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From: draphsor@portia.Stanford.EDU (Matt Rollefson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Hints for Theldrow
Message-ID: <1990Aug5.192236.14356@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 5 Aug 90 19:22:36 GMT
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Hmm...  I've played the game, and while I agree with most of what's been
said about the order the upstairs stuff should be done, I disagree about
the downstairs.

In the underground caverns, the first place you want to go (from the
grain room) is out, left, then *right*.  This gets you to a room with an
ogre - he's easy to kill, and has fifty gold.  Enough to allow you to
rest up a couple nights.  (Oh yeah - the inn gets more expensive as you
get more experienced.)  Then go beyond him to the ratmen - kill the
ratmen first (you can choose which monster to attack) so they'll stop
summoning giant rats.  Then there's an owlbear - he's tough, but he
guards a chest with eight gems, three potions, and a special piece of
the main puzzle of the game.

Hope this helps.  It's a fun game.  I did all of the first version except
the final puzzle (I *still* want to know just how that works...  Anyone
with hints, please e-mail.)  Now that the new version is out (and old
characters aren't compatible...  grrr...), I guess it's time to work on
it for another several days...  :)

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Draphsor vo'drun-Aelf                  draphsor@portia.stanford.edu