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Duh. I just missed it being in such plain sight. Thanks

Given that no-one else has commented, I must be missing something... how do I get in? None of the doors drop, the adjacent servile has no relevant conversation paths, and there does not appear to be a key/lever/whatever anywhere in the area....? Thanks!

Disclaimer: I didn't find anything too hard; I was *delighted* to find some difficulty. That said, the two most difficult-at-the-time were the fiery demons in the bat cave (because I tried to do them too early; but heck, it was just bats and rats down there, right?) and the slime-summoning Slith leader (Tsschik or something?) because I failed to manage his hp to avoid being too swarmed by threshold-triggered summons.

Yes - but once I got to the Spire Fort without thinking about it, I figured I was caught red-'anded, guv'nor. Would have been nice for Dexter to hear about the capture, I guess, is all. No big deal.

Yeah, I realise. I would like to go beat up Dexter for sending me into the abyss with dubious herbs, too, but there's no option for us to even discuss their seizure. Oh well.

OK, another minor point. But should not the mage (in Patrick's Tower, I believe) who is searching *especially* for information on Smite at least _notice_ when Ii am talking to her that I am holding said spear at the time?

Yep: the other two are both completed and rewarded, but still nothing from the Ward. Been back to the ruined keep, killed off the underground bandits ages ago. Looks like a bug to me; email Jeff?

Not exactly a real problem, but a surprise: Avernum is a battery/CPU *hog*! Not running Avernum, I get 4-5 hours on my MBP battery (web browser, Word, email, whatever). Start up Avernum and it goes to <1 hour, with Activity Monitor reporting constant >100% CPU usage, fan constantly on, and machine burning up. What on earth is it doing?

Huh. The quest text says 'Ward Allison of the spire has been tasked... ...report to Allison for a bounty.' There were some other raider quests that I've already ticked off, but this one looks pretty clear.. no?

OK, what am I missing? Ward Allison is not giving me a dialogue to complete this quest. I had already killed all the bandits before I got to her, but that's not usually an issue - am I missing something?

I was happy to see that the effort I went to to *not* kill off the village meant, in the endgame text, that they were noted as having occupied the fortress and survived.

Aha. Well, honestly, that was annoying; persistence is only punished. But a fairly mild annoyance, I guess. Edit: in fact done before above advice; but thanks nonetheless!

Tried the hansel & gretel approach of leaving 'breadcrumbs' - dropped food - and it's a 4-location cycle... but now what?

I second the stair frustration. Pretty sure that there are no hidden switches. Been down ten times, up ten times, tried two-down, one-up and other stuff. Could Nathalie not have left a clue?

Thanks. Don't know why I had that blindspot, but I did .