Twisted Rune

ssu1871 · Post by **ssu1871** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 4:31 pm

I used the rogue stone to get in and killed the lich. What is supposed to happen next? I got some minor items and a lot of gold from the corpse and that's it. I cannot activate the cauldron. There is a message something about the path remains...Can't activate the statue? either since something else needed to be done first. No clue as to what though. I can't even get out of the place as the door seems to be a deadend. Help anyone?

Genesis · Post by **Genesis** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 4:33 pm

Something definately went wrong there...there should be a high level mage..a vampire, a beholder, a lich and one other in there...not just the lich

Seabass · Post by **Seabass** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 4:36 pm

Yeah ...... you didnt do the entire battle??
It had to have autosaved tho before... so just go in again.... and you need the EYE OF THE BEHOLDER for the cauldron.... then the statue will get you back

ssu1871 · Post by **ssu1871** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 5:01 pm

Seabass, if I remember right, I think I got the Eye of the Beholder during the Drow city quest and gave it to the Drow High Mother (or something I forget).

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 5:04 pm

Wrong door maybe,I do believe there is two doors right there one goes to the lich , the other to the twist ruin.

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'Weasel the Most Holy of the Holy Cavaliers'.

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Seabass · Post by **Seabass** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 5:05 pm

naw man
theres suposed to be a beholder in the battle of the twisted rune.. The Lich summons a vampire , a beholder, and other things to make the fight a lot more challenging....

ssu1871 · Post by **ssu1871** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 5:55 pm

The only thing the lich summoned was an Efrit? which I killed easily.

Hex92 · Post by **Hex92** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 7:44 pm

Are you sure you went in the 'right' door? The door on the right leads to the twisted rune. The door on the left leads to a room with a staircase that leads down to the Lich.
If you found some golden body parts you went in the wrong door.

Hex92

Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 8:46 pm

This might sound silly, but... I go through the game with two parties in the same time and never encountered the twisted rune. When and where? An answer would be highly appreciated.

(don't worry if you spoil... damn, I should have downloaded a walkthrough

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Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 8:56 pm

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Remember the man in the grave.Go to where you tracked down the men who tried to bury him. In the bridge dist. Right there is a door that can only be opened with a rogue stone.

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'Weasel the Most Holy of the Holy Cavaliers'.

Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 8:58 pm

OK, i will go there ASAP!!!

Raistlin · Post by **Raistlin** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 10:27 pm

Seabass is definately right here ..

You must have a dialog with Shangalar , then he summons(call)his companions.

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"There is no cure for my malady.This is the sacrifice,the price i paid for magic..."

hankill · Post by **hankill** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 11:56 pm

Another question: How did you know the way to the Twisted Rune??
I mean, is there any information in the game that points to this secret chamber?

Raistlin · Post by **Raistlin** » Tue Jan 09, 2001 12:10 am

I don't think , there are any clues that leads to Twisted Rune . Mine happened by chance luckily i had a rogue stone on me and i was surprised a bit thus my party was not enough for that challenge ..It took many reloads but at the end , i felt like i was the only owner of Staff of Magi among the players in world . (What an honor!)

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"There is no cure for my malady.This is the sacrifice,the price i paid for magic..."

Maurice · Post by **Maurice** » Tue Jan 09, 2001 6:34 am

Someone (I don't know exactly who) here on this site discovered this by accident a while back, and posted up the info on it. Other players read it and tried it for themselves.

Anyway, as for the Twisted Rune itself, this was intended by the people at Bioware as a high level quest, for parties that had somehow 'outgrown' the city of Athkatla. In the end, they cut it however, for some unknown reasons. Whatever the case, it seems the Twisted Rune is somehow related to the Guarded Compound - a guy named Koshi who is there supposedly wrote down the location to the Rune - which by itself is a room which is weird enough.

To enter the Twisted Rune, you must go to the Bridge District and find one of the doors to the lower right of the map. Be careful, there are some nasty traps on the doors leading to the Rune, and to the Lich tomb. With the right door (says something like a strange darkness beyond), make sure you have AT LEAST 1 Rogue Stone in your backpack (Not in a bag of holding, or a gembag, but really in a backpack slot). Upon entering, all Rogue Stones in your backpack will disappear, and you get teleported to the Twisted Rune.

In the Twisted Rune you'll encounter the Lich, who summons forth a few friends. One is a tough fighter, there's a vampire, and Beholder (Evil Eye really) and a wizard of sorts. After defeating them, you'll find a Staff of the Magi on the wizard, and a Beholder Eye Stalk on the Beholder. You'll need the Stalk to get out of there again. Toss it into the cauldron, and activate the statue next. This will bring you back to the Bridge District.