Warning: Female Human Charactor. To play this with a Male is just plain weird.
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Mankind have turned their backs on the gods...
Crimson Cherry 2: Demon Womb continues 17 years after the original with Innocence where a young cleric who must face, not only the dangers of an apocalyptic world, but also the fate of her soul. The greatest battle one must face is not always fought on the field�
(Whereas the original lead the hero down a single path, the Good/Evil Chaotic/Lawful elements play a far larger role in CC2.)
I think what I ended up doing was turning on godmode until the inferno wore off. If you want to be safe, you could wait until the shapeshift wears off too. It's probably not completely necessary but it might be possible for him to get in a big enough hit to kill you and miss the trigger. He didn't do much casting beyond that for me. The real key is you don't want the damage over time effect active when your hp gets low enough to trigger the conversation. Not sure about the dream or journal entry. I still haven't had a chance to play through things again.
Posted by Spell at 2010-04-0703:07:09
Hmm...the first time I lost the fight and got a game over your dead sort of ending, hence I assumed that the idea was to avoid it. Not sure how to use the information Thirdpres. I guess I can try and see if he doesn't cast inferno but switches into bear form right off...or possibly have a look at console commands...heal should work I think. Keep healing till the inferno wears off (or set god mode for the first part of the fight till he runs out of spells...then things should work out "properly", good thing I have a save just before talking to Renn). I am still confused about the journal entry for Shani and my character in a dream, since I don't get that dream. I am not sure if the glitch is getting the journal entry or not getting the dream itself.
Posted by Thirdpres at 15:20:32 Voted8.75
Renn is supposed to beat the pulp out of you, then a conversation starts between your beaten down character and himself. The problem is that you are running away from him on the one hand, thus he disappears, and on the other hand the new AI is causing him to kill the player before the conversation starts. Because the script governing the conversation does not include clearing the spells' effects (inferno in this case) the damage continues until the player is killed, even during the conversation unless you are lucky, or have enough healing potions to survive long enough. I hope this helps.
Posted by Spell at 2010-03-2906:43:46
@thhunter, thanks for the reply. *spoilers follow* The latest patch/SoZ significantly improved caster AI so they make much more effective use of their spells then before. In this case Renn becomes effectively unbeatable. In my battles he casts barkskin on himself, inferno on the PC (10 hits per round), calls lightening, then shapeshifts to a dire bear (+18 AB!!). I still had spells left but a color spray, 3 light, and 1 cure minor wounds is not sufficient to the task of taking on a higher level druid with full spells. I don't see any way to survive outside of trigger the cut scene, drink the invisibility potion and run. What is odd is that he just vanishes, it led me to think this was what the PC was supposed to do. If you have never smashed the pitcher then I doubt you would get the request from Jill. Do you get the dream meeting with Hope when you go through the portal to return? I am wondering if I get this one rather then the dream with Shani? I find the journal entry about a dream I didn't see odd, and I checked; it is from going through the portal to exit the cave, the entry shows up when I arrive in new haven again.
Posted by thhunter at 08:55:32 Voted8.25
@Spell Singer *spoilers follow* I did have a problem with Renn the last time I played the module. It was really, really hard to survive long enough to trigger the conversation. The first time I went through, he didn't cast or shapeshift at all, he just beat me senseless. I wonder if Zehir or a patch changed the behavior somehow. I don't recall a conversation with Jill about her bones and I never broke the pitcher, so I'm afraid I can't help there. I should play through it again.
Posted by Spell at 2010-03-2800:30:20
*spoilers follow* I didn't find the lack of rest a real problem to get through the game, but it was more an issue of going up 2-3 levels and not being able to make use of your new abilities. As this encompasses about half the module that is an issue. One comment on Raen at your return home. He appears to be undefeatable, since he changes into a dire bear with a +18 attack bonus and your AC is 22 or so. Coupled with inferno and I can't see how you can win this at level 4. It would have been better to trigger a cut scene of him talking to the other fellow, lamenting that you weren't there, explaining what he did and then leaving. As it is you just have to trigger the cut scene, drink the invisibility potion and run around until he vanishes. I do have two questions though. I have a journal entry that makes no sense. The PC smashed the pitcher in the cave, and then when she entered the portal she spoke to Hope. My journal mentions a dream with the PC and Shani and that certainly I didn't see. Is it because I broke the pitcher or is it a glitch? Jill asked the PC to bury her bones. There was no way to do that I could find. Did I miss something?
Posted by GamesRus at 02:36:29 Voted9.00
Sorry guys. Been busy... I'll get back to modding ASAP.
Posted by buckwheezer at 21:20:15 Voted8.75
Impatiently waiting to continue the adventure1
Posted by Thirdpres at 18:49:12 Voted8.75
Thanks for the info GamesRus.
Posted by GamesRus at 10:05:41 Voted9.00
Chapter 2... So close and yet so far. Right at the end and I've run into a total mental block. So far I'm happy with it except with the conclusion, which can totally make or break a game. May take a little longer...
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