From: stevep@ims.com (Steve Poulsen)
Subject: Re: U7 Help (SPOILERS?) 
Reply-To: stevep@ims.com
Organization: Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:53:36 GMT

In article <61835@mimsy.umd.edu>, tweaver@cs.umd.edu (Tom Weaver) writes:
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|> (1) Why is Jaana unable to heal/resurrect party members after a while?  All she
|> says is that she needs to rest - even if we have rested.

It might be a bug.  Lord British will heal you for free.  Use the Mark
spell while in the castle to allow you to return to him for "repairs".

|> (2) Do you need to sleep in an Inn?  is mana pt. recovery/hit pt. recovery
|> faster?  I usually sleep on the bedroll/ in an NPC's house (ie: Shimano's
|> while in Britain, Iolo's when training in Yew, Jaana's in Cove...)?  
|> Sometimes when I rest (and it doesn't seem to matter where I rest), I
|> don't recover hits and have to leave the game running and fix dinner, etc. 
|> while I let the Avatar and company regererate hits... :(

You need to sleep for 8 hours for full recovery.  You may only be able
to do this once per day.  Be sure to feed your crew and make sure they
are not poisoned before you sleep.  Creative use of the Mark and
Recall spells can help you visit Lord British for an instant cure.

|> (3) Do I need to find an item/special coin to get Charon (the Ferryman's)
|> attention?  Hard to get to Skara Brae otherwise.  If there's a good way to
|> give me a hint without giving it away, go for it...

He's dead, Jim.  B-) How do you talk to the dead? (Hint: check your
spell list).

|> (4) How do I get into Hook's lair on Buccaneer's Den?  I used the Telekenesis
|> spell to open the door in the Baths, but can't seem to get any further.

You don't need to go there until the very end of the game when the
Time Lord tells you to.  The main entrance is through the House of
Games, but you need a special object to obtain the key.  You will be
told when it is time to look for Hook.

|> (5) Here's a general Ultima question... This is essentially my 1st Ultima
|> game (played U1 years ago), and I am obviously supposed to be the Incarnation
|> of the Eight virtues, thus... When can I pick up items?  I imagine that taking
|> books/items out of "goodguy's" houses is a no-no, but what about, say, the
|> treasure in the Baths?  What about gambling? Or going off for a "chat" with a
|> hostess in the "community room" in the Baths? I get the hint when Iolo (or 
|> whoever) complains when I pick up stuff, but no-one does when I rummage 
|> through someone's house looking for clues - is it OK?  And what happens when 
|> you do all this bad stuff?  Do you lose experience?  Can the big, mean badguy 
|> kill you in the end because you weren't virtuous enough?  One reason to ask
|> is that I usually try all conversation options to see where the thread goes,
|> but am not sure that I have remembered to restore them all to the "correct"
|> options...

Pretty neat game, huh?  How do you deal with these issues in "real life"?

|> (6) How do you retrieve the shed key from Lock Lake?  Can you?  (I did think
|> the Wing Commander plug was cute)

The farmer explained that he lost the key while fishing by the lake.
The lake is surrounded by garbage.  Clean up the garbage while looking
for the key.  (Hint: Where would you look for a lost fish hook?)
(Big hint: look under and INSIDE everything you find by the lake.)

|> and on a different note... I thought that U7 came out before the Origin/EA
|> merger... Why is the old city named Skara Brae, then?

Skara Brae has existed in many Ultima Games (at least since U4).  It
has nothing to do with the Origin/EA deal.

-Steve-

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