Tenderfoot Thahd Wrath_of_Achilles Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 I read the book in Khoth's ruins. It said I know how to translate the scrolls now. Great. So I go back to Fort Monastery and talk to Lark. I tell her I know how to translate the scrolls and she says something along the lines of 'Then do it! Please! THe suspense is killing me!' And that's it. Nothing more I can say to her other then 'So you're a hedge wizard?' and 'What services do you offer' What gives? How do I translate the scrolls? Please help me out if you care anything about a poor young hedge wizard's life. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Ziggy Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 After so much time has past its hard to remember that the scrolls you need to translate are still back in his apartment in the northWEST part of town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Wrath_of_Achilles Posted January 16, 2006 Author Share Posted January 16, 2006 Ooooooooooooooooh!! It's all coming back to me now! How stupid of me. Thanks a bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Of course, Lark is still pretty annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 You make a copy of the scrolls to take to smart people far from Fort Monastery. Why can't you just translate those right in front of her? If she were really a good hedge wizard, she'd want to learn how to translate them herself and broaden her knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Actually, you only make a copy of a small portion of the text on the scrolls. I suppose your point still stands, in that that portion could still be translated in front of her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 I almost mad this same topic. Stupid Lark. For such a massive quest you should get a better reward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Wrath_of_Achilles Posted January 16, 2006 Author Share Posted January 16, 2006 I was actually rather suprised when I found it was a spell. I thought it would have something to do with the plot, since you get the quest so early. Like...they would say that Oliver is really Dorikas or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 I was a little bit annoyed by that quest. I pushed straight on to the end from Khoth's lair and never made it back to Fort Monastery for the reward. Then I decided to finish every quest, so I went back and translated the scrolls and did other things. Then I realized that I never talked to Lark after translating the scrolls, so that was the last quest I completed. It's more irritation than it's worth. —Alorael, who also does not like that iron bars quest. It's the only quest that can't be completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Maybe if the bar-man Dawdy was trapped in his smithy by hundreds of iron-bars he wouldn't want any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I kept hoping that eventually you'd get a response, "Wow! You have now brought me every %&§°!! iron bar in Avernum! You can stop now. And here's a cookie for each of you!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Boy, do *I* smell a pointless challenge. "How many iron bars can you collect over the entire game?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Contra Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I collected all Shaper Equipment in G3 on the first three islands, only to sell them on the fourth in a quest. I got 89 sets, giving me 3560 gold and 356 xp. I found the xp reward kinda low, to be frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish spidersilk Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 I have a related question to this - by the time I clued in that I had to tell Lark I couldn't translate the scrolls and then get sent a new quest to talk to the sage in Formello, the shade had come to Formello and the sage wouldn't talk any more. Is there some way I can still complete this quest, or am I out of luck? Does the shade go away eventually, or is it always there after a certain point? I tried leaving the city and doing other things and then coming back, but the stupid shade is still there. I even made a very ill-advised attempt to kill it, but I imagine you can all guess how well that went... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Quote: Originally written by spidersilk:Does the shade go away eventually, or is it always there after a certain point? The shade moves semi-randomly between Silvar and Formello. Also, you can eventually kill the shade, which is another way of making it go away. (In fact, by the time you finally finish the translation quest, you may well have killed the shades already. But you won't be doing either for a long time yet.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 The shades can move every time you load a new outdoor section. The easiest way to make that happen is to take the nearest pylon to Fort Avernum and then go right back. If you haven't visited Fort Avernum yet, you'll have to leave Formello and come back, but you actually have to travel a fair distance away from the city. I'm not sure quite how far, but if everything freezes for a moment after you take a step you've probably just experienced section loading. —Alorael, who spent more time than he would like to think about jumping in and out of pylons to rearrange shades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.