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From: cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "The Bartman" Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Chaos "Bridge" Room Help Wanted (Spoilers)
Message-ID: <52916@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 91 19:06:21 GMT
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Har, thar be spoilers ahead, matey!

schur@isi.edu (Sean Schur) writes:
< I am having problem in the "bridge" room. This is near the room with the
< fireballs flying back and forth and the "prove you're a wizard" room.
< 
< First of all, when you first enter the "prove you're a wizard" room, to
< on the right wall is a button. However, I have found no way to get to
< the square with the button on it. Anyone have any ideas? The square
< which the button is opens up a pit when you step into the room.

This switch can only be accessed from the 'other side'.  After you have
proven you are a wizard (by catsing the appropriate spell), you will
teleport to a space beyond the current chamber.  Once you have opened
the way back in (more on this later), you can press the switch, and it
opens a section of wall which lets you pass the room without triggering
the pits.  Unfortunately, there is a hidden trigger which re-closes the
wall, too.

< Secondly, after passing the "bridge", I am stuck. There is a keyhole for,
< what looks like, a winged key. But I don't have the key and don't know
< where to get it. The hint oracle is supposed to tell you where you can
< find the key if you stand in from of it, however, that doesn't work here.
< Other than the keyhole there is a cul-de-sac with three buttons in it and
< a scroll. The scroll says "press westward". If I press the button on the
< west wall, nothing happens. As a matter of fact, no matter which button
< I press, nothing seems to happen. When I consult the hint oracle here it
< says that the scroll maps out which secret doors are opened by which 
< buttons. I don't get it. The scroll only says "press westward" and I
< can't find any doors opening up. Also there is a key in a wall nook
< beyond a pit and what looks like two green buttons on another wall
< beyond more pits. How do I get to these things? They only way I have 
< found out of this area it a button which opens a wall to a stairway down 
< to the cistern.But there doesn't seem to be anything down in the cistern 
< worth worrying about. 
< 
< Any help about this area would be greatly appreciated.

This area had me stuck for quite a while.  There is the winged-keyhole,
what appears to be a key in a cut-out in a wall, an alcove with three
switches, SEVERAL hidden pits, two green buttons, a floor plate, and
two illusionary walls.  Sounds fun, huh?

The solution is in two parts.  First, in the alcove, there is the
scroll which reads 'Press Westward'.  If you press the eastern-most
switch, then turn left, and press the northern switch, then turn and
press the western switch, it opens a section of wall leading back to
the 'Prove you are a wizard' room (see above).  Repeating the process
closes the wall again.

Second, if you throw something across the pits onto the floor plate (to
the west of the 'Press Westward' alcove), one of the pits will close,
allowing you to pass through the illusionary walls.  You can now reach
the green buttons.  I'm not sure exactly what the different
combinations of these buttons might produce, but, by pressing the right
one first, then the left one, you will close the pit in front of the
cut-out containing the winged key.  The key opens a section of wall
leading to more stairs, leading both up and down.

Oh, did I mention that there are several flying-snake regeneration
squares?  And of course, taking the winged key generates quite a few
more.  Better have lots of anti-venom potions and fireballs handy.

Regards,
Chris

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