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From: smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith)
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Subject: Re: Pool of Radiance help
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Date: 6 Mar 91 17:58:47 GMT
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In article <17803@milton.u.washington.edu> iho@akbar.UUCP (Il Oh) writes:
>I'm in the Textile house.  I freed the guy's servant but my party was
>full and he couldn't join.  I'm assuming that I need to bring this guy
>back.  The stupid thing is that I didn't save the game before I got this
>guy.  The only earlier saved game I have is the one after I finished 
>Sokol Keep.  Is it possibble to find this guy again?  He's not where
>he was the first time.

I doubt that you need to get him to join the party.  There are
several people in Pool of Radiance that join your party for a
short time, then leave.  I found out in the end it's better not
to have NPC's in your party because they end up doing STUPID
things in battle (like getting killed or hurting your own
characters).

In the sequel, Curse of the Azure Bonds, there is only one time
that it is beneficial to welcome people into your party, and that
lasts only a couple of hours and they are still not NEEDED to win
the game.

I wouldn't worry about.  There are many "forks in the road" in this
game that keep you from seeing it all anyway.  Several times I
thought I had made a wrong decision, so I went back to a previous
save and tried all the different options and found out that the
result was the same, just a few things were different in getting
to that result.  If you do something really stupid, the worst thing
that can happen is that you lose time or you lose the chance in
finding another message--none of which is absolutely crucial.

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