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<blockquote data-quote="Demetrios1453" data-source="post: 9288660" data-attributes="member: 6801060"><p><strong><em>Pool of Radiance </em>(Part 19): Mendor's Library (Part 3) - Mendor's Library Completed!</strong></p><p></p><p>Luckily right before meeting the spectre, Brother Baltor had a premonition of the danger to come:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351515[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351516[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Thus prepared, we return back to where we were last time:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351517[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351520[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And the real problem is that 1e spectres are immune to non-magical weapons. And even regular arrows shot from magical bows don't count.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351521[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Yeah, her attack didn't go anywhere. With only a few magical arrows left in Bragir's possession, Brin and Buffy are going to have to full on melee.</p><p></p><p>The spectre goes...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351522[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[Insert curse word of choice] Bant's been level-drained.</p><p></p><p>But despite that, we mob the spectre and it goes down pretty quickly afterwards. Luckily, by sheer coincidence no doubt, we have a nice scroll to help Bant recover from his level drain:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351524[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351526[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And at least he's back to his level, although having lost any XP beyond that.</p><p></p><p>With that, we'll march out of this place loaded down with books for the City Clerk.</p><p></p><p>We get most of the way back through Kuto's Well before:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351527[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We'll deal with these quickly, as they are nowhere near annoying as the lizardmen here:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351528[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351529[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351530[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351531[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And done. The reason why the picture is over here is that the gnolls at the end began to surrender, and the last one to do so was in this room trying to find a way to flank.</p><p></p><p>This is the seventh of the ten random encounters in Kuto's Well. Next time I come through, I plan on clearing the remaining three so I don't have to deal with this coming through each time from here on out.</p><p></p><p>Back through the Slums and to the settled area we go...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351532[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We eye them suspiciously as we pass.</p><p></p><p>We go to the City Clerk, and dump a bunch of books on her desk</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351533[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351534[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A good start!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351535[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351536[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The remaining books that had associated journal entries all have similar monetary rewards.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351537[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351538[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351539[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351540[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And as for the ones without associated journal entries:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351541[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351542[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Yeah, totally not worth it for that. I'm just imagining the huge pile of treasure she's placed on her desk from all our rewards, and at this point carefully placing a single gold piece on top.</p><p></p><p>After the rewards, she has further commissions for us that we haven't seen yet, after repeating the Podol Plaza auction mission:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351543[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351544[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ooooh, one outside the city. In a few more missions, our world will be getting much larger!</p><p></p><p>Off to the store. Remember those sheets of gold?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351545[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Again, not worth it at all.</p><p></p><p>Our funds after selling loot:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351546[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well now, we're pretty close to the 5000pp we need to get a fine longbow, so let's head over the the silver shop, have some gems appraised, and we should have enough to buy our first bow pretty easily.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351547[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We pool funds and have one character take all the gems.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351548[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And start appraising:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351549[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351551[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>Well, that's an excellent start. We always "Sell" here, since, as I mentioned a few posts ago, "Keep" will move it from your money screen to your actual inventory, so you'll quickly clog your inventory by keeping after appraising.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351552[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Other times, it was barely worth dragging around. But you have no idea until you get them appraised.</p><p></p><p>After selling a few off, let's see how close we are.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351553[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Of course we were just below instead of just above.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351554[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351555[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>At last! A fine composite longbow is ours!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351556[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Here is Bragir before and after equipping it:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351557[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351558[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>That drop of 1 in THAC0 is nice, but the gain of 5 damage is what really makes these bows amazing. So amazing that they dropped them for the next game entirely, and only give you access to a single one in the third. It's not until <em>Pools of Darkness</em>, the game that covers levels 17+, that you're able to access multiple fine longbows again (and then, some are magic!). Everyone will be getting one of these in this game, even Buffy with her 17 STR (which, spoiler, won't be 17 for too much longer).</p><p></p><p>We retreat to the inn to deal with our other magical treasure, the <em>Manual of Bodily Health</em>. Now comes a hard choice. I could give it to one of my elves, who only have 17 CONs right now, but they are not frontline melee, so they don't need the HP as much as others (and there are solutions to this issue coming up in <em>Curse of the Azure Bonds</em>). I could give it to my dwarf, so he would have a 20 CON, and cross the threshold for regeneration; but that's so slow at 20 that it's hardly worth it. So it's going to Baroness Bella, as my other single-classed frontliner.</p><p></p><p>But, the way the manual is used is very tricky, and unless you actually look it up, it won't work right and you'll be wondering when your character will get that CON boost.</p><p></p><p>First, put it in the inventory of the character you want to boost. Next, go and Ready it. Then, and this is the part that's not terribly obvious, you have to click the "Use" option, as if it were a scroll. Once you do that, it disappears from the inventory. And then...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351559[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>You rest for 30 days. After the first day, a message will flash "Baroness Bella is studying." In GBC, it looks like this:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351560[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>If it weren't cut off, it would tell you how many days are left to study after the "(", like GBC does with all buffs. Actually it might be counting down the rounds, which, for 30 days would be... a lot.</p><p></p><p>Finally, after our extended vacation while Phlan waits on us to rescue it:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351561[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And with that, we have a better CON! Unfortunately, the game doesn't give you retroactive HP which the 1e version of the item specifically did, so I had to go and edit the extra 4 HP manually. But at least they'll show up correctly from here on out leveling.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351612[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And with that, all rested up and spells regained, it's time to go check out that auction in Podol Plaza. Good thing they waited an extra month for us. But that will be for the next post...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Demetrios1453, post: 9288660, member: 6801060"] [B][I]Pool of Radiance [/I](Part 19): Mendor's Library (Part 3) - Mendor's Library Completed![/B] Luckily right before meeting the spectre, Brother Baltor had a premonition of the danger to come: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 214632.png"]351515[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 214718.png"]351516[/ATTACH] Thus prepared, we return back to where we were last time: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 214736.png"]351517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 214748.png"]351520[/ATTACH] And the real problem is that 1e spectres are immune to non-magical weapons. And even regular arrows shot from magical bows don't count. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 214741.png"]351521[/ATTACH] Yeah, her attack didn't go anywhere. With only a few magical arrows left in Bragir's possession, Brin and Buffy are going to have to full on melee. The spectre goes... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 214859.png"]351522[/ATTACH] [Insert curse word of choice] Bant's been level-drained. But despite that, we mob the spectre and it goes down pretty quickly afterwards. Luckily, by sheer coincidence no doubt, we have a nice scroll to help Bant recover from his level drain: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215034.png"]351524[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215100.png"]351526[/ATTACH] And at least he's back to his level, although having lost any XP beyond that. With that, we'll march out of this place loaded down with books for the City Clerk. We get most of the way back through Kuto's Well before: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215137.png"]351527[/ATTACH] We'll deal with these quickly, as they are nowhere near annoying as the lizardmen here: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215151.png"]351528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215204.png"]351529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215353.png"]351530[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215602.png"]351531[/ATTACH] And done. The reason why the picture is over here is that the gnolls at the end began to surrender, and the last one to do so was in this room trying to find a way to flank. This is the seventh of the ten random encounters in Kuto's Well. Next time I come through, I plan on clearing the remaining three so I don't have to deal with this coming through each time from here on out. Back through the Slums and to the settled area we go... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215649.png"]351532[/ATTACH] We eye them suspiciously as we pass. We go to the City Clerk, and dump a bunch of books on her desk [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215724.png"]351533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215733.png"]351534[/ATTACH] A good start! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215801.png"]351535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215808.png"]351536[/ATTACH] The remaining books that had associated journal entries all have similar monetary rewards. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215819.png"]351537[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215830.png"]351538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215841.png"]351539[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215852.png"]351540[/ATTACH] And as for the ones without associated journal entries: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215905.png"]351541[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215911.png"]351542[/ATTACH] Yeah, totally not worth it for that. I'm just imagining the huge pile of treasure she's placed on her desk from all our rewards, and at this point carefully placing a single gold piece on top. After the rewards, she has further commissions for us that we haven't seen yet, after repeating the Podol Plaza auction mission: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215930.png"]351543[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 215937.png"]351544[/ATTACH] Ooooh, one outside the city. In a few more missions, our world will be getting much larger! Off to the store. Remember those sheets of gold? [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220050.png"]351545[/ATTACH] Again, not worth it at all. Our funds after selling loot: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220255.png"]351546[/ATTACH] Well now, we're pretty close to the 5000pp we need to get a fine longbow, so let's head over the the silver shop, have some gems appraised, and we should have enough to buy our first bow pretty easily. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220401.png"]351547[/ATTACH] We pool funds and have one character take all the gems. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220419.png"]351548[/ATTACH] And start appraising: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220426.png"]351549[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220430.png"]351551[/ATTACH] Well, that's an excellent start. We always "Sell" here, since, as I mentioned a few posts ago, "Keep" will move it from your money screen to your actual inventory, so you'll quickly clog your inventory by keeping after appraising. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220437.png"]351552[/ATTACH] Other times, it was barely worth dragging around. But you have no idea until you get them appraised. After selling a few off, let's see how close we are. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220522.png"]351553[/ATTACH] Of course we were just below instead of just above. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220537.png"]351554[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220546.png"]351555[/ATTACH] At last! A fine composite longbow is ours! [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220628.png"]351556[/ATTACH] Here is Bragir before and after equipping it: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220634.png"]351557[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 220649.png"]351558[/ATTACH] That drop of 1 in THAC0 is nice, but the gain of 5 damage is what really makes these bows amazing. So amazing that they dropped them for the next game entirely, and only give you access to a single one in the third. It's not until [I]Pools of Darkness[/I], the game that covers levels 17+, that you're able to access multiple fine longbows again (and then, some are magic!). Everyone will be getting one of these in this game, even Buffy with her 17 STR (which, spoiler, won't be 17 for too much longer). We retreat to the inn to deal with our other magical treasure, the [I]Manual of Bodily Health[/I]. Now comes a hard choice. I could give it to one of my elves, who only have 17 CONs right now, but they are not frontline melee, so they don't need the HP as much as others (and there are solutions to this issue coming up in [I]Curse of the Azure Bonds[/I]). I could give it to my dwarf, so he would have a 20 CON, and cross the threshold for regeneration; but that's so slow at 20 that it's hardly worth it. So it's going to Baroness Bella, as my other single-classed frontliner. But, the way the manual is used is very tricky, and unless you actually look it up, it won't work right and you'll be wondering when your character will get that CON boost. First, put it in the inventory of the character you want to boost. Next, go and Ready it. Then, and this is the part that's not terribly obvious, you have to click the "Use" option, as if it were a scroll. Once you do that, it disappears from the inventory. And then... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 221103.png"]351559[/ATTACH] You rest for 30 days. After the first day, a message will flash "Baroness Bella is studying." In GBC, it looks like this: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-13 213842.png"]351560[/ATTACH] If it weren't cut off, it would tell you how many days are left to study after the "(", like GBC does with all buffs. Actually it might be counting down the rounds, which, for 30 days would be... a lot. Finally, after our extended vacation while Phlan waits on us to rescue it: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-03-10 221409.png"]351561[/ATTACH] And with that, we have a better CON! Unfortunately, the game doesn't give you retroactive HP which the 1e version of the item specifically did, so I had to go and edit the extra 4 HP manually. But at least they'll show up correctly from here on out leveling. [ATTACH type="full"]351612[/ATTACH] And with that, all rested up and spells regained, it's time to go check out that auction in Podol Plaza. Good thing they waited an extra month for us. But that will be for the next post... [/QUOTE]
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