So which to choose? It's depends on your preference, and what kind of game
you're playing. For example, if you want a Creature that will feed and care
for your village, but be prepared to defend it to the death, the loyal cow
may be a good choice, because it tends to be compassionate, but battle-ready
when needed.
If you're playing an evil game where you plan to be sending you're Creature
to destroy an enemies village, and fight off his Creature at every turn, you
may prefer the "fierce, lethal Tiger"! He's good at destroying, that's for
sure, and will be more than ready to battle anytime you need him.
On the same token, the Ape may be a good offensive Creature if played right.
He may not excell at battle, but who says that he can't impress villages with
his vast array of miracles? When the enemy Creature comes looking for him,
cast offensive miracles on him, throw rocks, trees, people ect. at him. Do
anything to give you that edge on him for when your forced to battle.
My personal preference is the Ape. This way, I can teach my Creature
everything it needs to learn right at the beginning on Land 1 or skirmish
right away. Then, once I'm content with how he's doing, I switch Creatures
using the Creature Trainer on Land 1 or Land 4. If not there, I switch
Creatures down the road when the reward from a Silver Quest Scroll is a
Creature I want.
That is how I do it, but don't follow my lead just because I do it. Experiment
and do what you like first. Find what kind of God you are; offensive or
defensive, loving or hating, benevolent or malevolent, good or evil, black or
white.
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IV. Strategies
Let's face it. You aren't a good creature handler. In fact, you suck it up
pretty bad. No problem.
This is what this section is for. I consider myself a very good Creature
Handler, but by no means am I the best. However, some useful techniques I use
often can be found here.
A. GENERAL TIPS
--Keep your creature fed and excersize eating habits with him until he gets
it down.
--Make sure he sleeps, or he'll fall where he stands, and lose a little bit
of height until he grows it back.
--Be repetative. If the varment doesn't get it right away, do it again, and
again, and again if necessary.
--While I have suspisions that running laps around the isle may make your
Creature faster, I am unsure.
I have a report from "Squall" that appearently you can make your Creature run
faster by feeding him "mint". He tells me it's a red herb thats rather rare.
This is, however, unconfirmed, and I have never seen something of this nature.
Of course I do have an eye disease, so what do I know?
--To make Mr Big stronger, smash up a rock until he can hold it, then have
him run. Or if you want to cheat a little, take an Enlarge Creature Miracle
seed and then enlarge your creature. Take a large rock and give it to him.
If you have him run, and he goes back to normal size, he will still have the
large rock! Ninth grade physics class ain't got nothin' on this. This is an
easy way to get him buff quickly
--When your creature says "Your Creature feels curious", encourage that.
The more curious, the or he'll want to learn new miracles/tricks and then
you won't have to repeat yourself as much
--When your Creature is frightened, slap him silly. You may want to comfort
him, but remember that petting is something that will make him more
frightened more often.
--TEACH YOUR CREATURE TO FEED ITSELF!!! This can not be stressed enough.
There's nothing more frustrating than your creature falling down while you
have it on your leash, only to to have him wake up at your temple with 90%
energy, hunger, or damage. Tips on doing all of that below.
--To make sure your Creature feeds itself properly, observe it at first. When
it gets hungry, percent of hunger, and what it eats. If its a wolf and it
goes and eats a villager, and your good, beat the stuffin' outta it. If it
eats a cow, or of that sort, notice its %. If its at 60% or so, pet it to
about 30. If it runs off and eats another, smack it.
--Sleeping. This is a bit more easy thing to accomplish. For my good Creature,
I just had him sleep at night. Simple. At dusk lead him to his pen. keep
clicking at the center of his pen, until he falls asleep. Then if he wakes up
duiring the night, repeat. Then when he wakes up at dawn, pet him to 100%,
and it should say "From now on, your Creature will sleep more at night."
Any more tips on how evil people do it will go here.
--To make it heal itself, cast a fireball on him. If he knows the water (and
he should!) miracle, he'll put himself out by nature. Then heal him. Then pet
him. It should tell you that he will heal himself more when he's hurt. I am
pretty sure this applies to battles.
--When learnin' him somethin new, use the Learning leash. It's there for a
reason. And just him being on it isn't enough. He must have your full
attention. Pet him to 100% when he's curious, but don't overdo it, because
whenever you hand is around, he'll stop donig what he's doing and just watch
you.
--The Rope Leash wil make him act his alignment, with no changes, like the
other leashes. This way you can control him in town, compared to having him
romp off.
--Mushrooms are an interesting thing. There are three kinds. White Mushrooms
make your Creature grow a bit faster. Blue 'shrooms make your
Creature wig out. Red with White Spots make him hurl chunks. More on the Red
in Evil Tips.
B. BATTLE TIPS
--In battle, blocking may keep you alive. As may dodging. Make sure you master
these techniques. Even a random click everynow and then may save your butt
from a series of hits.
--Dodge. Tons. Too much even. Pick a fight, just keep dodging for no frickin'
reason. Why, you may ask? If you do this a lot, your Creature will learn to
dodge on its own, then follow the fight up with a series of blows. This can
especially be applied with your fight with Guide (The giant Creature in
Land One).
--Heal, my freind, heal. Make it a habit to practice the heart gesture. It
might be a little frustrating, but just keep trying it. I usually wait until
my health is around 1/3, then step back, block, and then make the symbol.
--ONLY do the special move when the situation calls for it. If your hurt and
only have 1/2 your energy bar? Heal, don't attack. If you've got enough
health, then do it.
--Aim for different spots of the body. If you keep doing the same move over
and over, they may get accustomed to it, and able to counter it effectivly.
This is especially useful knowledge on multiplayer.
--When heading for a battle, use the Aggressive leash. But go ONLY to the
battle. Unless your Evil... heh...
C. Tips for Good Creatures
--If you're playing good, make sure that you cast healing miracles (or
Increase Heal if you have it) around your Creature and in front of many
people. This helps you out in many ways. Your Creature learns it, you get
belief, and it's good points for you.
--Face it. One day or another, he is going to eat a villager. Smack him around
to 100% and then take another villager, and place it in his hands. if he put
it down nicly, pet him to 10%. And if he eats it, rinse and repeat.
--Teach him to NOT take food from the field but provide it from fish, animals,
ect. Contrary to popular belief, taking food from the field IS an evil act.
So you should probably refrain from doing it yourself.
--Use common sense. If you have a large village, send 33% to the worshipping
site. If fairly small, send 50%. Teach the Creature to feed the worshippers,
heal them, whatnot. Big points for him.
--Leash of Compassion. It's a tool, don't overuse it. If that's all he has on
all the time, he'll concentrate on being good, and not on sleeping or eating.
So BE CAREFUL!
D. Tips for evil Creatures
--Be creative. Don't just torch a house; cast a flaming rock in a straight
line at high speeds through a village! Make the village center a lightning
rod! Our two main spots of attraction should be the Village Store and Center,
because when you attack them, ALL of the village's worshippers come back from
the temple!
--Hmm.. Decisions decisions. Pig or Old Man Ralph? So hard.. I'll take Jonny
down there. Yes, teach your creature to eat villagers, but not in excess. If
he eats them all, then you have one less village(!)
--Don't get mad. Get even. Take a rock and strike a fireball on it. Throw it
into another village store, center, ect. Belief and sadistic pleasure. Score.
--Fight nasty. Before you and your enemy's Creaure meet, torch him with
fireball, lightning, and heal your own Creature. It'll make the fight much
easier for you.
--Beat the snot out of Giganto here for cuddling a villager. No he's not your
friend! He's lunch damnit!
--A great way for belief and Evil points is taking the Leash of Aggression and
attatching it to an enemy Village Store/Center! Let the fun begin...
--Feed the masses! Yeah, feed 'em poisen. Have your Creature grab a red
mushroom and chuck it into the Village Store! The grain should turn green and
anybody who eats from it will become sick and die! Muahahaha!
I didn't play evil too much, so any tips here would be appreciated!
E. The Leashes
You may be the best creature handler out there, and would nothing without the
leashes. Each leash can be used in the same way, but will have a different
effect on the Creature depending on the leash; The Leash of Learning(I'll also
call it the Rope Leash), the Leash of Compassion, and the Leash of Aggression.
How to use
All three leashes are found at your temple afer Sable the Creature Trainer in
Land 1 teaches you the basics. Redundancy takes over here, so I'll explain
how to use them. (Well, redundancy and the fact that I'm sitting in my
girlfriend's bed waiting for her to get off of school, so I guess boredom
is another reason)
To select a leash you can either manually go to your temple's creature pen and
select which one you want, or you can do the Gesture. The Leash Gesture is
a square spiral going clockwise going in. From there, you can choose which
leash to use. The Rope Leash is a curved E, the Leash of Compassion is a
heart (who'da thunk it?) and the Leash of Aggression is a tight series of
lines going up and down. After casting the Gesture, your Creature will be
automaticly leashed, no matter where he is. Another way to leash the Creature
is to click the Action Button on your Creature with a leash selected. To get
the Creature off the leash, shake your hand left and right quickly. No, in the
game, you idiot!
To move your Creature, get him on the leash, click the action button on
passable ground, and the Creature will pick the best path to get there. Double
click to make him run.Another way is to physically tug on the leash in the
direction you want him to move. The only time I use this is when I have a
miracle ready to cast and I don't want to uncast it to move the Creature
about.
To leash the Creature to something, simply double click the object. You can
also adjust the length of the leash using the action button. It will grab the
leash where you clicked, and you can hold it down and adjust the length to
however long you want. It'll also tell your Creature to move there. For a fun
time, attatch the Creature to a small child using the Leash of Aggression.
Cable? Screw that! The Creature interact with whatever he's leashed to in
relations with his attitude. If attatched to a tree, he might pick it up, and
carry it around wherever he wants to go. If attatched to a house, he might
destroy the house until theres nothing for the leash to be attatched to.
The Rope Leash
The Rope Leash is the one that you will be using the most during the first
two lands. The Leash of Learning is used mainly for *gasp* Learning! Funny
how stuff like that seems to work out. The Rope Leash also has another use,
but I'll get to that in a minute.
However, you creature won't learn diddly if he isn't paying close
attention to your action. The trick to this is to encourage the "Your Creature
wants to mess around with you" message. The result will be "Your Creature will
pay more attention to you". Score. Do this just enough so that your Creature
will stop doing whatever he's doing when your hand comes around, and then go
right back to doing his own thing. The first step to teaching the Creature is
complete.
You can use the Rope leash to teach your creature miracles. If you use another
leash, the Creature will have less of a chance to pick up a percentage of the
miracle. When your Creature is looking at you, cast the miracle in the correct
way. (Ex. Water on a field.) The Creature will then show a lightbulb hovering
over his head with a percentage. This percentage is how much your Creature has
learned the miracle. Make sure there is a good 10-15 second delay between
castings, or your Creature may not pick it up the second time.
Another less-known and useful technique for the Rope Leash is to make your
Creature act his alignment. Why may this be useful? It all comes down to how
much more you need to pound the concepts of good and evil into his skull.
Your turtle may be as bright as Woodstock, but deep down, he may have the
aching to do some maiming. Let him loose on the Rope Leash, and if he scorches
a Creche, beat the ever-loving sh*t out of him. Hmm... Beating the stuffing
out of someone to encourage a principle... Didn't Hitler's Nazi Party do
something like this? Whatever. MOVING ON!
The Leash of Compassion
This is, in my opinion, the least useful leashes of the three. However, it
does have its own uses. The Leash of Compassion forces your Creature to
behave nicely. You can be assured that while wearing this leash, your village
is relatively safe. Yet, accidents happen, and sometimes it's your Creature's
fault. Keep this in mind while using this leash.
The Leash of Compassion can be used for certain quests, such as the drowning
villagers or the child-stealing pedophile of Land 1. For some reason, the
Creature seems to be more inclined to eat the patrons of these quests, even
if they have been taught not to. For this reason, the leash can be used to
discourage this behavior.
Another use of the Leash of Compassion is to tie your Creature up to the
Village Center or Store to help around the village. The best use for this is
gaining the influence of enemy or neutral villages. However, you shouldn't
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