From: stevep@ims.com (Steve Poulsen)
Subject: Re: WIZ 7 Help Needed!!!!!
Reply-To: stevep@ims.com
Organization: Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:12:23 GMT

In article <Dec.12.20.35.36.1992.5274@pilot.njin.net>, hardgrov@pilot.njin.net (Roy Hardgrove) writes:
|> I am playing Crusaders of the Dark Savant and am having a bit of
|> trouble.  Most of my trouble seems to emanate from a lack of keys--or
|> at least the correct keys.  In the first town of New City (Old City)
|> there are two buildings that I can not figure out how to get into.
|> One of them has a Device that accepts a Key Card but when it is
|> inserted I am attacked.  The second problem is the T'RANG house.  How
|> do you get in there?  Also the museum has me stumped.  I have gotten
|> inside and have obtained the Rebus Egge (whatever that is) but can't
|> seem to figure anything else out.  Further there is a pesky weapons
|> dealer who won't let me explore his building.  How to I get past this?

Wow.  That's a long list of questions.  You need to have a character,
like a thief, who has the LockPick skill.  This skill will let you
open doors and chests without requiring a key.  The lock picking
sequence is pretty interesting.  If you really want keys, the Rattkin
often carry keys.  If you kill large groups of them, you can often
find a key or two.

You can't finish New City in one session.  Some buildings, like the
T'Rang house contain teleports.  You can only get inside by starting
from a place far away from New City.  Don't worry about the buildings
you can't enter.  Your party probably isn't strong enough to deal with
what's inside anyway.

During the game you will find a map that has hints for dealing with
the museum.  Think about the imps when you read a map.  One map talks
about different emotions.  This will give you the proper order to
solve the imp puzzle.

To deal with the weapons shop, talk to the innkeeper.  Most NPC's you
meet will respond when you ask them about RUMORs.  You have to pay 50
gp, but the information is usually worth much more.  Be sure to follow
up with more questions about topics NPC's mention.  Try to have at
least one character with the Diplomacy skill.  Hint: the weapon shop
owner knows about Dark Shopping, or something like that.

|> Now onto Orkogre Castle.  How do you open the other locked doors.  I
|> have found the crown key, the armoury, and the place where the
|> magician was killed (also the gorilla) but I am stuck.  No keys, and I
|> believe I have looked and searched everywhere.  HELP!!!!

There is a lot to do at the Castle.  Be sure to search walls for
buttons and levers that open secret passages.  Sometimes pressing a
secret button or throwing a lever in one room will open a passage in a
room you already visited.  You can't open some doors from one side,
but there are ways to get to the other side of those doors.

I don't want to make Light of your problems, but some doors require
some Reflection on your part.  If you examine treasures you found
there, some idea may Shine through.  Hint: Search carefully whenever
you come to a spot where the game displays information about the
square you just stepped on.

To deal with the Ape, think about things Apes like.  Perhaps you can
find something in another room that the Ape will want.  To deal with
the King, it will help if you have saved the life of a prisoner in New
City.

Hint: When you get stuck, Search everywhere for secret buttons.  There
is a skill you can improve that helps spot hidden things.  Most
underground areas have secret buttons that open passages to new areas.
A secret button is a small round spot on a wall.  After you've seen a
few, you can often spot them yourself on the walls.  There is a
training dungeon outside of New City.  It contains several secret
buttons that provide access to new areas.  Check it out.  Several
buildings in New City also have secret buttons that open up new areas.

Good luck,

-Steve-

--
Steve Poulsen, Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc.  Beaverton, OR  USA
Voice: 503-626-7117   Fax: 503-644-6969   Fidonet: 1:105/31.6
INTERNET: stevep@ims.com   Compuserve: [70262,3115]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games