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Completed Let's play Realms of Arkania: Star Trail HD - Part 71: Phex Temple 15 - WTF Ending
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Part 54: Epilogue
In Kvirasim, Boreale is reunited with his surviving companions. Grimgravy almost dies of happiness.
Thankfully, Morkar manages to revive him in time.
Hey look, we can now go to the marker on Market Day!
Our heroes return back to where this whole adventure started, to the Temple of Peraine in Kvirasim, in order to honor the fallen.
Nevill Codexer... the first one to lay down his life for Codexia. Master of "handel abschließen", an honorary German and a Rogue with woefully underutilized seduction skills. He negotiated better prices for the party during his life, yet blew all of he party's funds on knife-throwing in his pursuit of german titles, at which he kept failing. Due to his gambling problem, he was not very popular among his party members, who didn't seems to care about him falling in combat and would rather talk to Artherion then to try to revive him, leading to his unfortunate demise. Still, he died for Codexia!
MicoSelva Rainbow Child, our first elf. He led us through the first part of the game, all the way to the Dwarven Pit. He single-handedly saved his team by retreating from the first battle with those demonic undead dwarves and then returned to nurse everyone back to health. A good pathfinder, healer and food provider, MicoSelva was a valuable member of the team. It was a tragic day when we lost him to the undead dwarves from hell...
ERFKRAD Codexer, Nevill's older and much more popular older brother. He kept failing at "handel abschließen", no doubt due to his dead brother's malicious influence, but he kept kicking ass in combat, so all is forgiven! Still, even all of his fighting skills didn't save him from the undead dwarves from hell.
Ah, the original Reinhardt. Who knew there were many more to come! This particular version was an emo druid, focused on writting sad poetry and summoning ghosts to tank, also he was the designated herb gatherer. Already weakened by the undead dwarves from hell, Reinhardt v1.0 died after he choked on all the smoke when we set some strange plant on fire while in the Dwarven Pit.
Morkar the Red, my MVP for the first part of the game. His Ignifaxius oneshot a many foe and his other spells helped the group a lot. The other magicians that came after him might have been better, but he was the first and they had much to learn from his example. Like Rainhardt v1.0, he choked on the smoke from that fire inside the Dwarven Pit. He almost made it out of the room too, but the gods were not kind to him that day.
Reinhardt the Jolly, AKA Reinhardt v2.0, you were too good for this cruel world. You brought cheer to people and gold to the party's pockets, you were much better at throwing knives then Nevill ever was and the Hiyalan Fire throwing weapon had potential, even if "his head was in wrong place". Sadly, he did not live long enough to test it more then a couple of times, as after he was wounded in battle with Orc Archers, he became the first victim of Azira's poor medical skills.
Jimmious, son of Gimli, the other victim of Azira's poor medical skills and the last of the original party to die, with Boreale being the sole survivor. Jimmious lived a fulfilling life full of excitement, lockpicking and teleporting cart rides. In short, he was a better rogue then then actual rogue and probably my favorite character out of the original six, he could easily rival Boreale in kicking ass and taking names with his axe. He died once already when the party lowered him into a shaft and refused to pull him back up until he found something and he just failed to hold on to the rope. Yet he was saved by a reload due to the fact that he was carying the Salamander Stone in his pocket. He finally died for good after the first disastrous swamp expedition, when Azira decided to run some horrible Ice Elf experiments on him instead of actually healing him and thus, he succumbed to a combination of swamp fever and battlefield fever. I was hoping that he would make it all the way to the end, but sadly, it was not to be.
AZIRA!
The insane female/male ice elf suffering from identity crisis, her Treat Wounds and Disease attempts mostly involve traditional ice elven medicine, like trepanation and leaving the sick alone in the woods to feed the wolves. S/he is also a known burglar, who spent some time in Lowangen prison and also a part dog. S/he was also the reason the first expedition to the swamps failed so utterly, as whatever s/he did to the others on the way there was so horrible that everyone was terrified to even venture near the place it happened, even those who never met our insane Ice Elf. While travelling to Sibra, she breathed her last when s/he died of Blue Cough and none of her alternative medicine treatments worked to cure it.
Reinhardt the Witcher, AKA Reinhardt v3.0, AKA the DECLINE version, like Windows Vista to v2.0 and v1.0's Windows XP. All he ever did was summon his useless broom, summon crows to attack HIMSELF, fail to charm the aggresive swamp wildlife and finally die of swamp fever after the swamp rantzies knocked him out.
vazha Borealesson, this here is his original version, still freshly generated and ready for adventure. The real vazha Borealesson though is lost forever. He brought much honor to his father, Commander Boreale, and had a promising music career ahead of him. Sadly, he couldn't manage to survive the journey accross the mountains and he fell into a chasm, forever lost to us.
Nevill of Codexia, unrelated to Nevill Codex. A magician from the land of Codexia, specializing in domination spells and seduction. His Horriphobus made many a foe flee in fear. He was a faithful disciple of his master, Rincewind, and ran all the way from the swamps to Sibra, while carrying all of his dead companions and the sick Boreale on his shoulders. And he did all of that without boots! He liked to walk around shirtless all the time and cosplay as Magneto from X-Men. Shame we've lost him, as during the opening cutscene in the Blood Pinnacle, he managed to catch Dullskull AND Blue Cough before we even had a chance to start the dungeon proper. Still, like all of our magicians, he was very useful! Were he with us in the Blood Pinnacle while on his full strength, it would make everything much easier!
da_rays Codexer, son of Nevill Codexer and an evil Borbarad cultist in disguise. He sought to steal our D20 for himself and fell in battle before he could put his evil plan in motion. He was useless at actual rogue stuff, but that wasn't his fault, but due to the fact that the game took all of our stuff YET AGAIN and didn't provide any replacement lockpicks. He served as a fine meatshield, as due to his dark allegiance, everyone instantly targeted him. Weakened from the constant orc attacks, he eventually starved to death in the Blood Pinnacle.
Turns out, Reinhardt v4.0 and Helly 360 No Scope are alive! Did I forget to save their progress? Or just select the wrong versions? Well, doesn't matter, they are dead to us!
Anyway, Reinhardt v4.0 was a fine addition to the party and redeemed the faulty previous version. Standing at 1.25 meters tall, she was easily the smallest member of the entire party, consisting of a 2 meters tall Thorwalian and Warrior, yet despite that, she managed to kick ass and take names just like them. Like Jimmious, she was also good at opening locks and even stealing from merchants. She almost made it to the end, yet starved to death in the room before the final boss.
Helly 360 No Scope... well, the name speaks for itself. He singlehandedly proved that Hunters are actually awesome, which deserves a! He consistently dealt as much damage as the 20 Strength warrior types and kept rolling crits like crazy. He was also the best tracker and survivalist we've ever had. Just like Reinhardt v4.0, he starved to death in the room before the final boss, while I was trying to recharge our Astral Energy. And this was indeed a tragic loss.
Azira the Enchantress... well, she was definitely much better then the Ice Elf for sure. A Domination focused magician, she specialized in banning our enemies via the Chain and Manacle spell and despite her lower skill, she actually surpassed Grimgravy in the end due to her higher AE pool and lower AE costs. And she is one of the 4 surviving characters, so...
Grimgravy Meekness... the administrator Silvan Elf and the master of the mighty banhammer. He might've been surpassed by his student Azira in the end, but still, I can't imagine how I'd get out of the swamps and through the Blood Pinnacle without this guy. And he was the one who wielded the banhammer first and no one can take it away from him! Despite all odds, he survived, even though he suffered from a major case of Claustrophobia even while above ground and still has Traumatic Fever.
Morkar of Riva... the guy who pretends to be the original Morkar. He is with us since the undead dwarves from hell wiped out most of the original party. He survived to the end and I'm not sure if him or Jimmious should get the second place for survival after Boreale. He was great at "start barter", fighting in general and a great medic to boot! He probably has the best stats out of the whole party.
And finally, Commander Boreale, proud servant of the EMPRAH! What to say about him that isn't already known. This guy survived all the way to the end, despite numerous setbacks, knockouts and deadly diseases. I thought he'd die for sure when we've traveled to Sibra after that disastrous swamp expedition, yet he just shrugged off his Battlefield Fever, which immediately expired. Great at fighting and not much else, still, it's not like we needed him for anything else.
Anyway, since the ending sucked, we'll make our own.
Following his ressurection, Nevill ventured forth to the mythical land of Germany. There, he finally mastered the art of "handel abschließen" and properly utilized his Seduction skill to start a profitable movie career. Sadly, the fame got into his head and now he refuses to speak to any other Codexians, for he finds their "handel abschließen" lacking. No one knows what the fuck he means by that.
MicoSelva Rainbow Child returned life, his mind forever altered by the horrific visions experienced in the afterlife, where he was tormented by the undead dwarves. Sadly, he never quite recovered and afterwards he went to Finsterkoppen, killing every dwarf he came across, living or undead. Eventually, he ventured to the darkest depths of the Dwarven Pit...
ERYFKRAD Codexer wasn't to be upstaged by his younger brother and thus joined the army in the fight against the orcs. He was captured during a battle near the Blood Pinnacle, yet he slew the orc chief in single combat and became the leader of his own orc tribe. Years later, Aventurians would hear the name ERYFKRAD and shake in fear as the great Warlord ravaged their lands with his orcish army.
Reinhardt the Black went on to produce some of the finest sad poetry known to the world and finally answered the question "What can change the nature of man?" once and for all, even better then Planescape: Torment. He eventually settled down in a nice house in the countryside, inhabited by all of his glowing green ghost friends, so he was finally among people he liked.
Morkar the Red tried to make a worthy spiritual successor to the Realms of Arkania series set in Thorwal, yet his Kickstarter campaign failed after everyone accused him of plagiarizing Skyrim. Full of rage, the mighty magician unleashed his armies of Heshthots and Skeletons upon Aventuria and burned down cities with his Ignifaxius. Eventually, the combined armies of the world stopped him, but still, he is there somewhere, planning, waiting, his rage only growing stronger each day...
Reinhardt the Jolly returned to the world and brought joy and cheer to everyone around him. Sadly, he was too good for this cruel world and soon, he found himself hunted by those jealous of his success. Still, he wandered the world, bringing fun and laughter to the world affected by Decline.
Cmon, 288 Ducats aren't enough?
Fine, we need to insert more coins into the miracle vending machine.
Jimmious ventured back to the Dwarven Pit and eventually restured the mine to it's former glory. Finsterkoppen eventually became the richest dwarven settlement in all of Aventuria, with Jimmious as its leader. Yet in his hubris, Jimmious eventually dug too deep and uncovered the terrible horrors waiting down below. Specifically, MicoSelva Rainbow Child, who now made a pact with the dark forces and was thus transformed into an undead elf from hell. The newly restored Dwarven Pit and Finsterkoppen fell overnight and after MicoSelva finally stopped, only bones and ashes remained. The fate of Jimmious remains a mystery, but some people say that MicoSelva now has an undead dwarf companion on his side and together, they guard the Dwarven Pit from any further intruders.
Immediately after being resurrected, Azira Blood Song fled as far away as she could to practice her medical skills on other victims and experiment with the alternative medicine treatments s/he was so fond of. If you have any information about the whereabouts of this insane ice elf, please alert the local town guard immediately.
Nevill of Codexia went back to the land of Codexia, seeking approval from his master Rincewind. Yet all he found there was an army of trolls, who were dedicated to hunting him down whenever he went. So he had to flee, and flee and flee and rumor has it, he's still fleeing to this day.
You need to construct additional Ducats.
Reinhardt the Witcher eventually went on to star in his own Witcher game. It received very negative reviews due to the fact that you had to fight with a broom instead of a sword. Yet somehow, it became the RPGCodex GOTY of 2030, most likely due to the deep and immersive storyline.
da_rays Codexer returned to the Temple of The Nameless in Tjolmar, seeking guidance from his master. After finding it deserted and his master slain, he vowed to restore it to its former glory and bring doom upon Aventuria. He eventually returned as the main antagonist in Shadows over Riva HD, which became RPGCodex GOTY of 2020.
Reinhard v4.0 eventually had to leave this world, for there are many worlds in peril, each requiring a Reinhardt to save them and this one already depleted its Reinhardt budget.
Helly 360 No Scope was later heard saying that this game sucks and he'd rather go play CS: GO instead. He currently holds the world record for most 360noscope headshots in the world.
As for our other heroes... well, we shall see. For now, this is the end of their adventures. But who knows, maybe fate still has something in store for them...
In Kvirasim, Boreale is reunited with his surviving companions. Grimgravy almost dies of happiness.
Thankfully, Morkar manages to revive him in time.
Hey look, we can now go to the marker on Market Day!
Our heroes return back to where this whole adventure started, to the Temple of Peraine in Kvirasim, in order to honor the fallen.
Nevill Codexer... the first one to lay down his life for Codexia. Master of "handel abschließen", an honorary German and a Rogue with woefully underutilized seduction skills. He negotiated better prices for the party during his life, yet blew all of he party's funds on knife-throwing in his pursuit of german titles, at which he kept failing. Due to his gambling problem, he was not very popular among his party members, who didn't seems to care about him falling in combat and would rather talk to Artherion then to try to revive him, leading to his unfortunate demise. Still, he died for Codexia!
MicoSelva Rainbow Child, our first elf. He led us through the first part of the game, all the way to the Dwarven Pit. He single-handedly saved his team by retreating from the first battle with those demonic undead dwarves and then returned to nurse everyone back to health. A good pathfinder, healer and food provider, MicoSelva was a valuable member of the team. It was a tragic day when we lost him to the undead dwarves from hell...
ERFKRAD Codexer, Nevill's older and much more popular older brother. He kept failing at "handel abschließen", no doubt due to his dead brother's malicious influence, but he kept kicking ass in combat, so all is forgiven! Still, even all of his fighting skills didn't save him from the undead dwarves from hell.
Ah, the original Reinhardt. Who knew there were many more to come! This particular version was an emo druid, focused on writting sad poetry and summoning ghosts to tank, also he was the designated herb gatherer. Already weakened by the undead dwarves from hell, Reinhardt v1.0 died after he choked on all the smoke when we set some strange plant on fire while in the Dwarven Pit.
Morkar the Red, my MVP for the first part of the game. His Ignifaxius oneshot a many foe and his other spells helped the group a lot. The other magicians that came after him might have been better, but he was the first and they had much to learn from his example. Like Rainhardt v1.0, he choked on the smoke from that fire inside the Dwarven Pit. He almost made it out of the room too, but the gods were not kind to him that day.
Reinhardt the Jolly, AKA Reinhardt v2.0, you were too good for this cruel world. You brought cheer to people and gold to the party's pockets, you were much better at throwing knives then Nevill ever was and the Hiyalan Fire throwing weapon had potential, even if "his head was in wrong place". Sadly, he did not live long enough to test it more then a couple of times, as after he was wounded in battle with Orc Archers, he became the first victim of Azira's poor medical skills.
Jimmious, son of Gimli, the other victim of Azira's poor medical skills and the last of the original party to die, with Boreale being the sole survivor. Jimmious lived a fulfilling life full of excitement, lockpicking and teleporting cart rides. In short, he was a better rogue then then actual rogue and probably my favorite character out of the original six, he could easily rival Boreale in kicking ass and taking names with his axe. He died once already when the party lowered him into a shaft and refused to pull him back up until he found something and he just failed to hold on to the rope. Yet he was saved by a reload due to the fact that he was carying the Salamander Stone in his pocket. He finally died for good after the first disastrous swamp expedition, when Azira decided to run some horrible Ice Elf experiments on him instead of actually healing him and thus, he succumbed to a combination of swamp fever and battlefield fever. I was hoping that he would make it all the way to the end, but sadly, it was not to be.
AZIRA!
The insane female/male ice elf suffering from identity crisis, her Treat Wounds and Disease attempts mostly involve traditional ice elven medicine, like trepanation and leaving the sick alone in the woods to feed the wolves. S/he is also a known burglar, who spent some time in Lowangen prison and also a part dog. S/he was also the reason the first expedition to the swamps failed so utterly, as whatever s/he did to the others on the way there was so horrible that everyone was terrified to even venture near the place it happened, even those who never met our insane Ice Elf. While travelling to Sibra, she breathed her last when s/he died of Blue Cough and none of her alternative medicine treatments worked to cure it.
Reinhardt the Witcher, AKA Reinhardt v3.0, AKA the DECLINE version, like Windows Vista to v2.0 and v1.0's Windows XP. All he ever did was summon his useless broom, summon crows to attack HIMSELF, fail to charm the aggresive swamp wildlife and finally die of swamp fever after the swamp rantzies knocked him out.
vazha Borealesson, this here is his original version, still freshly generated and ready for adventure. The real vazha Borealesson though is lost forever. He brought much honor to his father, Commander Boreale, and had a promising music career ahead of him. Sadly, he couldn't manage to survive the journey accross the mountains and he fell into a chasm, forever lost to us.
Nevill of Codexia, unrelated to Nevill Codex. A magician from the land of Codexia, specializing in domination spells and seduction. His Horriphobus made many a foe flee in fear. He was a faithful disciple of his master, Rincewind, and ran all the way from the swamps to Sibra, while carrying all of his dead companions and the sick Boreale on his shoulders. And he did all of that without boots! He liked to walk around shirtless all the time and cosplay as Magneto from X-Men. Shame we've lost him, as during the opening cutscene in the Blood Pinnacle, he managed to catch Dullskull AND Blue Cough before we even had a chance to start the dungeon proper. Still, like all of our magicians, he was very useful!
Were he with us in the Blood Pinnacle while on his full strength, it would make everything much easier!
da_rays Codexer, son of Nevill Codexer and an evil Borbarad cultist in disguise. He sought to steal our D20 for himself and fell in battle before he could put his evil plan in motion. He was useless at actual rogue stuff, but that wasn't his fault, but due to the fact that the game took all of our stuff YET AGAIN and didn't provide any replacement lockpicks. He served as a fine meatshield, as due to his dark allegiance, everyone instantly targeted him. Weakened from the constant orc attacks, he eventually starved to death in the Blood Pinnacle.
Turns out, Reinhardt v4.0 and Helly 360 No Scope are alive! Did I forget to save their progress? Or just select the wrong versions? Well, doesn't matter, they are dead to us!
Anyway, Reinhardt v4.0 was a fine addition to the party and redeemed the faulty previous version. Standing at 1.25 meters tall, she was easily the smallest member of the entire party, consisting of a 2 meters tall Thorwalian and Warrior, yet despite that, she managed to kick ass and take names just like them. Like Jimmious, she was also good at opening locks and even stealing from merchants. She almost made it to the end, yet starved to death in the room before the final boss.
Helly 360 No Scope... well, the name speaks for itself. He singlehandedly proved that Hunters are actually awesome, which deserves a
! He consistently dealt as much damage as the 20 Strength warrior types and kept rolling crits like crazy. He was also the best tracker and survivalist we've ever had. Just like Reinhardt v4.0, he starved to death in the room before the final boss, while I was trying to recharge our Astral Energy. And this was indeed a tragic loss.
Azira the Enchantress... well, she was definitely much better then the Ice Elf for sure. A Domination focused magician, she specialized in banning our enemies via the Chain and Manacle spell and despite her lower skill, she actually surpassed Grimgravy in the end due to her higher AE pool and lower AE costs. And she is one of the 4 surviving characters, so...
Grimgravy Meekness... the administrator Silvan Elf and the master of the mighty banhammer. He might've been surpassed by his student Azira in the end, but still, I can't imagine how I'd get out of the swamps and through the Blood Pinnacle without this guy. And he was the one who wielded the banhammer first and no one can take it away from him! Despite all odds, he survived, even though he suffered from a major case of Claustrophobia even while above ground and still has Traumatic Fever.
Morkar of Riva... the guy who pretends to be the original Morkar. He is with us since the undead dwarves from hell wiped out most of the original party. He survived to the end and I'm not sure if him or Jimmious should get the second place for survival after Boreale. He was great at "start barter", fighting in general and a great medic to boot! He probably has the best stats out of the whole party.
And finally, Commander Boreale, proud servant of the EMPRAH! What to say about him that isn't already known. This guy survived all the way to the end, despite numerous setbacks, knockouts and deadly diseases. I thought he'd die for sure when we've traveled to Sibra after that disastrous swamp expedition, yet he just shrugged off his Battlefield Fever, which immediately expired. Great at fighting and not much else, still, it's not like we needed him for anything else.
Anyway, since the ending sucked, we'll make our own.
Following his ressurection, Nevill ventured forth to the mythical land of Germany. There, he finally mastered the art of "handel abschließen" and properly utilized his Seduction skill to start a profitable movie career. Sadly, the fame got into his head and now he refuses to speak to any other Codexians, for he finds their "handel abschließen" lacking. No one knows what the fuck he means by that.
MicoSelva Rainbow Child returned life, his mind forever altered by the horrific visions experienced in the afterlife, where he was tormented by the undead dwarves. Sadly, he never quite recovered and afterwards he went to Finsterkoppen, killing every dwarf he came across, living or undead. Eventually, he ventured to the darkest depths of the Dwarven Pit...
ERYFKRAD Codexer wasn't to be upstaged by his younger brother and thus joined the army in the fight against the orcs. He was captured during a battle near the Blood Pinnacle, yet he slew the orc chief in single combat and became the leader of his own orc tribe. Years later, Aventurians would hear the name ERYFKRAD and shake in fear as the great Warlord ravaged their lands with his orcish army.
Reinhardt the Black went on to produce some of the finest sad poetry known to the world and finally answered the question "What can change the nature of man?" once and for all, even better then Planescape: Torment. He eventually settled down in a nice house in the countryside, inhabited by all of his glowing green ghost friends, so he was finally among people he liked.
Morkar the Red tried to make a worthy spiritual successor to the Realms of Arkania series set in Thorwal, yet his Kickstarter campaign failed after everyone accused him of plagiarizing Skyrim. Full of rage, the mighty magician unleashed his armies of Heshthots and Skeletons upon Aventuria and burned down cities with his Ignifaxius. Eventually, the combined armies of the world stopped him, but still, he is there somewhere, planning, waiting, his rage only growing stronger each day...
Reinhardt the Jolly returned to the world and brought joy and cheer to everyone around him. Sadly, he was too good for this cruel world and soon, he found himself hunted by those jealous of his success. Still, he wandered the world, bringing fun and laughter to the world affected by Decline.
Cmon, 288 Ducats aren't enough?
Fine, we need to insert more coins into the miracle vending machine.
Jimmious ventured back to the Dwarven Pit and eventually restured the mine to it's former glory. Finsterkoppen eventually became the richest dwarven settlement in all of Aventuria, with Jimmious as its leader. Yet in his hubris, Jimmious eventually dug too deep and uncovered the terrible horrors waiting down below. Specifically, MicoSelva Rainbow Child, who now made a pact with the dark forces and was thus transformed into an undead elf from hell. The newly restored Dwarven Pit and Finsterkoppen fell overnight and after MicoSelva finally stopped, only bones and ashes remained. The fate of Jimmious remains a mystery, but some people say that MicoSelva now has an undead dwarf companion on his side and together, they guard the Dwarven Pit from any further intruders.
Immediately after being resurrected, Azira Blood Song fled as far away as she could to practice her medical skills on other victims and experiment with the alternative medicine treatments s/he was so fond of. If you have any information about the whereabouts of this insane ice elf, please alert the local town guard immediately.
Nevill of Codexia went back to the land of Codexia, seeking approval from his master Rincewind. Yet all he found there was an army of trolls, who were dedicated to hunting him down whenever he went. So he had to flee, and flee and flee and rumor has it, he's still fleeing to this day.
You need to construct additional Ducats.
Reinhardt the Witcher eventually went on to star in his own Witcher game. It received very negative reviews due to the fact that you had to fight with a broom instead of a sword. Yet somehow, it became the RPGCodex GOTY of 2030, most likely due to the deep and immersive storyline.
da_rays Codexer returned to the Temple of The Nameless in Tjolmar, seeking guidance from his master. After finding it deserted and his master slain, he vowed to restore it to its former glory and bring doom upon Aventuria. He eventually returned as the main antagonist in Shadows over Riva HD, which became RPGCodex GOTY of 2020.
Reinhard v4.0 eventually had to leave this world, for there are many worlds in peril, each requiring a Reinhardt to save them and this one already depleted its Reinhardt budget.
Helly 360 No Scope was later heard saying that this game sucks and he'd rather go play CS: GO instead. He currently holds the world record for most 360noscope headshots in the world.
As for our other heroes... well, we shall see. For now, this is the end of their adventures. But who knows, maybe fate still has something in store for them...
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the party managed to fill a p. decent-sized graveyard
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Part 55: But Wait, THERE'S MORE!
Turns out, this guy in Kvirasim will give us some alchemy recipes to start with, I think it's part of the deluxe edition? Would've been useful if I found him at the start of the game and not after I've finished it, but oh well, we've managed without them.
Also, there's a whole section of Kvirasim I somehow managed to miss. In my defense, it's hidden behind all of those trees and the only proof of the existence of the actual "Real Kvirasim" is this wooden walkway here.
Yes, the temple and the inn are not the actual town, this is the actual elven city. A treetop village. Looks a lot better then in the original, where Kvirasim looks like some generic human village in the middle of a wasteland. Not saying that the graphics are amazing or anything, but it's a pretty nice place.
The local alchemist sells a lot of great potions. Again, would've been nice to know about him sooner.
There's a bunch of NPCs here that give you some tips.
Yes, we've used a net to catch transformed Agdan. We didn't need to bring one though, as one was already in the Swamp Rantzy chest.
I guess this is supposed to be that priestess of Rondra we've saved at the start of the game and the male pronouns are a mistake.
Or maybe s/he is genderfluid like Azira.
Thanks, but we already know all about that, as our recently ressurected companions can confirm.
This is how it looks from the outside and as you can see, it's perfectly hidden from view.
Well anyway, we need reinforcements. Vazha the skald might have been lost forever, but the gods were merciful and allowed him to reincarnate as a Juggler.
And here's Helly'sedgy evil brother Ylleh.
Yeah, let's make some money, we are totally broke after all of those pointless ressurections, so we need it!
Dammit Vazha, you are useless!
Great, now he can't make money with Arobatics anymore! Remind me, why did we take him along again?
Oh great, Dullskull too. And it seems that Azira's gender is still in question.
Ah, a string of failures, misery and deadly diseases tormenting our heroes. Truly a great start to our next adventure!
Turns out, this guy in Kvirasim will give us some alchemy recipes to start with, I think it's part of the deluxe edition? Would've been useful if I found him at the start of the game and not after I've finished it, but oh well, we've managed without them.
Also, there's a whole section of Kvirasim I somehow managed to miss. In my defense, it's hidden behind all of those trees and the only proof of the existence of the actual "Real Kvirasim" is this wooden walkway here.
Yes, the temple and the inn are not the actual town, this is the actual elven city. A treetop village. Looks a lot better then in the original, where Kvirasim looks like some generic human village in the middle of a wasteland. Not saying that the graphics are amazing or anything, but it's a pretty nice place.
The local alchemist sells a lot of great potions. Again, would've been nice to know about him sooner.
There's a bunch of NPCs here that give you some tips.
Yes, we've used a net to catch transformed Agdan. We didn't need to bring one though, as one was already in the Swamp Rantzy chest.
I guess this is supposed to be that priestess of Rondra we've saved at the start of the game and the male pronouns are a mistake.
Or maybe s/he is genderfluid like Azira.
Thanks, but we already know all about that, as our recently ressurected companions can confirm.
This is how it looks from the outside and as you can see, it's perfectly hidden from view.
Well anyway, we need reinforcements. Vazha the skald might have been lost forever, but the gods were merciful and allowed him to reincarnate as a Juggler.
And here's Helly's
Yeah, let's make some money, we are totally broke after all of those pointless ressurections, so we need it!
Dammit Vazha, you are useless!
Great, now he can't make money with Arobatics anymore! Remind me, why did we take him along again?
Oh great, Dullskull too. And it seems that Azira's gender is still in question.
Ah, a string of failures, misery and deadly diseases tormenting our heroes. Truly a great start to our next adventure!
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Reading their changelogs they have fixed a lot of stuff you found in your playthrough e.g. in combat enemy models don't freeze anymore when dead and dwarves have now proper interior in their size...
wait, what
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Is that a dwarf woman flirting with a beardless dwarf?
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Both of them are female dwarves.
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Part 56: Back To Tiefhusen
Well, Dullskull down, Traumatic Fever to go. We don't have any Donf Stalks though, so Azira will just have to wait until it passes on its own or we find a healer, whatever happens first...
Chain and Manacle, how I've missed you!
Yeah, of course Ylleh fails at hunting.
Of course, they can't even handle travelling without rest all the way to Tiefhusen. Weaklings!
Azira finally recovered from the Traumatic Fever. We got lucky, since it lasted about a week. Also, they gain experience the first time it happens to them.
Well, what do you think? We attack!
Apparently, a whole party of adventures attacking it is only "somewhat unnerving" to that beast.
Also, poor Grimgravy. This game hates him.
Great, now we will have a good night's sleep-
Dammit, what's with these stalkers everywhere!
This guy kinda looks like Priscilla in Witcher 3...
"Would you mind if I warm up at your fire for a bit?" the visitor asks before you have a chance to get a better impression of him.
We ask him what he's doing here.
"Since the Orcs have started roaming about, your life and limb just aren't safe anymore. These days, it's better to travel at night and spend the day inside the town."
Fine, we allow him to stay. Maybe he'll sing to us Priscilla's song in gratitude?
The fellow sits down by the fire and tells you about the way he's come tonight. But when his stomach starts growling, he interrupts his description. "I say, would you have a bite to eat for a lonely traveling man as well?"
Yeah, I had Ylleh hunt off-screen, so we have lots of supply packs. We can certainly spare one.
With these directions it should be easy enough to find your way around here in the next few days.
Are you kidding me, his shoes were BRAND NEW! Azira still has the ones s/he started with and they are perfectly fine!
Also, that encounter with the Rogue uncovered some paths in the surrunding area, so now we know which way to travel to get to Tiefhusen.
Well, we are no cowards, so onward we go!
But when you manage to kill one of the lynxes, the other takes off in flight.
Poor Grimgravy, animals seem to hate him.
Second option.
"Because I say so!"
"But only if you come out!"
"All right, I'm coming out. But don't get scared! I'm really nice unless I'm provoked... Heehee.."
Yes, this is just one of these random events where you can ask someone about things. He doesn't have anything interesting to say, so we leave him be.
Each time you get an event you didn't experience before, your characters get 10 experience. All of these events plus some random encounters I haven't shown were enough to bump Ylleh and Vazha up a level.
Anyway, we've made it to Teifhusen, but still we are about 6 Ducats short of 20, so we have to make some money first. Well, I'm sure that won't be a problem for Vazha-
Dammit Vazha, why can't you be Reinhardt?
Switching taverns doesn't help, so we can't cheese this.
Fine, just dance or whatever.
Dancing isn't as quick as I'd like, so we'll try Knife Throwing. Surely, Vazha can manage to win this one with his great skill-
Dammit Vazha!
Finally!
Now, time to see Hensger!
Well, Dullskull down, Traumatic Fever to go. We don't have any Donf Stalks though, so Azira will just have to wait until it passes on its own or we find a healer, whatever happens first...
Chain and Manacle, how I've missed you!
Yeah, of course Ylleh fails at hunting.
Of course, they can't even handle travelling without rest all the way to Tiefhusen. Weaklings!
Azira finally recovered from the Traumatic Fever. We got lucky, since it lasted about a week. Also, they gain experience the first time it happens to them.
Well, what do you think? We attack!
Apparently, a whole party of adventures attacking it is only "somewhat unnerving" to that beast.
Also, poor Grimgravy. This game hates him.
Great, now we will have a good night's sleep-
Dammit, what's with these stalkers everywhere!
This guy kinda looks like Priscilla in Witcher 3...
"Would you mind if I warm up at your fire for a bit?" the visitor asks before you have a chance to get a better impression of him.We ask him what he's doing here.
"Since the Orcs have started roaming about, your life and limb just aren't safe anymore. These days, it's better to travel at night and spend the day inside the town."Fine, we allow him to stay. Maybe he'll sing to us Priscilla's song in gratitude?
The fellow sits down by the fire and tells you about the way he's come tonight. But when his stomach starts growling, he interrupts his description. "I say, would you have a bite to eat for a lonely traveling man as well?"Yeah, I had Ylleh hunt off-screen, so we have lots of supply packs. We can certainly spare one.
With these directions it should be easy enough to find your way around here in the next few days.
Are you kidding me, his shoes were BRAND NEW! Azira still has the ones s/he started with and they are perfectly fine!
Also, that encounter with the Rogue uncovered some paths in the surrunding area, so now we know which way to travel to get to Tiefhusen.
Well, we are no cowards, so onward we go!
But when you manage to kill one of the lynxes, the other takes off in flight.
Poor Grimgravy, animals seem to hate him.
Second option.
"Because I say so!""But only if you come out!" "All right, I'm coming out. But don't get scared! I'm really nice unless I'm provoked... Heehee.."
Yes, this is just one of these random events where you can ask someone about things. He doesn't have anything interesting to say, so we leave him be.
Each time you get an event you didn't experience before, your characters get 10 experience. All of these events plus some random encounters I haven't shown were enough to bump Ylleh and Vazha up a level.
Anyway, we've made it to Teifhusen, but still we are about 6 Ducats short of 20, so we have to make some money first. Well, I'm sure that won't be a problem for Vazha-
Dammit Vazha, why can't you be Reinhardt?
Switching taverns doesn't help, so we can't cheese this.
Fine, just dance or whatever.
Dancing isn't as quick as I'd like, so we'll try Knife Throwing. Surely, Vazha can manage to win this one with his great skill-
Dammit Vazha!
Finally!
Now, time to see Hensger!
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Part 57: Phex Temple 1 - Trapped in a Cellar
When our group first visited Tiefhusen, they've learned that Hensger can get them inside the Phex temple. Well, time to do this! Hopefully, it will go much better then my first attempt...
Third option.
"Why, sure. By the way, that makes for a hefty surcharge."
"We'll pay! What do you know about Star Trail?"
First option, even though the third one is the sensible one.
If you pick dialogue options that anger him, the price will go up. We can barely afford the 20 Ducats.
Well, let's rest until morning, surely nothing will happen-
Dammit, should've had Vazha as the leader, inside cities, random encounters depend on Streetwise instead of survival. Tbh, I think this is the only random encounter inside a city that we've got. We've slept on the streets in Lowangen, but I had Vazha the Skald lead us and he had good Streetwise.
Well, after that fight, our heroes are in a rough shape, but that shouldn't matter too much. Let's go!
Tiefhusen is no Lowangen, but it's actually pretty big.
Well, what could go wrong?
The game loves to troll us. And yes, we can't leave the dungeon until we actually finish this. Well, onward! We shall fully complete this game! FOR CODEXIA!
From what I understand, this particular dungeon was completely changed for the remake, in order to make it more fun, eliminate filler fights and also to make it more "lore friendly". So, 90% of what we are going to see here is content exclusive to the remake.
When our group first visited Tiefhusen, they've learned that Hensger can get them inside the Phex temple. Well, time to do this! Hopefully, it will go much better then my first attempt...
Third option.
"Why, sure. By the way, that makes for a hefty surcharge." "We'll pay! What do you know about Star Trail?"
First option, even though the third one is the sensible one.
If you pick dialogue options that anger him, the price will go up. We can barely afford the 20 Ducats.
Well, let's rest until morning, surely nothing will happen-
Dammit, should've had Vazha as the leader, inside cities, random encounters depend on Streetwise instead of survival. Tbh, I think this is the only random encounter inside a city that we've got. We've slept on the streets in Lowangen, but I had Vazha the Skald lead us and he had good Streetwise.
Well, after that fight, our heroes are in a rough shape, but that shouldn't matter too much. Let's go!
Tiefhusen is no Lowangen, but it's actually pretty big.
Well, what could go wrong?
The game loves to troll us. And yes, we can't leave the dungeon until we actually finish this. Well, onward! We shall fully complete this game! FOR CODEXIA!
From what I understand, this particular dungeon was completely changed for the remake, in order to make it more fun, eliminate filler fights and also to make it more "lore friendly". So, 90% of what we are going to see here is content exclusive to the remake.
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Part 58: Phex Temple 2 - Sliding Block Maze
Well, atleast Morkar leveled up. He is level 8 now. He has the second highest level out out of the whole party, after Boreale.
Anyway, we should peobably get out of this place if we don't want to end up like these guys right here.
Seems like we are in some kind of sewer.
Oh yes, we will see a lot of these things here. Interpreting them is a Streetwise test.
There's 10 supply packs here. Not that we really need them, since we have more food then we can carry. I've also filled 12 empty glass bottles with water from the fountain, so that we have emergency water supplies. Hopefully that will be enough.
This guy is apprarently invisible. Come on, atleast a picture?
Anyway, first option.
"Nineychanan.", he continues in a conversational tone.
We introduce ourselves, even though we don't inderstand a word of what he's saying.
"Sati, nallathu. Otu vilayadu vileyade vituppama?" He hands you the eight-sided object marked with weird symbols and points to the benches around the table with the other hand.
So, he wants us to play a game with some dice, eh? Well fine, we sit down and play!
We can also choose to "clob rhis outrageous guy", but that seems like a bad idea.
We gamble with gold coins, baby!
Also, he's really sensitive about his dice, so no touching.
I have no idea what any of these symbols mean, but it looks like we've won! We can gamble with this guy for money and if we win enough times, he won't want to play with us anymore. Well, let's get out of here.
Into the sewers we go!
Well, that looks weird as hell.
Well, there's some loot here, but it's guarded by something. Well, whatever, Vazha picks the lock and we go inside.
Here, we fight a group of spiders. They are pretty weak and Boreale and Morkar are enough to defeat them, with some ranged support from Ylleh.
There's nothing interesting about that skull with a candle on top of it, so we move on to that chest in the corner.
Inside the locked chest, we find these... things. I don't know what they did with that fishing hook, rope ladder, grappling hook and a mirror, but let's leave before somebody comes in and decides to show us.
Ah yes, the first puzzle.
This is basically a sliding block puzzle. The red square represents our party and we have to move all the way to the northwestern corner. We can move the blocks we are adjacent to.
In case we become hopelessly trapped, we can abort the puzzle and it will return us back to where we've started, but I manage to do this on my first try.
Both the upper field and the left field lead to different areas. Right now, we will go to the left one.
There, first puzzle is behind us!
Well, atleast Morkar leveled up. He is level 8 now. He has the second highest level out out of the whole party, after Boreale.
Anyway, we should peobably get out of this place if we don't want to end up like these guys right here.
Seems like we are in some kind of sewer.
Oh yes, we will see a lot of these things here. Interpreting them is a Streetwise test.
There's 10 supply packs here. Not that we really need them, since we have more food then we can carry. I've also filled 12 empty glass bottles with water from the fountain, so that we have emergency water supplies. Hopefully that will be enough.
This guy is apprarently invisible. Come on, atleast a picture?
Anyway, first option.
"Nineychanan.", he continues in a conversational tone.We introduce ourselves, even though we don't inderstand a word of what he's saying.
"Sati, nallathu. Otu vilayadu vileyade vituppama?" He hands you the eight-sided object marked with weird symbols and points to the benches around the table with the other hand.So, he wants us to play a game with some dice, eh? Well fine, we sit down and play!
We can also choose to "clob rhis outrageous guy", but that seems like a bad idea.
We gamble with gold coins, baby!
Also, he's really sensitive about his dice, so no touching.
I have no idea what any of these symbols mean, but it looks like we've won! We can gamble with this guy for money and if we win enough times, he won't want to play with us anymore. Well, let's get out of here.
Into the sewers we go!
Well, that looks weird as hell.
Well, there's some loot here, but it's guarded by something. Well, whatever, Vazha picks the lock and we go inside.
Here, we fight a group of spiders. They are pretty weak and Boreale and Morkar are enough to defeat them, with some ranged support from Ylleh.
There's nothing interesting about that skull with a candle on top of it, so we move on to that chest in the corner.
Inside the locked chest, we find these... things. I don't know what they did with that fishing hook, rope ladder, grappling hook and a mirror, but let's leave before somebody comes in and decides to show us.
Ah yes, the first puzzle.
This is basically a sliding block puzzle. The red square represents our party and we have to move all the way to the northwestern corner. We can move the blocks we are adjacent to.
In case we become hopelessly trapped, we can abort the puzzle and it will return us back to where we've started, but I manage to do this on my first try.
Both the upper field and the left field lead to different areas. Right now, we will go to the left one.
There, first puzzle is behind us!
lmao
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Part 59: Phex Temple 3 - Elemental Tile Puzzle
In the next area, we find a chest and one pressure plate.
The chest can't be opened yet.
Yes, I guess we need to solve a puzzle to open this chest. But first, we will take a look around.
Pretty pictures!
Those locked doors on that walkway on the right lead to the next area.
I'm not sure what this wall is supposed to be.
There's also another pressure plate here.
This triggered when we walked past this thing, so I guess the Phex reliefs are used to spy on us.
We move past the pit trap into the next area.
We can actually visit this area, if we take the upper path in that sliding block maze instead of the left one. I definitely plan to go here later.
The path forward is blocked by this rubble. Shame, since otherwise we could avoid a lot of hassle.
Yes, there's some treasure and again, it's guarded.
By spiders, what else is new?
Well, atleast we get some nice golden rings to sell from that chest!
Ugh, I hate this room!
Basically, you have to fill the whole board with the plates, but the plates can't be adjanced (or diagonaly adjanced) to a tile or plate of the same color (nor can you place a plate on a tile with the same color). When you place a plate on the tile, the color of the plate replaces the color of that tile.
The first time I went here, I accidentaly missed the spot that triggers the puzzle event, which resulted in the two dead party members, but now I'm much smarter!
Well, this is as far as I got. It's not the perfect solution, since it still leaves some tiles uncovered, but it works fine.
I don't know if you can notice, but two of those hands stopped producing that green smoke.
The more tiles you cover, the less damage you take. At this point, it's more annoying then deadly, but we'll still have to go through here a bunch of times, if I remember right.
We go to the left and admire those nice pictures. Even though it's like only 4 actual paintings and they have multiple copies of them on the same wall.
Well, after all that, we heal our wounds from that stupid trap and thus, we can continue onward! Well, in the next update atleast.
In the next area, we find a chest and one pressure plate.
The chest can't be opened yet.
Yes, I guess we need to solve a puzzle to open this chest. But first, we will take a look around.
Pretty pictures!
Those locked doors on that walkway on the right lead to the next area.
I'm not sure what this wall is supposed to be.
There's also another pressure plate here.
This triggered when we walked past this thing, so I guess the Phex reliefs are used to spy on us.
We move past the pit trap into the next area.
We can actually visit this area, if we take the upper path in that sliding block maze instead of the left one. I definitely plan to go here later.
The path forward is blocked by this rubble. Shame, since otherwise we could avoid a lot of hassle.
Yes, there's some treasure and again, it's guarded.
By spiders, what else is new?
Well, atleast we get some nice golden rings to sell from that chest!
Ugh, I hate this room!
Basically, you have to fill the whole board with the plates, but the plates can't be adjanced (or diagonaly adjanced) to a tile or plate of the same color (nor can you place a plate on a tile with the same color). When you place a plate on the tile, the color of the plate replaces the color of that tile.
The first time I went here, I accidentaly missed the spot that triggers the puzzle event, which resulted in the two dead party members, but now I'm much smarter!
Well, this is as far as I got. It's not the perfect solution, since it still leaves some tiles uncovered, but it works fine.
I don't know if you can notice, but two of those hands stopped producing that green smoke.
The more tiles you cover, the less damage you take. At this point, it's more annoying then deadly, but we'll still have to go through here a bunch of times, if I remember right.
We go to the left and admire those nice pictures. Even though it's like only 4 actual paintings and they have multiple copies of them on the same wall.
Well, after all that, we heal our wounds from that stupid trap and thus, we can continue onward! Well, in the next update atleast.
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Part 60: Phex Temple 4 - Fake Walls
Well then, let's continue.
Yes, there really is nothing of interest here.
Except for some spiders, of course.
Vazha himself plays Leeroy Jenkins and decides to tank this, yet he is surprisingly effective. Ylleh and Grimgravy provide ranged DPS.
While there's nothing of interest in the room itself, it does provide a convenient shortcut.
Yes, we need to find the puzzle that opens this secret door.
Here, we can clearly see that the corridor continues past this wall we can just walk right through. At first, I thought it was a glitch, but I guess they are supposed to be illusions, since there's more then one of them here. I didn't try the Break Illusion spell, maybe that makes it less awkward.
Anyway, before we explore what's hiding behind that fake wall, we explore the eastern part. Again, we have to go through this room and take damage.
Another fake wall.
A door we can't open.
These balls appear to be here just for decoration, as we can't interact with them. Atleast right now.
A lot of delicious food, out of reach, just there to taunt us.
I guess we should check that place out.
Oh look, this is the cover art for the game! Does this count as breaking the fourth wall? I've heard that in the original, there were Blade of Destiny adverts on the walls, so I guess this is what they've replaced them with.
Another Phex relief.
And another just around the corner. Here, you can donate some money.
Here's another one and this one has a puzzle attached.
If you can remember, the first time we walked past a Phex relief, Ylleh warned us that someone is observing us, so I guess that means we need to count the number of reliefs we've walked past.
If you answer wrong they'll refuse to speak to you further, but I think you can donate money to that other relief and they will let you answer again.
It seems this opened that secret door we've found earlier.
Let's see what's in store for us next!
Well then, let's continue.
Yes, there really is nothing of interest here.
Except for some spiders, of course.
Vazha himself plays Leeroy Jenkins and decides to tank this, yet he is surprisingly effective. Ylleh and Grimgravy provide ranged DPS.
While there's nothing of interest in the room itself, it does provide a convenient shortcut.
Yes, we need to find the puzzle that opens this secret door.
Here, we can clearly see that the corridor continues past this wall we can just walk right through. At first, I thought it was a glitch, but I guess they are supposed to be illusions, since there's more then one of them here. I didn't try the Break Illusion spell, maybe that makes it less awkward.
Anyway, before we explore what's hiding behind that fake wall, we explore the eastern part. Again, we have to go through this room and take damage.
Another fake wall.
A door we can't open.
These balls appear to be here just for decoration, as we can't interact with them. Atleast right now.
A lot of delicious food, out of reach, just there to taunt us.
I guess we should check that place out.
Oh look, this is the cover art for the game! Does this count as breaking the fourth wall? I've heard that in the original, there were Blade of Destiny adverts on the walls, so I guess this is what they've replaced them with.
Another Phex relief.
And another just around the corner. Here, you can donate some money.
Here's another one and this one has a puzzle attached.
If you can remember, the first time we walked past a Phex relief, Ylleh warned us that someone is observing us, so I guess that means we need to count the number of reliefs we've walked past.
If you answer wrong they'll refuse to speak to you further, but I think you can donate money to that other relief and they will let you answer again.
It seems this opened that secret door we've found earlier.
Let's see what's in store for us next!
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This ride will never ends isn't it?
I welcome the return of b0rken inglese 
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Part 61: Phex Temple 5: Trial and Error
I smell another puzzle!
Also, these things.
I have no idea how exactly are you supposed to come up with a solution for these, but more on them later.
There's actually two of them here and both have the stones on them, which is convenient.
Fine, I guess we won't have to waste time with this then.
Anyway, time to solve the puzzle.
[Intelligence] It seems Grimgravy failed the Cleverness check.
Critical failure even! Well, no matter, you can just save the puzzle for later and then activate it again, which gives you another attempt to get that hint.
Despite the fact that the game says you have 2 tries, you actually have 3. I kinda screwed this up, should've just dropped 4 coins into each pan and if one of them was lighter, it would mean the pyrite is among those coins. If they were both the same weight, then whichever coin was left on the altar would be the one we are looking for. Like this, I've kinda wasted the attempt.
Both weigh the same, so Pyrite is not among them.
Last attempt. Neither of these coins are the fake one. It's either 3,4 or 5. I can think of multiple ways to narrow it down even further, but in my defense, this was my first attempt.
Anyway, we can't perform any more precise measurements, so I simply pick one at random and hope for the best.
And it turns out that I got lucky and it WAS number 4 all this time!
Anyway, these things... they come in two varieties, either there's a stone atop them or they're empty.
If your character sticks their finger finger into the wrong hole, the stone disappears and teleports atop some empty "socket" somewhere inside the dungeon, where you can try to get it again.
Of course, that is incredubly frustrating and means endless running back and forth, so I just reload.
I actually got this result a few times when I've visited the temple the first time, but I didn't know that actually meant I was successful, I thought that opened some hidden door somewhere, especially since there were hidden doors behind two of these things.
This time, I've tried this and discovered that you can actually take the stone from the "socket" after that clicking noise message. I've just save-scummed past both of these. The actual number you need to press seems to be random, as I've tried to press the same one multiple times and sometimes it works, sometimes the stone disappears. And it seems there's multiple buttons that actually lead to this clicking noise. I'm not sure if I am supposed to recognize those symbols, or if this is just some trial and error thing that's meant to annoy you and make you run laps around the whole dungeon, fingering random sockets until you get enough stones to for your collection.
Anyway, now we have one of these tings!
After multiple reloads, we get another one!
I smell another puzzle!
Also, these things.
I have no idea how exactly are you supposed to come up with a solution for these, but more on them later.
There's actually two of them here and both have the stones on them, which is convenient.
Fine, I guess we won't have to waste time with this then.
Anyway, time to solve the puzzle.
[Intelligence] It seems Grimgravy failed the Cleverness check.
Critical failure even! Well, no matter, you can just save the puzzle for later and then activate it again, which gives you another attempt to get that hint.
Despite the fact that the game says you have 2 tries, you actually have 3. I kinda screwed this up, should've just dropped 4 coins into each pan and if one of them was lighter, it would mean the pyrite is among those coins. If they were both the same weight, then whichever coin was left on the altar would be the one we are looking for. Like this, I've kinda wasted the attempt.
Both weigh the same, so Pyrite is not among them.
Last attempt. Neither of these coins are the fake one. It's either 3,4 or 5. I can think of multiple ways to narrow it down even further, but in my defense, this was my first attempt.
Anyway, we can't perform any more precise measurements, so I simply pick one at random and hope for the best.
And it turns out that I got lucky and it WAS number 4 all this time!
Anyway, these things... they come in two varieties, either there's a stone atop them or they're empty.
If your character sticks their finger finger into the wrong hole, the stone disappears and teleports atop some empty "socket" somewhere inside the dungeon, where you can try to get it again.
Of course, that is incredubly frustrating and means endless running back and forth, so I just reload.
I actually got this result a few times when I've visited the temple the first time, but I didn't know that actually meant I was successful, I thought that opened some hidden door somewhere, especially since there were hidden doors behind two of these things.
This time, I've tried this and discovered that you can actually take the stone from the "socket" after that clicking noise message. I've just save-scummed past both of these. The actual number you need to press seems to be random, as I've tried to press the same one multiple times and sometimes it works, sometimes the stone disappears. And it seems there's multiple buttons that actually lead to this clicking noise. I'm not sure if I am supposed to recognize those symbols, or if this is just some trial and error thing that's meant to annoy you and make you run laps around the whole dungeon, fingering random sockets until you get enough stones to for your collection.
Anyway, now we have one of these tings!
After multiple reloads, we get another one!
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Part 62: Phex Temple 6: We've Found Star Trail! (apparently)
We return back to the area with the maze entrance. There was a chest here we couldn't open, so let's try to do so now. First, we split the party.
The room gets much darker, as Boreale doesn't have a light source on him.
Boreale moves on top of one of those pressure plates we've discovered earlier.
We leave him there and have Morkar stand on top of the other one.
The rest of the group moves to the chest and Vazha can now pick the lock.
Wow, this looks interesting.
A golden throwing axe. The flavor text hints that its more then that, but it doesn't register as magical, so maybe it's like that dragon spear and it's just really well-made.
We revisit the maze and move to the northern part.
When we came through the western exit of the maze, we eventully found ourselves on that balcony, while now we are at the lower level.
There's like 10 of these locked doors here, each of these little rooms has 2 or 3.
Also, just like with "arobatics", Vazha apparently also sucks at picking locks!
Anyway, look at that text in the upper part of the picture. That throwing axe was Star Trail! They even have it in their experience logs: Found Star Trail! Woohoo! Quest completed?
VAZHA!!!! Screw this up one more time and I'll kick you out of the group and replace you with a juggler-
Oh wait, you ARE a juggler.
I guess jugglers aren't as cool as I thought they were, turns out it was just Reinhardt making them seem cool. Or maybe Vazha the Second is ruining their reputation. You be the judge!
This is a door, cleverly disguised as a chest! These priests of Phex sure are cunning!
Unfortunately, it seems that the room hidden behind that chest door was already robbed, so we won't actually get to see how this chest door thing works. They have to save something for the sequel, I guess!
Also, this door can't be opened without a key for some reason.
Not sure what's the point, since you can just go around them through those doors that CAN be opened with lockpicking.
Well, we've opened all doors that we could and got that sweet XP. Now what?
Some scroll, I guess some crappy alchemy recipe, like the fifth recipe for Hylailan Fire for our collection of Hylailan Fire recipes.
Wait, what-
Oh, so this opened a door?
Well, anyway, let's check out what this scroll does-
So, this thing will literaly make you shit gold?
Also, when we took that "recipe", this thing opened up and now we can't go back.
Well, unless we use Tranversalis.
But let's not do that and go through these doors that've opened after we took that scroll.
Oh boy, what beautiful thing shall it be this time?
How does he do that, I didn't invest anything in Alchemy on him-
Well fine, we'll check that out later. Right now, what does this recipe do?
Wow, a third Courage Elixir recipe for our collection of duplicate alchemy recipes. Woohoo!
Pffft, traps, surely Vazha can disarm that-
VAZHA!!!!
Thankfully that trap only does minor damage. And we get some additional sweet loot!
When we've picked up that scroll, the portcullis returned back to normal, so we can go back.
But no, we'll stay here and explore the rest of this area.
Looks like some kind of library. Wonder what we'll find there?
Anyway, Star Trail found!
We return back to the area with the maze entrance. There was a chest here we couldn't open, so let's try to do so now. First, we split the party.
The room gets much darker, as Boreale doesn't have a light source on him.
Boreale moves on top of one of those pressure plates we've discovered earlier.
We leave him there and have Morkar stand on top of the other one.
The rest of the group moves to the chest and Vazha can now pick the lock.
Wow, this looks interesting.
A golden throwing axe. The flavor text hints that its more then that, but it doesn't register as magical, so maybe it's like that dragon spear and it's just really well-made.
We revisit the maze and move to the northern part.
When we came through the western exit of the maze, we eventully found ourselves on that balcony, while now we are at the lower level.
There's like 10 of these locked doors here, each of these little rooms has 2 or 3.
Also, just like with "arobatics", Vazha apparently also sucks at picking locks!
Anyway, look at that text in the upper part of the picture. That throwing axe was Star Trail! They even have it in their experience logs: Found Star Trail! Woohoo!
Quest completed?
VAZHA!!!!
Screw this up one more time and I'll kick you out of the group and replace you with a juggler-Oh wait, you ARE a juggler.
I guess jugglers aren't as cool as I thought they were, turns out it was just Reinhardt making them seem cool. Or maybe Vazha the Second is ruining their reputation. You be the judge!
This is a door, cleverly disguised as a chest! These priests of Phex sure are cunning!
Unfortunately, it seems that the room hidden behind that chest door was already robbed, so we won't actually get to see how this chest door thing works. They have to save something for the sequel, I guess!
Also, this door can't be opened without a key for some reason.
Not sure what's the point, since you can just go around them through those doors that CAN be opened with lockpicking.
Well, we've opened all doors that we could and got that sweet XP. Now what?
Some scroll, I guess some crappy alchemy recipe, like the fifth recipe for Hylailan Fire for our collection of Hylailan Fire recipes.
Wait, what-
Oh, so this opened a door?
Well, anyway, let's check out what this scroll does-
So, this thing will literaly make you shit gold?
Also, when we took that "recipe", this thing opened up and now we can't go back.
Well, unless we use Tranversalis.
But let's not do that and go through these doors that've opened after we took that scroll.
Oh boy, what beautiful thing shall it be this time?
How does he do that, I didn't invest anything in Alchemy on him-
Well fine, we'll check that out later. Right now, what does this recipe do?
Wow, a third Courage Elixir recipe for our collection of duplicate alchemy recipes. Woohoo!
Pffft, traps, surely Vazha can disarm that-
VAZHA!!!!
Thankfully that trap only does minor damage. And we get some additional sweet loot!
When we've picked up that scroll, the portcullis returned back to normal, so we can go back.
But no, we'll stay here and explore the rest of this area.
Looks like some kind of library. Wonder what we'll find there?
Anyway, Star Trail found!
So, this thing will literaly make you shit gold?
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Part 63: Phex Temple 7: Light Reading
Look, some paintings with symbols on them! Some look vaguely familiar to the symbols on those "sockets", but I have no idea what exactly is the significance of that.
Anyway, time for some reading!
Every few steps we take, the game tests someones reading skill and if successful, they take a book and begin reciting useless trivia like they've discovered wikipedia for the first time.
From what I can tell, those portraits are of the precious High Priests of this temple?
...clothed, what? Are they nudists?
Or just that his relatives can't become High Priest?
This is what shows up everytime we fail. Which is a lot.
Real useful, thanks Vazha!
Well great, but which one of them was Meredin? And why should I care?
...Phex embodies "list", what? Was it supposed to be lust?
Anyway, Phex hates white-collar crime and greedy people. So I guess he hates everyone from our party except Boreale and Grimgravy, since everyone else has 7 Avarice.
Great, I always wanted to know where Phex had his orc hoards placed.
Turns out, they don't actually drink from these glass bottles automatically, so I have to use them manually. They get really thirsty after reading god knows how many of these books.
I love how they randomly quote these things like it's the most exciting thing ever.
"Versatile" Glenna? How did she get that title, I wonder? Well, no matter what I'm sure her "versatility" has served her well in securing the position of the high priestess. Or maybe it was her "reach and flexibility".
Apparently, it's also customary for High Priests to eschew all conventions of gender and adopt gender-neutral pronouns. Well okay, whatever works for them!
Almost at the end!
He is also most likely the god of internet trolls.
Some map that was left here after the priesthood's DnD campaing. Or maybe they were really meta and played DSA 3e.
Pretty flowers!
Finally, we've made it through! Now, to go back...
On the way back, we learn nothing new, except for the fact that Vazha the Second is apparently gender-fluid like Azira. Well, that's okay, Codexians are nothing if not inclusive!
Look, some paintings with symbols on them! Some look vaguely familiar to the symbols on those "sockets", but I have no idea what exactly is the significance of that.
Anyway, time for some reading!
Every few steps we take, the game tests someones reading skill and if successful, they take a book and begin reciting useless trivia like they've discovered wikipedia for the first time.
From what I can tell, those portraits are of the precious High Priests of this temple?
...clothed, what? Are they nudists?
Or just that his relatives can't become High Priest?
This is what shows up everytime we fail. Which is a lot.
Real useful, thanks Vazha!
Well great, but which one of them was Meredin? And why should I care?
...Phex embodies "list", what? Was it supposed to be lust?
Anyway, Phex hates white-collar crime and greedy people. So I guess he hates everyone from our party except Boreale and Grimgravy, since everyone else has 7 Avarice.
Great, I always wanted to know where Phex had his orc hoards placed.
Turns out, they don't actually drink from these glass bottles automatically, so I have to use them manually. They get really thirsty after reading god knows how many of these books.
I love how they randomly quote these things like it's the most exciting thing ever.
"Versatile" Glenna? How did she get that title, I wonder? Well, no matter what I'm sure her "versatility" has served her well in securing the position of the high priestess. Or maybe it was her "reach and flexibility".
Apparently, it's also customary for High Priests to eschew all conventions of gender and adopt gender-neutral pronouns. Well okay, whatever works for them!
Almost at the end!
He is also most likely the god of internet trolls.
Some map that was left here after the priesthood's DnD campaing. Or maybe they were really meta and played DSA 3e.
Pretty flowers!
Finally, we've made it through! Now, to go back...
On the way back, we learn nothing new, except for the fact that Vazha the Second is apparently gender-fluid like Azira. Well, that's okay, Codexians are nothing if not inclusive!
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