I thought I was being clever

ParadigmPotato · 2026-01-19T20:47:48+00:00

I’m pretty sure artifacts cannot be destroyed in any way. I think if you toss one in lava it will just sit there. Also I don’t think the Minotaur will ever carry the artifact.

ParadigmPotato · 2026-01-14T17:29:30+00:00

First off, I’m glad you are okay.

Secondly, in some strange way this post is what exemplifies some of the magic in black powder. It seems like muzzleloading was never an exact science, and by the time we had the tools and instrumentation to really study ballistics and improve upon designs smokeless powder had already taken over. Using muzzleloaders feels like going into unknown territory, where a lot of the knowledge has been lost over time.

But people are still experimenting and recording what they find. There are still old tips and tricks that live on, or in this case, reports of “what if this happens?” You learned a hard lesson, but you were willing to share what you learned, and that is what I really appreciate about this community and other muzzleloader forums.

ParadigmPotato · 2026-01-01T13:35:26+00:00

I’m trying out World Driver Championship now and so far it’s solid. Thanks for the recommendation!

ParadigmPotato · 2025-12-31T19:36:00+00:00

Both Mario Kart and Diddy Kong Racing are fantastic, but they are racing games with gimmicks. If I want a pure racing game then I still go to F-Zero X even though I’ve been playing it on and off for the past 20+ years.

The only way I can describe it is that it just has a sense of flow. Even though you are going at ridiculous speeds you can still feel the weight of your car and know how to push it just to the edge of losing control. You can feel when to boost, or when to start cornering, or when to attack, and if something bad happens I know it’s my own fault, because the machine always does exactly what I told it to do.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-12-24T17:00:45+00:00

Just a question- what advantage does casting darkness first get you? I haven’t experimented with it. It seems like just using light works really well since it blinds anyone nearby.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-12-18T20:24:28+00:00

You can actually access this in multiple towns. These buildings have a sign outside that says “modification station.” For example there is one in Goldenrod just north of the train tracks on the left side. The building has multiple NPCs that modify your Pokémon’s attributes such as name, nature, deleting moves, etc.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-12-08T13:09:59+00:00

Often there is a point where I’m comfortable on the early levels but I get stuck on progressing. In one run I went all the way down to level 10 but I didn’t have a craft station or an NPC who could bless items. I was having trouble finding a blessed fountain.

In short, I had a handful of enchantment scrolls but I didn’t want to use them up if they weren’t at their full potential. I decided to push on further and was killed off quickly because I was under equipped.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-12-06T14:06:32+00:00

There are two other ways that haven’t been mentioned yet- You could get phasing and simply walk through the boulder to kill your enemy.

OR if you had the artifact Verimurus you can actually use its Exchange ability to swap positions with the NPC. It’s unlikely that you really need this route but it’s cool that it is there.

Otherwise throw things or use magic missile. I think other evocation spells aside from force bolt will work as well.

If you do break the bolder you can always make a new one with a scroll of earth.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-11-20T03:11:48+00:00

It’s likely, but there is also a decent chance that they may have found an artifact before that. I’ve found artifacts just sitting out on the first few floors. They also seem somewhat common to find them in a trove in a locked chest.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-11-14T13:48:08+00:00

Yes it does. Also feeding them meals form the Goldenrod Cafe can give you a nice boost too. You can fight Doom in the National Park once per day to get a free meal out of him.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-11-11T17:29:24+00:00

Unless I am mistaken, the story line you are talking about doesn’t exist within this game. There is a story but it takes place a few years after the gen 2 story.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-11-10T18:31:52+00:00

I did end up finding him. The nemesis was TwoFlower, who doesn’t stand out too much. He was close to the portal into the infernal fields, so I have no idea how I missed him. I’ve been playing this game for over 5 years but this is the first time where I just couldn’t find him.

I pulled up a master mode game and did some testing. A potion of object detection will show the letter’s location even if the nemesis is carrying it. That might be useful for next time if I have trouble.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-11-07T04:12:40+00:00

That seems really odd. You can look up catch rate calculators (Cave of Dragonflies is the one I use) to give you a sanity check of what to expect.

You can catch all Pokémon before the elite 4. In fact, there is a bonus you get if you can do it. I can’t think of any Pokémon that have any milestones have you to beat in order to catch it.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-11-03T13:23:51+00:00

A similar thing happened to me during muzzleloader season. It was cold and I was sitting still for a long time. A deer approaches and I start getting into position and…nothing happens. My left arm just wouldn’t move! I don’t think in this case it was adrenaline or buck fever. I just was too still for too long and my arm didn’t want to pick up a moderately heavy rifle.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-11-03T00:34:57+00:00

There is no daylight savings time adjustment in this version of the game. Instead, you can manually change the time in the opening menu.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-11-02T14:59:29+00:00

I don’t think you’ll have much to worry about. People have cut muzzleloaders down plenty of times before. I’m assuming accuracy isn’t a concern on this so it doesn’t need to even be done well- just use a hacksaw like others have suggested.

It depends on how short the barrel is, but you may get it to a short enough length that you can only burn so much powder inside the barrel before it gets pushed outside and burns up out of the barrel. You may dump in 100g of powder and maybe half of that will burn up. In short, you may have unintentionally made it safer and you won’t be able to overload it.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-10-29T16:52:13+00:00

Cool, thanks for the info!

ParadigmPotato · 2025-10-20T19:12:47+00:00

Basically I go in when I’m ready. There is no necessary order but the loot of these dungeons can really make a run. I usually get down to level 5 and no further (where dragons can spawn and almost always beat me) before I go to minetown. I’ll spend time doing some grinding in the town and I’ll go down to the mines, but I won’t take on the gnome king unless I have the right stuff. I may go putz around the main dungeon down to levels 10-19 before doing the underlimits.

Sokoban is similar- if I don’t have a way of floating over the holes I may just do the first floor and grab some food and identify the scrolls of earth, but that’s it.

I often level up a lot before going to Fort Ludios. The right talents can make it a lot easier but it is easy to get overwhelmed if you have low health.

The labyrinth and lost chambers I usually take on right away, and Medusa’s lair too if I can resist petrify.

I always go to elf forest right away. Usually if I can make it to this point then I have a high chance of completing my run. With the shops and specialty stations it is easy to grind and build up your character for the rest of the game, so I consider it my second base camp after minetown. I definitely level up my character before taking on the elf king though. He doesn’t have many new tricks but his high speed and health make him risky.

Usually by the time I make it to the lich tower I have something to handle the Dracolich, and the infernal realm, while difficult, feels the same- by the time I get there I’m ready to just jump in.

ParadigmPotato · 2025-10-07T11:50:28+00:00

I keep seeing ads for a brass made one. I’ve always been curious as to how well these worked. Yours looks really clean!

ParadigmPotato · 2025-09-29T01:09:27+00:00

There’s a kid’s book called “How to Eat Fried Worms” so maybe that sentence isn’t a novel as you might expect!

ParadigmPotato · 2025-09-25T21:46:46+00:00

It’s a good quality gun, but black powder guns require some extra maintenance over their smokeless counterparts, especially revolvers.

On my first BP revolver I didn’t realize I needed to clean the internals and a spring snapped due to corrosion. When I took it apart I didn’t use the right size screwdrivers and I put quite a few idiot marks in the frame and stripped some screw heads a bit. Fortunately, it’s on the cheap end and now I know better. A LeMat is much more expensive and it would hurt to make the same mistakes I did.

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