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From: nad@tegra.COM (Nancy Durgin)
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Subject: Re: Help with Might and Magic II!!
Message-ID: <1283@joker.tegra.COM>
Date: 15 Aug 90 14:31:37 GMT
References: <1108@orange9.qtp.ufl.edu>
Reply-To: nad@joker.UUCP (Nancy Durgin)
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In article <1108@orange9.qtp.ufl.edu> sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland) writes:
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>	I have just found out that in some of the dungeons/caverns/
>castles in MM II certain characters are NOT allowed in.  For instance,
>in Peabody's Dungeon, Level One, the source I have says the "Humans
>should be left behind before entering this dungeoon" and that Knights
>and Paladins should be left behind.  In the Dark Keep, it says 
>"Bring many sorcerers here, for it is only they who can explore this
>dire castle".  Other restrictions apply to other places as well.  Now,
>for those of you who have played this game, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THESE
>RESTRICTIONS???  Do I have to have multiple characters of each class
>who are at high experience levels (just for survival) in EACH city
>(since I can only "trade" characters at INNS and each character can
>only be located in one of the cities)?  I have spent enough time just
>getting my 6 characters up to level 7.  I cannot imagine trying to keep
>3-4 of each type of character increasing their experience levels just so
>that I can have 4 sorcerers at Dark Keep or to replace my Paladins and
>Knights at Peabody's (let alone ALL of my HUMAN characters, regardless of
>class!).  This seems to me to be an almost impossible restriction to
>place on me for playing this game.  I cannot see going into Dark Keep
>with only my ONE sorcerer (the way my party is set up now).  Any help
>on how to work around these restrictions (to make the game more than
>just an excercise in keeping 20 different characters advancing in 
>experience) would be appreciated.
>


It really doesn't turn out to be a problem.  First, by the time you
are ready to take on those castles, you should have most of the
hirelings.  There are 3-4 characters of each class among the hirelings.
Bring them along.  Second, you are usually allowed to bring thieves into
any of those places that are limited by class.

I haven't played it in a while, but I did complete the cleric quest 
(Korak's tomb or something).  I went in with a party consisting of
5 clerics and 3 thieves.  Of these, at least half were hirelings.
It is really worth it, as you get a *lot* of experience for completing
the quest, and your low-level characters won't be low-level anymore,
by the time you are done.  If you don't have enough characters to fill
out the party, just create a 1st level one and send him along, and keep
him alive...

Might & Magic II seems to be a really excellent game.  The sound and
graphics are no great shakes, but the plot and playability is very high
(and also, it installs on a hard disk *and* runs on my 3000 under 2.0 --
what more could you ask?).

	Nancy


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