tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post3677932682122497691..comments2024-03-28T04:44:28.648-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: SwordThrust: Walked Through!CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51811187849042713522022-09-22T00:49:47.538-04:002022-09-22T00:49:47.538-04:00The last adventure is very hard, but the puzzles a...The last adventure is very hard, but the puzzles are easier than it serms. It's hard because a lot of powerful enemies have so much armor that you only damage them when you score a critical hit, so you need every possible friend with you to make more attacks per round (Jim, Marduk and the Salamander). The other difficulty, aside from the complicated map, is that thera are a lot of items scatered around, most of them without a real purpose, and I think their purpose is just that, to confuse you.<br /><br />Tha only puzzle you didn't solve was how to destroy the stone. If you remember the blackboard about the four elements and the tools of their related colors (black, red, white, yellow), they refer to the two sceptres (ebony, ivory) and the two wands (copper, brass). When you have the four items in your inventory you get the message "You feel a surge of power go up your arm!” and then when you get the stone (with the tongs, of course), you destroy it automatically. The funny thing is that you don't get any reward for doing it, but if you end the adventure with the stone, you sell it for 10.000 gold pieces.<br /><br />And one last thing, the Elixer Vitae is not only a healing potion, it raises permanently your Hardiness and Agility by 2 points, and your Fatigue by 25. Oh, and the plate armour the master alchemist is wearing absorbs 10 damages and it only substracts -20% to hit (better yet, it is bugged and substracts --20%, or nothing at all).Exploradorrpghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491422055928443184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2073785650579934032022-09-20T21:03:25.271-04:002022-09-20T21:03:25.271-04:00Two adventures more, only one to go.
I can confir...Two adventures more, only one to go.<br /><br />I can confirm (looked for all text arrays in the source code) that the only way to beat the score in the fifth adventure is by using the POWER spell or by having an incredibly high charisma (the extra gold obtained is the key). There is nothing to do with the painting, wraith or wand.<br /><br />About the sixth adventure, all three final encounters against the guardians have a trick. If you give the olive branch to the first guardian, he let you go with an advice about your "friends". If you rest while confronting the second guardian, nobody attacks and the war dogs (they appear randomly) become pussycats, so you can easily kill the guardian while surviving the other attackers, whom will be friendly again after combat (even the pussycats). Against the third guardian you don't have to fight at all, only open the box four times in a row while surviving the attacks (with some friend it is easy). At least with the golden bra and a large shield (5 damage absortion) and victory's javelin (one handed 3d5 damage) it was not difficult to survive.Exploradorrpghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491422055928443184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64885787010511328462022-09-19T17:11:37.819-04:002022-09-19T17:11:37.819-04:00Two adventures more done. In the third I rescued H...Two adventures more done. In the third I rescued Harold unarmed, then I managed to divide the kidnappers by fleeing, then BLASTed one to the death and used his sword to fight the rest one by one, but I had to use save states. I could not beat the dragon.<br /><br />In the fourth adventure there is a secret tunnel below the castle (the entrance is behind the castle exterior). There are 8 assassins in the adventure, and the ones yet alive are there with his fee: 5.000 gold coins. The butler goes there if you don't kill him in one hit. There are some wolves, another Burma Shave style ad, a tangler, and a secret button to cage it that activates a new verb to use for the adventure: PRESS. This is curious, it is not listed when you type "?" until the button is discovered.<br /><br />https://exploradorrpg.wordpress.com/juegos/the-case-of-the-sultans-pearl/Exploradorrpghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491422055928443184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65250570369166951552022-09-17T22:45:47.780-04:002022-09-17T22:45:47.780-04:00I have played the first two adventures. Your walkt...I have played the first two adventures. Your walkthrough was very useful, but your map of the first adventure has something wrong if you compare with this one (the "T" room should be directly west of the "S" room):<br /><br />https://eamon.wiki/images/1/11/The_King%27s_Testing_Ground_map.jpg<br /><br />About the second adventure, I think you misses a corridor north of the vampire to his storeroom and secret treasury, with the best treasures of the adventure (not counting equipment) and a trap:<br /><br />https://exploradorrpg.wordpress.com/juegos/the-vampyre-caves/Exploradorrpghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491422055928443184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40722018291825093982016-05-23T04:35:33.509-04:002016-05-23T04:35:33.509-04:00I had a bit of trouble with my Blogger account rec...I had a bit of trouble with my Blogger account recently, so I hope I'm not double posting anything. Anyways, I was wondering if I missed the interview with Andrew Schultz that was mentioned here. Can't seem to find it in the upcoming posts and I was really looking forward to it.Mysteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592563885063548117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38135856221637209982014-01-29T11:54:05.389-05:002014-01-29T11:54:05.389-05:00This is fantastic. Thanks so much for commenting a...This is fantastic. Thanks so much for commenting and helping me fill in those additional holes. I'll try to replay those sections and update the walkthrough when I get a chance.<br /><br />You're right that I was way over-thinking the last module. I should have realized that the game mechanics didn't support anything as complex as I was envisioning.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46537883467740666772014-01-27T22:52:33.506-05:002014-01-27T22:52:33.506-05:00ALL OF ALCHEMIE: I think you got caught up in the ...ALL OF ALCHEMIE: I think you got caught up in the idea that you had to mix ingredients, alchemist style. I think that's a red herring. The solution turned out to be much simpler. When you first meet the salamander (Room J), he says he is cold, and needs something to warm him up. GIVE the brazier (from room M) to the Salamander and he becomes your friend. He is a powerful ally, and with him you can beat anyone (just make sure to heal him and your other allies between battles). With him, I killed the griffin, the the Ursus Horrbilis, and the black scorpion with little difficulty. There was nothing on their bodies, just the items on the ground you already listed in the room descriptions. I killed the kobold in Room 5, too. He carries a “long handled hammer that is well suited for use as a weapon.” It is a war hammer. There are 3 exits from the kitchen (5). South takes you to the pantry, where you can loot a Silver Service, which is heavy. West takes you to a larder (empty) and north to the scullery (empty). The black scorpion guards an aspergillium (which counts as a weapon of sorts, although it only does 1 point of damage), a ceremonial knife, and a mandrake root. Next, the master alchemist carries plate armour and sword called Brightsword. This weapon has a Complexity rating of 30%, does 3d6 damage and is only one handed. My character had a 108% chance to hit with it. Compare this to Excalibur, which has a Complexity rating of 25%, does 2d8 damage, and is two handed. My character had a 103% to hit with Excalibur. This makes Brightsword the only weapon in the game better than Excalibur. The Elixir Vitae is a healing potion. East of the Master Alchmist (Room #) is the Master Bed Chamber, where you find the philosopher's stone. If you Get it , you turn to gold and die. If you have the tongs (from room J), it instead assumes you pick it up with the tongs, and they turn into solid gold instead. <br /><br />The game introduction makes it seem like it is better to destroy the philosopher's stone than to keep it, so I wasted a lot of time trying to find a way to melt it. I Dropped in in the foundry and in the smeltry, but nothing happened. I also tried to use the athanor (portable furnace), but could not figure out how. Finally, I gave up, and decided to head out. I had way too much loot to carry. While I was shuffling my inventory around (dropping, picking up) I got a message “You feel a surge of power go up your arm!” but I'm not sure what generated the message. Maybe the right combination of stuff in my inventory created that effect? Anyway, when I left by the drawbridge (Room 9), I got absolutely NO end of mission message. I am not sure if this is because I had the philosopher's stone instead of destroying it, or if the ending is always lame like that. It is not uncommon for Eamon games to end with no “Congratulations” message, so I suspect this is just more of the same. <br /><br />Anyway, feel free to add any or all of this to your walkthrough in whatever form you like (if you don't want to add it, that's cool, too). Thanks for the blog. It's a fun read. redhighlandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7782722662535244282014-01-27T22:51:27.986-05:002014-01-27T22:51:27.986-05:00ETERNAL CURSE You can Give the olive branch (found...ETERNAL CURSE You can Give the olive branch (found at A on your map) to one of the NPCs when you are fighting Guardian2. Extending the olive branch, if you will, makes that one NPC your friend again (it does not seem to work on the Guardian, however). Also, when you Rest during this same battle, you get the message “As you stand there, not attacking, the enemy sits, confused.” This allows you to rest indefinitely, since no one will attack you while you Rest. Incidentally, one of the three NPCs you rescue from the prison cells is Cynthia, although her description makes it seem like a different character from Kidnapper's Cove. I stole her sword when she fumbled, too. Her sword Singer does 2d7 damage and has a complexity rating of 15%.redhighlandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35999008097836119702014-01-27T22:50:27.592-05:002014-01-27T22:50:27.592-05:00THE GREEN PLAGUE: Take the frozen rogue out of fre...THE GREEN PLAGUE: Take the frozen rogue out of freezer (E on your map), and drop him later. He will eventually unfreeze and become “that hero of song and legend” named Damien. Smile at him, and he will probably become a companion (with a 2d4 axe named Bluestar). He is a good companion, but he did manage to fumble once, which is when I stole his axe and gave him a generic one. <br /><br />Like you, I found no use for the wand, wraith, or painting. The wand I think is a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail (the wizard shooting fireballs in the movie is named Tim, same as the name on the wand), so perhaps it is just an inside joke. I tried to Give the wraith the vanishing cream, hoping he would fumble, and erase himself, but he never fumbled. I wasted a lot of time on that. <br /><br />In the end, I beat the high score (3898) not by doing anything special, but by using the power spell (which doubled my gold). My score was 2227 points for gold, 250 point for curing myself, 500 points for destroying the source of the plague, and 1000 points for banishing Krypia for a total of 3977. redhighlandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6776427656888851932014-01-27T22:49:24.884-05:002014-01-27T22:49:24.884-05:00TO ADD TO THE WALKTHROUGH:
I just finished Swordth...TO ADD TO THE WALKTHROUGH:<br />I just finished Swordthrust, and was able to complete the game, including the final scenario. It looks like you did a thorough job on the first six scenarios, but I can add to add to some of them. <br /><br />In KIDNAPPER'S COVE: First, I had some drinks at the bar, and met a man named Damien (who is in the manual) who claims to have killed a dragon in combat. The other rogues in the bar laugh at him, and say it's not possible. The reason I mention this, is because Damien comes back later. You also mentioned in your review that you do not know how your character became female. Mine did, too, and here is how. I bought some brand new plate armour for this quest, and it managed to shatter in the very very first hit of the very first battle. Left with nothing, I decided to Wear the golden bra found at location P on your map. The game gave me a sarcastic message, “Oh, you thilly boy!” Yes, thilly, not silly – I guess 1981 was long before the PC age. Anyway, the bra made me female. I was able to beat the kidnappers my second time through the game (after beating all the other scenarios). I used a large shield and the thickskin spell, and a whole lot of save states. Once I reached the thieves, I used Flee to lure some of them away. The thieves each carry a bow and sword. The leader, Thora, has a sword named Whisper (Complexity 20%, 1d6 damage)and shadow armour (4/-30%). South of the thieves, you will find the room with the flawless opals (which you mentioned in your walkthrough). East of that room, there is a small chamber with a slave girl named Cynthia who joined me when I smiled at her. South of the opals is a small chamber with Harold. West of the opals is a small chamber (empty).redhighlandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75705446670283719662013-12-01T20:19:58.806-05:002013-12-01T20:19:58.806-05:00Congrats, man!Congrats, man!Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74032634262961868252013-12-01T16:35:41.050-05:002013-12-01T16:35:41.050-05:00GameFAQs ultimately accepted my FAQ:
http://www.g...GameFAQs ultimately accepted my FAQ:<br /><br />http://www.gamefaqs.com/appleii/739435-swordthrust/faqs/68230CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-49369387463259780512013-10-23T05:16:06.630-04:002013-10-23T05:16:06.630-04:00Playing CRPGs had never been as emasculating as th...Playing CRPGs had never been as emasculating as the old days. XDKenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83971712568660672692013-10-23T05:12:33.175-04:002013-10-23T05:12:33.175-04:00So, bankers, lawyers and politicians have ANOTHER ...So, bankers, lawyers and politicians have ANOTHER thing in common.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90231586946049319782013-10-21T14:32:36.098-04:002013-10-21T14:32:36.098-04:00Back when I considered making a walkthrough for St...Back when I considered making a walkthrough for Star Saga One, I submitted the game to them. It only took a month for it to finally show up. I just realized I hadn't submitted the second game, so we'll see how long that takes.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18485304202455739212013-10-21T13:30:28.733-04:002013-10-21T13:30:28.733-04:00That would just be extra work. I wanted to get one...That would just be extra work. I wanted to get one walkthrough up there just for the experience, but I'm not interested in doing a lot of other things that will just add time to this project.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26300676624922091822013-10-21T13:29:01.282-04:002013-10-21T13:29:01.282-04:00Yes, you are correct. But no, I wasn't going t...Yes, you are correct. But no, I wasn't going to test your patience with seven different postings and GIMLET ratings.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26052179820549338962013-10-21T13:28:14.523-04:002013-10-21T13:28:14.523-04:00Thanks! That's what I had in mind when writing...Thanks! That's what I had in mind when writing it: that people would use it for help on a specific room rather than progressing step-by-step.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35927208300432141772013-10-21T13:27:35.814-04:002013-10-21T13:27:35.814-04:00Yeah. Either one of two things happened: a) she wa...Yeah. Either one of two things happened: a) she was generated as a female, and I just didn't notice when naming her; and b) she turned into a female through a careless use of the POWER spell, which has unpredictable results.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-36231144194740325072013-10-21T13:26:43.204-04:002013-10-21T13:26:43.204-04:00I worked my butt off on that walkthrough, so I app...I worked my butt off on that walkthrough, so I appreciate that you read it closely enough to notice the typo. Thanks! I'll fix it.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70053160598346022642013-10-21T04:52:23.745-04:002013-10-21T04:52:23.745-04:00It doesn't seem to be a CRPG from the manual (...It doesn't seem to be a CRPG from the manual (available here http://hol.abime.net/923/manual for your perusal). Based on Chet's 3 criteria, it appears to meet number one (non puzzle based inventory) but neither of the other two (the only character progression is through gear acquisition, and combat appears to be an Oregon Trail-esque minigame). This is unfortunate as it does look pretty interesting.skeezixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00125800518759829706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75759035866003892882013-10-20T23:33:48.638-04:002013-10-20T23:33:48.638-04:00Based on the Wikipedia entry, I'm guessing Los...Based on the Wikipedia entry, I'm guessing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Dutchman_Mine_(video_game)" rel="nofollow">Lost Dutchman Mine</a> is more of an adventure or simulation game than a CRPG, but it still sounds intriguing!PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-39034138222962741722013-10-20T15:47:55.370-04:002013-10-20T15:47:55.370-04:00Hi, i'm new here. Your blog is very informativ...Hi, i'm new here. Your blog is very informative and entertaining at the same time. I've searched your list for "los dutchman mine" an game that i've played as teen. I don't know, how it is a CRPG, but it has following attributes: food sim, caverns, health and gold. Give it a try and evaluate this game. Wetzernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66497465102657438512013-10-20T15:11:34.994-04:002013-10-20T15:11:34.994-04:00Hey, Addict, I was reading your walkthrough and sp...Hey, Addict, I was reading your walkthrough and spotted an insignificant typo: when you are explaining the "to hit" formula, the shield penalty is said to be "X", instead of "Z". I know it's really unimportant, and the context makes it clear, but if you are just half the perfectionist I think you are, you'll probably want to correct it for the final version :)Korthenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34216461705199356282013-10-20T09:29:13.362-04:002013-10-20T09:29:13.362-04:00Your character became female AGAIN?! Your character became female AGAIN?! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com