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(this is the DS1 expansion, right?)

Hi there,
I noticed a problem with the game: if you use a weapon that freezes, stuns or something, and a monster dies while frozen, stunned or whatever, then its treasure does drop, but you don't get a corpse or explosion or whatever else the death effect is ...

DS1 Tips

Always right click to attack, never left click.

When selecting different character/group for next command, PAUSE (at least while your game camera shifts viewpoint).

Quicksave often (after every fight even): there's no reason not to, and the game can hang or crash (apart from anything ...

Mods

Hi Andwan0

I amused myself last summer searching the web for what DS1 mods there had been and could they still be downloaded. Didn't see if they actually worked though. (So many games waiting to be played)

If you want two or more players in the same game each to control several characters ...

Do you mean the shield called Solov's Ward?

.. in single-player Aranna? It is the first part of the Patents of the Inventor set that you should find. It is in a treasure chest of course with the usual light effect around it.

It is off-route, but within sight of the route, just before you meet ...

P.s.

I don't think Gamebanshee has the time to put up new reference lists for a game that's been around for so long. Doesn't hurt to ask but lets just be thankful the forum stays open for us.

Hello. Grey bars, Thank you. Items increasing stats

Those grey bars on Strength etc have been right in front of me all the time I played and I never noticed them. Shows how much I still don't know about the game.

OK, I've added and removed various items that improve stats (Ring of Hardiness for ...

P.S. what grey bars?

I know the grey background that rises up weapon and spell slots as skills approach the next level increase. Never noticed that change with different items. I mean, if melee skill is 10.25 and I equip something that adds 1 to melee skill, won't that just make 11.25 so the bar ...

Attribute increase %s

Hello again Lady Sophia,

I keep having problems - like being made to log in again - when posting replies. If this goes in it will be third time lucky.

Tom Church's long walkthrough (for example) has the numbers you want; no point my duplicating it here. A Google search for ...

Mods

Hi Sophia,

There was (still is?) an official pack for doing Mods. I believe it can be downloaded for free.

Looking round the web, some people have put in a lot of time on some quite drastic appearance mods ("skins"). If you've some time spare you might be amused by the web pages on the ...

Hi Okee

Yes you can play as her - except that the cover artist shows her in more detail than the game (DS1) itself does - when toggling through the character options you can match the woman's skin colour, hair colour and ponytail. What you don't get is the loose hair beside her cheeks.

Mind you ...

More wanted - list of items

The original contributor was also looking for complete lists (in a site reference section) of the imbued modifiers and of the items that can carry them.

Sussed it (I think)

I looked back at a series of saves made during the same game. Taking the Of Magic Armor equipment modifier as an example:

It has to be driven by each character's total experience level (uber level) at a rate of +1 armor per 1.5 experience. This level can only be estimated ...

Another contributor started a thread which vanished in the summer 2009 hole.

She had noticed that the new-in-LoA spells-built-into-items modifiers were getting better during a game (I think she had Of Ogre's Might up to +4 on Str) and was wondering how this worked and how high they might go.

Original reply was lost in the hole

To enter the Chamber of Stars you must use the key. But not in that door.

To get in, someone must operate something, and someone in the party must have the key. It doesn't have to be the same person. I made it work even when the person with the key was out of ...

For the record (if anyone cares)

This thread is (understandably) mistitled. It is about the end of the swamp, three quarters of the way through Chapter 4. The currently-open Fortress Kroth Quest doesn't really get going until Chapter 5. Merik's staff is the main Quest which you have to finish ...

The few posts from mid-June to end August 2009 have all vanished. GameBanshee's announcement "Consolidation Pending Issues" (31st Aug) explains what went wrong. Thank you for the good work salvaging the rest of the forum.