nagel@paris.ics.uci.edu (Mark Nagel) (01/16/90)
This reply contains a few minor spoilers. Read on only if you don't care... Also contains admonishments to pirates. Don't read if you approve of pirating. bmwu@athena.mit.edu (Benson M. Wu) writes: > 1) I can't say the right word with the 2 ghosts on Sokoal Island. > Can someone tell me what they are or how to get the hint > for the right words to say? > 2) I can't decipher the scroll at the entrance to the Sokoal Island. > It looks like Egyptian and half of the scroll is eaten away. If you haven't bought the game (i.e., pirated it) then you don't have the decoder wheel, so tough. I'm sure that if you lost it, SSI would probably replace it if you showed you bought the game. > 3) How do I read or make use of the Proclaimations posted outside > the city hall? And how can I obtain a commission from > the city hall clerk? I was able to kill the gang in the > catacomb and obtain a commission reward afterward, but is > there anyway to obtain commission voluntarily? The text of proclamations, tavern tales, and journal entries are in the "Adventurers Journal" (sic) booklet that comes with the game. > 4) I encountered Wight and Ghouls which are just terrible monsters. > Wight can drain your level and experience points. Ghouls > can paralyze you. I tried holy water, shield spell, crosses, > but nothing helps much. Only when my cleric turns them, does > that help, but that only helps once in the beginning of the > battle and it scares the monsters away. If I can't kill them > I can't get points. I want to nail them bad. Also, is there > any armor or protective spell I could use to protect my man > from these type of monsters? Nope, but there are plenty of restoration scrolls around, especially in the graveyard... These guys are tough and it's a pain even with the scrolls, since being restored only puts you 1 EP over the start of the next higher level. Real fun when you were only a few thousand away from going up again... I also think I found a bug in the game (or my knowledge of AD&D is slipping). If you fully cure someone and then use restoration, the old hit points do not come back. My NPC HERO who used to be 5th level/43hp is now 5th level/28hp. Ouch. > 5) I cleaned out the slums pretty well, I got the potion for Ohlo the > magician, I killed the orcs family and the leaders of monsters > in various families, but I still can't get the commission > reward from the City Hall. What am I missing? The fortune > teller woman? the smelly stable? If that's all you got, there's a lot more. There's a monster leaders area and also a bunch of trolls! > 6) Also, what is the significance of journal entry 50, or other > journal entires? Buy the game. You'll be glad... This is one of the only forms of copy protection I approve of. I can copy the game anywhere I like, but it's useless without the decoder wheel. How are you even getting into the game? Did someone make you up a table of symbols and passwords? Or do you actually have the wheel and haven't read the instructions enough to know how to look up journal entries, etc.? Buy the game -- even with it's horrid interface, it's well worth the $40 I paid for it. I have played well over 50 hours already and see no end in sight (yet). -- Mark Nagel UC Irvine Department of ICS +----------------------------------------+ ARPA: nagel@ics.uci.edu | You are in a twisty maze of little | UUCP: ucbvax!ucivax!nagel | newsgroups, all looking alike. |