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From: hsu@cvl.UUCP (Dave Hsu)
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Subject: **SPOILER** Re: WIZARDRY questions.
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Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 11:42:34 EST
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> Just bought a game by SIR-TECH called WIZARDRY. (First Scenario: The Proving
> Grounds of the Mad Overlord.)
> But, I do have some questions for anyone reasonably familiar with the game:
> 
> - What level do my characters have to be to bring them into the second
>   scenario?
Sir-Tech (or somebody) recommended 13th level or higher just to survive.

> - What good are those silver keys you find near the boar statue in the
>   secret 1x1 room on the first level?
Don't remember precisely, there are many passages which can't be entered
without certain items.

> - Where does the Private Elevator (Use Button D and go to end of hall)
>   take you?  I've never had a gutsy enough party to use it.
Why, to the 4th floor.  A Blue Ribbon is needed to operate the other
elevator, which has access to levels 4-9 (getting to 10 takes minimal effort,
but lots of luck.

> - Is there any way to regenerate HPs without using up spells or leaving
>   the maze?
Nope.

> - My game generates 80-col mode letters (with spaces between) when I'm
>   not in the maze even using ESC CNTL-Q (to disable the 80-column card
>   on my //e) under DOS before booting it.  Can I do anything about that,
>   short of physically yanking the card?
Ditto.  This is a bug in the runtime pascal...it triggers 80 columns and
on a //e, this simply alternates page 1 with alternate memory.

> - I found the Control Center but can't control anything, what do I need
>   to do?
Don't remember precisely (finding the elevators makes life simple) but it
didn't seem too useful a room at the time.

For really desperate and bored players, a now famous bug is to create a
bishop (generate oh, say 27 or so extra points to distribute, and load
up intelligence, wisdom, and piety), go into the dungeon, and try to 
identify item 9.  (yes i know, there are only 8 items)  When you succeed
(you will eventually) you get 1,000,000,000 (give or take a few zeros)
experience, enough (typically) for well over 100 levels.  This cheat
recommended only for people who want to mess with, oh, say the Tiltowait
spell (small nuclear explosion, only affects monsters).	

Good luck, and watch those teleporters.


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