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In Progress Lets play the best Storyfag RPG of all time: Betrayal at Krondor!

Krivol

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I've just get through this LP in 2 evenings. A lot brofisting to do!

Please continue!
 

Sergiu64

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Fair enough! Here's the next episode.

We poison a single ration. It goes onto the bottom of our food pile - which is good, means it would be eaten last.

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There are 2 pathways to that house with the chief reeve. This is what happens when you tell the merc that you've got the food.

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Unfortunately we have to go all the way around get to the chest to place the poisoned meal in there.

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Seems like a strange way to get an audience, but I suppose we have a few antidotes. And I guess this is Arlie's house after all. Reeve must be some term for guild leader?

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What's this? A common merc can use magic from a scroll? Or maybe he's one of those self taught rogue mages - like the ones we saw in the sewers?

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Either way, we're finally allowed to approach the house.

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I find this whole "You tried to poison me! How silly and bold of you boys - lets have a chat" bit very strange, but I'm glad we're getting this quest out of the way.

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I half expected to get poisoned right back from that food and water.

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Hmmm, looks like we're getting a free book out of it. I wouldn't be surprised if the Duke gives us nothing, but this is nice.

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Assuming he's still alive, with the way things are going in Romney...

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We've seen this in stores before, but didn't want to spend the cash.

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As I start flipping tags I notice that everyone's Health improved.

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Gorath in particular is as tough as he's strong.

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And James with his mismatched Stamina.

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Guess it was written by a true master of the art.

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Sariksbane against Silver Spider Poison??? How do we even tell the difference. Think there's only one poison effect.

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Oh, good to know these two can be applied to weapons as well!

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Looks like we get about 4% to both skills from the reading.

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Making Gorath quite the smith.

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And James about average.

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We go down south all the way to Silden without encountering any more opposition.

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Looks like they're still paying for good music.

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We talk to the dwarf first.

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Holy... Upright Man is dead? But are they sure they got the right guy? No one really knows who the Upright Man really is. And what's this about a key? Maybe we can detour to Krondor sewers at some point.

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Don't think James knows about Upright Man's connection to him at this point in time. But perhaps I'm wrong?

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Last time this guy was super afraid of talking to us because he knew we killed some of Crawler's men.

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Seems like he's calmer this time.

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James uses the opportunity to "talk to the barkeep".

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Yes, this seems like a lovely place.

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Yes, does seem like these trinkets could have gone through a Fence.

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What? But there's a magic spell store right next door...

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Ah, but how much gold?

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And here we have a merchant that's uninterested in gold?

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Its not so easy to hide what you were for most of your life James...

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Huh, seems like he's a lot less afraid of Crawler today.

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Well I'm glad we won't have to search through the dirty laundry.

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Yeah, is he trying to set us up or something?

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Well, I suppose he's seen us survive Crawler's men once - can't fault him for thinking we'd be up for it again.

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I guess when you want to give a lady a good gift - we can't have some Crawler steal it!

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Seems like we can only learn one secret today.

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Don't think we had much of a choice.

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I'm glad this guy will be more stationary than Mitchell Waylander.

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He literally just said he wont...

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Seems like that's the place. Last time some wandering sailors scared us off.

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Does not seem like the most secure arrangement.

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Hah, looks like figuring out this puzzle required knowledge of Botany.

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It's nice to go to one's roots sometimes.

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Seems like Joftaz has a very good read of James.

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Itsy bitsy spider went up the waterspout...

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It may be a City of Thieves but it does appear Joftaz is a man of his word.

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Sounds like the Kingdom has a lot of demand for poisonings...

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No matter the world nor the setting - seems like Detective work is the same everywhere.

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Yeah, those guys are still brazen.

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That would make a lot more sense.

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Abuk again? Trader... heh.

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Hmmm, bringing a poisoning tool to Krondor? Could that have something to do with whatever happened to the Upright Man?

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Pretty sure the only ship we can interact with in Silder is the one that goes to the Temple of Eortis.

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Awwww Joftaz - and here I thought you had us all figured out.

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Seems like this a very special spyglass and there should be a lot of normal ones being for sale in a Port city such as this?

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Ok, sounds like we need to reunite with Abuk and see what he knows.

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And go to Krondor to see what's happening there.

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Sergiu64

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Time to continue our investigation.

We head back up the road to try to find Abuk and soon catch sight of someone.

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He moved a little bit from previous location, but was still on the same road!

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James gets down to business right away.

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Well, its not like we can lock him up...

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I feel like I'm watching a cop show.

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Seems like we're getting Abuk's life story for some reason.

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A Cajun box?

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Yes, would be nice to get that clarified.

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Like a strange bag of holding I guess.

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I don't feel like Abuk is explaining this really well. How are things "lost" in a certain place and how does that other dude contribute to this arrengement?

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Sounds like the guy might be stealing them? But then why teleport them away?

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I'm not sure how this helps us. Sounds like we've got to go north of Romney to find the source of the teleportation?

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I guess if it was all stolen from the same source - maybe that source had more incriminating things. Speaking of: why were the Bas-Tyra men interested in the Spyglass in the first place?

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This note seems like it could be critical.

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It's not in his possession?

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Oh, we've already opened that chest. Damn - I think I recently threw out the note that was there. Think it was about someone making a large payment?

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Kindness? Seemed like we threatened him into revealing all this.

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We keep going West - we still have business in Krondor. And soon reach Lyton and its inn.

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Nothing new here other than more money for a tune.

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We keep going and soon reach the Temple of Death.

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I don't want to walk all the way to Krondor - perhaps its time to check out the Teleportation system?

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We pull the trigger and turn into a red smear across the map. Our adventures are over.

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Or not, apparently we still exist. How does that philosophical dilemma go? If someone dismembers you into a string of atoms - move those atoms to the other side of the world and puts them back together - are you still you?

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Us or not - we're here.

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We get out of the temple and I decide to head to Sarth before heading back down to Krondor. There's a staff I want to buy for Owyn. But we find an ambush right outside of Sarth.

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Which improved Owyn's pathetic Scouting skill.

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We try to sneak by it - but fail fairly quickly.

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James hits first rogue for 31.

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Owyn's swing is parried.

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Another rogue attempts to parry Gorath's swing - but fails at that and at life - after taking 57 damage.

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James tries to finish the guy who he hit previously - and who is running away very fast. But James misses.

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Owyn's swing attempt connects through block for 14.

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Gorath takes down an archer with a simple thrust for 45.

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James can't catch up to the runner - makes a difficult shot instead - 17 damage.

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Owyn connects with a swing again - 14.

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Surprisingly Gorath manages to make the difficult shot as well - 18 damage is enough to finish the runner.

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James hits the last guy for 33.

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Owyn fails to end the fight by missing his swing.

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James does so instead with a hit for 34.

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Our heavy hits make it more difficult to train fighting skills, but James still gets slightly better.

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And so does Owyn!

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We rarely ever get the chance to shoot, but hey - we weren't going to get that guy if both James and Gorath didn't nail their shots!

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We haven't needed much healing powder lately.

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Doesn't seem like these guys were well equipped.

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Ohoh, poisoned arrows are always trouble. It doesn't matter how high your defense skill is - archery ignores that.

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Well, at least all of them had a little gold.

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Here it is.

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We manage to haggle the staff down a little bit, but its still super expensive.

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Still doesn't compare to our new swords. By the way - the 40 uses are free casts of Skyfire.

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Seems like a very good upgrade from Wooden Staff.

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Wasn't there a door we couldn't pick in the caves below Sarth?

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We go in and find the door. Mini map was instrumental - the door was a lot further in than I remembered.

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That lock still looks tough, but James is so good at lockpicking nowadays.

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And its more than enough.

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Looks like a body, a chest and some spiders.

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We get the jump on them!

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Strange to see that random body on the combat grid.
James hits for some number ending in 5, so probably 25.

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Owyn misses with a freezing spell.

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Gorath's thrust hits the second spider for 52. So James's hit must have been 35.

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Spider parries James somehow.

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Owyn tries out his new staff. A thrust does 13 damage.

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Gorath finishes one of the spiders with a hit for 54.

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James does the same with the second. Hit was for 38.

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The body didn't have much.

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The chest is a two word puzzle chest! The choices are:

RWRDL ATJSN
OENCE TOKOT
TLIPC MNFEV
SRANK VARHS

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It took me a while to figure it out but:

Apparently the answer is this. I'm not quite sure how that makes things fair - maybe both mares won't listen to their orders in that case?

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Some really good stuff in this chest! No wonder it was so hard to get to it.

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A new kind of a sword! A dwarven one...

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That's very good - but unfortunately worse than Griefmaker. And we need the extra accuracy from the thrust of the rapier to make James more effective.

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We get out of the caves and decide to visit that farming monk.

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Hmmmm... Funny that he's the first one to warn us.

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Maybe Tiburn is closer to wherever Quegian Fever comes from?

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Isn't this a city of knowledge though?

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Owyn is on the same page.

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This guy reminds me of buddhist monks - they tend to drop wisdom via these stories.

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Life without internet sounds rough.

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I guess if I was a farmer I'd have second thoughts about a Clergyman's advice on Farming.

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THAT's your point? Seems like the story spoke about the opposite.

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Well, come to think of it - wasn't there some chess move we were going to look for here?

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There it is, but apparently we can also talk to him about Nighthawks.

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We have yet to meet those. Maybe we haven't because we've been killing the Nighthawks too quickly.

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What spells are those?

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So if you kill all the enemies before the Nighthawk comes back to life - the fight ends without having to cast any special spells.

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Well, this spell still sounds useful.

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Yeah, lets buy it.

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Plus its nice to fill out spell slots.

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Take your time, WE aren't getting resurrected.

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Owyn will scribe it once the conversation is done.

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We start the conversation about Abbot's Turn.

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Sounds like a roundabout yes.

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James seemed quite good at chess, but people with significant chess skill are often the ones that benefit from chess books the most.

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I wonder if these monks get something special for bringing in money? Seems like this guy always works hard.

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Why not - we'll be heading North soon enough, might learn that De Sandau Retreat move as well.

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Its a wonder that any of his fieldwork ever gets done.

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They need to improve their cataloging system. Cock-Fighting and Chess in the same area?

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If its so rare - why not make copies?

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Seems like Brother Anthony is not of the same opinion as Brother Marc on the value of handing out knowledge.

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That name fits the spell quite well.

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RPG Wokedex Strap Yourselves In Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag. Pathfinder: Wrath I helped put crap in Monomyth
Apparently the answer is this. I'm not quite sure how that makes things fair - maybe both mares won't listen to their orders in that case?

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I had already seen a riddle like this so for once I knew the answer.
They want to find the slowest horse, but having a race where you have to go the slowest isn't really fair; by switching horses, they can ride as a they want and the one arriving first would show that his horse, ridden by the other brother, was the slowest. At least that's how I understand it.
 

CappenVarra

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yeah, old riddle, also appears in a fairy tale i think?

either way, that monk should probably hire someone to farm for him while he searches the library for a hundred gold a pop
 

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RPG Wokedex Strap Yourselves In Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag. Pathfinder: Wrath I helped put crap in Monomyth
yeah, old riddle, also appears in a fairy tale i think?

either way, that monk should probably hire someone to farm for him while he searches the library for a hundred gold a pop

yes, it seems a waste to put a learned monk (as in knowing to read, write and search a big library, which wouldn't be common in a medieval setting) to work the fields, which definitely unskilled labor. Perhaps he does that by penance/habit/way to balance his intellectual activities?
 

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yeah, old riddle, also appears in a fairy tale i think?

either way, that monk should probably hire someone to farm for him while he searches the library for a hundred gold a pop

yes, it seems a waste to put a learned monk (as in knowing to read, write and search a big library, which wouldn't be common in a medieval setting) to work the fields, which definitely unskilled labor. Perhaps he does that by penance/habit/way to balance his intellectual activities?
Real life monks like Mendel did such unskilled labor just as well
 

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RPG Wokedex Strap Yourselves In Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag. Pathfinder: Wrath I helped put crap in Monomyth
yeah, old riddle, also appears in a fairy tale i think?

either way, that monk should probably hire someone to farm for him while he searches the library for a hundred gold a pop

yes, it seems a waste to put a learned monk (as in knowing to read, write and search a big library, which wouldn't be common in a medieval setting) to work the fields, which definitely unskilled labor. Perhaps he does that by penance/habit/way to balance his intellectual activities?
Real life monks like Mendel did such unskilled labor just as well

I forgot about him. Is that how he discovered his inheritance theories?
 

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Ayup. By breeding legumes iirc.

For monks, the physical and sometimes menial labor was a way to remind themselves to be humble. Or something like that.
 

Sergiu64

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Time to return to Krondor.

We make it back to Krondor without a problem.

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No one has anything new to say at the inn. But Krondor still pays for a good song.

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After some shopping we go in to investigate what's happening in the sewers. Were the rumors true?

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Soon after entering we run into that kid again.

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Well well well - something IS going on.

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James plays it dumb just in case.

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Sounds like they're choosing a new leader?

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Sorry James...

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You know... with how widespread this information seems to be - maybe its faked?

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Is there really any question?

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Hmmm, someone betrayed the Upright Man? And poisoned? I guess the game is implying the Nighthawk with the silver spider was responsible.

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Quite a few topics to cover.

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I guess the Locked Door refers to that rusted thing we could not open in Chapter 1.

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Limm keeps switching between acting like James is the most famous thief there is and acting like James is no thief at all.

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I guess thats an accurate description of James' current role.

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All locks have keys - or at least did when the lock was created. Of course if the only key was dropped into the Bitter Sea...

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Hmmmm, think Crawler was looking for this item.

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Wasn't Limm the one who sold us the note about it? Can he even read?

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Oh? Sounds related to Nighthawks. How are they connected to the Crawler?

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Could be another reason that Nighthawk was heading this way I guess.

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This strongly suggests its behind that door we and the Mockers could not open.

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Hmmm, we don't really need keys anymore, but no harm in asking.

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Is that a euphemism for something?

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Apparently Limm is the best ever - why is he guarding the sewer then?

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Why do I think 'Yellow' stands for the guy's teeth?

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Sigh... and now I feel personally responsible for not clearing out those rogues in Chapter 2.

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James' grief lasts for half a sentence.

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NOW it sounds like a euphemism.

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No, I guess its not.

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Hmmm, perhaps the guy that poisoned the Upright Man? But then how did the Guys from Bas Tyra get the Silver Spider?

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Yes, sounds like a useful item. What is the key for? The door in the sewers? Some kind of Nighthawk base?

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Wow, that's a refreshing change of pace.

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A new topic sounds like it could lead somewhere productive.

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Yeah kid, that's some big claims.

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The kid is not easy to manipulate.

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James shows our cards.

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Kinda expensive, but I guess we're rich.

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That sounds like a real lesson. Brings up the question - why couldn't James teach Owyn that?

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Sounds like he's bored.

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Ok, let's see if we can get more info on what happened.

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He did imply it strongly...

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It's second hand info, but... probably best we can hope for. Ultimately if its some kind of fake story invented by the Upright Man to keep the Crawler fooled - we won't really find out.

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An Amulet of Upright Man? Seems like they're commonly sold in stores.

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How in the world does this kid have everything???

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Thats only like 18 gold cheaper than the stores.

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So we say no. Besides - we already have one.

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Sounds like the kid is pro-choice.

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James is quite good at stealth after that lesson.

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And Owyn's skill is heavily boosted by those elven slippers.

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Our elf is actually the least stealthy member as a result.

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Limm does not allow us into the Sewer so I guess we need to return to Romney - our only lead is Prank's Stone north of there - unless we learn something new after turning in the Guild War quest.
We head north towards Tanneurs as I wanted to try a different path. And.. we meet some enemies.

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Our improved stealth skills are not enough.

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James hits for 33.

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Enemy gets too close to Owyn - so Owyn is forced to attack. Misses.

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Gorath hits Owyn's attacker for 45.

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James is parried.

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Owyn drops one with a swing for 18.

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Gorath gets hit for a very small number.
He tries to swing back - but misses.

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James finishes a second one with a thrust that lands through parry - 34 damage.

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Owyn hits with a swing - 16 damage.

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Gorath finishes one with a swing for 54.

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Owyn gets hit for 8.
James gets parried.

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Owyn misses with a swing.

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Gorath does not - 55 damage is enough to finish that guy.

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James misses.

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While Owyn is resting - here's that new spell.

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Gorath finishes yet another one with a swing - this time for 54.

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James gets hit for 6.
He retaliates for 34.

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Gorath finishes the fight with a thrust. Think it was 54 damage again.

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Gorath gets even better.

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Yawn...

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Doesn't seem like these guys are all that special.

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Oh... why does a common pirate have mage boosting alchemy?

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This makes a little more sense.

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Back to mostly generic items.

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Urgh...

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We'll continue back to Romney next time.
 

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198 sovereigns??? There must have been a lot of inflation since the last time I played this.
 

Sergiu64

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Time to pursue our last lead!

As we continue north we keep using the spyglass and notice this dig hole behind a field just outside of Tanneurs we missed in Chapter 1.

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Not bad. We always seem short on Aventurine.

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One plus about using a different road back - we get a chance to play at more taverns. Such as this one in Tanneurs.

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This explains why we missed the road towards Sethanon in Chapter one. We went to check out that farm off the minor road and missed its branch.

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Very interesting. First time we see a branch on a zone ending.

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We don't want to deal with Dimwood - so towards Sethanon we go.

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Shortly we find a house and a barn.

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This barn seems less generic than others and promises some food from the house.

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Yes, these strapping lads would like something to eat!

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Guess living fairly close to Sethanon did nothing to ruin these nice couple's hospitality.

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Spyglass reveals something hidden in the corner up ahead.

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Nice!

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The options are:

TROPS
BHEDT
CERRD
OLAOA

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The options for the second chest are:

PATD
NIDE
AHNS
WOSH

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Here are the answers and loot:

This one seemed very easy to me.

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Is it a spell Owyn does not yet know?

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Yes! I believe this spell disables spellcasters. But... freezing them does it as well.

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I dunno about that being a very good hint. To be honest I was trying 'WINE' when this worked...

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Mediocre loot here.

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After this we're back to the woods we've been to already. We stop bye Nia's tavern and play there.

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And after that its just whole lot of running to... Romney.

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We go in to turn in the Guild's quest.

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I don't remember this prophecy coming true in the books but it has been over a decade.

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Doesn't look like we're getting any new leads here.

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When we step out of Romney we notice some pirates right outside. How did we not trigger them before?

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Because apparently you have to get in their faces to trigger the fight.

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Which I guess makes it hard to surprise them.

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Here is that new spell.

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James hits for 31.
Owyn hits with the fireball. 60 damage is enough to bring down one pirate and another one gets slightly burned for 13.

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James misses on the second attempt.

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Gorath hits with a swing. 57 damage is enough to finish the slightly burned enemy.

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Gorath gets hit for 9.
James hits for 32. There is now only a single enemy left.

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Gorath tries defending while Owyn is healing - but the enemy hits him for 11 on the second try.
Owyn freezes the bastard and everyone heals up.
Gorath finishes the fight with a thrust for 46 after that's done.

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These guys went down so easy, I don't expect them to have much.

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I guess that armor is decent.

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Oooooh! Elven Arrows!

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Verrry nice.

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Well... the gold is nice.

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Soon after we hit another area border.

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Hmmmm... I don't believe we're close to Tiburn - but apparently Owyn has some family up ahead.

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Looking forward to learning more about Owyn's background.

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We notice a nighthawk up ahead.

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Haha, its nice to give them a taste of their own medicine.

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James hits for 32.

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Owyn hits with a 10 hitpoint Rime bolt. It does no damage, I wonder if I have to invest full price for it to do damage?

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Gorath hits for 47.

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James hits for 32 again.

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Gorath's Nighthawk runs... far! Seems like these guys have a lot of Hp. Owyn is forced to use the 1000 nights spell on him. But... it doesn't work?
Shooting won't finish an enemy that is apparently healthy enough to move 5 squares. Gorath attacks another one instead. Thrust for 51 does the trick.

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James is just fast enough to catch up and hit the runner. 33 damage is enough.

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After Owyn rests up - Gorath starts on the last guy. First hit is 45.

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James contributes 32.

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Owyn finishes the fight with a hit for 12.

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Owyn gets better at his magics.

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Keys are useless for any party with James. But James be with all parties in the future?

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Nice crossbow! Looks like he forgot to apply the poison though.

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This one sells for a bit too.

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Well, there's the target for our last lead. Lets hope we learn something new there next time.

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To Prank's Stone!

We head forward a bit and notice a hole.

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Nothing much here.

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A bit further we approach a bridge and ...

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Well at least it seems pretty simple.

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Move the target forward two squares to trigger the bolt and disable the Staffs.

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And we're in the clear.

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On the other side of the bridge we see some dudes to fight, but I can't seem to trigger the attempt to sneak up on them.

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Looks like that's due to some kind of special encounter.

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I suppose that would be better than staining our swords again. Depending on the assistance of course...

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Well now - giving it away with calling Mitchel's Guild bloody. Plus there was some suspicion that he was the one to drug up King's men. So we say no.

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Who the hell is Ian? Was that the Duke? Since we're not sure - we say no again. Honestly we don't really support anyone anyway.

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Sounds like it was a trap question.

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There's not much more until we reach Prank's Stone.

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What's in the first house?

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Nothing :(

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Lets hope for better luck with the second house.

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Sounds like utter bs, but I suppose its a magical world. And we might need an emerald in the future to play some chess.

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We don't really have Rubies anyway - so we say no.

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Ta ta dude. Ta ta.

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What's in this house? A sword converter?

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Well, that's a whole better deal than the inns we've seen. And what is this about a dragon's lover???

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Little side road takes us to some sort of rock. Guess this is the town's namesake?

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Seems like an unusual reaction to a rock...

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Well, knowing what we know - that will likely steal item(s) from us and put them into that Thorn chest near Silden. I don't see how that could help us, so we say no.

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Seems like Gorath's extraordinary senses are on-point once again.

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Next house looks like an inn.

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Hmmm, sounds like the Stone drove away all the tourists.

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Next house.

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Hehe, if we didn't hear about a supposed actor living in town I would suspect this is some sort of Buffalo Bill situation.

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Wonder what would happen if we didn't have 25 gold.

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Hmmmm, another inn?

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Oh, that's right. The actor mentioned this place. We talk tot he giant dude first.

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Hmmm... Nighthawks worship Kahooli. Kenting Rush is two towns to the north. Perhaps that's were we need to head to find their base?

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Doesn't sound like being a Nighthawk is fun.

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What does this lady have to say?

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What? Instructed to bring us a torch? Sounds like a signal.

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Sigh. Sounds like this has to do with James's twin again.

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We earn some dough with a good tune.

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Next house.

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Bah.

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Last house in town seems to be a shop.

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Alchemy is a niche market, but we sometimes see a need for certain substances.

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Two new items here.

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Yet another substance to add to weapon damage for a bit.

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Enchanted blades are very rare for now.

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Think that's the first time we see the anti-venom in a store. We still have some though.

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Well, there are no leads for us here. So lets look at that note from Thorn chest again.

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Cavall Keep is the next town to the north. Lets see what we find there - next time.

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The guy talking about the temple of Kahooli was giving you extremely subtle hints about a quest you have to do later. That's one where I never would have got it without looking it up in a walkthrough.

Naphtha is great and I would use that in the battles that are actually hard. The defensive stuff that you can apply to your armor I never found much use for though. You can't anticipate what the enemy has on his blade so it's pretty useless.
 

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Heading to Cavall's Keep.

Soon after leaving town we see some hidden items behind a mountain up ahead.

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They're chests. The letters for this one are:

PERDE
WOISD
THONS
IREOG

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And for this one are:

TUVETED
RPINNCE
SHOOYSS
OILSRRY

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Answers and loot:

I gotta be honest - I rolled the letters until this one came up. Felt extra stupid once I saw the answer.

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More awesome arrows!

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Took me a second look before it suddenly seemed obvious.

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Shiny!

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We keep on moving and see some Nighthawks ahead.

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Tough to sneak up on them.

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Gorath gets shot for 2.
James hits for 34.

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Owyn launches a Frost bolt at an enemy charging him. He misses wildly and instead hits another enemy much further to the left.

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Gorath charges the archer. Hits for 48.

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James hits the original target of the frost bolt for 34.

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Owyn repeats his feat of hitting the wrong enemy with the wrong frost bolt. I better stop doing this. Hitting Gorath or James could be trouble.

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Gorath finishes one guy with a hit for 53.

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James hits for 32.

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Owyn gets parried.

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So does James.

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Owyn hits with a swing for 18. Its enough to finish the enemy.

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Gorath finishes a frozen enemy with a hit for 52.

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James hits for 30.

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After some resting and enemy getting free - Gorath finishes the fight with a hit for 46.

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Haven't seen defensive potion in a while. Not like we need it nowadays.

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What is that liquid?

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No idea what that does.

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Looks like Gorath was lucky not to get poisoned.

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REALLY lucky!

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Continuing on - we see a box off the side of the road.

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No puzzles here. Just a nasty surprise to those unprepared.

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James's super high lockpicking skill saves the day once again.

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Whoa. Guess there's an Emerald to play with AND a ruby to try to convert.

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A bit further on we see two rogues patrolling around a temple, but attempting to sneak up on them leads to this:

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Sounds like bunch of bull to steal our stuff.

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Sure enough - we do NOT get struck dead coming into the temple.

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It's been a while since our last Teleportation temple. Nice to get one on this side of the map.

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We go to talk to the head priest. Maybe the god of luck can help us?

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Lol... the god of luck CANNOT help us. Woe is to us.

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We continue on and see some barbarian looking dudes ahead.

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Thanks Owyn...

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These are Trolls. They hit much harder and have a lot more HP.
James hits for 17. Looks like they have really high armor too - despite the naked appearance. Must be tough skin.

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Owyn unleashes fully charged Frost Bolt. It hits - 60!!! damage. Guess these guys are vulnerable to magic.

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Gorath hits with a swing. 30 damage.

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James misses.

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Gorath hits for 30 with another swing again.

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Troll lands a hit on him - 11.
James hits for 17.

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Gorath misses a thrust.
Troll lands a hit on him for 12.
James gets hit for 16.
James hits for 17 again.

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Gorath misses with a swing.

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James gets parried.

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Gorath hits with a thrust through parry - for 24.

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James does the same for 17.

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Gorath gets parried.

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James hits for 17.

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Gorath hits for 26.

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James hits for 18.

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Gorath finally finishes one with a hit for 28.

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James does the same with a hit for 18.

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Gives us time to inspect one of these trolls. His stats were probably higher before he dropped all his stamina due to that frost bolt.

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James starts on the last troll. 16.

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Owyn joins in on the fun. 6.

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17 from James.

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And another 6 from Owyn.

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James misses.
Another hit for Owyn - 6.

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James finishes this torture with a hit for 19.

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Sometime during the fight - James got better at defense.

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And at the end he was better at offense too.

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Gorath got better at defense as well.

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Trolls don't seem to have much, but one of them has a motherload.

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Another one has nothing and the last one has something very basic.

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We're about 60% there.

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Getting back on the road.

A bit further up the road we notice a long side road leading to the river. Before we reach the end of it - we run into a trap!

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Hmmm... The cannons seem staggered. Guess we've gotta use the blockers in a staggered manner as well.

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The closest one of the right seem like it's at the blockers level already, so James pushes the left. Looks like that works.

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Followed by Owyn... Now how do I do the next bit?

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Seems like there won't be enough room. So Owyn pushes Gorath's block horizontally to make some.

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And... turns out we can move blocks diagonally too!

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Which makes enough room to proceed.

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A bit further on the road we seem to run into some sort of location.

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Ah, the waterfall makes perfect sense.

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How beautiful. And there seems to be something we can inspect here.

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Huh, what are the chances you'd randomly wonder upon some "suspicious leaves" in the forest?

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Oh wow, guess James gets this copy of the scouting ring.

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Oooo, what's behind the waterfall?

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Hmmm. No mention of a keyhole? Maybe the missing knight piece would change the situation somehow?

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Nothing left at the waterfall, but we notice a chest on the way back to the main road.

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This can sell for a few gold.

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Later on - we notice a hidey hole.

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Its so interesting to see the blessed basic swords. Its like finding a pile of shit that has been painted gold.

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To the right of the hole the map opens up and the spyglass reveals a large number of interesting locations.

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A stump? We're in the middle of chapter 3 and this is the first time we see such a thing.

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Huh, definitely a new type of storage.

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A wooden key inside a wooden stump. How appropriate.

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Next up are two chests.

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The options for this one are:

SIADE
THOCT
PRTLS
AESIY

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And the second one:

SLLAT
CARSD
ATIRS
OUSDE

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Solutions and loot:

Took me a while - the orphans were leading me in the wrong direction before I refocused on what war disturbs.

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Its interesting that the tsurani arrows do the same damage and have the same accuracy as standard poisoned arrows.

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This also confused me for a bit. Kept thinking of kitchen items before figuring it out.

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That armor will sell for a lot!

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The last location in that area is a... barn? What is a barn doing the middle of the woods?

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Dammit. Where are your neck hairs Gorath???

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Owyn gets shot for 4.
James hits for 32.

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He then gets hit for 9 by a charging enemy.
Owyn misses with a 5 hp Frost bolt.

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Gets shot by another archer. Not sure for how much.
Gorath takes the first enemy down with a swing for 58.

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James misses and gets hit for 9.

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Owyn hits with a swing through block. 18 damage. Takes 1 damage himself - guess one of the arrows was poisoned.

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Gorath gets parried by an archer.

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That archer than charges Owyn and hits for 7.
Gorath gets hit in melee for 9.
Owyn gets parried, takes poison damage.
Gorath hits with a swing for 57. Another enemy goes down.

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James hits the far archer for 29.

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Gorath gets parried.

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James finishes another one with a hit for 30.

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Gorath gets parried again.

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James hits one of Owyn's attackers for 29.

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Gorath gets hit for 10.
Gorath takes revenge with a successful swing - but 58 damage is not enough to finish that moredhel.

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James gets parried.

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Gorath finishes one with a thrust for 53.

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James misses.

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Gorath finishes the same target. The thrust was 45 damage.

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James gets parried.

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Gorath finishes the fight with a thrust for 52.

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Owyn has to take one of the anti-venoms.

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Nice sword on this guy.

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Spell casting alchemy makes no sense on non-caster enemies.

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It's been a while since we've seen moredhel. Perhaps this note will tell us why they're here.

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Well, well, well - not only does this confirm Gorath's story - we also find out what the Knight Piece is for AND that we have to look for it in a well.

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Enemies have definitely gotten better stuff lately.

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Not across the board through.

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Not at all.

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We check on the barn again... huh there ARE chickens in there.

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Explains why their archers were hitting.

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As we walk away from the barn this triggers... Would have been nice before hand.

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Before we return to the road we find two more hidey holes.

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Some kind of peasant's cache.

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Or thief's.

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We'll continue our search for the Knight's Piece next time.
 

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