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From: judd@boulder.Colorado.EDU (JUDD STEPHEN L)
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Subject: Re: Defeating Lord Chaos (SCATHING SPOILER FLAME)
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Date: 28 Aug 90 02:01:04 GMT
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In article <41388@sequent.UUCP> cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "I'm Outta Here, Man!" Seaman) writes:
>
>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.
('you' is not you, Chris, in the following paragraph)

YES!!!  RTFM!!!  Use your brain in this game!!!  I can't BELIEVE some of the
spoiler requests I've been seeing for Dungeon Master, also all the game cheats
available.  If you want a hcak and slash game go play Bard's Tale I & II.
The entire appeal of Dungeon Master is that it really makes you think, and
reason things out.  Why in the world would you just want to be told what
to do?  Give it a week or two, and then ask for a hint.  But a spoiler?
That's for Bard's Tale or something else, not DM.

Besides, for all you wondering about Lord Chaos, ask yourselves: how many
useless things have you found in the game, things without any use?  None.  So,
what do you suppose that 'flux' and 'fuse' could possibly mean, hmmm?  Probably
has some use.  Also, what do you suppose those scrolls in the library were
talking about when they told you to 'fluxcage' somebody and then fuse it?
Finally, the firestaff is obviously very powerful, fuse and flux must also be.
Once you think about it, the solution is fairly obvious.  That one only took
a few days to figure out, as opposed to some puzzles which easily took a
week or two, (and weren't very obvious at all, until you solved them).

Anyway, on to more meaningful stuff...

>
>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:

I don't think so - The way I zapped him was to get him into a corner, like
such:
____________
       ####&|___
     #######         (I don't remember the whole map)

Where # is a fluxcage, and & is Mr. Chaos himself.  I first built the
bottom row of fluxcages, then kept trying to cast a fluxcage on him, which
he would move out of, naturally.  Once he was in the corner, I fluxcaged him,
and then fused it.  Certainly not made of four fluxcages.  Are you sure
you didn't put a cage on him before fusing it?

>Chris (Insert phrase here) Seaman |   o\  /o                See

					-Steve
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