burrick on 14/11/2005 at 19:14
I am in the process of playing this mission and I have a question:
How do I get this blood vial to throw into the fire and and cause the 'magic' door to open into the crypt. I have read posts here that players have suddenly found this vial in their inventory when they needed it. I have searched my inventory several times but have found no such thing there. So I am at a loss as to how I come by this item. Ideas, anyone?
Thanks
burrick on 14/11/2005 at 19:20
Krush: I guess I missed your post before I sent mine in.
Your question: 'Where would you store blood for a long period of time?''
My answer: I don't know. I've never had occasion to do that. Maybe you could fill me in?
Thanks
Lobster on 14/11/2005 at 19:24
[SPOILER]somewhere cold[/SPOILER]
madwolf on 14/11/2005 at 19:39
Skulduggerist[SPOILER]The Lab is on the ground floor at the west end of the Cathedral. It's down a short flight of stairs, in between the dormitories and the stairs leading to the crypt.[/SPOILER]
Skulduggerist on 14/11/2005 at 21:59
Madwolf:
Thanks ever so much! I've been running all over this place, and apparently my mind was just not in navigation mode. I felt like I was in one of those old spaghetti westerns where the actors pass the same rock and cactus twenty odd times in any given journey.:thumb:
Garret_729 on 15/11/2005 at 03:00
Just got to the lab:
[SPOILER]I was walking up those stairs and almost got fried by the fireball trap. ALMOST. Unknowlingly, I was walking on the right side, looking for secret compartments.[/SPOILER]
Great mission so far. I really need more time to play these.
SlyFoxx on 16/11/2005 at 14:57
I just finished this one. WOW! Really well done. Story & readables, brush work, effects, AI, AI placement, AI patrols, surprises, puzzles, lighting...it's all good. A lot of well planned effort here.
Wins a SlyFoxx Bronze Hammer Award.
:sly:
RonnieAlme on 16/11/2005 at 18:17
Great stuff, Krush. I ghosted it first time through because I felt like it. Just the right amount of AIs. Too many and it's more annoying than fun. Bit of a loot hunt at the end but that's ok.
One question:
[spoiler]Why did you enable the crypt backdoor to be opened from the outside? I'm sure you thought about it, but why did you choose to make it that way?
I found the backdoor because, well, I am SO GOOD at finding switches, and I did all the crypt stuff right then, even though I didn't know what I was supposed to be doing down there. I grabbed the glyphs and all that, and when I got the staff, I was like, "Well, ok, I have no idea what this is, but it sure is pretty." Only later when I was back up top did I read about the glyphs and the staff and the ward puzzle. The staff and sewer key objectives came up and were immediately checked off, of course.
Anyway, just curious why the backdoor entrance was there.[/spoiler]
Ronnie
Martin Karne on 16/11/2005 at 22:38
Nice mission, I could only snag 1984 of loot, but by all means this mission was well balanced, it could use some more arrows to eliminate the watchful eyes at distance, but nice work out anyway.
Krush on 16/11/2005 at 22:45
Ronnie -
I put that switch there so if someone chucked the blood vial down an toilet or used up all the holy water in the mission, they could still finish the mission.
I only wish I'd hid it a little better...
