tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post8929673902261298249..comments2024-03-29T10:21:29.354-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: The Bard's Tale: Won (at last)!CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1039600956387182792020-10-31T16:51:54.803-04:002020-10-31T16:51:54.803-04:00Wow, I didn't know anybody else knew about thi...Wow, I didn't know anybody else knew about this. I particularly remember using it at the item shop to access all sorts of items (at least in BT2 anyway). I also remember spending a lot of time spamming Baylor's Spellbind on bosses; it seemed to have maybe a 1% success rate, but it was fun when it finally worked, even allowing me to bringing them all the way along to BT3.jason11279https://www.blogger.com/profile/02104484861802620139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-30467542791327378192019-03-22T16:45:28.272-04:002019-03-22T16:45:28.272-04:00I've been playing the remaster and they includ...I've been playing the remaster and they included the burgerfight.<br /><br />You can beat the 99 gimps, 99 ancient enemies, 99 jabberwocks, and 99 maze masters relatively easily if you:<br /><br />(1) Max out defensive armor and buffs. Load up on dragonshields, arcshields,and flame horns.<br />(2) Have your bard play lucklaran (it works properly in the remaster).<br />(3) Run away to reroll the fight until the jabberwocks and maze masters show up in the back, at least 20' away (the remaster uses range for monster groups except under some legacy mode options). Speedboots probably help.<br />(4) Make sure your bard and two archmages are in the back rank. Expect your entire front rank to die the first round (a monk with too high AC to get hit helps a lot)<br />(5) Use the higher level magic the remaster gives you (force focus and flame column) along with the group attack items. Dragonwands would probably also work. Multiple mind blades come pretty close. If you can do 50-200 points to both the gimps and the ancient enemies you should kill all but a few in one round<br />(6) If you can all but wipe out the gimps and ancient enemies, you can survive long enough to use distance magic to take out the maze masters and jabberwocks without too much worry<br />(7) Beyond death and restoration spells once there are only a few straggling enemies left and you can finish with a full team (if out of party order and aged) and distribute the XP normally<br /><br />It's not that bad. I systematically ground the fight to level up my characters to stand up to the nastier BT2 monsters.<br /><br />However, if you win the fight, they throw a much worse one at you 99 balrogs, 99 demon lords, 99 soul suckers, and 99 liches. That's funny! And you can't run from this one either!<br /><br />The only way to win that fight I found was really cheesy. I loaded up my monk with arcshields, then nickled and dimed one group after another with my invulnerable monk until they were all dead. It was long and boring. I imagine my monk has mystic powers to remain untouched by gross material creatures. She sits before the threshold of the temple's dread gate to Tarjan's terrible realm of Malefia for a full day, patiently and systematically dissolving the demonic entities into nonexistence.<br /><br />I think you could win the fight less cheesily. with a party consisting of a full front line of high level monks, plus casters and maybe a bard.<br /><br />BTW, I *love* your blog. Been reading for years. I can't wait til you do Dark Queen of Krynn!basicgothgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7739065740982138172018-11-05T05:02:40.429-05:002018-11-05T05:02:40.429-05:00It's a word that rhymes with "fields"...It's a word that rhymes with "fields".Dehumanizerhttp://winterdrake.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74892261185584247852018-08-30T16:53:28.010-04:002018-08-30T16:53:28.010-04:00Playing through the remaster now. 20 years + since...Playing through the remaster now. 20 years + since I played (and not finished) the original one. Having a blast. Forgot how hard some riddles are. Do some have actually any kind of tip ? I could not find any reference to the throne room one (bard) and the second magic-mouth on the castle (the One God lifts his thorn-crowned head, and lays a strength on friendly...)Unknown Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097090928998647758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15315456725253623442018-08-06T14:20:10.595-04:002018-08-06T14:20:10.595-04:00Holy crap! That's some nice work. =)
I'd ...Holy crap! That's some nice work. =)<br /><br />I'd caught some of the original inspirations of songs in the various Bard's Tale games, but I never caught the one for the C64 version of BT1's Traveler's Tune. That was a little trippy hearing a full orchestra performing the main melody for a twenty-five second snippet (or so) of song that has floated through my consciousness off and on for the last thirty-three years or so.<br /><br />But since almost every song, across the series, has a real-world classical analogue (Sir Robin's Tune the one that comes readily to mind notwithstanding) it now *really* puzzles me that the same song has different music on the same game across different platforms. Especially since it seems like the same people were generally involved each time anyway. I've yet to find any good explanations for it.<br /><br />Anyone have any insight on that one?Morgan Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23548402273519846432017-11-10T13:05:50.930-05:002017-11-10T13:05:50.930-05:00Damn, I was literally just coming here to ID it! O...Damn, I was literally just coming here to ID it! Oh, well, 5 days late. Kudos to you, Mr. Anonymous. (And now I know why it wasn't in my aging volume, A Dictionary of Musical Themes, as it's just a bit too recent.)PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85261057003788105292017-11-06T00:26:27.683-05:002017-11-06T00:26:27.683-05:00See, this is why I don't completely ban anonym...See, this is why I don't completely ban anonymous commenters.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47222254855201017582017-11-05T18:16:12.974-05:002017-11-05T18:16:12.974-05:00Holy crap, Mr. Anonymous identified it! Thanks!Holy crap, Mr. Anonymous identified it! Thanks!David Youdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332326980120210385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-57858042539583322392017-11-05T14:08:33.115-05:002017-11-05T14:08:33.115-05:00This is "Russian Sailor's Dance" by ...This is "Russian Sailor's Dance" by Reinhold Gliere:<br />https://youtu.be/UVsiBHUdgKM?t=46Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18390450998371768022017-06-05T00:19:46.286-04:002017-06-05T00:19:46.286-04:00I recognize this melody immediately, though I can&...I recognize this melody immediately, though I can't quite place it. I'm 85% sure it's either a piece from the classical literature by a Russian or Slavic composer, or a well-known folk song that was arranged by same.PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-12822776416241131572017-06-04T19:26:25.175-04:002017-06-04T19:26:25.175-04:00Yikes. What a syncopated, aharmonic assault on the...Yikes. What a syncopated, aharmonic assault on the ears. I can see why it would be difficult to find among the classics. Is it possible it was composed just for the game?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72085648668575206812017-06-04T18:28:37.540-04:002017-06-04T18:28:37.540-04:00The Apple IIGS version (perhaps others) included B...The Apple IIGS version (perhaps others) included Byrd's Pavane / The Earl of Salisbury, but that's not what plays for Wayland's Watch on the C64.<br /><br />I've even tried midi ngram searches (e.g., peachnote) which have been useful in the past, but can't find it.<br /><br />It sounds like this: http://youdzone.com/c64/WaylandsWatchC64.mp3David Youdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332326980120210385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48677541862705832322017-06-04T01:05:32.808-04:002017-06-04T01:05:32.808-04:00I called up the song on YouTube so I could try to ...I called up the song on YouTube so I could try to SoundHound it, but it said right in the YouTube video that it's William Byrd's "Pavane (The Earl of Salisbury)" for organ.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91565146476216273782017-06-01T11:41:19.518-04:002017-06-01T11:41:19.518-04:00So, on the C64 version of Bard's Tale, can any...So, on the C64 version of Bard's Tale, can anyone identify the song from Wayland's watch? I know all but that one:<br /><br />1) Falkentyne's Fury (Song that increases damage your party inflicts)<br />From: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor, Johannes Brahms<br /><br />2) The Seeker's Ballad (Song produces light, and during combat, increases change of hitting)<br />From: Danse Macabre, Camille Saint-Saëns<br /><br />3) Wayland's Watch (Song reduces enemy’s attack damage)<br />From: ???<br /><br />4) Badh'r Kilnfest (Song heals Bard’s wounds during travel, and party’s wounds during combat)<br />From: (A messed up version of) Polovstian Dances No. 1, Alexander Borodin<br /><br />5) The Travelers Tune (Song increases party dexterity)<br />From: Slavonic Dance Number 7, Antonín Dvorák<br /><br />6) Lucklaran (Song reduces enemy magic attacks)<br />From: Overture from the Barber of Seville, Gioacchino Antonio RossiniDavid Youdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332326980120210385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13045007707816861262017-05-16T19:22:14.138-04:002017-05-16T19:22:14.138-04:00I still think a single substitution cipher is more...I still think a single substitution cipher is more likely than an anagram.David Youdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332326980120210385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60527068684689927432017-05-16T09:51:21.143-04:002017-05-16T09:51:21.143-04:00Also quipquip.com suggests that one of possible so...Also quipquip.com suggests that one of possible solutions for single substitution cipher is "SEND GLADLY GOLD". And I like it.Mag Wielki i Szelkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807838665939928892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62656817492916705372017-05-16T09:46:42.807-04:002017-05-16T09:46:42.807-04:00This site: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cg...This site: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=IRKM+DESMET+DAEM seems to suggest that there are over 9000 (!) possibilities. Well, damn.Mag Wielki i Szelkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807838665939928892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58760456699289300192017-05-13T23:29:52.048-04:002017-05-13T23:29:52.048-04:00"TED MADE ME SMIRK"? "DEMS MARKED T..."TED MADE ME SMIRK"? "DEMS MARKED TIME"? Or, even more grimly, "DEMME'S DARK TIME"?PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62399403416041782292017-05-12T19:55:57.247-04:002017-05-12T19:55:57.247-04:00Yeah, "IRKM DESMET DAEM" resists interpr...Yeah, "IRKM DESMET DAEM" resists interpretation. I was just seeing if it was possibly a single substitution cipher. If so, too many solutions, including YOUR SECRET SHER and TAKE ORDERS OGRE.<br />I went looking to constrain the solutions with in-game vocabulary, such as MANGAR for DESMET. In that case, IRKM could be INOG (Elik's Instant Ogre spell) or WIOG (Wind Ogre spell), or perhaps FLOG, but the DAEM would need to be something that fit M_AG. O well, maybe someone can pick up where I left off.David Youdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332326980120210385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87214539847065432732016-09-03T15:10:21.534-04:002016-09-03T15:10:21.534-04:00I think the consensus here is largely that I didn&...I think the consensus here is largely that I didn't grind enough before taking on the final dungeon, thus partly explaining the difficulty I experienced.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83209757102973804632016-09-03T15:04:35.326-04:002016-09-03T15:04:35.326-04:00So I'm playing through Bard's Tale now, an...So I'm playing through Bard's Tale now, and I'm still in the catacombs, so I haven't hit the truly difficult or unfair parts yet, at least according to this journal.<br /><br />However one things I've noticed is that as I level, I can more reliably run away from opponents below my level. It seems at a point you hit a sufficient level to pick you battles with almost complete certainty. So I'm curious if with a bit more leveling, your experience trying to avoid getting stoned or annihilated on the final dungeon may have been lessened, by simply avoiding those fights.<br /><br />I'll know for certain when I get there I suppose!CriticalBGamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769912725221695423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78040411657142762162016-08-24T19:39:53.123-04:002016-08-24T19:39:53.123-04:00Oh and by the way, I would do the berzerkers with ...Oh and by the way, I would do the berzerkers with only my mage so he would get all of the xp each time.Vertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64513167306343370802016-08-24T19:37:34.481-04:002016-08-24T19:37:34.481-04:00It's funny finding your blog about this. I pl...It's funny finding your blog about this. I played Bard's Tale for years starting around 6th grade until I finally won it when I was a soph or junior in highschool. For the longest time I couldn't find my way through the tower and I never thought I was a high enough level even though for years I was doing the 396 berzerker and killing them all with one cast of Mind Flay or whatever the spell was for the mage. Needless to say by the time I got to the final battle it was anticlimatic as he also died from one cast of it too. Then I was thinking, man if I would have really tried to find my way I could have done this a looong time ago.<br /><br />After that I imported my characters to Bard's Tale 2 and I thought I was going to kick some butt from the start but my guys were getting wrecked and I never really got into that one.<br /><br />The cool thing is I still have my characters on a 3.5 disc and still have my original Bard's Tale game I bought from Babbages back in the day. I also found my Leisure Suit Larry game and box too.Vertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51097359027279966342015-10-07T11:51:36.667-04:002015-10-07T11:51:36.667-04:00Believe it! :-) https://twitter.com/burgerbecky/st...Believe it! :-) https://twitter.com/burgerbecky/status/651636561981796352Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38119138748385733862015-08-07T15:36:52.803-04:002015-08-07T15:36:52.803-04:00Thanks for your series of comments regarding the d...Thanks for your series of comments regarding the differences. I didn't respond to every one, but I read them all, and I find it very interesting. The console version sounds simpler and less challenging. On the other hand, you can play it on your couch.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.com