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From: cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "I'm Outta Here, Man!" Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Defeating Lord Chaos (MAJOR DM END-GAME SPOILER)
Message-ID: <41388@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 27 Aug 90 17:29:48 GMT
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Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR
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OK, this is gonna hurt a bit (we're talkin' mega-spoilers here)...


a481@mindlink.UUCP (J.D. Frazer) writes:
< The Firestaff has two functions that must be used to trap Lord Chaos. I
< believe they're called FLUX and FUSE. Every time you cast a FLUX, a yellow
< magical cage appears in the space in front of you. Chaos really hates
< staying in these, so he'll move out of one if he can.
< 
< The functions of the Firestaff used to 'defeat' Lord Chaos are Fluxcage and
< Fuse.
< 
< FUSE is what you have to do to trap Chaos in a FLUX. Problem is, he'll back
< out of a FLUX everytime you FUSE him. Real pain in the butt.
< 
< There are two methods I can think of to trap him. Cast a whole pile of
< FLUXes, maybe 3 deep by 3 wide with Chaos in the middle. You can step into
< a FLUX with no problem. FUSE the FLUX that Chaos is in and he's
< trapped....game over. This is how I did it. Seems that a plethora of FLUXes
< right next to each other will result in the FUSE spell fusing the whole lot
< of 'em. I may be wrong.
< 
< The only other method is to trap him into one of those little corners on
< the 14th level that have only one way out. I haven't done this, and it
< appears very difficult to do.
< 
< Just go crazy with the FLUX spell. Your firestaff seems to have infinite
< energy so cast like crazy, even at random. Remember that the FLUXes have a
< life of about twenty (?) seconds.
< 
< Good Luck.

The thing to remember is that you are not actually trying to kill Chaos.
If you read (and correctly interpret) the story that comes with the game,
you will understand that the purpose of the game is to restore balance to
the universe.  Lord Chaos is in fact the chaotic half of your master.
Order, the other half, is waiting outside the dungeon in case you get the
idea to try leaving.

Your job is to 'fuse' these two halves together again.  This is both simple
and difficult.  What you must do is build a fluxcage, and lure Chaos (you
CANNOT trap him) into it.  Once inside, invoking Fuse from the Firestaff
will restore him to his former self, and win the game.  A fluxcage must
consist of (at least) four flux walls, arranged as follows:

                                 ~~~~~~
                                 ~~~~~~
                                 ~~~~~~
                                 ~~~~~~
                           ~~~~~~      ~~~~~~
                           ~~~~~~ Open ~~~~~~
                           ~~~~~~Square~~~~~~
                           ~~~~~~      ~~~~~~
                                 ~~~~~~
                                 ~~~~~~
                                 ~~~~~~
                                 ~~~~~~

Building this cage is easy.  Luring Chaos onto the open square in the
center before the walls disappear is the difficult part.  Adding more flux
walls won't hurt, but it won't help, either.  It simply adds confusion (is
he in a fluxcage here?  How about over there?  Perhaps there?).

Hope this helps.

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