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I'm having trouble with Bodhi in Ch. 6. I'm in the first part of Bodhi's dungeon, but I can't go any deeper. It says:
"Naught but the blood of my kindred shall give you access. Only when all of my sons and daughters are dead will we meet again." I've killed everything in the area, and still can't get in. What can I do?

I assume you're after some spoilers, so here they are:

You need to stake the vampires once they retreat to their coffins. I think there's 3 named vampires in the upper level that need to be killed in this way before you can continue to the lower section.

I also recommend pouring some elven holy water into the pool of blood in the north-west room.

I've already staked all the vampires and poured the holy water. I've never encountered this problem before.

P.S. I'm playing an evil party and have killed both the Shadow Thieves and Drizzt's party. I usually play good parties and don't have any problems getting further.

Are you certain you have killed all the vampires? The ones you have to kill are:

Valen
Tanova
Hareishan
Salia
Meredath

Try clicking on each of the three coffins again - each one should give you the message: "The vampire is truly dead and the coffin reeks of carrion. There is nothing else you can do with it."

OK, I've had a bit of a play around in Bodhi's lair in Ch.6 and discovered that you don't actually have to stake the vampires in order to get to the second level. You only need to kill all the vampires in their physical form.

Did any of the vampires turn into gaseous form or a bat at any stage instead of being killed? If so, I think that's where your problem is. I can't find any change in the global variables between going into the tomb and advancing to the second level after killing the vampires, so SK or CLUA codes aren't going to help. My best suggestion is to load the autosave that should have been taken when you entered the graveyard district and try again. Make sure you do actually kill all the vampires and you should get a message saying you can now advance to the second level.

Hope this helps.

Originally posted by Mr Flibble
Did any of the vampires turn into gaseous form or a bat at any stage instead of being killed? If so, I think that's where your problem is. I can't find any change in the global variables between going into the tomb and advancing to the second level after killing the vampires, so SK or CLUA codes aren't going to help.

Actually, in this case, there is a way to fix this through the console.

Do tell.

I've just recently started removing unwanted "features" from the game, and would love to know more.
And I'm sure Nicholas would love an answer to this one!

The method involves setting the SPRITE_IS_DEADchar globals, with char = the name pertaining to the NPC killed.

Do I need to kill every vampire or just the one's with names?

You just need to kill the 6 named vampires in order to get to the second level. It doesn't really matter if any of the ordinary vampires or vampire fledglings escape.

I went through the crypts again. No problems. Last time I killed (couldn't turn in to bats) more vampires than this time, but this time worked. Oh well. Thanks for all the help.

This area is notorious for bugs. Glad it worked out.