Geezer

I'm in the upper level of the Slith Temple trying to find the room with the alter. I've bumped into every wall around the square and back again. Need a hint as to where the blade is. (Must be a secret room somewhere ???)

So my suspicions were well founded and it's back to the drawing board with Patrick! Can I assume the purple book is not the source of the missing 3 letter word? OK, I got it, thanks for your help.

Randomizer, you were right with Athron, only the correct line, spoken first in the dialogue, gets the right response. And I got through to Aimee, OK and then to Erica, all gave me three-letter-nonsense words for their part of the p/w but Patrick keeps sending me to his office and the purple book, which in turn gives me a four word phrase, "the fort beckons anew"! This doesn't sound right but I'm going to Sulfras to try it out???

OK, Randomizer, thanks for the tips. I'll go back to Athron and persist. I'm assuming the Giant Castle is the same as the Giant Fort, as only the latter is shown on the world map (50)?

Two problems (so far!} in this quest. Been to Athron's cave but all I can get out of him is the 3rd level of Slow. Hard to believe this is the second part of the password, yes or no?? Second, how does one get to see Aimee? She appears to live at location G on the world map. G is surrounded by water and no boat available! Is there a secret tunnel that I can't find?? Any help would be appreciated.

Toby, I'm flabergasted! To say "This might help" is the understatement of the year! Many thanks.....

Re Avernum. Need some help in finding the entrance to the second level in my search for the metal triangles. Thanks....

Thanks, JS, I doubt if I'd ever have found it on my own. Guess somebody needs to do a re-edit job on the hint book!

I'm trying to locate the Ritual of Sanctification. The Book of Answers tells me it's at E on the Formello Map. But there is no m of F other than the map you can access when you are exploring the actual City. Now there is an E on the world map, north and a little west of F but there is nothing at that point except a flaming pyre which does not respond to any prods....? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the tips, guys, but with the forums down until just a while ago (since 7/03 here) I couldn't wait and went to the Pits. Got it ok.

I've switched over to the Romans side of the game and been through the Abandoned Mine twice. Found keys 1&2 the first time but 3 is playing hard to get! And while the walkthrough seems to favor the Celts and highlights the location of all three keys in the Goblin Pits for the Celts, it has nothing to say for the Romans and the Mine. My next move is to head North to the Pits but thought I'd ask first....? Thanks.

OK, you got me thinking, about the difference between the items, that is. So I went back to the CE and took note of the instructions. For the tablet I was told to use the first one, Add Special Item. So I tried the third instruction, which is Give Special Item, and left off the 1...worked perfectly! Thanks for the tip.

According to the Book of Answers I needed an amphora of wine from a barrel in the garden. Found it, put it in my inventory and made my way up to the top level to place, among other things, the skull who wants a drink first...I no longer have the wine and there is none to be found in the garden. No problem, right? I'll find out the item number from Synergy's list (166), use the character editor the way I did for Reptrakos' tablet and away we go....only it doesn't work! I followed the same steps subbing 166 for the former 35 followed by 1 so is there something I'm missing and it isn't as easy as I thought, or....?

Many thanks, Tyranicus, it worked fine. This is almost as much fun as playing the game!

That's beyond my knowledge at this point. Care to instruct me....

First thing I did was check my special item inventory...still no tablet. And I checked that code section..it's all where it is supposed to be. So what am I losing, couple of spells? I think I'll keep on going. Thanks, again.

Randomizer, just returned from implementing your changes, and they did the trick re opening the passageway. But no tablet for Reptrakos. To recap, the passage that was opened was off the n/e corner of a room that has two rectangular patterns of white bumps, down some white stairs to a smaller room w/3 statues, down more stairs to the north, turn west, kill the lizard, down the stairs to a still smaller room, west through a secret passage to a corpse on the floor...nothing to be found. Regardless, that was the first time I've changed data and enjoyed the challenge. Do you think I might have screwed it up some way? Thanks for the help.

We had just got to Reptrakos throneroom when some thug killed off Gobo. So I went back to the lizard room without him and no matter how many times I use piercing sight I can't find the passage that Gobo was supposed to point out...To complicate matters, I inadvertantly saved the game after Gobo was killed. So tell me, do I have to start over or is there a way to go back beyond the latest saved game? (Bear in mind I'm no computor whiz!)

Thanks, Tyranicus, I revisited the Hall and found recipe for Strength in the last of a row of three racks in the extreme n/w corner of the basement. Then I found a secret room off of the south wall of the first room, containing one rack with the recipe for Haste...but no Energy? Anyway, I'm two recipes up from when I started this thread, and that's a good thing! and now I know how to make potions! Save starting a new thread, is there anything interestig in the room in almost dead centre of the north wall of the basement? On the automap it has a blue floor with a firey cross in the centre and you can see a pedestal against the far wall. Trouble is, it's blocked by a locked metal gate. I'm assuming it takes a numbered key(?) know the number?

OK, I've got all the ingrediants and I know now how to make potions but I still have one roadblock. How do I get the "make potion window" display more than just the basic healing potion? It would be nice to make a few energy potions as well. My herbcraft level is more than enough and I have enough herbs so.....? Took another look at the help screen and see that it says "the character with the highest potion making skill..." will make the potion so I only have to buy this skill for one of my Team. This skill is not listed on my characters' data screens so I can't use the character editor to "adjust" it. Any hints on where to buy it?

Thanks for your interest, Randomizer, but I don't have a problem with finding herbcraft, it's with using it. So in my post just before yours was I right in concluding that I have to aquire the ability "make potion", somehow, prior to being able to make potions?

Thanks for the fast response, Tyranicus. I should have specified I was playing as a Celt using a PC. Back to "Herbcraft", since it is classified as a "Skill" with a level I used the Character Editor to artificially leverage it all the way up to "24"! It still does not show up under the Useful Skill section nor does anything else remotely resembling anything like it. Question-how high does it have to be? Question-what is it called when "it" appears? ie how will I regognize that I do have "it"? Just took another look at "help" and it looks like I've got to buy the ability "make potion" before I can go any further? If I'm wrong please let me know.....

Is the spell "Pass Portal" the equivalent to "Tool Use" in A4&5? I see where "Herbcraft" is listed under "Useful Skills" but how does one obtain it for one's Spell List, assuming that is what one needs in makeing potions...?

Is my face red! The darn thing's been there all along and I couldn't see it for looking! I've also learned how piercing sight works hand in hand with the automap so it's been quite an afternoon! Thanks again, Randomizer, I appreciate your patience. And, oh yes, I now have the third key!

A newbie question...how does one access the "automap"?