lee@quincy.cs.umass.edu (Peter &) (04/17/91)
I'm close to the end of Bard's Tale I (or so I believe), but I'm missing a crucial item. Any help locating it would be greatly appreciated: (Spoilers follow) I've made it into Kylearan's tower and I've found the crystal golem. In Harkyn's castle, there's a clue which implies the existance of a crystal sword, but I can't find one. Where is the crystal sword? In a perhaps related question, I am unable to get into Mangar's tower -- I can enter the door, but a Magic Mouth tells me that I can't enter the tower without Mangar. Is this something I should be able to do by this point in the game? Thanks in advance! -Peter Lee -- |- Peter E. Lee, Staff Assistant -| | Software Development Lab at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst | | lee@cs.umass.edu or Fuligin@umass.bitnet or (413) 256-1329 | "When you expect whistles, it's flutes. When you expect flutes, it's whistles"
jcc5_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jackson Cheng) (04/17/91)
In article <LEE.91Apr16140328@quincy.cs.umass.edu> lee@cs.umass.edu writes: >I'm close to the end of Bard's Tale I (or so I believe), but I'm missing a >crucial item. Any help locating it would be greatly appreciated: > >(Spoilers follow) > >I've made it into Kylearan's tower and I've found the crystal golem. In >Harkyn's castle, there's a clue which implies the existance of a crystal >sword, but I can't find one. Where is the crystal sword? > >In a perhaps related question, I am unable to get into Mangar's tower -- I can >enter the door, but a Magic Mouth tells me that I can't enter the tower >without Mangar. Is this something I should be able to do by this point in the >game? > > Thanks in advance! > -Peter Lee >-- Spoilers... Here's some hints that should help you... The Crystal Sword is on the first level of Harkyn's castle in the south-east region. Make sure that someone has a space to carry the item. It's guarded by a Jabberwock. Supposedly this is what you need to kill the Crystal Golem, although I believe that I killed it by other means. You need to find the wizard Kylearan in order to get to Mangar's Tower. And even then, you have to go through the sewers...but I think you know that. I just solved it last night. Good luck. Hope this helped. Jaxon.
jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) (04/18/91)
In article <13475@ur-cc.UUCP> jcc5_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jackson Cheng) writes: >In article <LEE.91Apr16140328@quincy.cs.umass.edu> lee@cs.umass.edu writes: >>I've made it into Kylearan's tower and I've found the crystal golem. In >>Harkyn's castle, there's a clue which implies the existance of a crystal >>sword, but I can't find one. Where is the crystal sword? > >Here's some hints that should help you... >The Crystal Sword is on the first level of Harkyn's castle in the south-east >region. Make sure that someone has a space to carry the item. It's guarded by >a Jabberwock. Supposedly this is what you need to kill the Crystal Golem, >although I believe that I killed it by other means. Even Worse Spoiler.... If I'm not mistaken, I believe that there is a short cut to get to this sword. It's been years since I played Bard's Tale and it was on a C-64, not a Mac so it might be different, but.... If this castle is the castle in which you have to kill the stone golems and the dragon to get into and has 3 levels (it is 3, right?), then there is a cheap trick to get the sword. The Actual Spoiler : When you first enter the castle, face west. Then do cast the spell that makes a wall disappear. I forget the spell name. You know which one I mean. When the wall disappears, ther should be a passageway. Go right, north that is, and follow the passageway. I believe it turns right after a bit. At the end of the passageway is the sword. These directions are probably a bit rusty, but try them out. That sword is really close to the entrance because of the warping effect. | J. Taggart Gorman Jr. | "I'm a no rust build up man myself." | | -Christian Slater | jtgorman@caslon.cs.arizona.edu | in 'Heathers'