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<blockquote data-quote="Demetrios1453" data-source="post: 9298571" data-attributes="member: 6801060"><p><strong><em>Pool of Radiance</em> (Part 28): The Wealthy Area & Temple of Bane (Part 1)</strong></p><p></p><p>Off to the inn! The magic-users split the scrolls and start scribing:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353707[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]353708[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>None of the spells scribed are anything spectacular, but do help fill out the spellbooks! Now with some extra spell slots, their memorized spells look like this:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353709[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353710[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Everything scribed and memorized, and all healed up, it's time to pick up Dirten and head off to the Temple of Bane.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353711[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Yes we will. Let's see what he brings to the table:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353712[/ATTACH]</p><p>Not terribly exciting - he doesn't even have a shield, which, combined with his lack of of an AC bonus from DEX means that he's not going to be very useful (or long-lived) in the front line. He does, however, have a pretty decent list of spells memorized:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353715[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A lot of those will come in handy here soon, especially <em>prayer.</em> But we do have to get him some better gear. We'd go to the store, but it's just after sunset, so we'll have to go the inn and rest until daylight and store operating hours.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353716[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>(I have a feeling that poor, sheltered, probably-raised-in-a-monastery Dirten had quite the eye-opening evening with the party in the common room of the inn!)</p><p></p><p>With the sun's rising, we head to the store. I'm sacrificing some coin for temporary benefit here by getting him some better gear (as the gear will be lost to me once he leaves the group), but we do have sufficient cash and I don't want him to be a total liability out there.</p><p></p><p>One banded mail and shield later:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353719[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Not the best, but at least somewhat passable. And by far not the worst NPC we'll encounter in these games (we get a true doozy of an NPC with just awful stats in the next game).</p><p></p><p>So, off we go to catch a boat to the other side of the city.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353722[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]353723[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We take the south entrance this time.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353724[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We enter the so called "Wealthy Area", which is to the south of Kovel Mansion, but east of the Temple of Bane. The only way to the latter is through here. It's very like Kuto's Well in that it's a mainly way to get to other places, but does have a few encounters and things to find here before we proceed onward. I've turned "Search" on for the next couple of buildings to find treasures here that we might otherwise miss.</p><p></p><p>We enter the door on the left:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353725[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353726[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>10 orcs for us at this level is a breeze. I'm not even going to waste <em>sleep</em> spells on them (although that's mainly because I'll need a bunch in the Temple area).</p><p></p><p>Buffy gets to test out her new bow (once the ones in front of her go down to allow her to use missile weapons).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353727[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And soon they are all dead.</p><p></p><p>Buffy's positioning is going to be an issue. I'd like to keep her in the back with her bow, but she's got a much better AC than poor Dirten, and we need to keep Dirten alive to complete the Temple mission. So she's temporarily front line, switching between sword and bow as the situation warrants.</p><p></p><p>After the fight is over:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353728[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Of course we do.</p><p></p><p>Slightly richer, we head through the door directly ahead of us:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353729[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We're not going to kill surrendering slaves, so we let them go.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353730[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Good to know. Hopefully we can find some of those symbols soon!</p><p></p><p>We backtrack and head through the right door in the room where we fought the orcs.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353731[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Again, we sure do!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353732[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]353733[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Looks good! Let's see if they're worth anything.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353734[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, a <em>ring of feather falling</em> is utterly useless in this game. The only place that you can take falling damage is climbing down the well to the thieves in the Cadorna Textile House, and we're done with that section (even if we go back to clear the block, there's no reason to go down the well again). As for the rest, a healing potion is always nice. And let's see what's on that scroll.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353735[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Nothing terribly exciting. But something that<em> is</em> exciting...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353736[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Baroness Bella has gained a level!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353737[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We continue heading west through this building. In the next room...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353738[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]353739[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Why do they even ask?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353740[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]353741[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>With all this jewelry, we may very well be able to get Brin her fine longbow when we get back to town.</p><p></p><p>We move forward a step, and...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353742[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We could parlay here, but these orcs (a) will be easy to take care of, and (b) have something we need.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353743[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A quick fight later:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353744[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ah, the Bane holy symbols the goblins had mentioned! We'll keep those tucked safely away in order to gain easier access to the Temple here shortly!</p><p></p><p>We continue on to the next room.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353745[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]353746[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>That tells us it's worth nothing, so, like its counterparts in the Kovel Mansion, it can stay here and rot.</p><p></p><p>This room having been searched thoroughly, we now go through the southern door in this room. As we open the door:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353747[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Even adding in an ogre doesn't make this a terribly serious challenge.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353748[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>(I'll often choose "Done" and then "Delay" for Buffy in these situations in the hope that the orc adjacent to her is dead when she goes at the end of the round and she'll be able to use her bow).</p><p></p><p>We rapidly win the fight without even a scratch.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353749[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]353750[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]353751[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Pretty unclear what that list is for. The Boss' current forces? The creatures in the Temple area?</p><p></p><p>In any case, we've completed our investigation of this building, so we backtrack and leave through a door headed south. As we're moving towards another building, we spy yet another orc patrol.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353752[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We initiate combat, and it's quickly concluded. These orcs also have 6 holy symbols (as will all four-orc patrols), but we already have what we need.</p><p></p><p>The party continues south into another building.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353753[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We enter the door on the left, and...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353754[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353755[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Even with the leaders with ranged attacks, it goes as quickly as the other fights.</p><p></p><p>We explore further into the building.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353756[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, might as well search.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353757[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]353758[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Eight orcs are again nothing more than a speed bump. Let's see what they were so zealously guarding!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353759[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ewww. What a waste of time and effort.</p><p></p><p>We head through the eastern door...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353761[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Another four-orc patrol that we take out quickly.</p><p></p><p>We then move to the room beyond, and find a cryptic message.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353762[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>According to the cluebook, and people who have tried to find a solution, this message is, in the end, meaningless.</p><p></p><p>And... that's it for the Wealthy Area. There's nothing more to explore here, so next time we'll travel west to visit the Temple of Bane!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Demetrios1453, post: 9298571, member: 6801060"] [B][I]Pool of Radiance[/I] (Part 28): The Wealthy Area & Temple of Bane (Part 1)[/B] Off to the inn! The magic-users split the scrolls and start scribing: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-20 174253.png"]353707[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-20 174311.png"]353708[/ATTACH] None of the spells scribed are anything spectacular, but do help fill out the spellbooks! Now with some extra spell slots, their memorized spells look like this: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-20 174433.png"]353709[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-20 174447.png"]353710[/ATTACH] Everything scribed and memorized, and all healed up, it's time to pick up Dirten and head off to the Temple of Bane. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 191906.png"]353711[/ATTACH] Yes we will. Let's see what he brings to the table: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 191924.png"]353712[/ATTACH] Not terribly exciting - he doesn't even have a shield, which, combined with his lack of of an AC bonus from DEX means that he's not going to be very useful (or long-lived) in the front line. He does, however, have a pretty decent list of spells memorized: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 191954.png"]353715[/ATTACH] A lot of those will come in handy here soon, especially [I]prayer.[/I] But we do have to get him some better gear. We'd go to the store, but it's just after sunset, so we'll have to go the inn and rest until daylight and store operating hours. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 192051.png"]353716[/ATTACH] (I have a feeling that poor, sheltered, probably-raised-in-a-monastery Dirten had quite the eye-opening evening with the party in the common room of the inn!) With the sun's rising, we head to the store. I'm sacrificing some coin for temporary benefit here by getting him some better gear (as the gear will be lost to me once he leaves the group), but we do have sufficient cash and I don't want him to be a total liability out there. One banded mail and shield later: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 192137.png"]353719[/ATTACH] Not the best, but at least somewhat passable. And by far not the worst NPC we'll encounter in these games (we get a true doozy of an NPC with just awful stats in the next game). So, off we go to catch a boat to the other side of the city. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 192230.png"]353722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 192240.png"]353723[/ATTACH] We take the south entrance this time. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 192410.png"]353724[/ATTACH] We enter the so called "Wealthy Area", which is to the south of Kovel Mansion, but east of the Temple of Bane. The only way to the latter is through here. It's very like Kuto's Well in that it's a mainly way to get to other places, but does have a few encounters and things to find here before we proceed onward. I've turned "Search" on for the next couple of buildings to find treasures here that we might otherwise miss. We enter the door on the left: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 192556.png"]353725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 192601.png"]353726[/ATTACH] 10 orcs for us at this level is a breeze. I'm not even going to waste [I]sleep[/I] spells on them (although that's mainly because I'll need a bunch in the Temple area). Buffy gets to test out her new bow (once the ones in front of her go down to allow her to use missile weapons). [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 192653.png"]353727[/ATTACH] And soon they are all dead. Buffy's positioning is going to be an issue. I'd like to keep her in the back with her bow, but she's got a much better AC than poor Dirten, and we need to keep Dirten alive to complete the Temple mission. So she's temporarily front line, switching between sword and bow as the situation warrants. After the fight is over: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 192748.png"]353728[/ATTACH] Of course we do. Slightly richer, we head through the door directly ahead of us: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 192846.png"]353729[/ATTACH] We're not going to kill surrendering slaves, so we let them go. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 192900.png"]353730[/ATTACH] Good to know. Hopefully we can find some of those symbols soon! We backtrack and head through the right door in the room where we fought the orcs. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193057.png"]353731[/ATTACH] Again, we sure do! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193108.png"]353732[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193243.png"]353733[/ATTACH] Looks good! Let's see if they're worth anything. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193253.png"]353734[/ATTACH] Unfortunately, a [I]ring of feather falling[/I] is utterly useless in this game. The only place that you can take falling damage is climbing down the well to the thieves in the Cadorna Textile House, and we're done with that section (even if we go back to clear the block, there's no reason to go down the well again). As for the rest, a healing potion is always nice. And let's see what's on that scroll. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193352.png"]353735[/ATTACH] Nothing terribly exciting. But something that[I] is[/I] exciting... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193405.png"]353736[/ATTACH] Baroness Bella has gained a level! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193415.png"]353737[/ATTACH] We continue heading west through this building. In the next room... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193540.png"]353738[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193546.png"]353739[/ATTACH] Why do they even ask? [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193551.png"]353740[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193558.png"]353741[/ATTACH] With all this jewelry, we may very well be able to get Brin her fine longbow when we get back to town. We move forward a step, and... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193643.png"]353742[/ATTACH] We could parlay here, but these orcs (a) will be easy to take care of, and (b) have something we need. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193729.png"]353743[/ATTACH] A quick fight later: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193821.png"]353744[/ATTACH] Ah, the Bane holy symbols the goblins had mentioned! We'll keep those tucked safely away in order to gain easier access to the Temple here shortly! We continue on to the next room. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193850.png"]353745[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 193859.png"]353746[/ATTACH] That tells us it's worth nothing, so, like its counterparts in the Kovel Mansion, it can stay here and rot. This room having been searched thoroughly, we now go through the southern door in this room. As we open the door: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 194113.png"]353747[/ATTACH] Even adding in an ogre doesn't make this a terribly serious challenge. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 194118.png"]353748[/ATTACH] (I'll often choose "Done" and then "Delay" for Buffy in these situations in the hope that the orc adjacent to her is dead when she goes at the end of the round and she'll be able to use her bow). We rapidly win the fight without even a scratch. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 194223.png"]353749[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 194242.png"]353750[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 194314.png"]353751[/ATTACH] Pretty unclear what that list is for. The Boss' current forces? The creatures in the Temple area? In any case, we've completed our investigation of this building, so we backtrack and leave through a door headed south. As we're moving towards another building, we spy yet another orc patrol. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 194402.png"]353752[/ATTACH] We initiate combat, and it's quickly concluded. These orcs also have 6 holy symbols (as will all four-orc patrols), but we already have what we need. The party continues south into another building. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 194610.png"]353753[/ATTACH] We enter the door on the left, and... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 194721.png"]353754[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 194740.png"]353755[/ATTACH] Even with the leaders with ranged attacks, it goes as quickly as the other fights. We explore further into the building. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 195019.png"]353756[/ATTACH] Well, might as well search. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 195124.png"]353757[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 195128.png"]353758[/ATTACH] Eight orcs are again nothing more than a speed bump. Let's see what they were so zealously guarding! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 195253.png"]353759[/ATTACH] Ewww. What a waste of time and effort. We head through the eastern door... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 195317.png"]353761[/ATTACH] Another four-orc patrol that we take out quickly. We then move to the room beyond, and find a cryptic message. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-24 195502.png"]353762[/ATTACH] According to the cluebook, and people who have tried to find a solution, this message is, in the end, meaningless. And... that's it for the Wealthy Area. There's nothing more to explore here, so next time we'll travel west to visit the Temple of Bane! [/QUOTE]
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