Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!noao!arizona!jtgorman From: jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Bard's Tale I Help needed Message-ID: <1423@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> Date: 17 Apr 91 22:47:29 GMT References: <13475@ur-cc.UUCP> Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson Lines: 38 In article <13475@ur-cc.UUCP> jcc5_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jackson Cheng) writes: >In article lee@cs.umass.edu writes: >>I've made it into Kylearan's tower and I've found the crystal golem. In >>Harkyn's castle, there's a clue which implies the existance of a crystal >>sword, but I can't find one. Where is the crystal sword? > >Here's some hints that should help you... >The Crystal Sword is on the first level of Harkyn's castle in the south-east >region. Make sure that someone has a space to carry the item. It's guarded by >a Jabberwock. Supposedly this is what you need to kill the Crystal Golem, >although I believe that I killed it by other means. Even Worse Spoiler.... If I'm not mistaken, I believe that there is a short cut to get to this sword. It's been years since I played Bard's Tale and it was on a C-64, not a Mac so it might be different, but.... If this castle is the castle in which you have to kill the stone golems and the dragon to get into and has 3 levels (it is 3, right?), then there is a cheap trick to get the sword. The Actual Spoiler : When you first enter the castle, face west. Then do cast the spell that makes a wall disappear. I forget the spell name. You know which one I mean. When the wall disappears, ther should be a passageway. Go right, north that is, and follow the passageway. I believe it turns right after a bit. At the end of the passageway is the sword. These directions are probably a bit rusty, but try them out. That sword is really close to the entrance because of the warping effect. | J. Taggart Gorman Jr. | "I'm a no rust build up man myself." | | -Christian Slater | jtgorman@caslon.cs.arizona.edu | in 'Heathers'