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From: nad@tegra.COM (Nancy Durgin)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
Message-ID: <2120@joker.tegra.COM>
Date: 28 Feb 91 23:25:07 GMT
References: <1991Feb28.164129.2828@cadence.com>
Reply-To: nad@joker.UUCP (Nancy Durgin)
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In article <1991Feb28.164129.2828@cadence.com> atul@cadence.com (Atul Srinivasan) writes:
>Thanks to all who replied to my previous question.
>
>This one is silly, but I must have missed something
>obvious. How do you open the gates which are all over
>the castle ? I have keys, but they never work. I
>assume that only certain types of keys will open
>the gates, but so far I've tried copper, iron, and
>chrome keys, and not a single gate has opened. 
>
>Since I can't seem to equip keys, I assume they do not
>need to be equipped to work. I've tried using every
>character I have, but still no luck. What gives ?
>
You just haven't found the right keys.  When you do find one, you will
probably know it (they tend to have names that give a clue to where they
are used, such as "Key of Spades", "Jailer Key", "Dungeon Key", etc.).

To use one, you just say "Use" from the main menu, when standing in front of
the gate, and then select the key.

Supposedly the copper & iron keys will open some of the "normal" doors in
the dungeon, but I preferred to pick those, to hone my character's skills,
so I never tried this.  The chrome keys are apparently good for something,
but I don't know what.

An important clue: In general, if an object is important, the game won't
let you drop it.  You will notice that you can drop the iron & copper
keys, but not the chrome keys.

>Also when a door is magically jammed, how does one
>open it ? 
>

Supposedly, once a door is jammed, only a knock-knock spell will open it.
Some doors are jammed because they can only be opened with specific means, 
such as a specific key, so both picking and knock-knock will say "jammed".

If I was trying to pick a lock and it got jammed, I just quit and
restored the game and tried again until I got it open.  I do that a
lot...  ;-)

	Nancy


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