In a similar mode, I as the wizards will be visiting a land of strange spells and delights. I expect my PDA to work (hence there should be emails),
but not having proper internet access, I won't be able to see or share any maps.

Should be away Friday until Wednesday.

cheers

Nigs

Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:05:23 +0000
From: cluffy123(at)googlemail.com
To: mike(at)southwall.com
Subject: Re: Once Within - More ?'s
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Greetings all,

I (the centaurs) will be away until a week on Sunday. It is unlikely though not impossible I will have Internet access until then. So if I'm not being very talkative then that s why.

Good luck in the coming turn,

James

On 19/03/2008, Michael Sims <mike(at)southwall.com ([email]mike(at)southwall.com[/email])> wrote: [quote:438fed5682] Don't forget the Once Within crucial Fall 02 results are tomorrow!
Opening builds out of the way, this is the round where true colors are usually revealed…

Some questions have arisen that I think are best answered publicly for fairness:

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Can we see the border art for the whole map?

- Unfortunately not yet… There are things that might be revealed. The map does not fit inside a nice shape.

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Are special abilities duplicated among races?

- Absolutely not. Every power is fundamentally different and curtailed to the individual race.
Many of them could probly be guessed just by thinking of stereotypical traits of the units.
(Having played D&D for 20 years would be a plus)

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I was told of an enemy movement… but I only see the abbreviation (like A xxx–yyy). Can I get the full name of those spaces?

- By all means, YES. If you are told of an abbreviation, it's just cuz that's what I copy/paste from Realpolitik. If you want to know the name for any space you know of, feel free to ask.

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How did a unit move in what seems to be an impossible way?

- A) There are abilities.
- B) The map is not as flat as it seems.

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If a unit moves in a way that uses a special ability, then you would have been told that in the "Map Notes" section, with a somewhat cryptic one-liner from me. The things I put in the Map Notes (and the poems) are not the irrelevant musings that they might seem.

Remember one way to find out where units are moving around you is to HOLD. By holding, you learn every order or ability that affects every adjacent space to the unit that held. Consider the HOLD order to be like an OBSERVE order. Holding is much more valuable in this game for the intelligence you gain than in a standard game – especially with a well-placed unit amid a bunch of enemies. If you order A to support B, then A only learns of other orders / abilities that affect spaces A or B. However if A holds instead, it would learn of all the orders / abilities that affect every adjacent space – far more information. You even learn of special abilities / actions!

Also don't forget your Lighthouse / Watch Tower will always tell you every order that affects either of the two spaces that it watches.

Enjoy,
-mike

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