Bards Tale 3 for PC help! - recovering spell points?
Mr Bungle
Its pretty tacky by todays standards but i'm having fun.
One question however ( and I'm hoping someone with a good memory will
remember the game well enough to help! ):
I'm rapidly approaching Brilhasti but my spell casters are always out
of spell points. The only way to recover them seems to be to sit wait
for them to ( very slowly ) regenerate outside, during daytime. The
"duotime" bard song helps alittle but it still takes AGES. I end up
spending 10 minutes in the dungeon then 3hrs waiting for the spell
points to restore above ground.
In the c64 version there were plenty of harmonic gems to be found
which restored spell points, but in the PC version they seem to be
extremely rare - i've only found 3 so far in random encounters and i'm
nearly ready to fight brilhasti.
Anyone know that can be done about this problem?
Falkentyne
Brae? (just go directly right at the town entrance corridor and open
the room at the very first "T" intersection).
I recall there being some sort of bug that prevents the items from
being triggered (?)
On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 06:46:34 GMT, an...@anon.com.au (Mr Bungle)
enlightened us by scribbling this gem of wisdom:
Somebody set up us the bomb
All your base are belong to us
-Falkentyne Dragon
Mr Bungle
spellcasters are basically useless now.... :(
Falkentyne
I remember never being out of harmonic gems in the C64 version...
I think I even had to make an extra character just to hold all my
gems....
On Wed, 04 Jul 2001 08:45:50 GMT, an...@anon.com.au (Mr Bungle)
Timothy Dransfield
> Actually, i've already got those - and used them up pretty quickly. My
> spellcasters are basically useless now.... :(
Grab yourself a mage staff. It lets your spellcasters regenerate their
spell points 1 pt per round of combat. Then you can park outside the
dungeon and fight 1 ladybug for about 50 rounds and get your points back.
Save any harmonic gems you get from here!!!!! The last fight is
impossible without tons of spell points, and you won't have the chance to
stick your head above the surface to get points back.
Yes, this bug makes the PC version much much harder than the C64. On the
other hand, Vortexes don't actually *attack* you in the PC version, while
they lay the smack down in the C64, so maybe it evens out.
TJD
Mr Bungle
<dra...@fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
*Cringe* I remember those vortexes - nasty, nasty stuff. Still, I
managed to charm one and add it to the party (fun fun fun!).
Charming Brilhasti and then returning to the dungeon and letting
brilhasti ( who reappears ) fight himself is also pretty funny...
What i've done is found a character editor and given myself lots of
harmonic gems - i'll just have to resist the temptation to give myself
lots of stoneblades, titan suits etc :)
Actually, I'm thinking about downloading a c64 emulator and playing
the c64 version...
Timothy Dransfield
> On 5 Jul 2001 14:07:14 GMT, Timothy Dransfield
> <dra...@fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>Save any harmonic gems you get from here!!!!! The last fight is
>>impossible without tons of spell points, and you won't have the chance to
>>stick your head above the surface to get points back.
>>
>>Yes, this bug makes the PC version much much harder than the C64. On the
>>other hand, Vortexes don't actually *attack* you in the PC version, while
>>they lay the smack down in the C64, so maybe it evens out.
>>
> *Cringe* I remember those vortexes - nasty, nasty stuff. Still, I
> managed to charm one and add it to the party (fun fun fun!).
I remember the abuse they dished out from when I played the game about age
16. When replaying it on the PC recently, my first encounter in the evil
dimension was with 3 groups of 4 vortexes, and I about peed in my pants.
Then they just sat there, spinning prettily, and let my monk beat them up.
It was quite a relief. It also means that your Bard can sing something
*other* than Sir Robin's Tune in that dungeon.
> Charming Brilhasti and then returning to the dungeon and letting
> brilhasti ( who reappears ) fight himself is also pretty funny...
Hehehe... will have to give it a try.
> What i've done is found a character editor and given myself lots of
> harmonic gems - i'll just have to resist the temptation to give myself
> lots of stoneblades, titan suits etc :)
Ah. Yes, that solution will work, too.
> Actually, I'm thinking about downloading a c64 emulator and playing
> the c64 version...
Probably a better game that way.
TJD
nicmic...@gmail.com
1. Go into the catacombs (Say „Chaos“ in Temple)
2. APAR two Levels down to Level 3
3. Move one north, Kick Door, turn left, move 6 west, Turn left, move one south, turn Right, Kick door, turn right, kick door
You are now standing on a Field that regenerates Spell points, and That without a Pause (ist seems Even faster than Outside).
This is a Good Chance to refresh, because entering lvl 4 to Beat brilhasti is only few steps west.
You can Rest here, refresh SP to face brilhasti with full Power. You wont be attacked here.
This way you can even Farm/grind very good:
1. Chase some Nefastmasters or Marrow Suckers (because they multiply best)
2. let them multiply by casting PHase BLur and INVIsibility and defend (be sure to kill other groups especially Magicians First)
3. defend as long as there are 30+ foes in the group (let the Bard Sing Bringaround allways and heal the Bard and others if Necessary)
4. let your chronomancer Cast WItherFIst and kill em all at once
If SP empty: Go to the above named Field.
This allows leveling the Party very fast.