T1 Mission - Sepulchre of the Sinistral (Feb. 4/2006)

chis on 7/2/2006 at 00:20

Quote Posted by ffox

Have a really good look around The Chamber of Infidels.

I must be going BLIND. Didn't see the ladders, let alone the switch.

Thankyou!

Dafydd on 7/2/2006 at 04:48

Even though I beta-tested this mission (two years ago!), I couldn't remember the solution to this puzzle; I had to look up the old e-mails!

I'm not sure how much of a spoiler to give, since the puzzle isn't necessary to finish the mission. If this is too much, perhaps Nightwalker will delete this post....

[SPOILER]You already have the idea of thinking of the torches like a clock. A clock is a device to tell the passage of time, measured in hours. Each new day starts at midnight.

The year of Cyrus's birth can be found in the Chamber of Infidels; I forget where you find the year of Atrus's death. Each should suggest some other passage of time, measured in some other unit.

All of which should suggest a final passage of time.[/SPOILER]

I hope this isn't too much, Nightwalker and Doaal!

Aspirin on 7/2/2006 at 08:06

DAfydd, I think you didn't reveal too much. [SPOILER]Your hint could be read at one Erim's Legacy scroll (however you revealed which one is right). And the "death-birth" puzzle[/SPOILER] is difficult... :(

Dafydd on 7/2/2006 at 09:21

I found a button, way up high in the library after you use the Masamune to open the wall; the book on the table says it opens a vault in "the main tomb," or words to like effect.

I pushed it -- do I have to push it twice? -- but I have no idea what it's supposed to open where. Any clues?

Thanks,

Dafydd

Durinda D'Bry on 7/2/2006 at 09:57

doaal :thumb: Nothing more to say...

Nightwalker on 7/2/2006 at 13:26

Dafydd - Once you exit the Library through the secret door (which opens with a book) you'll end up back in the room where you found the Ring of Faith. The button you pushed opens a small secret door here.

Dafydd on 7/2/2006 at 14:37

Thanks, NW, that did it; I thought it was somewhere down in the Sepulchre, and I went all through there, killing the undead, looking for the vault!

Finished with 11,875 or so, out of 14,77something. I wish Thief 1 had secrets; I'm sure there would have been a passel of 'em!

Dafydd

Aspirin on 7/2/2006 at 14:45

That Erim's puzzle makes me crazy...

12! / 3!*(12-3)! = 220 ... :mad:

UliB on 7/2/2006 at 15:32

Quote Posted by Aspirin

That Erim's puzzle makes me crazy...

12! / 3!*(12-3)! = 220 ... :mad:

:cheeky: Given are 12 and 52. Think NOT complicated :sly:

Aspirin on 7/2/2006 at 16:32

Imho I think not complicated:

[SPOILER]12-52: torch positions: 12-5-2, 1-2-5; 12 position by entrance or opposite side... nothing works. Torches are in different highs - maybe something with that... ?[/SPOILER]