Only use this file if you are stuck * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *********************************************** You can find a better weapon right away by looking under the kitchen table drinking from the jug of wine will heal you instantly drinking water from the chalice will heal 5 hit points read all of the books in the library to learn about how the game works balthazar keeps a book in his desk that will suggest some strategies, but some pages are missing. you can only read the book if you are wearing balthazar's spectacles the spectacles will also allow you to see some hidden details around the castle one of the missing pages can be found easily be looking under rhiannon's mattress the other can be acquired by reading the runes in uzume's room, but only if you've read her tome putting both missing pages back in balthazar's book will allow you to read the last page use the sedate spell on your first victims, sleeping mages are easy to hit your fireflies can aid you in battle don't go into the west most part of the library if balthazar is still alive in his room don't go into the dungeon nmaze unless you can fly, have the jailor's key, or have a waypoint in the castle *********************************************** Balthazar go after balthazar or lilith first balthazar is easier to defeat if you sedate him first and summon your fireflies to help you you have to damage balthazar enough to make him panic and flee before he gets a chance to make you fall down the trap door. its okay to cheat, if balthazar drops you through the trap-door, you should undo of you don't want to cheat, you can escape the jail cell by searching the wall, but you'll still be stuck in the dungeon maze unless you can fly, teleport, or have the jailor's key *********************************************** Lilith if you sedate lilith before she becomes aggressive you can fight her homunculus killing her homunculus will cause lilith damage killing lilith will instantly kill her homunculus after killing the homunculus attack lilith, she can't charm you if you are fighting her use her key to unlock her wardrobe to get her tome her armor is useful, the rest of her clothing is worthless use stoneskin and fly to improve your armor class animate anything that looks remotely human you can enscribe sigils on your golems to summon them, if you have read the summoning tome *********************************************** Uzume one way to defeat her is hit and run, attack her and then run away until her elemental dissipates you can also charm her elementals if you have read the summoning tome once she has no elementals, uzume is weak in combat when she teleports away, she appears in her room, fight her there to keep her from escaping don't summon sacrificed monsters until you need them, they have a limited duration remember! any elemental that uzume didn't summon can be summoned by you! usually this is only the water and air elementals *********************************************** Loge don't fight loge until you are very strong, or let another mage get him his chest key opens the chest in his room you can only read one of the five chapters, they each have different strengths and weaknesses you can only train by fighting the dummy once. use it wisely *********************************************** Rhiannon don't fight rhiannon until you are very strong, or let another mage get her when you are entangled, you are very easy to hit when you defeat her wear her talisman for protection earth magic makes for very powerful weapon or armor use the 'health' spell to compare new weapons, armor, and spells *********************************************** Ardashir wear the glasses in the west most room of the great library in order to see the secret book push the book to open the book case, this leads to the treasury picking up any treasure will awaken the dragon ice magic is particularly effective against the dragon charmed monsters are better to use against ardashir than summoned monsters place waypoints in the treasury and the throne room, that way you can teleport to pursue ardashir when he flees remember to banish ardashir's elementals the jabberwock's sword, or the light magic from loge's book will do extra damage to ardashir the shadow magic from loge's book reduce any damage taken by you from ardashir's attacks