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From: rogue@cellar.UUCP (Rogue Winter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Knights of the living Deth
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Date: 29 Mar 91 16:30:21 GMT
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Stewart McKinnon writes:

> I think you are confusing the area that you come to AFTER passing 
> the 'dead end'- this is the spot where there IS a button that opens 
> the wall leading down to the DRAGONS DEN - but the way you are desribing 
> it, it sounds like you find this button BEFORE getting past the 
> 'deadend'! It's NOT possible to get on the other side of the DETH
> KNIGHTS and back to the 'golem room' as you describe. Moreover, you 
> will encounter another set of DETH KNIGHTS if you return to the KU 
> CORBUM doorway, and step on the same spot. So, you will have to fight 
> another bunch - be prepared! Just thought I'd clarify this. 

Confused? No.  Unclear? Yes, I suppose so.

   I was not considering the first barrier in the corridor to be the dead 
end.  (In fact, I had nearly forgotten about it.)  I was referring to the 
"actual" dead end long after the wall had disappeared, hence all my 
references to the bends in the corridor.

The actual map looks something like:

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ZZ                                                                        |
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------|   
#######################################################################|   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|   |
|                                                                          |
|   |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   |#######################################################################
|   |------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          BB                                     DKA                  |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|to G |

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

                         |^^|  
|-----------------.------|@@|--------------------------------------------
|                                                                      ZZ
|------------------------------------------------------------------------

Where ZZ=the teleporter, BB=the barrier, DKA=Deth Knights Appear
~~~~ represents map sections ignored, .=the button, @@=disappearing wall,
^^=stairway down.

Entering the first section of long corridor, you are given the admonishemt 
"DEAD END."  As you progress down the corridor, the Deth Knights appear 
behind you.  The barrier will hold for a while, forcing you to fight the 
Knights in the short section of corridor.  After a while (I haven't found any 
correlation why), the barrier will disappear: just keep facing the knights, 
hit them with everything you've got, and trying to back up.  I like to stay 
three paces ahead of them when possible and use industrial-strength 
fireballs.

When you reach the teleport squares, if you haven't killed the knights 
already, wait there until they disappear.  They will keep going down the 
corridor and appear behind you.  Then you can back them out toward the 
entrance again.  (I have found that you can safely sleep in the two teleport 
squares.)  After killing the knights, find the button that opens the 
stairway, and go down to the Dragon Den.

'nuf said?