if it does take you a little l...

Of course, an alternative solution is just to go up the assassination skill tree. At level 12, (which you can easily reach at level 4, and if you choose human and/or skilled trait, at level 3), you get the ability to make melee attacks from the back row. I agree that that doesn't really count as a '...

Alternatively, if you have a delay between pressing backwards and moving, you could try pressing S before you click. In my experience, the game seems to be faster at processing clicks than key presses.

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